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Utilization And User Satisfaction Of Public Library Resources And Services: A Case Study Of City Central Library, Shimoga, India., Anusha Bn, Shivananda K. Bhat Dr, . Mahabaleshwara Rao Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Public library plays a pivotal role in modern society. Public libraries, by providing free access to the resources, support all groups of users like students, teachers, researchers, physically challenged people, retired people, businessmen, homemakers, etc. The present study investigates the utilization and user satisfaction of public library resources and services at City Central Library, Shimoga, India. The study examines the various resources available and the services rendered by the City Central Library, Shimoga. Questionnaire-based survey was used to collect data for the present study, where 100 questionnaires representing 80% were received out of 125 questionnaires distributed. The data were …

Student Perspective On Online Learning During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study Of School Students In Ernakulam District, State Of Kerala, India, Neetha Devan Nv

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The closure of educational activities in the mid-march 2020 in India as well in Kerala due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic resulted in unplanned shift from traditional class rooms to a set-up that exclusively involves digital teaching and learning. Within this context the present study aims to explore the perspective of school children regarding the effectiveness of learning online as well the difficulties or hurdles faced in remolding themselves to meet the requirement of the pedagogy.

Centralization Of Educational Resources In Ugc Funded Institutions: A Proposal For Open Online Catalogue, Ashok Thomas, Shivarama Rao K

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Reducing duplication of works across library platforms is a highly discussed subject. Bringing together different bibliographic records of various types of documents (books, journals, theses and other types of materials) that are situated in particular libraries of UGC funded institutions would largely help in avoiding duplication efforts. In India, there are handful of such initiatives are taking place to make information services as centralized on a common platform and several similar activities are under work in progress. In-line with such developments having a common integrated centralized Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) across higher edcation sector is a must. In this …

Measuring Library Subscriptions To The Availability Of Scholarly Articles Published By The Academic And Research Community Of The Institution, Ishappa C. Bandi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Any research institution needs to analyze their research output in terms of journal articles in SCI or SCImago Journal Ranking (SJR) Indicator. It is also essential at the same time to understand the library subscription quality. In this article, an attempt has been made to map the faculty and research scholarly journal publications and the library E-journals subscription. The current year articles publications by the academic staff and research scholars indexed in the SCOPUS database have been analyzed based on the full-text availability. The sources from where the academic staff refer and cite would like to publish their research articles. …

Information Resource Sharing In Academic Libraries: Tanzanian Context, Christian Mubofu, Salatiel Chaula

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study assessed the forms, benefits, and extent of academic libraries' reliance on resource sharing. The study consisted of 66 respondents of which four (4) were library directors while sixty-two (62) were library staff. Library directors were purposely sampled while simple random sampling was used to select library staff for inclusion in this study. Data were collected through questionnaires and in-depth interviews. Statistical package for social science (SPSS) Version 20 was used to analyze quantitative data while qualitative data were subjected to content analysis. Findings revealed that the forms for resource sharing in academic libraries in Tanzania are consortia, networking, …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Firefly Algorithm Applications In The Field Of Wireless Sensor Networks, Anupkumar M. Bongale Dr., Rahul Raghvendra Joshi Prof., Kalyani Dhananjay Kadam Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Wireless Sensor Network is a network of wireless sensor nodes that are capable of sensing information from their surroundings and transmit the sensed information to data collection point known as a base station. Applications of wireless sensor networks are large in number and forest fire detection, landslide monitoring, etc. are few applications to note. The research challenges in wireless sensor networks is the transmission of data from the sensor node to the base station in an energy-efficient manner and network life prolongation. Cluster-based routing techniques are extensively adopted to address this research challenge. Researchers have used different metaheuristic and soft …

Influence Of Promotion And Prompt Salary Payment On Job Performance Of Library Personnel In University Libraries In Nasarawa State, Nigeria., Agada Eric Ojobo, Ogbole Ibrahim, Tofi Simon Ternenge

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The study investigated the influence promotion and prompt salary payment on job performance of library personnel in university libraries in Nasarawa State. Two (2) specific objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a survey research design and was carried out in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The population of the study was 150 library personnel in the University libraries in Nasarawa State which were made up 44 library personnel in federal university Lafia, 66 library personnel in Nasarawa State University Keffi and 40 library personnel …

Open Access Resources As An Opportunity For Academic Libraries During Pandemic: A Study, Amna Farzand Ali Phd. Scholar, Qurat Ul Ain Saleem Phd. Scholar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study is to identify the benefits of open access resources for academic libraries with a special reference to an emergency like the COVID-19 pandemic. The study has also highlighted the role of libraries and librarians in the provision of services during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the same way, the second purpose was to highlight the efforts of HEC and high ranked university libraries during a pandemic to cater to the needs of their users. The authors used two methods for completing this study, literature review and website analysis. The first two objectives were studied based on …

Students’ Information Resources During Their Involvement With Research Projects: Indonesia Setting, Heriyanto Heriyanto, Mutty Hariyati

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Students select information resources mostly influenced by their previous experiences with particular sources. This unique experience influence students’ future decisions about what and how they use information resources. This qualitative study aims to explore students’ preferences to different information sources when they completing assignments and research projects. We conducted semi-structure interview on 17 undergraduate students whom agreed to participate the study. Data analysis revealed that students’ search for information were complex activities because it involves the following key points: scope of assignment, range and type of reference needed, students’ level of knowledge (including willingness to use the available resources), databases …

Information Literacy Of Mysore South Block Students: Status And Perceptions, Kavitha Umesh

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The present study attempts to explore and analyses the role of the school library in reinforcing inclusive education. School library is essential to the growing children as it motivates the inner strength of the younger minds. This paper looks at the perceptions of the secondary school students towards utilizing the school library in Mysore South Block. During the preparation of this paper, an attempt was made to collect the required data from all available sources. The study uses sampled secondary school students in Mysore South Block. The questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. 200 questionnaires were distributed …

Availability And Utilization Of Digital Reference Resources By Postgraduate Students In University Libraries In Benue State, Nigeria., Agada Eric Ojobo (Cln), Tofi Simon Ternenge (Cln), Emmanuel Tunde Makinde

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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The study investigated availability and utilization of digital reference resources by postgraduate students in university libraries in Benue State, Nigeria. Four (4) specific objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study and hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study comprises nine (9) digital reference librarians and eight hundred and twenty six (826) postgraduate students in universities in Benue State. The sample size of 269 postgraduate students and all the 9 digital reference librarians were used for the study. The instrument for data collection was …

To What Extent Pakistani Citizens Are Enjoying The Right Of Access To Information? An Exploratory Study, Ammara Yousaf, Khalid Mahmood

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study was to explore and explain the provision of the right of access to information (RAI), a remarkable development particularly in the field of human rights and information management in Pakistan. This study has two objectives: (1) to track the practice and propensity of public information officers (PIOs) in providing information under the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act, 2013; (2) to examine the perceptions of information seekers in retrieving the information under the Punjab Transparency and Right to Information Act, 2013 (PTRIA, 2013). A mixed-method, sequential design with a parallel database variant was used …

Seeing Through The Eyes Of Users About Information Products And Services Practice By Allopathic Medical College Libraries In Assam, Anjuma Saikia, Amit Kumar, Dibanjyoti Buragohain

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Purpose – The concept of marketing has caught the eye of LIS professionals as it has plenty of possibilities to uplift the profession’s image ensuring the quality of services. Keeping the focus of the concept of marketing, the present paper intends to explore the users’ opinion about use and practice of marketing concept in medical college libraries in Assam with special reference to allopathic medicine.

Design/methodology/approach – Firstly, a thorough literature search was done to understand the concept/areas of study like concept of marketing, how it can be practiced and how it can be beneficial for users and libraries …

Rethinking Cataloguing In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Madireng Monyela

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study upon which this article is based was to explore the Cataloguing Practices in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Libraries (CCTML). Cataloguing is a structured arrangement of the bibliographic details of all the information sources available in a library. It produces an inventory that serves as access points to the library resources. Focus group discussion and document analysis were used to collect data. The findings revealed some missing data on the catalogue records. Quality control mechanism used was peer review. The study recommended introduction of artificial intelligence in cataloguing to minimize human error and enhance production and the …

Mapping Indian Contribution In Rice Beer Research: A Bibliometric Assessment, Dhan Maya Chetry Mrs, Nabin Chandra Dey Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Alcoholic drinks have been prepared and consumed in India from ancient times. Many techniques are applied to brew alcohol locally, out of which rice beer is very prominent. Scientific research has been conducted to standardize the brewing technique of local tribes for mass production and storage. This study aims to explore India's publication pattern in rice beer research during 1990-2019. This study analyzes a total of 84 papers on rice beer obtained from the Web of Science database. The distribution of literature on rice beer has been analyzed year-wise, document wise, favoured research areas frequently occurred keywords. Data were extracted …

Scientometric Analysis Of Citation Impact Of Six Indian Institutes Of Technology During 2006-2015, Banalata Pradhan Mrs

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The study analyzed 72940 papers indexed by Scopus and published by six Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur and IIT Roorkee) during the period 2006-2015, which indicates that 72940 papers received 572583 citations in all during the period 2006-2015 in an average rate of citation per paper for six IITs is 7.85. Highest 4 authors are from IITKGP, followed by 3 authors each from IITR, IITD and IITB are highly cited by others. It evident that the output of six IITs is well connected with prime channel science as more than four …

Library & Information Science Education In The Universities Of India : Growth And Development Of Research, Samayita Dutta, Debdas Mondal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The scenario of LIS education and research in India and its overall development is very much progressive today. The number of library and information science departments has been increasing from 1960s and over time this subject has gradually emerged as a stream. In this study we will review the state and institutional distribution of the subject over time. As on 2017 the review has been done on total 1225 number of theses. Research in this subject has been steadily increasing since the 1980s and has so far been largely in the states of West. Bengal, Karnataka & Maharashtra. Karnataka University …

The Effect Of Information Technology Audit For E-Health Of Indonesia Using Itil Framework V.3 Domain Service Design, Eva Mufidah, Ilham M, Anis Eliyana, Tanti Handriana, Indrianawati Usman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explain about E-Health Surabaya is a web-based health service technology application that is used to help people register as patients in hospitals and health centers. Although its function is very useful, there are also people who still do not understand how to use this application, there are also some shortcomings that cause inconvenience in its use. So that research is conducted in which the application uses ITIL V.3 framework with Domain Service Design to conduct an audit of the maturity level of this E-Health Surabaya Web Application. ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Technology) is a framework used to manage …

Bibliometric Survey On Incremental Learning In Text Classification Algorithms For False Information Detection, Yashoda Narayanprasad Barve Mrs., Preeti Mulay Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The false information or misinformation over the web has severe effects on people, business and society as a whole. Therefore, detection of misinformation has become a topic of research among many researchers. Detecting misinformation of textual articles is directly connected to text classification problem. With the massive and dynamic generation of unstructured textual documents over the web, incremental learning in text classification has gained more popularity. This survey explores recent advancements in incremental learning in text classification and review the research publications of the area from Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and IEEE databases and perform quantitative analysis by …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Chinese Literature On Competency Skills Of Library Professionals In Mainland China, Chenwei Chen, Moses Mark Naga

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Taking China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) as the source of literature, this study made a bibliometric analysis on the trend of quantity of published literature, keywords of published literature, authors of published literature, institutions of published literature and publications of published literature above five aspects on the professional competency skills of library professionals in Mainland China from 2009 to 2019, and explained the development trend of the relevant research from a scientific point of view to provide a reference for the future construction of professional competency skills required for library professionals in Mainland China.

Employment Opportunities For New Academic Librarians: Assessing The Entry Level Jobs, Sudeshna Karmakar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Finding a position in a library can be challenging for recent Library and Information Science (LIS) graduates. While LIS students are often encouraged to seek out experience, network, and improve upon their technology skills in hopes of better improving their odds in the job market, little research exists to support this anecdotal advice. This study quantifies the academic and work experiences of recent LIS graduates in order to provide a better understanding of what factors most significantly influence the outcome of their academic library job searches. The survey results demonstrate that the job outlook is most positive for candidates, who …

Personal Impact Of Media Publicity During Covid-19 Pandemic And Awareness Among Generation Z In Jakarta, Indonesia, Elsa Roselina, Taufik Asmiyanto

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused anxiety and fear worldwide. In Indonesia, the Government has implemented large-scale social restrictions during pandemic and it causes trauma to the society. In addition, the information about the coronavirus disease were rapidly published and shared on various media and social networking sites which confuses the public society. Information plays a very important role in society in responding to a pandemic situation appropriately. The aim of this study is to determine the public awareness in dealing with the personal impact of media publicity during COVID-19 pandemic and relating the behaviour and attitude of …

Use And Awareness Of E-Resources Among Research Scholars Of Literature Subjects In Banaras Hindu University, Mohd Shoaib Ansari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

E-resources are a significant portion of library collections nowadays. These sources have a significant role in science and technology in comparison to social science and humanities subjects. There are not many online sources available in language and literature, and those available are scattered. Therefore, there is a necessity to study the use and awareness of e-resources of language and literature subjects. The current study is an endeavor to analyze the awareness and utilization of e-resources by the research scholars of the Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University, and find out the problems and constraints the users face in accessing the …

Bibliometric Analysis Of The Littcrit – An Indian Response To Literature, K G Sudhier Dr., Dhanooja M N

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper presents a bibliometric study of the LITTCRIT – An Indian Response to Literature journal for the period from 2011 to 2015 (five years). The purpose of the study is to give a gist of research output in the journal and the content of the coverage in it. The study showed that, out of the 263 published documents, the highest percentage was articles (83.65%). Among the 220 contributors, 56.64% were females and the remaining 102 males (46.36%). The study identified that most of the articles were single authored (94.55%) and the rest by joint authors (6.43%). The degree of …

Collaborative Approach To Medical Information Resources Access For Education And Research, Dr. Rajendra Babu H, Dr. Mohan T A

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study assesses the effectiveness of medical consortium HELINET established in 2003 by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS). The use, productivity and impact of HELINET subscriptions to the electronic sources were analysed. 1207 responses obtained from 39 medical institutions includes 60.3% male and 39.7% female respondents includes the respondents include doctors, medical professionals, and other medical and para-medical, Clinical study practitioners, research scholars and students on HELINET resources from medical and super speciality subjects. 23.4% used e-resources for teaching and learning, 18.3% for research purpose, 10.3% and 10.2% used resources for patient care and course work respectively, …

Assessment Of Bibliographic Control Practices Available And Adopted By The National Library Of Nigeria In The Digital Age, Juliana Obiageri Akidi Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the bibliographic control practices available and adopted by the National Library of Nigeria (NLN) in the digital age. Three objectives and one hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 736 staff of the National Library of Nigeria. The sample size was 178 comprising staff in the five departments purposively selected. The sampling technique used comprised a combination of purposive sampling and complete census of the sampled size. Structured questionnaire and checklist were the instruments used for data collection. Descriptive and inferential statistics, using mean and standard …

Students’ Perception About Mphil Leading To Phd Program In Library And Information Science: A Case Study, Muhammad Jawwad, Pervaiz Ahmad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper reports findings of three focus group interviews conducted to obtain students’ perception about MPhil (Master of Philosophy) leading to PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) program in Library and Information Science (LIS) at the University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

The results represent four open-ended questions of discussion that comprise, (a) students’ opinion about the admission policy and procedure of this program, (b) students’ reflection on program of the study, (c) students’ view on the coursework curriculum and its relation with writing a research dissertation, and (d) students’ opinion about the availability of required facilities.

The key findings reveal that …

The Utilization Of Flashcards In Children Information Literacy Development, Dessy Harisanty, Dyah Srirahayu, Tiara Kusumaningtiyas, Esti Anugrah, Islahun Permata, Dian Anggraeni

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A Flashcard is one of the media to develop student information literacy in which its application includes activities of analyzing, writing and telling stories. Storytelling is a process of reading that is useful to increase the courage to appear in public. This research used descriptive method. For preliminary research, we used experiments, making flash cards as learning media for elementary students. After that, the students were interviewed. The results of this study indicate that students are very enthusiastic to start a flashcard game that they think is fun. The benefits of a flashcard game include improving language skills, increasing the …

A Study Of Public Libraries In India: Pre-Independence Period, R. K. Bhatt, Kandhasamy K

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Public libraries are plays a vital role in the society in terms of social, cultural and economic developments. Availability of public libraries in a society directly and indirectly reflects the knowledge of the people. By examining the historical movement of public libraries in different regions, we are better equipped to identify the existing gaps in the field of libraries and thereby provide valuable directions in the establishment of new libraries. The scope of this study is to give a bird’s eye view and critical analysis of age-old public libraries which existed in pre-independence India. Further it provides a detailed accounts …

A Scientometric Profile Of Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh (Assam) Through The Lens Of Web Of Science, During 1989-2020, Pranjal Deka

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Dibrugarh University(DU) is a leading higher educational institution in NE India. It has a significant impact on research and development. This study covers the research productivity of the university from 1989-2020 through the Web of Science Database. The study reveals that research publications of the university are growing day by day in different dimensions. The year 2019 is the most productive year of the university. The department of chemistry is a significant department for research productivity. The university has proper international and intranational coordination among various institutions and researchers.