Global Research Output On ‘Coronavirus Disease-2019’ (Covid-19), Seema Parmar, Suman Ghalawat, Ashwani Kumar

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Purpose: The present study reflects the trend and growth of publications on COVID-19 viral disease spreading around the world. With the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China in December 2019, scholars started publishing their researches in form of different kind of publications.

Methodology: The data has been extracted from the Scopus database using key TERMS Covid-19 and corona virus 2019.

Findings: During six month period around ten thousand publications are contributed by scientists around the globe. The literature produced in different fields but highest output is made in the field of Medicine. BMJ and Journal of Medical Virology journals …

A Scientometric Analysis Of Journal Of Agronomy And Crop Science (2000 -2019) Indexed In Web Of Science, Ali K. S., Ghouse Modin Nabeesab Mamdapur, Manjunath D. Kaddipujar, Manjunath B. Hadimani, Engin Senel

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The present study attempts to analyze the publication productivity of the "Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science" during the year 2000-2019. The study was based on the data extracted from the Web of Science database. The primary purpose of the study is to analyze the research contributions of the journal under review. Through this investigation, the authors have tried to know the publication trend in the field of agronomy and related areas. The analysis covers the number of articles, year-wise distribution of articles along with citations, authorship pattern, institutions/organizations with the highest contributions, and the study also gives year-wise h-index …

History Of Islamic Economic Thought: A Content Analysis, Luqman Hakim Handoko

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There are many sources of Islamic economic thought left by Muslim Scholars. For decades, contemporary Muslim economists have been trying to explore and examine the contribution of Muslim Scholars. Among the efforts is to produce the book of the history of Islamic economic thought (HIET) either by thematic approach or by a personal approach. The current study aims to explore how often and profoundly the discussion of the economic thought of the Muslim scholars among authors of HIET, especially on a personal approach. Therefore, to extract and analyze the data will use a simple content analysis and descriptive approach. Twenty-two …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Scientific Output On Covid-19 Pandemic Outbreak Using The Web Of Science (Wos) Database, Mohamed Idhris, Sivasankar Prabaharan, Manuelraj Peter, Arun Vijay Subbarayalu

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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected almost all the countries globally, and it is considered a global pandemic. Hence, this study conducted a bibliometric analysis of scientific output on the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak using the Web of Science (WoS) database. A specific search technique was developed based on Corona virus-related keywords from January 1, 2019, until June 24, 2020. A total of 10850 documents related to COVID-19 published from January 1, 2019, to June 24, 2020, were retrieved from the WoS database. The researchers downloaded the data from WoS as a WoS plain text file, and the data …

Information Needs And Seeking Behaviour Of Antenatal Patients In Central Hospitals In Delta And Edo States, Nigeria, Adudu Esther Omoanono, Ufuoma Eruvwe

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The study was carried out to ascertain the information needs and seeking behaviour of Antenatal patients in Central Hospitals in Delta States, Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study is a descriptive survey design. The population of the study covered all the central hospitals in Delta and Edo states. The total population of the study is seven hundred and fifty (750) antenatal patients registered in the central hospitals at the time of the study. Five hundred and twenty-six (526) respondents were selected for the study via a purposive sampling technique. A total of 526 copies of the questionnaire were …

Information Behavior Of Children Using Public Libraries In Taiwan And Indonesia, Dessy Harisanty, Nove Anna

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Parents as primary socialization agents have a major influence on the development of children. The facilities that can be used to maximize child development are libraries. Libraries are information centers that help meet information needs. This research aims to identify information behavior of children using public libraries in Taiwan and Indonesia and the role of parents as a child's primary socialization agents for library utilization. This study was conducted in Taichung City-Taiwan and Surabaya-Indonesia. Both cities are cities of literation and the second largest cities in each country. The libraries provided in both cities have special services for children. The …

Social Scientist Perception And Attitude About The Academic Social Networking Site Of Researchgate, Stephen G, Upasana Yadav

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ResearchGate is an Academic Social Networking (ASN) Site that focuses on sharing the publications, tracking the number of reads, recommendation, citations metrics about the researcher work. With over 15 million members, ResearchGate is place researcher can create a profile and share them research. ResearchGate is “built for scientists/social scientist” Researcher/scientist /social scientist can share the research, data, background, possible to add CV. follow other researchers and can even endorse the skills. This study found that 38 percentages of the respondents have RG score is between 11-15, 31 percentages of the social scientist RG score between 6-10. 43 percentage of the …

Effective Management Of Cultural Heritage Information Resources: A Comparison Of Libraries And Museums In South East Nigeria, Kate Nkechinyere Ogbu Dr, Nathaniel Agbo Oche, Dr., Victor N. Nwachukwu, Prof, Sadiq Abdulkadir Batagarawa, Dr.

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This study examines the fundamentals of effective management of cultural heritage information resources. Three research questions were developed to guide the study and a descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consists of all the staff of public libraries and museums in South-East, Nigeria. A total sample size of 379 respondents was selected using a simple random sampling technique. The researchers developed a questionnaire entitled “Effective Management of Cultural Heritage Information Resources Questionnaire (EMCHIRQ) for data collection. The instrument for data collection was trial-tested for reliability. A total 379 copies of the questionnaire …

Civic Engagement Through Open Government Data: Challenges And The Way Forward, Zaheer Ahmad, Nosheen Fatima Warriach Dr

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Communities participation in the public domain leads to better informed and more empowered citizens and this involvement can best be achieved through Open Government Data (OGD). This study is based on an extensive review of the literature, aims to investigate the role of OGD, identify key challenges and way forward to promote civic engagement. The findings showed that copyright issues, lack of data literacy, accessibility, digital divide, and mismatch of information are the major challenges However, resolving the licensing issues, availability and easy accessibility of OGD, data literacy education etc. are the way forward to enhance citizen’s participation in society’s …

Study Of Information Needs And Information Seeking Behaviour Of The Gram Panchayat Members Of West Bengal: With Special Reference To Burdwan-I Development Block, Mrinal Kanti Das, Bijan Kumar Roy

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There is no shortage of information in the time of this information explosion era. Due to information explosion the gram panchayat members are confused about the access to right information at the right time from different information sources. Thus, information seeking is most important thing and it is surely be influenced by different type factors. The study would also find the information sources, how to access and how to use these sources by the gram panchayat members of different gram panchayats under the Burdwan-I Development Block. Data has been collected from the gram panchayat members through structured questionnaire. Questionnaires were …

Assessment Of Utilization Of Health Information Resources By Diabetic Patients In Benue State Nigeria, Tondo Richard Iorver Mr

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ABSTRACT

The study assessed the utilization of health information resources by diabetic patients in Benue State Nigeria. Specifically, the study looked at: types of health information resources required by diabetic patients, sources of accessing health information, health information resources utilized, extent of utilization of health information resources and the challenges of utilization of health information resources by diabetic patients in Benue state. Five specific objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study comprised of all the 1,698 registered diabetic patients in 2017 and 2018 in Benue State. A …

Usage Of E-Databases And E-Journals By Research Community In Pakistani Universities: Issues And Perspectives, Amjid Khan, Shamsahd Ahmed

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Purpose: This research was conducted to achieve three objectives; 1) to investigate the usage and acceptability of e-databases and e-journals among the research scholars in selected universities of Pakistan, 2) to indicate the preferred information resource being used by researchers, and 3) to explore barriers faced by them when consulting these resources for research endeavors.

Methodology: A Quantitative research method was adopted. The population of the study was MS/MPhil & PhD researchers enrolled in the public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. A structured questionnaire was distributed randomly by the principal researcher to a sample of 1031 (out of 4282) …

Covid-19: Mapping The Peer-Reviewed Research, Shakil Ahmed, Asif Altaf, Arslan Shahid

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Novel coronavirus is a new addition in the family of coronaviruses and was first reported in December 2019 in China. SARS and MERS were the earlier forms of viruses in this family of viruses. The outbreak was considered a pandemic in March 2020 by WHO. The pandemic moved the health sciences researchers around the world to study various aspects of widespread disease. To know the volume and hotspots of COVID-19 research this study is prepared using the bibliometric method of research evaluation. Scopus and Web of Science; two most widely used indexing databases are used to retrieve the already published …

Barriers Faced By Library Professionals For Technology Adoption In University Libraries Of Lahore, Pakistan, Khurram Shahzad, Abid Iqbal

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Major goal of this study was to know barriers for opting technology by University Librarians of Lahore, Pakistan and to furnish suggestions for the effective utilization and application of the latest technological tools. Research was organized in different parts. Firstly, relevant literature was observed by the researchers to get a clear insight. Then, data-collection-instrument was shaped. The population of the study was all the full time regular working professional library staff of the universities of Lahore. The response rate was 76%. In the third phase, collected data were tabulated and analyzed through SPSS Version 24.0 to reach at conclusions. In …

From Library Services To Literacy Development Programme In Nsukka Prison Library: Our Experience, Grace Uchechi Onyebuchi, Elizabeth Titilope Babarinde, Ify Evangel Obim, Victoria Olayemi Fagbemi

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Prisons serve as a place where criminal behaviors are suppressed. The need for these set of individuals to gather skills which help them remain positive right in the four walls of the prison yard and after serving their jail terms cannot be overemphasized. It is for this reason that the team set out to develop a programme aimed at inculcating literacy and creative writing skills that will help them participate more effectively when they finish their jail term. The aim of the study was to explore the importance and contributions of library resources and services to the lives of prison …

Library Automation System In Library University Of Sebelas Maret Indonesia: Migration From Unsla To Slims, Dessy Harisanty, Ellia Shafira, Salsabiela Hasna Isbandy

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The purpose of this study is to determine the problems that occur when the migration of library automation systems in the University of Sebelas Maret (UNS) Library, such as the causes, constraints, and advantages and disadvantages of the SLiMS automation system. This study was used descriptive method. Data collection method used in this study is the interview and observation. The obstacle faced by librarians in implementing SLiMS is that librarians who are not yet accustomed to need time to learn. Overall the implementation of the SLiMS automation system at the UNS Library went smoothly, although there were a number of …

Citation Analysis Of Theses And Dissertations In Chemistry Submitted To The Central Library, Dibrugarh University, Assam, 2015-19, Prarthana Borthakur

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The process by which the impact or quality of an article is assessed by counting the number of times other works mention it in their work can be defined as citation analysis. It involves counting the number of times an article is cited by other works to measure the impact of a publication or an author. The technique of citation analysis is effective and easier among all other technique of Bibliometrics to know the trend of research in a particular field, to know the preference of scholars for various forms of information resources. The present study is conducted in order …

Author Productivity Of Covid-19 Research Output Globally: Testing Lotka's Law, K Kumar Dr

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COVID-19 is a novel virus with lethal effects on human health, causing respiratory failure and infiltration in the lungs. The present study attempted to examine global publication trends in research associated with COVID-19 and sought the fitness of Lotka's Law, data downloaded from the WHO database (https://www.who.int/). The search term "2019nCoV, COVID -19" was used to retrieve articles published from December 2019 to March 19, 2020. Two thousand two hundred eighteen authors have contributed a total of 2250 articles. Four clusters formed on "author title/abstract," the terms hospital, CoV, coronavirus, pneumonia found associated with 20674 terms, out of which …

Review Of Research On Public Libraries: A Scopus Based Bibliometric Analysis, Danappa Vaggi, S Parameshwar, Goutami P. M

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Public libraries are considered as peoples universities and can play a vital role in overall development of community they serve with the help of the resources and services. We have collected to data from the Scopus database for the period of 1971-2019. We have identified the trends in public libraries research, prominent authors who are involved in the research on public libraries issues and Y applied to evaluate the author’s contribution. Core journals and productive countries also determined and taken up the author supplied keyword analysis over decades. This work would be useful to the researchers who are working on …

A Scientometric Study On Literatures Of The Journal ‘Scientometrics’, Roma Yogesh Asnani, Priyanki Vyas Dr

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A Scientometrics focused on quantitative study aspects of the publications and citation study is an emerging trend and thrust area of scientometrics study and derives the quantitative and qualitative research for describing the result of cited documents. This study depicts the qualitative and quantitative study of journal’s contributors, institutions and countries. In this study, A total 1872 publications with 15711 citations analyzed to know the productivity of the Journal ‘Scientometrics’ during the period from 2015 to 2019. The paper covers the growth rate of publications and citation impact, author’s productivity, authorship patterns, and most relevant country-wise & institutions-wise distribution of …

Information And Communication Technology (Ict) In Nigerian Libraries For Sustainable Development Goals (Sdg)., Ndidi Grace Nwankwo, Onoruoiza Suleiman Ismaila, Doubra Felicia Seimode, Rita Eda

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The main purpose of this paper is to explore the crucial roles of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in provision of library services, for sustainable development goals in Nigeria. The rationale behind the SDGs, understanding the content and contexts of the SDGs, analysis of the library-related SDGs, the place of the libraries in actualization of the SDGs were well articulated. Despite the availability of wide opportunities offered by the advent of ICT, it has been observed that application of ICT to library services in Nigeria seems inadequate probably due to variety of challenges. With the methodology of simple literature review, …

Audio-Visual Resources In Library: An Enhancing Tool For Effective Teaching And Learning In Primary Schools In Nsukka L.G.A, Rebecca Chidimma Ojobor, Elizabeth Titilope Babarinde, Victoria Olayemi Fagbemi

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Instructional material has always been an inevitable tool for effective teaching and learning especially at primary school level. This study investigated availability, relevance and factors impeding adequate use of audio visual resources in teaching and learning in primary schools in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The study adopted a survey design. The target population of the study was 6,050 derived from one hundred and eighteen (118) public primary schools in Nsukka Local Government Area. Six hundred and five (605) primary school pupils were sampled out of the population using proportionate random sampling technique. Observation check list and …

Investigating The Factors Influencing Librarians’ Intention Toward The Adoption Of Koha- An Open Source Integrated Library System In Pakistan, Asad Khan

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This study investigated the factors influencing the intention of Pakistani librarians toward the adoption of Koha- an Integrated Open Source Integrated Library System (OSILS). To this end, a conceptual framework consisted of six predictors and one outcome variable was constructed. Adopting a quantitative approach, the survey method was used. Data were gathered through questionnaires from a convenient sample of Pakistani librarians. Multi-variate statistics including Pearson correlation coefficient, multiple and stepwise regression analyses were used for data analyses. The results established perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEU) as the positive and significant predictors of the librarians’ intention to …

Rethinking Fine Art Libraries: Issues, Challenges And Status Of The Libraries Of The Institute Of Fine Art In New Delhi, India, Ridip Jyoti Kalita, Dipen Deka

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Purpose and objectives of the study: This purpose of the paper is to explore the collection, services, challenges and prospects of the libraries of the institute of fine arts in New Delhi, India. Fine arts and performing arts library specialize in collecting items relating to any faction of the art including music, poetry, sculpture, painting, theatre, dance, film and recorded sound etc.

Scope: This study is confined to the libraries of the institute of the fine arts in Delhi, the capital city of India, which are approved and funded by the concerned government.

Methodology: The authors …

Indian Research Contribution In Cloud Computing: A Bibliometric Analysis And Visualization Of Journal Articles From Scopus Database, Prakash B. Waghmare

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The present bibliometric study aims to analyze the Indian research contribution in cloud computing from 2011 to 2020. The data was collected from Scopus database using “cloud Computing” keyword and limited to articles final publications. The study analysis many bibliometric parameters like; year-wise distribution of publications; most productive authors, titles, sources and citation counts. Co-occurrence of keywords from articles and authors keywords mapping through VOSviewer. The study found a total 1482 articles, highest 439 articles were published in 2019. The article entitled Honey bee behavior inspired load balancing of tasks in cloud computing environments published in 2013 received highest citation …

Explicating Information Environment Of Veterinarians With Special Reference To The States Of Assam And Mizoram, Aditi Mukherjee, Arabinda Maity

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Purpose: India is one of the countries which has maximum number of livestock with rules the rural economy, which are eventually dealt by veterinarians to overcome different crisis. Veterinarians are entrusted with combating various disastrous situations whichever come in the way of this natural resource. This article deals with information needs and seeking behaviour of veterinary users who are aspiring to be future experts in the field and faculty personnel of two Veterinary Council of India accredited colleges situated in North East India, namely College of Veterinary Science, Assam and College of Veterinary Science, Mizoram.

Methodology: The …

User Satisfaction With Resources And Services Of Public Libraries Of Lahore, Pakistan, Muhammad Taufiq, Shafiq Ur Rehman Dr, Murtaza Ashiq

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This study was intended to examine the level of user satisfaction with respect to the resources and services of public libraries and the problems faced by the public library users in Lahore, Pakistan. For the purpose of the study, a quantitative research approach based on survey method was used. A structured questionnaire was designed to collect data from the public library users utilizing convenience sampling. The study population consisted of users of four major public libraries in Lahore, Pakistan. The findings showed that the majority of the respondents tended to visit the public library daily and were satisfied with …

The Role Of The School Library Media Centre In Academic Achievement Within Selected Schools In Midlands And Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe, Mthokozisi Masumbika Ncube, Stephen Tsekea

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The role played by school libraries in ensuring academic excellence has been vividly overlooked in most literature, and within Zimbabwe in particular. Therefore, this article looked at the contribution of the school library media centre towards the performance of pupils in selected schools within Midlands and Mashonaland Central provinces between year 2009 and 2014 at a Zimbabwean school setup. The essence of a school library media centre is to provide access to diverse educational and recreational resources to enhance the performance of pupils. However, as schools were ranked every year, schools that had always topped the rankings continued to do …

Users’ Awareness Of Personal Information On Social Media: Case On Undergraduate Students Of Universitas Indonesia, Rahmad Nur Iman, Taufik Asmiyanto, Muhammad Hanif Inamullah

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Posting a personal data information on social media can be easily done by anyone. These activities are easily found on the user's social media profile page, which is not uncommon to contain personal information. This is coupled with the possibility of security gaps in social media services, can be utilized for various purposes, and by anyone, including other users and service providers themselves. On the other hand, regulations and policies regarding personal data information, have not been clearly regulated in Indonesia. By using a qualitative approach, this research aims to determine the stage of the user consciousness related to personal …

Consumerization Of It: Nexus Of Smac Technology Adoption By The Indian Libraries, Rajendra Babu

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The study assesses awareness, use and adoption benefits of SMAC (Smart, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Computing) Technologies among the LIS professionals working across the libraries of different strata in India. 235 responses obtained using a structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics method. 99.6% respondents use mobile phones, 58.7% post library activities using social media daily for this purpose 61.3% use Facebook, 52.8% use YouTube, 69.4 use WhatsApp, 31.5% use Facebook Messenger and 18.7% use Instagram. Majority use mobile apps for rendering services, 14.9% for searching catalogue, 11.9% for membership facilities, 8.5%, 10.6% for book renewal facilities and book reservation …