Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Print Media Representation Of Nigerian Women In The News: A Study Of Four Selected National Newspapers, Aladi Alice Jonah, Okoro M. Nnanyelugo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated newspaper representation of women in the news. A total of four newspapers were studied. They are Vanguard, The Punch, The Guardian and ThisDay. The duration for the study was three years (January 1st, 2015 to December 31st, 2017). The study was guided by three objectives and two hypotheses. Content analysis was used for the study with the code sheet as the instrument for data collection. Simple percentages were used to answer the research questions while the chi-square test of independence was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed …

Knowledge Management Practices In It Industry: A Bibliometric Analysis, Bithal Agrawal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT:

This article describes knowledge management practices in IT industry especially focusing on the IT services and business process outsourcing, the two wings of IT industry. The authors conducted an extensive search for academic publications on IT services and business process outsourcing in context with IT industry, published since year 1998 in reliable repositories such as Google Scholar, Scopus and Research Gate. None of these papers used bibliometric analysis on the topic. This paper systematically maps, publications on IT services and business process outsourcing in IT industry published during 1998-2018. A five step process is followed, namely (i) defining appropriate …

Primary Journals In The Field Of Pediatric Dentistry (2000-2019), Jagannathan Ramakrishnan Dr, Govindan Ravi Sankar Dr, Kotti Thavamani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper presents the primary journals in the field of Pediatric Dentistry. The analysis is based on a bibliometric technique i.e. Bradford’s law. The records in the literature in the field of Pediatric Dentistry as indexed in the MEDLINE data covered in PubMed for the period from the year 2000 to 2019 considered for this study. It is found from the study that there are 19037 numbers of records as indexed in the above-said database in the area of Pediatric Dentistry. It was found that 57.25% of publication type is journal articles, 17.83% of publication type is Research Support, Non …

The 2019 Top Three Altmetric Attention Score Articles - An Overview, Stephen G, Susheela P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Altmetrics are data that can explain both the volume and nature of attention that research receives online. Certain kinds of altmetrics are also indicators for potential downstream impact. Altmetrics are complementary to citation-based metrics, and distinct from social media metrics and usage statistics. In this paper presented the 2019 top three research articles attention in the online. The highest Altmetric attention score received for the article of Few-shot adversarial learning of realistic neural Talking Head Models with attention score of 13,415 with huge number of twitter mentioned and it was published arXiv, May 2019. Within seven months crossed high attention …

Using Website Analytics In Search Engine Optimization For The Domain Of Lis Links, In India, Stephen G

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is that the method accelerating the standard and amount of website traffic by increasing the quality and quantity of website traffic by increasing the visibility of a website or a web page to users of a web search engine. SEO refers to the advances of unpaid results (known as "natural" or "organic" results) and excludes direct traffic/visitors. SEO could target totally different kinds of searches, including image search, video search, academic search, news search, and industry-specific vertical search engines. Ubersuggest is an awesome free tool to analyze any website this study analyzed the Library and Information …

Social Media And Utilization Of Information On Contagious Diseases: The Case Of Medical Students Of Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba, Scholastica A.J. Chukwu Rev Sr Dr., Augonus Nnamdi Uhegbu Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research examines social media and utilization of information on contagious diseases by medical students of Abia State University Teaching Hospital Aba. The research adopts survey design to investigate a sample of 321 medical students of ABSU Teaching Hospital who were registered undergraduates in the 2017/2018 academic session. Because the number of the students was adequate and manageable, the research adopted the census sampling technique. Structured and validated questionnaire with a reliability coefficient value of 0.81 was used to gather data for the study. Results reveal that the medical students received and made use of information on contagious diseases from …

Research Output Of Army Medical College, Pakistan: A Bibliometric Study Based On Scopus Database, Ikram Ul Haq, Midrar Ullah, Muhammad Tanveer

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to carry-out bibliometric analysis of publications by authors associated with Army Medical College, Pakistan using Scopus database.

Methodology: All publications, published from 1977 to 2018, by the authors affiliated with Army Medical College, Pakistan were retrieved from Scopus database. The bibliographic records of all retrieved publications were downloaded in the Microsoft Excel. The data regarding phase-wise growth of publications; citations; subject distribution; the most prolific authors and journals; and research collaboration within Pakistan and abroad were analyzed and presented in tabular form.

Findings: A total of 417 publications were found …

The Current State And Building Of Institutional Repository In The Library Of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ikwo, Nigeria, Emmanuel Chidiadi Onwubiko

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Institutional repository (IR) is the channel through which an academic institution showcases her research power to the world. To this, academic libraries are under obligation to provide access to both print and electronic resources especially those generated within the university in order to increase access to information resources and visibility of their institutions as a measure of prestige and recognition internationally. It is in view of the above that this study on ‘the current state and building of institutional repository in the library of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ikwo, Nigeria’ is carried out. The study investigated the state of the …

Information Gathering Habits Among Tribal People: With Special Reference To A.B Palli Thanda Anantapur District Andhra Pradesh, India., Ramu Naik .P

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

User research has started to be seen as an important part of information packages. Information providers like to broadcast more TV shows to understand the information need of their users and their information-gathering methods so that they can provide better service. The result shows 68.66% of users spend time on television collecting information. Finally, this article highlights the key point and issues related to information gathering, education health agriculture

A Decade Of Gender-Based Violence (Gbv) Research Productivity In South Africa 2009-2018, Taiwo Aderonke Idowu Mrs.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

South Africa has not only been identified with high records of gender-based violence (GBV), but that, it takes a complex toll on young people than does transport accidents. Therefore, two methods: Pao’s Least Squared (LS) and Sen’s methods were used to determine the validity of GBV research output vis-a-vis Lotka’s law of scientific productivity over a ten-year window 2009-2018. Data on GBV scientific publications in South Africa was harvested from the EBSCO Discovery Service Database. The study revealed an acute dearth of research on GBV, given the fact that 300 publications were produced by 617 researchers which translated …

The Role Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict) In Securing Books In Irish Academic Libraries., Emmanuel Oguche

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examined how effective the ICT gadgets are used in securing books in academic libraries and what technological approach the libraries will adopt in the future to ensure books are secured from mutilation and theft. The study was also to understand why students steal or mutilate books. A semi-structured interview was the qualitative research design used to collect data from six librarians. It was discovered that the libraries had adopted the use of ICT security gadgets like Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, surveillance cameras, self-service machine, magnetic strips. The combined use of these gadgets led to the drastic reduction of …

Analysis Of Availability And Users’ Satisfaction Of The Information Resources And Services In Law Library By Law Students: A Case Study Of University Of Jos Law Library, Plateau State, Nigeria., Eneojo Jacob, Lilian Ene Ujah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Research was conducted on the Availability and Users’ satisfaction of the Information Resources and services in Law Library by Law students: a case study of University of Jos Law Library, Plateau State, Nigeria. Four (4) objectives were formulated to guide the study which are: to determine the extent of use of the information resources in University of Jos Law Library; to determine whether the information resources available in University of Jos Law Library are relevant and up-to-date; and to determine the level of user satisfaction in the utilization of legal materials and user services in University of Jos Law …

Assessment Of The Ways Stress Affects The Occupational Performance Of Librarians In Federal University Libraries In South East, Nigeria, Enweremadu Isaac Usuka Cln, Ebubechukwu Okonkwo Cln, Abu Umaru Isaac Cln, Collins Odili Cln

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Stress has been identified as one of the factors that affect the job performance level of employees. The paper investigated the effect of stress on the occupational performance of librarians in federal university libraries in South East, Nigeria. Three specific objectives and research questions that focused on causes of stress, effect of stress on the occupational performance of librarians and the strategies for encouraging stress management practices guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The entire population of 191 librarians were studied; therefore, no sampling was made. A 43 items questionnaire was used for data collection. Cronbach …

Innovative Tools For Records Management In Electronic Era, Blessings A. Akporhonor Dr(Mrs)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The influx of modern technologies and their peripherals in the electronic world cannot be undermined. The focus of this paper is on innovative tools for managing records in the electronic era. In a bid to understand these tools, the author divided this article into various sections. Following the introductory section, the author described art of managing records in the electronic era as well as highlighted different modern tools (software and techniques) adopted for record management in modern organizations. Other issues addressed in this article include the opportunities created for the use of these tools for electronic records management and …

The Use Of Social Media Tools To Support Scholarly Knowledge Among Students At The University Of Zululand, Petros Pn Dlamini, Mngwengwe Marvin Siphamandla

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article addressed the use and types of social media tools to share scholarly knowledge among students in the Department of Information Studies, University of Zululand. The study was guided by four research objectives: to determine the types of social media tools used to share scholarly knowledge; to understand how social media tools add positively to academic performance; to identify the factors that motivate students to use social media tools for scholarly knowledge sharing; and to find out the barriers to using social media tools for the sharing of scholarly knowledge. The theoretical basis for this study was informed by …

Scientometric Portrait Of Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Manoj Kumar Sa, Nirmalendu Panda

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study presents an analysis of 165 research papers by Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan published during 1977 to 2019 in the diverse field of science such as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Neuroscience, Immunology and Microbiology, Physics and Astronomy, Engineering and Materials Science. The highest number of publications contributed during the 2^nd and 4^th decade with 49 (29.70%) papers each. His paper entitles “Structure of the 30s ribosomal subunit” got maximum 1560 citations. Kelley, A. C. Was the most collaborative author and Europe was the most dominant continent collaborating with 132 papers whereas the United States …

Access To Information In The Attainment Of Sustainable Development Goals (Sdgs) In Federal University Libraries In Nigeria, Edward C. Amadi Mr., Inemesit U. Udoh Mr., Glory E. Ekpenyong Mrs.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examines access to information in the attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in federal university libraries in Nigeria using the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) and University of Uyo (UNIUYO) Libraries. Four (4) research objectives of accessing the level of awareness of the SDGs, roles of access to information in the attainment of SDGs, the extent to which access to information aids attainment of SDGs and the challenges facing access to information in the attainment of SDGs were framed to guide the study. The descriptive survey design was adopted, with a study population of 106 academic …

Phytochemistry Literature: An Altmetrics Analysis, Radhakrishnan S, Baskaran C

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article analyses the articles on Phytochemistry Literature with the tools of Altmetric. For this study, 10 articles on phytochemistry literature were taken for the analysis. This study also compares the Citations received by a publication against the Altmetric score. The study shows that the most of the Publications are shared by the social media Twitter. Moreover readers prefer to read the articles through Reference Manager Mendeley. The study discovers that there is a moderate correlation between Citation and Altmetric Score. Only one paper obtains citation and Altmetric score equally. Another paper gets citation and Altmetric score in near equal. …

Preservation Of Medical Information In Healthcare Facilities In Delta State, Nigeria: A Survey, Isaac E. Anyira

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study surveyed healthcare facilities in Delta State, Nigeria in order to discover the major threats to medical records, to examine the strategies and methods of preserving medical information , and to examine the challenges militating against effective preservation of medical records in Delta State. The concepts of medical records and preservation of records were reviewed in literature. The survey method was used for the study. Medical staff members who are involved in handling health records in selected health facilities in Delta State were the target for this study. The questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument …

Influence Of Organisational Culture On Job Satisfaction Of Library Personnel In Selected Academic Libraries In Three States In South-West, Nigeria, Esther Oluwayimika Ariyo Miss, Andrew Oshiotse Okwilagwe Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of organisational culture on job satisfaction of library personnel in selected academic libraries in three States in South-west, Nigeria. Relevant literature on organisational culture and library organization effectiveness, job satisfaction of library personnel performance; organizational culture and job satisfaction of library personnel was reviewed. The descriptive research design of the survey type was adopted for this study. The study population consisted of 265 library personnel who were selected from three academic libraries in three states in South-west, Nigeria. Data collected, were analyzed using simple percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis. The study provides …

Determinants Of Quality Performance Of Library Staff Of Academic Libraries, Edward Asante, Patrick Baayel, Kenneth Wilson Adjei Budu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the determinants of quality performance of library staff of selected academic libraries in Ghana. The study aimed at establishing the core determinants of quality performance and its sustainability in academic libraries. The study chooses a quantitative approach where the questionnaires were used as instruments to collect data on information on determinants of quality performance of library staff in selected academic libraries in Ghana. Out of 151 questionnaires administered, 146 were obtained representing 96.6%. Smart PLS3 software was used to analyse the quantitative data collected. The convergent, discriminant validity assessment were all acceptable and within the thresholds. The …

Bibliotherapy And Reduction Of Examination Anxiety Among Undergraduates Students Of Faculty Of Education, University Of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, Andrew Oshiotse Okwilagwe Professor, Francisca Uloaku Maswell Miss

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

This study investigated bibliotherapy as factor if influencing examination anxiety of undergraduate students of Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design of Expost type. The study population of 1,557 undergraduate students of the Faculty of Education from which a total of 311 undergraduate students were selected from Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria adopting the systematic random sampling technique. The questionnaire was the main instrument for data collection. It consists of 47 questions arranged in three sections. Simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and correlation were used …

Use And Access Of Grey Literature By The Scholars Of Aligarh Muslim University With Reference To Arts, Social Sciences, And Sciences: A Study, Abdul Moid, M Masoom Raza, Keshwar Jahan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of this study is to examine the use and access of grey literature by Scholars of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and to evaluate the grey literature contents along with general contents in AMU Repository. The study used a quantitative approach using the survey method to collect data by applying the questionnaire as a tool and analyzing the archived resources in AMU repository. Results showed that the Thesis is the highest in number among other archived resources in AMU Repository. Based on the survey, majority of the Scholars opted Theses & Dissertations as the most essential resources for their …

Customization Of Koha Online Public Access Catalogue: An Experimental Study, Dr. Anupam Chanda

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: An online public access catalogue (OPAC) is an online database of all the resources and materials available in a particular library. OPAC could potentially replace the old fashioned card catalogue as a means of helping library users to find the resources which they want. The purpose of the study is to explore various aspects of the customization of Koha OPAC.

Methodology: An experimental research method has been adopted for the study to customize the OPAC. HTML, Java and CSS coding has been used as a command to customize the front view of the OPAC.

Findings: Koha OPAC is distributed …

Factors Influencing Higher Similarity And Plagiarism Amongst Research Scholars: A Comparative Case Study Of Two Indian Universities- Centers Of Higher Education, Deepti Madaan, Rupak Chakravarty, Prof. Dlis

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Higher Education is gaining momentum in every domain. There is a strong passion and pressure to undertake research and find solutions to the problems plaguing Higher Education. In the pressure to enhance ones career prospects leads to instances of academic misconduct like plagiarism which is adversely affecting the academia. Different studies have brought into light different reasons behind it. This study is also an attempt to analyse the reasons/factors which create hindrance in the way of original research. The study explores various factors which are prevalent among the research scholars of social sciences and sciences of GNDU, Amritsar and PU, …

Towards Institutional Repository Sustainability: Lecturers Awareness, Patronage And Content Submission To The University Of Cape Coast Repository, Ebenezer Martin-Yeboah, Christopher Kwame Filson, Kwame Boohene

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Having been hardest hit by the crisis of inadequate funding for journal subscription, academic institutions, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa have embraced open access institutional repositories as alternative means of scholarly communication. Upon the embrace of this approach to knowledge sharing, the University of Cape Coast’s Institutional Repository, UCCSpace, like most academic repositories, has had to contend with the issues of sustainability in the area of content recruitment. The study thus assesses lecturers’ awareness and perception of institutional repositories in the context of content population and sustainability of IRs. Through the Descriptive Survey Design, the study engages 714 lecturers in a …

Research Productivity In Human Genetics During 2014 – 2018: A Scientometric Approach, Priya Saravanan, Natarajan Radhakrishnan, Abdoulaye Kaba

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

An attempt is made for bringing out the growth of literature on human genetics. Web of Science database has been used to retrieve the data of five years (2014-2018) by searching a keyword “Human Genetics" in the combined topics, abstract and keywords fields. The scientometric tools and techniques such as document type, year wise distributions, language, and country wise distribution are used for measuring the outputs. Findings of the study indicate that more than 1966 (20.51%) research articles were published in the year 2016. English was the dominant language with 9393 (97.9%) followed by German with 71(0.7%). For the contributing …

Assessment Of Research Output On Bamboo In India: A Bibliometric Study, Dr. Ashutosh Agrahari, C. P. Chaudhary, Prof. S. N. Singh, Malabika Acharjee

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed the research output on Bamboo for a period of 29 years (1989-2018). The web of science database has been used to retrieve worldwide publication records on bamboo research. The records were analysed using the descriptive statistics. Based on the retrieved data, various aspect of literature on bamboo research analysed and interpreted. The performance of the most productivity countries, authors, journals, Institution wise, and Growth rate and doubling time have assessed. The articles were classified as Research, review and others and grouped under 22 subjects to identify the subject coverage of bamboo research. The study found a positive …

Trends In Annual Seminar Papers Of Ahmedabad Library Network: A Bibliometric Analysis, Shanti P Chaudhari, Atul Bhatt, Shishirkumar H. Mandalia

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A Bibliometric Study of Communications Published in Journal of Informetrics from 2012 to 2016. This research study demonstrates a bibliometric study of scholarly communication published by Ahmedabad Library Network (ADINET) in proceedings of annual conference (seminar). ADINET celebrates Librarian’s Day every year to commemorate the birthday of Dr. S R Ranganathan by organizing seminar in Gujarat, a leading state of India. This bibliometric study is intended to bring out the results of seminar proceedings published by ADINET from 2005 to 2019. This study investigated 176 papers published in Proceedings of ADINET seminar during 15 years. Study revealed that most of …

Authorship Pattern Of 21st Century Data Science Research: A Scientometric Evaluation, Arindam Sarkar, Ashok Pal, Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study tries to focus on the various facets of authorship pattern in data science during 2001-2018. Annual growth rate of articles, authorship pattern, author productivity rate, degree of collaboration, author collaboration network visualization and finally the application of Lotka’s law are the major thrust of this research. The highest AGR 46.43% was noticed in the year 2016 followed by 39.53% in 2014 and 37.67% in 2015. The lowest AGR -20.75% was noticed in the year 2002. Only 21.83% articles were published by single author whereas 78.17% articles contributed by two or more than two authors. The lowest AAPP …