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E-Resources: Perception And Utilisation By Ayurvedic Medical College Librarians Of North Karnataka, Rajita Devi, Dr Keshava

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

E-resources are increasingly important to all aspects of teaching and learning. This present study provides an overview of the perception of e-resources by the librarians of 23 Ayurvedic Medical Colleges of North Karnataka. A well-structured questionnaire was administered to the Librarians of 23 Ayurvedic Medical Colleges of North Karnataka to get required data. 23 questionnaires were distributed, out of which 23 questionnaires were returned with 100% response. This study investigates awareness regarding perception and use of e-resource in the library; their usage; satisfaction with the availability of e-resources & infrastructure facility provided in using e-resources; and need of training to …

Use Of Customized Marc Framework For Recording Books In Koha: With Special References To Public Libraries Of West Bengal, Rounak Biswas

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Library automation means a high degree of mechanization of various routine and repetitive tasks to be performed by library staffs. Presently, public libraries of West Bengal are moving towards automation with koha. Koha, being open source software, allows extensive customization. Most of the libraries are now use their own bibliographic framework for recording different type of documents to save the time of data entry work. This paper highlights the need of customized MARC framework for books in libraries with an instance of use of customized MARC framework in Public libraries of West Bengal.

A Bibiliometric Analysis Of The Journal Of Computers In Human Behavior: 1985–2019, Mohsen Jalali

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Background: The Journal of Computers in Human Behavior published its first issue in 1985. This study presents a general overview of the journal from 1985 until 2019 using bibliometric indicators to assess its performance.

Methods: The data for this study, dating between 1985 and 2019, was extracted from Scopus database. All the information was exported in CSV format for data analysis. Additionally, Visualization was done by VOS viewer software and applying techniques such as Co-occurrence of keywords, Co-citation of journals, and bibliographic coupling of countries.

Results: The results show that the Journal of Computers in Human Behavior has experienced a …

Measuring Human Resource Management Practices And Job Satisfaction Of Librarians In Jammu & Kashmir, Mubashir Majid Baba

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This paper attempts to examine the impact of Human Resource Management (HRM) practices on the Job Satisfaction of Librarians in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K). On basis of the literature review, it is hypothesized that a positive perception among librarians regarding the HRM practices helps in developing a sense of satisfaction among them regarding their jobs. The hypothesised relationship is tested though regression analysis by using data from libraries of seven universities of J&K. The findings suggest that perception of employees regarding the HRM practices positively impacts their job satisfaction. It is recommended that university library management should continue to promote …

Use Of Social Media Space For Library Service Delivery: Evidence From Southern Nigeria Universities, Titilayo Comfort Ilesanmi Mrs., Iyabo Mabawonku Prof.

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The incorporation of social media into service delivery by librarians is essential to render tandem library services to the users in the universities. Literature has established the awareness and perception of emerging technology for personal use while there is a paucity of literature on the use of social media for library service delivery. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the use of social media for service delivery by librarians in Southern Nigeria universities. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised the librarians in the university in Southern Nigeria. Total enumeration technique was …

Awareness And Use Of Academic Social Networking Sites Among Library And Information Science Professionals In North Eastern Region In India, Stephen G, Pramanathan U

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A variety of Academic Social Networking (ASN) Platforms, Including ResearchGate, Academia.edu and Google Scholar, have gained popularity over the past decades. A common capability of many of these academic social networking websites is to provide an online repository to which users can upload and share research papers. Now 10 years since the launch of the three main platforms which currently lead the market (Academia.edu, ResearchGate, and Mendeley), it is timely to review how and why ASNS are used. Recently Microsoft Academic also. These sites allow uploading academic articles, abstracts, and links to published articles; track demand for published articles, and …

Impact And Usefulness Of E-Resources On Delivering Knowledge In Contemporary Learning Environments Of Medical Colleges In Kerala: A Study, Rony Sebastian, Dr.P Muthumari

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Advances in ICT and increased availability of e-resources at affordable cost during the past few decades have brought radical changes in the way information is gathered, stored, organized, accessed, retrieved and consumed. The present study analyses the impact and usefulness of E-resources on delivering knowledge in contemporary learning environments of medical colleges in Kerala. The main objectives of the study are to identify the level of awareness, purpose, frequency, access points, key constraints and level of satisfaction towards the use of e-resources among the undergraduate students of Medical colleges. A descriptive survey method was chosen by using a well-structured questionnaire …

A Study On The Information Collecting Mode Of Secondary School Students In A Digital Setting, Nancy Waral

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The widespread use of the Internet has opened up a significant amount of knowledge and is available immediately upon any search at anytime and anywhere. The Internet is tremendously useful for educational purposes by teachers as well as students and educational administrators and it has superseded libraries as a source for information gathering and research. In the present scenario the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have brought tremendous changes in gathering information among the primary and secondary students. The information-gathering of the students moved from print to online. The main focus of the study was to know the various information …

Assessment Of Selection And Acquisition Techniques Of College Of Education Libraries: A Case Study Of College Of Education Zuba Library, Fct Abuja, Hussaini Musa

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This study was carried out to identify the assessment of selection and acquisition processes of book and other materials in College of Education Zuba Library. The research method used is survey method. The population of the study is staffs of the College of Education Zuba Library which the number twenty-eight (28) and there is no sampling since the population is manageable. Questionnaire was used to elicit data from twenty-eight (28) respondents. The data was analyzed using table, frequency and simple percentages. The following findings emerged from analysis of the data: lecturers select majority of the materials; also that the book …

Practice Of Library And Information Services For Differently Able Community In The University Libraries Of Assam, Rima Nath Assistant Professor, Debajit Borgohain Assistant Librarian

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The study aims to examine various Library and Information Services that are being delivered for the Differently Able Community in the selected University libraries of Assam. The study highlights the special services, different types of equipment and infrastructural facilities that the libraries have provided for the Differently Able Users. The study also focuses on the physical barriers which are faced by the Differently Able users and the purpose of Information seeking in the libraries. The finding shows that there is an urgent need and improvement of the services delivered for the Differently Able users by the surveyed libraries. The University …

Subject Approach To Information Retrieval With Special Reference To Bengali Documents: A Critical Study, Dr. Sambhu Nath Halder

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The library provides its services to satisfy the user’s approach. This study is done to assess users’ attitudes towards the retrieval of the Bengali document in OPAC through subject headings. It also traces users’ perceptions regarding subject access highlighting the problems in the retrieval of Bengali documents by subject in OPACs. It can be inferred that some features are required to be incorporated to improve the functionality of the OPACs and thereby to satisfy users’ requirements. Results revealed that search experience using subject headings is not satisfactory. Keywords search rather performs better but due to redundancy of search, it is …

Covid-19 Research Output In 2020: The Global Perspective Using Scientometric Study, Surulinathi Muthuraj, R. Balasubramani, Amsaveni N

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This study presents the global level perspective of COVID-19 research output from January to April 2020, and these analyses include global publication share, patterns of research communication channels, the most productive Sources, Authors and Institutions. Data were extracted from the Web of Science citation database using the search string of “Coronavirus” OR “COVID-19” and limited to 2020, a total of 1658 publications were retrieved, which have received 4804 citations and the overall H-index is 29. On the basis of literature analysis around the world, it is found that the 1658 publications came from 78 Countries. As expected China is the …

Information Needs Of Women Market Vendors In Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District, Uganda, Caroline Nankinga, Walter Omona, Joyce Bukirwa

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Information needs are an awareness of the information gap that exist among a group of people and differ from one group to another. The purpose of this study was to establish the information needs of women market vendors in Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District in Uganda by establishing the information needs of women market vendors, sources of information that are available, barriers faced when accessing information, and making recommendations on the possible measures that can be put in place to address the information needs barriers. The study used a qualitative exploratory research design. Data was collected using interviews and observation, …

Libraries And Sustainable National Development In Nigeria, Idogbe, Ibukunoluwa M., Philip, Kathryn J. Dept Edutech And Library Science

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Nigeria has changed in diverse sectors such as education, politics, agriculture, health, technology and so forth in view of development and modernisation across these sectors. Consequently, the diverse structure of Nigerias federalism is discussed in terms of the various development plans put forward by successive governments. This paper particularly noted the various institutional and special libraries as contributing to these strides with a responsibility of developing a literate community of its patrons. Some of the roles that libraries play in the development of Nigeria have been buttressed through various writers relayed in this paper. The work concludes that there is …

Use Of Electronic Information Resources By Social Scientists Of Banaras Hindu University, Rajani Mishra, Ashok Kumar Shukla

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The dependency on e-resources in every sphere of intellectual activity is increasing day by day. This study investigates the use of electronic information resources by social scientists of Banaras Hindu University with regard to the advocacy of electronic resources. The study revealed that electronic resources available are fairly accessible to the social scientists. Findings revealed that social scientists fairly used the library for their research and other academic purposes.

Health Information Seeking Among General Public In India During Covid 19 Outbreak: Exploring Healthcare Practices, Information Needs, Preferred Information Sources And Problems, Nida Nafees, Daud Khan

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Background: As of October 1, 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) reports that COVID-19 has spread in 216 countries or territories or areas which results into throwing billions of lives under lockdown as healthcare services struggle to cope. Therefore, timely access to healthcare information during COVID-19 crisis is mandatory to restrain its spread.

Objectives: To comprehend the information needs and seeking behaviour of general public during COVID-19 outbreak in India.

Methods: A national survey through an online questionnaire was conducted in India and 1310 respondents participated in the study through snowball sampling technique.

Results: The most decisive information needs of majority …

Information Seeking Behavior In E-Environment: A Study Of Mass Media Professionals In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, Shehzad Ahmad Dr, Sajjad Ahmad Dr, Riaz Ghafur Mr

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Purpose: This study investigates the Information-Seeking Behavior (ISB) of mass media professionals in E-environment working in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the most important strategic area of Pakistan. To explore the perceptions of mass media professionals towards information seeking in e-environment is significant, because traditional print newspapers, radio and electronic media (TV) face a steady decline in their information sharing due to the growth of free online contents available through internet.

Research Design: A quantitative survey approach was adopted and 130 structured questionnaires were distributed and received back from the working journalists selected through snowball sampling.

Key Findings: Findings of …

Open Government Data: Initiatives, Challenges, And Myths, Azeem Akbar, Abdul Jabbar Awan, Qurat Ul Ain Saleem Phd. Scholar, Nosheen Fatima Warriach

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The study has been carried out to identify the open data initiatives taken by different governments. The study also incorporated the benefits and challenges and myths of open data applications. It is a qualitative study based on the review of already published literature. Literature was searched from scholarly databases by using multiple keywords. Articles were selected based on relevance to the topic. The UK, US, Maldova, Pakistan, and Fingal Country Catalog cases have been elaborated. The challenges include technical, legal, organizational, managerial, financial, methodological, and conceptual issues. The myths of open data include; 1) All information should be unrestrictedly publicized, …

Impact Of Digital Media On Information Needs And Seeking Behavior Of University Teachers In Pakistan, Gulnaz Akhtar

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The core objective of this study was to examine the impact of digital media on information needs and seeking behavior of university teachers in Pakistan: A study of federal area universities. There are thirteen (13) federally chartered universities located in the federal capital, having faculties of applied/natural sciences, social sciences/humanities, and engineering covered by the study. With the insurrection of Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) flow of information is rapidly enhanced. User needs are fulfilled through a single mouse click. Wide-ranging reading of volume of information is an additional dilemma. It is a reality that wide mountain range information creates …

Mapping And Visualization Of Indian Research Landscape On Coronavirus Disease 2019(Covid-19): A Bibliometric Study, Sidhartha Sahoo, Shriram Pandey, R. K. Mahapatra

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Structure Abstract

Purpose

This work aimed at demonstrating India’s scientific contribution on Covid-19 research and analyzes the emerging research pattern using various bibliometric parameters.

Design/methodology/approach

Indian publications data on Covid-19 research were retrieved from SCOPUS database using structured query. VOSviewer & CiteSpace data visualization tools are used to generate citation, co-citation map and keyword clusters for better understanding of the research pattern. The leading institutions, most productive journal, prominent researchers are identified and analyzed further to reflect the collaborative nature.

Key Findings

Between January to September, 2020, a total of 3465 research documents were published pertaining to Covid-19. A larger …

Corporate Social Responsibility (Csr) Programs In Philippine Libraries, Joseph Marmol Yap, Martin Julius Villangca Perez, Elijah John Fernando Dar Juan

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Libraries are sometimes the least priority of a public school, a state university, a local government unit or an enterprise. With the efforts of its administrators and help of the innovative librarians, these libraries could solicit book donations and other information products, collaterals, library equipment and furniture if they have the right contact person – the CSR managers from the generous donors. More often than not, these libraries try to squeeze in the meager funds they get from their institutions and try to work it out based from their day-to-day needs.

This paper presents 14 organizations / corporations that are …

Perceptions Of Buddhist Monks Towards Monastic Library: A Case Study Of Dali Monastery, Darjeeling, Prabin Karkee

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This paper examined the Buddhist monks’ attitudes toward monastic library and their reading preferences. These monks are attached with the Dali Monastery of Darjeeling. 62 residential and trainee monks participated in the survey. All the monks are male. Survey method has been adopted for the present study. A structured questionnaire was prepared and circulated among the monks. 80 questionnaires were distributed and among them 62 filled-in questionnaires were received with response rate of 77.5%. The researcher personally visited the monastery to collect data and get a chance to talk with the monks and closely observe the resources and facilities. Hence …

Cultural Literacy In Building The Character Of The Community In Sindangkerta District, Tasikmalaya Regency, Encang Saepudin, Ninis Agustini Damayani, Tine Silvana Rahmawati

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The lack of appropriate strategies in cultural development has become one of the reasons for the weakness of Sundanese culture in maintaining the power and quality of its life. Thus, there is a need for an appropriate and tested cultural development strategy. This strategy must be compiled and built together based on the principles of strategic and equitable. This study aims to create a literacy model as part of cultural preservation.The researcher used a descriptive method with a case study approach. Data collection is done through participatory observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation study. Respondents in this research were the managers …

Media Literacy To Overcome Cyberbullying: Case Study In An Elementary School In Bandung Indonesia, Nuning Kurniasih, Engkus Kuswarno, Andri Yanto, Dadang Sugiana

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Cyberbullying of children is a very worrying phenomenon. Media literacy is needed to avoid children from cyberbullying. This study aims to formulate media literacy in children in primary schools on several research focuses, namely on how students' understanding of cyberbullying, efforts of students and schools to overcome cyberbullying and media literacy to overcome cyberbullying in elementary school students. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method with a case study approach. We selected the 5th-grade students and the teachers from a Private Elementary School in Bandung Indonesia to become research informants. Meanwhile, the triangulation is done through …

Analysis Of The Needs Of Information About Issn For Scientific Journal Managers In Indonesia, Dwi Ridho Aulianto, Pawit M. Yusup, Yanti Setianti

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This study aims to find out what information is needed by scientific journal publishers. The method of this study was a questionnaire and interview to the participants of the ISSN workshop held by Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). The answers of the question are processed and analyzed as the research data. The results of the study showed that the information which is needed by scientific journal managers are not only about the national accreditation but also the basic information needs regarding the use of ISSN, there are still many scientific journal publishers who published their works without any guidance or …

Rural Entrepreneurs' Information Needs Upon Entering E-Commerce, Nuning Kurniasih, Winwin Yadiati, Sukaesih, Tine Silvana, Edwin Rizal, Yunus Winoto

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To introduce e-commerce to rural entrepreneurs, we need to convey information according to their needs. This article explains the information needs for rural entrepreneurs in developing their marketing through e-commerce. The proceedings concerning information needs for rural entrepreneurs were obtained through a case study approach in Tegalmanggung village, Sumedang Regency, Indonesia. The primary data in the study was acquired through observation, Focus Group Discussion, and interview. The primary data is then processed to get a picture of rural entrepreneurs' information needs to enter e-commerce. Based on the description, we made a SWOT analysis, formulate each point of the entrepreneurs' information …

Use Of Electronic Information Resources By Post Graduate Students Of Jss Ahear Constituent Colleges, Shylendra Kumar B Librarian, Kishore Kumar S Deputy Librarian, Jeya Chitra M Library Professional

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The present work explains the E-resources utility by 200 students of JSS AHER constituent colleges and departments. A data’s were collected through a standard questionnaire. The study explores the level of understanding and usefulness of e-resources. It was identified from the study that the electronic resources are slowly replacing with print media. A sample of 200 students from the various colleges &departments of JSS AHER was evaluated and the response rate was found to be 80per cent. The aim of this study was to assess the level of information accessed by the students. The data was collected through structured questionnaires …

Indian Wheat Research Output In Two Decades: A Bibliometric Study Based On Scopus Data From 1996-2015, Anil Kumar Siwach

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the Indian wheat research output during 1996 to 2015 from a bibliometric point of view.

Methodology: The data for the study was extracted from Scopus database for the 20 years time period from 1996-2015 using the keywords identified through MeSH. A total of 8554 Indian papers on wheat research were selected and analyzed to study the year-wise output, most prolific authors, document types, top journals, top institutions, international collaborations, funding agencies, citation profile and top cited papers.

Findings: With 8.52% of the global research output on wheat, India …

Information Literacy And Political Conflict In The Whatsapp Group, Hanny Hafiar, La Ode Herman, La Tarifu, Sitti Utami Rezkiawaty Kamil, Faturachman Alputra Sudirman, Fera Tri Susilawaty

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Conflicts can occur due to lack of information literacy. Political information disseminated through Whatsapp group often creates political conflicts. The purpose of this article is to examine the political conflict that causes members to leave a group on a whatsapp group, as well as other members' reactions in responding to it. The method used is quantitative descriptive analysis. The results showed that the comments given after the members who leave the group, among others: comments on personal leaving groups, comments on conflicts that occur, comments on problems that cause conflict, and comments on social and political conditions that occur. The …

Evaluating Perception Of Users Regarding Collection And Services: A Case Study Of Kashmir Government Polytechnic College (Kgpc), Sumaira Jan Dr., Asifa Ali

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The present study attempts to offer an insight about the user’s perception regarding library collection and service in Kashmir Government Polytechnic College (KGPC). The findings of the study reveal that preponderance (91.33%) prefer to use “Textbooks” as a source of information resource in the library while as usage of e-resources have been found low among them. It emerges that majority of users visit library on “Daily” basis to “Issue books” and read “Newspapers”. On the other hand, the finding reveals that majority of user’s visits library to avail “Internet Services” followed by “Lending Services”. Furthermore, it is observed from …