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A Study On Perceptions Of Faculty Members On Inforamation Sources Of Libraries Of Engineering Colleges Affiliated To Jntu-Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, Srinivasa Raju Chemarthi, Pulla Reddy V, Surendra Babu K

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Analysis of data collected from a simple random sample of 1130 faculty members belonging to 37 Engineering colleges affiliated to JNTU-Anantapur using a questionnaire, reveals that most of the faculty members are using textbooks (97.3%), and Internet (85.7%) for their teaching activity. Further, most of the faculty members are using e-journals (80.1%) and Internet (79.0%) for their research activity. Most of the faculty members are satisfied with latest editions of books available (79.8%) and with the multiple copies available for prescribed textbooks in their libraries (75.02%). Most of them (77.3%) are consulting periodicals for their teaching and research work. …

A Selective Review Of Scholarly Communications On Palm Leaf Manuscripts, Jyotshna Sahoo

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The very purpose of this paper is to provide a meticulous review of literature on various aspects of palm leaf manuscripts. Through the process of review, it aims to highlight the antiquity of palm leaf manuscripts, the process of seasoning and writing over the leaves, the physical, chemical and biological factors of deterioration, the classification and cataloguing process of manuscripts, different traditional / modern methods of preservation and conservation as well as the viability and prospects of digital preservation of manuscripts and the attempts taken by various manuscript libraries for digitization.

Visualizing Global Nanotechnology Research On Publication Deeds, 1989-2014, Chandran Velmurugan, Natarajan Radhakrishnan

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This study highlights the publication analysis in nanotechnology research outputs in global level as identified the data in Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database, Thomson Reuters, Philadelphia, USA. It is found that a total output of worldwide scholarly communications in the field of nanotechnology is 20825 during the period between 1989 and 2014. The maximum numbers of outputs of 7269 records (34.91 %) were published by USA which is placed in the first rank. The next position has got by China with 2121 research papers (=10.19%) and followed by Germany is in the third rank. The primary sources are …

Factors Affecting The Pattern Of Information Use By Final Year Undergraduate Students In Federal University Libraries Of North Central, Zone, Nigeria, Saidu Sonfada Ndagi, Adamu Baba Musa

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The aim of this study was to investigate the information use pattern of final year undergraduate students in North-Central Nigeria. Specifically, five purposes and research questions guided the study. It adopted a descriptive survey design and had a population of

3365 registered undergraduate final year student library users from three selected federal universities. The study used proportionate stratified random sampling technique to sample

200 final years Undergraduate library users. From the above population two hundred (200) questionnaire were distributed with one hundred and eighty five (185) returned; representing a return rate of 93%. The data collected were analysed …

Contributions Of Indian Authors To Library Philosophy And Practice (E-Journal) During 2001 To 2015, Manoj Kumar Sa, Nilaranjan Barik

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Library Philosophy and Practice is a popular open access peer-reviewed electronic journal in the field of Library and Information Science. The journal is published under the auspices of University of Idaho Library and University of Nebraska Lincoln, United States and being indexed by world's largest bibliographic database SCOPUS since 1998. The coverage areas of the journal include explorations of current, past, and emerging theories of librarianship and library practice. The present study intends to analyze the contributions of Indian authors to Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) during 2001 to 2015. The study has retrieved a total numbers of 200 scholarly …

Knowledge Management In Indigenous Medicine: The Expected Role Of Ghanaian University Libraries, Christopher K. Filson Mr, Paulina Afful Arthur Mrs

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Indigenous medicine is regarded as an alternative medicine used in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sicknesses in most societies. Unfortunately, some of the works of indigenous medicine practitioners are not documented. Although a great deal has been written about the importance of knowledge management relatively little attention has been paid to how knowledge creation process of indigenous healthcare can be managed, hence the need for the university library which serves as a repository of knowledge transmission to assist in the dissemination of knowledge in indigenous medicine. The library’s interaction with the environment together with the means by which it …

Information Seeking Behaviour Of Masters Students: Affective And Behavioural Dimensions, Aondoana Daniel Orlu

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The study aimed at broadening the appreciating information seeking behaviour of master’s students through linking the dynamics of information seeking to emotions and behaviour. This research is an in-depth empirical research on emotions and behaviour among Master’s students at Manchester metropolitan university. Emotions and behaviour also have a direct or indirect effect on the style of learning that students use. Previous studies have also highlighted that the discipline and stage of research have an influence on student’s information seeking. The current study seek an in-depth understanding of the emotions and behaviour associated with information seeking among Masters Students. Essentially, this …

Influence Of Information Literacy Skills On Information Needs And Use Among Banking Personnel In Ogun State, Nigeria, Oyintola Isiaka Amusa Mr,, Taoffik Olatunde Bello, Akinkunmi Oluseun Omotoso, Olukunle Akinbola Osunrinade

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This study employed a survey method to investigate the level of information literacy skills of banking personnel, their information needs and use. The study is limited to banks located and operating in Ogun state, Nigeria. Five of such banks were randomly selected and 125 bankers in the banks constituted the respondents for the study. 125 copies of the questionnaire designed for the study were administered on the respondents out of which 75 (60%) were duly completed and returned. The study found out that bankers have high information literacy level and there is a significant relationship between information literacy and information …

Asia-Pacific Journal Of Management Research And Innovation, 2004-2015: A Bibliometric Study, Sankar P Mr, Kavitha E S Dr

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The paper brings out the results of a bibliometric analysis of the journal titled "Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation” published by Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi for the period from 2005 to 2015. The data are downloaded from the journal's website. This study aims at analysing the research output performance of management science. The analysis cover mainly the year-wise distribution of contributions in their different volumes, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, length of papers, citation pattern, average citation per contribution per volume, subject wise distribution of papers. All the studies point towards the merits and weakness of …

Information Behaviour Of Revenue Collectors In Lagos State, Nigeria, Ezinwanyi Madukoma, Mohammed Farhan Opemipo

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This study investigated the information behaviour of revenue collectors in Lagos State, Nigeria. Survey design was employed for the study. The population was made up of 150 staff of Internal Revenue service, Lagos. All members of the population were used for the study. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics. The results showed among others that revenue collectors sought information to determine corporate tax, to ensure that legal information is not breached and to ascertain the level of income of tax payers. Information sources used by revenue collectors were mostly online sources and …

Research And Publication On The Horticultural And Medicinal Use Of Pepper From 2005-2014: A Bibliometric Analysis, Thirumagal A

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Pepper has been used for its flavour and as a medicine. For the Indian cooking pepper place an important role. Pepper cures constipation, diarrhea, earache, gangrene, heart disease, hernia, hoarseness, indigestion, insect bites, insomnia, joint pain, liver problems, lung disease, oral abscesses, sunburn, tooth decay, and toothaches. Black pepper is the world’s most traded spice. Black pepper is originally agriculture in south India. It is farming mainly in the tropical region. PubMed is a primary bibliographic database that covers 18 million references to journal …

Elderly People And Their Information Needs, Nelson Edewor, Osaze Patrick Ijiekhuamhen, Uche P. Emeka-Ukwu

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This study is aimed at exploring the information behavior of the elderly people amongst us. A survey research design was adopted. Four objectives were set for the study and the interview was used to elicit information from respondents. Findings showed that 63% were male while 37% were female. Findings also reveal that the information needs of elders covered health conditions (98%), pension/finance (92%), government policies (34%), current affairs (53%), and transport (63%) among others. The most preferred source of information as revealed by the study is the use of family members (98%). This is followed by radio/television (92%). Use of …

Content Analysis Of Journal Articles On Wiki In Science Direct Database, Sabitri Majhi, Chanda Jal, Bulu Maharana

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The study aims for analyzing the contents of articles on wiki that were published in the journals of science direct database, to find out the methods of research used, type of data analysis techniques used for wiki articles, most productive country contributing highest number of articles, highest contributing author, year wise publication, authors subject background etc. Out of total 142 hits, from Science Direct database, the articles without having abstract and full text were excluded from the study and a total of 89 numbers of articles were analyzed. The study reveals that Majority of the articles on wiki are research …

Status Of Open Access Institutional Digital Repositories In Agricultural Sciences: A Case Study Of Asia, Bijan Kumar Roy, Subal Chandra Biswas, Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay

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Paper highlights the current state of open access repositories (OARs) movement in Agricultural field of Asian countries. It describes their characteristics in terms of types, contents, disciplines, languages covered, technical and operational issues, and policy matters. Compares and evaluates repositories against selected parameters and makes some recommendations for the growth of agricultural repositories Worldwide. Also presents a unified interface that can harvest metadata from different OAI-PMH compliant agricultural repositories Worldwide.

Awareness And Perception Of Plagiarism Of Postgraduate Students In Selected Universities In Ogun State, Nigeria., Jerome Idiegbeyan-Ose, Christopher Nkiko, Ifeakachuku Osinulu

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Plagiarism undoubtedly constitutes a seemingly imperceptible threat to the growth of genuine global scholarship. The understanding of various perspectives of the phenomenon is critical to finding a lasting solution. It is against this background therefore, that the study investigated awareness and perception of plagiarism of postgraduate students in selected Universities in Ogun State Nigeria. Survey research design was used while adopting stratified and random sampling methods to select 338 respondents from federal, state and private Universities for the study. The findings revealed average level of awareness of plagiarism among postgraduate students, level of training influenced their level of awareness; pressure …

Challenges Confronting Postgraduate Library And Information Science Student In The Use Of Electronic Resources In Southern Nigeria, Blessings Amina Akporhonor Dr(Mrs), Lucky Oji Akpojotor Mr

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Information Seeking Anxiety: Effects Of Gender, Level Of Study And Age, Mohammadamin Erfanmanesh

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This study examined the effects of gender, level of study and age on various dimensions of the information seeking anxiety construct among postgraduate students at a research-intensive university in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 38-item Information Seeking Anxiety Scale was tested on three hundred and seventy-five (n=375) postgraduate students drawn from a population of eleven thousand (11000) students using stratified random sampling method. Gender, level of study and age were found to be antecedents of the information seeking construct using a series of independent sample t-tests, one-way analysis of variance and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient tests. Conversely, the test for …

Scientometric Study Of Periodical Literature With Journals “Language Sciences” And “Linguistics And Education”, Bipin Bihari Sethi

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This paper seeks to analyze publications indexed in the database of Science Direct Top 25 hottest Papers in Arts and Humanities journal to understand the international perspective of research publication dynamics in two core journals such as: (1^st)”Language Sciences” (LS) and (2^nd)“Linguistics and Education” (L&E) respectively. This is a comprehensive survey work using bibliographic records derived from Science Direct top 25 hottest papers database during 2005-2014 and this paper vigorously tries to give a complete view of the evaluation of research outcomes. Findings of the study revealed that out of a total number of …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Indian Journal Of Chemistry, Section B To Study The Usage Pattern Of Information In The Field Of Material Science, Manisha Gogoi Mrs, Pronab Kumar Barooah

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The Present study deals with bibliometric analysis of articles and references provided at the end of each article contributed in Indian Journal of Chemistry Section B, Vol.52B , 2013.The study is carried out with a view to ascertain the types of documents most frequently used in the research process. The study indicates the authorship trend is towards team works rather than a work in isolation It is observed that most of the publications cited are articles in journals; the number of references in other kinds of documents such as books/monographs, conference proceedings, theses/dissertation etc. are small. Among the citations …

Strategies For Enhancing The Utilization Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict)-Based Library Resources In Research, Vincent Anayochukwu Ani, Emmanuel Onyeka Ani 2, Columbus Okechukwu Ugwu 3, Arnold Ibeawuchi Nwachukwu 4, Jonathan Chigbo Obianuko 5, George Ikechukwu Ndaji 6, Emeka Eusebius Maduchie 7

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This study was conducted to investigate the problems that hinder the utilization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based library resources for postgraduate research in Nigerian Universities (federal, state, and private). Four objectives and four research questions guided the study. A sampling technique was used in carrying out the work. A total number of five hundred and ten (510) respondents were used for the study. The instruments for data collection were questionnaire and observation checklist. Five hundred and ten (510) copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the postgraduate researchers at the three universities in the South East Nigeria and three …

An Appraisal Of Open Access Utilization Among Academic Librarians In Federal Universities In Northwestern States Of Nigeria, Aminu Umar Musa

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With the proliferation of literature on Open access (OA), extensive literature can be found focusing on issues relating to OA publishing from the viewpoint of libraries and publisher, very little have been done on issues influencing authors’ adoption and use of OA by academic librarians in Northern Nigeria. This study investigated the utilization of OA among academic librarians in Northwestern States of Nigeria. The findings from the study revealed that majority of the respondents indicated high level of awareness of OA publications concept but posses little Knowledge about OA initiatives. The study also discovered that librarians use OA resources and …

Prison Inmates' Challenges In Accessing Library Media Resources In Preparation For Senior School Certificate Examination In Nigeria, Isaac Oluwadare Busayo Mr, David F. Elaturoti

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This study examines the prison inmates’ challenges in accessing library media resources in preparation for Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination in Nigeria from 2009 to 2013. Three regional prisons in Nigeria that prepare and register inmates for these Examinations were randomly selected for the study. These are Abakaliki prisons in the South-East, Ikoyi prisons in South-West and Kuje prisons in North-Central Nigeria. Five hundred questionnaires were administered on the inmates registered for SSSCE in the various prisons sampled, namely: Abakaliki 160 inmates with a response rate of 142, Ikoyi 240 inmates with a response rate of 209 and Kuje 100 …

Management And Preservation Of Non-Book Materials In Academic Libraries: A Case Study Of Three University Libraries In Nigeria, Daniel Olusegun Ikegune

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This study investigates the management and preservation of non-book materials at the University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University and Ladoke Akintola University. Relevant literature on the need for management, preservation, importance, challenges and factors responsible for deterioration of this non-book materials as well as remedies, suggestion and/or recommendations for improvement was reviewed. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The study population consisted of one hundred and forty one (141) staff in the three selected university libraries. The population of the study consists of para-professionals and professionals librarian. Data were collected using questionnaire and interview. Data …

Emotional Self Awareness And Information Literacy Competence As Correlates Of Task Performance Of Academic Library Personnel, Magnus Osahon Igbinovia

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The academic library of the 21^st century is challenged with the need to make the library lucrative for users, hence the performance of academic library personnel is emphasized as an important factor influenced by variables such as the emotional self awareness and information literacy competence of library personnel. Thus, this study seeks to investigate emotional self awareness and information literacy competence as correlates of task performance among personnel in academic libraries in Edo state, Nigeria. The survey research design was employed for the study with a population size of 181 library personnel in the 15 academic libraries under study …

Information Anxiety And Information Overload Of Undergraduates In Two Universities In South-West Nigeria, Olufemi J. Ojo Mr

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Information anxiety and information overload have no single generally accepted definition and term. They are all state based academic anxiety that serve as a barrier to the use of information particularly by students. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the influence of age and gender on information anxiety as well as information overload by undergraduates in University of Ibadan and Tai-Solarin University of Education in South-West Nigeria. The study population were 193 undergraduates in four faculties similar to both universities sampled using purposive and stratified random sampling technique with proportionate to sample while six hypotheses were formulated and …

Decolonizing Our Library System: The Living Librarians (Baansi) Of Dagbon, Northern Ghana, Florence Dedzoe-Dzokotoe Plockey Mrs., Baba Alaa-Bany Ahamed Mr.

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The living librarians of Dagbon are knowledge producers who commit the history of Dagbon into memory and recount it from generation to generation. This study used various instruments such as in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, observations, storytelling, phased assertion, documents’ analysis, field notes, historical profiling, and acoustic appreciation to explore the living librarian of Dagbon in Northern Ghana. The data was collected from June 2013 to August 2014. The study revealed that there were various forms of livings libraries (baansi) also known as court musicians but most of the categories are now extinct. However, the most recognized and important …

Information Needs And The Enhancement Of The Psychological Wellbeing Of Nigerian Prison Inmates, Helen U. Emasealu Dr. (Mrs)., S.O. Popoola

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In every society, deviant behaviour is inevitable and, as a result of its adverse consequences, ought to be taken seriously. Nations have formulated rules and regulations which constitute the penal policies towards the administration and dispensation of criminal justice in the effort to punish as well as reform criminal-minded individuals. The provision of library information resources to cater for the information needs of prison inmates as reformatory tool for their psychological well-being during incarceration has not been given adequate attention in Nigeria prison system. A survey study with structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the sampled 600 prison …

Attitude Of Civil Servants Towards The Use Of Research Information In Policymaking In Selected Ministries In Lagos State, Nigeria, Temitope S. Akinbinu Mr, Mutawakilu Adisa Tiamiyu Prof

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Information is very essential in any organization especially in a government based environment where information are needed for policy making. However, some of the instruments used for getting information are not well managed by the civil servants who are the custodian of this research information. This study investigated the attitude of policymakers in terms of the types, availability and accessibility of research information in making policy. Focusing particularly on the types of research information needed by senior civil servants in making policies, frequency of use of research information source, accessibility of information for decision making and the challenges encountered in …

Mentoring: A Strategy For Professional Development Of Librarians In Nigerian Universities, Nkechi, Anthonia Idoko, Richard Ndubuisi Ugwuanyi Phd, Ngozi Eunice Osadebe Mrs

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This study investigated mentoring strategies in use for professional development of librarians in federal Universities in North-Central Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Population of the study was 107 professional librarians. Four research questions guided the study. Instrument for data collection were: structured questionnaire and an interview schedule. Data obtained were analyzed using mean ratings. Major findings include: informal mentoring strategy is the main strategy in use for professional development of librarians in these universities, many benefits accrue from mentoring, yet there are challenges affecting it. Suggested ways to combat these challenges were given. The implication of the study …

A Citation Analysis Of The E-Journal, Library Philosophy And Practice (2005-2014), Anjali Verma, Sharad Kumar Sonker, Vibha Gupta

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The present study is based on the citation pattern of the articles published for the period 2005–2014 of the Library Philosophy and Practice, E-Journal. 1180 articles are published in the journal during 2005-2014. Highest numbers (198) of articles were published in 2011. The E-Journal contained 20978 references for the study period of which 15518 are documentary sources citations and 5460 are non-documentary source citations. Every year almost 118 articles are published and each article has an average of 13.15 documentary sources and 4.618 non-documentary citations.