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Access And Use Of Information Resources, Services And Facilities By Faculty Members Of Futminna (Futm) Nigeria, Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Rukkayya Mohammed Yunusa

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Abstract: This study access and use of information resources, services and facilities by faculty members of FUTMinna (FUTM) Nigeria. The study also investigated the usage of these resources, and services. The main objective of the study was to determine the level access and use of information resources, services by faculty members in the library. Major findings testify that, the agricultural information available, accessible and utilized is not much available. Current information resources particularly e-journals, e-books, databases, text books were the information needs by the users in the library. The study therefore, recommended the improvement of the existing information resources, and …

Use Of Karnataka Digital Public Library By The Agriculturists In Mysore Region: A Study, Siddaramu P, Dr. Padmamma, S

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Public Library is serving as a community information center by providing information to the society, individual and agricultural communities to solve their existing problems. It is the democratic institution which plays a major role in social, economic and cultural development of the various communities by providing information, educational and entertainment facilities. Today, Public libraries are started to upgrade its collections from print form to digital form for reaching new generation. Department of Karnataka Public library initiated Karnataka Digital Public Library Services to fulfill the information needs of the people. Karnataka State has four Region, Mysore, Bangalore, Gulbarga and Belgaum. The …

Growth And Development Of Research Data Management In India: A Visual Analysis Of Published Literature Indexed In Scopus, Manu T R, Bhakti Gala

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The present paper identifies and presents a visual analysis of Research Data Management (RDM) literature published by Indian researchers and indexed in Scopus – the bibliographic and citation database. The researchers have used standard bibliometric methods of measurements to conduct the study such as Bradford’s law, Lotka’s law and Zipf’s Law among other parameters. The study findings indicate that India is rapidly focusing on RDM with its contribution of 136 publications to the global output of 4929 publications over a period of 1945 to 2021, ranking 12^th globally. Out of 136 publications, 35.29% (48) were published as open access …

Content Analysis Of Nirf Ranked Medical Institute’S Library Websites Of India: An Evaluative Study, Komal Sahu, Sharad Kumar Sonkar

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Libraries are establishing websites to deliver information to their patrons. The purpose of this paper is to assess the top ten medical institute library websites, as determined by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), for the year 2020. The checklist-based observation method has been adopted for the study. The checklist is categorized into five major categories: general information about the library, library's printed collection, library's e-resources, library's services, and library’s sections. At the end of this study, some recommendations are being provided for improving websites. The information is gathered from only eight medical institute’s library websites because two of them …

Digital Rights Management (Drm) In The Libraries Of Digital-Era: Concepts, Ipr Issues & Concerns Of Lis Community, Subhajit Panda

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A rapid shifting perceived from traditional content to digital media due to increasing advantages in every step of the information life cycle: create, collect, organize, store, access, deliver & use. Along with the advantages, digital content transactions are more likely prone to effects through IPR issues. Copyright and intellectual property rights (IPR) have been established and extended over hundreds of years, but implementing the same in the digital environment faces huge challenges. This article started by introducing digital rights & digital rights management (DRM), its architectural framework & techniques, and associated IPR issues. The perception of the LIS community about …

Information Needs, Sources And Barriers Of Doctors In Primary Health Centres In Haryana: A Survey, Amit ., Satish Kumar Malik University Librarian

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The present study was investigated among the doctors of Primary Health Centre of Haryana to assess information needs, sources and the barriers to accessing information. For which the survey method has been applied and 227 questionnaires were distributed in all strata based on the proportional number of PHC and 133 questionnaires were found appropriate for the analysis process. It is found that the main reason for the information requirements of doctors is to maintain patient records and clinical decision making for which they accessed the information commonly from the general browser and Colleagues. The study also found that the most …

Offering Web-Based Tools Via Library Websites For Academic And Research Progression: An Analytical Study, Tanmay De Sarkar

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The purpose of the present study is to explore the possibility of integrating various online tools and apps with the library website and to identify the issues and benefits of implementing these tools. Quantitative online survey method was used using Google form in the present study to investigate the perception of the academic community involving students, teachers, and research scholars across higher education institutes in West Bengal, India about the online tools and apps and how they respond while interacting with these tools. Based on the responses to a series of questions, the study analyzed user observation and found purposive …

Ascertaining Users’ Attitude Towards Information Technology Application: A Comparative Study Of Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla And Punjabi University, Patiala, Tarvinder Singh Handa

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The present study was carried out to ascertain the attitude of library users towards information technology applications in two university libraries, viz. Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla and Punjabi University, Patiala. Survey method of research was used based on random sampling. 391 responses were collected from three user categories, i.e., PG Students, Research Scholars and Faculty Members in the faculties of Social Sciences and Sciences. Five departments from each faculty were taken further to attain more insight into users' attitude. The simple percentage, Chi-square test, and Mann Whitney U test were used to analyze the data collected through a structured questionnaire. …

Web Excerpt Analysis: In The Context Of Gujarat State, Dr. Rakesh D. Parmar, Mahesh M. Nandaniya

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The current analysis looks at the accessibility of web excerpts at academic writing presentation of Library and Information Science and Communication and Media Studies with regards to Gujarat and India. The current writing presentations were examined dependent on their publication from Gujarat. The excerpt styles were checked for their confirmation and accessibility. Further, the lexical highlights of URL like document expansion, way profundity, character length and the high level space were resolved. The discoveries of the analysis will be useful to creators, distributes and writing presentation staff to guarantee that web excerpts will be available at future.

Knowledge Conversion On Naracerita: The Students’ Inheritance Of Digital Folklore Based On Media, Riche Cynthia Cynthia, Isah Cahyani, Yudi Wibisono, Rayhan Musa Novian

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Educational efforts to maintain national culture can provide learning resources in readings obtained from certain regional cultures. With intangible cultural wealth, such as folklore or fairy tales, Indonesian culture will experience extinction or cannot be found again if the story is not collected. The narrator's folklore writing platform is a digital platform as a local cultural heritage, in this case, folklore, by converting implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge to be passed down to students as a source of learning and reference. This study uses an ex-post-facto descriptive survey approach to 95 respondents during the socialization of the storytelling platform by …

A Study Of Selected Makerspaces: An Overview, Anjali Sandesh Kale Dr.

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Makerspace is a recent phenomenon. It is defined as a place where people interested in similar things come together to work and share ideas and equipment. Due to its widespread benefits, it has been incorporated in schools, colleges, universities, and libraries all over the world. In India, the number of makerspaces is increasing steadily, but not much is known about them. So to enhance the understanding of the makerspace, a study of selected makerspaces was conducted to understand its functioning. It was found that most of the selected makerspaces were established between 2010 to 2017. The majority of selected makerspaces …

An Appraisal Of Transportation And Accommodation Facilities In Academic Performance And Utilization Of Library Resources And Services By Undergraduate Students Of Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Abia, Nigeria, Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Bilkisu Lawal Sayaya

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The study examines the transportation and accommodation facilities in academic performance and utilization of library resources and services by undergraduate students of Michael Okpara University of agriculture Abia, Nigeria. Undergraduate students from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia, are the respondents. The main objective of the study is to assess the transportation and accommodation facilities in academic performance and utilization of library resources and services by undergraduate students of the studied university in order to analyze the types of transportation and accommodation facilities available. The researcher took 0.4 % of the entire respondent population= 35335= 150, so one hundred …

Assessment Of Job Satisfaction Among Library Professionals Of University Of Delhi And Jawaharlal Nehru University: A Comparative Study, Kasam Ali Research Scholar, Dr. Nishat Fatima Professor And Head

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Abstract: The present study was designed to ascertain the job satisfaction among library professionals of University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University. In this present study census sample was used to collect data from the working library professionals of University of Delhi (N=43) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (N=56). The data was gathered through Job satisfaction scale (JSS) designed and developed by Singh and Sharma (1986). The results found that there was no significant difference exists on job satisfaction among library professionals of University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Motivating Factors In Seeking And Collecting Information: A Study Of The Faculty Of Government And Government Aided Colleges Of Teacher Education In Tamil Nadu, Rajamansingh M, Manoharan A, Franklin J

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The libraries of Colleges of Teacher Education play a vital role in the educational process. The impact of motivating factors on seeking and collecting information among the faculty of Government and Government Aided colleges of Teacher Education has been studied. The highly motivating factor for visiting college libraries by faculty of teacher’s education colleges is to prepare for student project works. There is an association between this motivating factor and age or gender of the teachers.

Emerging Nature Of Community Services By Libraries In View Of Village Adoption By Institutions Of Higher Learning, Pradip Kumar Singha Librarian, Nabin Chandra Dey Asst Prof

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Libraries of higher educational institutes besides serving their parent organisation can provide extension service towards the society or the local community. This idea generated with the Government guideline of the MHRD for the Educational Institutions called Unnat Bharat Abhiyan for adopting village for their development and bridging the gap between urban and rural. This paper deals with how libraries being part of the institution can contribute in shaping the development of the adopted village through active participation of the community and setting up village community library under the patron of institutional library. It can bridge the gap between rural and …

Exploring The Academic Use Of Social Media By Medical Students Of Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala-India, Kavya Asok

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Purpose:-The present study aims to report the academic use of social media by medical students in the government medical college, Kozhikode, Kerala-India.

Methodology:-Electronic questionnaires using Google Forms were distributed to collect data from the targeted participants and data were analysed with the help of IBM-SPSS using descriptive statistics including frequency and percentage methods.

Results:-The results of the study reported the scanty use of social media platforms by medical students for academic purposes and the overuse for entertainment. WhatsApp was the top used social media platform by the participants. Participants opined that the use of social media platforms …

Library And Information Science Scholarly Journals Publishing Simulation: A Study, Priyanka Sinha, Subaveerapandiyan A

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The author's productivity is assessed based on publications, which requires a lot of motivation and time. Manuscripts get through several steps before being accepted and published. The purpose of this paper is to understand the time gap between acceptance to the publication of manuscripts in reputed journals of Library and Information Science.

This paper is useful to contemporary researchers for knowing the journal publication duration. In this paper, we discussed the refereed and index journals in the field of library and information science. For this study, we collected the data from six LIS journals which were published from the 2020 …

E-Resource Management And Management Issues And Challenges, Subaveerapandiyan A, Ammaji Rajitha, Mohd Amin Dar, Natarajan R

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E-resources are inevitable, technology has grown and libraries are also adopting the technologies although adopting have many challenges to the library professionals. Whenever something new comes they need to update themselves. A study investigated E-Resources management and management issues of Indian library professional perspectives. For this study, data was collected from various academic institutes/university libraries in India. It includes institutes of national importance, central, state, deemed and private universities. The study finds that the majority of the libraries subscribed to E-journals and E-books, administration related challenges faced by LIS professionals. The t-test results revealed a lack of professional skills is …

Role Of School Library Committee In Inculcating Reading Habit Among The High School Students: A Case Study, Pravin Vasant Kamat Mr., Bindiya Mahableshwar Naik Ms., Vijaya Vasant Sawant Mrs.

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The School Library Committee works with the librarian to create general library policies and regulations that govern the library's operations. The Book Purchasing Policy is decided by the School Library Committee. It assists the library staff in running the library as efficiently as possible. The other staff provides assistance to the School Library Committee in carrying out Annual Stock – Verification of Library Books. It has taken steps to make the library more user-friendly by focusing on effective library policies in order to improve communication between readers and library staff. It makes sure that not only the staff but even …

Mosque Library: Bibliometrics Analysis Based On Web Of Science (Wos) Database, Sri Yayu Ninglasari, M. Fikri Himmawan

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Throughout history, mosque libraries have played a critical part in the advancement of civilization. From an economic perspective, the advancement of civilization in terms of education and welfare cannot be separated from the existence of libraries. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of the development of the mosque library literature using bibliometric tools (RStudio with "biblioshiny" and Vosviewer) based on the Web of Science (WOS) database. This study shows patterns of co-authorship, document citations, keyword co-occurrence, and thematic evolution. We demonstrate the literature's influence by examining its document type, yearly publishing rate, journals, and research area. …

Content Analysis Of The Library Webpages Of Educational Colleges In Goa, Shambhavi Nikhil Joshi Mrs., Nikhil Arvind Joshi Mr., Pravin Vasant Kamat Mr.

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In this digital era of abundant information production, there is an increase in demand of high - quality digital information. With the greater demand from users to serve their information needs, the job of the librarian has become critical in terms of delivering services to its patrons. The content richness of the website is the key factor to attract users and facilitate them in navigating through its web pages. These websites are playing a key role in helping students and faculty to carry out their study and academic work. Thus the need arises to continuously evaluate these web pages to …

Use Of Social Media In Delivery Of Reference Services By Librarians In Futo Library, Nancy C. Akagha

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This study attempt to find out the use of social media in delivery of reference services by librarians in Federal University of Technology Library, Owerri. The study was guided with three (3) research questions. However survey research design was used for the study with questionnaire as the instrument for data collection, with the target librarians that uses social media in delivery reference services in FUTO Library. Findings from the study indicated the types social media medium employed in their services and discovered a high degree of use. The impact in the Library is without challenges, which ranges from insufficient content …

Covid-19 Effects On Libraries Goes Beyond Books: Lead City University In Perspective, Adedoyin Johnson, Oluwabunmi Bakare Dr.

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Information is a resource that is naturally needed in all aspects of human endeavors and the library, as an institution responsible for the acquisition, organization and dissemination of information is highly sought by information users. However, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the closure or restriction of access to libraries all over the world, of which the Lead City University Library was not an exception. This article contends that the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has a wide ranging impact on the library and its users that goes beyond lack of access to books and other …

Scientometric Portrait Of Joan C. Durrance, A Respected Researcher In The Community Focused Library Services, Dr. Sudip Banerjee, Kaustuv Chakrabarti

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The present study attempted to prepare the scientometric portrait of Joan C Durrance, a respected researcher in the community focused library services and a pioneer in the field of community informatics. The study focused on the aspects like Year and age wise publication output, Authorship pattern, Document types, Ranking of Collaborative authors, Preferred journal for communication of research results, Distribution of citations, and Ranking of top cited papers. She has contributed 165 publications including 39 seminar presentations since 1977 to 2011. Year wise growth indicated that she contributed the maximum number of scholarly output in 1996 at the age of …

Information Use Skills Of Users At Five State Agricultural Universities: A Study, Monisha Mishra, K C. Panda Prof(Dr)

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Purpose: The present study mainly focuses on the ICT and information use skills among the three core classes of library users in different Indian State Agricultural Universities. As the first State Agricultural University was established in the year 1960 at Pantnagar, the other Universities considered for the study were also established between 1960 and 1970.

Methodology: Simple random sampling technique is used for the study. The scope of the study covered myriad aspects like library literacy skills, basic computer operating skills, knowledge of library resources and services including print and electronic resources and online databases, etc.

Findings: …

Usage Of Information Sources And Services In Selected Engineering And Management Institute Libraries Of Haryana: An Assessment, Gajender Singh, Sanjiv Kadyan

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The present study is evaluates the user experience towards library information resources and services in selected engineering and management institutes of Haryana. The researcher distributed 432 questionnaires among faculty members, PG and UG students of YMCA Faridabad, MDU Rohtak and DCRUST Sonipat Engineering and management institute libraries and found 325(75.23%) responses received back. It was found that the majority of users were overall satisfied with available library information sources and services. The study also found that some of library information sources and services were not much fully utilized by the faculty members and the students. Therefore, it is also suggested …

Evaluating Users’ Satisfaction On Academic Library Services And Facilities In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan, Rida Anmol Miss, Ghalib Khan Dr., Izhar Muhammad Mr

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This study was set out to explore the level of satisfaction of the faculty members working in the south district (Karak) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan from their college libraries’ services and facilities. In order to achieve the objectives of the study and the real picture of the level of satisfaction of faculty members, census based survey research method was adopted to collect data from the target population. Self-constructed and pilot tested questionnaire was used for data collection. Total 147 questionnaires were distributed out of which 120 filled questionnaires were received back with 81% response rate.

The study found that majority of …

Collection Of Legal Information Resources In The Allahabad High Court, Mohd Muzzammil

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The study illustrates the development and management of legal information resources (LIR) in the Allahabad High Court Judges’ Library (AHCJL). This work is based on research conducted by researchers as part of his Ph.D. Work. The AHCJL has a collection of numerous types of legal information resources. The AHCJL is accessible only by the honourable judges and court clerks. It is important to note that printed legal information resources are used more frequently than electronic legal Information resources. The study also found that a significant portion of the library's budget was spent on journal subscriptions. Books and bare acts have …

A Service Quality Analysis Of Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library Of Dibrugarh University Of Assam, India, Arnob Paul

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This paper is a preliminary attempt to analyze the impact of different aspects on the users’ trust. With the increasing importance of service sector, the research on service quality is also increasing. However, the research on library service quality is very limited especially incorporating the aspect of user trust. Now, this study put emphasis on two issues, viz, the impact of library services quality on the level of user trust and to find the answer to the question whether there is a difference in the expectation of the user and reality in terms of service quality of the library. Our …

Social Media Usage Among Post-Graduate Students Of Kashmir University And Relationships Between Social Media Use And Factors Relating To Depression, Javaid Ahmad Wagay, Dr Pc Sehgal

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COVID-19 and the resulting stay-at-home orders have changed just about everything, including our relationship with the internet, how often we use it and how we use it. For instance, in India 87 % people reported increase in its usage with 75 % spending increasing amount of time on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp (Business Today, March 30, 2020 ). This study examined the use of social media PG Students of Kashmir university . The main objectives of the study are to find out the reasons why PG Students use social media, to identify students’ perception of social media, and to find …