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The Impact Of Information Access Towards The Conduct Of Free, Fair And Credible Elections In Nigeria, Modupe Oluwabiyi, Albert O. Adetunji

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This study seeks to bring to the fore, the roles of information towards the conduct of free, fair and creditable elections in Nigeria. It traces the historical perspectives of democracy which serves as the most veritable vehicle for credible election as well as the chronological outlook of elections in Nigeria since 1959. The work looks at what constitutes free, fair and credible elections as well as voters’ education and Rights. A critical look is taken at the attributes of information as well as the critical and major players of information in the electioneering processes in Nigeria. The study also …

Adoption And Functionality Of Koha Integrated Library Management System In Indian Institute Of Technology: A Comparative Study Between Bombay And Bhubaneswar, Ram Bhawan, K L. Mahawar

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The study explores the adoption of Koha ILMS in the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) and Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IITBBS). The particular study researcher adopted the survey method and questionnaire tool used for data collection. The finding of the study shows both institutes are using commercial software before adopting Koha. Institutes migrate their data from old ILMS to Koha; Only IITBBS faces data quality problems during migration. Almost all of Koha modules have well received by both institutes. They are satisfied with only the acquisition module. The function of serial modules is unclear to IITB; however, open-source, …

Research Visualization On Teaching, Language, Learning Of English And Higher Education Institutions From 2011 To 2020: A Bibliometric Evidences, Dr. Muhammad Shoaib, Mr. Nusrat Ali, Dr. Behzad Anwar, Dr. Shamshad Rasool, Dr. Raza-E Mustafa, Mr. Shi Zici

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Impacts Of Technology Skills On Generic Job Satisfaction, And Assessment Of Training Needs: A Case Of Pakistani Librarians, Asad Khan

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Since modern librarians are urged to acquire technological skills, thus objectives of this study are; 1) to examine whether or not the acquisition of such skills affects their generic job satisfaction (GJS) and; 2) to identify the training needs. To this end, twelve research hypotheses were formulated indicating the relationship of technology skills with GJS. The findings revealed significant effects of technology functional and professional skills on GJS and accordingly, all hypotheses (H₁-H₁₂) are supported. Further, Information Assurance and Security Skills were established as the principal predictor of GJS whereas Library Content Management System skills as …

Research Output Of Indian Institute Of Science Education And Research Pune (Iiser Pune) During 2006-2020: A Bibliometric Study, Sushanta Kumar Roy, Sukumar Mandal Dr.

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This study analyses the research outputs of IISER Pune during 2006 to 2020 revealed in Web of Science (WoS) database (06.03.2021). It aims to examine the growth and development of IISER Pune's research activity as reflected in publications output. A total of 3613 records have been obtained and studied in accordance with the goals. This study analyses the features of these research outputs such as year-wise, subject-wise, document types, country-wise collaboration, authorship trends, and types of language. Research outputs 546 in 2018, 1328 records in physics, 3308 in the form of articles, 959 with USA collaboration, 735 by joint authors …

Academic Staff Use Of Electronic Resources (Er) In Nigerian University Libraries During The Covid-19 Lockdown Period, Dim Chibuzor Livina (Dr), Austin Jude Mole (Prof)

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Purpose: This study investigated the Academic staff Use of Electronic Resources (ER) in the Nigerian University of Nigeria Libraries during the Corona Virus (Covid 19) lockdown

Design/ Methodology/Approach: The study adopted a Descriptive survey research design. The total population of study was 3130. A sample size of 313 was selected for the study using the simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. The data collected for the study were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The benchmark score for decision on the analysis was the real limits of numbers

Findings: The finding from the study revealed …

Factors Affecting Academic Motivation Of Medical Library And Information Science Students: A Case Study Of Hamadan University Of Medical Sciences, Iran, Hossein Vakilimofrad, Mohammad Ahmadian, Leila Masoumi, Monavvar Mohammadiani Halaj

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Purpose: Academic motivation is one of the most essential psychological concepts in education and one of the most important issues affecting academic achievement. Lack of interest and motivation is the main educational problem. Therefore, in order to improve the quality of education, studying the academic motivation and the factors affecting it seems necessary.

Methods: This study was conducted via an analytical survey method. The study population included all students of the Medical Library and Information Science at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (Iran) who were studied by census method. The data collection was done through a questionnaire. For …

Citation Analysis Of Doctoral Theses In Science And Social Sciences Submitted To Icfai University, Dehradunduring 2012 – 2020., Tapas Roy, Rounak Biswas, Samaresh Modak

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The study is based on the citation analysis of doctoral theses submitted to ICFAI University, Dehradun which was established under ICFAI University Act 2003. The main objective of this study is to determine the use of information sources by the research scholars of the University for completing their doctoral theses. There are a total of 23 numbers of doctoral theses awarded from the year 2012 to 2020.Among those thesesthirteen theses are from social science departments and remaining ten theses belong to science departments. The study is conducted on the 8979 citations appended in these theses. Bibliographical entries illustrated at the …

Research Output On Leprosy During The Year Of 2010-2020: A Scientometric Analysis, Victoria P

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The purpose of this study was to measure the number of contributions and highlight the contributions made by the researchers in the field of leprosy and published on the Web of Science database during 2010-2020 using scientometric analysis. Data were interpreted by using software such as Bibexcel, Vosviewer, and tabulated using MS Excel. The results indicated that 4544 papers were published during 2010 - 2020 and the highest number of publications 456 (10.03%) was produced in 2020. The trends in multi-authored papers have tremendously increased (89.28%) compared to (10.72%) single-authored papers. The relative growth rate (3.13) and degree of collaboration …

Evaluation Of Famous Recommender Systems: A Comparative Analysis, Jayanta Kr Nayek, Rajesh Das

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In this era of the internet and with the easy availability of data at a very low cost, searching for information is growing at an exponential rate. So, it is now impossible to find the desired information without proper guidance. Here is the need of the recommendation system. The system will recommend which information relevant to the user according to their searching pattern. It will also explore hidden results with a minimal effect. The goal of this paper is to describe the famous recommendation systems which are used mostly and to explore what is the need of these kinds of …

Covid 19 Researches By Brics’ Nations: A Bibliometric Study, Kodandarama ., Dr Chandrashekara M

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Background: The novel corona virus (COVID 19), that is now considered as global pandemic due to its high rate of infectivity has impacted the world and caused morbidity and mortality on an unprecedented level in the era of modern medicine. In the past year, COVID 19 researches have been carried out at large by several countries across the globe. Therefore, the present study aimed to explore the researches brought out by BRICS countries in the form of publications to obliterate the COVID 19 pandemic.

Method: Scopus database was explored to collect the publications of BRICS pertaining to COVID 19. Data …

Exploring Prevalence And Psycho-Social Factors Of Library Anxiety Among The Student Category Of Users Based On University Affiliations, Rajesh Chutia, Sudeshna Nath

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An outright fear of using library facilities has been observed among students which can hinder academic productivity among students. Library anxiety poses as a psychological barrier in effective use of library resources. Research suggests us to delve deeper in the library perspectives in order to unearth possible causes of anxiety associated with it. The present study is a descriptive cross-sectional design intended to examine library anxiety among the students' category of library users in Assam's state universities; along with investigation of probable psycho-social reasons for such an anxiety. For the study, a sample size of 160 (Gauhati University = 80 …

Awareness And Information Seeking Behavior Of Undergraduate Students Of University In Digital Environment-A Systematic Review, Sanjeev Kumar Research Scholar, Jatinder Kumar Samyal Dr.

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University library being considered as knowledge hub caters to the information needs of diverse categories of users like students, research scholars, scientists, teachers, etc. by providing access to a wide variety of learning resources. Apart from print resources university libraries are increasingly adding electronic resources like E-Books, E-Journals, E-Theses, databases, E-Standards, Institutional repositories, consortia, online public access catalogue and other networked resources to their collections which have been widely used nowadays as primarily for teaching, learning as well as research activities. Since the undergraduate students are not involved in any kind of research work thus presumed to make use mostly …

Open Access Publishing Trends In Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia (1980-2020), Furkan Yousaf, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Murtaza Ashiq, Ammara Yousaf, Shakil Ahmad

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The purpose of this bibliometric study was to examine the status of Open Access (OA) scholarly productivity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from 1980 to 2020. To meet the objectives of the study, a bibliometric method was used and data on KSA publications were retrieved from InCites tool of Clarivate Analytics. The study revealed that KSA is positioned at the 41^st place in open access publications in the world and has the highest percentage of OA publications among the countries of the world. The last ten years found a momentous increase in OA publications in KSA. The …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Nanomedicine Research From 2009-2018, Chinmay Sarma

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This paper is based on the bibliometric analysis of Nanomedicine research published from 2009 to 2018. Total 6415 records were retrieved for analysis from the Web of Science database. The study covers year wise distribution of publications, identification of most prolific authors, identification of most contributing countries, application of Bradford’s law and identification of core journals in the field of nanomedicine. The study reveals that China has contributed highest publications followed by USA and India. The authorship pattern of the publications was studied. The publications are highly collaborative (DC=0.98).

Patterns Of Productivity In Information Retrieval (Ir) Literature: A Study Of The Scientometric Distributions, Pramod Kumar Singh, Sangita Gupta

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The present paper aims to analyse the patterns of productivity in the information retrieval literature during the period of ten years i.e. (2009-2018). The study covers a total number of 4238 records indexed in the Scopus database. Out of a total of 4238 publications, a maximum 1915 records were contributed by two authors, followed by three authors with1176 contributions. A total of 17829 citations were recorded on 4238 publications and the maximum (29.67) annual growth was recorded in 2010 from the marked period of study. The overall relative growth was shown in fluctuating trend and lie between (0.16 to 0.83) …

Problems And Challenges In The Preservation Of Digital Contents: An Analytical Study, Usman Ali Shah, Mohammad Hussain, Ms Saddiqa, Muhammad Shehr Yar

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This paper probed the issues and changelogs related to the preservation of digital contents. A literature-based approach was adopted to identify the major problems related to the preservation of these unique contents. After studying the literature, it was identified that basic principles that should be kept in mind while preserving digital contents are longevity, selection, quality, integrity, and accessibility. It was found that the most critical problems and challenges faced during the digital preservation including nature of the contents keeping the data, maintaining trust in the data, coping with the data deluge, technological obsolescence, media fragility, lack of expert and …

Identification Of Preferred Sources For The Scholarly Communications Of The Indian Corporate Medical Institutions Using Bradford’S Law Of Scattering, Susama Nanda, Kamal Lochan Jena, Manoj Mishra, Dola Babu Ramesh

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Introduction: Health science research focuses to generate new knowledge through new techniques, research design and organizational interventions to serve the whole community. The number of documents published during a stipulated time is measured as the research strength of the concerned institutions to judge their performance.

Objective: The prime aim of this study is to find the prominent Indian corporate medical institutions and analyze their scholarly outputs with justification of Bradford’s law.

Method: The authors choose 50 Indian corporate medical institutions to analyze their scholarly outputs during the studied period.

Discussion: The publication count, citations, h-index and citation per paper of …

Assessment Of Ict Competencies Of Lis Professionals In Public Libraries Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Quantitative Study, Mohammad Hussain, Sosen Nayab

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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the ICT competencies and skills of LIS professionals working in public libraries. The study's specific objectives were to assess LIS professionals' knowledge and skills in library software, web application, examine the methods used to acquire ICT skills, identify areas where training is needed, and ascertain the issues faced by the staff in acquiring ICT skills.

Research Design and Methodology: The questionnaire-based survey was conducted to collect data from the sample of the study. 40 LIS professionals were working in 15 public libraries of the province. Therefore, a census-based approach was used and the whole …

The Use Of Information Tools, And Facilities By Undergraduate Students In The Faculty Of Agriculture University Libraries: In Northern Nigeria, (Abu, Futm And Fuam) A Study., Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Lawal Iro Sani

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The study determines the use of information tools, and facilities by undergraduate students in the faculty of agriculture university libraries: in northern Nigeria, (ABU, FUTM AND FUAM) undergraduate students from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Federal University of Technology, Minna, are the respondents. The main objective of the study is to assess the use of information tools, and facilities by undergraduate students in the faculty of agriculture university libraries: in northern Nigeria, (ABU, FUTM AND FUAM) in order to analyze the types of available information resources and facilities, the level of usage, by library users of …

Information Mapping Of Religious Conflict Research In Indonesia: Bibliometric Analysis, Rusmulyadi Rusmulyadi, Susanne Dida, Hanny Hafiar, Soleh Soemirat

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Research on religious conflict is mostly carried out by researchers in Indonesia, but it has not been mapped integratively. Several studies on religious conflict have been published and indexed on the Portal Garuda. The Portal Garuda is a national indexer for scientific publications in Indonesia. This study aims to determine a map of the development of religious conflict research in Indonesia. In this study, several scientific articles on the theme of religious conflict were reviewed. This study uses a quantitative approach with the bibliometric method. The results of the study show that the trend of religious conflict research in …

Cataloguing Education In The Era Of 4ir: The Way Forward, Madireng Monyela

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The paper seeks to investigate Cataloguing Education (CE) in the era of 4IR and evolving technology with the observation that cataloguing is the core of any library service, without which there could be confusion in the retrieval of library information sources. Therefore, CE should equip students with skills that will enable them to work comfortably during any industrial revolution. Furthermore, 4IR entails transformation of humankind, and industries are now compelled to reconsider their ways of doing business to be in par with the economic world. Moreover, the exponential growth of information resources on the Internet and the World Wide Web …

Research Productivity Trends Of Desidoc Journal Of Library And Information Technology (Djlit) During 2011-2020: A Bibliometric Analysis, Parishmita Hazarika

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This paper intends to glance at the DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology (DJLIT) research productivity over ten years (2011-2020). The paper illustrates the various bibliometric factors in the Journal DJLIT, which published 588 publications during 2011-2020. As per the analysis, in 2012, most of the papers were published with the highest growth rate of 20.68 %. The productivity of the authors shows that a total of 1144 authors published 588 papers, with an average of 0.51% per author. The degree of collaboration varies from 0.53 to 0.75, with 0.65 being the average. The author B.M. Gupta has the …

Publication Study Of Liquid Crystals In International Perspective: A Scientometric Approach, Dr Padmavathi N, Dr Nayana J

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The purpose of this paper is to identify the worldwide scientific publications of Liquid Crystal's research and a significant rising thrust area that has huge potential to improve information understanding, organization, decision making and administration. This study retrieved scholarly communications published during 1999-2019, which are available on the Web of Science. The scientometric analysis performed from global output characteristics, institutional, core journals, continental, countries/territories and topical aspects. International publications' features identified that Liquid crystal research has improved stage and colossal participation and collaboration. The vast research papers were published in 2018. This is the first study to evaluate global literature …

Awareness And Use Of Online Databases By The Research Scholars In Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati: A Study, Dr. Sadu Ranganadham, Ranganadham Sadu Dr

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The study deals with the awareness and use of online databases by the research scholars in Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.. The survey method was used in this study. Questionnaire tool was used to collect data from the research scholars. Seventy five questionnaires were distributed to the research scholars following accidental sampling method. The researcher received 175 filled in questionnaires out of 200. Most of the research scholars (88.0%) are using of online databases. Majority of the respondents (703.7%) are aware of online databases through friends. Most of them (90.9%) use online databases for their research work. Most of them (82.3%) …

Education System Transformation Of The Indonesia Defense University In Supporting Scientific Literacy, Mhd Halkis, Zuhria Ninda

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Aim: The present study aims of this study is to evaluate the Defense University's education policy by examining how the use of libraries in supporting scientific literacy.

Methodology: This research method is qualitative by using phenomenology approach. It means that in understanding something has an objective and subjective side, unlike the positivism of separating between the two (subject-object), for science to be objective.

Result: Apparently there is a process of transformation of values and symbolism of the "Defense of Country / DoC" campus from the instructional education system to the science literacy that is pursued in accordance with the Ministry …

Quality Of Academic Improvement In Indonesia : A Bibliometric Analysis (2015-2020), Merlin Apriliyanti

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This research collects and processes related journals with the title of improving academic quality by using publish or perish and vosviewer as a medium of analysis. By using these 2 applications, the author can analyze and conclude the data obtained. The method used in this research is the bibliometric technique, which analyzes the data using keywords as the start of the search and then concludes it into an output that can be used to determine the journal related to the title. The results of this discussion are, during 2015 to 2020 there were many countries, types of scientific works, and …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of School Based Management Research In Indonesia From 2010 To 2020, Nabila Sani

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This study aims to map scientific publications in the field of school based management visually at the global level indexed by Scopus using Bibliometric analysis. This study focused on articles of School Based Management at the international level. Research data were obtained from the Scopus database in December 2020 through the publish or perish software. All the discussions and analysis in this paper is based on 52 papers consisting of 40 papers, 7 conference papers and 3 reviews. Then the paper will be analyzed using the VOSviewer application for viewing and creating the desired Bibliometric maps. In total, 52 papers …

Electronic Information Resources: An Overview Of Problems Faced By The Faculty Members, Ms. Saddiqa, Mohammad Hussain

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Purpose: This study is an attempt to investigate the problems faced by respondents while accessing electronic information resources. The study's specific objectives were to examine the demographic information, to probe the problems faced by the faculty members and to examine the difference of opinion between male and female faculty members regarding problems concerned with the electronic information resource.

Research Design and Methodology: The survey research method was used, and data was collected from the respondents through the structured questionnaire. The stratified sampling technique was used, and 340 faculty members were selected from the total population of 661. The collected data …

Research Productivity Of India And Iran In Stomach Cancer: A Bibliometric Study, Rabiya Mushtaq, Fayaz Ahmad Loan

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The study aims to provide an insight into the global research productivity in stomach cancer with an in-depth analysis of the growth & development of India and Iran. The study focuses on the authorship collaborative patterns among Indian and Iranian medical scientists as well. The study was conceived with the selection of terms on “Stomach cancer”. The terms- “Stomach Cancer, Stomach Neoplasm, Gastric Cancer, and Gastric Neoplasm” were selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to retrieve the data from the Web of Science (WoS). The Boolean Operator “OR” was executed to retrieve the records. The data was retrieved …