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News - Digital Library Of Georgia, Mandy L. Mastrovita

Georgia Library Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Library News, Spring 2018, San Jose State University Library

Library News

No abstract provided.

Ict Women Professionals' Perceptions Of Workplace Ethical Problems: A Quantitative Survey, Yeslam Al-Saggaf, Kim M. Thompson

Faculty Publications

Which ethical problems are most frequently experienced by ICT women professionals? Which ethical problems experienced by ICT women professionals are of most concern to them as individuals? A quantitative survey of 2,315 Australian ICT professionals of whom 15.4 percent were females revealed that the top 15 most frequently faced ethical problems that the females identified were nearly identical to those identified by males. Of these 15 problems, five were judged to affect females personally. These are overworking staff, blaming others for own mistakes, bullying, unprofessional behavior, and discrimination. Of these five problems, gender only predicted three problems that affect females …

Access To The Justices’ Papers: A Better Balance, Susan David Demaine

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This article explores the history of Supreme Court Justices’ papers and their status as private property. It discusses questions of access, the public’s interest in understanding the Court and its decisions, and the effect of the Justices’ papers on scholarship and popular research. Several options for encouraging greater openness are proposed.

Discovering The Data Of Safety: Embry-Riddle’S Aviation Safety And Security Archives, Melissa Gottwald, Michelle M. Bennett, Brent D. Bowen, Erin E. Bowen, Jordan I. Brown, Ed J. Coleman, Timothy B. Holt, William D. Waldock

Publications

The path to the sky and beyond has not been simple or obstacle-free, but dedicated dreamers have worked to overcome obstacles, learn from mishaps, and develop new technologies to achieve their goals. As the leading university for aviation and aerospace education, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University maintains a firm commitment to the practice and study of safety. As part of this mission, the university has established the Aviation Safety and Security Archives (ASASA) which is a national treasure of aviation safety history and information.

Investigating Occupational Burnout In Library Personnel, Oyeronke Adebayo, Chidi Deborah Segun-Adeniran, Michael Opeoluwa Fagbohun, Odaro Osayande

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: This paper is an attempt to investigate occupational burnout among library personnel in University Libraries in Ogun State, Nigeria. Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion which is caused by prolonged stress.

Objectives: find out if library personnel in academic libraries in Ogun State, do experience occupational burnout, Highlight the perceived causes of occupational burnout, identify the consequences of occupational burnout on the library personnel surveyed and strategies to mitigate burnout syndrome among library personnel.

Methods: A descriptive survey method was adopted for the study Two hundred and thirty six copies of structured questionnaire …

Awareness, Access And Utilization Of Family Planning Information In Zamfara State, Nigeria, Charles Nwabueze Chukwuji, Aliyu Gadanga Tsafe Phd, Sule, Sayudi, Zainab Yusuf, Ja'afar Zakarriya

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the extent of awareness, accessibility and utilization of family planning information in Zamfara State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey method was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of all the fourteen (14) Local Government Areas of Zamfara State and the targeted respondents of the study were the married women of Zamfara State. Simple random sampling was adopted for the study because of its appropriateness which ensured that no part of the population was excluded. Nine (9) Local Government Areas out of the fourteen (14) in the State were selected representing 75% of the total …

The Effects Of Social Media On The Undergraduate Students’ Academic Performances, Ahmad Jahed Mushtaq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Social Media are growing rapidly among the young generation all over the world. University age students widely engaged using Social Media. So, they will affect students personal and professional live. Thus, this study is designed to find out the positive and negative effects of social media on the academic performances of students in Alberoni University of Afghanistan. As quantitative approach was adapted to collect the relevant data of study, a number of 371 survey questionnaires were administered among the undergraduates in nine faculties of Alberoni University. Subsequently, SPSS software was applied to analyze the relevant data of the study. It …

Evaluating The Trustworthiness Of Consumer-Oriented Health Websites On Diabetes, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective: The patients involvement in disease management can decrease economic burden on diabetic patients and society. Quality health information may help patients to involve in their health management. Thus, individuals need to find the additional information from other information resources such as health websites. Nevertheless, health websites vary in quality and reliability. Therefore, it is of great importance to identify trustable health websites on diabetes. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the reliability of health websites concerning diabetes.

Materials and methods: The keyword ‘’diabetes mellitus ‘’ was entered as a search term into the three …

Transformative Learning: Changing Esl Students’ Research Methods Through The Examination Of The Processes Of Information Creation, Amanda B. Albert

WashU Libraries Publications

ACRL Information Literacy Frame: Information Creation as a Process Discipline: Arts & Humanities Subject: English as a Second Language Learning Theories: Transformative Learning; Constructivism Special Populations: English Language Learners

Fulcrum, Newsletter Of The Furman University Libraries. Issue 12, Jenny Colvin

Libraries Institutional Records

Learn about student summer internships and scholarships, technology updates, winners of the Student Diversity Photography Contest, and how we're improving the study room experience. Stay up-to-date with new electronic resources, books by international authors, and the Student Scholar of the Month program.

The issue also includes an alumni feature, professional activities from Furman Libraries staff and faculty, and updates from the Digital Collections Center, Special Collections and Archives, and the Furman University Scholar Exchange.

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts March 2018, James Roger Weaver

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine statistics for March 2018

Measuring Co- Authorship Pattern In Research Output Of Chromosome Anomalies, Jeyshankar -. Ramalingam -, Nishavathi Elangovan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article studies about the collaborative measures of published documents in the field of chromosome anomalies. It discusses about inadequacies of collaborative measures in analyzing the collaborating behavior and strength of collaboration in a discipline. It also suggests centrality measures, as degree centrality, closeness, and betweenness in analyzing the collaboration among the researchers and scientists in the field of chromosome anomalies. The bibliographical database PubMed is used as sources for bibliometrics and 35912 citations examined for co – authorship pattern, collaborative behavior of the scientists. Centrality measures were used to construct a network for co – authorship in chromosome anomalies …

Collection Development And Plans For The Future!, Ellianie Vega

Blogging the Library

It’s finally starting to feel like spring, and I’m finally starting to develop my final project for my internship! So much has happened in the past few weeks; I’ve had the opportunity to observe a music class that was writing a musical and I’ve been focusing on collection development for an Afrofuturism collection. Collection development was actually much more difficult than I had anticipated, especially since Afrofuturism is such a timely and emerging genre. In the few weeks since I began the project, a handful of new Afrofuturism titles have been published to much acclaim, and even older books that …

Adapting An Analog Records Management System For The Ingest And Accession Of Permanent Electronic Records, Brandy Tunmire, Amy Dinkins, Mary K. Coker, Shelly J. Croteau, John Korasick

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

The Records and Archives Division of the Office of the Missouri Secretary of State (hereafter MSA) received two National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grants for the purpose of establishing an electronic records program at the Missouri State Archives. The first grant covered planning, staff training and a consultant who determined that minor modifications to the current State of Missouri Agency Records Tracking (SMART) System would allow for the ingest of permanent electronic records. The second grant funded the SMART upgrade and the purchase of data-grabbing equipment. The upgrade succeeded and MSA was able to ingest 150 GB of …

Lanthorn, Vol. 52, No. 53, March 29, 2018, Grand Valley State University

Volume 52, July 10, 2017 - April 23, 2018

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Journal Packing Density Of Subject Disciplines At The Continental Level: A Study, Ramesh Pandita, Shivendra Singh Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: -The present study has been undertaken with the view to assess the Journal Packing Density (JPD) of research journals published in different subject disciplines across different continents of the world. The study evaluates the average number of research articles published in each volume of a research journal published in a particular subject discipline. The other aspects evaluated in the study include, the subject disciplines with leading JPD at the continental level, the existing difference in the JPD among subject disciplines at the continental level, leading subject disciplines having maximum JPD at the global level and more. An overall …

Analysis Of Factors That Influence Users’ Willingness To Pay For The Services Of Iranian Academic Libraries By Using The Contingent Valuation Method, Vida Seifouri, Fahimeh Babalhavaeji, Fatemeh Nooshin Fard, Dariush Matlabi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: The demand for evaluation methods of Academic libraries has resulted from the fact that universities are being recognized as an important economic asset of national competitiveness. This realization has led to an attempt to verify the effectiveness of investment in higher education, and Academic libraries also have had a chance to reconsider and promote the importance of their existence to their universities.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to estimate the economic value of a variety of academic library services and identify demographic, individual, sociological and technology factors affecting users’ willingness to pay by using the contingent valuation …

Effect Of Strategic Management On Users’ Satisfaction, Library Competitiveness, Learning/Innovation Process And Internal Process Effectiveness In Academics Libraries., David O. Okhakhu Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study looked into the Effect of Strategic Management on Customer Satisfaction, libraries competition, learning/innovation process and internal process effectiveness in Manufacturing Enterprises.

Methodology: The librarians in southwest Nigeria formed the population of study, from which a sample of 162 librarians, or 25% the population was strategically randomly selected for the study by a combined purposive and systematic random sampling techniques. The survey research design was used and data were collected through the use of questionnaires and structured interviews were necessary. The data collected were analysed using Analysis of Variances (ANOVA), correlation and descriptive analysis in pursuance of the stated …

Learning About The Information Seeking Behavior Of Allied Medical Sciences Students: Advices For Libraries Of Multidisciplinary Colleges, Saeideh Valizadeh-Haghi, Shahabedin Rahmatizadeh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Libraries will have satisfactory performance in terms of providing services to users if they firstly identify the information needs of their clients and then, they seek to meet these needs. To accomplish this aim, identifying the information seeking behavior of users seems necessary. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the methods and motives of information seeking by students of allied medical sciences. The population of the study included the postgraduate students of Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences accepted to the university in 2015 to 2016.

The results indicated that …

Perceived Influence Of Library Services On Students’ Academic Achievement In Secondary Schools In Kwara State, Nigeria, Yusuf Suleiman, Zahyah Hanafi, Muhajir Tanslikhan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Library is considered as an important input needed to implement school programs. In the light of the foregoing, this study examined the perceived influence of library services on students’ academic achievement in secondary schools. Non-probability techniques (stratified, purposive and convenience sampling techniques) were used to select 20 schools and its principals from three senatorial districts in Kwara State. The research design used combined both interview and observational checklist to collect relevant data for the study. Nvivo software (version 10) was used to analyse the data collected. Findings of the study revealed that library services positively influenced students’ academic achievement. Findings …

Flow Of Business Newspaper Information In Scholarly Publications: A Study On The Wall Street Journal Newspaper Indexed In Web Of Science, Angom Jeevan Singh, Dr. S. Ravikumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

No abstract provided.

Examining The Problems And Inconsistencies In The Interpolation Of English Transliterated Names Of Persian Language Researchers In Citation Databases, Azar Mohammadzadeh Sarab, Maryam Kazerani (Corresponding Author), Maryam Shekofteh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

English Transliterated names of Non-Roman language researchers have been indexed in citation databases in various ways and do not follow a specific rule. For this reason, all the works of a specific writer are not retrieved while searching. This problem is also evident in the transliterating the names of Persian language researchers widely. This study has examined the problems and inconsistencies in the interpolation of English Transliterated names of 1301 faculty members of SBMU [1] were indexed in Scopus and ISC[2] citation databases The results showed that 193 (15%) faculty members have not had indexed scientific production in both …

Welcome Back Cookies Spring 2018, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Welcome table in the lobby of the James E. Brooks Library offering free cookies and library information.

Introduction To Business Bus 140g, Andrée Rathemacher

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

An Assessment Of The Impact And Visibility Of United Arab Emirates Journals, Shakil Ahmad, Abu Waris, Isam Mohammed Abdel-Magid, Md Sohail

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research reviews well cited United Arab Emirates Research Journals as per journal bibliometric quality indicators and scientometric protocols. Complex algorithms and trustworthy databases were used in judging journals quality ranking level.

The main objective of this research work is to assess currently employed (2015) scientific journal quality indices with emphasis on recognised indicators that include: Journal Impact Factor (JIF), Eigenfactor Score (ES), SCImago Journal Rank indicator (SJR) and H5-index. United Arab Emirates Research Journals were chosen from their category within Web of Science. JIFs and ESs are acquired from Journal Citation Report and the SJR from the SCImago Journal …

Knowledge Of Electronic Databases As Predictors Research Productivity Of Academic Staff In Nigerian Private Universities, Adetomiwa Basiru, Oshiotse Andrew Okwilagwe, Emmanuel Layi Adebayo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The quality of teaching, research and community service of lecturers coupled with their publication in any university system depend on the quality of the electronic database they use. This study therefore, investigated the knowledge of electronic databases as predictors of research productivity of academic staff in private universities in South-west, Nigeria.

The descriptive survey research design of the correlational type was adopted. A total of 1656 academic staff in in the 21 private universities were sampled. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 60% academic staff across the ranks in 21 private universities. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, …

Information Literacy And Mathematics Education Students: A Case Study In Library Instruction, M. H. Albro, K. Megan Sheffield, Anne Grant, Renna Tuten Redd

Publications

Prior to 2016 library instruction for mathematics courses was nonexistent at Shippensburg University. The hiring of the STEM librarian in August 2016 led to an initiative to engage the mathematics faculty and students in using resources and services offered by the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library. This outreach resulted in two sessions of the Fundamentals of Mathematics course coming into the library for instruction in the fall semester. These first sessions found that detailed instruction in how to search and identify articles related to key concepts from the desired journal type was particularly useful to the students; however, these sessions also …

Researchgate Vs. The Institutional Repository: Competition Or Complement?, Julia Lovett, Andrée Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Slides from a Breakout Session, "ResearchGate vs. the Institutional Repository: Competition or Complement?," presented at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2018 on March 27, 2018 at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Date: Tuesday, March 27 | 2:00pm - 2:45pm ET | Room 553

Session Type: Breakout Session

Delivery Format: Interactive Presentation

Abstract: What does the popularity of academic social networks mean for open access? To librarians tasked with implementing open access policies, it can seem as if faculty prefer to share their work through ResearchGate and Academia.edu instead of the institutional repository. But is that really …

Hijacked Journals: How Open Access Journals Fall Into The Predatory Publishing Trap, Sarah A. Norris, Buenaventura "Ven" Basco, Sandy Avila

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

In today’s academic publishing environment, open access journals have become an increasingly common and used venue for publication by faculty, researchers, and students. However, open access publishing also prompts issues and concerns related to the publishing model and predatory publishing practices. In this session, Sandy Avila, Science Librarian, Ven Basco, Engineering Librarian, and Sarah Norris, Scholarly Communication Librarian will share information about open access, predatory publishing, and how to differentiate between credible and predatory journals, with an emphasis on STEM-focused publications. Areas to be explored will include how to identify spam email, fake metrics, predatory conferences, and other issues associated …