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Mapping The Study And Awareness On Early Death Research: A Scientometric Analysis, K Sivasekaran Dr., Prabakar Stanleay Dr., P Ashok Kumar Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

To measure the research impact on “Early Death”, literatures indexed in SCOPUS has been downloaded from 1999 to 2018 towards the implemented of a few scientometric techniques. Brief information about the pain of the “Early Death” has been given in the introduction along with the information related to the work done in this research. A few literatures related to the scientometric study have been reviewed. The data utilized for the research work was only for 20 years and from the SCOPUS database, alone. The methodology adopted for the research work was descriptive research. Relevant hypotheses are framed to test the …

Is It Necessary To Pay Attention To Levels Of Evidence? : Comparative Study In Nursing Publications Indexed In Scopous Based On Aaccn Levels Of Evidence, Fatemeh Babaei Dowlat Abadi, Maryam Kazerani (Corresponding Author), Azam Shahbodaghi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Examining the evidence-based level of scientific productions is a qualitative evaluation. This study aims to examine the evidence levels of nursing scientific production of in Iran, Malaysia and Turkey and their citation in SCOPUS during 2011 to 2015. The evidence level of the products was determined using the table suggested by American Association of Critical Care Nursing-Levels of Evidence, and their citation rates in the highest level of evidence were determined using the reports of SCOPUS citation database. Based on the results, the most scientific products are related to Turkey, Iran and Malaysia, respectively. In Iran, from 1360 articles, 1193 …

Authorship Trends And Collaboration Pattern In The Neuroscience Literature In India During The Year 1989-2018: A Scientometric Study, Raghavan B K

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: The present paper analyses authorships trends and pattern of authorship in the field the of neuroscience

Objectives: The main objective of the study is to identify neuroscience publication form type, year wise distribution, Authorship pattern, to known the Measure of collaboration it will provide Collaborative Index (CI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Collaboration Coefficient (CC) and Modified Collaborative Coefficient (MCC), to know the most prolific Authors in Neuroscience in India and top 20 journals and their rank based on the publication and India Collaborative with other Countries

Materials and Methods: The PubMed database has been used for obtaining required …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Wastewater Literature Published In Web Of Science 2019 To 2020, Elham Mounir Bador, Isam Mohammad Abdel-Magid, Shakil Ahmad, Mohd Akhter

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study used bibliometric and visualization techniques for the analysis of wastewater literature published in the Web of Science 2019-2020. The bibliometrix tool based on R package, Excel, MS-Access, ScientoPy and VOS-viewer software packages were used for data analysis and bibliometric indicators extraction. This is for evaluating the research productivity of wastewater based on the data collected from documents that covered two recent years. The work ventured to examine the overall performance of wastewater researchers in their research quest, productivity achievements, and publications accomplishments. The study answered questions related to most productive countries, organizations, and authors; preferred types of …

It Starts At Home: Infusing Radical Empathy Into Graduate Education, Nicole A. Cooke, Kellee E. Warren, Molly Brown, Athena Jackson

Faculty Publications

This interview features a conversation between a library and information science educator (Cooke) and three archival and special collections professionals with varying levels of experience in the field (Warren, Brown, and Jackson). Among the goals of this frank conversation is to highlight the lived experiences of practicing archivists and educators and discuss why it is becoming increasingly important to talk about empathy, diversity, equity, and inclusion in greater context. As part of that context, we must discuss the need to continuously infuse these values into graduate education, professional development, research, writing, and peer mentoring. Espousing and implementing an ethics of …

Reliability And Validity Of Scales Assessing Anxiety Associated With Information Related Tasks: A Systematic Review, Muhammad Asif Naveed, Sajjad Ullah Jan, Mumtaz Ali Anwar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This research carried out a systematic review of the evidence of reliability and validity of scales available in studies reporting surveys of individuals to assess anxiety associated with information related tasks such as library anxiety, information seeking anxiety, and information anxiety. A systematic search using keywords ‘library anxiety’, ‘information anxiety’, 'information seeking anxiety', and 'information seeking' AND 'anxiety' was carried in Web of Science, Scopus, LISA, and LISTA to identify the relevant literature. This review included those studies reporting the use of any scale assessing information related anxiety, and published in the English language, and included all type of documents …

Perception Of Faculties Of Agriculture And Engineering Libraries By Students’ Of Ikole Campus, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria, Isaac Oluwadare Busayo Dr., Motunrayo Bunmi Akinyede Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A structured questionnaire was administered on the 500Level students, in the various Departments of the two Faculties, namely: Agriculture and Engineering Students at Ikole Campus of the University (FUOYE), to ascertain their perception of their Faculty Libraries. The assumption is that these set of students are already acquainted with the Library as they have being in the University for a minimum of three unbroken sessions. A total of two hundred questionnaires were administered on the two faculties. One hundred copies, for Agriculture and Engineering students respectively. The response rate for Agriculture was 90responses (90%), while that of Engineering was 87responses …

Research Analysis On Biometric: A Scientometric Study, Kavitha Es

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The focus of this study is to assess the research output of Biometric publications from the period of 2010 – 2019 through scientometric analysis. The total number of records were 7335 which is from Web of Science and analyzed using various tools like Histcite, Bibexcel and interpreted using Microsoft Excel and Google sheets. The laws of bibliometrics are also analyzed along with Relative growth rate, doubling time, Degree of collaboration and Collaborative indexes is also interpreted.

Bio-Bibliometric Study Of Prof. P Balaram Contributions In The Field Of Bio-Organic Chemistry And Molecular Biophysics, Madhu S, Kannappanavar B. U

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study uses Bio-Bibliometrics to examine the contributions made by Prof P Balaram renowned scientists in the field of Bio-organic chemistry and molecular biophysics from Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in India. It is important to study the contributions made by him to understand magnitudes and nature of contribution in a particular domain. The data was collected using Scopus database. Further the paper highlights on the contributions of P Balaram author productivity, Collaborations magnitude, Productivity of year wise distribution, collaboration coefficient, channels of communications, most used author keywords and high cited papers.

Navigating The New Normal At The Ucf Libraries: A Spotlight On Our Reopening Process, Sandy Avila

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This presentation was given for the Eurasian Academic Libraries Conference on October 2, 2020. The conference was to be held in Kazakhstan but was conducted virtually due to the pandemic. The session highlighted the reopening of the UCF Libraries and discusses the broad COVID-19 response on campus, spotlighting the 'new normal' of working and serving library patrons during the pandemic. Information is shared that may be useful to outside organizations in planning the reopening of their library spaces.

Enhancing The Role Of Academic Librarians In Conducting Scoping Reviews, Peter Kokol, Jernej Zavrsnik Dr, Marko Turcin, Helena Vošner Blažun

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information exposing, in conjunction with technological innovations and the emergence of social media, altered the traditional roles of academic libraries and enabled librarians to become necessary partners in research. The role of academic librarians in conducting systematic reviews is well recognised, however, their role in conducting scoping reviews is not yet well established. Nevertheless, we propose that, in more and more frequent situations when it is not feasible to read and analyse all relevant literature to be scoped manually, librarians employ bibliometric analysis and mapping to visualise and chart literature content. Our study demonstrated that science landscapes induced automatically by …

10-2020 Newsletter, Minnesota State University, Mankato. Library Services

Library Services Newsletters

Minnesota State University, Mankato, Library Services Newsletter for October 2020.

Finals Week Events Fall 2020, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Poster advertising the events held by the library for finals week, including COVID Time Capsule, Pizza, and Vision boarding.

Welcome Back Fall 2020, Central Washington University

Brooks Library Events

Poster advertising CWU Brooks Library reference and research services during the Fall 2020 quarter.

A Reconsideration Of Library Treatment Of Ethically Questionable Medical Texts: The Case Of The Pernkopf Atlas Of Anatomy, Jamie Saragossi, Kathleen Kasten-Mutkus, Laurel Scheinfeld

Library Faculty Publications

The Pernkopf Atlas of Anatomy consists of anatomical drawings created by Austrian physician Eduard Pernkopf, an active member of the Nazi Party during World War II. While the book was known for its highly detailed anatomical drawings, in the 1990s it was determined that Holocaust victims were likely used as subjects for the drawings. Using a survey, the authors aimed to gather information about the presence of this monograph in academic libraries today to provide best practice recommendations for academic libraries in their approach to ethically questionable materials.

The Cade Report, Vol.1, Issue 3, October-November, 2020, Maya Banks

The Cade Report

This issue of the Cade Report features librarians supporting student research during Covid using information literacy best practices. The transformation of library spaces at Cade Library. The library's Archives Department features the 1960s Sit-Ins. LOUIS Consortium OER Textbook Transformation Project.

No Ir? No Problem: The Resourceful Librarian’S Guide To Archiving Digitized Government Publications With The Internet Archive, Laura Baker

Library Research and Publications

This poster illustrates our practice and process of using the Internet Archive (IA) as a repository for digitized government publications. It shows how libraries without an institutional repository, or those that have an IR but lack support for uploading depository content, can still participate in digitization and preservation programs. By doing so, the library can highlight the value of its depository collection.

Covid-19 Experiences And Futures Forecasting: Experiences From Singapore Management University Libraries, Bethany Wilkes

Research Collection Library

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Engagement For Research Data Management & Research Data Repository At Smu, Danping Dong, Pin Pin Yeo

Research Collection Library

At SMU, we had put in place a Research Data Policy and launched a Research Data Repository in 2020. We outline the process, the activities and timeline. We identified the stakeholders and what kind of engagement was done with some key stakeholders.

Wtf Online: How Smu Libraries Took A Bite Off The Pandemic, Sumita Govindan, Rajendra Munoo

Research Collection Library

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Pandemic! Pandemonium! Possibilities! Keep Calm And Carry On Strategies At Singapore Management University (Smu) Libraries, Rajendra Munoo, Zhenyan Li

Research Collection Library

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Initiative For Open Abstracts (I4oa) Launches To Promote Discovery Of Research, Helen Duce, Ginny Hendricks, Bianca Kramer, Vincent Larivière, C. J. Maccallum, Cameron Neylon, Silvio Peroni, David Shotton, Cassidy Sugimoto, Chee Hsien Aaron (Zheng Zhixian) Tay, Stuart Taylor, Bryan Vickery, Ludo Waltman

Research Collection Library

The Initiative for Open Abstracts (I4OA) calls on scholarly publishers to open their abstracts, and specifically to deposit them with Crossref. Unrestricted availability of abstracts will boost the discovery of research. 40 publishers have already agreed to support I4OA and to make their abstracts openly available. I4OA is also supported by a large number of research funders, libraries and library associations, infrastructure providers, and open science organizations.

Sport, Culture And Media Smc 303, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Production And Presentation Scm 105, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Stop, Think, Check: Ireland's Be Media Smart Campaign, Philip Russell

Articles

‘Be Media Smart’ is an Irish public awareness campaign calling on people of all ages to ‘Be Media Smart’ and ‘Stop, Think, and Check’ that information they see, read or hear across any media platform is accurate and reliable. This national media literacy campaign was aimed at enhancing people’s understanding of, and engagement with, media, while also empowering them with the skills to evaluate content across all platforms.

Library News, Fall 2020, San Jose State University Library

Library News

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Going Beyond Ir Usage: Assessing Scholarly Communication Programs At Public M1 Institutions, Emily K. Chan, Suzanna K. Conrad, Daina E. Dickman, Nicole D. Lawson

Faculty and Staff Publications

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Olininfo, Fall 2020, Olin Library

OlinInfo

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5 Facts About Open Access Publishing, Eleta Exline

Open Access Events

Infographic about Open Access publishing.

Open Access For Scholars, Eleta Exline

Open Access Events

Infographic about Open Access publishing.