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Reference Source And Services In Csir-Igib, Csir-Npl, Csir-Niscair, Csir-Nistads And Csir-Crri, Azad Hasan, Muzamil Mushtaq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the present study is to know the available reference sources and reference services provided by the select CSIR laboratory libraries situated at Delhi. The author use survey method and use questionnaire as a tool for data collection. A total number of 5 questionnaires personally distributed to the library In-charge and received total 5 questionnaires. The major findings of the study revealed that CSIR-NISCAIR library has highest number of collection i.e. 250000 and also has highest number of reference collection i.e.50000. All the select libraries have encyclopedia, dictionaries, government documents, yearbooks and Annuals in their reference collection in …

Librarians’ Motivation As Correlates Of Job Performance In Univeristy Libraries In South Nigeria, Bassil Ebiwolade Posigha Dr, Idiedo O. Victor Barr. Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated librarians’ motivation as correlates of job performance in University libraries in South-South Nigeria. The main objective of the study was to determine the relationship between librarians’ motivation and their job performance. The study adopted correlational research design. The population of the study comprised 170 librarians employed in federal and state university libraries in South-South, Nigeria. The entire population was studied due to the relatively small size of the population. Two research questions and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. Questionnaire was used to elicited data from the respondents. Inferential statistics were used to analyse the …

Report On A Survey Of Iwu Faculty And Staff Attitudes About Archiving Honors And Jwp Works, Meg Miner

Administrative Reports

This report is a complete account of responses to a survey I disseminated after Spring semester of 2021. That survey purposefully asked more questions than what I needed for the book chapter I was working on.* Library personnel recognize that the interactions students have with departmental staff and faculty advisors influence the views students may form about self-archiving in DC@IWU. We have tried at various points to educate our colleagues about our work, but until this year we have not formally sought to understand if our goals match those of our departmental colleagues. I also added survey questions specific to …

Naac Accreditation And Responsibility Of College Libraries In India, Shantashree Sengupta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore was established by University Grants Commission in 1994 for evaluating the academic, administrative, co-curricular, extra-curricular activities of Universities, Colleges, and Recognized Institutes in India. Since 1994, all the State Governments have taken stringent steps to accredit the Colleges and Universities in their state. The present paper attempts to be a helpful, suggestive guide for the College Library and Information Centres preparing for assessment and accreditation by NAAC, Bangalore. Instead of restricting only to Library, the paper also aims to be fruitful for librarians by mentioning the possible ways through which librarian can …

A Study Of Students’ Satisfaction With Resources And Services In School Libraries In The Punjab, Pakistan, Muhammad Younus Dr., Muhammad Abdullah, Aamir Hamid

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this study was to explore students’ satisfaction with resources and services in school libraries in the Punjab, Pakistan, and to make suggestions for improving the resources and services of these libraries in accordance with students’ needs. The quantitative research method was employed to address research questions of the study. The quantitative data were collected from students of four selected schools in the Punjab, Pakistan through the questionnaire by employing the convenience sampling technique. The findings of the study suggest that the majority of the students used and visited the libraries weekly. Most of the respondents visited the …

Lanthorn, Vol. 56, No. 03, September 7, 2021, Grand Valley State University

Volume 56, August 2, 2021 - April 18, 2022

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

Assessing Challenges Faced By Library Information Service Users In Selected Public University Libraries In Western Kenya., Irene Nyakweba Nyakweba, Joyce Muwanguzi Bukirwa, Eunice Nakato Nankuba Sendikadiwa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Public university libraries in this dynamic and innovative environment strives to satisfy their users’ needs. Empirical literature on users’ satisfaction is extensive but controversial when it comes to different categories of users. Therefore, the objectives of this study is to assess challenges 4 public university libraries of western Kenya faces in accessing library and information services with appropriate solutions. Quantitative and qualitative research design was used with a purposive sample size of 378 students, 92 lecturers, 27 library staffs and 10 top management. Data was collected through questionnaires, interviews, observations and document analysis. The results were presented by use of …

Disaster Management In Central Library, Tezpur University: A Study, Anjan Gohain, Professional Assistant, Prof. Bikika Laloo Tariang, Department Of Library And Information Science, Dr. Mukesh Saikia, Librarian

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main purpose of the study is to investigate the state of preparedness, response and recovery strategy followed in the university library,Tezpur University, to protect and preserve library print collections from any potential disaster. Survey research method was adopted for the study. The researcher used interview and observation methods as tools to collect relevant data. Primary and secondary sources were also consulted. The study discusses briefly disaster, its types and importance of disaster management plan in university library to create awareness among library professionals and how to keep library print collections safe from any potential disaster, as a part of …

Towards A Biblical Foundation For A Philosophy Of Library Sociality, Terry Dwain Robertson

Journal of Adventist Libraries and Archives

In this essay, I focus on the sociality of librarianship in the academic setting. How should we as library workers think about the communities we serve? What mindset should guide our interactions with the people who seek our services? How should library workers think about how we collaborate to serve our public? As a profession, librarianship has a solid public service orientation, evidenced by its best community outreach, advocacy, and hospitality practices. Can Biblical teachings emphasized within the Seventh-day Adventist faith community be foundational for this ethos? Does faith integration matter? Correlating insights from Tuomela on group agency, Lankes on …

Research On Digital And Online Resources Of Academic Libraries From 1981 To 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis, Sanila Aslam, Muhammad Naveed, Nusrat Ali, Muhammad Rafiq Awan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose/Rational - The study has exclusive purpose to find out the literature growth on “Digital and Online Resources of Academic Libraries” within a specific time span 1981 to 2020. Digital resources play an important role in the proliferation of quality research. Plenty of literature has been published on the topic from 1981 to 2020.

Design/Methodology - The present study attempts to analyze the literature using the biliometric technique. Further, the Science Citation Index (SCI) database and Web of Science (Core Collection) has been utilized as a source to extract the available published documents. Furthermore, the investigation utilizes VOS viewer …

Growth And Development Of National Digital Library Of India Since Inception Under The Initiative Of Iit Kharagpur: A Comprehensive Study, Debdas Mondal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The establishment of National Digital Library of India has been changed the dimension of digital library and made a remarkable milestone in the world of online information dissemination process .This article explores the current content of documents and learning resources and their growth from the year 2016 to 2021. This paper also includes the subject wise developments of various collections. It is also finds out the coverage of participatory institutional members which share their resources with NDLI. The increasing numbers of registered and active personal members have also been included in this article. Data are analyzed using suitable charts …

Users Satisfaction With Academic Library Services By Faculty And Students At The University Of Health And Allied Sciences, Ho., Elias Kormla Komla Tseh Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Academic libraries today are facing their greatest challenge since the explosion in tertiary education and academic publishing all over the world. In every institution, there is an existence of academic libraries to support teaching, learning and research work. Academic libraries were mostly established to support higher learning institutions in order to promote research teaching and learning in the universities. Faculty and students mostly make use of the library for information they may need to satisfy their needs in their academic discourse. This paper examines the relationship between service quality and users satisfaction at UHAS and also examines how user surveys …

The Value Of A Note: A Finding Aid Usability Study, Betts Coup

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

Finding aids have long been an essential part of archivists’ work. To create a finding aid is to create a surrogate of an archival collection. Multiple levels of description are used to distill information about the unique groupings and parts of a collection and to place its content into context. Archivists make decisions about what to include in a finding aid based on their own judgment as trained professionals, but also with the intent to create a finding aid that will be genuinely helpful to researchers. Indeed, as the revised principles of Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) state: “Users …

Comparative International Education, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Cloud Computing On Academic Libraries, Sivankalai S

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

With the introduction of computers and other forms of communication technology, library services have undergone a significant transformation. Libraries have been automated, networked, and are currently being converted into virtual or paperless libraries. This article is dedicated to many aspects of cloud computing, including different kinds and applications. There is a discussion about the advantages and drawbacks of cloud computing in academic libraries. The article also includes recommendations for professional librarians and academic libraries across the globe on how to take advantage of cloud computing resources. This article may be of use in the development of cloud-based services for university …

Book Review: Best Practices In Designing Courses With Open Educational Resources, Ron Stafford

South Carolina Libraries

Ron Stafford reviews Best Practices in Designing Courses with Open Educational Resources, written by Olena Zhadko and Susan Ko.

Book Review: The Child In The Electric Chair: The Execution Of George Junius Stinney, Jr. And The Making Of A Tragedy In The American South, Tamara Law

South Carolina Libraries

Tamara Law reviews The Child in the Electric Chair: The Execution of George Stinney Jr. and the Making of a Tragedy in the American South by Eli Faber with a Forward by Carol Berkin.

Book Review: The Slow Undoing: The Federal Courts And The Long Struggle For Civil Rights In South Carolina, Sherry V. Neal

South Carolina Libraries

Sherry Neal reviews The Slow Undoing: The Federal Courts and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in South Carolina, written by Stephen H. Lowe.

Book Review: The Globalized Library: American Academic Libraries And International Students, Collections, And Practices, Andrew A. Wakelee

South Carolina Libraries

Andrew A. Wakelee reviews The Globalized Library: American Academic Libraries and International Students, Collections, and Practices edited by Yelena Luckert with Lindsay Inge Carpenter.

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Book Review: Understanding Alice Walker, Cindy E. Garcia-Rivas

South Carolina Libraries

Cindy Garcia-Rivas reviews Understanding Alice Walker, written by Thadious M. Davis.

Book Review: Fighting For Honor: The History Of African Martial Arts In The Atlantic World, Dylan B. Mcelroy

South Carolina Libraries

Dylan McElroy reviews Fighting for Honor: A History of African Martial Art Traditions in the Atlantic World, written by T. J. Desch-Obi.

Http Error Codes Of Inaccessible And Retrieved Urls In Lis Journal Articles, Niveditha B., Mallinath Kumbar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study examines the accessibility of URLs cited in the journals of Library and Information Science. The journals were selected based on their high impact factor published between 2008 and 2017. A PHP script was used to crawl the Uniform Resource Locators (URL) collected from the reference list. A total of 3,24,636 references were extracted from 7986 articles, out of which 51,839 had URLs. The research findings indicated that 23.10% of URLs were inaccessible. The majority of errors were due to the HTTP 404 error code (Not found error), which accounted for 83.10%. The study retrieved 61.76% of inaccessible …

Application Of Web 2.0 Tools And Technologies By Library Professionals In Select Libraries In Delhi: A Study, Jyotsna Ranjan, Rakesh Kumar Bhatt

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The intent of this paper is to probe the application of web 2.0 in selected libraries in Delhi and awareness of web 2.0 technologies by library professionals. The main focus on the research was to be aware of web 2.o tools and its use by libraries in providing better services and enhances learning process to users. A questionnaire was framed and used for collection of data from library professionals from selected libraries in Delhi. The study reflects the familiarity and awareness of library professionals with web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis, Facebook, twitter, Instant messaging etc. The study revealed …

The Place Of Assistive Technologies In The Service Delivery Of Special Need Users In Academic Libraries Of Kogi State, Imoisili O. Odigie, Nwakaego Okube

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In many universities today, certain students cannot benefit fully from their educational programs due to learning disabilities. The research sought to understand the availability and roles of assistive technologies in libraries of Kogi State. Quantitative research methodology and survey design were adopted, an online questionnaire was structured with Google forms and administered to the Kogi State Library WhatsApp group and individual mails. The total of twenty-one questionnaire from a population size of seventy-eight (78) was returned fully completed. The study found emphasis was placed on certain assistive technologies like Computers and LCD projectors, while the majority of the assistive technologies …

Sources Of Covid-19 Information Seeking And Their Associations With Self-Perceived Mental Health Among Canadians, Yanli Li

Library Publications

Using two datasets from the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS), this study provides a longitudinal analysis of information sources Canadians consulted regarding COVID-19 and their associations with poor self-perceived mental health (SPMH) during March and July 2020. Nearly 20% of Canadians who were surveyed reported poor SPMH. The logistic regression results revealed that at Time 2 (July 2020), after controlling for demographic, socio-economic, and psychobehavioural factors, using social media was significantly associated with higher odds of poor SPMH than using six other information sources including news outlets, federal health agencies, provincial health agencies, provincial daily announcements, places of employment, and …

Small Claims Procedures For Library And Archives Opt-Outs And Class Actions, U.S. Copyright Office, Library Of Congress.

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

The U.S. Copyright Office is proposing procedures for a library or archive to preemptively opt out of Copyright Claims Board (CCB) proceedings, as directed by the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act of 2020. Additionally, the Office is proposing procedures to address a party’s decision to participate in or opt out of a class action arising out of the same transaction or occurrence as a claim before the CCB.

The CASE Act directs the Register to establish regulations allowing a library or archives that does not wish to participate in proceedings before the CCB to preemptively opt out …

Information Seeking Behaviour And Satisfaction Of Library Users In Digital Era : A Case Study Of S S Agrawal College Of Nursing Training College And Research Centre, Navsari, Samir Fakirbhai Shaikh Mr., Indira N. Dodiya Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study was conducted with a view to know the basic information needs, seeking behavior and satisfaction of library users of S S Agrawal College of Nursing Training College and Research Centre, Navsari in this digital era. A questionnaire method was wont to collect the info. A well-structured questionnaire, a total of 453 were distributed to the GNM and ANM students and 423 filled-in questionnaires were received back with an overall response rate of 93.38 %. In the present survey, an effort has been made to explore the utility of various sorts of resources and user’s needs. The study …

Constitution Day Display, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Constitution

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Barriers To Retaining And Graduating Stem Students With Disabilities: A Systematic Review, Jamie Saragossi, Laurel Scheinfeld

University Libraries Research Data

No abstract provided.

Creating An Annual Evaluation Framework For Library Faculty, Alessandro Meregaglia, Kelsey Keyes, Amy Vecchione, Michelle Armstrong, Margie Ruppel

Library Faculty Publications and Presentations

This article describes the faculty-lead process and outcomes of a collaborative annual library faculty evaluation project. The authors share the process used at Boise State University's Albertsons Library, including the drivers, team member roles, communication strategies, challenges, discoveries, revision process, evaluation criteria, and the implemented framework. One key discovery is that while library faculty seek the clarity and transparency that a framework can provide in the evaluation process, they often favor differing evaluation criteria, thereby necessitating a structured yet flexible framework. The personal nature of assessing one's work made it an emotional process requiring sensitivity; and while evaluations can never …