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Student Perceptions Of Academic Librarians And The Librarian-Faculty-Student Dynamic: Minding Our Gaps, Lara Sapp, Jody Fagan, Hillary Ostermiller, Elizabeth Price

Libraries

A survey concerning perceptions of academic librarians was conducted at a large, 4-year university with three populations: librarians, faculty, and undergraduate students. This paper presents results from the student population, with comparison to the librarian and faculty samples. The major research questions address perceptions about what librarians know (expertise and skills), what librarians do (role and duties), and what librarians are like (motivations and affective characteristics). Respondents showed a little more awareness of librarians’ professional duties than in previous studies; however, librarians’ duties related to organization, reference, and teaching remained more hidden from view. And, many students still assume librarians …

Bibliometric Analysis On Dynamic Target Tracking By Mobile Robot, Gaurav Atha Mr., Siddhant Chaturvedi Mr., Atishraj Desai Mr., Dhrumil Desai Mr., Shripad V. Deshpande Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The survey and bibliometric research on dynamic target tracking by a mobile robot are discussed in this paper. The primary goal of this bibliometric analysis is to comprehend and analyze the scope of the literature in the field of mobile robots for obstacle avoidance, path planning and target tracking using Robot Operating System (ROS). The ROS contains various tools for data analysis, incorporates multiple robots and their sensors, and supports devices interaction for target seeking and localization in mobile robots. This detailed review was performed on various research publications about the mapping of the unknown field/environment by the ROS based …

Bibliometric Review Of Predictive Maintenance Using Vibration Analysis, Aashna Midha Ms., Ishita Maheshwari Ms., Kaushik Ojha Mr., Kritika Gupta Ms., Shripad V. Deshpande Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Every day the world is depending more and more on machines in almost every aspect of life. With the increasing use of machines, there also needs to be an evolution in the maintenance of these machines. Predictive maintenance is a process used to monitor the equipment and machinery during its operation to detect any damages and/or deteriorations and enable the required maintenance plan in advance, resulting in reduced operational costs and full utilization of tools and parts. The fundamental goal of this bibliometric review paper is a comprehension of the extent and sources of the literature available for predictive maintenance …

Consumers’ Health Information Seeking Behaviour On Social Media: A Case Study Of Lautech Teaching Hospital Library And Lautech College Of Health Sciences Medical Library In Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria., Yemisi Oluremi Oladapo, Moses Oladele Adeoye, Susanah Olayinka Tomomowo-Ayodele, Isau Adewole Adegun

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study was conducted to investigate the consumers’ health seeking information behaviour on social media using LAUTECH Teaching Hospital Library and LAUTECH College of Health Sciences Medical Library as a case study. The web of Science Core Collection and healthcare database was searched for existing literature on consumer health information seeking on social media. The study employed the use of Quantitative research method. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprises 250 consumers of health information while 234 was retrieved and used for this study. Questionnaire containing structured question was designed and administered to …

Bibliometric Study On Analysing Impact Of Newly Launched Products Over Existing Ones Through Ai, Dipak Sharma, Vageesh Devrath, Abhinav Rajput, Gouranga Jyoti Kataky, Priyanka Tupe-Waghmare, Ismail Akbani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Different analysis models like Conditional Mean Analysis, Trend Analysis, Correlation Analysis helps us to analyse the delicate equilibrium between businesses that gets impacted when a new product is launched in a cluster. This paper shows a statistical report of research done on the businesses in a cluster based on ongoing trends and current customer needs . There is surplus data present on various platforms related to every product following the ongoing trends in the form of customer reviews.The research mainly speculates mainly how the businesses get impacted with change in consumer needs, wants and demands. With the help of datasets …

Iot Solutions For Farmers On Livestock Management In Smart City: A Bibliometric Survey, Harikrishnan R, Mohini M Gaikwad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

With modernize city approach, concept of IOT – Internet of things achieving popularity and becoming major source for smart innovations. Added advantage of internet application the technology enables sensing, processing and execution automatically and remotely on finger tip. IOT makes sure an easy availability and access to the information available at any corner of the world. In growing countries like INDIA, increase in urbanization led infrastructure expansion; most of the urban cities are now expanding in nearby towns and villages. So towns and villages are merging and becoming part of nearby cities. So the farms, farmer community and their domestic …

Swissenveo: A Fair National Environmental Data Repository For Earth Observation Open Science, Gregory Giuliani, Hugues Cazeaux, Pierre-Yves Burgi, Charlotte Poussin, Jean-Philippe Richard, Bruno Chatenoux

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Environmental scientific research is highly becoming data-driven and dependent on high performance computing infrastructures to process ever increasing large volume and diverse data sets. Consequently, there is a growing recognition of the need to share data, methods, algorithms, and infrastructure to make scientific research more effective, efficient, open, transparent, reproducible, accessible, and usable by different users.

However, Earth Observations (EO) Open Science is still undervalued, and different challenges remains to achieve the vision of transforming EO data into actionable knowledge by lowering the entry barrier to massive-use Big Earth Data analysis and derived information products. Currently, FAIR-compliant digital repositories cannot …

Awareness And Utilization Of Electronic Databases For Scholarly Research By Faculty Of Education Lecturers In Federal Universities In South East, Nigeria, Franklyn Chibuike Azubuike (Cln), Felix C. Ekere, Nkem Orsu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was designed to investigate the awareness and utilization of electronic databases for scholarly research by faculty of education lecturers in federal universities in South East, Nigeria. Six (6) research questions were formulated to guide the study. In conducting this research, the researcher used descriptive survey design which was considered most appropriate for this study. The study was conducted in the South East zone with a population of five hundred and ninety-one (591) lecturers in faculties of education from three selected federal universities. The instruments used for data collection was the questionnaire and interview schedule. The validity of the …

Waqf On Education: A Bibliometric Review Based On Scopus, Aam Slamet Rusydiana, Raditya Sukmana, Nisful Laila

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study tries to review research about waqf on education in Scopus indexed journals. This analysis uses descriptive statistical analysis based on 56 articles or selected papers related to waqf on education from reputable journals. All samples of publication journals have been published for 25 years, from 1995 to 2020. The export data is then processed and analyzed using the VOSviewer application program to determine the bibliometric map of waqf on education research development. The results of this bibliometric mapping study show a map of the development of research in the field of waqf on education. The most popular authors …

Boot-Loading Microcontroller Through Serial Port, Siddharth Sameer, Jayshree Ashok Pande

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Modern-day automobiles have several Electronic Control Units (ECUs) integrated into them so naturally, compared to the older cars, their complexity is too high, and this trend of increasing complexity in the cars of the future will continue to increase. Consequently, with the increase in the software part in the vehicles, there is always the risk of a potential bug. Whenever a software bug is found, a recall process is required to update the software. The modern ECU update technology is achieved through the interaction of information between the remote server and the end equipment of the vehicle. Therefore, due to …

Removing The Noise From X-Ray Image Using Image Processing Technology: A Bibliometric Survey And Future Research Directions, Ayushi Kamboj, Mrinal Bachute

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The retrieval of superior-quality photographs with a minimal exposure is an interesting subject in radiography. Pre-processing is a key phase in signal and image processing such as healthcare, telecommunications, and satellite, and it focuses on reducing or eliminating the extent of noise in the image. Denoising aids in the recovery of finer data and relevant material. Medical images including ECG, Ultrasound, CT-scan, and X-ray provide incredibly fine data that has to be precise and noise-free in order for the knowledge and aspects of interest to be retained during diagnosis. Various noise reduction technologies for medical images, such as wavelet transform, …

Global Exploration On Bibliometric Research Articles: A Bibliometric Analysis, Nisrutha Dulla, Sugyanta Priyadarshini, Sumita Mishra, Sukanta Chandra Swain

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective Bibliometric analysis is one of the profound instruments to measure the research output quantitatively based on geometrical and statistical evaluation. The objective of the current study is to provide structural overview of the voluminous research work done so far via bibliometric analysis to access the significance of this tool in academic research.

Methods A bibliometric analysis is performed by extracting 842 documents from Scopus database in CSV form from 2000 till April 5, 2021. The retrieved data analyzed via Vos viewer reveals about the significantly contributing authors, countries, author keywords, cited references, total link strength, and co-occurrence of author …

Homosexuality And Adoption Of Children: A Bibliometric Analysis, Karthiayani A. Ms., Manika Kamthan Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study is based on the bibliometric analysis of research publications that focus on highlighting the impact of homosexuality on the process of adoption of children. The primary objective of this study is to analyze the frequency of publications focusing on the impact of parental sexual orientation on the process of adoption in different countries. The data required for this study was collected from the Scopus database and was analyzed using VOSviewer software. Literature published from 2000 to January 2021 were extracted and analyzed. A total of 284 documents which are classified into articles, letters, editorials, conference papers, and reviews …

A Probabilistic Broadcasting Protocols In Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: A Bibliometric Survey, Sumit Kumar, Ayushi Kamboj

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Broadcasting in Mobile ad hoc network is very crucial process and if not taken care led to Broadcast storm problem. Several Broadcasting techniques are proposed in the literature, but probabilistic broadcasting is the one the major technique which can really avoid the broadcasting storm problem. The protocols employing probabilistic broadcasting is surveyed in this bibliometric paper. The bibliometric survey aims to throw light on several types of protocols employed in Mobile ad hoc Network. The primary aim of this paper is to assess the amount of work done in the field of Probabilistic Broadcasting in Mobile ad hoc Network, as …

Information Literacy Skills As A Correlate To The Use Of Library Resources Among Polytechnic Students In Delta State Nigeria, Gabrieline Onyedikachi Obaro, Godstime Umusor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined information literacy skills as a correlate to the use of library resources among Polytechnic students in Delta State Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study aimed at determining the level of information literacy skills, ascertaining the extent to which the students information literacy skills affect their use of library resources, and finding out the relationship between information literacy skills and library resources among Polytechnic students in Delta State Nigeria. Two research questions were postulated, and one hypothesis tested for the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The Population of the study was 16,050 respondents …

Journal Of Informetrics: A Bibliometric Study, Digbijoy Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper presents a bibliometric study of the “Journal of Informetrics”. It publishes four issues per year. The data were downloaded from the journal’s website. The bibliometric analysis has been conducted with 404 contributions published in the journal selected five years for a period between 2016-2020. The study focuses on necessary bibliometric analysis forms, authorship pattern analysis, year wise distribution of articles, issue wise distribution of articles, single and multi authored papers. Findings of the studies pointed towards the advantages and weakness of the journal which are helpful for its further development. The study revealed that that the maximum number …

Bibliometric Analysis Of Machine Learning And Text Mining Algorithms For Diagnosis Of Leukemia, Sonali Kothari, Rohanraje Bhosale, Sanket Gadakh, Nikhil Sawant, Vijayshri Khedkar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Bibliometric analysis of leukemia area was carried out using information about publications from Scopus. The most productive journals, countries and authors were determined. The most frequently cited article and its citation history was described. A bibliometric map based on a citation network among countries was constructed.

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Plant Disease Classification With Artificial Intelligence Using Convolutional Neural Network, Sumit Kumar, Rutuja Rajendra Patil, Vasu Kumawat, Yashovardhan Rai, Navaneeth Krishnan, Shubham Kumar Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In 2021 and the modern future which everyone is going to be a part of, Artificial intelligence is going to be the biggest part of our livelihood. In the future there is going to be a huge expansion of population especially at the rate right now which we are moving but the biggest problem which everyone should be concerned about is the food supply as many of the nations would not be able to feed and make survive their population as even now, there is scarcity of it. Currently in the world the people revolving around the artificial intelligence are …

Utilization Of Library Information Sources And Services In The Engineering Colleges: A Case Study, Vinoda B., Raja Suresh Kumar Pitla, Doraswamy Naick B. R.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The academic libraries are the Heart of any institution. The usage of information sources and services of users is vital for academic library collections, services and facilities to meet their information needs effectively. This paper studies the usage of information sources and services of Engineering college libraries, Secunderabad. For the purpose of the study a questionnaire was distributed to find out information seeking behavior and know the whether the engineering faculty get the services offered by the library staff and the way of obtaining relevant information, and discover the problems facing when seeking for information and determine the suggestions while …

Mapping Intellectual Assets: A Case Study, Sandip B. Khandare, Shashank S. Sonwane

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is attempts to map the assets of Department of Economics of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad with the help of Knowledge source map, Knowledge asset map and knowledge location map. For drawing the Knowledge source map, Knowledge asset map and Knowledge Location map a Syllabus and Bio-data of Department of Economics of Dr. B. A M. U. Aurangabad has been analyzed. The study also identifies the central assets and the leaders in economics department as well as points out the areas in which there is lack of specialized knowledge.

The Journal Of Information Science Theory And Practice (Jistap): A Bibliometric Analysis (2017-2020), Oladotun Ayowumi Osunkentan, Amudat Oyinlade Imam, Kamorudeen Wumi Adeleke, Taiwo Mujidat Eyinade

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) Maiming Covid Patients: Scientometrics Analysis Through Prism Of Biblioshiny, Sivankalai S, K Sivasekaran

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study analyses the global level outlook of research publications on Mucormycosis output between the period of 1923 to 2021 (May) on different limitations including contribution of authors, communication channel, publications on Institutions, countries, Journals, cited articles and mode of languages. 4451 data was downloaded from core collection of Web of Science bibliographic database using the search term ‘Mucormycosis’ and limited the publications 1900 to 2021, first publication was started in 1923 onwards. 3798 institutions and 8562 different disciplines contributed and 2808 records are in Articles. 4451 records published by 17320 authors and 23552 collaborated authors, documents per author are …

Electricity Generation Utilising Solar Energy: A Bibliometric Review And Prospects For Future Research, Ayushi Kamboj, Harikrishnan R

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Anthropogenic global warming, deforestation, and resource depletion have been probably the most important challenges affecting the planet today. To address problems, we'll need to make significant modifications to our power connectivity. The author of this paper demonstrates the effectiveness of using sunlight, a green energy source, whose goal is to provide global power for all applications (electricity, transport infrastructure, heat pumps, and several others). As a consequence, energy is important to both the global economy and everyday life. Notwithstanding the increasing demand and productivity, the electrical power grid has held constant throughout the last 20 years. However, the implementation and …

An Empirical Study Of Awareness And Use Of Ict By School Teachers Before And During Lockdown Due To Covid-19 Pandemic, Pooja P. Dadhe, Shraddha M. Patil

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken almost all the countries across the globe by surprise. It was this time a year ago when the sudden outbreak of the coronavirus forced the closure of educational institutions resulting billions of children out of the classroom. Like many countries worldwide, India also faced the challenges of unexpectedly switching to online classes. Given to this background the study aims at understanding the practical experiences of teachers who were part of the teaching which undertook remotely and on digital platforms. This is a quantitative research using survey technique through a questionnaire that comprised demographic variables, ICT …

Systemic Racism In The United States, Ari Emilia Short

Libraries

This bibliography contains an annotated selection of articles and studies related to systemic racism in the United States of America, covering 21st-century racial inequities in criminal justice, housing, employment, voting, education, and healthcare. Given the contentious nature of this topic - whether and to what extent systemic racism exists in the United States - sources were selected for relative neutrality, authority, and quality of methodologies used. This piece is intended to assist leaders, educators, activists, and any who wish to become better informed about this topic, develop empathy toward impacted groups, and prepare to address institutional concerns related to diversity, …

Socio-Cultural And Economic Factors As Correlate Of Academic Performance Of Undergraduates In The Department Of Library And Information Science Benue State University, Makurdi, Tofi Simon Ternenge, Tamen Timothy Torkuma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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The study investigated socio-cultural and economic factors as correlate of academic performance of undergraduates in the department of Library and Information Science, Benue State University, Makurdi. Three (3) research questions were raised in line with the objectives of the study. The study adopted correlation research design, the population of the study was 951 undergraduates in the department of Library and Information Science Benue State University, Makurdi from 2019/2020 session. However, a sample sized of 282 using proportionate stratified random sampling method, simple random sampling and Taro Yamene’s formula was used to determine the sample size from the population. The …

Bibliometric Analysis On Optimal Path Planning For Robots, Varad Sandeep Nerlekar, Tathaagat Nihar Mamtura, Nishant Singh, Suket Anand, Sushma Parihar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Traversing from a given point to another while avoiding collision with obstacles is one of the key goals of path planning for robots [1]. Doing so in the most optimal way - the minimum total distance traveled by the robot is the objective of our study [2,3]. To do so, the algorithms implemented on the robots need to constantly map the environment or workspace in real time and subsequently create paths for the traversal in the environment without colliding with objects or obstacles [4,5]. Throughout the years, many researchers have conducted their own studies, researches and have proposed approaches for …

Circularly Polarised Reconfigurable Antenna In 5g Application:A Bibliometric Study Using Scopus Database, Urja Ingle, Vaishnavee Chaurasia, Megha Basu, Chiranjivi Arjun, Sanjeev Kumar, Priyanka Tupe-Waghmare

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The field of wireless technology has come a long way from connecting humans to humans, human to machines and now machines to machines. The boom in the wireless communication and increased number of systems used in latest wireless and radar applications creates the need for reconfigurable antennas. This paper presents an analysis of a circularly polarized reconfigurable antenna for 5G applications. The activation mechanisms, design and ways to optimize the operation of reconfigurable antennas are discussed. With the world moving towards 5G, which expects its reach in remote areas as well, the circular polarization patch antennas are well suited for …

Information Needs And Seeking Behaviour Of Children In Public Libraries: A Case Study Of Benue State Public Library, Tofi Simon Ternenge, Tamen Timothy Torkuma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

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The study investigated information needs and seeking behavior of children in public libraries: A case study of Benue state public library. Five (5) objectives with corresponding research questions were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted survey research design, the population of the study was 490 children registered with the Benue state library Board headquarters, Makurdi. However, a sample sized of 220 were drawn using simple random sampling and Taro Yamene’s formula was used to determine the sample size from the population. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire developed by the researcher and validated by two experts …

Measuring The Impact Of Ict On Students’ Academic Performances: Evidence From Higher Educational Institutions Of The Remote Areas Of Pakistan, Shahzadi Humbhi, Shabbir Tareen

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate students’ perceptions and attitudes towards the usage of ICT and its challenges in the higher educational institutions of Balochistan. A convenient sampling method was used to select 420 students from the top 6 higher educational institutions of Balochistan. Moreover, a Lickert-based closed-ended questionnaire was used for data collection purposes. The collected data were analyzed in SPSS Software. The results showed that 150 (39.5%) respondents were using ICT for academic events and 142 (37.4%) respondents were using ICT for their assignment completion. Furthermore, the study also highlighted some major challenges preventing students …