Code Of Best Practices In Fair Use For Open Educational Resources: A Guide For Authors, Adapters & Adopters Of Openly Licensed Teaching And Learning Materials, Meredith Jacob, Peter Jaszi, Prudence S. Adler, William Cross

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

This code of best practices includes descriptions, hard cases, principles, and considerations for fair uses of materials in open educational resources with respect to United States copyright law, and with some discussion of copyright outside the United States context.

Open Educational Resources and Fair Use

Educators, librarians, and institutions have invested in the creation of openly licensed, freely distributed open educational resources (OER) to advance a wide range of goals within the educational system. Open educational resources enable flexible and open pedagogy; increase access to authorship and facilitate representation of different student experiences; and increase equity by reducing the barriers …

The Anchor: February 17, 2021, Hope College

The Anchor: 2021

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Missing The Marc: Utilization Of Marc Fields In The Search Process, Liz Woolcott, Andrea Payant, Becky Skeen, Paul Daybell

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

Utah State University Cataloging and Metadata Services (CMS) unit analyzed MARC record discoverability within the libraries’ discovery layer, Encore, using web analytics, a web-scrapping tool, and a relational database to examine MARC records listed in users’ search results. MARC records were identified, isolated, and coded to pinpoint where search terms appeared, determine whether they were present in full or in part, and ascertain prominent fields not present in records. Analysis of results showed that notes and summaries were important for record retrieval and that users interacted with authorized name fields more frequently than authorized subject fields.

Conference Poster Tips & Tricks, Michele Gibney

Research Tuesdays

Learn some tips and tricks on how to create engaging conference posters while avoiding the pitfall of information overload. Especially for PURCC and Graduate and Professional Student Research Showcase students!

Use Of Knowledge Management Technologies Within University-Based Libraries, Mthokozisi Masumbika Ncube, Kudzai Mbawuya Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The use knowledge management technology has been a survival factor for university-based libraries in overcoming challenges faced by libraries in the contemporary dynamic and competitive environment. However, the use of such technologies has been inadequate, ineffective, and fragmented in most university-based libraries within Zimbabwe. Considering this problem, this study assessed the use of knowledge management technologies within an Open and Distance Electronic Learning (ODeL) university-based library. The study was guided by the Technological Acceptance Model (TAM), formulated by Fred Davis in 1986. An embedded design was used, entailing quantitative data sets facilitating a secondary and supportive role in a predominantly …

Usage Of Researchgate By The Research Scholars: A Study Of The University Of Calcutta, Debdas Mondal, Debal Chandra Kar Phd

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Academic social network sites (ASNS) have emerge as an opportunity to facilitate outreach of research work, share research data, ideas, collaboration, and knowledge. The present study is an attempt to report the use of ResearchGate, one of the academic social networking sites by the Research Scholars of the University of Calcutta. The study has used the two most common methods of survey, namely the descriptive survey method and the questionnaire tool. A sample of 140 researchers from Calcutta University was invited to participate in the survey. An online questionnaire was prepared over Google forms platform and spread. It was found …

Bibliometric Survey On Reconfigurable Antenna For Mimo Systems, Priyanka Tupe-Waghmare, Sanjeev Kumar Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of this study is to analyse the work done on the frequency and polarization reconfigurability of antenna for various design types using the bibliometric study methods. Different articles on reconfigurable antennas for MIMO systems were retrieved using SCOPUS which is one of the most popular databases. The research articles published between 2004 to 2020 were considered and Scopus Analyser was used to fetch the analysis results namely document by source, author, subject, year and country. In the currently available literature, a lot of survey articles on the reconfigurable antennas and MIMO systems is available but there is no …

Evaluating The Publications Output Of Pakistan Journal Of Information Management And Libraries Based On The Scopus Database, Ikram Ul Haq, Rabiya Ali Faridi, Muhammad Tanveer

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Aim: This study is aimed to evaluate the bibliometric parameters of the literature published in the Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries (PJIM&L) for the period of 2010 to 2019 and indexed in the Scopus database.

Methods: The retrospective method has been applied to the dataset that was downloaded from the Scopus-Elsevier database on 5^th January 2021. Two source titles PJIM&L, and its earlier version “Pakistan Journal of Library and Information Science”, were selected and all the available bibliographic records of publications were downloaded in Comma Separated Value (CSV) file for analysis. The …

“I Actually Got My First Job Through My Ex-Colleague”: Employment-Related Information Seeking Behavior Of Bangladeshi Immigrants In Canada, Nafiz Zaman Shuva

FIMS Publications

This study explores the employment-related information seeking behaviour of Bangladeshi immigrants in Canada. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study conducted semi-structured interviews with 60 Bangladeshi immigrants in Ontario, Canada, and obtained 205 survey responses. The study highlights the centrality of employment-related settlement among Bangladeshi immigrants in Ontario and reports many immigrants not being able to utilize their education and skills after arrival in Canada. The results show that Bangladeshi immigrants utilize various information sources for their employment in Canada, including friends and professional colleagues, online searchers, and settlement agencies. Although Bangladeshi immigrants utilized a large array of information sources for …

A Brief Bibliometric Survey On Flexible And Wearable Microstrip Patch Antennas, Trupti Pawase, Anurag Mahajan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims ro analyze the work done on Flexible and Wearable Microstrip Patch antennas using different techniques from 2010 to 2021, using the bibliometric methods.This paper presents a Scopus database review on “Flexible and Wearable Microstrip Patch antennas”. As it is the emerging technique used by advanced wireless communication systems in recent years because of having benefits over other types of antennas.

The necessity of doing this bibliometric survey is that to know how the flexible and wearable antennas are advantageous for today’s wireless communication systems and its practical usability. This paper shows the importance of flexible and wearable …

Analyzing The Students' Learning Behaviour For A Technical Course During Covid-19, Ashu Taneja, Ishwar Dutt, Ajay Sharma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the learning behaviour of students towards a technical course in the two learning modes, remote learning (online) and in-person learning (offline). Due to the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic in India, the educational fraternity has successfully reached out to the students using the various virtual tools available. Although, the offline mode of teaching-learning i.e. the actual classroom interaction is quite important as far as a technical course is concerned, but during these tough times the online platforms like Zoom, Webex meetings, Google meet have made the teaching-learning feasible remotely at any time from …

The Impact Of The Early Covid-19 Pandemic Response On Kentucky’S Library Workforce, Anita R. Hall, Brandi Duggins

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Although prior research has examined the Pandemic responses of libraries in terms of physical closures and innovation in services, the impact these measures have had on library workers is largely unexplored. This study seeks to understand the impact of initial library responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kentucky from March 2020 through June 2020. A survey of Kentucky Library Workers found a wide range of impacts during the initial pandemic response period, with 30.49% of respondents affected by some type of employment-related measure, and 11.28% either furloughed or laid off during this time. Workers at different types of libraries and …

Assessing The Impact Of Traditional And Digital Marketing Practices On Library Services And Resources In University Libraries, Naimat Ullah Shah Dr., Salman Bin Naeem Dr, Rubina Bhatti Prof

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose / Aim of the study: Primarily, this research study aimed to identify how digital and traditional marketing methods create awareness among their users to utilize library services and resources better. To know about library staff's role towards marketing practices and techniques in digital and traditional ways in university libraries.

Research Design: This study is based on a quantitative research method, and a cross-sectional survey research approach is used for data collection. Data was collected through a validated questionnaire with the help of an online survey tool (Google Forms). Questionnaires were distributed through personal emails, WhatsApp messages, and the link …

Mapping The Literature On Health Literacy Related To Covid-19 Pandemic: A Scientometric Analysis, Rozeen Shaukat, Nusrat Ali, Muhammad Asif Naveed

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study intended to carry out a scientometric analysis of the literature on health literacy related to Covid-19 pandemic and infodemic to determine its periodic growth, publication format dispersion, core journals, authorship patterns, geographic origin, keywords patterns, and core institutions. Two general bibliographic databases such as Scopus and Web of Science were searched using keywords such as ‘health literacy, health education, health communication, health promotion, combining with Covid-19 using AND to identify related citations. The data set of 620 citations were analyzed and visualized for several bibliographic characteristics using ScientoPy and VOSviewer. The results revealed that there is a phenomenal …

Scientometric Analysis Of Waste Water Management Research Publications From Scopus Database During 2010-2019, Vivekanandhan S Dr, Ravichandran Shanmugam

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: This paper examines the waste water management research publications during the period of 2010-2019 from the Scopus multidisciplinary online database. The study aims to analysis the year wise growth of publications, relative growth rate and doubling time, top 10 authors contribution, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, collaborative coefficient, collaborative index, Co- author index, document types, time series analysis, contribution of top 10 journals, institutions, countries, language and Highly cited papers of waste water management research publications.

Results: There are 19861 research publications are identified in the field of waste water management research publications during the ten year study period. …

A Bibliometric Perspective Survey Of Astronomical Object Tracking System, Mariyam Ashai, Rhea Gautam Mukherjee, Sanjana Mundharikar, Vinayak Dev Kuanr, Shivali Amit Wagle, Harikrishnan R

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Advancement in the techniques in the field of Astronomical Object Tracking has been evolved over the years for more accurate results in prediction. Upgradation in Kepler’s algorithm aids in the detection of periodic transits of small planets. The tracking of the celestial bodies by NASA shows the trend followed over the years It has been noted that Machine Learning algorithms and the help of Artificial Intelligence have opted for several techniques allied with motion and positioning of the Celestial bodies and yields more accuracy and robustness. The paper discusses the survey and bibliometric analysis of Astronomical Object Tracking from the …

Awareness And Use Pattern Of Electronic Resources Among The Doctoral Research Scholars Of Central University Of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, India: A Study, Sonteni Srinivas Mr., Taddi Murali Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper's main objective is to examine the awareness and use pattern of electronic resources by doctoral research scholar’s community of the Central University of Tamil Nadu. The investigator adopted a survey method used for the study. Structured questionnaires were administered to the 100 respondents to collect data for the study and returned questionnaires were analysed using simple percentage by the SPSS software. Findings of the survey revealed that the majority of doctoral students aware of electronic resources and user education/training programs are the most important for maximum utilization of electronic resources in University Library.

Title: Using Internet Of Things In Academic Universities Based On Iranian Librarians Views, Amir Reza Asnafi, Sahar Razavi Ma Of Information Science, Shima Moradi Assistant Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Current research attempts to investigate the views of librarians of Iranian academic central libraries on the use of (IOT) in Iranian academic libraries. The present study employed in a descriptive and survey method. The statistical population of the study was 298 librarians of the central libraries in the top universities of Iran including Isfahan, Amir Kabir, Tehran, Tarbiat Modares, Shahid Beheshti, Tabriz, Ferdowsi, Shiraz, Khaje Nasir al-Din Tousi, Sharif, Elm-o- San’at) Science and Industry). Sampling was done by simple random sampling. The Cochran formula was used to determine the sample size. Considering the 95% confidence level and after the numerical …

When The "Library As Place" Matters: A Case Study Of An Academic Library, Retno Sayekti, Abdul Karim Batubara, Achiriah Achiriah, Muhammad Aditya, Franindya Purwaningtyas, Abdi Mubarak Syam, Nur’Aini Nur’Aini

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Changes in learning pattern, collection, technology and use have encouraged academic libraries to be reinvented in accordance with users’ needs. Therefore, an assessment of how users perceive and expect for library as place to accommodate learning is necessary. This study aims at measuring the gap between the minimum perception, and desired levels of library as place dimension. This is a quantitative research with data obtained from the library of the State Islamic University of North Sumatra (UINSU), through descriptive survey techniques. The result showed that the utilitarian space and symbol aspects of the library met the minimum expectations of users, …

Peer Support Group Health Literacy Case Study Of Hivaids Patients In Karawang, Indonesia, Siti Nursanti Sn, Wahyu Utamidewi Wu, Yanti Tayo Yt

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The high mortality rate caused by HIV still leaves jobs for governments in developing countries, including in Indonesia; the government's efforts to reduce the death rate due to HIV certainly require support and community participation. Peer support groups were born as a form of community concern to complete and carry out health literacy to the community, both those affected by HIV and those who are not well literate about HIV. This study aims to see the communication activities carried out by members of peer support groups to patients infected with HIV and how peer support groups' efforts to carry out …

Factors Affecting Availability, Accessibility And Use Of Information Tools And Facilities In Agriculture University Libraries By Postgraduate Students Of Fuaa, Fuam And Moua Case Study In Nigeria, Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Dr S. Kannan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The case study is to identify the Factors Affecting Availability, Accessibility and Use of Information Tools and Facilities in Agriculture University Libraries by Postgraduate Students of FUAA, FUAM AND MOUA CASE STUDY in Nigeria. A quantitative method was adopted. Random sampling strategy was used. A method of data collection is questionnaire administered to users of the libraries sampled. Major findings testify that, the current agricultural information available, accessible and utilized is insufficient and agricultural information was inadequate in agriculture university libraries in studied. ICTs infrastructure and internet services existed in agriculture university libraries but were not well developed; constraints confronted …

Status Of Automated Circulation Services In University Libraries Of Lahore: A Survey, Majid Jahangir, Nadeem Siddique, Hafiz Muhammad Adil

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: University libraries are considered as the heart of the university because they perform a central role for both researchers and students. The primary responsibility of university libraries is t to provide a research environment that helps to advance the knowledge of students and researchers.

Purpose: The study aimed to examine the automated circulation services and features in the university central/main libraries of Lahore.

Method: The quantitative research approach based on the survey method was opted to meet the objectives of this study. Main / Central libraries of universities of Lahore listed on the website of Higher …

N-List E-Resources: A Major Boon To The User Community During Covid-19 Pandemic Era: A Study, Keshav R. Dhuri Dr, Jovita Lobo Ms

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The novel Coronovirus pandemic has made us to use the digital resources due to closure of colleges across the globe. Librarians and users all over the world have had to adjust to new ways of work and life. The study explores the e-resources provided by N-LIST in the form of e-journals and e-books from various reputed publishers included in the consortium. The data has been gathered from the library users (students, research scholars and the faculty) of the academic colleges across Goa through online Google form. From the study, it was found that N-LIST e-resources have been playing a crucial …

Investigation Of Preventive Conservation Of Library Materials In National Library Of India, Kashish Fatima, Nishat Fatima

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Preventive Conservation being interdisciplinary in nature has been implemented by libraries from the time when libraries were considered merely as storehouses of knowledge. Since inception, libraries have taken the responsibility to preserve the library materials for a prolonged life. The present study is undertaken to survey the preventive conservation activities in National Library of India. For this purpose, a well structured questionnaire was designed and distributed to the head of the library and concerned library professionals who are directly engaged in preventive conservation activities of the library. Results of the study show that all the basic methods of preventive conservation …

Bibliometric Analysis Of One-Stage And Two-Stage Object Detection, Aditya Lohia, Kalyani Dhananjay Kadam, Rahul Raghvendra Joshi, Dr. Anupkumar M. Bongale

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Object Detection using deep learning has seen a boom in the recent couple of years. Observing the trend and its research, it is important to summarize bibliometrics related to object detection which will help researchers contribute to this subject area. This paper details bibliometrics for one-stage object detection and two-stage object detection. This uses Scopus database for data analysis. This also uses tools like Sciencescape, Gephi, etc. It can be observed that the advancements to the field of object detection are seen in recent years and explored to its full extent. It is observed that Chinese universities and researchers are …

Self-Citation And Authorship Pattern In Desidoc Journal Of Library And Information Technology, Anil Kumar Siwach, Vinod Kumar Thakur

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Researchers support their research work by citing previous studies. Citations are considered important indicator of research performance and many research based indicators are based on these. Self-citation, i.e., citing own previous studies, is a common practice but excessive and unsolicited self-citations are unethical and not considered good. The present paper intends to study the self-citations of “DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology” in terms of author-self citation, journal self-citation and author-journal self-citation during the ten year period from 2010 to 2019. The study also covers authorship pattern, collaboration and prolific authors in the journal under study.

Availability, Accessibility And Management Information Resources As A Catalyst Of Utilization Of Electronic Information Resources By Non-Academic Staffs In Federal University Of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria, Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Dr S. Kannan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the availability, access and management of electronic information resources in Federal University of Agriculture library Abeokuta, Nigeria. The study adopted quantitative approach as research paradigm; with survey as research methods. Questionnaire was used as the primary instrument for data collection in which the researcher took 1.8% of the entire respondent population= 1447= 26. Twenty six (26) copies of the questionnaires were given to the respondents. Twenty three (23) copies were retrieved and analyzed; representing 88.50%. The entire non-academic staff was used as population of the study. From the findings of the study therefore, the influence of …

Awareness, Availability And Utilization Of Databases Among Undergraduate Students Of Federal University Of Agriculture (Fuam) Makurdi Benue State, Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Dr S. Kannan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the present study was to examine the awareness and use of databases by undergraduate students of FUAM one hundred students was randomly selected out of twenty thousand three hundred and twenty four (21324) in the study. A specifically designed questionnaire was administered to gather information about the awareness and use of databases by students. Results showed that the vast majority of the participants used Internet search engines rather than specialized databases and full-text resources. Only 6.8% became familiar with electronic resources by attending the library training programs. The main problem associated with the non-use of resources …

Scientometric Visualisation Of Fifteen Years Of Indian Engineering Research Output, Shambhu Jaali, Vitthal T. Bagalkoti, Chaman Sab M, Mallikarjun Kappi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Engineering is the most preferred research area among Indian research and development for quite some time in terms of the total number of publications, global share, and visibility and citation impact are concerned. The present study deals with the assessment of Indian engineering research output as reflected in the Web of Science (WOS) database for the period 2003 to 2017 for identifying the research output in the field of engineering literature. We measure India’s contribution to engineering research from a global perspective. In the fifteen years, 2003-2017 Indian researchers have published 1,589,361 papers in 1,266 journals. In terms of % …

Network Visualization Of A Retracted Article: Repeated Proliferation Of Error Through Citation Networks, Rosy Jan, Kirat Nazir, Kushboo Rani, Irtiza Peer, Waseem Farooq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Retraction is used as an optimum tool to uphold and safe-guide the integrity of scholarly literature. However, knowingly or unknowingly the authors build the work on these false claims by citing the retracted articles. Such dependencies on retracted articles may become implicit and indirect causing profound and long-lasting threat to the credibility of the literature. Consequently, it is important to detect and analyze such threats. The article aims to demonstrate dependency of citing articles on retracted article with reference to the rest of the literature. A case study of highly cited (as reported by retraction watch) retracted article ”Spontaneous …