Reading Habits Of Working Mothers And Its Impact On Child Development, Humera Ilhaq, Raffat Parveen Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Reading has a significant impact on human culture and civilization as it is one of the ways of communicating an idea and thinking. It is important for getting information, knowledge and enhancement of understanding. Reading provides a medium for languages and ideas as well as entertainment. Reading habits play an important role as a helping hand to mothers for looking after children. Working mothers faces challenges for the development of children due to dual responsibilities; professional and child development. Both responsibilities demand high quality of work from the mothers.

The aim of this study to know reading habits of working …

Fighting Illiteracy During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Adaptation Of Libraries In Morocco, Asmaa Bouaamri, Ágnes Hadju Barát

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

During the Coronavirus Pandemic, the situation of libraries and the services they are offering have changed. The shifting from the physical world to the digital environment was disturbing for many developed libraries around the world. However, this switch created many complications specifically for developing countries that are suffering not only from the lack of infrastructures and materials, but also with high illiteracy rate. This article discusses the situation of literacy and the role of libraries and librarians in Morocco, shedding lights on the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and actions done to overcome these circumstances.

Seeking And Finding Research Collaborators: An Exploratory Study Of Librarian Motivations, Strategies, And Success Rates, Ngoc-Yen Tran, Emily Chan

Faculty and Staff Publications

Library and information science research is increasingly conducted in collaboration; a phenomenon that has been observed, but there is a lack of clarity on the factors that motivate librarians to seek research collaborators. This exploratory study presents librarians’ motivations, strategies, and their relative success rates for finding collaborations. Survey results indicate that the most prevalent motivators for seeking a collaborator were to acquire expertise that one lacked, sustain research interest, and obtain a sounding board. Workplaces, being open to collaborations, and attending conferences and meetings were the top selected strategies for finding research collaborators with the highest relative success rates.

“It's Hard To See How These Would Be Harmful To Kids”: Public Library Staff Perceptions Of Child Development And Drag Queen Storytimes, Sarah Barriage, Vanessa Kitzie, Diana Floegel, Shannon M. Oltmann

Faculty Publications

This paper reports preliminary results of a survey of 458 US public library staff members regarding their perceptions of drag queen storytimes (DQS) and the ways in which these storytimes influence child development. The majority of respondents from libraries that have hosted at least one DQS agreed that DQS support healthy child development and positively influence children’s understanding of gender and/or sexuality, while respondents from libraries that have not hosted DQS were more likely to disagree or report being undecided. Specific ways in which respondents perceive DQS to influence child development are also analyzed.

Scholarsarchive Student Journals, Ellen Amatangelo

Faculty Publications

BYU's institutional repository, ScholarsArchive, hosts several student-run academic journals. These open access journals provide opportunities for students to learn about the academic publishing process through editing, peer review, design, and research.

Cataloguing Education In The Midst Of The Coronavirus (Covid-19): The Authors Perspectives., Madireng Monyela

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The nature of cataloguing modules requires face-to-face interactions between lecturers and students for the explanation of concepts and the practical use of manuals and standards applied. Due to Covid-19 outbreak that led to lockdown in many countries and consequently to closure of the face to face universities, teaching and learning should be altered to continue with the university mandate. This paper investigated Cataloguing Education (CE) and suggest relevant approaches of CE outside the traditional classroom context. This research employed the qualitative approach grounded on documents/textual content analysis of literature and the experiences attained by the author. Findings revealed that cataloguing …

Adaptive Technology For Supporting Persons With Disability In Selected Public Academic Libraries In Ghana, Alberta Addai-Wireko Ms., Philip Nukpe Dr., Akwasi Duffour Frimpong Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

This study was to examine the barriers to access and availability of adaptive technologies in supporting Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in public academic libraries in Ghana. The study adopted the qualitative research design. The University of Cape Coast Library and the University of Ghana library were purposively selected and interview guides were used for data collection. A total of 20 respondents were selected and the interviews targeted 16 students with disabilities using the snowball approach, the 2 Librarians, and the 2 heads of the unit in the library that catered students with special needs. The thematic content analysis was …

The Role Of The Public Libraries In Enriching The African Rural Information Environment, Justina E. Ogbonna Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Information has become a veritable currency for today's economic environment and efforts are made by every institution to enrich the information ecology for vibrant and sustainable economy. Although the entrant of information and communication technologies had altered and made great impact on information environment in other parts of the world, the situation in Africa is still bleak. Information is created every second and there is upsurge of big data on the information landscape and these developments have not only created a new society called the knowledge society but also brought about information and digital gaps in the society. In …

Library Services Through Social Networking Sites: Perception And Attitudes Of Research Scholars Of Central Universities Of Assam, Shekharjyoti Neog

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study has been carried out with an aim to explore the perception and attitudes of Research Scholars of Central Universities of Assam towards library services through Social Networking Sites. A structured questionnaire was distributed among 250 Research Scholars of the Central Universities of Assam. It is found from the results that 93.55% Research SCholars have positive perception regarding use of SNSs for providing library services to the users. The study revealed that Facebook is the most preferred SNS preferred by 58.98% respondents and Delicious is the least preferred SNS preferred only by 0.92% respondents. It was found from the …

Analyzing The Acceptance Of Digital Library System By Students And Librarians, Retno Sayekti, Mardianto Mardianto, Usiono Usiono

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigates the acceptance of digital library system (Digilib system) by students and librarians of the State Islamic University of North Sumatera (UIN Sumatera Utara) Medan. It highlights the system’s rate of acceptance from the perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), behavioural intention to use (IU), and actual system usage (AU). Furthermore, the study investigates the problems in using the system and the users’ strategy in coping with the problems. Data were collected using an online survey from 186 respondents, comprising 26 librarians and 160 students. A quantitative approach was applied using a TAM model to measure …

Quality Of Work Life (Qwl) Motivates Library Professionals Highly To Learn Further And Develop Skills, Dr. Mahendra Singh Rao

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study was carried out to investigate the Quality of Work Life (QWL) motivates library professionals highly to learn further and develop skills in the 20 engineering colleges of Jaipur region and 65 library professionals covering the categories such as Librarians, Assistant Librarians, and Library Assistants was selected from the total population of library professionals. The data for the present study has been collected using a structured questionnaire. This paper aims to measure the Quality of Work Life (QWL) motivates library professionals highly to learn further and develop skills. For this purpose library professionals working in Engineering Institutes of Jaipur …

Trend Setters In Library & Information Studies In Pakistan A Bio-Bibliometric Study Of Professor. Hamid Rahman’S Contribution To Lis Literature, Abid Hussain

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This quantitative study presents the bio bibliometrics analysis of Prof. Hamid Rahman, and the literature produced by him from 1983 till the end of 2020. The basic aim of the study was to investigate the life and contribution to the field of the Library and Information Science in Urdu, English and Hindko, language, professor devoted in his professional career. Prof. Hamid Rahman wrote award winging papers, and won IVP (International Visitor Program) scholarship. He was remained an external/internal supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate Library Science programs in many leading Universities of the country. He organized six library science conferences at …

Utilization Of Library Space In University Libraries Of Assam: A Study, Debajit Borgohain Research Scholar, Dipen Deka Assistant Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective: This study dealt with different academic library spaces like collection space, user seating space, service & staff work area space, non- assignable space etc. The main objective of the study was to identify the library spaces of four select State University libraries of Assam and how these spaces were being identified, organized and utilized by adopting different measures. It also emphasized on the weeding out policy of the University libraries as it was the key element of library space management.

Methods: For this study, both qualitative and quantitative approach for data collection had been used. A structured questionnaire was …

Indian Institutional Repositories (Irs) Reflected In The Directory Of Open Access Repository (Doar): A Case Study, Ramesh Kuri, Madan Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Open access resources are an essential part of the academic community by which students, researchers, and even faculties get useful resources to pursue their academic requirements. Open access repositories enhance the visibility of scholarly publications and improve the collaboration among the authors with the support of global networks. Open access institutional repository provides a platform to showcase the intellectual works of an individual organisation. At present a total of 5414 repositories were found on DOAR from all countries on different subjects. Out of 5414, 96 repositories were from India. The analysis presented in this study is based on selected criteria …

Multimedia Technologies Utilisation As Correlate Of Lecturers’ Teaching Effectiveness In Colleges Of Education In South West, Nigeria., Adesanya Olusegun Oyeleye, Adeyemi Rem I Oluwafemi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated multimedia technologies utilisation as a correlate of lecturers’ teaching effectiveness in colleges of education in south west, Nigeria. . This is for the purpose of ascertaining the relationship and contribution of multimedia technologies to lecturers’ teaching effectiveness in Nigerian colleges of education. The descriptive research design was adopted, while a multi-stage sampling procedure was used in the study. Stratified sampling technique was used to select colleges of education and simple random sampling method was employed to select lecturers from the selected colleges of education. A total of 862 lecturers (627 males and 235 females) participated in the …

Criv Sheet Summaries: A Review Of Aall Annual Meeting Educational Program - Legal Ethics In The Use Of Artificial Intelligence, Ashley A. Ahlbrand

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Freedom Of Information Bill, A Policy For National Development: The Library’S Perspective, Patience Ebisemen Lulu-Pokubo Mrs, Andrea Akporoghene Afuedeli Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The paper examines freedom of information bill, a policy for national development: the library’s perspective. The provision of timely and accurate information from an authentic source(s) is a booster to national development. Freedom of Information is the right to access information held by government and public institutions. Libraries are positioned to provide and promote access to information which will translate to development of the society. Freedom of information is a necessity in order to salvage the nation Nigeria. This paper therefore, is an opinion paper which gives us an overview of the FOI bill …

A Report On Preparing The Council On East Asian Libraries’S (Ceal) Statement On Collection Development And Acquisition Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic: In Collaboration With The North American Coordinating Council On Japanese Library Resources (Ncc) And The Society Of Chinese Studies Librarians (Scsl), Fabiano Takashi Rocha

Journal of East Asian Libraries

The COVID-19 pandemic forced libraries to close temporarily halting the access to physical collections. As a result, many libraries started reformulating or implementing collection development policies that favour the acquisition of electronic formats. Given the low, and in some cases nonexistent, availability of resources in electronic formats in the non-English publishing realm, concerns were raised by several area studies organizations about the equity and representation in collection development and acquisition. This report provides insight on how the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL) , along with the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC) and the Society of …

China’S Rural Statistics: The Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data Project, Yuanziyi Zhang

Journal of East Asian Libraries

In July 2018, the East Asian Library (EAL) of the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) initiated the Contemporary Chinese Village Gazetteer Data (CCVG Data) project to create a series of open-access online datasets of China’s rural statistics selected from the library’s collection of Chinese village gazetteers. The current datasets contain data from 1,000 village gazetteers in 18 categories. As an ongoing project, the goal is to reach 2,500 to 3,000 villages. A database that allows effective and efficient ingesting, querying, manipulating, and displaying CCVG data will be available for use by the end of 2020. This article serves as …

Global Research Output On ‘Coronavirus Disease-2019’ (Covid-19), Seema Parmar, Suman Ghalawat, Ashwani Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: The present study reflects the trend and growth of publications on COVID-19 viral disease spreading around the world. With the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China in December 2019, scholars started publishing their researches in form of different kind of publications.

Methodology: The data has been extracted from the Scopus database using key TERMS Covid-19 and corona virus 2019.

Findings: During six month period around ten thousand publications are contributed by scientists around the globe. The literature produced in different fields but highest output is made in the field of Medicine. BMJ and Journal of Medical Virology journals …

Sebuah Kajian Kolaborasi Dan Graf Komunikasi Penulsi Pada Jurnal Ijeis (Indonesian Journal Of Electronic And Instrumentation System), Universitas Gadjah Mada, Y. Rudi Kriswanto, Ella Erliyana, I Ketut Gunadi Adiguna, Indah Rachma Cahyani

Jurnal Ilmu Informasi, Perpustakaan, dan Kearsipan

This study aims among others; to know the level of author collaboration; the most prolific writer; the amount of information on the communication graph; the synthesis point; to know the relationship between productive authors with a synthesis point. Data collection is done by taking the author of the article in the journal IJEIS UGM in the 2015-2017 edition year. To find out the level of collaboration authors required the theory written Subramanyam. Then to map the relationship of collaboration between authors required communication graph. By applying Brillouin formulation, the communication graph can be determined synthesis point the calculation results show …

Audit Informasi Pada Unit Layanan Book Carrier Perpustakaan Bank Pustaka, Kiki Fauziah

Jurnal Ilmu Informasi, Perpustakaan, dan Kearsipan

This article discusses information audit process in the book carrier service unit of Bank Pustaka Library. The purpose of this study was to see flow of information on the book carrier services, to identify effectiveness of work instructions for book carrier services and to identify information needs in the book carrier service unit. This research used a qualitative approach with a case study method. The data collection was conducted by interview, observation, and document analysis. The study results found that there was miscommunication between the coordinator and staff in providing work instructions, work instructions of the book carrier service were …

Analisis Informasi Penerbitan Dan Topik Populer Terbitan Berkala Ilmu Perpustakaan Dan Informasi Di Indonesia, Wahid Nashihuddin, Fauzan Hidayatullah, Kadek Aryana Dwi Putra

Jurnal Ilmu Informasi, Perpustakaan, dan Kearsipan

Library and information science periodicals in Indonesia have a variety of publishing policies and topics of discussion, as the information showed on the publication’s website. This study aims to determine: (1) the identity of the library and information science periodicals in Indonesia which can be accessed online; (2) the publishing information on those periodicals website; and (3) the popular topics of those periodicals. The research data used qualitative data, which was sourced from information searching in the SINTA Database of the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, ISSN LIPI, and the website of library and information science periodicals in …

Pelaksanaan Pemberkasan Arsip Di Pusat Administrasi Universitas Indonesia: Studi Kasus Bidang Perencanaan, Keuangan, Dan Fasilitas, Nur Laila, Anon Mirmani

Jurnal Ilmu Informasi, Perpustakaan, dan Kearsipan

Filing is a records processing activity by grouping documents into files in the work unit. Division Unit 2 at the Administrative Center of the Universitas Indonesia consists of 9 work units that create and capture record in accordance with their main tasks and functions, which are supporting core activities of the Administrative Center of the Universitas Indonesia. The records processing is based on the Universitas Indonesia's records classification scheme instrument. The research question is: how is the implementation of records filing in Division unit 2? Is the implementation in line with the instrument? The research purpose is to provide an …

Penerapan Jadwal Retensi Arsip Mahkamah Agung Republik Indonesia, Andre Dio Nusa, Ike Iswary Lawanda

Jurnal Ilmu Informasi, Perpustakaan, dan Kearsipan

This study discusses about the Application of the Records Retention Schedule for Records Retention at the Supreme Court Institution of the Republic of Indonesia. The purpose of this research discussion is to discuss the description of the application of Records Retention Schedule (RRS) in the process of administering the archives becoming archives which will be preserved in the Supreme Court institutional archive in accordance with the established RRS guidelines. It is a qualitative research using observation and interview in order to gather information about the implementation of RRS with several archival management units in the Supreme Court Archives Depot. RRS …

Peran Media Sosial Pada Perilaku Informasi Mahasiswa Dalam Menyikapi Isu Kesehatan, Herni Wisnumurti Hajar, Margareta Aulia Rachman

Jurnal Ilmu Informasi, Perpustakaan, dan Kearsipan

This article discusses the role of social media towards library and information science (LIS) students’ information behaviour in responding health issues. This is a quantitative study with survey method to collect the data. The survey was distributed to LIS students of Universitas Indonesia in March 2020. The result shows that social media affects students’ information behaviour. The finding also shows that almost all of the students could fulfil their information needs and could distinguish original information and hoaxes on social media, and students did not directly disseminate the information before reading the whole content of the information carefully. Most of …

A Scientometric Analysis Of Journal Of Agronomy And Crop Science (2000 -2019) Indexed In Web Of Science, Ali K. S., Ghouse Modin Nabeesab Mamdapur, Manjunath D. Kaddipujar, Manjunath B. Hadimani, Engin Senel

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study attempts to analyze the publication productivity of the "Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science" during the year 2000-2019. The study was based on the data extracted from the Web of Science database. The primary purpose of the study is to analyze the research contributions of the journal under review. Through this investigation, the authors have tried to know the publication trend in the field of agronomy and related areas. The analysis covers the number of articles, year-wise distribution of articles along with citations, authorship pattern, institutions/organizations with the highest contributions, and the study also gives year-wise h-index …

History Of Islamic Economic Thought: A Content Analysis, Luqman Hakim Handoko

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

There are many sources of Islamic economic thought left by Muslim Scholars. For decades, contemporary Muslim economists have been trying to explore and examine the contribution of Muslim Scholars. Among the efforts is to produce the book of the history of Islamic economic thought (HIET) either by thematic approach or by a personal approach. The current study aims to explore how often and profoundly the discussion of the economic thought of the Muslim scholars among authors of HIET, especially on a personal approach. Therefore, to extract and analyze the data will use a simple content analysis and descriptive approach. Twenty-two …

Civil Conversations: How To Talk Politics Constructively, Central Washington University, Edgar Espino, Abby Chien, Christine Henderson

Brooks Library Events

This open forum will give strategies and methods for having healthy discussions with those who hold opposing political viewpoints.

Identity, Harm, And Hate In Special Collections, Henry M. Handley

Marian Library Faculty Presentations

LIS studies of diversity, equity, and inclusion frequently separate workplace interpersonal issues from collections issues, divorcing organizational culture from organizational collections, especially in special collections. Weeding harmful or hateful materials from circulating collections can lead to their transfer to special collections, where library and archives workers as well as their users can be impacted. This presentation addresses assumptions of an unmarginalized, neutral, and impervious arbiter in special collections and suggests solutions to give special collections workers and users agency and accommodation in the types of materials they are asked to handle, based in scholarship from BIPOC, LGBTQ, and disabled library …