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Authorship And Collaboration Pattern Of Research Output Published By Researchers Of Tripura University During 2010-2019: A Scientometric Analysis, Manoj Kumar Verma Dr., Saumen Das

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper is a scientometric enquiry of research publications of Tripura University for a period of 10 years (i.e. from 2010-2019) and based on the secondary data collected from Web of Science databases and found that the total 503 papers published during this study period which index in web of science database. The study endeavours to analyse the pattern of publications, annual growth in publications, authorship pattern, types of documents, collaboration patterns, collaborative index, collaboration coefficient, modified collaboration coefficient, prolific author etc. based on collected data and found that 2017 and 2019 were the most productive year for this …

Exploring The Usage Pattern Of Smartphone For Academic Pursuit: A Case Study Of Utkal University, Satyajit Nayak, Kunwar Singh, Ramesh Kuri, Abhimanyu Pradhan, Dillip Kumar Parida, Madan Singh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper aims to determine the usage patterns of smartphones by Utkal University students for their academic pursuits. This study uses a survey method to collect data from students at Utkal University. A total of 250 questionnaires were distributed, and 215 duly filled questionnaires were received, with the response rate of 86%. The students expressed that they used smartphones for both general purposes as well as academic purposes. The main aim of this paper is to throw light on how students are using smartphones for their academic purposes without prior training. The study found that 90% of the respondents indicated …

Students’ Perception And Practices Of The Use Of Electronic Resources In Public University Libraries In Ghana, Akwasi Duffour Frimpong Mr, Gertrude Obuobi Addo Miss

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

Electronic resources are transforming most academic library systems and how students view and use these information sources is critical. The study thus explored students’ perceptions and practices regarding the use of electronic resources in public university libraries in Ghana. The study adopted the descriptive research design, and the quantitative research approach was used; hence questionnaires were the main instrument employed for data collection. A total of 537 students were conveniently sampled from six public universities. From the results, it was found that most of the public universities have Web OPAC systems, e-books, e-databases, and e-journals available for students’ use …

Research Contribution Of Library And Information Science Teachers Towards The Profession In India, Nagesh R, Chandrashekara M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of the study was to examine the research contributions of library and information science teachers in India in terms of gender, type of universities and regional offices of university grants commission(UGC). A survey approach was used in this study and structured online questionnaire framed using google form. Responses received from 287 (81%) out of 353 LIS teachers. The scope of study was confined to the present working LIS teachers in state and central universities of India. A total of 287 respondents, 202 (70.38%) was male and 85 (29.61) was female. In this study the research contributions of LIS …

Library And Information Services Move Quickly Online In The Covid-19 Pandemics: A Mixed-Method Approach, Naimat Ullah Shah Mr., Salman Bin Naeem Dr., Rubina Bhatti Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information professionals such as librarians are rapidly moving to streamline the resources and services related to Covid-19 for healthcare professionals and the general public through online and virtual services. The study attempts to assess library and information services delivery status and the role of librarians in service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. We adopted an embedded approach of mixed-method design to conduct the study. We assessed the academic libraries' websites of the top five affected countries by a coronavirus to determine the ways of service delivery and evaluate the role of LIS professionals towards library & information service delivery in …

An Assessment Of Demographic Factors As Predictors Of Career Commitment Of Librarians In Universities In Southern Nigeria., Mercy Arodovwe Igere Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Unwillingness and negative attitude of librarians was observed as a factor that hinders users from accessing information resources in most developing country libraries. This negative attitude could be associated with the demographic factors of the librarians hence this study investigated demographic factors as predictors of career commitment of librarians in South-South universities, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were formulated at 0.05 level of significance using simple regression analysis. The research questions and hypotheses were analysed using inferential statistics such as simple regression analysis. The population comprised 197 librarians in universities of South-South, Nigeria. Questionnaire was …

Discrepancy Between High And Low Level Of Attitude Among Parents Of Lalgola And Beldanga-Ii Blocks In Murshidabad District Of West Bengal Towards Public Libraries In Empowering Women, Subrata Biswas, Prasenjit Deb

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In this study attempts have been made to bring into focus discrepancy between high and low level of attitude among the parents of Lalgola and Beldanga-II blocks in Murshidabad District of West Bengal towards public libraries in empowering women. The study was conducted from the aforementioned blocks on 100 parents of the students who were benefited from Kanyashree one time scholarship grant of Rs. 25,000. The main purpose of the study is to assess the role of public libraries in empowering women. The result shows that Kanyashree Prakalpa has a significantly powerful effect towards reducing child marriage (thereby reducing the …

Role Of Public Libraries In Information Literacy For Women Empowerment: With Special Reference To Kanyashree Girls Of Nabagram In Murshidabad District Of West Bengal, Subrata Biswas, Prasenjit Deb

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

As per Michelle Obama, "No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens". It is quite lucid that empowerment of women means making women economically and socially independent, self-reliant, confident and positive in attitude. Kanyashree Prakalpa is considered as one of the most significant tools in this regard with a participatory approach for the empowerment of women. This helps the women to develop themselves individually and to participate in the developmental activities of the family and society. The main objective of the conduct of …

Awareness And Application Of Organizational Knowledge Management By Academic Librarians In University Libraries In South- East Nigeria, Angela Njideka Anike, Anthonia Ukamaka Echedom

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Application of organizational knowledge management is crucial to effective information service delivery in university libraries. Its implementation in Nigeria is still at the initial stage while the level of awareness and application in university libraries in South-East is yet to be determined. This study investigated the level of awareness and application of organizational knowledge management by academic librarians in University libraries in South-East Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted. The population comprised 175 academic librarians from ten public universities. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire. Percentages and mean were used to answer the research questions while t-test was …

Digital Information Literacy Among The Engineering Students: A Survey, Rajender Kumar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper describes the level of digital information literacy among engineering students of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra affiliated Institutes (Ganpati Institute of Technology & Management, Shivalik Institute of Engineering & Technology and Swami Devi Dyal Institute of Engineering and Technology). In this study, an attempt has been made to know the information literacy competency among the students. A questionnaire was prepaired for data collection and distributed among students of each Institute. The response rate was 90% (42 from GITM, 47 from SIET and 46 from SDDIET). The result of the study shows that email is the most indispensable source of information …

Scientometrics Profile Of The Banasthali Vidyapith: A Deemed University Of Rajasthan, India, Md.Safiqur Rahaman, Shakil Ahmad, Khadeeja M.N Ansari, Isam Mohammed Abdel-Magid, Dr. Praveen Babel

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The current investigation work utilized bibliometric and visualization techniques. Scopus bibliographic database sources used to retrieve data. Two thousand seven hundred sixty-four (2764) papers retrieved by applying the 'Affiliation' in Scopus' simple search section. Biblioshiny (3.0), MS-Access, Excel, and VOS Viewer software used to analyze data and bibliometric indicator extraction employ to evaluate the research productivity of Banasthali University for a period of twenty-one years from 2000 to 2020. This data analysis leads to monitor the university's past and present status to maps its future perspectives. This study ventured to examine the overall performance of the faculties and researchers of …

Undergraduates’ Digital Literacy And Access To Information In Nigerian University Libraries: Does Subject Background Make A Difference?, Harriet Uche Igbo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study attempted to find out whether undergraduates’ subject background has influence on their application of digital literacy skills in accessing digital information for educational problem solving.The design of the Ex- Post Facto survey was used for the study. A37- item Questionnaire was used to collect data from a sample of 1506, which represented 5% of 30,121 undergraduates of seven federal universities in southern Nigeria, which were purposely selected for the study. The major finding of the study showed that subject background had strong influence and makes the difference in undergraduates’ ability to use digital literacy skills in accessing information. …

Knowledge, Practices, And Challenges Of Library Practitioners On Abstracting, David A. Cabonero, Wina B. Dominguez, Judy Ann P. Jandoc, Jeazel S. Tomas

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Access is the primary concern of a library thus information retrieval tool like an abstract is as important as the Online Public Access Catalog. Abstracting then plays an important role in improving access to information that is needed by library users. Librarians then perform this task primarily to guide the users in deciding whether an information resource will be consulted or not. The study utilized the descriptive method of research using a survey questionnaire to determine the level of knowledge and practices on the parts and types of abstracts and the challenges on abstracts a document surrogate encountered by library …

Strengthening Democracy With Information: An Assessment Of Rural Dwellers’ Political Information Behavior, Muhammad Asif Naveed

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explored political information behavior of citizens residing in a rural setting from the district of Toba Tek Singh, Punjab-Pakistan. Qualitative research design using an unstructured interview guide was employed to conduct this research. Face-to-face interviews of 51 participants, selected through purposive sampling process, were conducted for data collection by visiting their homes using local language. Each participant was informed of his responses at the end of the interview for data verification and authentication. Each interview was carefully recorded and transcribed. Using thematic analysis, the verbal data were analyzed and multiple responses were grouped together and reduced into ‘information …

Longitudinal Observations Of Expected And Actual Library Resource Usage And Barriers Experienced By Public Health Students, John Bourgeois

Library Faculty Publications

Objective: This longitudinal observational study explored relationships between actual and expected usage of library resources as well as anticipated and encountered barriers to that usage among public health affiliates over the course of a semester.

Methods: School of Public Health master’s degree students were sent questionnaires monthly throughout a semester that asked about usage of and barriers to library resources to examine changes over time.

Results: Most students utilized library resources less often than they predicted at the beginning of the semester and did not have accurate expectations about which library resources they would use. Although most students encountered no …

Program Review: Empowering Foreign Llm Students To Learn And Thrive, Maggie Kiel-Morse

Articles by Maurer Faculty

A review of the program, “Empowering Foreign LLM Students to Learn and Thrive,” presented by Jennifer Allison, in the RIPS-SIS Instructional Design for Law Librarians Workshop, July 28-30, 2020.

Data Management Plans, Michele Gibney, Barbara Sasso

Pacific Libraries Workshops

Talk directed at all Pacific researchers including faculty and graduate students. Michele Gibney, University Libraries, and Barbara Sasso, Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, will cover the importance of data management planning from grant and journal requirements to transparency and accountability in the research process. Presenters will demo the DMPTool, a useful and free resource.

Disc Open House, September 30, 2020, Sarah R. Kostelecky, Margie Montanez, Amy E. Winter Mpa

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Sarah Kostelecky, Director of DISC, discusses DISC's mission, vision, and examples of digital projects.

Margie Montañez, Curator, Latin American Collections, discusses noncustodial archives and decolonizing metadata in the context of digital projects.

Please see these two brief tutorials on using UNM's Digital Repository, as an approximation of Amy Winter's part of the presentation.

• Navigating and Searching UNM's Digital Repository
• Logging In and Submitting Work

Research Practice And Productivity On Electronic Resources In India: Scientometrics Study Based On Scopus Database, Mohammad Rafiqur Rahman, Dr.V.P Khare

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper aims to examine research practice and performance on the electronics resources in India during the year 2011 to 2020 on different parameters namely yearly research growth, relative growth rate and doubling time, forms of research, most prolific authors and Institutions, Collaborative country, degree of collaboration, and funding agency etc. The data of the current research paper about electronic resources indexed in the Scopus database have been retrieved. The records with topic search (includes Title, Abstract, Keywords and Keywords Plus) “Electronic resources” were extracted. MS Excel and VOS viewer have analyzed these data. The search result shows that a …

Utilization Of Electronic Resources By The Library Users Of Central Library Of North Bengal University, Siliguri: A Case Study, Mohammad Rafiqur Rahman, Dr.V.P Khare

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study assessed the utilization of electronic resources by the faculty members, research scholars,and UG, PG students of the central library of north Bengal university. Out of hundred, ninety respondent’s data condidered as sample for analysis.The study reveals that 41.11% of patrons of North Bengal university utilizing the electronic resource. The main purpose of using electronic resources is to teach i.e. 94.44%, the bibliographic database is the most frequently used electronic resources (80%),the study also disclosedthat the unavailiblity of remote access is the barrier of utilizing electronic resource by the patrons (82.22%). On the basis of result some recommendations …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Research Productivity On Diabetes Modeling And Artificial Pancreas 2001 To 2020, Karim A. Jabali, Murtaza Ashiq, Shakil Ahmad, Shafiq Ur Rehman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The prevalence of diabetes apparently increases all over the world. Thus, significant research works have been carried out in all aspects of the disease to control and mitigate its effects. Many researchers looked to the disease as a biomedical control engineering problem where the main task is identifying the model that can be used to mimic the healthy person's metabolism and therefore relieving the lives of millions of diabetics. This work aims to explore the dynamics of the produced scientific research in the area of diabetes modeling and control from a bibliometric method. In this work, a comprehensive bibliometric analysis …

Mapping Of Scientific Literature On Islamic Economics, Banking And Finance 1955 To 2020, Mohammad Imdadul Haque, Shakil Ahmad, Mohammad Shakir Azad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Islamic economics provides an Islamic viewpoint to a flourishing economic society. It promises to provide solutions to economic issues and challenges, but as a discipline is still in its nascent stage. This study attempts to appraise the present status of research in Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance using a bibliometric examination of research articles indexed in Scopus for the period 1955-2020. This research shows an increasing trend over the study period with Malaysia having the highest number of publications. United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and France are also major contributors to this discipline. The study finds Islamic economics as being …

Racism And Criminal Justice Book Discussion: September 2020, Central Washington University, Roger Schaefer

Brooks Library Events

Monthy book discusion on racism and criminal justice. The book for this month is Reading Urban Uprising by R. Gooding-Williams

Sensory Ecology Bio 522, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

The Centrality Of Disclosure Decisions To The Illness Experience For Youth With Chronic Conditions: A Qualitative Study, Roberta Lynn Woodgate, Pauline Tennent, Sarah C. Barriage, Nicole Legras

Information Science Faculty Publications

The aim of this paper is to illuminate findings of disclosure experiences for youth living with chronic illness using a non-categorical approach. The findings were derived from a larger qualitative study framed by social constructivist grounded theory that sought to understand youth's involvement in healthcare decision-making in the context of chronic illness. Fifty-four youth participated in the study, ranging from 9 to 24 years. Three main themes representing the youth's perspectives and experiences of disclosing chronic illness were identified: (1) disclosure is central to the illness experience; (2) spectrum of disclosure; and (3) navigating others' reactions to disclosure. The findings …

Introduction To Biomedical Research Cmb 240, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Introduction To Biomedical Research (Temporary) Cmb 240x, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

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Beyond Books 2: Cataloging Archival Materials, Nicole Lewis, Allison Mccormack, Becky Skeen, Rebecca A. Wiederhold

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Academic libraries aren’t the only institutions that care for archival materials. These unique items can often be found in public libraries, historical societies, and other cultural heritage organizations, many of which may not have trained special collections catalogers on staff. In this workshop, participants will learn how to catalog archival materials, including manuscripts, photographs, and audiovisual materials, so they can be discovered in online catalogs and databases. Both item and collection-level cataloging will be discussed, and participants will learn when and how to apply relevant metadata standards like RDA and DACS. They will then practice cataloging with examples provided by …

Iiwalaawiiloxhbakaa (How We Lived): The Grant Bulltail Absáalooke (Crow Nation) Stories Collection, Nick Gittins, Andrea Payant

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

About Me & Why I Was Selected

• Trained in Classical History with emphasis on the oral tradition, theater, and storytelling in the ancient world • Folklore student of Grant Bulltail

• History of excellence at the Merrill-Cazier Library and interest in the Fife Folklore Archive and Special Collections

• Given an opportunity to intern in SCA beginning in the Summer of 2019 during which Randy Williams mentioned a collection of oral histories provided by Grant Bulltail, I jumped at the opportunity

• Little did any of us realize the immense size and scope of this amazing collection

Beyond Books 2: Cataloging Archival Materials, Allie Mccormack, Rebecca A. Wiederhold, Nicole Lewis, Becky Skeen

Faculty Publications

View the video presentation in two parts at the following links:

Part 1 https://youtu.be/EQEhVpmfOBc

Part 2 https://youtu.be/XIAMdPYspFo

Archival materials can often be found in cultural heritage organizations that do not have trained special collections catalogers on staff. In this workshop, participants will learn how to catalog manuscripts, photographs, and audiovisual materials so they can be discovered in online catalogs and databases. Both item and collection-level cataloging will be discussed and participants will learn when and how to apply metadata standards like RDA and DACS. Time for hands-on practice will be included.