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Android-Based Waste Management Information System, Iriana Bakti, Feliza Zubair, Yustikasari Yustikasari, Priyo Subekti

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The garbage bank is one of the institutions that play a role in managing household waste to be more beneficial for environmental, health, and economy. For this reason, there is a need for capable management system enables to facilitate the community in the collection, withdrawal, and transactions of the garbage. The organizer of the Dahlia Garbage Bank in Margahurip Village, Banjaran District, Bandung Regency, is trying to offer a Waste-Generating Information System (SISAPU) through socialization to the community as a solution to the waste management. This study aims to explore the reasons for SISAPU socialization, the SISAPU socialization process, and …

An Investigation Of The Backgrounds Of Health Sciences Librarians, Jesssica A. Koos, Laurel Scheinfeld

Library Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to investigate the educational and professional backgrounds of health sciences librarians currently working in the U.S. and Canada. A survey consisting of 15 questions was created using the software program Qualtrics. 389 total surveys were received. Respondents reported having a wide variety of educational and professional backgrounds. Only about 22% of respondents reported having health sciences work experience prior to entering the field. Recruitment into the field of health sciences librarianship should take a broad approach, and professional development efforts should appeal to a wide array of experience levels.

Presenting At Conferences, Lauren Puzier

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

This article discusses the process of creating and delivering presentations from developing a topic to technical considerations for librarians who are interested in presenting at conferences, webinars, or other professional venues.

The Lived Experience Of Anxiety And The Many Facets Of Pain: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Approach, Roberta Lynn Woodgate, Pauline Tennent, Sarah C. Barriage, Nicole Legras

Information Science Faculty Publications

Background: Findings reported in this article emerged from the study titled “Youth’s Voices: Their Lives and Experiences of Living with an Anxiety Disorder.” Though the initial focus of this study was not on the pain experiences of youth living with an anxiety disorder, it became apparent from the very first interviews that pain and suffering was key in the youth lived experience, permeating their everyday lives and impeding their participation and functioning in the world.

Aims: The aim of this article is to highlight the ways in which pain is a central experience for young people living with …

Scelc Open Access Webinar: Defining Plan S & Transformative Agreements, Kristin Laughtin-Dunker, Dede Leshy

Library Presentations, Posters, and Audiovisual Materials

SCELC's Scholarly Communication Committee (SCC) hosted this webinar for SCELC librarians on the topics of Plan S and Transformative Agreements. The presentation is intended to be a primer on these two important facets of current events regarding open access in academic libraries.

Funding As Correlates Of Library Service Delivery For Students With Special Needs In North Central Nigeria, E. C. Madu (Ph.D), Mary Andrew Gomna, Isaiah Michael Omame (Cln), Fatimah Abduldayan Jibril

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper assessed funding as correlates of library service delivery in schools which have students with special needs in North central, Nigeria. The study was guided by three objectives and three corresponding research questions. Survey research design method was adopted for the study. The total population for the study was three hundred and nine (309) secondary school students in the three schools which have students with special needs. A total of two hundred and forty six (246) copies of questionnaire were filled, returned and found usable for the analysis representing 80% response rate. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data …

Research Productivity Of Nigerian Authors In The Online Journal Of Library Philosophy And Practice From 2008 To 2013: A Bibliometric Study/Analysis, Anwar Muhammad Muhammad Mr, Tang Zhiwei Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The Present was carried outtofindouttheproductivityofNigerianauthorstolibrary philosophy and practice from 2008 to 2013.the objectives of the study were to set to disclose. The Parameters were set for this study includes to find out the frequency of publications, authors' collaboration,paperslength, references, most cited papers,andmost productive authors. The results revealed that the total number of papers has been contributed to LPP that is 226. The most number of research papers was published in 2010with76(33.62%) and the least papers were published in 2011with13(5.75%). 114(50.44%) were single authors and the least number of papers were written by more than four authorswith1(0.44%).asfarasthelengthof the paper was concerned …

Usability And Accessibility Of Internet By The University Students Of Pakistan: A Quantitative Study Of Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak-Pakistan, Saeed Ullah Jan, Adeel Ur Rehman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was conducted to determine the approach of university’s students towards internet use. This study was carried out at the Khushal Khan Khattak University Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The main aim of the study was to know the internet use pattern of university students, Problems in the way of internet use and students satisfaction from University internet facility. The study was based on a quantitative research technique. Data was collected through questionnaires and Stratified Convenience Sampling technique was used for data collection. The findings of the study revealed that students mostly use the internet for academic purposes, social networking …

Lanthorn, Vol. 54, No. 25, February 17, 2020, Grand Valley State University

Volume 54, July 15, 2019 - April 27, 2020

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

Scraping Bepress: Downloading Dissertations For Preservation, Stephen Zweibel

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

This article will describe our process developing a script to automate downloading of documents and secondary materials from our library’s BePress repository. Our objective was to collect the full archive of dissertations and associated files from our repository into a local disk for potential future applications and to build out a preservation system.

Unlike at some institutions, our students submit directly into BePress, so we did not have a separate repository of the files; and the backup of BePress content that we had access to was not in an ideal format (for example, it included “withdrawn” items and did not …

Librarians As Partners In Medical Education Scholarly Activity Initiatives, Gregory Laynor, Courtney Eger, Natalie Tagge

Library Posters

Health sciences librarians can partner with medical educators to prepare residents for scholarly activity.

In addition to providing instruction in areas traditionally taught by librarians, such as database searching and citation management, librarians can teach other components of scholarly activity.

Library workshops enable residents to learn best practices for communicating and disseminating their research.

Longevity Of Url Citations Cited In Lis Journal Articles: A Webometric Study, Manjunatha G, Dr. B. T. Sampath Kumar, Lakshmana H

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the use of URLs as citations and their longevity, based on 966 articles published in selected LIS journals published during 2011-2015. It is found that there are 36,968 references in 966 articles with an average of 38.26 per article. Of the 36,968 references, there are 5,867 URL references. Each of the 5,867 URL citations were checked using W3C link checker to verify their accessibility. The study also found that 46.53% URLs (2,730 out of 5,867) remained active while the remaining 3,137 (53.46%) were found to be missing. The largest number of missing URLs (83.22%) cited in LIS …

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) Interventions And Capacity Building Programmes For Librarians In University In South East Nigeria, Nwogwugwu Ngozi Ogechukwu, Nwogwugwu Clifford Ngozichi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

For human resources to function effectively and efficiently, they need to have the requisite skills and abilities which could come by way of capacity building. Hence, this study examined Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) interventions and capacity building for librarians in public university libraries in South-East, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 180 respondents selected randomly from the ten public university libraries in South East, Nigeriaand complete enumeration was adopted. The instrument for data collection was a self-designed structured questionnaire which was validated using face and content validity and the reliability …

Une Ufa Aac Library Subcommittee Resource Highlight: Information Literacy Digital Badge, Une Library Services

UFA AAC Library Sub-Committee Library Resource Highlights

February 2020 library resources highlight compiled for the University Faculty Assembly Academic Affairs Committee's Library Sub-committee at the University of New England. Focus on: Information Literacy digital badge offered by UNE Library Services via Blackboard and Credly.

Citation Analysis Of Mathematics And Statistics Dissertations And Theses From The University At Albany, Kathleen H. Flynn

University Libraries Faculty Scholarship

This study analyzed dissertations and theses completed from 2009-2019 in the Mathematics and Statistics department at the University at Albany to investigate resource type, citation age, publishers, and journal title dispersion. Students cited journal articles 57.0% of the time, while books and book chapters combined accounted for 30.5% of the citations. Publisher usage fit the Pareto Distribution; however, there was a high journal title dispersion. Preprints represented 4.6% of the citations, an increase from previous studies. The amount of graduate student citation quality issues and preprint citations shows a need for instruction and discussions in these areas.

Nothing Says "I Love You" Like A Correct Bluebook Citation & Formatting The 1l Brief, Jason Tubinis, Heather Simmons

Presentations

Law Librarians Heather Simmons and Jason Tubinis walked students through the necessary formatting for 1L brief success, as well as shared their top tips for Bluebook citations. Formatting topics included Table of Authorities, Table of Contents, page numbering, and styles. Students were encouraged to bring their laptops for hands on help with both Mac and PC versions of Microsoft Word.

Evaluative Study Of Public Library Infrastructure For Adult Literacy Initiative In Delhi, Kanwer Pal Singh, Projes Roy Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The concept of literacy plays the most significant role in healthy and all round development of a nation. This study articulates the public library infrastructure for adult literacy initiative in Delhi. This study covers almost all public libraries in Delhi operate by the government, private body and NGOs. It vividly addresses the reading habits, collection strength and service facilities offered to the adult users.

Small Steps Make Giant Leaps: An Incremental Approach To Technical Services Workflow Automation, Rebecca B. French

Libraries

James Madison University Libraries' workflow for distributing its Special Collections finding aids to various discovery platforms historically involved a significant amount of manual data entry and hand-encoding. Through a series of small steps, we have been gradually improving this process by automating select tasks. I will share different iterations of our workflow, the automated solutions we've put into place, and the tools and technologies used, including XSLTs, APIs, and Spaceport, a custom Python app. As evidenced through the efficiencies, staff excitement, and other benefits we've observed, automation has transformed a previously tedious process while also facilitating the completion of other …

Apps For Actionable Workflows: Tools To Stay In The Loop And On Top Of Tasks, Rachel S. Evans

Presentations

No matter what member of the team you are or what type of library you are in - be it electronic resources manager, cataloger, head of acquisitions, ILS or systems administrator, or even repository coordinator - getting things done and meeting goals depends largely on how you communicate with one another and how you handle your time. Meeting goals and deadlines on both big and small projects in addition to your personal tasks can be achieved less painfully by making effective use of a few on point tools. This session will use the presenter's preferred platforms to show specific examples …

Social Consciousness Of Business School Libraries: An Overview Of Library Extension Activities At Rajagiri Centre For Business Studies, Kerala, India, Vijesh P V, Sreejith R

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Educational institutions are the place where the significance of social consciousness and activeness can be made evident to society. Institutional libraries have an indisputable role to do this wellness. The paper tries to highlight and focus on some successful design and implementation of various services for the extension at the Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies Libraries. The study examines the challenges and opportunities of a library within the capacity of a B-school institution. In addition, the study also discusses the role of academic libraries and librarians in using their resources for the betterment of society. The aim of the study …

Bibliographic Control Practices In The Digital Age: Conceptual And Theoretical Framework Perspective, Juliana Akidi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The study examined bibliographic control practices in the digital age from conceptual and theoretical framework perspectives. It illustrated selected conceptual model and theoretical framework that could be applied in the study of bibliographic control practices. The study related these theories and models to bibliographic control practices, with a focus on national bibliographic control agency. An author designed conceptual model was applied in order to bring out the tripartite roles of bibliographic control, which involve national bibliographic control, universal bibliographic control and universal availability of publications. In addition, the practices and their relationships were illustrated. Technology Acceptance model (TAM) propounded …

Cool Tools For Time & Project Management, Rachel S. Evans, Geraldine R. Kalim

Presentations

Student Services Librarian Geraldine Kalim and Metadata Services Librarian Rachel Evans shared their favorite web-based applications and smartphone apps. Tools included Kanbanflow, Google Suite, Trello, Slack, Moleskin Journey, and Voice Notes. Screen captures and specific examples of how each presenter uses the apps in their daily worklife in the law library as well as examples of special projects and best apps for team collaboration were given. There was also a short time for questions and discussion following the talk.

Primary Journals Analysis In The Field Of Psychiatric Nursing Literature: A Study Based On Bradford’S Law Of Scattering, Jagannathan Ramakrishnan Dr, Ravi Sankar Govindan Dr, Thavamani Kotti Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Presents a bibliometric analysis of the literature in the field of Psychiatric Nursing as indexed the MEDLINE data covered in the Pubmed for the period 1999 to 2018. It is noticed that a total of 15279 records on the literature of Psychiatric Nursing are covered. It is also noticed that the maximum number of records was published during the year 2018, followed by the years 2016 and 2015. It was found that Journal Article covered the maximum number of records followed by Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review, Editorial, Validation Studies etc. It is seen that 7 primary journals grouped in …

Book Discussion: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy, Georgia Southern University

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Book Discussion: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy

Journal Of Math Circles Reception, Central Washington University, Emilie Hancock, Brandy Wiegers

Brooks Library Events

Co-editors Emilie Hancock and Brandy Wiegers, both math professors at CWU, will premiere their new, open access journal, Journal of Math Circles.

Lanthorn, Vol. 54, No. 24, February 10, 2020, Grand Valley State University

Volume 54, July 15, 2019 - April 27, 2020

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

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 044, Number 11, February 10, 2020, Grand Valley State University

2019-2020, Volume 44

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Spring Into Data!, Georgia Southern University

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Spring into Data!

Data Documentation, Databases & Statistical Software, Sai Deng, Xiang Zhu

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Workshop on data documentation, databases & statistical software delivered at the University of Central Florida’s Graduate Student Center. “Join a Statistician and a Metadata Librarian for an introduction to data documentation, databases and statistical software. Learn about research data, datasets and data documentation for data sharing, re-use and long-term preservation. This session introduces best practices and recommendations for documenting and analyzing research data. Moreover, it includes real-world examples and a discussion of data tools for data documentation and analysis, such as NVivo for qualitative data and SPSS/SAS/STATA/R for quantitative data.”

Perceived Influence Of Copyright Act 2004 On The Provision Of Information Services In Selected Law Libraries In Universities In North Central, Nigeria., Okplogidi Raphael Gabriel, Tofi Simon Ternenge, Agada Eric Ojobo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the influence of Copyright Act, 2004 on the provision of information resources in academic law libraries in North Central Nigeria. Three (3) objectives with corresponding resaerch questions guided the study while hypothesis was formulated. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The study surveyed 303 respondents (comprising 13 staff (Law library staff} and 290 law students{500 level undergraduate law students). The sample was drawn across five(5) law libraries in universities in North Centra, Nigeria. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection for the study. Descriptive statistical tools such as tables, frequencies and percentages …