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Classification And Its Purpose In Internet Age: Current Trends And Future Direction, Madaiah Krishnamurthy

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

A study of the knowledge-seeking behavior of users is essential for evolving suitable guidelines for knowledge organization and processing. The features of knowledge organization and its use in problem-solving and decision-making are explained. Classification plays an important role in knowledge organization. An understanding of mental models and mental maps helps in the information needs of users effectively. The schemes classification in knowledge processing is highlighted. The paper examines the scope of knowledge organization in modern technology and its application.

Perception And Attitude Of Librarians Towards Cloud Computing In The University Of Dar Es Salaam Library, Ogagaoghene U. Idhalama, Antidius Fidelis

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The study investigated the perception and attitude of librarians towards Cloud Computing in the University of Dar es Salaam library. Five research objectives were raised to guide this research work; some of which are determining the level of awareness of cloud computing by librarians, perception of cloud computing by librarians, attitude of librarians towards cloud computing and others. It applied a descriptive research design using quantitative approach. The population of the study was made up of 125 librarians but a census sampling method was employed to generate 94 respondents and only questionnaire was used to collect data. The study …

Introduction To Intercultural Communication Lan Xxx, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Fundamentals Of The Medical Laboratory Mls 360, Michael Cerbo

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

2019 System Library Services Visual Annual Report, Amanda Schwartz

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

A visual report of the 2019 activities and accomplishments by System Library Services at Providence St. Joseph Health

At The Circus: Sawdust, Strength, And Suffrage, Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Maureen Brunsdale

Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library

Women circus performers were great examples of what equality could look like. They were strong, independent, and made as much money—or more—as their male counterparts. This empowerment was showcased daily during their performances and eventually became part of the narrative of women’s suffrage. They served as an inspiration to women across the nation.

This topic examines the history of women’s suffrage and the empowerment of women through their work in the circus and as suffrage organizers. Looking at this important piece of history is especially timely given the upcoming centennial of women’s suffrage. Educators will have an opportunity to learn …

Attitude And Perception Of Librarians Towards Marketing Of Library Services In Colleges Of Education Libraries In South-South, Nigeria, Blessings A. Akporhonor Dr(Mrs)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study is to examine the attitude and perception of librarians towards marketing of library services in Colleges of Education Libraries in South-South, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was employed in the study. The population of the study was 106 Librarians in the libraries of the 12 colleges of education in South-South, Nigeria. The entire population was use for the study as the population is not large. Questionnaire was used for data collection. Date was analyzed using frequencies, percentage and statistical mean. Hypothesis were tested using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (PPMCC) and multiple regression at …

Public Health: Social Justice And Advocacy Ghc 102g, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Open Access Publishing And Augustana Digital Commons, Lauryn Lehman

Library and Information Science: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works

This presentation discusses the motivating factors behind the rise of the open access movement, including the rising costs of traditionally published journals, the perceived benefits to the classroom and student retention, as well as the broader benefits to the global community of information seekers/ scholars. Additionally, it discusses the current state of open access engagement at Augustana College, including the adoption of open educational resources in the classroom, as well as the current status and future goals for Augustana Digital Commons.

Working At The Bibliotheque Droit Letters: Perspectives From A Jsu Librarian In France, Carley Knight

Presentations, Proceedings & Performances

This presentation by Carley Knight discusses professional development leave in Burgundy, France during the academic year 2018-2019. She offers her perspective on professional development leave as well as what it was like to work in France during the Yellow Vest protests.

Marine Technical Practicum Afs 396, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Know Your Rights: A Copyright Discussion For Faculty, Sarah A. Norris

Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Join the College of Graduate Studies and UCF Libraries for a faculty discussion about copyright. Learn how to better protect your works as an author, determine copyright status, advise students on copyright issues, and increase the impact of your work by utilizing institutional repositories and/or online faculty profiles.

Bibliometric Survey For Cryptanalysis Of Block Ciphers Towards Cyber Security, Pooja Bagane, Sirbi Kotrappa

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In Cryptography, Block Cipher is an algorithm used to encode the data which is used to transfer over internet. Cryptanalyst tries to break secret code by using different methods like Brute Force attack, Linear Cryptanalysis and differential cryptanalysis etc. The basic aim of this bibliometric survey is to understand the extent of the available literature for the area of cryptanalysis of block ciphers towards cyber security. The bibliometric analysis is primarily based on Scopus as it provides research database for various areas and tools like Sciencescape, Gephi etc. It is analyzed by bibliometric survey that major publications are from conference, …

Perception And Attitude Of Librarians Towards Cloud Computing In The University Of Dar Es Salaam Library, Ogagaoghene Uzezi Idhalama Mr, Antidius Fidelis

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The study investigated the perception and attitude of librarians towards Cloud Computing in the University of Dar es Salaam library. Five research objectives were raised to guide this research work; some of which are determining the level of awareness of cloud computing by librarians, perception of cloud computing by librarians, attitude of librarians towards cloud computing and others. It applied a descriptive research design using quantitative approach. The population of the study was made up of 125 librarians but a census sampling method was employed to generate 94 respondents and only questionnaire was used to collect data. The study …

A Study Of Ict Competencies Among University Library Professionals Of Punjab, Pakistan, Muhammad Arshad Abbas, Nadeem Siddique

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of this study was to assess the status of ICT competencies of LIS professionals, methods of acquiring ICT skills and suggestions to survive in this digital era. A quantitative method was used and a self-administrated questionnaire distributed among 206 university library professionals working in Punjab through google form, and email. Collected data was analyzed through the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).

The findings reveal that most of the LIS Professionals had advance level competencies in library management systems, simple searching techniques, proficiency in social media and search engine usage. They also possessed moderate skills in basic …

Rosen Research Guides, Chicago (17th Ed.), Judy Kuhns, Tim Bottorff

Libraries' Documents

This guide is designed to get you started with the Chicago citation style. For more information, please consult the official source, The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (2017).

Piecing Together Summon Over Alma Documentation, James M. Day

Publications

Ex Libris provides some useful documentation for “Alma-Summon Integration” but it is not complete. Most Alma documentation and online help pages assume you are using Primo. Sometimes the Alma configurations for Primo apply to Summon, but mostly they do not. The ELUNA Summon Product Working Group members using Summon over Alma started a project to identify existing documentation, consolidate it, and create supplemental documentation where necessary. We hope this will help Ex Libris provide better support for Summon over Alma.

Editing, Grad School, Grants & More: How To Professionalize Beyond The Classroom, Central Washington University, Victoria Flanagan, Weston Morrow, Michel O'Brien, Katharine Whitcomb, Maya Jewell Zeller, Sarah Sillin

Brooks Library Events

Panel of graduate students and professors answer questions about grad school.

Does Ai Hold The Keys? Bloomberg Law’S Docket Key Unlocks Federal District Courts, Rachel S. Evans

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

Evans shares a review of Bloomberg Law's newly expanded docket search "Docket Key" by providing a brief intro to docket searching and explaining the type of AI-machine learning at work in the product.

The CS-SIS Blog Committee is charged with providing CS-SIS members with timely and useful information through an official yet informal medium about relevant subjects for the membership, including the activities of the members, committees, and Executive Board.

Knowledge Sharing Behavior Of Academicians In Pakistan, Qaswa Shahid, Muhammad Asif Naveed

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study examined the knowledge sharing behavior of the academicians working at University of Sargodha, Sargodha. Quantitative research design using survey method was adopted to conduct this research. The data were collected from 237 academicians sing a questionnaire which contained Knowledge Sharing Behavior Scale and demographic variables. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were applied for data analysis. The results indicated that these academicians used to share their knowledge more often through documents and reports, personal conversations, team meetings, participation in brainstorming sessions, organizational meetings, sharing success stories and personal experiences, asking questions, past mistake and failure stories, coaching junior employees, …

A Bibliometric Survey On The Diagnosis Of Plant Leaf Diseases Using Artificial Intelligence, Rutuja Rajendra Patil, Sumit Kumar Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Due to uncertain environmental conditions such as untimely rainfall, hailstorms, draught, fog the agriculture sector faces huge loss in crop yield. One of the biggest reason is plant leaf diseases. Therefore the need arises to diagnose the plant leaf diseases beforehand so that the diseases could be avoided and crop yield loss could be minimized. The paper represents the bibliometric study of plant leaf disease diagnosis using Artificial Intelligence. The study focuses on 472 scientific documents such as journals, articles, book chapters publicized in various journals. These documents are extracted from Scopus database after querying it with keywords related to …

Construction Labor Productivity Modeling And Use Of Neural Networks: A Bibliometric Survey, Shalaka Hire, Sayali Sandbhor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Productivity of a project has a major impact on its cost and profitability. In spite of construction being labor intensive field with labor cost adding up to 30% to 50% of overall project cost, the productivity of labor is one of the least studied areas in the construction industry. It requires to be given due attention to the issues affecting labor productivity and design solution using soft computing techniques to improve the overall performance of the industry. This research paper aims to conduct a bibliographic survey of the literature available in the domain of Labor Productivity (LP) as well as …

Lanthorn, Vol. 54, No. 23, February 3, 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.

It Looks A Bit Like This: Prototyping In An Academic Library, Holt Zaugg, Elise Silva, Greg M. Nelson, Cyndee Frasier

Faculty Publications

Prototyping is an incremental process that facilitates those looking to make changes in products, services, or resources. Originating in industrial fabrication process, prototyping can be adapted by librarians to examine changes made to library services, amenities, and resources. They offer a cost-effective way of trying something new and needed, to ensure that patron needs are met. This article modifies prototyping into a five-step process and reviews five examples where the Lee Library used prototyping to inform library decisions to inform the development of library services, amenities, processes, and resources to better serve its patrons.

Motivation And Job Performance Of Library Workers In Colleges Of Education, South-West, Nigeria, Veronica Olufunmilola Ajegbomogun Mrs, Nkechi Chinyere Ikonne Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Motivation is one of the key factors in the job performance of employees, especially in colleges of education libraries. Despite their being important, there is a lingering need to find their effect on the job performance of library workers in colleges of education in South-west, Nigeria. A Survey research design of correlational approach was adopted using a questionnaire as the only data gathering instrument of information from the respondents. On the whole, 210 copies of the questionnaire were administered; out of which, a total number of 198 copies were retrieved this gives 94.3% return rate of the administered research instrument …

Management Preparedness Towards The Implementation Of Mobile Technology Library Services In Academic Libraries, Ebenezer Acheampong, De-Graft Johnson Dei

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Despite the growing usage of mobile devices and the availability of mobile broadband and WIFI internet almost everywhere in the academic libraries of developing countries, academic libraries in Ghana are yet to fully exploit this opportunity and provide mobile technology (m-tech) based library services. This study thus set to assess the preparedness’ of library management towards the implementation of m-tech library services in academic libraries in Ghana. The study employed a descriptive survey and the mixed method in collecting data from 365 respondents. The study established that the majority of respondents were aware that mobile devices could be used to …

Challenges Of Communicating Science: Perspectives From The Philippines, Kamila Navarro, Merryn Mckinnon

Department of Communication Faculty Publications

Science communication research is dominated by Western countries. While their research provides insight into best practices, their findings cannot be generalized to developing countries. This study examined the science communication challenges encountered by scientists and science communicators from Manila, Philippines through an online survey and semi-structured, investigative interviews. Their answers revealed issues which have been echoed in other international studies. However, challenges of accessibility and local attitudes to science were magnified within the Philippine context. These results indicate the ubiquity of certain challenges in science communication and the need for country-specific science communication frameworks. Further research on the identified challenges …

New "Research By Appointment" Service, Georgia Southern University

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• New "Research by Appointment" Service

Users’ Opinion Towards The Use Of Ict In The College Libraries Of Assam, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study has investigated the users’ opinion towards the use of ICT in the College Libraries of Assam. The questionnaires were distributed to 983 library users of 51-degree college libraries in Assam, out of which total 677 questionnaires have received. The data obtained from the filled up questionnaires is classified, analyzed, tabulated and logically interpreted.The opinion of the users on the use of ICT in college libraries is found satisfactory. Similarly, the impact of ICT on users is also found positive. The study has recommended that library automation and institutional repository should be set up with branded IT equipment. The …

Challenges To The Implementation Of Open Source Integrated Library Management Software In Academic Libraries: A Case Of Kano University Of Science And Technology Library, Sunday Olabisi Olatunji, Binta L. Farouq Dr, Mustapha Idris Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper examines the challenges in the implementation of Open source library management software in academic libraries in Nigeria using the experience of Kano University of Science and Technology, Library. The case study provides an account of the level of implementation of the NewGenLib library management software, which the library has adopted in the operations of the library, the challenges to the effective implementation of the software in the library as well as the strategies for the effective implementation of the software in the library. Qualitative data was gathered from structured interviews with the University Librarian as well as the …