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Evaluating Special Education Journals With H-Type Indices And Journal Impact Factors, Zao Liu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper evaluates special education journals using the h-type indices and journal impact factor. Fifty-seven special education journals were selected from the special education category of Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Reports (JCR) and two published lists of special education journals. The journal h-indices were compared among themselves and with their available impact factors. The correlation analysis of the metrics found very strong positive relationships between the journal h-type indices and between the Web of Science h-index and the journal impact factors. Strong positive relationships between the Google Scholar h-type indices and the impact factors were also found. The paper offers …

Public Library As Community Information Service Provider: A Study In North East India, Sanjoy Kumar Hazarika

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Public libraries are the good vehicles for dissemination of information to the mass people. It is instrumental for social change. The primary goal of a public library is to serve the community for its well-being with optimum services. Due to the services for community development the public library is rightly termed as Arsenal of Democracy. This paper presents a theoretical picture of the role of Public library as Community Information Service Provider. It also discusses the role of public libraries in overcoming the Digital divide among the rural masses.

Information Needs And Seeking Behaviour Of Private Hospital Nurses Of Bhubaneswar, Odisha: A Comparative Study, Payel Saha

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This is a study about information needs and seeking behaviour of nurses of private hospitals of Bhubaneswar, Odisha: A comparative study. This study unfolds the information needs and what are the relevant sources of information for nurses of the private hospitals of Bhubaneswar. For this study a well structure questionnaire were distributed among the private hospitals and after the response come the data analysis done in ms-excel sheet. The hospitals are Annapurna hospital, Apex hospital, Apollo hospital, Ayush hospital, Care hospital ,Hi-tech medical college and hospital, Kalinga hospital, KIMS Hospital, Neelachal hospital, Padma hospital, Sparsh hospital, Sum hospital, Utkal hospital, …

New Access To The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Georgia Southern University

Library Publications (1999-2023)

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 044, Number 10, January 27, 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.

The Choice Between Ebooks And Printed Books: A Study Among Hospitality And Tourism Educators And Learners, Senthilkumaran Piramanayagam Phd, Partho Pratim Seal

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The emergence of electronic books (ebook) changed the position of printed books in the learning space. This study examines the perceptions and preferences of hospitality and tourism educators and learners. Similarities and dissimilarities in the preference, perception and its link with gender, and scope of the degree course what the respondents teach and learn are analyzed. Data was collected from both students and teachers of hospitality, tourism and culinary degree program at a private university located in Karnataka, India. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. The result of the study shows that printed books are …

Lanthorn, Vol. 54, No. 22, January 27, 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.

Appalachian Environmental Health Literacy: Building Knowledge And Skills To Protect Health, Anna G. Hoover, Annie Koempel, W. Jay Christian, Kimberly I. Tumlin, Kelly G. Pennell, Steven Evans, Malissa Mcalister, Lindell E. Ormsbee, Dawn Brewer

Journal of Appalachian Health

Environmental health literacy (EHL) is an emerging, multidisciplinary field that promotes understanding of how environmental exposures can affect human health. After discussing the regional relevance of environmental health knowledge and skills, this article describes three ongoing Appalachian projects that are focused on measuring and building EHL.

Disrupting Tech While Being Pro-Tech, Elisa J. Rodrigues, Anders G. Lyon

Gleeson Library Faculty and Staff Research and Scholarship

As more libraries take on social justice concerns, pro-technology library workers have the responsibility of vetting and implementing meaningful tools that both meet patron needs and privacy. The goal of this program is for library workers to think critically how we might take a more measured approach to review and integrate technology into library services. Participants are encouraged to think beyond the glitz and glam of new toys and consider how innovation can work in favor of community goals and library ethics. BIPOC, paraprofessionals, students, recent grads, and those with reservations about technology are highly encouraged to attend.

Information Access Pattern Through Ugc-Infonet Digital Library Consortium By The Users Of Central Library, Alagappa University, Karaikudi: A Study, Chinnasamy Muthurasu Muthurasu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper describes briefly a survey conducted at Alagappa University, Central Library, Karaikudi to find out the information access pattern of the users through UGC-Infonet digital library consortium’s journals. A sample size of sixty five Alagappa University Central Library users was selected by random sampling method. The data required for the study was collected through a questionnaire. The findings of the study:58 (89.23%) are aware about the UGC-Infonet journals. 24(36.92%) of the respondents are aware the infonet journals through the library professionals. More than two fifths of the users access the infonet journals daily. 45(69.23%) respondents are satisfied for use …

Global Research Productivity In Knowledge Management: An Analysis Of Scopus Database, Abdoulaye Kaba, Chennupati K. Ramaiah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of this study is to investigate and analyze global research productivity in knowledge management (KM) research published from 1960 to 2017 and indexed in Scopus database. It is the first scientometric study investigating and analyzing 56 years of KM literature indexed in Scopus. The study used scientometric approach to identify and analyze bibliographic information of 63474 documents retrieved, in August 2018, from Scopus database. KM research productivity has grown from a single digit in 1960 to four digits in 2003. The results of the study indicate that, for the past 20 years (1997-2017), KM research recorded 63141 …

Qr Codes: Academic Library Perspective In Digital Age, Jayadev H. Kadli

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

New and emerging technologies have always been playing the vital role in shaping the different services of libraries. These technologies not only help the users to quick, quality and efficient services but also provide a chance to library and information professionals to think outside the box to make their services effective and responsive.

Top trends will be familiar to some readers who will hopefully learn of new equipment to expand their knowledge. Other readers will be made aware of trends that are outside of their experience. This is the nature of trends in our current technological and educational environments. The …

Application Of Social Media And Video Conferencing In Smart Library Services, Isaac, Abu Umaru (Cln), Isaiah Michael Omame (Cln)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper considers how important the application of social media and video conferencing in smart libraries can enable libraries deliver it services effectively. A smart library provides ways in which libraries can function effectively in a less structured, but in a creative and innovative way. With this concept of smart libraries, this paper develops and outlines the importance of applying social media and video conference to aid the smart libraries in delivering its services effectively. Social media along with video conferencing helps the library user to have direct access to the library and librarian without physically visiting the four walls …

Indian And Chinese Oncologists’ Asco Conference-Based Derivative Articles: A Comparative Study, Jagdish Sharma Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Introduction:

Conference-based derivative article is a welcome step in medical fraternity because it overcomes limited peer review, enhances validation of the results, avoids duplication and reduces publication bias to some extent. Further, such work helps in the furthering visibility, archival and accessibility issues of the content. With this background the scope of the present work is restricted to comparing oncology publication output of India and China in terms of derivative articles based on American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference papers.

Objectives:

The significance of the present study lies in the fact that it aims to compare the conversion rate …

Perceived Influence Of Library Professionalism As A Change Agent On The Management Of University Libraries In Nasarawa State, Nigereia, Kingsley E. Enyi, Henry Enenche Okoh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the perceived influence of library professionalism on the management of university libraries in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The study looked at the influence of work experience of library staff, educational qualification of library staff and ICT skills of library staff as a change agent on the management of university libraries. Three (3) objectives with corresponding research questions guided the study while three hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted a survey research design. The population for the study comprises 98 library staff in the two universities in Nasarawa State. The entire population of the library staff was used for …

Health Information Seeking Behaviour Of Academicians Towards Covid 19 In India And United Arab Emirates, Radhakrishnan Natarajan, Natarajan Sundar, Kannan Jayaraman

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The lively spread of COVID-19 has lockdown the countries across the globe. This study aims to assess the awareness, identify the best practices on protective measures against COVID-19 suggested by WHO (World Health Organization) among the academicians of India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) and also to know the preference for engaging themselves during lock-down period. A descriptive method was chosen for the research and both primary and secondary data were used in this study. Primary data were collected from the resident academics of India and United Arab Emirates. Secondary data were gathered from online resources for better understanding. An …

Internet Of Things And Libraries: An Empirical Study Of Selected Educational Institutions In United Arab Emirates, Elangovan Alagumalai, Radhakrishnan Natarajan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Purpose: This study examines how the internet of things concept implements possible area and satisfying customers.

Methods: Data from a survey of a sample of 120 library users from selected educational universities and colleges in Dubai to analyze the importance and satisfaction of IoT based services and resources.

Results: Possible areas for implementing IoT in libraries - improve access to the library and its resources, collection management, recommendation service, location-based service, appliances management, usage statistics, and information literacy. The IoT technology will notify and fulfils the user-related queries through on internet i.e., self-check-in, self-check-out, overdue reminders, online fine payment, …

Designing Child-Friendly School Libraries And Media Centres For Sustainable Reading Development Amongst Nigerian Children, Blessing B. Mba Cln

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Designing Child-Friendly School Libraries and Media Center for a Sustainable Reading Development amongst Nigerian Children

By

Chigozie Blessing Mba

Dominican University Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria

Email: [email protected]

ABSTRACT

Aesthetic considerations are pivotal in designing a child-friendly or ‘developmental library’. This paper explored how inadequate educational funding at all levels of government, and the failure of many school managements to meet the aesthetic imperatives of a developmental library in Nigeria, as well as the unwillingness to prioritise the development of child-friendly libraries/media resource centers have conspired with an apathetic reading public to alienate young and impressionable minds from the library. This study …

Noise Over Signal: Phonography Culture As Participatory, Patrick Williams, Jason Luther

Librarian Publications

While participatory culture has been of special interest to scholars for nearly three decades, much of the focus has centered on digitally networked contexts. The digital age has indeed transformed our approaches to listening to music and how we operate as fans of music; these approaches can weave together the new and the old, and are enacted among a variety of spaces, objects, and relationships. We explore how the re-emergence of one such object in the digital age — the LP — has produced social arrangements that perhaps excavate older listening practices but do so in ways that have been …

Data Informed Stewardship Of Search & Discovery : A Yale University Case Study, Sarah J. Tudesco, Angela Sidman

Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

The Anchor, Volume 136.01: January 22, 2020, Hope College

The Anchor: 2020

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.

Use Of Internet Facility Among Researchers And Faculty Members Of Social Science Research Libraries In Karnataka State: A Study, Krishnappa S

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

The Internet facility plays a very significant role in terms of supporting the teaching, learning, research and development activities of faculty members, research scholars, students, policymakers etc. The main aim of the study was to examine the levels of availability and utilization of Internet facility among researchers and faculty members of social science research institutes in Karnataka state. A structured questionnaire was distributed among 255 researchers and faculty members of social science research libraries located in Karnataka state; 183(64.21%) responses were received. The present study demonstrates and elaborates on the various aspects of Internet use, such as frequency of …

Cultural Conversations January 2020, Central Washington University, Anahí Chaves Villegas

Brooks Library Events

Cultural storytelling event sponsored by Ellensburg Public Library, Brooks Library, and Office of Interational Studies and Programs. Held in the Hal Holmes Community Center. The speaker for this event is Anahí Chavez Villegas.

Advanced Audio Media Com/Flm 406, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

No abstract provided.

Awareness And Use Of E-Resources In College Libraries: A Survey, Dr. Amol Babasaheb Sawai, Dr.Subhash Pundalikrao Chavan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: Present study is a base on the use of electronic resources by the teachers of various college libraries in Marathwada. This survey was particularly conducted to know the awareness and use of e-resources like E-Journals, E-Books, CD/DVDs, OPAC, E-Databases and Internet etc. in various college libraries of Marathwada. Primary data were collected from 210 respondents with the help of survey. The data were collected with the aid of a questionnaire and analyzed through the use of SSPS and Microsoft Excel. The results indicate that maximum 102 (48.57%) of respondents visited to the library in daily. It was also noticed …

A Critical Appraisal Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict) Competency Among Library Users In Private University Libraries In Edo State, Nigeria., Yakubu Afe Izevbekhai Mr, Efosa Egharevba Mr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract:

This study appraised ICT competency among library users in private university libraries in Edo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study while structured questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data were collected from all the four National Universities Commission (NUC)-accredited universities in Edo State, Nigeria: Igbinedion University, Okada; Benson Idahosa University, Benin; Wellspring University, Benin and Samuel Adegboyega University, Ogwa. The population of the study which is 4,224 was made up of all registered users of the private university libraries for 2018/19 academic session. A sample size of 400 library users which represented …

Lanthorn, Vol. 54, No. 21, January 20, 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.

Supporting Institutional Objectives By Embedding Mission-Critical Competencies In Credit-Bearing Library Instruction: A Review And Case Study, Derek Stadler, Alexandra Rojas

Publications and Research

This article reviews scholarship of incorporating institutional objectives in academic courses and proposes a method to embed mission-critical competencies in a library instruction course. Few academic institutions focus their mission or core competencies on digital communication. LaGuardia Community College delineates three competencies in its mission: inquiry and problem solving, global learning, and integrative learning. Students exhibit command of these competencies in written, oral, or digital communication. The College defines the digital communication ability as successful collaboration and interaction using online tools, such as discussion boards, either to stage written exchange, or to capture video or oral discussions. Through participation in …

Exploring Innovative Ways To Incorporate The Association Of College And Research Libraries Framework In Graduate Science Teacher Education Eportfolio Projects, Alison Lehner-Quam, Wesley Pitts

Publications and Research

This article investigates ways in which student voice informed design research into information literacy instruction in a year-long graduate science education ePortfolio culminating project. Library and science education faculty partnered in a two-year project to create communities of secondary science education students, in two cohorts, who used the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education to support their own research and reflections into information literacy. The overarching goal was to improve the course design to help science teachers develop their professional competencies in information literacy to conduct research to support their practice. Examination of students’ responses to research experiences …

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence Capabilities To Improve Cybersecurity, Sherali Zeadally, Erwin Adi, Zubair Baig, Imran A. Khan

Information Science Faculty Publications

Cybersecurity is a fast-evolving discipline that is always in the news over the last decade, as the number of threats rises and cybercriminals constantly endeavor to stay a step ahead of law enforcement. Over the years, although the original motives for carrying out cyberattacks largely remain unchanged, cybercriminals have become increasingly sophisticated with their techniques. Traditional cybersecurity solutions are becoming inadequate at detecting and mitigating emerging cyberattacks. Advances in cryptographic and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques (in particular, machine learning and deep learning) show promise in enabling cybersecurity experts to counter the ever-evolving threat posed by adversaries. Here, we explore AI's …