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Research Collaboration By Faculty Members In Physics In The University Of Calcutta During 2001-2019: Using Bibliometrix R, Souvik Koner, Samir Kumar Jalal Dr.

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The paper analyses 775 publications by the faculty members in the Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, collected from Scopus database for the period of 19 years (2001-2019). A number of bibliometric indicators e.g. total publications, citations, journal cites score, h-index, year-wise productivity, national and international collaborations, the most preferred and cited journal are employed for analysing the nature of publications. Bibliometric technique and open source software like Publish or Perish and Bibliometrix R Package are used for data analysis. The findings of the study revealed that 775 papers published in 173 journals with 9090 citations. The average citations per …

Bibliometric Studies Of Journal Of Indian Library Association (Jila) During 2015-2020, Mahendra Kumar

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The paper presents a bibliometric study of the journal titled “Journal of Indian Library Association (JILA) for the period between 2015-2020. The present study reveals the results of a bibliometric study of 148 articles published in the Journal of ILA. The analysis cover mainly the number of articles, authorship pattern, subject-wise distribution of articles, average number of references per articles, forms of documents cited, year wise distribution of cited journals etc. Study reveals that most of the contributions are from India with 99.61% and the rest 0.39% only from foreign sources. Maximum authors are from Karnataka and highest numbers of …

Digital Literacy And Reading Habits Of The Central University Of Tamil Nadu Students: A Survey Study, Subaveerapandiyan A, Priyanka Sinha

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The study attempted to understand the University students' digital reading habits and their related skills. It also has a view of students' preferred sources of reading, whether physical or digital resources. For this study, we conducted a survey study with students and research scholars of the Central University of Tamil Nadu, India. The instrument was a structured questionnaire distributed with various modes. The result found that the majority of the students are well known about digital tools and usage, most of the students are excellent in digital literacy skills and other findings is however they are good in digital literacy …

Perception And Participation Of Faculty Members In Collection Development: A Comparative Study Of Five Universities In North India, Har Singh, Prof. Preeti Mahajan

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The study's objective was to investigate the faculty members' (FM) awareness, perception, participation in collection development, and satisfaction from the library collection in selected university libraries of North India. The questionnaire method was used to collect the data (which included dichotomous questions and a five-point Likert scale) from the faculty members (FMs) of all disciplines from five universities of Northern India, i.e., Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU) (Rohtak) and Kurukshetra University (KU) (Kurukshetra) from the State, of Haryana Panjab University (PU) from Union Territory of Chandigarh and Punjabi University (PbiU) (Patiala) and Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) (Amritsar) from the state …

Users’ Satisfaction With Library Resources And Services In Health Sciences Institutes In Punjab, Pakistan, Muhammad Younus, Munawar Hussain

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The present study aimed to explore users’ satisfaction with library resources and services in health sciences institutes in Punjab, Pakistan. The study employed the quantitative research method to achieve its objectives. The quantitative data were collected from users of four selected health sciences institute libraries through the questionnaire.

The findings of the study suggest that the majority of participants were satisfied with the library environment (furniture, heating/cooling, noise level, lights and cleanliness). Whereas, most of the respondents did not give opinion about adequacy of space for study and research provided by the libraries. The respondents were satisfied with the …

The Heart Of Academia: Medieval Universities, Textbooks, And The Birth Of Academic Libraries, Christopher Proctor

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The contemporary academic library occupies a crucial role in the teaching and learning mission of universities. This centrality is perhaps best exemplified by the popular saying that the library is the heart of the university. But has this always been the case since the inception of universities in the High Middle Ages? To help answer this question, the following discussion traces the creation of universities within the medieval world, the textual traditions that informed their scholarship and pedagogy, and the later birth of academic libraries within the college and university system. The author attempts to demonstrate that the rise of …

How Scopus Is Shaping The Research Publications Of Feature Fusion-Based Image Retrieval, Jaya H. Dewan, Sudeep D. Thepade

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Research trends have shown an increase in the preferences for feature fusion-based image retrieval. The primary objective of this study is to show the current state of research regarding image retrieval and feature fusion. The research papers indexed in the Scopus database are considered here for quantitative analysis. A bibliometric analysis of the research publications indexed in Scopus is presented in this study. During this study, 461 documents from 276 different sources are obtained. The important keywords, sources, authors, countries, and funding agencies are presented, which will help future researchers in research directions.

Integration Management: A Bibliometric Study Of Research Trends, Shabir Hussain Khahro, Ayaz Babar, Fida Hussain Siddiqui, Tauha Hussain Ali, Ali Raza Khoso

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Integration management has always been a topic of interest for researchers. It plays a significant role in the success of the projects. Integration management effectively incorporates all the aspects of projects and provides a roadmap towards their success. Based on the significance of the term, this paper assesses the research output of integration management since 1970 in different fields of the application using the Scopus database. The data was collected and analyzed through Microsoft Excel to analyze the research publications trend line, publication types and their access to the audience, organizations and countries involved, languages of publications, authors participating, and …

Disaster Management Of Flood Affected Public Libraries Of South Kerala, Saranya R

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This study was designed to examine disaster management of flood affected public libraries of south Kerala. The population selected for the study was flood-affected libraries of South Kerala, affiliated to Kerala State Library Council. According to Kerala Library Council, the 2018- 19 flood-affected 113 libraries in Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, and Kottayam district, among which 95 libraries were selected. The samples were collected from 95 professional and non-professional staffs of these libraries. A structured questionnaire is prepared based on objectives of the study with closed-ended and open-ended questions for the flood-affected libraries of south Kerala. To facilitate quantification and analysis of data, …

Intellectual Structure And Publication Pattern In Journal Of Money Laundering Control From 2014 To 2020: A Bibliometric Study, Prof (Dr.) Sasmita Samanta, Dr. Bijayalaxmi Rautaray, Dr. Dillip K Swain

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The study comprehends intellectual structure and publication pattern of scholarly articles published in the Journal of Money Laundering Control ranging from the year 2014 to 2020 through the prevailing methods of bibliometric analysis. The study finds that the JMLC has published the lowest number of 29 papers in 2014 and the highest number of 117 papers in the publishing year 2020. Regarding country wise distribution of research productivity, the UK is the top performer followed by Switzerland, and the USA. The degree of collaboration (DC) in JMLC publications is found to be 0.34. The study intends to provide its readers …

Integration Of Kerala Academic Library Network (Kalnet) And Indian Access Management Federation (Infed) In The Higher Educational Institutions Of Kerala: A Conceptual Research, Ashok Thomas, Prasanth Mp

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The terms ‘Network’ and ‘Resource’ have a wide range of importance in our day-to-day life. Resource Sharing and Information Networking are the two important elements in a modern knowledge society. In India, many library networks are already established, like INFLIBNET, DELNET, KALIBNET etc. Library networks have a greater role in resource sharing through information networks. Normally, this follows a network of libraries with de-centralization rules & regulations and provides a common platform for libraries and library staff to come together, communicate, and extend help to enhance access to information and fulfil the unexpected demands of users [3]. This article discusses …

Analysis Of National Library Website Of Brics Countries: A Comparative Study, Arpita Roy Chowdhury, Sankha Subhra Das

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The study shows a comparative analysis of five BRICS countries National Libraries. We have classified them on the basis of parameters such as their collection, Web2.0 applicability, virtual reference service, website covering language, visitors service, number of institutional repository, software used (digital library or content management software). The website security feature was also discussed as it plays an important role in securing user data. We have also included the user friendliness of impaired persons so that they can also access the websites with ease. The overall analysis found the total collection and rare collections of these national libraries. Most probably …

Influence Of Gender On Hours Of Supervised Library Use On Students’ Performance In Senior Secondary Schools In Imo State., Kelechi Ibegbulem

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In this study, the researcher examined the influence of gender on hours of supervised library use on students’ performance in senior secondary schools in Imo State. Four objectives, four research questions were posed and four hypotheses formulated in the study. The study was carried out using quasi-experimental design which involved pre-test, treatment and post-test of non-equivalent group method. The population of the study was 94,963 Senior Secondary School Students (SS1-SS3) from 275 public secondary schools in Imo State. The sample size for the study comprised of 127 senior secondary II students drawn from three senior public secondary schools in Imo …

Quantitative Research Of The Journal Of Medical Library Association (Jmla) Publish During 2002-2020: A Bibliometric Analysis, Chakradhar Rana, Ramani Ranjan Sahu

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The present study based on bibliometric analysis of Journal of Medical Library Association (JMLA) from 2002-2020 indexed in Scopus database. A total number of 1356 documents were published during the nineteen years from 2002 to 2020. All publication has been examined carefully to extend the data that year wise distribution of papers and citations, volume and issue wise distribution of documents and citation, authorship pattern, Average number of citations per paper, affiliation wise distribution, most cited countries, geographical distribution, top cited documents, occurrence index keyword analysis, co-citations countries, and author productivity. The study reveals that, during these 19 years, the …

Covid-19 And Web-Based Services: A Content Analysis Of Library Associations' Web Pages Of India, Santosh Kumar Tunga

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Due to COVID-19 pandemic lockdown situation, every academic institutions and professional associations has been affected with corona virus. We will stay safe by maintaining social distancing and using masks, globes, face shield and washing hands frequently with water and soap. Researchers and academicians in India are completely at home and follow the COVID-19 guidelines to help him, family and community stay safe. In this critical phases of COVID-19 situation, the present study attempts to identify the web-based services provided by the library associations of national importance in India during this COVID-19 pandemic environment. This paper has tried to evaluate the …

Authorship Pattern Of Library Philosophy And Practice Journal: A Bibliometrics Analysis, Deep Kumar Kirtania

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The main purpose of the study is to identify the pattern of authorship and collaborative nature of Library Philosophy and Practice journal during 2001 to 2020. Bibliographic data were collected from 2008 articles through the Lens database, based on the key areas of authorship studies such as authorship pattern, number of authors etc. The study found that Degree of Collaboration (DC), Collaborative Coefficient (CC) and Collaborative Index (CI) of these articles were 0.63, 0.36 and 1.93 respectively, which clearly indicate that the authorship trend is towards the shared or joint authorship in Library Philosophy and Practice journal.

Bibliometric Landscape Of Indian Publications On Covid-19 In 2020, Tapas Kumar Ghosh

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The paper attempts to provide a bibliometric landscape of Indian publications on the topic “COVID-19” in the year 2020. The threat of “COVID-19” pandemic constrained the researchers across the world to foster the research activities to combat the drastic effect of the new emerged infectious disease on human beings turned into pandemic in 2020 resulted influx in publication around the globe and the contribution of India found considerable. As per the data retrieved from Web of Science (WOS) on 29^th April, 2021, 62755 documents published at the global level on the topic “COVID-19” in the year 2020 where India …

The Impact Of Repository Service Quality Toward Final Year Students’ Interests To Access Research Record Service, Indah Antasari, Mite Setiansah, S. Bekti Istiyanto, Toto Sugito, Wiwik Novianti

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High-quality service will increase student motivation in accessing repositories. This study aims to reveal the impact of repository service quality on student motivation in using research services at the State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Purwokerto. This research study used quantitative methods. This study found that seven direct relationships have significant impacts. This study found that Attitude toward_Behavior (AtB) highly influenced students to visit library research services—both online and offline. AtB brings two other variables, namely Library_as Place (LaP) and Information Control (IC), which have an indirect effect on student visiting interest. Thus, activities that should be prioritized to increase student visits …

Load Flow Solution Of Distribution Systems - A Bibliometric Survey, K. V. S. Ramachandra Murthy, Vijay Kumar D, Lakshmi Kambhampati, Rayudu Srinivas, Rayudu Srinivas

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In this paper, Bibliometric Survey has been carried out on ‘Load Flow Solution of Distribution Systems’ from 2012 to 2021. Scopus database has been used for the analysis. There were total 1711 documents found on this topic. The statistical analysis is carried out source wise, year wise, area wise, Country wise, University wise, author wise, and based on funding agency. Network analysis is also carried out based on Co-authorship, Co-occurrence. Results are presented. During 2020 and 2018, there were 263 documents published which is the highest. ‘IEEE Transactions on Power Systems’ has published 90 documents during the period of study …

Decay Of Url References Cited In Desidoc Journal Of Library & Information Technology, Sonia Bansal

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The present study was conducted to examine the accessibility and corrosion of web references cited in articles of DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. A total of 1921 web references cited in 273 articles for five years from 2014-2018 were identified and checked to test their accessibility in terms of decay and persistence. Nearly 23.31% web references disappeared with passage of time. The results revealed that older the age of URL references, higher the percentage of inactive URL references. The .gov domain was found to be most constant with 95.99% accessibility rate. The average half-life for the missing web …

Reward System And Service Delivery Of Librarians In Federal Universities In South West Nigeria, Jemilat Yusuf, Oluwaseyi Overcomer Fehintola

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The study aims to examine the nexus between reward system and service delivery of librarians in federal universities in Southwest Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study and the population consisted of 120 librarians in six federal universities in Southwest Nigeria. The total enumeration technique was adopted in the study. Questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, simple percentages, mean and standard deviation while inferential statistics of Pearson’s Moment Product Correlation and regression were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings showed that …

The Role Of Public Librarians, Teachers And Gram Panchayats In Women Empowerment Through Kanyashree Public Services In South 24 Parganas District Of West Bengal, Md. Yeosuf Akhter, Prasenjit Deb, Jahar Biswas

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Public Libraries located in West Bengal are important institutions and tools of the society. Disseminating knowledge of the society is a great challenge for the Public Library and its duty is not limited to just issuing and reissuing books. The Government of West Bengal has appointed 184 retired Librarians considering their importance and efficiency of their work[1]. The present study conducted in South 24 Parganas District of West Bengal among 20 Librarians, 40 School teachers and 40 Gram Panchayat members has assimilated their opinion about women empowerment through public services scheme, Kanyashree Prakalpa (K.P). The main aim of …

Application Of Mobile Technology In Information Service Delivery In Bayero University Library, Kano, Abdulqawiyyu Mustapha Library Assistant, Farouk Ahmad Ibrahim Assistant Librarian, Kabiru Danladi Garba University Librarian, Musa Muhammed Assistant Librarian

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Current trends in libraries especially in the academic library require remote and boundary less access to library services and services. Mobile Technology has been recognized as the simple, single most embraced technology in the world. Applying this technological innovation will bring a lot of relief to users in Bayero University, Kano library and the University community in general. The study investigates the preparedness of Bayero University, Kano library to apply mobile technology for information services delivery. The population consisted of 11 staff from the library's automation unit, with only two of them being sampled. The research instrument used was an …

Students Awareness About Online Classes During The Pandemic Of Covid 19 With Special Reference To Affiliated Colleges Of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Dr.P.Balasubramanian Subramanian Bala Subramanian, Shanmugam A.P

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“Purpose of education is to moralise and socialise the people,” said Dr B. R. Ambedkar. The role of education in the holistic development of a society is immeasurable because good education shapes people right from their childhood and thus the entire society. That’s why every developed civilisation had given keen importance to education in any form. The way people get educated is a reflection of the culture of that period. It has travelled through rock carvings, manuscripts, papers and today it has reached our smartphones due to the Covid’19 Pandemic situation. So, the researcher attempted to study the College Students …

Bibliometrics Visualization Of Desidoc Journal Of Library & Information Technology And Srels Journal Of Information Management During 2016 - 2020: A Comparative Study, Laltu Aich, Ankit Das

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The present study analyses the articles published in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT) and SRELS Journal of Information Management, the leading UGC-CARE enlisted Indian journals in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS) during the year 2016-2020 which explores the volume wise, issue wise pattern of distribution of articles, authorship pattern of articles, geographical distribution of major contributions and contributors, state wise distribution of articles from India, reference distribution pattern and its authorship pattern. The study reveals that DJLIT (277) has more publications than SRELS Journal (248) during the mentioned period. DJLIT has got maximum contribution …

Accessibility Of Library Resources At Kiet Group Of Institutions, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India., Ravi Kumar .. Annabathuni Dr., Raja Suresh Kumar .. Pitla Dr., Doraswamy Naick .. B. R. Dr.

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This paper highlighted the availability and accessibility of library information resources and services, library user attitude, working hours of library, physical facilities of KIET(Kakinada Institute of Engineering and Technology) Group of Institutions libraries, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The collection, library membership, students and faculty strength, opening and closing timings, library automation, sources and services offered, and accessibility of online resources are also examined. A well-structured questionnaire was circulated to Nine Hundred and seventy-seven Under Graduate and Post Graduate students to collect the primary data from respondents. Total number of Nine Hundred and Fifteen filled-in questionnaires were acknowledged, showing on the whole …

Curbside Book Pick-Up Services During A Time Of Crisis In South African University Libraries, Dina Mashiyane, Mahlaga Molepo

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Purpose

This paper sought to determine the implementation of curbside/book pick-up services within South African University libraries. This study seeks to quantify South African university libraries that use curbside book pick-up services during the COVID-19 pandemic

Design/methodology/approach

The study employed a quantitative approach where informetrics has been used as the primary data collection method to analyse the implementation of curbside/book pick-up services on the web pages of 26 South African University Libraries.

Findings

This study indicates that only a few South African university libraries have implemented curbside/book pick-up services. The study further reveals that those libraries that have implemented this …

Information Seeking Patterns Of Small Scale Farmers For Farming Activities In Katsina State, Nigeria, Abubakar Magaji

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This study identified Small Scale Farmers (SSF) information seeking patterns used and types of crops produced for effective farming activities. Three research questions and one hypothesis were developed to guide the study. Cross sectional survey design was adopted in which a total of seven hundred (700) registered small scale farmers’ cooperative associations from three agricultural zones of Katsina state formed the population. A total number of two hundred and eighty (280) respondents were randomly sampled using cluster sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in which the null hypothesis was tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient …

Use Of Mobile Technologies For Accessing Health-Related Information Among Librarians In Osun State, Nigeria, Yemisi Oluremi Oladapo, Jacob Kehinde Opele, Moses Oladele Adeoye

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Objectives: This is an exploratory study that focused on identifying the contemporary health related information needs of librarians in Osun State; types of mobile technology used for accessing health related information as well as identifying challenges experienced in using mobile technology for accessing health related information.

Methodology: This study adopted a survey research design. The population of the study consisted of 133 librarians in Osun State. Total enumeration of all the population was adopted. From the total 133 questionnaire that were administered, 126 (representing 94.74%) were duly completed and used for analysis. Frequency counts and percentage calculation were used to …

Collaboration And Authorship Pattern Of Research Outputs Published By Central Institute Of Plastics Engineering & Technology From 2005 To 2020: A Scientometric Analysis., Rajib Debnath , Research Scholar, Dlisc

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The present study focuses on the different attributes of authorship pattern in the literature published by Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET). For this purpose data is collected from Scopus database for the period from 2005 to 29.02.2020. A sum total of 591 papers were published during the period considered which is indexed in the Scopus database. The study aims to find out the pattern of publication, growth rate of publication, authorship pattern, collaborative index, collaborative coefficient, modified collaborative coefficient and co-authorship index etc. From the study it is found that the year 2019 was the most productive …