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Assessing Therapists’ Attitudes Toward Consensually Non-Monogamous Clients, Tara Baluck

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Despite a sizeable body of research demonstrating that consensual non-monogamy (CNM) is a viable alternative to monogamy, anti-CNM bias amongst individuals in the general population has been a consistent research finding. While more recent research on this topic has focused on CNM clients’ perceptions of their therapists’ cultural competence working with CNM clients, few studies have addressed therapists’ cultural competence or bias in working with these populations. At the time of this study’s proposal, only two studies were found which examined therapists’ attitudes directly, but these findings are more than 30 years old. The present study attempted to address this …

Trajectory Of Trauma: The Experiences Of Black Girls In The School-To-Prison Pipeline, Heather Nicholson-Bester

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This critical ethnographic research utilizes participatory action research (PAR) and case studies to explore the impacts that zero-tolerance policies have had on the lives of Black girls and women. This work contributes to a small but growing body of work on the intersectional struggles faced by Black girls within the School-to-Prison Pipeline. An aim of this research was to work with the participants to amplify their voices and center them as experts on their own lives. Working with a small sample of three girls and women enabled the creation of detailed narratives of their experiences. These narratives point to the …

Precarious Womanhood: Maternal Instinct’S Role In Gender-Related Anxiety, Chelsey Kanipe

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The phenomenon of “precarious manhood” suggests that when a man perceives a threat to his masculinity, he will respond with anxiety and will subsequently increase his displays of traditional masculinity. The main purpose of this study is to address a parallel phenomenon in women (i.e., “precarious womanhood”), the existence of which previous authors have dismissed. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either high scores, low scores, or no scores following a supposed maternal instinct questionnaire. Then, their subsequent mood and gender identity endorsement were measured via self-report. It was hypothesized that, compared to participants who received either high or no …

Motor Skill Performance And Physical Activity In Children With Features Of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Morgan K. Wright

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Fifty to 100% of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit motor skills deficits. In addition to motor skill deficits, children with ASD have been reported to engage in less physical activity than their neurotypical peers. Motor skill deficits and limited physical activity may impact functioning in other domains, including physical fitness and adaptive skills. The present study examined the relationship between motor skills, physical activity, physical fitness, and adaptive skills in children with a range of ASD features. A sample of 41 children ages 7-12 years participated in the study. Participants and their parents completed assessments of motor skills, …

Support For Screening And Intervening On Adolescent Depression: Provider-Reported Training Outcomes, Leah Rose Lalonde

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Given the potential consequences of untreated adolescent depression and the prevalence of untreated mental health among adolescents, the American Academy of Pediatrics has strongly recommended active support and monitoring of depressive symptoms in pediatric primary care. Primary care providers (PCPs), however, do not have sufficient training to provide this level of care, contributing to low rates of identification and management of depression. The purpose of the current pilot study was to evaluate a training aimed at supporting providers in the management of adolescent depression. Results demonstrated that providers were accepting of the training and that provider knowledge of depression management …

Contemporary Art And Food: An Examination Of Three Case Studies Using Anthropology And Diaspora As Key., Viridiana S. Mayagoitia

Dissertations and Theses

Food-related artworks are as crucial to understanding culture as other mediums in art like painting, installation, sculpture, and drawings. From Greek and Roman mosaics, Egyptian banquet scenes, to Renaissance frescoes and Flemish still-life paintings, the depiction of food and meals has had multiple meanings. Food as a medium in Western contemporary art was introduced in the 1930s by the Italian Futurists’ banquets, which celebrated modernity and technology underlying social and political commentary. It continued throughout the 1960s with performance art, conceptual art, and happenings, and in the 1970s with the Fluxus movement’s exploration of the boundaries between art and life. …

Advising The Online Student: A Breakout Of Advising Frequency, Preferences, And Satisfaction Of Online Students, Maeghen Macdonald, Brittani Wyskocil Garcia

University Administration Publications

This breakout study reviews the findings of a 2017 study of Penn State University's World Campus undergraduate online students. The study surveyed students to report demographic, academic, preferences, and satisfaction information and sought to develop relationships between these variables by their levels of academic success. This breakout study focuses on the findings related to three of the study's variables: academic advising frequency, interaction preference, and satisfaction of undergraduate online students.

Influence Of Ownership Structure And Leadership Styles On Turnover Intention Of Lis Professionals: Empirical Evidence From Private Universities In Osun State Nigeria, Saheed Abiola Hamzat Dr., Blessing Damilola Abata-Ebire, Tolulope Tosin Ogunjinmi, Omobola Abigail Babarinde

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated the influence of ownership structure and leadership styles on turnover intention of Library and Information Science (LIS) Professionals in private universities in Osun State, Nigeria. Descriptive and inferential statistics of frequency counts, percentages and correlational methods were employed to analyse the data gathered from 59 LIS professionals in the State. The indices of ownership structure (functional, divisional, matrix and hybrid) and leadership styles (democratic, autocratic, transactional) were found to have positive linear correlations with turnover intention of LIS professionals. Deployment of varying leadership styles, promotion of ‘entity concept’ and facilitation of inter-relationship among …

Information Literacy Instructions In University Libraries Of Lahore, Pakistan: Practices And Methods, Muhammad Rafiq, Sumaira Ali, Muhammad Tufail Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Information literacy (IL) is an essential skill and play a vital role in active participation in the modern society. It is an information and a variety of skills that enable people to know when information is needed and to have the talent to accurately identify, analyse and utilize the information needed. It is knowledge and expertise of individuals to recognize when information is needed and to have the capacity to locate, assess, interpret and use effectively the needed information. This study intended to investigate the IL practices and methods used by professional librarians in university libraries of Lahore, Pakistan. A …

Challenges Of The Use Of Electronic And Print Resources By Students In Selected Tertiary Institution In Kwara State, Tunde Idris Yusuf, Funke Abosede Ayeni, Monsurat Taiye Aminu, Sulyman Olaitan Mahammuod

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigates the challenges on the use of electronic and print resources by students in selected tertiary institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. In order to achieve the set objectives, the researcher adopted survey research design using questionnaire as the major instrument for data gathering and complimented by observation. The total population for the study was 7, 954 from which 150 students were sampled. The study finds out that undergraduate students use information resources for academic related purposes; print information resources were more available for students use in the academic libraries; the findings further indicated that most libraries do not …

Integration Of Dmaic With Library Acquisition: A Phenomenal Approach, Dr. Abdulaziz Ibrahim Alomran Dr, Dr. Imtiaz Basha Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The quality becomes indispensable in all sectors as it is forced to improve and maintain the universal quality oriented standards in any institution / organization. The library is no mean to exception on it. One of the imperative departments / unit in the library is acquisition, because the library stands on its collection and development. Authors had an attempt the DMAIC application to improve and maintain the acquisition in academic libraries to maximize the highest level of satisfaction and minimize the grievances from its patrons. This paper aims to eliminate the gap between the documents and the users'. Authors applied …

Exploring The Development And Progression Of 5g: A Bibliometric Analysis Of Scholarly Production, Nida Aslam, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Irfan Ullah Khan, Muhammad Ajmal Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

5G (5^th Generation) and the related technologies implementation are expected in 2020. The 5G is considered to be a breakthrough of IoT devices in terms of enhanced bandwidth, efficiency, reliability and energy consumption. This study focuses on quantitative and qualitative progression of research in the field of 5G. It also provides the publishing trend, most productive and cited countries, organizations, and authors on 5G. In addition, it identifies the most frequently used keywords, authorship pattern and preferred journals. The research is based on 5G related research from Scopus database, which includes all relevant keywords of the field limiting it …

Application Of Bradford’S Law Of Scattering And Leimkuhler Model On Fluid Mechanics Literature Published During 2001-2019, Chaturbhuj S B, Sadik Batcha M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study deals with the application of Bradford’s law of scattering on Fluid Mechanics subject. It is found that verbal formulation 1: n: n² has not fit with the data on Fluid Mechanics. As Leimkuher model applied for verification of Bradford’s law and it fits with 2:57:1462 geometric series with 0.005% of error. Other Scientometrics indicators such as DCI, ICI, author’s ranking, the ranking of most preferred journals, author’s impacts are used for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of research output in Fluid Mechanics subject. The study found that major 13 highly contributed countries have international collaboration trends. ‘Tenduyar, …

Awareness Of Plagiarism Among Research Scholars Of Karnatak University, Dharwad: A Study, Savitha K S, Krishnamurthy C Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Plagiarism is a subject of academic misconduct among teaching and research community in higher educational institutions. Information and communication technology has immensely made easy to access information in digital form or electronic form that can lead to copying words/text from any kind of information sources such as Internet, books, magazines, journals, project reports, publications, white papers etc, without acknowledging the original author/ authors with proper citation. Plagiarism is the act of stealing someone else's work and attempting to pass it off as one’s own. In the global academic scenario plagiarism occurs due to lack of knowledge or due to ignorance. …

Integration Of Open Educational Resources Through Linked Data: Challenges And Benefits Review, Amna Farzand Ali, Dr.Nosheen Fatima Warraich

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose of the Study: This study explores that how Linked Data (LD) technology can be implemented in educational sector to use Open Educational Resources (OERs) more effectively or what kind of benefits and challenges it retains for educational sector. Because now teaching is supported and integrated with the use of different interactive resources such as videos, blackboards and virtually available platforms in formal and informal education. The objective of this research study is to highlight the nature of LD and OERs and their associated benefits and barriers for educational sector that are related to the adoption of LD technologies in …

Do Personality Traits Matter For Work Performance? A Survey Of University Librarians, Ghulam Murtaza Rafique, Haroon Idrees Dr, Rizwana Jutt

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Personality traits are core characteristics of individuals and have been recognized as the most important elements for developing a unique and promising personality. It plays an important role to enhance the work performance of individuals. Therefore, the study intends to investigate the impact of personality traits on work performance of university librarians. For this purpose, a survey based questionnaire was used to collect data from 221 university librarians from public and private sector universities of Pakistan selected by census sampling. Major findings showed that mostly university librarians owned the personality traits of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience …

Growth And Productivity Of Agricultural And Biological Sciences Research In State Agriculture Universities Of Gujarat (India), Jignesh Amin, Yogesh Parekh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper presents a scientometric analysis of growth and productivity of agricultural and biological sciences research in state agriculture universities of Gujarat, India. The publications, which have been published during 2010-2019, are considered for the present research. The required data was extracted from the indexing database SCOPUS for the analysis, which includes 1,742 publications. Necessary metric-based indicators are considered to draw the conclusion about the growth and status of research outputs of selected samples. Several aspects like patterns and trends about authorship and publications, are also discussed. These include a ranking of authors based on a number of publications and …

Website Accessibility Evaluation Of National Institutes Under The Depwd Ministry Of Social Justice & Empowerment, Pratibha Kumari, Dr. Shilpi Verma

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Accessibility is an important aspect in this IT era for updated information for every individual with a disability as well. They also have an equal right to access the contents available online. Thus, web developers should follow the universally accepted guidelines to develop the web pages reachable for everyone. Websites that are not complying with WCAG 2.0 guidelines are very difficult to access by the disabled users. This evaluation is an attempt to analyze the accessibility of the websites of the National Institutes under the DEPWD, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment under the different priority level of WCAG2.0. Evaluation …

Library And Information Science Research In India: A Bibliometric Assessment Of Publications Output During 2014-18, Dr. Sharad Kumar Sonkar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper explored the productivity of Indian authors output in the field of library and information science research, a total 1275 publications have been downloaded from the web of science from the period of 2014-18. The research output were assessed in the year wise, author wise, gender wise, document wise, state wise and international collaborative publications. The paper also examines the highly cited articles. Most productive journals, most productive authors, most productive organizations in library and information science research in India during 2014-18.

Impact Of Web 2.0 Technologies On Academic Libraries: A Survey On Affiliated Colleges Of Solapur University, Patel Adam Burhansab, M Sadik Batcha, Muneer Ahmad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper aims to present the results of a survey of academic libraries about the adoption and perceived impact of Web 2.0 technologies. A total of 26college libraries affiliated with Solapur University participated among the members. It was found that each library was using some form of technology, such as RSS, blogs, social networking sites, wikis, and instant messaging. Analyzing the entire college web technology usages, it is observed from the results that most of the web technologies are not used by the mainstream of the users due to lack of awareness, training, etc. Accurate and appropriate training should be …

A Study Of Competencies And Attitude In Use Of Ict Among Librarians Of Govt. And Aided First Grade Colleges Affiliated To University Of Mysore, Hemesha Hebbandi Nagappa, Santhosh Kumar K.T.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study aims at assessing the competencies and attitude in using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) among librarians working in Govt. and Govt. Aided First Grade Colleges (Affiliated to University of Mysore) of Mysore region in Karnataka, India. The study emphasizing on exploring the competency level in using ICT based applications, library automation and digital library software, use of e-resources, difficulties faced among the responding librarians and also knowing attitude towards using ICT. The results of the study shows that majority of librarians have good competency level in using basic ICT & e-resources and also felt the need for further …

Influence Of Physical Work Environment On Service Delivery By Library Personnel In Federal Universities In South West Nigeria, Bibire Nurat Badmus, Emmanuel Kunle Ogunlana

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Library aimed to provide quality services and lifetime learning facilities to its users. However, there are evidences of poor service delivery due to physical work environment in federal university libraries. The study therefore, investigated the extent to which physical work environment influenced service delivery of federal university libraries in South-West, Nigeria. Descriptive research design was used. The population consisted of 218 librarians and library officers from six federal universities in South-west, Nigeria. Questionnaire with four sub-scales: Physical Work Environment (α = 0.71), Library Services Delivery (α = 0.79), was used as data collection instrument. Out of 218 copies of …

Sustainable Development Initiatives In Libraries Based On The Covid 19 Experience: A Future Plan, Dr. Prakasan P.M.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015, is working around the world to achieve the 17 goals. Governments and other institutions are preparing action plans to implement sustainable development ideas. Libraries are also developing and implementing various schemes to support sustainable development initiatives. It was at this juncture that the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, shaking the social, economic, cultural, educational and healthcare sectors. In this context, sustainable development ideas are of great importance. The situation is such that in the post-COVID-19 era, more and more sustainable development activities have to be undertaken …

Publications Pattern And Collaborations Trend In Webology Journal During 2010-2019: A Bibliometric Analysis, Manoj Kumar Verma Ph.D., Maya Deori, Gururaj S. Hadagali Ph.D.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study analyses the papers published in Webology journal from 2010 to 2019. The parameters used in the study were: distribution of articles, Authorship Patterns, Collaboration Index (CI), Degree of Collaboration (DC), Collaboration Coefficient (CC), Modified Collaboration Coefficient (MCC), Growth Rate, Lotka’s law, distribution of references and length of references. The study reveals that a total of 138 scholarly papers have been published by LIS professionals across the world. Iran ranked first among the researchers of different countries. The study reveals that the highest number of articles appeared during 2019 and has the maximum Collaboration Index, Collaboration Coefficient, and …

Practice Of Security Systems In University Libraries Of Assam: A Study, Rima Nath Research Scholar, Dipen Deka Assistant Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objective: The study aimed to find out the implementation and adoption of different security systems in the selected University libraries of Assam. It highlighted the various physical, environmental security systems as well as digital data security systems that were adopted for library security purpose. The study also examined how far these libraries had implemented various electronic security systems like CCTV, RFID, air-conditioner for humidity control, smart card, biometrics, flood detector, fire or smoke sensor etc.

Methods: For the study, total six University libraries had been purposively selected by considering the possible availability of various security measures. A structured questionnaire was …

Job Opportunities In Indian Academic Libraries: A Content Analysis Of Job Advertisements 2012-2019, M. P. Singh Prof., O. P. Saini Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Employment News is a weekly job journal that publishes job advertisements in all professional fields from 1974. It is an authentic source of employment information published by the Publication Division, Govt. of India, therefore, it adopted to collect data through content analysis of the job advertisements published from 2012 to 2019. The study aims to trace the growth of job openings for academic librarians. The study highlights the level of educational qualifications, types of academic institutions in public and private sectors, new pay structure, and the provinces produced greater employment. The results show that the trends of jobs for academic …

Research Support Services Of The Maharaja Sayajirao University Library During Covid-19 : A Survey, Dr.Meghna Vyas, Dr.Mayank Trivedi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study conducted to explore the use of a university library academic services to assist in research information seeking, and the role and value of the academic services.This study described and discussed various factors which find out the satisfaction level of the faculty members for various learning sources and services provided by the university library of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. Outcome of the survey is helpful to understand and identify the role of university library for the overall academic and research and development of the university.

Use Of Web Resources And Services By The Research Scholars In The Field Of Social Sciences Of Selected Central Universities (Du, Bhu, Amu, Jnu), Utkarsh Dwiwedi, Rajani Mishra (Associate Professor)

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The current study was conducted with the objective to study the usage of Web Resources and services by the Researchers in the field of social sciences of selected Central Universities (DU, BHU, AMU, JNU). A well-structured questionnaire was directed through irregular testing strategy to the Research Scholars of the Institutes to gather the information with respect to the utilization of Web Resources. This paper confines the investigation only to utilization of Web Resources by Researcher of Language and Literature in selected Central Universities (DU, BHU, AMU, JNU). The extent of the examination can be stretched out to former Indian Universities …

Michigan Academician, Volume 47, Issue 1

Michigan Academician

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Open Government Data: Initiatives, Challenges, And Myths, Azeem Akbar, Abdul Jabbar Awan, Qurat Ul Ain Saleem Phd. Scholar, Nosheen Fatima Warriach

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study has been carried out to identify the open data initiatives taken by different governments. The study also incorporated the benefits and challenges and myths of open data applications. It is a qualitative study based on the review of already published literature. Literature was searched from scholarly databases by using multiple keywords. Articles were selected based on relevance to the topic. The UK, US, Maldova, Pakistan, and Fingal Country Catalog cases have been elaborated. The challenges include technical, legal, organizational, managerial, financial, methodological, and conceptual issues. The myths of open data include; 1) All information should be unrestrictedly publicized, …