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Status Of Automated Circulation Services In University Libraries Of Lahore: A Survey, Majid Jahangir, Nadeem Siddique, Hafiz Muhammad Adil

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: University libraries are considered as the heart of the university because they perform a central role for both researchers and students. The primary responsibility of university libraries is t to provide a research environment that helps to advance the knowledge of students and researchers.

Purpose: The study aimed to examine the automated circulation services and features in the university central/main libraries of Lahore.

Method: The quantitative research approach based on the survey method was opted to meet the objectives of this study. Main / Central libraries of universities of Lahore listed on the website of Higher …

N-List E-Resources: A Major Boon To The User Community During Covid-19 Pandemic Era: A Study, Keshav R. Dhuri Dr, Jovita Lobo Ms

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The novel Coronovirus pandemic has made us to use the digital resources due to closure of colleges across the globe. Librarians and users all over the world have had to adjust to new ways of work and life. The study explores the e-resources provided by N-LIST in the form of e-journals and e-books from various reputed publishers included in the consortium. The data has been gathered from the library users (students, research scholars and the faculty) of the academic colleges across Goa through online Google form. From the study, it was found that N-LIST e-resources have been playing a crucial …

Investigation Of Preventive Conservation Of Library Materials In National Library Of India, Kashish Fatima, Nishat Fatima

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Preventive Conservation being interdisciplinary in nature has been implemented by libraries from the time when libraries were considered merely as storehouses of knowledge. Since inception, libraries have taken the responsibility to preserve the library materials for a prolonged life. The present study is undertaken to survey the preventive conservation activities in National Library of India. For this purpose, a well structured questionnaire was designed and distributed to the head of the library and concerned library professionals who are directly engaged in preventive conservation activities of the library. Results of the study show that all the basic methods of preventive conservation …

Bibliometric Analysis Of One-Stage And Two-Stage Object Detection, Aditya Lohia, Kalyani Dhananjay Kadam, Rahul Raghvendra Joshi, Dr. Anupkumar M. Bongale

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Object Detection using deep learning has seen a boom in the recent couple of years. Observing the trend and its research, it is important to summarize bibliometrics related to object detection which will help researchers contribute to this subject area. This paper details bibliometrics for one-stage object detection and two-stage object detection. This uses Scopus database for data analysis. This also uses tools like Sciencescape, Gephi, etc. It can be observed that the advancements to the field of object detection are seen in recent years and explored to its full extent. It is observed that Chinese universities and researchers are …

Self-Citation And Authorship Pattern In Desidoc Journal Of Library And Information Technology, Anil Kumar Siwach, Vinod Kumar Thakur

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Researchers support their research work by citing previous studies. Citations are considered important indicator of research performance and many research based indicators are based on these. Self-citation, i.e., citing own previous studies, is a common practice but excessive and unsolicited self-citations are unethical and not considered good. The present paper intends to study the self-citations of “DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology” in terms of author-self citation, journal self-citation and author-journal self-citation during the ten year period from 2010 to 2019. The study also covers authorship pattern, collaboration and prolific authors in the journal under study.

Awareness, Availability And Utilization Of Databases Among Undergraduate Students Of Federal University Of Agriculture (Fuam) Makurdi Benue State, Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Dr S. Kannan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the present study was to examine the awareness and use of databases by undergraduate students of FUAM one hundred students was randomly selected out of twenty thousand three hundred and twenty four (21324) in the study. A specifically designed questionnaire was administered to gather information about the awareness and use of databases by students. Results showed that the vast majority of the participants used Internet search engines rather than specialized databases and full-text resources. Only 6.8% became familiar with electronic resources by attending the library training programs. The main problem associated with the non-use of resources …

Cedarville University Vs. Kentucky Wesleyan College, Cedarville University

Women's Basketball Programs

No abstract provided.

Availability, Accessibility And Management Information Resources As A Catalyst Of Utilization Of Electronic Information Resources By Non-Academic Staffs In Federal University Of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria, Lawal Mohammed Tukur, Dr S. Kannan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the availability, access and management of electronic information resources in Federal University of Agriculture library Abeokuta, Nigeria. The study adopted quantitative approach as research paradigm; with survey as research methods. Questionnaire was used as the primary instrument for data collection in which the researcher took 1.8% of the entire respondent population= 1447= 26. Twenty six (26) copies of the questionnaires were given to the respondents. Twenty three (23) copies were retrieved and analyzed; representing 88.50%. The entire non-academic staff was used as population of the study. From the findings of the study therefore, the influence of …

Anti-Diversity Movements In Europe: Lessons For The U.S., Dianne Dentice

Diversity Conference

Anti-Diversity Movements in Europe: Lessons for the U.S.

By

Dianne Dentice, Ph.D.

936-468-2241

denticede@sfasu.edu

In recent years, various social factors have given rise to two far right political parties in Europe: 1) The National Front in France and 2) The Golden Dawn in Greece. The National Front is a right-wing French political party founded in 1972. In White Nationalist circles, it is most commonly associated with leader Jean-Marie Le Pen from 1972 to 2011. He is the father of Marine Le Pen who has recently run for President of France and done remarkably well in the polls. Since its beginnings, …

Socio-Econmonic Stratification, Disorganized Volunteerism, And The Key To Multicultural Diversity, Sue B. Whatley

Diversity Conference

The presentation will ask the participants to examine the impediments of "organized volunteerism" in terms of accomplishing the goals of multicultural diversity.

Keywords: Diversity, Multiculturalism, Socio-Economic stratification, friendship, organized volunteerism, disorganized volunteerism, charity

Health And Religious Behaviors In Later Life, Hyunsook Kang, Gina Fe G. Causin

Diversity Conference

The study is a secondary analysis utilizing data collected at two time periods (2000, 2006) from the Social Capital Community Survey (Saguaro, et al., 2009). The data set is a national survey of community dwelling older adults aged 55-100 (2000, N=3044; 2006, N=2011). To address the research question, three-step hierarchical regressions were conducted. Results indicated that those with better incomes, higher education, were married, Caucasian, were relatively younger, and reported higher frequency of religious attendance reported significantly better health. Although minority status was negatively associated with health, when African American and Hispanic older adults attended religious services frequently, their reported …

Creating An Organization To Support Sfa’S Women Employees, Heather K. Olson Beal, Sarah Sanchez, Lauren Brewer, Amanda Rudolph

Diversity Conference

The purpose of this session is two-fold. First, we wish to introduce the SFA OWLE (Organization for Women’s Leadership and Equity), the newly created professional women’s organization, to interested members of our campus community. Second, we wish to share experiences that we believe are relevant to others on our campus, in our community, and at other institutions, who might seek to create organizations through which to advocate for the unique needs of their marginalized or underrepresented group. To that end, this session will include a panel of female employees at SFA who have worked for more than a year to …

Why Diversity Matters In College: Covid Edition, James Morris Ph.D., Msw, Ronald Rush Ph.D., Lcsw

Diversity Conference

The design of the panel discussion will involve 4-8 current SFASU students who are representatives of student organizations on campus with varied perspectives of the student experience here at SFASU. The conversation will begin to address issues found in the literature about diversity at US colleges (Hyman & Jacobs, 2009; http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/professors-guide/2009/08/12/why-does-diversity-matter-at-college-anyway). It is my hope to integrate the 8 issues found in this article into meaningful ways to address: how the SFASU student experience may or may not address these topics, what types of support are needed moving forward, and any other issues of diversity that are important to …

Efficacy Of Bringing Higher Education To The Tribal Rural Community In Southern Philippines, Miezelle Mae G. Sayson, Gina Fe Causin Ph.D., Grace Marie Patrick

Diversity Conference

Abstract

Bringing tertiary or higher education to the tribal community in Southern Philippines was very effective. There are more tribal members who are now beginning their higher education degrees. This means that there are more tribal individuals who are in their way to get their higher education degree in two to three years. With their higher education diploma, the members of the tribal community will have better access to higher paying jobs. These members will become role models of the younger generation in the tribal communities.

Key Words:

Higher education; Tribal Communities; Tertiary Education Tribal Members; Satellite Campus; Access to …

The Forced Sterilization Of Black Women As Reproductive Injustice, Willow S. Clouse

Ramifications

Forced sterilization in Black women has been an act of reproductive injustice since the abolishment of slavery. From forced surrogacy in Black slave women to forcibly sterilizing free Black women, there has been control over Black women's reproductive rights for years. With roots in slavery and lingering pieces of it in today's society, forced sterilization is an injustice to never be forgotten when it comes to the experiences of Black women.

The Human Instinct To Resilience: Clinical And Evolutionary Efficacy Of Intrinsically Motivated Stressor Exposure, Brady Barley

Ramifications

Environmental stressors threaten optimal behavioral functioning, and thus contribute to the development of psychopathology and exert evolutionary selection pressure. Voluntary stressor exposure has the efficacious effect of increasing resilience to future stressors in humans and other animals. This theoretical paper considers the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation toward behaviors requiring voluntary stressor exposure mitigates evolutionary selection pressure exerted by environmental stressors by inducing neural and neuroendocrine plasticity which results in increased resilience. In this view, intrinsically motivated stressor exposure is both efficacious and innate. Empirical and theoretical support for this hypothesis suggest that humans possess an instinct to resilience. Stress-related disorders …

Factor Analysis Of Rust Belt And Southern Senate Elections, Ethan Braglio

Ramifications

Analysis of Senate Elections in the Rust Belt and Southern States dating back to 1980. Comparing the variables of incumbency, fundraising and fund spent, partisan lean, party control of the white house, and unemployment’s effect on votes and outcome of Senate elections. Attempts to confirm the literature consensus of fundraising and incumbency as the key factors, while also furthering the field by analyzing the other potential critical factors impact. This paper also looks at multivariate models, second order terms, and interaction analysis to understand the complicated relationship between.

Two distinct regions were chosen to test the variables strength in a …

Scientometric Visualisation Of Fifteen Years Of Indian Engineering Research Output, Shambhu Jaali, Vitthal T. Bagalkoti, Chaman Sab M, Mallikarjun Kappi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Engineering is the most preferred research area among Indian research and development for quite some time in terms of the total number of publications, global share, and visibility and citation impact are concerned. The present study deals with the assessment of Indian engineering research output as reflected in the Web of Science (WOS) database for the period 2003 to 2017 for identifying the research output in the field of engineering literature. We measure India’s contribution to engineering research from a global perspective. In the fifteen years, 2003-2017 Indian researchers have published 1,589,361 papers in 1,266 journals. In terms of % …

Network Visualization Of A Retracted Article: Repeated Proliferation Of Error Through Citation Networks, Rosy Jan, Kirat Nazir, Kushboo Rani, Irtiza Peer, Waseem Farooq

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Retraction is used as an optimum tool to uphold and safe-guide the integrity of scholarly literature. However, knowingly or unknowingly the authors build the work on these false claims by citing the retracted articles. Such dependencies on retracted articles may become implicit and indirect causing profound and long-lasting threat to the credibility of the literature. Consequently, it is important to detect and analyze such threats. The article aims to demonstrate dependency of citing articles on retracted article with reference to the rest of the literature. A case study of highly cited (as reported by retraction watch) retracted article ”Spontaneous …

Liver Segmentation And Liver Cancer Detection Based On Deep Convolutional Neural Network: A Brief Bibliometric Survey, Kiran Malhari Napte Mr., Anurag Mahajan Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Background: This study analyzes liver segmentation and cancer detection work, with the perspectives of machine learning and deep learning and different image processing techniques from the year 2012 to 2020. The study uses different Bibliometric analysis methods.

Methods: The articles on the topic were obtained from one of the most popular databases- Scopus. The year span for the analysis is considered to be from 2012 to 2020. Scopus analyzer facilitates the analysis of the databases with different categories such as documents by source, year, and county and so on. Analysis is also done by using different units of analysis such …

Using E-Social Story To Improve The Social Behavior Of Children With Autism During The Covid-19 Pandemic At Rumah Autis Depok, Indonesia, Fitria Ayuningtyas, Anter Venus, Asep Suryana, Yustikasari Yustikasari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Children with autism have difficulties in social skills and communication skills. But fortunately, currently, there are many ways developed by experts to help children with autism so that they are expected to grow and develop better, among them are social stories. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all public places closed by governments are no exception to schools. The COVID-19 pandemic is a heavy blow for children with autism, including family. They are very vulnerable to learning and emotional disorders because therapy services have stopped and distance learning is difficult for them. The purpose of this research is to find out …

New Geographies Of The Biennial: Networks For The Globalization Of Art, John Zarobell

International Studies Faculty Publications

In order to explore global biennials of contemporary art, this study provides a geospatial analysis of eleven global biennials to examine where artists are drawn from in these international exhibitions. The project aims to cut across a broad scope of biennials held in multiple regions to examine how artists are circulating in the contemporary world, where they are showing and, most importantly, how biennials are defining international contemporary art in the era of globalization. By mapping a series of biennials held around the globe over several iterations in the 2010s, this study provides unprecedented evidence of the geography of biennial …

Ouachita To Present "The Old Man And The Old Moon" Feb. 25-March 1, 2021, Kristi Roshto, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Theatre Arts will present the play “The Old Man and The Old Moon” for its annual Muse Project beginning Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Verser Theatre. Performances will continue Feb. 26, Feb. 28 and March 1 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 2:30 p.m. The production is open to Ouachita faculty, staff and students with limited seating to allow for social distancing, and paid streaming tickets are available to the general public at www.obu.edu/boxoffice.

Written and produced by PigPen Theatre Co. in New York City, “The …

Advocating For Social Justice And Diverse Voices In The Virtual World, Annie E. Tummino, Jo-Ann Wong

Publications and Research

Queens Memory is a local community archiving and oral history project, co-administered by Queens Public Library and Queens College, CUNY. Due to COVID-19 safety protocols, all projects and programs were required to move to a virtual setting. While under these restricted measures, members from both institutions found an opportunity to embark on a collaborative virtual event series for our respective library communities. The programs covered current events and their historical contexts, social justice, and creating positive social change. Key ingredients fueling the success of this initiative included building relationships with multiple co-sponsors; bringing together multigenerational, diverse panelists; and creative use …

Review Of Lisa Kemmerer's Sister Species: Women, Animals, And Social Justice, Marine Lercier

Between the Species

What do we have in common with animals, and what do these women have in common? We are Sister Species, if not sisters at all. Lisa Kemmerer invites us to realize that we are more alike than different and to become aware of what our animal brothers and especially sisters experience: the suffering they endure because of our absurd inconsistencies and oppositions - even within the animal rights movement, often unbeknownst to us. The goal: more effective discourse and action, educating us to the other in the face of a norm imposed by a power, a discourse of normalization …

Why Did You Become A Police Officer? Entry-Related Motives And Concerns Of Women And Men In Policing, Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, Starr Solomon, Rachael Rief

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

As police agencies in the United States suffer declining applications and struggle to recruit women, the National Institute of Justice has identified workforce development as a priority research area. To recruit more effectively, we must understand what attracts people to policing and what deters them. We surveyed officers in two Midwestern police departments (n = 832) about entry motivations and concerns and examined gender differences. Serve/protect motivations were most important for men and women, though women rated the category significantly higher. Women and non-White officers rated legacy motives higher than did males and White officers. Women reported more concerns …

Weyenberg Wins 2021 Ouachita's Virginia Queen Piano Competition, Lindsey Hyde, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Anna Weyenberg, a junior piano and communications & media/multimedia journalism double major from McKinney, Texas, won first place in Ouachita Baptist University’s 2021 Virginia Queen Piano Competition held on Friday, Feb. 5, in Ouachita’s McBeth Recital Hall.

Weyenberg also received a $500 cash prize for her performance of “Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23” by Frederic Chopin and “Notturno” by Ottorino Respighi. She is a student of Dr. Mary Chung, associate professor of music at Ouachita.

Chimes: February 12, 2021, Calvin University

Chimes

Surge in cases results in campuswide stay-at-home order by Juliana Knot

New core requirements, explained by Abigail Ham & Juliana Knot

Students ride GameStop stock roller coaster by Ezra Craker

Search for new provost attracts dozens of applicants by Juliana Knot & Abigail Ham

Women's basketball team bounces back after tough losses by Ellington Smith

Meeter Center director examines Reformation in new book by Jamison Van Andel

Calvin's first football team isn't what you'd expect by Lauren Vanden Bosch

What comes next? by Abigail Ham

Financial Contagion During Stock Market Bubbles, Diego Escobari, Shahil Sharma

Economics and Finance Faculty Publications and Presentations

We investigate the role of bubbles on financial contagion using a set of developed economies. First, using the recursive flexible window right-tailed ADF-based procedure, we date stamp bubble periods in stock index series. Second, we capture contagion with a DCC multivariate GARCH framework. In a third step, we construct a panel by pooling across the time-series dynamic conditional correlations and bubbles to estimate various dynamic panel specifications that consider the endogenous nature of bubbles. We find statistically significant decreases in the dynamic correlations during periods of bubbles, which shows that the financial contagion between pair of countries diminishes when any …

Child Care Costs In The Mountain West, Saha Salahi, Kristian Thymianos, William E. Brown Jr., Caitlin J. Saladino

Economic Development & Workforce

This fact sheet examines the cost of child care using data from the Care Index, a collaboration between New America, Care.com, and other organizations. Data for the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah are included in this document.