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Information literacy is the way of knowledge that provides about the concept of information literacy and the importance of information literacy in education. This study has applied to know the information literacy of the people of Jamalpur and Sherpur districts of Bangladesh. The respondents of this study are mainly drawn from the four selected govt. public libraries of Jamalpur and Sherpur districts of Bangladesh. The analysis of the survey shows that people need information for various purposes in their daily activity, and they use different sources and media for access information. This study has provided some recommendations for the improvement of information literacy services of the public libraries of Bangladesh.
This paper investigated the relationship between of information literacy skills and research competency of postgraduates in Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye and Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design and the multistage sampling technique were employed. The target population comprised 2,089 postgraduates from which 337 samples were randomly selected using the Yemane (1973) formula. A validated questionnaire made up of two scales was used to measure information literacy skills (0.79) and research competency (0.78) variables of the study. Findings indicated that the sampled postgraduates possessed high level of research competency, although competencies in handling research methodology as well as data analysis and discussions of finding were low. The study further revealed that respondent postgraduates possessed high information literacy skills. Finally, information literacy skills positively influenced research competency of the sampled postgraduates. The study proffered policy towards promotion and sustenance of research and research methodology courses, provision of library resources and services and effective integration and teaching of library instructions to postgraduates amongst other recommendations.
This study has examined the place of school library services in the intellectual development of students. The study was carried out to identify the basic services which help children to acquire the basic knowledge for development. The researchers employed ex-post facto research design through effective literature review; hence the information collected through secondary sources were discussed qualitatively. It was discovered that the role of library services in the intellectual development of children include that it enhance the reading culture of children, help them to study fiction and non-fiction materials, encourage children to understand the meaning of many concepts and words of their interest, and motivates children for learning. Also, the major challenges which affects the utilization of school library for children intellectual development includes non availability/accessibility of children materials in some of the school libraries, lack of adequate finance to procure children materials, inadequate staff training to understand the area of children literature/interest, and poor facilities like electricity in the school libraries. Based on the finding, it was recommended that there should be provision of needed resources and equipments in the school libraries which are of interest to children so as to encourage children reading culture and intellectual development. Also, the school library staff should be trained so as to identify the area of children’ literature/interest so that the materials will be procured.
The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) project developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. This research paper focuses on changing and challenging role of librarianship in digital era. The fusion of information and technology has led to the concept of Information technology and further tremendous developments in communication networks resulted Information and Communication Technology. The current millennium has been the era of embedded technology, which has had greater impact on every aspects of life and attested to every organizational set up irrespective of its nature. Researcher traces the genesis and growth in implementation and scholarly use of this embedded Library and Information Services by faculty and researcher in India. Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Govt. Of India aegis NDLI Project Co-ordinated by Central Library (ISO-9001:2015 Certified), IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal-721302 India.
The influx of information and communication technologies (ITCs) into library has changed the roles and responsibilities of librarians, the methods of accessing information, usage of information resources and as well the format of information resources. Information resources are either in print or electronic format or both in print and electronic format. In this article the authors demonstrated that, increased access and used of e-resources have significantly addressed the standard of education worldwide. Specifically, the paper discussed the concept of e-resources and usefulness to education, some advantages and disadvantages of e-resources, and access and use of online resources in addressing the entire education sector. Also discussed in the paper is the control of access to online resources through ID login and password, IP authentication and licensing policies. The discussion demonstrated that, the management of online resources is fundamental to their access and use among users. The paper concluded that online resources are widely accepted because of their enormous merits over the print. In spite of their acceptance, users of the resources are still faces with several challenges to access and use the resources.
The 21st century has made lot of changes in every organization in terms of technology use including information dissemination sector. The library needed to change the pattern of services to its users in terms of providing learning resources. Today’s generations are more inclined towards technology and they love to use the E-resources instead of printed materials. Many of the libraries have the problems in terms of visitors to lend the print resources due to limited numbers. This has made a dynamic shift in the mode of services provided in the library. The librarian and information professional needed a change to adjust this environment, they rightly so implemented automation in library keeping traditional and new generation digital library go together. This served the various sections of communities who use resource either in print and E-format. This shift made the librarian as resource provider to librarian teacher who also collaborates with teaching faculties to make effective use of resources both in teaching sessions and out of class hours. The electronic resources also made students to understand the subject much better way using audio video materials, Photographs, e research articles and interactive learning materials. To handle the digital library, the library professional needed various competencies such as knowledge of handling, skills to disseminate the information.
Plagiarism is a highly complex phenomenon. The situation is multi-dimensional and often complex with no simple cause. One of the factors influencing plagiarism could be that student’s do not have a clear understanding of what constitutes plagiarism and how it can be avoided. The purpose of this study is to highlight the seriousness of plagiarism among research scholars in Universities. It also explores the student’s level of awareness of plagiarism. A total of 150 questionnaires were randomly distributed and 142 filled up questionnaires were received back with a response rate of 94.66%.
This study was set to investigate degradation and preservation practices of information resources in academic libraries in Cross River State, Nigeria. It examined the nature and causes of degradation of information resources, strategies used in their control, and constraints limiting effective preservation. The study adopted survey design. The population for the study constitutes all information resources in the five academic libraries in the state. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting 202 respondents who supplied the information used for the study. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection and the data was analyzed using population t – test. The result of the analysis showed that all the four null hypotheses were rejected. This means that the nature of information resources degradation in academic libraries in Cross River State is significantly high. The study also revealed that barriers to effective preservation of information resources in academic libraries in Cross River State are significantly high. Based on the findings the study recommended among others that academic libraries should recruit adequate and trained manpower in the libraries for effective preservation programmes and activities. Academic libraries should consider various methods that could be applied to curb degradation of information resources in their holding. And, adequate annual budget allocation should be provided for preservation programmes in academic libraries in the state.
This paper sought to explore the acquisition modes of collections in the libraries of Tamale and Bagabaga Colleges of Education in Ghana. The population consisted of all the library staff in both colleges. In all, the sixteenlibrary staffs of the two libraries were use as respondents. Centenary Library has four library staff and Addabor library has twelve library staff. The entire population was used for the study. Archival and structured interview were used as data collection instruments/tools of the study. The study findings revealed that the two libraries largely build their collections through donations aside the few collections from purchase, exchange, interlibrary loan and consortia. The findings also indicated that donation was the most infectious (bookworm, termites, fungi, silverfish, rodents, booklice) acquisition mode in the Addabor and Centenary libraries.
The study concludes that both libraries largely build their collections through donations and gifts. The purpose of the study was to add to academic knowledge of the field, fill literature gap, serve as a policy document to acquisition librarians, Ministry of Education and Princof in their bid to building relevant collections to meet user needs. The recommendations from the study which include recruitment of more professional librarians, training of acquisition librarians, provision of enough funding, provision of enough infrastructure, provision of preservation chemicals for the treatment of infected collections and assertiveness in the refusal of being dumping grounds for irrelevant collections. Collections of libraries are acquired to meet the objective of advancing knowledge and wisdom to promote sustainable and comprehensive education for national development.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) has become increasingly used in public policymaking around the world in recent years and has been associated with improved decision-making as well as enhanced government transparency and accountability. Despite growing pressures to adopt EBP and the documented benefits of this approach, however, the limited available evidence suggests that, compared with the healthcare sector, governments generally have been very slow to adopt EBP in policy-making. In the Sultanate of Oman, where the development of modern democracy has been evolving only slowly over recent decades, it seems that current decision-making within the Oman Council may not be well informed by evidence, thus undermining the adoption of democratic processes in this country. This article presents the initial findings from a review of literature conducted for the purpose of developing a Model for Evidence-Based Strategic Decision-Making (MEBSDM) in the Council of Oman. It sets out key findings from the international literature about trends in EBP and the reported barriers to its use, from studies relating to government decision-making and from the healthcare sector, where EBP has been most widely used to date. The limited body of research relating to the use of EBP in Oman is also discussed. In the concluding section, some implications for the adoption of EBP by the Council of Oman are set out, as a precursor the development of the proposed model.
Gender equity represents usually based on custom, tradition, religion or culture and social justice, which is regularly to the disservice to female. This article examines data which was downloaded from the Web of Science database. The Web of Science is one of the leading bibliographical database in the world. “Gender Equality” keyword used for retrieving the data. The keyword analyses for five-years, during 2013 to 2017 taken for the study 2212 records were retrieved by the authors for the present study. Each record contains year wise publication, Authorship pattern, Funding agencies and Document type etc. The collected data were analyzed through Histcite and calculated using excel sheet. VOS viewer is a software tool which was used for visualizing bibliometric network. The major findings are 1062 number of articles was published by single authors, 89.7% of the scientific research is published in articles, 1981 number of research articles are published in English language and 50.2% of the publications exposed that the word ‘Gender’.
The general purpose of the study is reward system variablesandjob satisfaction of librarians in academic libraries in Imo State. The survey research design was used for the study using questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. The study covers the entire population of One hundred and seven(107) librarians in academic libraries in Imo State. One hundred and five (105) copies of the questionnaire were completed and returned for analysis representing 98.1%. The findings showed that when the rate of compensation improves or increases positively, the rate of librarians’ satisfaction increases in direct proportion. Again as the rate of welfare benefit increases the rate of satisfaction and job commitment increases. The study recommended that compensation should be given to workers both in direct and indirect forms, integrating the two into a package that will encourage the achievement of an organization’s goal.Welfare services should be formulated and implemented in order to encourage workers. The academic libraries should set in motion strategies to address child welfare package to library employees. Prompt payment of salary and salary increment as when due should be given a priority in any organization.
The study discuses the Use of indexing and abstracting services by the customers of fisheries college , and to find out the problems hindering the use of indexing and abstracting services by the customers. A survey research method was employed in conduct of this study. 30 students from the faculty were selected for conducting survey. The instrument used for data collection was questionnaire; the data collected for the study were presented and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Frequency tables, simple percentages were used for the study. The study discovered majority of the library users were not using the indexing and abstracting services due to lack of awareness of their availability and Lack of currency of the resources in library. the study recommended that awareness should be created for the users to enable them use this services in accessing relevant information without the waste of time. Which can be achieved through orientation and publicizing its services.
This article is on influence of social media on library service delivery to students in University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Nigeria. Librarians, in this digital age, are responsible for a wide variety of resources and services that expand far beyond the typical eight-hour work day. Promotion in library and information science has a newer meaning. It finds deep roots in social media. It is a set of techniques which is aimed at reinforcing the basic values of the library in a changing environment at the same time meeting the needs of the library clientele. Essentially, promotion is the means of informing users on what you do and what you can do. The benefits for those who promote their library services and resources include: increased usage, increased value in the organization, education of users and changed perceptions the study was carried out within a period of five months (September 2018 to February 2019) when the university was in session. Survey research design was used for the study. A ‘purposive sampling technique’ was used to select the registered students with the library. The population of this study was made up of 846 students from 200 level to 400 level student. Some findings showed that Facebook is the most social media/networking tools students using to communicate with their friends and follow by Twitter and YouTube. Majority (86 %) respondents agreed that social media provide quick feedback from library, library tours and promotes services; cost low while 14 % respondents disagreed. Also, 76 % of the respondents agreed that Social media has the potential to communicate and send out information to the library users while 24 % of the respondents are of a contrary view.
The purpose of this study is to examine the utilization of Dandeli City Central Library use, resources, and services among the old age people in Dandeli town. Based on this background, a survey method has been adopted and a well-structured questionnaire was distributed to collect relevant data about usage behavior by the old age people. Data were collected from 80 senior citizens in Dandeli town and final results indicate that maximum usage of the central library is observed in respondents. The overall statistics show that usage, collections, and services of city central library as satisfactory. It was found that old age people visit the library regularly and their usage of literature is mostly read by the users are Novels, magazines, and newspapers.
Diffusion of information continues to increase within the health care community with the guidance of medical libraries and available resources whether print or online. This paper is such an attempt to provide some insight for the medical stakeholders about the online journals (scholarly & trade) acquirable in ProQuest health & medical complete database.
The paper reports that scholarly journals expedite access to nearly 2113 journals in medical discipline which outnumbers the trade journals. Furthermore, article examines the subject, publisher, and language wise contribution of the leading scholarly & trade journals communicated in the database.
The study is advantageous to the researcher & student community by providing immediate visibility to the journals in light of various dimensions to make the intellectual output accessible to all.
This paper study to determine the availability of INFLIBNET Nlist resources in Islamic Management Arts and Science college libraries of Tamil Nadu. Objective of the study is to inspect the usage, awareness and level of satisfaction of N List resources in Libraries. Methodology- adopted to indentify the Islamic Management Arts & Science colleges in Tamil Nadu. A systematic Questionnaire has prepared and distributed to selected colleges of TamilNadu. Total 1000 questionnaires were distributed among them 864 were received back and taken into account for analysis. SPSS Software version2.0 applied for analysis of data. Findings of the study reveals that 90% of the colleges were subscribing INFLIBNET NList resources and users are very well known about the INFLIBNET resources, incase of level of usage 112 respondents that is 15.5% accessing the NList resources. Suggestions were given to conduct proper orientation, user awareness about the Nlist resources and regular internet connection and high bandwidth network facility to be provided.
Digital library is the need of the present scenario and it is highly in demand these days for the libraries to provide the good services to the users. This article focus on what is digital library, types of software i.e. Commercial software & Open Source Software, and Greenstone Digital Library Software (GSDL) silent features for creating institutional repository. Requirements of hardware for open source software GSDL installation. GSDL installation process, and Jaipuria Institute’s GSDL institutional repository screen-shots including case study presented in this article e.g. how to improve digital collection. This paper explores the Digital library needs, advantages & disadvantages and include some suggestions for using Greenstone Digital Library, how this is useful for small libraries and administrative staff work as well, i.e. policy document etc.
By using multivariable linear mode to fitting the data of scholarly journals, it can be found that a large land mass and GDP give a positive contribution to open access scholarly journals publishing. At the same time, it can also be found that a large population gives a negative contribution. One hindrance to open access scholarly articles publishing is that publishing companies don’t permit prestigious journals to be open access because of high profit. The other is that authors haven’t enough money to publish an open access article in prestigious journals due to high publishing price. The possible solutions to get a better scholarly publishing environment are that publishing companies lower journal prices, governments enact the law to permit published scholarly articles self-archiving, and developing countries develop their own prestigious scholarly periodicals
Librarians down the ages have been charged with the responsibility of managing information resources and the library users. One of the management practices in the library is preservation and conservation of library resources which is aimed at ensuring the longevity of the library resources. This is a critical concern at this period of dwindling budgetary allocation to public universities where subtle fund is release to the library for the purchase of resources and therefore little or no chance should be given to deterioration. This study therefore investigates some of the key preservation and conservation practices in public universities in Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 183 respondents. Questionnaire was used for data collection and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The finding revealed that the knowledge level shown by librarians towards the preservation and conservation of information materials was relatively high and the level of training for staff and funding of conservation and preservation practices in the selected university libraries has improved greatly when compared with previous studies of conservation and preservation. The study recommends that the library management should maintain and improve on the pace of funding and training of staff on preservation and conservation practices in public university in Nigeria.
This study presents the scenario of the selected private and public university library e-book performance through UGC digital library in Bangladesh. Moreover, this study tries to calculate the university’s library performance through quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods where used eight university’s library data and their respective students and professional respondents. This study finds that most of the university’s library to join a member of UGC digital library and also smoothly runs the e-book services and others online reading services. However, this study further finds that in university’s library sector runs their operation by unskilled human resources for operating ILS software and IT activities. Due to less skilled human resources, many students and users could not get proper services. As a result, many e-book users have faced the critical problem in conducting their operation such as reading books, journals, and newspapers. Finally, this study assists the decision makers to take more attention to the significant e-book library activities that may help in increasing the efficiency positions and skilled manpower’s and also ensuring favorable quality education and e-book user’s productivity. Moreover, this study will assist the management of the university’s library in Bangladesh in setting up plans and technological strategies in future.
Ever expanding set of Web and ICT services has changed the way of learning and communication and research.Discovery system is a platform to facilitate Single Search box to search all resources the Library and it provides result based on relevance. Academic libraries are transforming from federated search technologies to Web Scale Discovery system. The WebScale Discovery services increase the value of the library by providing high research productivity with a single search box. This paper highlights the Web Scale Discovery and the importance of the discovery tools and services for academic libraries.
Purpose of the Study: The social networking sites enable the users to maintain contact with friends and also increase academic knowledge. The purpose of the study aimed at examining the awareness, application, frequency and time spent on using of Social Networking Sites(SNSs) by the students of Engineering colleges in Bhubaneswar , Odisha.
A structured questionnaire was distributed among top ten engineering colleges, out of 57 engineering colleges. These top ten engineering colleges established more than ten years back. Frequency counts and percentage were used to analyze the data.
The findings shows that majority of the users agreed they used Social Networking Sites for study related information and most of the responded SNS technology is greater impact to find their suitable job , studies and career.
The study is an original research work mainly dealing data collected through a survey in top ten engineering colleges, out of 57 engineering colleges. The collections of these libraries have been evaluated. Results highlighting for the major findings, suggestions and conclusion
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