Library and Information Services Research Papers (original) (raw)

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- Business, Library Science, Library and Information Science, Nigeria

The Journal of Information Technology Education (JITE) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly articles on the use of information technology in education. The current study has been taken into account to find out the status of publishing trends in journal of information technology education. The prime objective of the present study is to find out the year wise publications, authors contribution, papers length, most prolific author and most productive region. This study is to analyzing the research in journal of information technology education which published from 2002 to 2007.the present revealed that 160 research articles have been published to the six years. Most number of papers has been identified in 2003 and 2007 with 32(20%). Least has been published in 2004 with 21(13.12%). As far as author’s collaboration is considered that two authors were in majority with 64(40%).followed by single with 44(27.5%). This study also disclosed the papers length that 64(40%) in range of 11-15. Followed by most productive region was USA with 70(42.42%). Furthermore, most prolific authors from Australia with 4 research papers. It’s obvious that the journal of information technology education is rapidly growing journal in the field of education, technology.

- by Ida Priyanto
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- Academic Librarianship, Library and Information Science, Library 2.0, Librarianship

This paper aims to study the evaluation of library services for persons with disabilities in the Sleman Regency Library and Archives Office. There are three standard service components issued by IFLA (International Federation of Library and Information) namely physical access, media format, services, and computers. Based on these three components, the Sleman Regency Library and Archives Service has a Braille Corner for users with visual impairments. However, the presence of braille in the library has not been maximally utilized by the user. The findings of this study are that the management of the braille corner service in Sleman Library and Archives Service is not optimal, the library manager needs to conduct socialization activities so that the braille corner can be utilized optimally in accordance with the information needs of the visually impaired people. This research is a qualitative research. Data collection methods are interviews and observation.

This study sought to examine the experiences by students with disabilities in accessing the library at Zimbabwe Open University, Bulawayo Campus.The survey design was used to examine the experiences of students with disabilities in accessing library services at Zimbabwe Open University library.The sample for this study consisted of twenty-five students with disabilities who have access to Zimbabwe Open University library and ten library staff members who are in contact with the students. These participants were used in this study because they have experiences on how students are accessing library facilities at Zimbabwe Open University library. Questionnaires were used in this research in an effort to reach the respondents.The respondents indicated that, the entrance, restrooms, stairs, elevators and special rooms of the library are not easily accessible to students with disabilities. The library needs to have specially trained staff that assists students with special needs. The libr...

- by chimhenga sylod
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- Engineering, Education, Library Science, Special Education

The mostly valued word “Library” comes from Latin word “Libraria”. The fundamental perspectives of library are as follows (1) a library is the place where books papers and others materials are collected and gathered; (2) those books... more

- by MD RABIUL KABIR
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- Library and Information Services

The paper identifies the place and the role of the academic libraries in the modern library-information environment, and examines the improvements in provided information services by quality and quantity. It also reviews the issues related with the teaching of Information Literacy classes within the institutional framework of ADA University Library in order to enhance and optimize the library-information services to community members, to stay abreast of the requirements of the modern era and to arm the library users with necessary information searching methods and tools.

This paper presents the changing role of librarians in the digital environment. In the digital era, librarians are mainly focused on digital library services and 24/7 faster delivery of information using mobile technologies based tools/apps (Library Wiki, Whats App, Library App and Digital Library Apps etc) to fulfil user expectations on their mobile devices anywhere and anytime. Currently, library professionals are also known as key evolving specialities in modern librarianship: digital librarians, system librarians, repository managers, digital curators, information managers and knowledge managers. The digital librarian plays a new dynamic role to easily accessing of ICT infrastructures and ICT enable services which held digital information including abstracts, indexes, full-text databases, sound and video recording in the digital formats. Digital librarianship mainly focuses on the concept of library professionals who are working in the digital library. The digital information management systems have changed the way the librarian acquires, processes, stores and delivers information to users in the 21 st century. The various role and responsibilities of a digital librarian have also been discussed in support of high quality academic and research facilities in the digital environment.

- by B P Singh
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- Digital Humanities, Digital Library, Library and Information Services

لم يسلم مجال الأرشيف من التغيرات التي جعلت منه مجالا ديناميكيا يحتاج الى حرص واهتمام شديدين ,لهذا وجد الارشيفيين انفسهم امام تحدي يستوجب اليقظة الدائمة و التصرف السريع لان مصير الأرشيف بين أيديهم لهذا فلا سبيل لذلك الا مواصلتهم للتكوين والتنمية المستمرة, في مجال الأرشيف فهو الرابط الوحيد الذي يجعل الارشيفي لا يغفل عن الميدان ,ويسهم بقدر كبير في تزويده بالمعلومات لتحديث معارفه وتحسين أدائه
تهدف هاته للتعرف على ادارة الموارد البشرية في الأرشيف الولائي بولاية بسكرة .اهم البرامج التي يتبعها الارشيف الولائي لتحسين موارده .............ـ

- by Robert Coravu
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- Print Culture, Academic Librarianship, Academic Libraries, Digital Culture

يتناول هذا البحث خدمات المعلومات فى عصر المكتبات الرقمية ، حيث التعرف عن قرب وتقييم واقع خدمات المعلومات الرقمية المقدمة من خلال مكتبة الملك بن عبد العزيز الرقمية – مكتبة جامعة أم القرى الرقمية – وعقد مقارنة بين هذه المكتبة موضوع الدراسة واثنتان من المكتبات الرقمية العملاقة ، وذلك بهدف تحديد نقاط الضعف والقوة بمكتبة أم القرى الرقمية باعتبارها مكتبة رقمية حديثة النشأة واستنباط مجموعة من التوصيات التى تعمل على الارتقاء يمستوى الخدمات الرقمية لدى هذا المولود الحديث ، وقد توصلت الدراسة إلى مجموعة من النتائج والتوصيات لعل أهما أن مكتبة جامعة أم القرى تعانى من قصور فى عدد كبير من خدمات المعلومات الرقمية ، فضلا عن أن النقص المعلوماتى داخل مجتمعاتنا العربية يؤثر سلبا على إتاحة وتوفير بعض الخدمات الرقمية ، كما أوصت الدراسة بمجموعة توصيات أهمها ضرورة استكمال البنية الأساسية لمشروع مكتبة جامعة أم القرى الرقمية خاصة البوابة الإلكترونية Gateway لربط كافة الخدمات من خلالها وإتاحة إمكانية التصفح والإبحار أمام المستفيد .

- by Sarvinaz A Hafez
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- Standards, Library and Information Services

Service-oriented computing is a popular design methodology for large scale business computing systems. Grid computing enables the sharing of distributed computing and data resources such as processing, networking and storage capacity to create a cohesive resource environment for executing distributed applications in service-oriented computing. Grid computing represents more business-oriented orchestration of pretty homogeneous and powerful distributed computing resources to optimize the execution of time consuming process as well. Grid computing have received a significant and sustained research interest in terms of designing and deploying large scale and high performance computational in e-Science and businesses. The objective of the journal is to serve as both the premier venue for presenting foremost research results in the area and as a forum for introducing and exploring new concepts.

- by Sarah Burton
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- Information Science, Library Science, Digital Libraries, Academic Librarianship

BackgroundPunjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) is a recognised teaching hospital for cardiac care in the Punjab province of Pakistan. PIC has established a library to fulfil the research and information needs of health care professionals. This study aims to evaluate the satisfaction of users with the services of PIC library.Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) is a recognised teaching hospital for cardiac care in the Punjab province of Pakistan. PIC has established a library to fulfil the research and information needs of health care professionals. This study aims to evaluate the satisfaction of users with the services of PIC library.MethodologyA purposive sample of 15 health care professionals was selected. A semistructured interview technique based on an interview guide was used for collection of data. The data were qualitatively analysed using a thematic approach.A purposive sample of 15 health care professionals was selected. A semistructured interview technique based on an interview guide was used for collection of data. The data were qualitatively analysed using a thematic approach.ResultsUsers of PIC library were satisfied with the library collection, organisation, reference and circulation services, staff attitudes, cooling and heating. They were concerned about library space, hours, furniture and environment, and suggested more availability of electronic library services, newer collections, better Internet access and comfortable furniture.Users of PIC library were satisfied with the library collection, organisation, reference and circulation services, staff attitudes, cooling and heating. They were concerned about library space, hours, furniture and environment, and suggested more availability of electronic library services, newer collections, better Internet access and comfortable furniture.ConclusionThe study proved useful to investigate users' satisfaction with the services of PIC library. It concludes that the PIC library should maintain and strengthen the services with which users are satisfied, and improve those about which they are concerned. The study will be useful to libraries in other developing countries for improvement in their services.The study proved useful to investigate users' satisfaction with the services of PIC library. It concludes that the PIC library should maintain and strengthen the services with which users are satisfied, and improve those about which they are concerned. The study will be useful to libraries in other developing countries for improvement in their services.

- by Dr. Mirza Muhammad Naseer and +1
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- Pakistan, Developing Countries, Case Study, Library and Information Services

A chapter in Archives in Liquid Times, edited by Frans Smit, Arnoud Glaudemans, and Rienk Jonker

- by Luciano Floridi
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- History, Computer Science, Information Technology, Philosophy

The purpose of the present paper has been undertaken with a view to evaluate the ICT skills of students amongst the College Library Users of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State. So far, economic research has failed to provide a clear consensus on the level of ICT literacy skills of student’s in Polytechnics and how it affects their academic achievement. Our paper aims to summarize the main findings of the literature and to give complementary explanations. The first explanation focuses on the concept and revolution of ICT in the 21st century on standard explanatory factors. The emergence of polytechnics in Nigeria was discussed in relation to the establishment of Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State. The second phase of the review advocates on the importance of ICT literacy skills as well as the purpose of use, frequency and the effect of the skills on academic activities of polytechnic students. The challenges facing the ICT skills of polytechnic students were evaluated in which several recommendations were made.
Keywords: ICT, ICT Literacy, ICT Literacy Skills, Internet, Polytechnic Students, Polytechnic Library

- by Robert Coravu
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- Academic Libraries, Library and Information Services
- by Robert Coravu
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- Academic Libraries, Norway, Library and Information Services

Library services across India were severely impacted after the closure of all
educational institutions across the country as a precautionary measure to contain the
spread of the novel coronavirus from 16th March followed by complete lockdown of
the country from 22nd March by the Government of India. Since the last ten months,
libraries supporting education and research institutions have migrated to blended ways
of working, given the extrinsic challenges posed by a public health emergency like
COVID-19. Factors such as lack of ICT infrastructure, internet connectivity,
economic disparity, population density have created a vast digital divide across the
breadth and width of the country. These factors have become barriers in providing
access to educational related services. Libraries from premier educational institutes
like IITs, IIMs and NITs have kept their services floating through online mode and are
providing remote access to its subscribed contents. The National Library of India
reopened after eight months of closure in December 2020 under many guidelines and
regulations to ensure safety of readers. The National Digital Library of India has
developed a dedicated COVID-19 research repository where research articles,
datasets, documents and videos related to this virus and other related content are
accessible to all. Significant initiatives have been taken by the university libraries to
set up remote access servers, INFED-Shibboleth with the help of INFLIBNET for
providing access to study material listed in the syllabi of different courses.
Educational activities such as teaching and examinations have been carried out
through virtual modes from lockdown 2.0, even universities conducted terminal
examinations online for final year students attending from their homes. India with its
28 states and 9 UT’s has differing COVID-19 situations in different states. Public
libraries have started reopening at 60% capacity in states with lower COVID numbers.
As India has started to unlock itself gradually from Unlock 1.0 to Unlock 4.0, libraries
are opening for users with limited seating capacity following the standard operating
procedure mandated by the Government and the Medical Council of India.

- by Sourav Debnath
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- Library and Information Services, Library Services

The paper defines the place and the role of the Information Literacy teaching courses organized by the academic libraries to instruct the students to perceive the curricula included into academic programs, and reviews the issues related with the teaching of these type of courses within the institutional framework of ADA University Library in order to enhance and optimize the library-information services to community members, to stay abreast of the requirements of the modern era and to arm the library users with necessary information searching methods and tools.

- by David Nicholas and +1
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- Information Retrieval, Data Mining, Young People, Library and Information Studies

The study is an investigation of doctor awareness and perception of the information resources and services in the Delta State University Teaching Hospital (DELSUTH), Oghara. The descriptive survey method has been employed for the study. Also, with the aid of a questionnaire, data has been collected from doctors (academic staff) at DELSUTH, and analysed using a simple percentage. Findings reveal that the doctors are mostly aware of the availability of textbooks and reprographic services in the Medical Library. However, there is a perception of inadequacy of the information resources and services. The study also observes that although the doctors perceive information to be of clinical value and provide new knowledge, the information is not always relevant, accurate and current.

The paper defines the place and the role of the academic libraries in the global information society, qualitatively and quantitatively analyzes the library-information services rendered to users by implementation of the modern information technologies. Later it is given a data retrieved as a result of statistically and analytically studying of the services provided to users at the ADA University Library.

تحتل الأطروحات مكانة خاصة كشكل من أشكال مصادرتتت المعلومات لاسيما فى المكتبات الجامعية والبحثية نظرا لأنها نتاج عصارة فكر الباحثين والدارسين، علاوة على ما تنطوي عليه من معلومات من شأنها تحقيق الرقى والإضافة للمعرفة البشرية وقد اتجهت المكتبات ومؤسسات المعلومات عامة فى الآونة الأخيرة إلى رقمنة ما لديها من رصيد أو إنتاج فكرى وظهرت العديد من المشروعات الرقمية المعنية بتحويل وإتاحة الإنتاج الفكرى فى الشكل الرقمى لما لهذا من دور كبير فى نشر المعرفة وتوسيع دائرة الإفادة من مصادر المعلومات

- by Barrie Gunter
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- Information Retrieval, Data Mining, Young People, Library and Information Studies

Bibliographical services are services related to the library collection and access to those collections, whether print or online. In modern libraries, these services are provided online through website. Many studies have been carried out to study application of web 2.0 tools and web-based services offered by the libraries. There is need to study the basic fundamental library services offered via the web or websites in modern libraries. In this paper author studied tops world and Indian libraries and prepared inventory of web-based bibliographic services offered by these libraries and analyzed the data in a quantitative way.

- by Dr. Sangeeta N Dhamdhere and +1
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- Information Science, Web 2.0, Academic Librarianship, Academic Libraries
- by Giovanna Frigimelica and +1
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- Legislation, Library and Information Services, IFLA, Case History

This is the print version of the International Journal of Library and Information Services (IJLIS) for Volume 9, Issue 2 during July-December 2020.

Digital Archaeoludology (DAL) is a new field of study involving the analysis and reconstruction of ancient games from incomplete descriptions and archaeological evidence using modern computational techniques. The aim is to provide digital tools and methods to help game historians and other researchers better understand traditional games, their development throughout recorded human history, and their relationship to the development of human culture and mathematical knowledge. This work is being explored in the ERC-funded Digital Ludeme Project. The aim of this inaugural international research meeting on DAL is to gather together leading experts in relevant disciplines-computer science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computational phylogenetics, mathematics, history, archaeology, anthropology, etc.-to discuss the key themes and establish the foundations for this new field of research, so that it may continue beyond the lifetime of its initiating project.

- by Dennis Soemers and +8
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- Information Systems, History, Archaeology, Artificial Intelligence

Günümüz dünya gündeminin en can alıcı konularından birisi olan göçmenlik ve politik göçmenlik insan hakları alanının temel çalışma konularından birisi olmasına rağmen kütüphanecilik ve kütüphane hizmetleri ile göçmenlik ve politik göçmenlik sorunsalı üzerine odaklanan çok az çalışma yapılmaktadır. Politik göçmenlik olgusu; “Herkes zulüm karşısında başka ülkelerde sığınma talebinde bulunma ve sığınma olanağından yararlanma hakkına sahiptir.” (İnsan Hakları Evrensel Bildirgesi, 1948). İnsan Hakları Evrensel Bildirgesinin 14. Maddesine atıfta bulunarak temellendirilmiştir.
Birleşik Krallık’ta, bir yaşam alanı olarak kütüphanelerin, “göçmenlik ve insan hakları bağlamında”, göçmenlere ve özelde Türkiye kökenli politik göçmenlere ne tür hizmetler sunduğunu tespit etmek bu çalışmanın temel motivasyonunu oluşturmaktadır. Ayrıca bu çalışma Birleşik Krallık’ta yaşayan Türkiye kökenli politik göçmenler özeline eğilmekle birlikte kavramsal ve kuramsal bağlamda “politik göçmenlik ve kütüphane” ilişkisi üzerine kurulmaktadır. Onların Büyük Britanya toplumuna uyum sağlama sürecinde kütüphanelerin rolünü izlemek çalışmanın temel amaçlarından birisini oluşturmaktadır. İlgili kütüphanelerin politik göçmenler için verdikleri hizmetlerin tespiti ve bu hizmetlerin kullanıcılar açısından ne derece doyum sağladığının betimlenmesi de ana amaçlar arasında yer almaktadır. Bu amaçlara yönelik olarak hazırlanan bir anket çalışması ve hemen anket görüşmesini takiben gerçekleştirilen derinlemesine görüşme ile saha çalışması tamamlanmıştır.

In this study, the authors have studied 109 top university libraries spread all over the world and India and shortlisted important web-based patron educational services offered by these libraries to cope up with the changing demands of students and distance/online/flipped Classroom-based education. The author thoroughly went through the websites, blogs of traditional university libraries in the world as well as using the Google platform and searched the services offered by these libraries by going through their accounts on various platforms of online service providers. The overview of these services will be useful to the university as well as academic libraries to initiate new services. The comparative data analysis gives information about the current status of Indian and top World university libraries offering these services.

In this paper the modern types of the library-information services are listed with the usage of theoretical thoughts on this issue, and the role and the place of the participants (users and information specialists) of this library activity are defined. Later it is given a data retrieved as a result of statistical and analytical study of the services provided to the external users at the ADA University Library.

A Magical Marxism – as writers such as Andy Merrifield and Derek Ford have noted – can illuminate the future whilst helping to shatter the shackles of the past. Shining this light on libraries and education in contemporary capitalism allows us to glimpse the subversive magic which, on the one hand is dreaded by representatives of capital, and on the other generates hope for humankind. A brief autobiographical account of how libraries hold a certain kind of personal magic is included. Then the notion of ‘subversive magic’ is outlined, with reference to ideas drawn from Giordano Bruno and his ‘Essays on Magic’ (1588). This is contrasted with Abstract Magic; a form of anti-magic ground in the capitalist impulse. From these preliminary points and in the context of England in general, and the London Borough of Newham in particular, the first stop in the analysis is the Mechanics Institutes. This is followed by examining the capitalist state’s attempts to curtail, or at least control, their subversive magic through establishing constraining cultural spaces; that is, a national public library system. The strange cases of Passmore Edwards and Andrew Carnegie libraries are considered at this juncture: specifically, their effects in terms of enchanting the public library system. The falling apart of the capitalist state’s paradigm for libraries is then taken up, which gathered pace with Thatcherism and neoliberalism from the 1980s. During the 1980s, and 1990s, but especially after the capitalist crisis of 2007-09, together with Tory austerity policies and the gutting of the public library system, public libraries have faced a debilitating atmosphere of disenchantment. Today, the state library system has given way to capitalist functionality, together with desperate local attempts to re-enchant them. This point is illustrated through developments in libraries in the London Borough of Newham. The paper ends by discussing prospects for a new subversive magic, and whether libraries have a role to play in its development. It also explores whether it is possible for state-financed libraries to ever let the subversive magic that is required flourish, and whether they can nourish the dangerous imaginative qualities required for nurturing the communist impulse.

- by Ruth Rikowski
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- Critical Theory, Information Science, Education, Library Science

Bradford’s law of scattering is said to be about subject scattering in information sources. However, in spite of a corpus of writings about the meaning of the word “subject” and equivalent terms such as “aboutness” or “topicality”, the meaning of “subject” has never been explicitly addressed in relation to Bradford’s law. This paper introduces a distinction between Lexical scattering, Semantic scattering, and Subject scattering. Neither Bradford himself nor any follower has explicitly considered the differences between these three and the implications for the practical applications of Bradford’s law. Traditionally, Bradford’s law has been seen as a neutral and objective tool for the selection of the most central information sources in a field. However, it is hard to find actual reports that describe how Bradford’s law has been applied in practical library and information services. Theoretical as well as historical evidence suggest that the selection of journals based on Bradford-distributions tend to favorite dominant theories and views while suppressing views other than the mainstream at a given time.