Pub Date : 2019-05-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.263
I. L. Istifanus, P. Yohanna, E. A. Usman
This paper examined the availability, accessibility and utilization of information resources in School libraries in Maiduguri and Damaturu Metropolis, Nigeria. The study determined the resources available in all the school libraries in terms of their types and formats that is, print and non- print information resources available in the library. The study adopted survey research design. The entire target population that is, 90 students from school libraries in Maiduguri and Damaturu Metropolis were purposively used. A self-designed questionnaire was used to extract responses from the students of the schools under study. Six objectives were formulated to guide the conduct of the study. Four research questions were generated and answered, and two null hypotheses were tested. Frequency count and percentages were used to answer the research questions and Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance, using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The findings of the study revealed that, textbooks were the major information resources that were available in the school libraries. More so, the information resources found in the school libraries in Maiduguri and Damaturu metropolis were accessible. The students utilized the information resources on a daily basis but yet not satisfied with the information resources found in the schools libraries in Maiduguri and Damaturu metropolis. It was recommended that the governments should put more priority on adequate provision of fund necessary for the provision of current and up to date information resources and also for the employment of qualified and trained teacher-librarian in all school libraries in Maiduguri and Damaturu Metropolis.
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Pub Date : 2019-05-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.276
J. Shashidhara, S. Sambathkumar
In virtual, electronic, info-graphic and digital world, ICT revolutionary initiatives have made considerable changes in different sectors of society. In information aspect, open access resources or open archives are boosting students, researchers and faculties to search and retrieve relevant basic and specific information easily by breaking all commercial information barriers and also to make the information reach every corner of the world. Open access information is available easily with free access and has no geographical restrictions, languages, and communications. Therefore nowadays information seekers are more dependent on these resources and more authors are choosing open access resources to publish their research contributions in the forms of books, journals, conference papers, reports, working papers, presentations and other gray literature. Here researcher conduct study to examine the level of user awareness and understanding the various aspect of open access in two selected dental college library in Bangalore city.
{"title":"Awareness and Use of Open Access Resources by the Users of Selected Dental College Libraries in Bangalore, Karnataka: A Comparative Study","authors":"J. Shashidhara, S. Sambathkumar","doi":"10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.276","url":null,"abstract":"In virtual, electronic, info-graphic and digital world, ICT revolutionary initiatives have made considerable changes in different sectors of society. In information aspect, open access resources or open archives are boosting students, researchers and faculties to search and retrieve relevant basic and specific information easily by breaking all commercial information barriers and also to make the information reach every corner of the world. Open access information is available easily with free access and has no geographical restrictions, languages, and communications. Therefore nowadays information seekers are more dependent on these resources and more authors are choosing open access resources to publish their research contributions in the forms of books, journals, conference papers, reports, working papers, presentations and other gray literature. Here researcher conduct study to examine the level of user awareness and understanding the various aspect of open access in two selected dental college library in Bangalore city.","PeriodicalId":272634,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology","volume":"106 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129040773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.267
S. Saravana Raj, K. Vijayakumar
The present study deals with Utilization of ICT among the faculty members of Siddha Colleges and various level of operating system with the information accessed by the faculty through the internet. The survey was conducted with the help of the questionnaire and personal interview. The responses received from the available faculty are presented in tables and data is analyzed by using simple statistical method. The findings reveals that the access of electronic information is an important component of research activities for faculty members like E-Journals, E-books, E-databases are most preferred electronic information resources.
{"title":"Utilization of ICT among the Faculty Members of Government Siddha Colleges in Tamil Nadu","authors":"S. Saravana Raj, K. Vijayakumar","doi":"10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.267","url":null,"abstract":"The present study deals with Utilization of ICT among the faculty members of Siddha Colleges and various level of operating system with the information accessed by the faculty through the internet. The survey was conducted with the help of the questionnaire and personal interview. The responses received from the available faculty are presented in tables and data is analyzed by using simple statistical method. The findings reveals that the access of electronic information is an important component of research activities for faculty members like E-Journals, E-books, E-databases are most preferred electronic information resources.","PeriodicalId":272634,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114195120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.285
S. Yesmin
The objective of this study was to compare the availability of web 2.0 tools on selected public and private university library websites in Bangladesh. Existing studies of web 2.0 seem to have ignored the possibility of comparing public university library websites with private university library websites. Conducting a study like this will provide an overview about the existing status of Web 2.0 tools. Content analysis was adopted as the method for the study. Twenty university library websites, comprised of ten top-ranked public and ten top-ranked private universities in Bangladesh, were studied for data collection. The findings demonstrate that the use of web 2.0 tools on the selected university library websites is still in its early stage, but it has been growing rapidly. More than 90% of the university libraries apply one or more web 2.0 tools to their websites. The private university library websites are ahead of public university libraries in terms of the integration of web 2.0 tools. Internal applications that are not publicly accessible contain information that may not be collected through content analysis since these links usually cannot be found on library web sites.This study is unique in terms of comparing public and private university library’s web contents. The findings from this comparative analysis will be useful for a university to track their own position and also those are planning to develop a website.
{"title":"Assessing Institution’s Footprint in Web 2.0: A Comparative Analysis of University Library Websites in Bangladesh","authors":"S. Yesmin","doi":"10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.285","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to compare the availability of web 2.0 tools on selected public and private university library websites in Bangladesh. Existing studies of web 2.0 seem to have ignored the possibility of comparing public university library websites with private university library websites. Conducting a study like this will provide an overview about the existing status of Web 2.0 tools. Content analysis was adopted as the method for the study. Twenty university library websites, comprised of ten top-ranked public and ten top-ranked private universities in Bangladesh, were studied for data collection. The findings demonstrate that the use of web 2.0 tools on the selected university library websites is still in its early stage, but it has been growing rapidly. More than 90% of the university libraries apply one or more web 2.0 tools to their websites. The private university library websites are ahead of public university libraries in terms of the integration of web 2.0 tools. Internal applications that are not publicly accessible contain information that may not be collected through content analysis since these links usually cannot be found on library web sites.This study is unique in terms of comparing public and private university library’s web contents. The findings from this comparative analysis will be useful for a university to track their own position and also those are planning to develop a website.","PeriodicalId":272634,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130328031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-05DOI: 10.51983/AJIST-2019.9.2.265
R. Nalinakshi
This study intends to discuss the interrelationships and impacts of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan’s five laws with those enhancements and changes in the field and also their research content for further study. Latest developments of information products and services in field of LIS are considered emanated from the ongoing technological innovations and compared effectiveness and efficiency of those innovations with his basic learning of Five Laws. So the study methodology chiefly involves studying his publications and examining the contents in perspective with contemporary changing profile of library and information science.
{"title":"Relevance of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science in the 21st Century: A Clear Perspective","authors":"R. Nalinakshi","doi":"10.51983/AJIST-2019.9.2.265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/AJIST-2019.9.2.265","url":null,"abstract":"This study intends to discuss the interrelationships and impacts of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan’s five laws with those enhancements and changes in the field and also their research content for further study. Latest developments of information products and services in field of LIS are considered emanated from the ongoing technological innovations and compared effectiveness and efficiency of those innovations with his basic learning of Five Laws. So the study methodology chiefly involves studying his publications and examining the contents in perspective with contemporary changing profile of library and information science.","PeriodicalId":272634,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology","volume":"142 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123200127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.282
M. Sankar
An innovative idea developed by the researchers should reach the end user groups. The output of any researcher can be judged in terms of patents or his publications in the respective fields. Quality and impact of research work can be based on the citation and h index. Nowadays, there are several parameters considered for evaluating the performance of the research. Citation and h index are the quality parameters used for rating the originality and use of research. They are more useful for accessing the potentials of research as well as for providing a platform for collaborative projects at national / International levels. This paper presents the comparative analysis of citation and h index for identified researcher through three popular databases viz., Google Scholar, Scopus, and Publons. Among the three databases, Google Scholar showed a higher number of citations of the selected author due to data collected from unauthenticated documents as well as well established research databases.
{"title":"Mapping of Research in Agricultural Scientist’s Citation Analysis in Google Scholar, Scopus and Publons","authors":"M. Sankar","doi":"10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.282","url":null,"abstract":"An innovative idea developed by the researchers should reach the end user groups. The output of any researcher can be judged in terms of patents or his publications in the respective fields. Quality and impact of research work can be based on the citation and h index. Nowadays, there are several parameters considered for evaluating the performance of the research. Citation and h index are the quality parameters used for rating the originality and use of research. They are more useful for accessing the potentials of research as well as for providing a platform for collaborative projects at national / International levels. This paper presents the comparative analysis of citation and h index for identified researcher through three popular databases viz., Google Scholar, Scopus, and Publons. Among the three databases, Google Scholar showed a higher number of citations of the selected author due to data collected from unauthenticated documents as well as well established research databases.","PeriodicalId":272634,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127122708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.269
C. Ranganathan
India is a computer-literate and Internet-savvy country. In general, the academic community in the country has pioneered the establishment and use of the Internet. Additionally, Tamil Nadu universities have been the leading institutions in the country in creating Web sites. As a result of these developments, academic institutions have been in a more privileged position to set up Web sites than other types of institutions. Their presence on the Web implies the desire of academic institutions in Tamil Nadu to provide better and more services to their students, faculty and Public. Although much of the resources have been committed to create and maintain academic institutions Web sites, there has been so little effort in evaluating the sites. The present evaluation paradigm is developed and designed against the background of general evaluation criteria of Web sites. These criteria are accuracy, authority, currency, relevancy, and stability of information. Since there is a lack of effort to examine the quality of information, a number of general criteria such as author’s qualifications, objectivity, and coverage should be further used in evaluating information content provided by academic institution Web sites.
{"title":"Evaluation of Websites for the Universities in Tamil Nadu: An Analytical Study","authors":"C. Ranganathan","doi":"10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.269","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.269","url":null,"abstract":"India is a computer-literate and Internet-savvy country. In general, the academic community in the country has pioneered the establishment and use of the Internet. Additionally, Tamil Nadu universities have been the leading institutions in the country in creating Web sites. As a result of these developments, academic institutions have been in a more privileged position to set up Web sites than other types of institutions. Their presence on the Web implies the desire of academic institutions in Tamil Nadu to provide better and more services to their students, faculty and Public. Although much of the resources have been committed to create and maintain academic institutions Web sites, there has been so little effort in evaluating the sites. The present evaluation paradigm is developed and designed against the background of general evaluation criteria of Web sites. These criteria are accuracy, authority, currency, relevancy, and stability of information. Since there is a lack of effort to examine the quality of information, a number of general criteria such as author’s qualifications, objectivity, and coverage should be further used in evaluating information content provided by academic institution Web sites.","PeriodicalId":272634,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133599257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-05-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.270
S. Aravind
This study analyses the awareness and compliance to library rules and regulations by the students of Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. The objective of the study is to find out the student’s level of awareness about the library rules and regulations and determine their compliance level of students and identify their opinions on library systems and services. Survey design was used to conduct the study and a structured questionnaire is used to collect data from students are randomly selected for the study. A sample of 96 was used for the study. The outcome of the study reveals that the awareness level is 92% and compliance level is 82.29%. The overall satisfaction level about the library systems and services is 89.17%.
{"title":"Awareness and Opinion about Library Systems and Services: A Study","authors":"S. Aravind","doi":"10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.2.270","url":null,"abstract":"This study analyses the awareness and compliance to library rules and regulations by the students of Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. The objective of the study is to find out the student’s level of awareness about the library rules and regulations and determine their compliance level of students and identify their opinions on library systems and services. Survey design was used to conduct the study and a structured questionnaire is used to collect data from students are randomly selected for the study. A sample of 96 was used for the study. The outcome of the study reveals that the awareness level is 92% and compliance level is 82.29%. The overall satisfaction level about the library systems and services is 89.17%.","PeriodicalId":272634,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology","volume":"350 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125629044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-02-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.1.2617
V. Gunasundari, S. Mohamed Esmail
This study examine the various factors which impact on job satisfaction of library staff working in different arts and science colleges affiliated to Bharathidasan university, Trichy. The aim of the study is to determine the level of job satisfaction of a library professionals based on the various concepts which are related to it. The factors such as salary of the staff, quantum of work, salary in relation to experience, opinion about present pay scale, safety of job, job security and freedom of work have been discussed in the study. The study shows that there is an association among the library professionals and the various factors of job satisfaction based on their colleges where they working.
{"title":"Factors Impact on Job Satisfaction of Library Professional of Arts and Science Colleges Affiliated to Bharathidasan University: A Study","authors":"V. Gunasundari, S. Mohamed Esmail","doi":"10.51983/ajist-2019.9.1.2617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2019.9.1.2617","url":null,"abstract":"This study examine the various factors which impact on job satisfaction of library staff working in different arts and science colleges affiliated to Bharathidasan university, Trichy. The aim of the study is to determine the level of job satisfaction of a library professionals based on the various concepts which are related to it. The factors such as salary of the staff, quantum of work, salary in relation to experience, opinion about present pay scale, safety of job, job security and freedom of work have been discussed in the study. The study shows that there is an association among the library professionals and the various factors of job satisfaction based on their colleges where they working.","PeriodicalId":272634,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117148248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-02-05DOI: 10.51983/ajist-2019.9.s1.225
B. Jeyapragash, A. Muthuraj, T. Rajkumar
Research Information System is the most important system for higher education institutions and it helps to get faculty profiles such as faculty affiliations, publications, research projects, awards and honors, education details, etc. This helps to increase the department and institution visibility to get the funding and fellowship opportunities. This paper discusses about Implementation of Research Information System at Bharathidasan University. The outcome of the study shows that it has 170 Existing Faculty Profiles and 2554 Publications from Web of Science, 516 Research Projects and 266 Awards and also department publications, citations and research impacts.
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