Pub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.1177/09557490231217716
Varsha Singh, A. K. Singh, S. K. Sonkar
The online paraphrasing tool aids in the online rewriting of articles and essays. Users may avoid plagiarism by rephrasing sentences. In this study focus on the awareness and use of paraphrasing tools by the Research scholars of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, situated in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and the Central University of South Bihar, situated in Gaya, Bihar. Survey methodology and online questionnaire tools used in this paper. 200 responses were received from the researchers and scholars at BBAU and CUSB. The finding of this study showed that research scholar of BBAU and CUSB are aware about the paraphrasing tools and they use more than one paraphrasing tool to manage their work. Quillbot and Duplicheaker paraphrasing tools are most used tools by research scholars of BBAU and CUSB. The study suggest that need a training program on Paraphrasing tool for proper utilization of tools in best ethical manner.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-30DOI: 10.1177/09557490231198877
Zakayo Kjellström
This paper explores the National Emergency Library (NEL) created by the Internet Archive (IA) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NEL allowed unrestricted access to the IA’s collection of digitized books, suspending the waitlist imposed by the Controlled Digital Lending system. The study uses Carol Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented to be (WPR) approach to analyze problem representations in media narratives and understand the response to the NEL. The study covers articles written between March 2020 and 2 years after, using a threepronged reading consisting of a distant, middle, and close reading. The analysis reveals that the IA and NEL are not necessarily consistent with piracy or shadow libraries, but that they differ in complexity and compliance with copyright law. The paper contributes to a critical understanding of how problem representations are constructed and shaped in media narratives, and how this affects digital libraries in times of crisis, and subsequently, policy discourse for all libraries. Overall, the paper highlights the complexities and nuances surrounding the NEL and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the implications of this response for digital libraries and copyright law.
本文探讨了互联网档案馆(IA)为应对COVID-19大流行而创建的国家应急图书馆(NEL)。NEL允许无限制地访问IA的数字化图书收藏，暂停了受控数字借阅系统施加的等候名单。本研究采用Carol Bacchi的问题表征是什么(What 's The Problem representation to be, WPR)方法来分析媒体叙事中的问题表征，并了解人们对新语言的反应。该研究涵盖了2020年3月至两年后撰写的文章，采用了三管齐下的阅读方法，包括远读、中读和近读。分析表明，IA和NEL不一定与盗版或影子库一致，但它们在复杂性和对版权法的遵守方面有所不同。本文有助于批判性地理解媒体叙事中如何构建和塑造问题表征，以及这如何影响危机时期的数字图书馆，以及随后对所有图书馆的政策话语。总体而言，本文强调了新冠病毒技术及其应对COVID-19大流行的复杂性和细微差别，以及这种应对对数字图书馆和版权法的影响。
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Pub Date : 2023-08-25DOI: 10.1177/09557490231197971
O. Salubi
During the various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous countries, including several in Africa, implemented lockdown measures. Unfortunately, libraries and information centres were not deemed essential services providers, resulting in partial operations or complete closures. Among the hardest-hit by the pandemic were developing economies, where libraries, typically non-profit organizations, play a crucial role. These institutions usually rely on funding from the government (in the case of public libraries) or parent institutions, which themselves often depend on government support (as is the case with academic libraries in government-owned institutions). With the economies of these countries suffering and experiencing a slow recovery, libraries in developing nations are likely to face further budgetary constraints. In addition to the economic impact on funding, there is a significant risk of a decline in the literacy rate among children due to the closure of libraries and schools during lockdowns. This paper employs a SWOT analysis to identify the challenges and benefits for libraries and information professionals from both societal and professional perspectives. Despite the obstacles that libraries in the developing world may encounter in the post-pandemic era, as well as during the fourth industrial revolution, there are also valuable opportunities that can be harnessed. One such opportunity is the provision of information services to digitally literate, yet informationally illiterate communities.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-30DOI: 10.1177/09557490231183625
T. Chorna
The Russian-Ukrainian War has had a significant impact on Ukrainian libraries, particularly in the Eastern regions of Ukraine that have been directly affected by the conflict. The Russian aggression has caused significant damage to library infrastructure, collections, and services, and has disrupted the overall functioning of the library system in Ukraine. In this paper, we provide an overview of the situation with the Ukrainian libraries during the Russian-Ukrainian War, as well as a review of the risks Ukrainian librarians face on a daily basis.
{"title":"Ukrainian libraries in the time of war: Losses and challenges","authors":"T. Chorna","doi":"10.1177/09557490231183625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09557490231183625","url":null,"abstract":"The Russian-Ukrainian War has had a significant impact on Ukrainian libraries, particularly in the Eastern regions of Ukraine that have been directly affected by the conflict. The Russian aggression has caused significant damage to library infrastructure, collections, and services, and has disrupted the overall functioning of the library system in Ukraine. In this paper, we provide an overview of the situation with the Ukrainian libraries during the Russian-Ukrainian War, as well as a review of the risks Ukrainian librarians face on a daily basis.","PeriodicalId":431623,"journal":{"name":"Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130195326","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 : 2022-04-06DOI: 10.1177/09557490221095612
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.1177/09557490211001700
S. Lammens
The covid pandemic forced KBR, Belgium's national library, to close its doors to the public and staff on March 18, 2020. The opening of a new museum had to be postponed. But ultimately, the covid closure led to an accelerated rollout of KBR's digital strategy.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.1177/09557490211060409
K. Nelson
The voices of West Indian writers in the 1950s changed the landscape for Literature emerging out of the West Indies. These powerful literary voices were a means of creating and recording a facet of West Indian history and cultural heritage. West Indian writers wrote their stories through their own eyes. John Hearne was one of the most eloquent voices among them. He became a known voice in the West Indian literary world, using his recognition to facilitate the indigenous West Indian Literature genre’s development. He was also a prominent Jamaican political and social commentator. The John Hearne archive not only produced an important historical picture of the development of the West Indian Literature genre, but West Indian political history, and changes in the cultural and social fabric of the West Indian society, with special emphasis on Jamaica. This paper aims to present this archive as a fundamental body of primary resources for historical research.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.1177/09557490211061869
Cheryl Kean
This article provides suggestions on ways in which the library can engage in staff training even on a very stringent budget. Three strategies are suggested, and these are (a) each one teach one, (b) leveraging the knowledge of faculty and library staff, and (c) utilizing the power of the webinar.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.1177/09557490221077592
Lars Ilshammar
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.1177/09557490211063532
K. Robinson, Genevieve A. Jones-Edman
Assessing the performance of information literacy (IL) students can be a daunting task for librarians globally. Most IL sessions are taught in 1 to 2 hours where any meaningful assessments are difficult to achieve. This research demonstrated how this feat was achieved in an active learning environment through the use of Google Forms. This mixed method study shows how this was effectively achieved to test both lower and higher order skills in a 2 hour session to one hundred and seventy-two foundation writing course students.The research tested a rarely examined feature of Google Forms which is the tool’s effectiveness in enabling comprehensive assessment, facilitating active learning, and identifying instructional errors in an IL instruction session. The findings show that Google Forms can be used to teach and administer a quiz using both multiple-choice as well as open-ended questions to assess both low and higher order learning skills in IL. Students were able to actively respond to questions while they were being taught, the data gathered and analyzed and used to inform future library instruction. It also showed that Google Forms are useful not simply to administer multiple-choice quizzes at the end of teaching but can be used in executing real-time assessment and support active learning. Because Google Forms support the easy creation of charts and downloading/exporting of statistics, results of assessments can be shared among librarians, faculty, and students to motivate and encourage digital pedagogy. It allows for greater collaboration with faculty in the cooperative teaching of students in single sessions where there is usually difficulty in having dialogue with faculty once a session ends. This case study is based on a limited number of students; thus, the findings of this research may not be generalized but the methodology and some skills in teaching the concepts encountered by librarians may be replicated.
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