International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology (IJKCDT)
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A Study on the Research Trends of Big Data at Public Libraries : with a Focus on the Journal “Public Library Quarterly”
Get PDFThis study aims to analyze big data-related research trends in the public library field using the social network analysis method. One hundred seventeen articles published in the journal ‘Public Library Quarterly’ were analyzed with author keywords and the frequency, degree centrality, and betweenness centrality of the keywords were examined. The keywords “programs” and “community development” had the highest degree centrality. the keywords “programs,” “strategic planning,” “community development,” “future of libraries,” “outreach,” and “evaluation” post a high degree of centrality and betweenness centrality. The keywords “measurement,” “survey,” “community partnerships,” and “community engagement” showed a high degree of centrality but not high betweenness centrality. On the other hand, the keywords “planning,” “marketing,” “community needs,” and “community building” showed high betweenness centrality but not high degree centrality. Based on the results of this study, public libraries should focus on the following research directions when focusing on big data. First, as mentioned above, a more in-depth discussion is needed regarding COVID-19 and social media. Second, academic interest in big data education and training for public librarians and educational content is needed. Third, public libraries should think about ways to efficiently perform their role as a local data center, including cooperation with other organizations in the local community
AVAILABILITY AND UTILISATION OF LIBRARY INFORMATION RESOURCES IN SECCONDARY SCHOOLS BY SPECIAL PATRON
Get PDFThis study adopted descriptive survey research method. The population of this study comprised of the hearing impaired students in selected government secondary schools in Rivers state. The population of the hearing impaired students in Rivers State is 257. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 159. A self-developed instrument titled “Availability and Utilisation of Library Information Resources Questionnaire (AULIRQ)” was utilized for data collection. 153 responses were collated, indicating a 96.2% response rate. The data collected was arranged and analysed using in frequency count, percentages, and mean and standard deviation. Finding reveals that information resources in the libraries understudied were inadequate and under-utilized. Also, it was established that among other barriers, under-funding is a major barrier to making information resources available for the physically challenged. Based on the findings, recommendations were made
E-resources usage among Polytechnic students in Southwest Nigeria: evidence from Federal Polytechnic, Ede and The Polytechnic, Ibadan Nigeria
Get PDFThis study examined e-resources usage among polytechnic students in Southwest Nigeria. Descriptive research design was adopted for this study and the population consisted of polytechnic students from The Polytechnic, Ibadan and Federal Polytechnic, Ede. They were 9671 students from both polytechnics. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed with a sample fraction of 5% was drawn from the total number of students in each faculty amounting to 381. A structured questionnaire was the major instrument used for data collection and the questionnaire were pre-tested using Cronbach-alpha to determine the reliability co-efficient. Data obtained was analyzed using SPSS. The study found that the students from both polytechnics are aware of the e-resources and that the e-resources were mainly used for research, class assignment and to update knowledge. Problem such as epileptic power supply, poor internet connection and so on were identified. The study concluded that polytechnic students could benefit immensely from the enormous usage of e-resources particularly for teaching, learning and research. Based on the findings, recommendations were made
Assessment of Library and Information Professionals’ Perception of COVID-19 and Its Impacts on Libraries in Nigeria
Get PDFPerceptions of Library and Information (LI) professionals in Nigeria and the impact of COVID-19 on libraries, librarians and library services, were studied. The significance of demographic factors on LI professionals’ perception of COVID-19 and its impact on libraries was tested. Descriptive survey design and Purpose sampling technique were adopted. LIS professionals in Nigeria constituted the population, and an online questionnaire designed by the researchers through Microsoft Forms was used. Descriptive analysis of respondents’ demographic data and their covid-19 perception were presented in frequencies and percentages using tables while multivariate regression technique was used to test the significance of relationship between variables at P < 0.05. Findings revealed that many (61.4%) of the respondents agreed that COVID-19 is real but have personal reservations. However, 47.5% indicated that COVID-19 is a scientific invention. On the impacts of COVID-19 on libraries, the study found that COVID-19 is a game changer that will enhance the creation of new services by libraries, cause the reconfiguration of library space for safe operations in post-COVID, establishment of new rules and regulations, and more reliance on e-resources. On the test of association, educational qualification of respondents had a significant impact on respondents’ perceptions that COVID-19 will reduce the use of library print resources (P-value = 0.005, B: 0.38, [95% CI: 0.115 – 0.646]) and that library will create new services to address the changes caused by COVID-19. Also, educational qualification of respondents significantly influenced respondents’ perception that COVID-19 is real. The study recommends that libraries should take advantage of the season to innovate, and that public health institutions should continually educate people on corona virus to disabuse people’s mind of conspiracy theories
A Study on the Direction of Improvement Based on the Survey of the Status of Field Practice
Get PDFThis study attempted to grasp the current status of field training in the Department of Library and Information Science and the training institutions of the students of the Department of Library and Information Science and to propose a development plan based on this. To this end, a questionnaire survey and survey were conducted on the status of field practice in the Department of Library and Information Science at 4-year and 2-year colleges. As a result of the study, first, it was analyzed that field training has an effect on the employment competitiveness and employment competency of students, and the field training environment has an effect on career decisions of students in the Department of Library and Information Science. Second, it was found that the library with the most field training was found to be a public library, and it was investigated that in order to allow students to experience various institutions and choose their career path, it was necessary to jointly discover and use field training institutes. Third, the evaluation contents or evaluators of the field training did not show a big difference by school, and it was found that most universities are evaluating the field practice using various scales. Lastly, in order to maintain the level of on-the-job training to some extent, it is necessary to develop a training manual and distribute it to each university
Influence of Lecturers’ Psychological Factors, media Improvisation on Media Resources Utilization in Colleges of Education, Nigeri
Get PDFMedia utilization in colleges of education in Nigeria is compulsory to train pre-service teachers. Psychological variables (emotional intelligence, and self-efficacy) and media improvisation were investigated on media resources utilization among lecturers in colleges of education in the South-West, Nigeria. The descriptive design was adopted and multi-staged procedure was used to select 812 (493 males; 319 females). Emotional intelligence (r = 0.79), media improvisation (r = 0.71), self-efficacy (r = 0.85 and media resources utilization r = 0.96) scales were used for data collection. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson product moment at 0.05 level of significance. The level of emotional intelligence, self-efficacy and media improvisation were high. Significant relationship existed among: emotional intelligence (r = 0.42), Media improvisation (r = 0.46) and Teaching self-efficacy (r = 0.31) to media resources utilization. It recommended that lecturers’ emotional intelligence, self-efficacy and media improvisation are to be promoted in colleges of education
A Study on Social Perceptions of Public Libraries Utilizing the sentiment analysis
Get PDFThis study would understand the overall perception of our society about public libraries, analyzing the texts related to public libraries, utilizing the semantic connection network & sentiment analysis. For this purpose, this study collected data from the last five years with keywords, ‘Library’ and ‘Lifelong Learning Center’ from January 1, 2016 through November 30, 2020 through the blogs and cafés of major domestic portal sites. With the collected data, text mining, centrality of keywords, network structure, structural equipotentiality, and sensitivity analyses were conducted. As a result of the analysis, First, 'reading' and 'book' were identified as representative keywords that form the social perception of public libraries. Second, it turned out that there were keywords related to the use of the library and the untact service due to the recent spread of COVID-19. Third, in seeking a plan for the development of public libraries through the keywords drawn to have positive meanings, it is necessary to create continuous services that can form a new image of the library, breaking away from the existing fixed role and image of the library and increase the convenience of use. Fourth, facilities and facilities for library services were recognized from a neutral point of view. Fifth, the spread of infectious diseases, social distancing, and temporary closure and closure of libraries are negatively related to public libraries, and awareness of librarians has been identified as negative keywords
Challenges of Recruitment and Selection Process of Librarians in Federal University Libraries in South-South, Nigeria
Get PDFThe study investigated the challenges of recruitment and selection process of librarians in federal university libraries in South-South, Nigeria Two research questions were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey. The population of the study consists of 108 librarians. 95 copies of the questionnaire were filled and returned. The questionnaire was used in collecting data. The overall reliability of the instrument yielded 0.95 with the use of Cronbach Alpha Coefficient. Standard deviation and mean was used to generate the data that was gathered. The rating scale of 4 points was subjected to an estimation procedure using SPSS version 17.0. A mean score of 2.5 and above on any item was accepted. The findings revealed that the librarians identified the challenges to include ethnicity influence; favoritisms; recruitment based on godfatherism; dwindling budgetary allocation. The librarians also indentified some of the strategies to include performance at interview as benchmark; equity and fairness as benchmark; recruitment should be done according to relevant discipline; and having channels for reporting cases of corruption during recruitment. Based on the findings, it was recommended as follows: Recruitment and selection of qualified librarians should be done according to the laid down procedures; and the library management should ensure that an independent judiciary and enforcement of the rule of law against culprits be adhered to, so as to ensure equity and fairness during recruitment and selection of librarians
Citation Analysis of PhDs Awarded in Public Administration and Political Science by Punjabi University Patiala
Get PDFThis research paper presents the use of different forms of literature by the Ph. D. researchers of Department of Political Science and Department of Public Administration, Punjabi University, Patiala. It is assessed by analyzing the resources cited in the PhD theses awarded by Punjabi University, Patiala during 2015-2019. The different bibliographic forms of the references have been analyzed in order to find out the year-wise submission, average citations per thesis, authorship pattern, chronology, use of electronic resources, and format of citations in both the subjects under study. Ranked list of journals for both the subjects have been prepared to identify core journals. Bradford Multipliers have been calculated and application of Bradford’s Law of Scattering has also been tested for both the subjects
Ethical Issues and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Use in the New Era
Get PDFThe new age is characterised with information communication technology, where computers, laptops, mobile gadgets such as palmtops, tablets, mobile phones and the internet have made their way to every sphere of life from our domestic environments such as our homes, small retail shops, banks to large industries and the world at large. Over time so many questions about the ethical use of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have emerged on who have access to what technology and the use of it and like every other technological invention, this paper will look at the morality involved in making use of ICT to promote ethical use of data or information in virtual environment. ICT also possesses both positive and negative impacts; the questions that these impacts raise are what this piece attempts to answer, providing global scrutiny to these ethical issues, situations and questions; and providing recommendations in line with global best practices.