4th ICLIM - 2021

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User satisfaction on resources & services of academic library: A case of the library, University of Kelaniya
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) De Silva, A.P.U; Rubasinghe, A.S; Ranaweera, R.A.A.S
It is said that the library is the heart of the university. Every academic as well as university library try their best to cater for the users to obtain information in a split second; the library has to play a vital role to satisfied the users. This study was conducted to identify the user’s satisfaction on resources and services available in the library at the university of Kelaniya. A designed questionnaire was distributed among the users who were undergraduates attached to five faculties: Social Science, Humanities, Commerce & Management Studies, Computing & Technology and Science. Using SPSS software, collected data was analyzed. The study revealed that most of the undergraduates were satisfied with available resources of the library. To them, books were the most favorable resource of the library, in preference to using journals and e-resources. In researching the resources, lack of awareness on services and resources, lack of staff support are the barriers that undergraduates experienced.
Use of library e-resources among the final year students of LIS; Based on university of Kelaniya
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Indrachapa, W.R.N; Sandamali, Chandrawansha; Madhumali, P.B.I
The research problem of this study is do final year LIS students of university of Kelaniya use library electronic resources? And the objectives are this study were to identifying the use of e-resources among LIS students, to identifying the purposes of using e-resources by LIS students, to identifying the benefits to use e-resources LIS students and to identifying the problems using e-resources used by LIS Students. As a research method have used survey research method. Used primary sources for data collection. Main primary sources was questioners and interview. Used MS Excel software for data analizing.The main finding of this study was that students studying library science at the University of Kelaniya have some understanding of the electronic information sources available in the library. And they use these electronic sources to obtain information for their studies and research. A detailed result of this study was discussed and recommendations were made to improve and enhance the usage of e-resources.
The Impact of the School Library for Information Seeking Behaviours of School Students: A Case Study based on the Academic Achievements of G.C.E Advanced Level (A/L) Students of Sri Lanka.
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Ajith, J.A.; Weerasooriya, W. A.
As a learning resource, many researchers have confirmed the influence of the library makes a significant contribution to students’ academic achievements. Based on these findings, there is a need to study the behavior of G.C.E advanced level students in using school libraries. Furthermore, this paper engages in case studies to analyze the relationship between students' behavior and their academic achievements in the use of school libraries as a learning resource. The use of information sources by students in the school library was increasingly seen in the use of books, periodicals, and newspapers respectively. However, the use of sources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, etc. was very low and reference services and electronic information services were found to be non-existent in many school libraries. According to the results of the correlation analysis of student library behavior, the library services used show a positive relationship between reading services and academic achievement. However, since there is no correlation between lending services and academic achievement, this highlights that lending service is not familiar to students. Therefore, it is recommended that, implementing library marketing and user awareness programs on both services to attract students. Furthermore, in the analysis of the correlation between students' results of G.C.E. (A/L) examination and school library use, a high positive correlation was found between library use for more academic purpose and academic achievements. Giving more priority to academic reading than leisure reading contributes to students' academic achievement. There is also a positive correlation between the subject and the result, which is given prominence in academic readings. The reliability of students' school library behavior results was confirmed by their university library behavior test. Students' school library behavior contributes to their academic achievements, leading to higher education opportunities and lifelong skills.
Blockchain Technology: Its Implications and advantages for Libraries in Sri Lanka
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Dilhani, M.P.P; Suraweera, Namali; Wadasinghe, Chandima
Blockchain technology is primarily used for securely transacting in a digital environment by verifying and maintaining a transaction record in a distributed, time-stamped way. Objectives of the paper to Understanding of blockchain technology and how it works in Library environment, review of literature of blockchain technology and its potential uses and discuss the connection between blockchain technology for future libraries in Sri Lanka. Library Information Science Technology Abstracts, Google Scholar, Emerald, Taylor and Francis and Scopus databases and blockchain management or blockchain technology or libraries were used as search terms. Study revealed that blockchain technology is increasingly being used in libraries for a variety of purposes, including improving metadata systems, safeguarding digital first sale rights, and peer-to-peer sharing. Further studies recommended to be held to exploit this technology to a maximum level for the benefit of libraries in Sri Lankan context.
Usage of Home Reading Corner: Experience from Kids of Sri Lanka
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Dharmathilaka, W.G.W.D
Reading corner is an area of a room set aside for books, especially one intended to provide a quiet or comfortable place for reading (www.lexico.com,2021). Its history has gone to the mid-19th century. Studying knowledge status of Sri Lankan kid’s regarding home reading corner, Introducing the home reading corner and maintaining method for kids, identifying interest & ideas of kids for home reading corner and introducing simple exercises to create DIY home reading corner at their home were objectives of the study. With the above objectives, case study method used for the study. Kid’s interest reading home reading corner, creating DIY library, using books and maintenance, decoration of reading corner, creating bookmarks are revealed from the study.
The Library Automation through the Cloud Computing server: Based on Digital Ocean Cloud server
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Ransara, P.W.A.S.D; Dayananda, A.P.M.M.D.B; Seewali, P; Gunarathna, D.G.R.L
The purpose of this study is to present a model for library automation through the use of the Digital Ocean Cloud Server System (DOCSS) cloud computing. Now a day’s Technology is growing fast Cloud computing is a new technology model for IT services which many businesses and institutes are adopting. It avoids locally hosting multiple servers and equipment and constantly dealing with hardware failures, software installations, up gradations and compatibility problems. For many organizations, cloud computing can simplify processes and we can save time and money by using cloud. This article focuses on the process of automating libraries using cloud computing servers. A physical server costs a lot of money for equipment and maintenance services. This method can be easily used for libraries with limited funds and minimal facilities. This cloud server is an easy way to get the most out of library automation for a small fee, and this module formally discusses current usage.
Data visualization of book collection for the university of southeastern Philippines
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Annacel, B; Maychelle, M. Nugas
The Data Visualization of Book Collection is a web-based system intended for the University of Southeastern Philippines librarian and library staff, faculty, student, and other stakeholders. It is a tool to identify the strength and weaknesses of every subject in the program, serves as a monitoring system in selecting and acquiring library resources, and assists in conducting collection assessments. Furthermore, this study intends to develop a data visualization of book collection through a) development of a module to build a library collection per program and college; b) generate data visualization reports in terms of date of publication, the number of volumes, and titles, resources not used, and per program; and c) generate library collection reports classified by course. This study is anchored on Modified Rapid Application Development (RAD) as a methodology that includes the planning, design and development, and implementation and testing. The system generates reports in terms of date of publication, the number of titles and volumes, resources not used, and resources in specific programs in graphical format using backend and front-end development tools, cloud web hosting, server, and other tools. Moreover, the system also provides an additional function, such as exporting a list of library resources per program in word format. A functionality test was conducted on fifteen (15) selected respondents who participated by librarians, library staff, students, and faculty of the University of Southeastern Philippines. The assessment revealed that most end-users were extremely satisfied with the system's usefulness and reliability in terms of functionalities and capabilities.
Use of video conferencing software platforms for learning among Indian students during covid-19 pandemic times
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Manu. B.K; Vysakh, C; Rajendra, Babu
The purpose of the present study was to investigate how Indian students used video conferencing software platforms for learning amid the pandemic. An online survey questionnaire by using Google Forms was used to collect the data from 106 participants across the country. The participants consisted of 59 % female and 41% male students ranging from primary to PhD/Postdoc level. Out of this, 88(84%) participants hooked on various video conferencing platforms for learning. Google meet (96.60%) and Zoom (95.50%) were the most used platforms by the participants. Multimedia learning (75%) and self-paced learning (68.2%) were the top advantages of online learning as cited by the respondents. Lack of face to face interaction and internet problems were the frequent hurdles faced by the students. Overall, 62.50% of participants were satisfied and 6.81% were dissatisfied with using online video conferencing platforms for online classes during pandemic times.
Understanding information seeking behavior of ophthalmology students in tamilnadu
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Abirami, V; M., Jayaprakashi
Purposes of this study investigate to the information seeking behavior of ophthalmology students. The objectives of the study are to identify the ophthalmology student’s information usage behaviour such as what kind of search engine, databases and social networking they have to use. And find their barriers. The data for the study is collected from the ophthalmology students in the period of 2021. A questionnaire method was used in this study. This study shows the results Out of 213, 147 respondents use Google, remaining 66 (31.0%) respondents use Yahoo. MS-Excel and SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) software’s for use data entry and data analysis. H test (Non Parametric test-Kruskal Wallis H test) used by the SPSS. Finding of the study, it’s clear that Google search engines were mostly used by the ophthalmology students. Majority of the students 118 (55.4%) use NOD (National Ophthalmology database), 55 (25.8%) students use Medline database. It’s clear that 95 (44.6%) percentage of ophthalmology students use WhatsApp for information seeking.
A critical analysis of postgraduate theses in University of Kelaniya
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Wimalasiri, B.G.S. P; De Silva, A.P.U
The main aim of this study was to ascertain the contribution made by postgraduate scholars through the research projects they undertake as part of their studies at the University of Kelaniya. The study sample consisted of 1,012 theses pertaining to doctoral and master’s degree theses submitted at the University of Kelaniya. Ms-excel was used to analyse and interpret data. It was clearly identified that Art subject disciplines were the most trending subject areas of the University of Kelaniya. It was observed that within the period of time concerned in the study, most of the research focussed on arts subject areas while majority of theses came in the category of MSSc degree while the number of theses submitted in the categories of DBA, MBA and MSc degrees were a few. Therefore, it could be concluded that the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya has to take steps to popularise postgraduate research work in other subject areas and in-depth categories such as doctoral degrees
Revitalizing School Libraries for Enhanced Service Delivery
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Aminu, Saleh; Hussaini, Suleiman; Suleiman, Sambo
Revitalization of libraries with modern innovative services that are necessary to bring libraries to the users to encourage independent learning and lifelong education would help schools libraries to provide effective service delivery to its users. This paper is set to look into Revitalization of School libraries for enhanced service delivery. It highlighted the roles of school libraries in this present era. It captures revitalization of school libraries for the future management of information resources and the need to review the curricula of library school towards preparing the 21st Century Librarian, Libraries and students. It captures space management in the library and shows how access to information can be enhanced by changing the mindset of librarians. It concluded that school libraries need to revitalize their services by transforming the way information is provided to users for enhanced service delivery. It provided a way forward that school libraries should be equipped with high class technology to provide and compete with other libraries globally and they should provide resources and equipment that would be user friendly to all categories of students irrespective of their background.
VAFA Map: well use of academic library resources and services by providing better visibility, availability, flexibility, and accessibility
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Fernando, I.D.K; Senevirathna, R.A.P.S
Academic libraries are enriched with diversified resources and services. Libraries need to take necessary actions to make the better use of its library materials by every possible mean. The growing information communication landscape has resulted many alternatives for the conventional library services and even more new information services. However, the libraries are still serving the society with equality among different social levels. To withstand and sustained in the competition, librarians need to attract and provide a delightful service to its patrons. showcasing the library products and services to its users is a timely necessity to promote and ensure the better use of library materials. Conventional libraries need to be transformed towards hybrid type of libraries, even a paradigm shift if necessary to secure the competitive advantage over the alternative services in the information services ecosystem. Attracting more users in the community will ensure the sustainability of the library, including funding. Visibility, availability, flexibility, and accessibility (VAFA) are simple but effective strategies for showcasing the intimacy of a library to its society. Libraries can consider about these strategies to visualize it products and services to a larger community and sustain. Thus, this concept paper attempt to map these four strategies to be used by the librarians to lead their libraries towards well used and sustainability. VAFA mapping will contrast the diversity of resources and services available in library, methods that can be adopted to overcome the constraints that prevent their visibility, availability, flexibility, and accessibility from a larger community. Accordingly, libraries can restructure their library processers, and policies to implement new services by overcoming the limiting factors of information dissemination. Making a VAFA map will enable the library to showcase their product and services, attract more community share, lead the library towards the sustainability while becoming a challenging competitor in the information landscape.
A study on achieving sustainable libraries using Buddhist teaching: with special reference to selected SDGs
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Kusala, Sanjeewani Pushpakanthi H.W.; Manori, Samarakoon U.G.M.C
Libraries are at the heart of any education institution, and it works as a community center in society. IFLA involved, guided and facilitate to among their stakeholders to achieve the UN 2030 agenda. The libraries enable to access information and resources, giving people the opportunity to improve the quality of their life while teaching new skills and improve their competencies. (Kruszewska, 2019) This paper highlights the Buddhist teaching to build sustainable libraries and also fulfill new library development which means taking part of the sustainable development concept. The main objective of this study is to discuss the guidelines given by Buddhist literature to develop sustainable libraries. There are some guidelines according to the western practice to achieve sustainable libraries. This paper tries to find out Buddhist teaching to achieve sustainable development and use for those to create sustainable libraries. The important teaching was revealed that will be helpful to achieving sustainable libraries.
RE-ENGINEERING ACADENIC LIBRARIES IN A TECHNO - SAVVY ENVIRONMENT: AN OVERVIEW
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Murugan, K.; Ravi, S.
The present study deals with Re-Engineering Academic Libraries during a Techno - Savvy Environment: An Overview. The academic libraries motivate the upper education. The upper education needs of developing the knowledge and Communication Technology related to the library resources and services are very essential in the 21st Era. The penetrations of ICTs have reengineered the process of the tutorial libraries to enable and achieve the high level. The library professionals need to focus on reengineering the tutorial libraries through the usage of the Techno-savvy environment of incoming years.
Citation analysis of awarded doctoral theses by Department of Library and Information Science, Assam University, India
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Paumunmuang, Sim T.S.t; Bobby, Phuritsabam
Bibliographies are lists of past literature that influenced an author in his present academic or research works. The study involves 10 (ten) doctoral theses with 2408 citations appended awarded during the period of 2016 to 2017 by the Department of Library and Information Science of Assam University (AU). A decadal period of 2010-2019 is the most productive one with 937 (38.91%) citations contributed. The average decadal growth rate is 150.92%. One-authorship is the most prevalent nature of authorship with 1128 (46.84%) citations. Over half of the total citations are received by articles from cited Journals with 1308 (54.32. %) citations, followed by literature type of Book and Book Chapters with 414 (17.19%) citations. Almost half of all the citations originated or produced out of India with 1196 (49.67%) citations. English is the predominant medium of communicating research works.
Best practices in library services - a case study of nirmala college for women, coimbatore, tamilnadu
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Jaculine Mary, M
Libraries and information centers play a vital role in enhancing the learning experience, providing students with all the resources and services they need to expand the horizon of their intelligence. At present there are many best practices followed in academic libraries to improve the quality of services and specialization offered. This paper is mainly focused on various best practices, like optimization of resource utilization, value added services, training offered to use E-resources, Best Library User Award, competitions, counseling center providing guidance for students to prepare for competitive examinations, book exhibition, orientation for the freshers etc, followed in the Nirmala Central Library. The findings are based on a random survey conducted during the year 2019-2020 to find out the students’ satisfaction level with the library resources and services in utilizing library resources. This article will promote awareness about the resources, services and facilities available and maximize the end users for academic purposes.
Difficulties faced by differently-abled students while using the University library – in association with the library of the University of Kelaniya
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Nuwanthi, Chathurani Wickramathunga S.p
University libraries have a special place in teaching, learning and research activities. The university library should provide maximum support to the users to fulfil their educational needs and special methods should be followed for differently-abled students to use the library. The research problem of this research is the lack of facilities of the university library required by differently-abled university students and its main objective is to explore the difficulties encountered in the use of the university library. Other objectives include studying the use of libraries by differently-abled students in the university, studying the specialised services and facilities and the further exploration of the hardware and software they require. Because of corona pandemic the research is based on the case study methodology and the data were collected from 40 male and female visually impaired, hearing impaired and orthopaedic students as the population of the differently-abled students of the University of Kelaniya. According to the findings of this research, the library's annual budget does not allocate a separate amount for these special needs students. It has been found that there is no hardware or software for differently-abled students. 67.6% have access to all the sections of the library and 32.4% doesn’t have access to any section of the library. Therefore, it is very important for the library to pay more attention to the students who find it difficult to travel every section of the library. 44.1% are using only printed sources. But found that, the library has no tools or information sources other than DVDs, CD ROM, computers, braille books. 18.8% stated that they don’t have the required information sources in their library. It has been revealed that audio book and e book are not available in the library to meet the needs of visually impaired students. It has been revealed that differently-abled students mostly use both printed and unprinted sources and it is 50% as a percentage. 1% say they are not at all satisfied with library access. The library should pay attention to it, even though it is a very small percentage. 46.9% are satisfied and 40.6% are slightly satisfied. According to this, it is confirmed that a group of differently-abled students have access problems to the Kelaniya university library. 61.8% of the respondents said that, it takes 1 to 5 hours to search for information sources and 38.2% stated that, it takes less than an hour. Accordingly, it has been revealed that they spend more time in the library due to the difficulty in finding the sources of information, the difficulty in understanding the classifications, the difficulty in searching the names of the computerized information sources and the lack of a qualified training officer to serve the differently-abled students. It is clear that differently-abled students do not have the necessary technical tools. Voice recorders have been found to be a priority. Second, the braille machine was found to be an essential tool. It was suggested that information needs should be met through special programs for differently-abled students and steps should be taken to provide the required information facilities efficiently using new technologies. Therefore, this research proposes that technology integrated sources such as braille books, audiobooks and voice recording software should be made more accessible for visually impaired readers by the library.
Scholarly Communication on Global Alzheimer’s disease with Special Reference to Web of Science: A Scientometric Study
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Mamatha, V.; Keshava
The main purpose of the study is to examine the authorship pattern and collaborative trend in the field of Alzheimer’s disease literature in global level in the study period 2014-2018. A total of 38936 articles were published. maximum number of (32.86%) contributions are from the USA and it has been placed the first rank and the lowest number of publications were published from Australia with 4.36% among top ten countries. Out of 36749 multi authored publications high number of articles are of 24744 contributed by more than five authors and interestingly anonymous articles are of 466, only 1721 papers are independently produced by single authorship category, An average collaboration of author index, degree of collaboration and average collaborative coefficient are of authors are 4.36, 0.67 and 0.72. 6.73 is the Average Author Per Paper during the study period and 0.51 is the Average Productivity Per Author for the study period 2014 to 2018.
An Analytical Study on the Role of Legal Deposit Law in Sri Lanka in Building a National Collection
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Sanjeewani, M.D.S.M
Legal Deposit Law is enforced in almost every country with the aim of establishing bibliographic control of publications in a particular country and the formation of a national collection associated with it. This research concern that the legal deposit law in Sri Lanka plays a sufficient role in building the national collection. The main purpose of this study is to study about role of the legal deposit law of Sri Lanka. Other objectives are to study the legal deposit law in Sri Lanka and its origin, to study the systematic development of the legal deposit law, to identify the composition of the legal deposit collection. In this case, qualitative research methodology has been used and the case study method has been used as a research method. The authority of the legal deposit law in the country is National Archives of Sri Lanka. Therefore, the function of the registration section of books and newspapers of the National Archives of Sri Lanka has been studied. Data were collected through ordinances related to the legal deposit law, legal statutes and statistical reports, observations and interviews. Data analysis was performed by reporting and summarizing. The legal deposit law of Sri Lanka places the responsibility of the publishing industry entirely on the printer. There are instances where printers did not provide copies. It is clear that a complete national collection will not be created by not giving copies. It was found that non-print media are not covered by the Legal Deposit Law. Accordingly, the objectives of the legal deposit law in Sri Lanka should be amended and re-interpreted. Also it should focus to legislate inclusion of non-print media for the coverage of publications under the Legal Deposit Law of Sri Lanka and to make provisions for the implementing of an electronic deposit collection.
Preparing Library and Information Science Educators and Librarians to Collaborate in Teaching 21st Century Skills: Issues of Concern in Nigeria
(Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Nwachi; Chiegonu, B,; Anozie, Chinedu Idoko,; Nkechi, A.
This exploratory work aims to teach librarians and library and information science educators to collaborate in teaching 21st century skills: Nigerian concerns. The study was guided by five research objectives. To choose library educators and librarians in Nigeria, descriptive survey, multi-stage, and stratified sampling approaches were used to create the study's population and sample size. To acquire information about them for data collection, an online survey questionnaire was created and disseminated through email. SPSS, percentages, and frequency counts were used to evaluate the data. Recommendations were made and a conclusion was reached based on the information received.