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Assessing the factors influencing clients’ impulsive information seeking behaviour in using information resources and services of the academic library Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Mojtaba Kaffashan Kakhki, Hadi Harati, Yaser Aseman Doreh
The purpose of the present study was to identify and examine the factors that influence the library clients’ impulsive behaviour in using resources and services in an academic library. A survey research on the students population of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in Iran was designed. A researcher developed questionnaire was used for data collection. After determining the validity and reliability of
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An examination of metadata practices for research data reuse: Characteristics and predictive probability of metadata elements Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Min Sook Park, Hyoungjoo Park
This study explores metadata practices in the relation to data reuse in biology. Metadata has long been viewed as a major constituent in research data management and reuse. However, the topic of whether metadata is used in a way that encourages data reuse has been understudied. The current study examined metadata elements used to describe datasets and the predictive probability of those metadata elements
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Informational roles and information needs of formal caregivers at child welfare institutions in Malaysia Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Ab. Durahman Nurul Hazimah, M.K. Yanti Idaya Aspura, A. Noorhidawati
This study investigates the information needs of formal caregivers of child welfare institutions through the landscape of their roles and tasks. A case study approach using purposive sampling of three children welfare institutions was conducted with a total number of 10 participants. Data were collected through a series of interviews and two focus groups. Qualitative data were analysed using NVivo
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The h(³) – index of academic journals Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-09-22 Yves Fassin, Ronald Rousseau
The objective of this paper is to show that the already existing h((3)) indicator, designed after the h-index and Kosmulski's h((2))-index, has some advantages with respect to the classical h- or h((2))-indices, when it comes to academic journal evaluation. The h((3))-index for journals is defined as the largest natural number h(3) such that the first h(3) publications each received at least (h(3))(3)
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Characterizing the highly cited articles: A large-scale bibliometric analysis of the top 1% most cited research Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-09-22 Pablo Dorta-González, Yolanda Santana-Jiménez
We conducted a large-scale analysis of around 10,000 scientific articles, from the period 2007-2016, to study the bibliometric or formal aspects influencing citations. A transversal analysis was conducted disaggregating the articles into more than one hundred scientific areas and two groups, one experimental and one control, each with a random sample of around five thousand documents. The experimental
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Academic library leaders’ conceptions of library leadership in Pakistan Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-09-22 Murtaza Ashiq, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Syeda Hina Batool
The aim of the study is to investigate the conceptions of academic library leaders’ about library leadership, library management, the best attributes for academic library leaders and the ways to develop leadership skills. A qualitative approach was used and data were collected through in-depth interviews from 15 experienced academic library leaders in Pakistan. Phenomenology was used to explore the
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Research on picture books: A comparative study of Asia and the World Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-09-22 Jia-Fen Wu
A bibliometric analysis of scholarly articles on picture books between 1992 and 2017 portrays both the worldwide and Asian trends based on the development of picture book research for the past 26 years. The findings are based on an analysis of 21,450 references to 619 articles on picture books in 295 journals indexed by the Web of Science. Four composite themes consistently emerge from the analysis
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The structure and evolution of scientific collaboration from the perspective of symbiosis Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-04-16 Junwan Liu, Kaiyue Ding, Feifei Wang, Yi Bu, Gregory J. Maus
This paper introduces a novel quantitative metric called the Symbiosis Degree Index for measuring the degree of symbiosis between subjects, which we apply it to analyzing scientific collaboration patterns between researchers. We study the network characteristics of scientific collaboration based on the resultant published research papers indexed in the Web of Science, considering the role of symbiosis
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Biobibliometric portrait of B.K Sen: A librarian, information scientist and scientometrician Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-04-16 Bidyarthi Dutta, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore 721102 West Bengal, INDIA
This biobibliometric study highlights the major aspects of the career of the Indian librarian and information scientist, Bimal Kanti Sen. As a professional librarian, he took major initiatives toenhance practical scientometric programs in India. He has contributed 390 writings since 1964 to 2018, i.e. over 55 years,including his service and retirement period. He authored seven writings per year on
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Applying domain knowledge and academic information to enhance unknown-item search in OPAC Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-04-16 Peerasak Intarapaiboon, Chainarong Kesamoon
Many students usually use the unknown-item search strategies, including subject and keyword searches, to retrieve books or other materials provided in library catalogs. However, the success rates for unknown-item searching is relatively low compared with the known-item search strategies, i.e., title or author searches. In this paper, a framework for improving the unknown-item search is proposed. The
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Evaluating academics’ knowledge sharing intentions in Malaysian public universities Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-04-16 Muhammad Ashraf Fauzi, Christine Nya Ling Tan, Ramayah Thurasamy, Adedapo Oluwaseyi Ojo
Academics are the pillars of Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs) where knowledge is created and shared. Willing academics will determine the quality of knowledge being shared between themselves and their students. In this research, a pilot study is conducted among academics in public IHLs, whereby the theory of planned behaviour(TPB) is adapted to study the academics’ intention to share. Responses
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Hyperauthorship: A comparative study of genetics and high-energy physics research Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2019-04-16 Yu-Wei Changa, Mu-Hsuan Huang, Min-Jy Chiu
The number of hyperauthored articles has increased in certain disciplines; yet, little research has been conducted on hyperauthorship. Because genetics and high-energy physics are fields that exhibit hyperauthorship, this study focused on the differences and trends in the characteristics and influence of hyperauthored articles in these fields, for which articles published between 2004 and 2013 were
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Determining factors of perceived elf-efficacy in information seeking practices through Facebook Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-12-28 Musa Ya’u Giade, M.K. Yanti Idaya Aspura, A. Noorhidawati
The paper reports on factors that drive students’ perceived self-efficacy in information seeking practices through Facebook. The quantitative study employed random sampling of postgraduate students in a higher learning institution. A total of 354 responses were gathered through a self-reported survey. The findings showed four factors, namely, past performance, other’s experience, verbal persuasion
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Diagnosing the service quality improvement of university libraries in intuitionistic fuzzy environment Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-12-28 Hossein Sayyadi Tooranloo, Arezoo Sadat Ayatollah, Mahtab Tavangar Marvasti
Libraries and information centres are service organizations connecting academic communities to knowledge and information through efficient services as their main mission. Given the importance of high-quality services in libraries and increased users' demand for receiving better service, the promotion of service quality levels is as one of the crucial challenges of libraries. This study is an attempt
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Authors at the boundary: Interaction of local and general scientific literature Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-12-28 Cigdem Baskici, Suat Atan, Yavuz Ercil
How a scientific literature is shaped both at the local and general level is an important question to answer. One practical way of achieving this task is to identify the roles played by authors (academicians) as actors creating and disseminating knowledge in the relevant literature. To this end, this study examines roles undertaken by authors in the field of learning organizations. Identifying role
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Adoption of linked data technologies among university librarians in Pakistan: Challenges and prospects Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-12-28 Nosheen Fatima Warraich, Abebe Rorissa
This study aims to explore librarians’ perspective about the adoption of Linked Data technologies along with their level of interest to adopt these technologies in Pakistani university libraries. It also identifies their perceived hindrances that obstruct them to adopt and effectively implement Linked Data technologies in libraries. This is a quantitative study based on survey research design. To meet
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Toward the more effective identification of journals with anomalous self-citation Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-07-31 Tian Yu, Guang Yu, Yan Song, Ming-Yang Wang
Because of its important evaluative function, journal impact factors began to be manipulated by anomalous self-citations. To deal with this scientific misconduct and its undesirable influences, in this paper, an automatic classification model for journals with anomalous self-citation was constructed based on previous research. First, a training journal set and three test journal sets of normal journals
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Bibliometric analysis of Central European journals in the Web of Science and JCR Social Science Edition Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-07-31 Slavomír Bucher
This paper deals with the multi-perspective bibliometric analysis of Central European scientific journals indexed in the Web of Science database and covered in the Journal Citation Reports – Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). The analysis focuses on the evaluation of the (inter) national orientation of Central European Social Science journals indexed in the period 2012 – 2015. Data were obtained
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The scale-invariant properties of the citation-based performance of internationally co-authored articles Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-07-31 Guillermo Armando Ronda-Pupo
The aim of this paper is to determine the scale-invariant properties of the citation-based performance of internationally co-authored articles on Management Information Systems (MIS). A total of 20, 485 articles which received a total of 432,386 citations were analyzed. Collaborative articles accounted for 83 percent of the papers. Citation-based performance and international collaborative papers exhibited
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Characteristics of interdisciplinary research in author keywords appearing in Korean journals Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-07-31 Sunyoung Kwon
Keywords for academic papers are terms selected and created by the authors, and are, in general, considered a core element that summarizes and represents the papers’ content. This research analysed the ways in which the author keywords for academic papers are used in multiple disciplines. The Brillouin index was used for an analysis of interdisciplinarity. As a result, 63.7 percent of the keywords
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Youth development in rural library: ICT gratification as mediating effect Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-07-31 Samsul Farid Samsuddin, Siti Zobidah Omar, Hayrol Azril Mohamed Shaffril
This study investigates the relationship between ICT facilities and behavioural factors with positive youth development among rural youth in Malaysia, considering gratification of ICT usage in rural library as the mediating effect. The youth in rural areas are inclined to involve in negative affairs due to non- established beneficial activities. Therefore, the government has taken initiatives to equip
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Development of an information literate school community: Perceived roles and practices of teacher librarians Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-07-31 M.A. Aisah, A. Abrizah, M.K. Yanti Idaya Aspura, Wan Abd. Kadir Wan Dollah
The research investigates the perceived roles and practices of teacher librarians in developing an Information Literate School Community (ILSC). The study employs a survey method, which was based on a set of an ILSC benchmarks developed by Henri (1995). A web-based questionnaire was e-mailed to 148 teacher librarians from Malaysian secondary schools in which their School Resource Centers (SRCs) received
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Analysis of the citation impact of national journals toward SCIE journals on JCR ranking Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-07-31 Byungkyu Kim, Youngseek Kim, Jihoon Kang
The prior studies in the citation analyses of Korean natural science and engineering journals found that they have cited SCIE (Science Citation Index Extended) journals significantly. This research investigated the citation impact of the Korean natural science and engineering journals (from 2009 to 2014) toward SCIE journals in terms of JCR (Journal Citation Reports) ranking changes. First, this research
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Hibernators, their awakeners and the roles of subsequent authoritative citers Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-03-09 Xiaojun Hu, Xiaoyue Hu, Yuning Zhang, Ronald Rousseau
In this contribution we study four examples of hibernators and their citation relations with their awakeners. We, moreover, introduce the notion of authoritative citers, a group of articles that, like the awakener, cite the hibernator and play similar roles as the awakener. Yet, the interplay between the hibernator, the awakener and authoritative citers may differ considerably depending on the case
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Developing information literacy skills of the 6th grade students using the Big 6 model Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-03-09 Fatima Baji, Zahed Bigdeli, Abdullah Parsa, Carole Haeusler
The Big6 model is a systematic approach to information problem-solving that relies upon critical thinking skills. It is the most used model for information literacy instruction in schools worldwide. Since there is a lack of information literacy skills instruction in the educational system of Iran, especially in primary schools, this research evaluates an information literacy intervention in the Iranian
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UTAUT’S performance consistency: Empirical evidence from a library management system Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-03-09 A.M. Zainab, K Kiran, N.H.A Karim, M. Sukmawati
This paper aims to investigate the use of an adapted UTAUT model to explore librarians’ acceptance of Radio-frequency Identification based Library Management System (RFID-LMS) and to determine the performance consistency of UTAUT when applied in a context other than its original intent. Causal relationships between the five identified constructs and their significances are determined using multiple
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Does the superior position of countries in co-authorship networks lead to their high citation performance Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-03-09 Ali Sadatmoosavi, Fateme Nooshinfard, Nadjla Hariri, Sedighe Mohammad Esmaeil
The objective of this research was to determine the macro-topological structure and the relationship between citation performance and centrality measures of co-authorship social networks of countries in the field of Nuclear Science and Technology from 2008 to 2010. The present study applied the network analysis method in order to visualize co-authorship networks. Hypothesized relationships were tested
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The relationship between SCI editorial board representation and university research output in the field of computer science: A quantile regression approach Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2018-03-09 Xing Wang
This study uses the quantile regression models to explore the relationship between SCI (Science Citation Index) editorial board representation and research output of universities in the field of computer science. Quantile regression allows the investigation of the variation of the relationship between editorial board representation and research output. A total of 447 journals and 14,442 editorial board
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A cross-cultural evaluation of the psychometric properties of information seeking anxiety scale in Pakistani environment Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-11-13 Muhammad Asif Naveed, Kanwal Ameen
This study investigated the psychometric properties of Information Seeking Anxiety Scale (ISAS) of postgraduate students in a Pakistani university. A 47-item ISAS was administered to 297 students, selected through stratified convenient sampling procedure, by visiting each department at the university. An eighty-five percent response rate was achieved through usable returned questionnaires. The principal
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Uncovering the scholarly use of Twitter in the academia: Experiences in a British University Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-11-13 Nordiana Ahmad Kharman Shah, Andrew M. Cox
The potential of social media such as Twitter has been dubbed transformational. However, most of these effects have been studied in the political, social or technological sphere. Its impact on scholarship remains under-researched. The paper explores how academics use Twitter as part of their scholarly activities. A qualitative approach based on an interpretative methodology was adopted for the study
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Librarians’ behavioral performance on chat reference service in academic libraries: Perceived importance vs actual practices Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-11-13 Nor Azilawati Mohd Azmi, A. Noorhidawati, M.K. Yanti Idaya Aspura
This study reports a comparison study between perceived importance and actual practice of guidelines for chat reference service among academic librarians. Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Service published by the Reference and User Service Association (RUSA) was used in the development of the survey instrument. The study employed a quantitative approach to address the following research
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Do central country authors of international co-authored publication networks obtain a high research impact? Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-11-13 Chaoying Tang, Guiyang Zhang, Stefanie E. Naumann
Do central country authors of an international co-authored publication network obtain a high research impact from their international co-authored publications? This study addressed the issue by examining countries’ quantity of scientific publications. We proposed that countries with fewer scientific publications would gain more benefits from their central positions (both degree centrality and betweenness
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Change management in information institutions Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-11-13 Gordana Dukić, Darko Dukić, Goran Kozina
The purpose of this study is to examine how professionals employed in libraries, museums and archives assess changes and effectiveness of change management in their organisations. The intention is also to determine the underlying factor structure of the items representing their attitudes, and to explore the relationship between the perceived success in managing change and explanatory variables. This
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Bibliometric patterns and indicators of research collaboration of Egyptian health scientists: 1980 Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-05-31 Ibrahim Shehatta, Khalid Mahmood
The present study examines Egyptian publications and research collaboration in health sciences using Thomson Reuters InCitesTM over the period of 1980-2014. Egypt, in clinical, pre-clinical and health, is ranked 44 among all countries according to the Web of Science documents (quantity) and total citations (quality). It is ranked at 40 and 55 respectively for international collaboration and the total
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Knowledge sharing practices in informal scholarly communication amongst academics in Poland Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-05-31 Marzena Świgoń
This study explored knowledge sharing practices in Polish informal scholarly communication. The informal channels of communication include discussion, conversation, information exchange in both forms: face to face and via information and communication technologies. The study was carried out among the Polish academic community using a structured online questionnaire, which contained 88 questions (closed
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Characteristics of Malaysian highly cited papers Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-05-31 A. Noorhidawati, Yanti Idaya Aspura M.K., M.N. Zahila, A. Abrizah
Highly cited papers serve as a proxy for excellence. In this paper, we identify Malaysia’s highly-cited papers and explore the characteristics of these papers. The research question posed is “What characterizes Malaysian highly cited papers?” This study adopts the definition by Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicator, i.e. the highly cited papers are papers that received enough citations to be
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Collaborative information behaviour of butterfly farmers in Eastern Usambara Mountains, Tanzania Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-05-31 Faraja Ndumbaro, Stephen M. Mutula
This study investigated collaborative information behaviour of butterfly farmers working in the Integrated Conservation and Development Project (ICDP) located in the neighbourhood of Amani Nature Reserve, Tanzania. The study was motivated by the fact that despite extensive studies on collaborative information behavior in such domains as education, medical, and the military there is a knowledge gap
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Recovery of vanished URLs: Comparing the efficiency of Internet Archive and Google Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-05-31 D. Vinay Kumar, B. T. Sampath Kumar
This article examines the vanishing nature of URLs and recovery of vanished URLs through Internet Archive and Google search engine. For that purpose study investigates the URLs cited in the articles of two LIS journals published during 2009-2013. A total of 226 articles published in two open access LIS journals were selected. Of 5197 citations cited in 226 articles, 21.05 percent were URLs (1094).
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A co-authorship network-based method for understanding the evolution of a research area: A case of information systems research Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-05-31 Fangfang Wei, Guijie Zhang, Yuqiang Feng, Luning Liu, Zhen Shao
A baseline assessment research output is beneficial for policy decision makers to promote research. This paper presents a co-authorship network-based method to quantify and describe the scholarly publishing of a certain research field. To make our analysis more precise, we firstly generalized the measures used in previous literatures into formulas and analyzed the significance of the measures. We then
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The prevalence of synchronous self-citation practices at the institutional level Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-01-09 Sumeer Gul, Tariq Ahmad Shah, Huma Shafiq
Self-citation behaviour of authors affiliated to an institution was studied through synchronous self-citation analysis. From 2004 through 2015, Web of Science and SciVerse Scopus databases indexed a total of 1503 articles by authors affiliated to a university in India. Self-citations were prevalent in 62.23 percent of works and significant difference is observed in self-citation pattern with regard
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Indexing of authors according to their domain of expertise Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-01-09 Tehmina Amjad, Ali Daud
Measuring the impact and productivity of an author is an important, yet a challenging task. Most of the existing methods for ranking or indexing of authors are based on simple parameters such as publication counts, citation counts and their combinations. These methods are topic independent, hence ignoring the intra-field differences. This study introduces a specific method for indexing of researchers
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The impact of copyright law on the digitization of library collections in academic libraries in Malaysia Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-01-09 Pek San Tay, Heng Gee Lim, Ida Madieha Abdul Ghani Azmi, Cheng Peng Sik
The advancements made to digital technology have enabled academic libraries today to digitize their collections as a continuing process of improving their services to the academic community. Various factors determine whether a library should embark on a digitization project and the extent of the digitization. These include the policy of the institution, its financial resources, its manpower, its technical
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Current impact of ceased journals: are they still alive? Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-01-09 Marijan Šember, Lea Škorić, Jelka Petrak
This article presents a citation analysis of papers published between 1909 and 1954 by two ceased journals covering the abandoned field of eugenics. The aim of the study was to investigate the visible signs of current scientific impact of these old papers and find out if they are significant for reasons other than historical referencing. Our survey involved a three-stage citation analysis using the
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Bibliometric analysis of art exhibit reviews in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2017-01-09 Wei-Ming Wang, Yuh-Shan Ho
Art exhibit reviews is one of document types in the Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI). Art exhibit reviews in A&HCI from 1994 to 2013 were analyzed in terms of languages, publication output, authors, Web of Science categories, journals, and art exhibit reviews’ title. Most of the art exhibit reviews were contributed by only one author. Authors prefer to publish their art exhibit reviews in the
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Students’ adoption of Twitter as an information source: An exploratory study using the Technology Acceptance Model Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-12-01 Sultan M. Al-Daihani
This study explores the factors that affect students’ adoption of Twitter as an information source. It relies on a modified technology acceptance model (TAM). Data were gathered using a survey of 400 social sciences students from Kuwait University. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the proposed relationships of six factors—perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment
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Comparative analysis of library marketing studies in Korea and other countries from 2000 to 2013 Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-12-01 Seongsin Lee
The purpose of this study is to review and understand the trends and characteristics of Korean library marketing studies based on a comparison of Korean scholars’ viewpoints on library marketing with those of scholars’ from other countries. To achieve its purpose, this study adopts a qualitative content analysis methodology. The data collected for analysis were library and information science literature focusing
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Motifs in weighted networks and their Hirsch subgraphs Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-12-01 Simon S. Li
Motifs are patterns of interactions occurring in complex networks and characterized by the fact that they occur significantly more than expected. Network indicators derived from motifs are introduced in this contribution. They provide yet another numerical view on network structures. Based on the notion of a motif’s h-index the motif’s Hirsch subgraph is constructed. This subgraph is a new characteristic
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Subject analysis of cancer research : Procedure and identification of core literature Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-12-01 Chung-Yen Yu, Jiann-Cherng Shieh
Subject analysis is an approach for analyzing the development of academic research and paradigm shifts in Library and Information Science. Through content analysis and categorization of academic literatures, the focus in different development stages of research fields, such as research areas, issues of concern, and temporal and spatial shifts, is summarized and analyzed. This study proposes an analytical
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E-Book user behaviour in academic libraries: The role of user agents in perception and satisfaction Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-12-01 Pervaiz Ahmad
Based on technology adoption theories and allied frameworks, this paper aims to explore e-book user behaviour around multiple dimensions of the role of user agents in formation of patterns, attitudes, perception and satisfaction with electronic resources in an academic and research library context. A convenience sample of academics, staff, and students at Edith Cowan University (ECU) voluntarily self-reported
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Postgraduates’ critical thinking practices while seeking for information Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-12-01 Mahboobeh Haghparast
This paper reports on a small part of a larger research work on critical thinking practices among students when they seek for information. Critical thinking is a metacognitive process which an essential skill in education particularly in the 21st century. It is imperative when students need to find relevant and trustworthy information. The aims of this paper are twofold: i) to investigate the level
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The challenges in making library services accessible to incarcerated male juveniles in five correctional schools Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-10-01 E.R.K. Rafedzi
This qualitative study extends our earlier research on what we have learned about the information needs of Malaysian male juvenile offenders. This study explores the extent to which the prison library is used as the environment for information seeking of male juvenile delinquents. Data were collected using participants' observation with 27 juveniles (13 to 21 years old) living in five correctional
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The interdisciplinarity of iSchools: An analysis and visualization of research publications Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-10-01 Nan Ding
Based on the papers published in journals indexed by SCI/SSCI between 2008 and 2012, we studied the interdisciplinarity of iSchools and visualized publication portfolios among different journals and clusters. The findings indicate that the iSchools can be seen as interdisciplinary environments from a macroscopic perspective, but each individual iSchool has its own strengths and specializations. In
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Publication and citation patterns of Korean LIS research by subject areas Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-10-01 Kiduk Yang
Many researchers have suggested careful application of bibliometric indicators to research evaluation because of many factors including disciplinary norms that influence the publication and citation behaviors of researchers. Although some researchers have examined different bibliometric patterns across disciplines, relatively few scholars have focused on whether research performance should be evaluated
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Methodology of calculation and structural analysis of Journal Impact Factor based on the Web of Science: A case study of Nature Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-10-01 Liu Xue-Li
In this paper, we take Nature as a case study to present a new method for calculating and analyzing the structure of the Impact Factor (IF) using the Web of Science (WoS) database and the definition of IF. We calculated Nature’s IF for 2013 using data retrieved on 21 March 2014 from the WoS database and comprehensively analyzed its structural features, thereby identifying the contributions to Nature’s
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t factor: A metric for measuring impact on Twitter Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-10-01 Lutz Bornmann
Based on the definition of the well-known h index we propose a t factor for measuring the impact of publications (and other entities) on Twitter. The new index combines tweet and retweet data in a balanced way whereby retweets are seen as data reflecting the impact of initial tweets. The t factor is defined as follows: A unit (single publication, journal, researcher, research group etc.) has factor
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Evaluating the psychometric properties of a Malay version of Bostick's (1992) Library Anxiety scale Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-10-01 Noor Harun Abdul Karim
The purpose of this study was to identify the components of library anxiety using a Malay version of Bostick’s (1992) Library Anxiety Scale (LAS) and to examine the effects of demographic variables such as gender, native language, year of study, prior exposure to library services and medium of instruction on the variation in the library anxiety construct. A 46-item Malay version of Bostick’s (1992)
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Ten years of biomedical research in West Africa (2005–14): A study of the ten most productive countries Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-10-01 Williams E. Nwagwu
The objective of this research is to determine (i) the quantity and quality of publications in biomedical research in top-producing countries in West Africa during 2005–2014, as well as (ii) the characteristics of the journals used by the researchers and collaborative evidence in the area. Data was drawn from MEDLINE/PubMed and Google Scholar, while the impact factors of the journals were retrieved
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Information literacy through resource-based learning: Malaysian teachers’ conception and instructional practices Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-01-30 Halida Yu, A. Abrizah, Mad Khir Johari, Abdullah Sani
This paper examines how secondary school teachers in Malaysia conceptualize information literacy, and how this understanding leads to information literacy practices through resource-based learning. Although there have been studies carried out in this area, most of the studies are conducted in western societies with sound exposure to information literacy. This study takes place in a learning environment
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Continuance intention of using ebook among higher education students Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-01-30 I. Tri-Agif, A. Noorhidawati, S. Ghazal Ghalebandi
This paper investigates determinant of continuance intention to use e-book among higher education students. The determinants used in this paper are adopted from Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and Expectancy Disconfirmation Theory (EDT). The quantitative study employed random sampling where the email invitation which contained a hypertext link of the survey page, enables the participants to access
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Combating problems related to library software in higher education institutions of Pakistan: An analysis of focus groups Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science (IF 1.475) Pub Date : 2016-01-30 Nadeem Siddique, Khalid Mahmood
The absence of standard library software is one of the main hinderance in the effective automation of libraries of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) of Pakistan. A review of the literature does not provide the actual requirements of the libraries in Pakistan related to library software and highlights the absence of library software selection criteria. This paper explores the opinion of the experts