Information Discovery and Delivery

Analysing the relationship between altmetric attention score (AAS) and citation: a correlational study

Dhruba Jyoti Borgohain, Mayank Yuvaraj, Manoj Kumar Verma

The purpose of this study is to assess the value of altmetrics or other indicators, showcasing the impact of academic output, which is seen too often correlated with the…

Factors driving consumer attitude to online shopping hate

Yasir Jamal, Tahir Islam, Abdul Ghaffar, Altaf Ahmed Sheikh

The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the determinants and consequences of psychological reactance in the online shopping context. Leveraging the…

A framework for assessing a country’s scientific productivity based on published articles by scientists affiliated with that country

Negar Hamed Golzar, Elif Altunok, Amir Aghabaiglou, Muhammed Oğuzhan Külekci

This study aims to propose a framework to assess the scientific productivity performance of a country in terms of its international visibility and national capabilities.

Reflection on possible role of academic libraries in facilitating post-COVID-19 food security

Adesola Victoria Alade, Alexis Isioma Ureki, Clement Ola Adekoya

Year 2020 recorded an unprecedented bewilderment of the world with novel COVID-19, thereby threatening global food security. As such, there is need for academic libraries…

Information literacy development and competencies of high school students in Accra

Philip Kwaku Kankam

Information literacy (IL) is clearly important for academic performance, as evidenced by literature. It could be defined as a set of abilities, attitudes and experiences…

Internet of Things and organizational performance in the Tanzanian banks

Simeo Kisanjara

The adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) as a new technology is gaining traction in many business organizations in developing countries. The purpose of this study is…

Construction and evaluation of a domain-specific knowledge graph for knowledge discovery

Huyen Nguyen, Haihua Chen, Jiangping Chen, Kate Kargozari, Junhua Ding

This study aims to evaluate a method of building a biomedical knowledge graph (KG).

Knowledge graph embedding for experimental uncertainty estimation

Edoardo Ramalli, Barbara Pernici

Experiments are the backbone of the development process of data-driven predictive models for scientific applications. The quality of the experiments directly impacts the…

Use of software for automation of academic libraries in Sialkot

Mazhar Iqbal, Muhammad Kabir Khan, Arslan Sheikh

The aim of this study was to investigate the use of software for the automation of academic libraries in Sialkot. This study consisted of three objectives, including…

How informational factors affect consumers when purchasing secondhand books online

William A. Ellegood, Jason M. Riley

This study aims to understand how informational factors influence online purchase intention when considering secondhand books.

Modeling users’ and practitioners’ intention for continued usage of the Internet of Medical Devices (IoMD): an empirical investigation

Manpreet Singh, Urvashi Tandon, Amit Mittal

The purpose of this paper is to identify the antecedents of continued usage intentions in the connected devices ecosystem in health care by analyzing the users' and…

Identifying computational thinking in students through project-based problem-solving activities

Dazhi Yang, Chareen Snelson, Shi Feng

This paper aims to identify computational thinking (CT) in 4th to 6th grade students in the context of project-based problem-solving while engaged in an after-school program.

Examining the predictors of multitasking information behavior among library and information science professionals in Pakistan

Nadia Butt, Nosheen Fatima Warraich

The multitasking phenomenon has been prevailing in the technology-driven information environment. People are engaged in multitasking to process information and deal with…

The composition of data economy: a bibliometric approach and TCCM framework of conceptual, intellectual and social structure

Sunday Adewale Olaleye, Emmanuel Mogaji, Friday Joseph Agbo, Dandison Ukpabi, Akwasi Gyamerah

The data economy mainly relies on the surveillance capitalism business model, enabling companies to monetize their data. The surveillance allows for transforming private…

Emotion analysis of user reactions to online news

Marina Bagić Babac

Social media allow for observing different aspects of human behaviour, in particular, those that can be evaluated from explicit user expressions. Based on a data set of…

Attainment of sustainable food security in Nigeria: the role of libraries

Clement Ola Adekoya, Isioma Alexis Ureki, Adesola Victoria Alade

The quest for sustainable food security (SFS) is fundamental to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. In furtherance of their pivotal role in providing the…

A critical review of HR analytics: visualization and bibliometric analysis approach

Meenal Arora, Anshika Prakash, Saurav Dixit, Amit Mittal, Swati Singh

This study aims to analyze the existing literature in human resource analytics and highlights the future research agenda and trends in the same context. It deals with…

Super-resolution with generative adversarial networks for improved object detection in aerial images

Aslan Ahmet Haykir, Ilkay Oksuz

Data quality and data resolution are essential for computer vision tasks like medical image processing, object detection, pattern recognition and so on. Super-resolution…

Research data services in libraries: a systematic literature review

Muhammad Safdar, Shafiq Ur Rehman, Muhammad Arif, Murtaza Ashiq

The purpose of this paper was to systematically collect and review all studies which have been conducted on research data services in libraries across the globe.

A clustering approach for data quality results of research information systems

Reza Edris Abadi, Mohammad Javad Ershadi, Seyed Taghi Akhavan Niaki

The overall goal of the data mining process is to extract information from an extensive data set and make it understandable for further use. When working with large…

Determinants of article processing charges for hybrid and gold open access journals

Sumiko Asai

While the number of hybrid journals has increased with the conversion from subscription journals, article processing charges (APCs) have not been examined as frequently as…

Google SEO score and accessibility rank on the American University Libraries’ websites: one comparative analysis

Maryam Tavosi, Nader Naghshineh

This study aims to present a comparative study of university library websites (in the USA) from the standpoint of “Google SEO” and “Accessibility”. Furthermore…

Factors that determine open data readiness among scholars: experience from selected universities in Tanzania

Obadia Shadrack Buhomoli, Paul Samwel Muneja

This study aims to investigate the factors determining the readiness for uptake of open data (OD) in Tanzania. Specifically, this study intended to answer the question…

Mapping research output on library and information science research domain in South Africa: a bibliometric visualisation

Javaid Ahmad Wani, Shabir Ahmad Ganaie, Ikhlaq Ur Rehman

The purpose of this study is to examine the research output on “library and information science” (LIS) research domain in South Africa. It also highlights the top LIS…

Academic libraries and research data management: a case study of Dataverse global adoption

Hsin-liang Chen, Tzu-Heng Chiu, Ellen Cline

The purpose of this study is to examine the development of Dataverse, a global research data management consortium. The authors examine specifically the institutional…

Relationship of business students’ information-seeking anxiety with socio-academic variables in the digital environment

Sana Khan, Muhammad Asif Naveed, Mumtaz Ali Anwar

This paper aims to investigate the relationship of information-seeking anxiety (ISA) with socio-academic variables of business students in the digital environment.