Information Discovery and Delivery: Volume 49 Issue 4

Evaluating credibility of social media information: current challenges, research directions and practical criteria

Hamid Keshavarz

Social media pose serious challenges to information evaluation, which can make credibility evaluation more difficult compared to other information resources. As a result, this…

An in-depth qualitative study of Pakistani academic library professionals’ conceptions of linked data technology

Nosheen Fatima Warraich, Abebe Rorissa, Tayyba Rasool

This study aims to present a broad discussion of Linked Data (LD) and Semantic Web technologies, specifically their potential application in information environments such as…

The disciplinary research landscape of data science reflected in data science journals

Lingzi Hong, William Moen, Xinchen Yu, Jiangping Chen

This paper aims to selects 59 journals that focus on data science research in 14 disciplines from the Ulrichsweb online repository. This paper analyzes the aim and scope statement…

Impact of social media on the academic performance of college students in Kashmir

Ishfaq Ahmad Palla, Arslan Sheikh

The use of social media is prevalent and having the largest number of members than any other online platform available on the internet. Members of all age groups use social media…

A cloud-based approach to library management solution for college libraries

Jitendra Nath Shaw, Tanmay De Sarkar

The study aims to focus on the present automation status of the college libraries with an objective to offer enhanced Web-based library service on an affordable virtualization on…

Relationships between research supervisors and students from coursework-based master’s degrees: information usage under social media

Gunnan Dong, Dickson K.W. Chiu, Po-Sen Huang, Kevin K.W. Ho, Mavis Man-wai Lung, Ying Geng

Existing studies reflect that traditional teaching–learning relationships between supervisors and graduate students have become disjointed with actuality seriously. In particular…

Invoking embeddedness and cybernetic theories for evaluating the national open government data portal of India

Stuti Saxena

The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of the national Open Government Data (OGD) portal of India (www.data.gov.in) and underline the significance of maintaining…

Impact of knowledge sharing at work place on individual work performance of nurses in Pakistan

Ghulam Murtaza Rafique, Khalid Mahmood

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of knowledge sharing (KS) at work place on the individual work performance (IWP) of nurses.