Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Research and Development: A Case of University of the Punjab -Pakistan

Warriach, Nosheen Fatima and Tahira, Muzamil Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Research and Development: A Case of University of the Punjab -Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries, 2014, vol. 15, n. 1. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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This study explores the research trends at Pakistani universities by highlighting the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the research process and its productivity. It also investigates the impact of Higher Education Commission (HEC) initiatives for research output in Pakistani universities in general and PU, in particular. It explores the essential ICT skills to increase research productivity as perceived by researchers from the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences through structured interviews. An analysis of HEC of Pakistan and PU websites is carried out. The statistics of these websites shows that there is an increase in the number of research articles and PhDs produc ed every year. Data show that the respondents are not fully utilizing the pricey electronic sources provided by the HEC, yet there is a yearly increase in a number of PhDs produced and published research. The relative growth rate of research productivity a nd doubling time were not constant. It is also observed that doubling time has increased while the relative growth rate is going to decrease.

Item type:	Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords:	Information Communication Technologies; Research Productivity; HEC - Pakistan; E - databases; Research Repository: University of the Punjab .
Subjects:	L. Information technology and library technology L. Information technology and library technology > LZ. None of these, but in this section.
Depositing user:	UR Rehman Shafiq
Date deposited:	27 Jul 2015 04:12
Last modified:	27 Jul 2015 04:12
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/25571

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