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The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), Programme for the Enhancement of the Research Information (PERI) and Nepal
Sthapit, Dilip Man
AZ. None of these, but in this section.
Online resource play vitol role in education, research and development. From Nepal fulltext of the peer reviewed and different scholarly journal's article and papers can be access and download through the Programme for the Enhancement of the Research Information (PERI) of the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP). Tribhuvan University Central Library (TUCL) is playing Country Coordinator's role for implementation and promotion of PERI related a ctivities. Continuity of these online fulltext resources are very necessary in Nepal
Tribhuvan University Library Science Students' Alumni Association
2005
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Sthapit, Dilip Man The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP), Programme for the Enhancement of the Research Information (PERI) and Nepal. Tribhuvan University Library Science Students' Alumni Association Journal (TULSSAA Journal), 2005, vol. 4, n. 1, pp. 33-37. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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Importance of Library and Public Library
Sthapit, Dilip Man
A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information.
This article present brief information about importance of libraries. The public library, a vital partner in every community, has an important role to play in the formation of vision in society. Public libraries are community spaces free to everybody, there is no barrier like other libraries.
TULSSAA
2000
Journal article (Paginated)
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Sthapit, Dilip Man Importance of Library and Public Library. TULSSAA Journal; a Journal of Library and Information Science, 2000, vol. Vol. 1, n. No. 1, pp. 57-58. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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PERI in Nepal; a brief summary
Sthapit, Dilip Man
LZ. None of these, but in this section.
This article gives some important point of views concerning the database available through PERI Programme of INASP. This article also highlighted the activities and used statistics of PERI Resources in Nepal.
2007
Report
NonPeerReviewed
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Sthapit, Dilip Man PERI in Nepal; a brief summary., 2007 (Unpublished) [Report]
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Online Information Source & Access Method
Sthapit, Dilip Man
HG. Non-print materials.
HP. e-resources.
Online resources play important role in research and development of the country. So, LIS professional are interested in accessing and guiding users and readers to all available information sources. This article highlighted and described the availability of online information sources, open access e-journals and its access method.
Voice of Library
2009-08
Journal article (Paginated)
PeerReviewed
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Sthapit, Dilip Man Online Information Source & Access Method. Voice of Library, 2009, vol. 2, n. 1 & 2, 6,7-7,8. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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The AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench: A collaborative tool for managing multilingual knowledge
Yongyuth, Panita
Thamvijit, Dussadee
Suksangsri, Thanapat
Kawtrakul, Asanee
Rajbhandari, Sachit
Sini, Margherita
Keizer, Johannes
I. Information treatment for information services
Ontology plays an important role in the enhancement performance of systems, addressing issues such as knowledge sharing, knowledge aggregation as well as information
retrieval and question answering. This paper presents the AGROVOC Concept Server
Workbench (ACSW) for multilingual ontological concept construction and maintenance. The ACSW is a web 2.0 based application consisting of two main functionalities that are user management and ontological knowledge management (i.e. concept, scheme, relationship, export, search, validate and consistency check) in order to maintain the knowledge acquisition
life-cycle in food and agriculture domain. Knowledge is stored in the form of multilingual concept hierarchy and also kept in the OWL format in order to exchange between machines and to do reasoning. This workbench uses Protégé API as an OWL framework. Moreover the Ontology Game conceptual framework is also presented in order to acquire ontology terms
more pleasant.
2008
Conference paper
PeerReviewed
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Yongyuth, Panita and Thamvijit, Dussadee and Suksangsri, Thanapat and Kawtrakul, Asanee and Rajbhandari, Sachit and Sini, Margherita and Keizer, Johannes The AGROVOC Concept Server Workbench: A collaborative tool for managing multilingual knowledge., 2008 . In IAALD World Congress, Tokyo (Japan), 24-27 August 2008. [Conference paper]
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The AGROVOC Linked Dataset
Caracciolo, Caterina
Stellato, Armando
Morshed, Ahsan
Johannsen, Gudrun
Rajbahndari, Sachit
Jaques, Yves
Keizer, Johannes
I. Information treatment for information services
Born in the early eighties as a multilingual authority file of agricultural index terms, AGROVOC has steadily evolved these last thirty years, moving to an electronic version around the year 2000 and shortly thereafter embracing the Semantic Web. Today AGROVOC is a SKOS-XL concept scheme published as Linked Open Data cloud, containing links (as well as backlinks) and references to many other Linked Datasets in the LOD cloud. In this paper we provide a brief historical summary of AGROVOC and detail its specification as a Linked Dataset.
2012-05
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Caracciolo, Caterina and Stellato, Armando and Morshed, Ahsan and Johannsen, Gudrun and Rajbahndari, Sachit and Jaques, Yves and Keizer, Johannes The AGROVOC Linked Dataset., 2012 [Preprint]
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Thesaurus maintenance, alignment and publication as linked data: the AGROVOC use case
Caracciolo, Caterina
Stellato, Armando
Rajbahndari, Sachit
Morshed, Ahsan
Johannsen, Gudrun
Jaques, Yves
Keizer, Johannes
I. Information treatment for information services
The AGROVOC multilingual thesaurus maintained by the Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is now published as linked data. In order to reach this goal
AGROVOC was expressed in Simple Knowledge Organisation System (SKOS) and its concepts
provided with dereferenceable URIs. AGROVOC is now aligned with ten other multilingual
Knowledge Organisation Systems (KOS) related to agriculture, using the SKOS properties exact
match and close match. Alignments were automatically produced in Eclipse using a customdesigned
tool and then validated by a domain expert. The resulting data is publicly available to
both humans and machines using a SPARQL endpoint together with a modifi ed version of Pubby,
a lightweight front-end tool for publishing linked data. This paper describes the process that led to
the current linked data AGROVOC and discusses current and future applications and directions.
This paper extends a shorter version presented at MTSR 2011.
Inderscience Publishers
2012
Journal article (Paginated)
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Caracciolo, Caterina and Stellato, Armando and Rajbahndari, Sachit and Morshed, Ahsan and Johannsen, Gudrun and Jaques, Yves and Keizer, Johannes Thesaurus maintenance, alignment and publication as linked data: the AGROVOC use case. International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2012, vol. 7, n. 1, pp. 65-75. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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THE STATUS OF CIRCULATION SECTION IN
TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARY
Koirala, Indira
JI. Circulation.
JZ. None of these, but in this section.
This study entitled ”The status of circulation section in Tribhuvan University Central Library” has been carried out basing upon the substantive issues raised by its users about the important aspect of circulation section, its opening time and duration. There is the problem of overdue books. And questions have been raised about the clearance certificate which is compulsory for the PG students, who, in fact are not the bonafied members of TUCL. The present study has been carried out with the objectives to find out the obvious reasons behind it revealing the present status of circulation services of TUCL. This study also discusses about the opening time of TUCL, book issued and returned per year, the users opinion about over dues and compulsory clearance system for the PG students. This study has not covered the over all aspects of TUCL, but only about its circulation section and faculty members and students of other department, are not included due to lack of time and resource. This study has great significance to know the present status of circulation system of TUCL and to find out the problem faced by PG students outside the University Campus, Kirtipur.
Different literature, explaining circulation system of various academic and public libraries have been reviewed to get information related to our study. About eleven literature have been reviewed from books, Journals and web.
The study has been focused on circulation system of TUCL. However, other activities like membership, overdue, and clearance certificate services have been implicitly carried out.
Data have been collected using questionnaire method in this research. Collected data have been tabulated, analyzed and interpreted in a systematic way. Hundred questionnaires were distributed and they were duly filled and returned. 70 percentage of the respondents have said that they are satisfied with the present opening time and rest 30% showed their dissatisfaction. Majority of the respondents (76%) urged TUCL to provide more effective services. They ( 68%) suggested to improve the card filing strictly following alphabetical order. (68%) of the respondents expressed their concern about the proper shelving of books in the book shelves. Majority of the respondents(55%) also pointed the need of the library regular orientation program.
A brief summary including all the facts and figures have been provided and a succinct conclusion has been drawn. Necessary recommendation has been made based upon the study.
• Circulation service should be carried out till the library opens.
• There must not be wide gap between library opening time and circulation service providing time.
• Books are to be properly shelved.
• Cards are to be filed strictly in alphabetical order.
• Library orientation programs are to be conducted timely.
• Advocacy of rules and regulation should be properly done.
• Circulation section has to be well equipped technically.
• Circulation staffs are to be made more cooperative and users friendly.
• Some additional staffs are to be deputed in the circulation section.
• New books are materials are to be supplied in the library.
• The dissatisfied PG students of other campuses are to be reminded and explained about the reason and policy of TUCL.
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Koirala, Indira THE STATUS OF CIRCULATION SECTION IN TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY CENTRAL LIBRARY., 2012 Master Degree thesis, Tribhuvan University. [Thesis]
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An Evaluation of Periodical Management System with Regard to Collection Strength and Usage of Journals by users of Science and Management Faculty at TUCL
Bajracharya, Radhika Maiya
CB. User studies.
F. Management.
This study entitled “An evaluation of Periodical Management System with regard to Collection Strength and Usage of Journals by Users of Science and Management Faculty at TUCL” is carried out to evaluate the periodical management system and analyze the usage of journals by users of Tribhuvan University Central Library. The entire study is divided into six chapters namely i. Introduction. ii .Review of Literature, iii. Focus of Study. iv. Methodology. v. Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation. and vi. Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation. The first chapter as introduction has explained the history and origin of periodicals, development of periodical during the 20th century, meaning and definition of periodicals, types of periodicals, characteristics of periodicals, selection of Periodicals, Selection Tools of Periodicals, Acquisition of Periodicals, Payment procedures, methods of recording the receipt of periodicals, display of periodicals, completion of volume, accessioning, classification and cataloguing. Brief Description on Periodical Section. In addition, description on Statement of Problems includes the following problems: a. Increasing subscription cost of periodicals. b. Budgetary constraints. c. Gap in periodical receipt. d. Misplace of periodicals. e. Binding problem. f. Tearing of pages from journals. g. Lack of
adequate furniture. h. Lack of space. The objectives of this study are to:
i. Explore the total number of periodicals available in TUCL for Science and Management Faculty.
ii. Find out how the periodical are organized in TUCL.
iii. Find out users’ preference on print vs. electronic journals.
iv. Find out satisfaction of users about the adequacy of journals for Science and Management Faculty.
v. Recommend the appropriate periodical management system based on the suggestion of users. The scope of this study is limited to finding about the availability of total number of periodicals on Science and Management in TUCL only, portrays the collection strength of journals, and describes the organization and management of scientific journals only and does not include the daily newspaper, magazine. The significance of this study lies in the management of journals, finding out the collection strength of journals and finally it helps to know about users’ satisfaction about availability and adequacy of journals in TUCL.
VI. The study includes the terminology in order to explain the words and phrases that deals with library and information science, which are also included in this research. The Review of Literature section includes 10 literatures that are consulted for preparation of this study. These literatures are reviewed because these are relevant to this study as they document about various methods of periodical management system in different academic libraries of different countries.
The section “Focus of Study” is focused on explaining about the description of periodical section of TUCL with information about its activities regarding responsibilities, reader services, additional activities, creation of database, and detail record of periodicals on Science and Management Faculty. The study applies descriptive method and it is questionnaire-based data gathering survey containing 19 questions. A total of 100 questionnaires were distributed to the students of Science and Management faculty of Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur Campus, of which 69 responses were obtained with differing number of questionnaires attempted. The analysis and evaluation of the study is based on the responses received from them. Out of 69 responses analyzed, 39 (56.52%) respondents were from Science and 30 (43.48%) from Management faculty. Out of 57 respondents, 31 (54.38%) (Sci 18, Mgmt 13) opined the holdings (availability) of periodicals is satisfactory, 19 (33.33%) (Sci 13, Mgmt 6) indicated “Inadequate”. Out of 59 respondents, majority of respondents (34) (57.62%) (Sci 18, Mgmt 16), responded that they were able to find the periodicals for consulting. On the question “what they do to locate the information in eriodicals?”. Out of 59, 26 respondents (44.06%) (Sci 18, Mgmt, 8) consulted catalogues, 22 (22.02%) respondents (Sci 8, Mgmt 5) searched directly on display rack, 5 (8.47%) respondents (Sci 2, Mgmt 3) consulted or approached librarian for finding the information from periodicals. On the question of selecting their choice of periodical format, 28 respondents (Sci 17, Mgmt 11) preferred the print version (hardcopy) of periodicals, just 2 respondents from science faculty preferred their choice of periodical format as electronic. However, as many as 27 respondents (Sci 17, Mgmt 5) indicated their choice of periodical format of both the formats (print and electronic version). On the question to “rate the usefulness of periodicals, out of 69, 30 respondents (Sci 19, Mgmt 11) rated the periodicals of current year as "most" useful, 28 respondents (Sci 17, Mgmt 11) rated the
VII periodicals of last two years as "more" useful, 14 respondents’ (Sci 5, Mgmt 9) ratings on periodicals of last 5-10 years as "less" useful, and 17 (Sci 10, Mgmt 7) (24.63%) rated the periodicals of last 10 years and beyond are "least" useful.
On the organization/display of periodicals, 30 (50%) respondents (Sci 23, Mgmt 7) remarked on “lack of recent issues of periodicals on display racks, each 14 (23.33%) respondents (Sci 6, Mgmt 8) showed remarks on "good" and "not in proper order" and 2 respondents from management faculty opined the journal display as "bad". Four out of 61 respondents responded that they were able to find the journal/articles "immediately" and none of respondents from science faculty responded on this variable. 31 (Sci 24, Mgmt 7) (50.81%) respondents were able to find the journal/articles "occasionally", 16 (Sci 10, Mgmt 6) respondents responded "not in time of need" Only 10 (Sci 3, Mgmt 7) (16.39%)
respondents remarked that they were able to find the journal/articles "soon". On the question “are you happy with the organization of periodicals”, out of 63 respondents, 30 (Sci 19, Mgmt 11) (47.61%) responded that they were satisfied (happy) with the organization of periodicals. 33 respondents (Sci 19, Mgmt 14) (30.15%) opined "No". Evaluation of journals usage is a difficult but necessary task considering the wide range of choices available. Limited funding and space, as well as other factors, influence the need for a carefully planned strategy of journal selection. In order to enhance the use of collection, the following effective strategies have to be carried out. 1. Effective orientation program should be carried out by involving as many students as possible and more time should be offered for the program so that students get more familiarized. 2. In the selection of periodicals, students' opinion should be sought or suggestions box should
be kept. 3. Periodical section should place the periodicals in Display room soon after the completion of processing work and continue keeping vigilance to ensure the recent periodicals are on display. 4. A computer with Internet access should be in the Periodical section for user access. 5. Based on usability, frequency of use, the backdated volume of journals should be considered for withdrawal from the stack and should be planned for retention in space-saving manner. 6. TUCL should consider re-organizing the periodicals by following the scientific management system so that users could be better served. 7. Front desk service should be made available in Periodical Display room.
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Bajracharya, Radhika Maiya An Evaluation of Periodical Management System with Regard to Collection Strength and Usage of Journals by users of Science and Management Faculty at TUCL., 2010 Master Degree thesis, Tribhuvan University. [Thesis]
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The AGROVOC Linked Dataset
Caracciolo, Caterina
Stellato, Armando
Morshed, Ahsan
Johannsen, Gudrun
Rajbahndari, Sachit
Jaques, Yves
Keizer, Johannes
I. Information treatment for information services
Born in the early eighties as a multilingual authority file of agricultural index terms, AGROVOC has steadily evolved these last thirty years, moving to an electronic version around the year 2000 and shortly thereafter embracing the Semantic Web. Today AGROVOC is a SKOS-XL concept scheme published as Linked Open Data cloud, containing links (as well as backlinks) and references to many other Linked Datasets in the LOD cloud. In this paper we provide a brief historical summary of AGROVOC and detail its specification as a Linked Dataset.
IOS Press
2013-05
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Caracciolo, Caterina and Stellato, Armando and Morshed, Ahsan and Johannsen, Gudrun and Rajbahndari, Sachit and Jaques, Yves and Keizer, Johannes The AGROVOC Linked Dataset. Semantic Web, 2013, vol. 4, n. 3, pp. 341-348. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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The AGROVOC Concept Scheme : A Walkthrough
Rajbhandari, Sachit
Keizer, Johannes
IA. Cataloging, bibliographic control.
JZ. None of these, but in this section.
The Food and Agriculture Organization is developing a concept based multilingual vocabulary management tool to
manage thesauri, authority lists and glossaries expressed as concept schemes ready to be used in a linked data environment.
In this paper, we described the evolution of the AGROVOC thesaurus to AGROVOC Concept Scheme based on OWL (web
ontology language) model and now shifting to SKOS (simple knowledge organization system) model. The paper explained
why and how it evolved highlighting the key differences between different models. The system architecture and significant
set of features available in the VocBench was discussed in the paper.
ScienceDirect
2012
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Rajbhandari, Sachit and Keizer, Johannes The AGROVOC Concept Scheme : A Walkthrough. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2012, vol. 11, n. 5. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]
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Library Automation Software Packages used in Academic Libraries of Nepal
Sharma (Baral), Sabitri
LQ. Library automation systems.
This thesis presents a comparative assessment of the library automation software packages used in Nepalese academic libraries. It focuses on the evaluation of software on the basis of certain important checkpoints. It also highlights the importance of library automation, library activities and services.
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Sharma (Baral), Sabitri Library Automation Software Packages used in Academic Libraries of Nepal., 2007 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment for Associateship in Information Science (2005-07) thesis, National Institute of Science Communication and Infoemation. [Thesis]
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Study on need and importance of Information Literacy in Nepal: Special emphasis to students of MLisc, TU, Central Department of Library and Information Science and professionals of Kathmandu Valley
Shrestha, Saroja
C. Users, literacy and reading.
CE. Literacy.
The present study is a study on "Need and importance of information literacy in Nepal: special emphasis to students of MLISc, Central Department of Library and Information Science, TU and professional librarians of Kathmandu". In the present context where emphasis is given more on getting the accurate information at the needed time. The professionals working as the information providers should be literate. Librarians are the primary information providers so professional librarians and students belonging to the" Department of Library and Information Science" who will pass out as the information scientist must be information literate. This study has been done to find out if the professionals working in libraries and the professionals produced by the Department of Library and Information Science are information literate or not. This study is to see whether they are capable of handling information literacy tools and alongside are they capable of making user aware of the techniques and the tools used in their libraries/information centre. The study has been done also to see if they are capable of giving information literacy skills to their respective users.
The main objectives of the study is to see if the students of MLISc and the professional librarians are information literate or not having computer literacy, network source literacy, library literacy and tool literacy.
The study has covered more than 70 respondents which include students and professional librarians. Altogether 100 questionnaires were distributed and only 70 were returned. Twenty seven (39%) are students and forty three (61%) are professionals as the category of respondents. The professionals are involved in TU libraries, governmental organizational libraries and information centers. Ninety nine percent responses have shown that information scientists should be information literate. Altogether fifty five (80%) respondents from both MLISc students and professionals have suggested that the professionals should have the qualities to identify various information resources, manipulate computer data and retrieve in required format, understand visual, symbols and images, perfect in search strategies. All have accepted the catalogues as an essential tool for information retrieval. They are in favor of user orientation is an essential factor for making people information literate. Sixty eight (97%) have responded that abstracting and indexing is as a part of information literacy. Sixty six (94%) have responded that current content services (CCS) and current awareness services (CAS) as weekly basis also help to become the person information literate. Sixty nine (99%) respondents have taken reference service as a part of making users information literate. Majorities have accessed to computer either from their own personal computer of home or from libraries and have used internet daily. Majority of the respondents have used internet for education and are also familiar with the search engines. The number of email and electronic resources users as daily are more than others. Sixty four (91%) respondents have knowledge about visual literacy and only the rest do not have. CDs are most used among other visual literacy tools. Sixty five (93%) respondents have told that they have knowledge about network literacy. Sixty two (89%) respondents have used internet and eight (11%) have used local databases for information retrieval. Sixty-one (87%) have taken internet as easy medium to retrieve information and rest have not. Sixty seven (96%) respondents have told that information literate person should have ethics and he / she should follow the rules and regulations as sole ethics. Majority of the respondents have told to formulate information literate society and to develop information awareness at national level. Most of the respondents have suggested to incorporate information literacy course in Public Services Commission, TU Service Commission and as well from SLC level to Master Degree Level education. They have also suggested that information literate person are the life long learner. So, from the responses, it is concluded that the information literate person should have all the qualities demanded by the changing time to proceed to the destination of his profession.
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Shrestha, Saroja Study on need and importance of Information Literacy in Nepal: Special emphasis to students of MLisc, TU, Central Department of Library and Information Science and professionals of Kathmandu Valley., 2005 A thesis submitted to the Central Department of Library and Information Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science thesis, Tribhuvan University. [Thesis]
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A Study on Students Use of Library Resources and Self-efficacy
Shrestha, Nina
C. Users, literacy and reading.
CB. User studies.
This study has been undertaken to determine the "Students use of the library resources and self-efficacy". This study has tried to find out the information seeking behavior of the graduate level students and their knowledge about the library resources and services made available to them. And how their familiarity with the resources and technology develops self-efficacy.
The study has tried to find out how the integration of the Internet has affected the information searching habit on students.
The study has collected empirical data on the information searching behavior of the students of the three respective colleges taken under study they are Thapathali College, NCCS(National College of Computer Science) and Kathmandu University. These data has been gathered from 25% of the actually targeted group of study. Questionnaire method has been obtained to collect primary data from the 200 full time students of which 127 has been returned which is the exact number of questionnaire tabulated for the study.
After tabulating and analyzing the data the findings of the study indicated that students are most in the need of intervention as they often come to college unprepared. The guidance in the use of library resources and services is necessary to help students meet some of the information requirements. It is also found that library books, e-journals and Internet are the most popular source of information for the course work and research and the place of Google in the student’s information behavior is prominent and positively co-related to use of traditional library resources.
The study shows that in today’s fast paced world the desire for expediency has promoted students to place a premium on information that can be found easily and quickly. To this end, many students limit their search to electronic resources, choosing format over substance and convenience over accuracy. In particular reliance on the world wide web as a primary and often sole research tool has impacted the quality and rigor of students projects and reduced students familiarity with more traditional print resources and bibliographical databases in their college library collection.
Internet has rapidly become one of the most powerful global sources of wide range of information presenting many possibilities for the efficient and unlimited dissemination of information. It has contributed positively in enhancing the search effectiveness. Which has lead to giving students psychological boost and problem solving ability. The newfound confidence due to the easily accessible information resources has upgraded the learning ways among them. Students have become more competent and confident about what they could achieve in the given situations and knowledgeable about the ways that leads to the achievement.
With the popularity of the electronic resources as the major information sources the study has also found that all the libraries is automated with some having their own online catalogue system with subscription to electronic journal sites and bibliographic indexes. Even if the library did not have various electronic resources they gave Internet services through computer labs and online catalogue. But without proper knowledge of accessing the information sources both electronic or print students are vulnerable to the overloaded information and was not seen so much keen on using the library’s electronic resources they preferred internet resources as its interface is easy to use and they could get unlimited information on the subjects.
Proper guidance and lack of professional person along with the inadequate collection in the material as well as insufficient networking computers has been the main drawbacks on students exploring the resources. For them to be more interested towards libraries librarians along with the faculty members need to work together in educating them about the services and resources that is available and library should also work towards networking with other libraries so that it could provide better range of materials in given subject.
In this study even though students are drawn to information sources that allow them to complete their research in “the easiest least painful way” the large percent of students are still motivated to learn about accessing their present library resources. With such a strong bias among students towards using the web as their primary research tool, library instruction should be considered a crucial means of introducing students to print resources of the library beside the web. Numerous studies have shown that positive change in student’s research skills and knowledge of the library and its resources after library instruction. This study has also tried to point towards that aspect of the library where it could educate its users by giving orientation so they can become an accurate searcher and make use of the right information at the right time.
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Shrestha, Nina A Study on Students Use of Library Resources and Self-efficacy., 2008 A thesis submitted to the Central Department of Library and Information Science in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science thesis, Tribhuvan University. [Thesis]
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Open Source Software (OSS) for Library Management - A Study
Chouhan, Lal Bahadur
LI. Authentication, and access control.
This theses presents the open source software (OSS) for library management- a study. It focuses on the evaluation of OSS on the basis of certain important checkpoints. It also highlights the importance of library automation, library activities and services.
Due to the enormous explosion of information, the quantity, variety and complexity of information is being increased rapidly in every field of knowledge. To control and dissemination of this overwhelming flow of information as well as to meet the requirements of the user community, a library professionals should apply the advanced technology in a library and information centers. Computer technology and the availability of electronic databases have increased access to information at an exceptional rate. All libraries must strategically plan in order to meet the demands of patrons wishing to use new technology to access information from databases worldwide.
Open source emerged as an alternative model of software development. It has revolutionized the development of software and offers a number of attractions for libraries, especially for developing countries. Open source software (OSS) is computer software whose source code is available under a license that permits users to use, change, and improve the software, and to redistribute it in modified or unmodified form.
Open Source Software represents in existing opportunity for libraries, and major shift in software design. Open Source allows that library to participate directly in the development of its systems and services in a manner consistent with the value of librarianship. Today, there is great demand, challenges and opportunities for librarians to develop library database for worldwide access not only bibliographic but also full text.
To offer the complete satisfaction of users and perform the library activities and functions, we must select competent and suitable software which can meet out our requirements. Therefore, librarians and information professionals must keep in mind some basic aspects before selection of library software. Therefore, an evaluation of appropriate software is very much needed for any libraries for user friendliness, efficiency and cost effectiveness. Comparison provides us the basis on which to choose between alternative. So an evaluation is basically a judgment of worth.
However, software selection is a very complicated issue, on the observation of experts the discussion should be made by the selection committee for its suitability. This study will provide guidelines in the selection or development of appropriate OSS to Nepalese librarians.
The present study examines the ways which library management software have changed the libraries in Nepal over the last few decades, and speculates about further changes to come.
The study has been divided in to seven chapters. Chapter one describes the background, introduction, objectives, problems, limitation, scope, importance and methodology of the study. Chapter second provides literature review of related topic published from the country and abroad. The knowledge and experiences of library professionals and specialists presented in documentary and electronic forms such as books, reports, articles, thesis, internet resources etc. are critically reviewed. The sayings and opinions of the experts are coated in different places according to their relevancy. The third chapter provides focus of the study, which are four libraries i. e. TUCL, SSBL, NNL, ICIMOD. Their introduction, objectives, used database etc. Chapter fourth presents the focus of the OSS which is being used in Nepal for library management. The fifth chapter represents research methodology. Chapter six represents analysis and presentation of data. Chapter seven has highlighted certain findings and conclusion of the study.
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Chouhan, Lal Bahadur Open Source Software (OSS) for Library Management - A Study., 2010 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR ASSOCIATESHIP IN INFORMATION SCIENCE (2008-2010) thesis, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES (NISCAIR), CSIR. [Thesis]
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Reference Sources in Chemistry
Sthapit, Dilip Man
IJ. Reference work.
IZ. None of these, but in this section.
Information plays an important role in the development of every field. Therefore a brief knowledge regarding information sources is necessary to function in any field. There are many information sources about scientific and technical subjects. In this context there are many reference sources in Chemistry too. Chemistry is one important part of the science which deals with the study of the composition of substances and the chemical changes that they undergo.
The purpose of this report is to present at least 25 reference sources in Chemistry with brief information about each source. Reference sources in chemistry are best organised than other subject's literature. This report's first two chapters deal with the background, definition, need and utility, categories, criteria of evaluation of reference sources. Chapter three list 27 reference sources, with brief evaluation of each reference source.
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Sthapit, Dilip Man Reference Sources in Chemistry., 1995 Bachelor Degree thesis, University of Bombay. [Thesis]
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Public Libraries in Pokhara Valley: their servces and users' satisfaction
Subedi, Kishor
DD. Academic libraries.
Public library is a busy centre where people of all ages can seek and find knowledge from books and other materials. It is also a place where the experiences of the past can meet the needs of the present. So, it helps to develop the local community as well as country. But in our context, PLs have always been beyond the shadow. Here, the study entitled “PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN POKHARA VALLEY: THEIR SERVICES AND USERS’ SATISFACTION” has tried to study whether the PLs of Pokhara valley are supportive in providing relevant services or not, and what are the main income sources and how they are providing services to users.
It covers six chapters, where the first chapter is introduction of the study. In this chapter, different sub-titles are also presented. In background of the study, simply types of libraries; definitions, functions and services of PLs have been described. Services, income sources and standard of PLs in Pokhara valley are presented as the statement of problems. To find out present status, income sources, services and users‟ satisfaction of them have been presented in objectives of the study. This study is limited only the study of six PLs in Pokhara valley of Kaski district. And also it studies only services, income sources, and users‟ satisfaction.
The second chapter is review of literature which reviews on the relevant topic. Literature on PLs, their services, PLs in Nepal, PLs in Pokhara valley have been reviewed from sixteen different books, journals articles, websites etc. The third chapter is focus of the study where PLs in Nepal and especially PLs in Pokhara valley are discussed. Chapter four is research methodology where research design, source of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, data collection procedure and data analysis procedure are included. Selected PLs of Pokhara valley, staffs and their users are the population of this study. The sampling method is being used to select the librarie which is done on the basis of purposive non-probability sampling method and users are selected on the basis of convenience non-probability sampling method. Primary and secondary data are used for the study and the data were collected through observation, interview and questionnaire. One check list and two different types of questionnaires for staffs and users where twenty-seven questions (in total) were designed for fact finding. In chapter five, data are presented and analysed using percentage. The data are categorized in three groups. Data are tabulated wherever vi necessary. Relevant data are presented in the same table to make the comparison and analysis easier. By the analysis of the respondents‟ shows that Pokhara Public Library (PPL) is largest PLs in terms of collection and users which has 10691 collections. PLs at Pokhara Valley, other than PPL have not professional staffs. Only around 50% users got the service regarding use of library on an average. There is low users‟ satisfaction as opening hour is not suitable for 40% users. Only around 50% users are satisfied from the library materials available to them.
In the sixth chapter, summary, conclusion and recommendation of the study are presented. The finding of the study shows that all PLs of Pokhara valley are providing poor services to users. Among them PPL is providing services better than others. All PLs of Pokhara valley have not met the standard as prescribed by UNESCO. Library orientation class should be provided to new users, all PLs of Pokhara valley should prepare library catalogue, funding through district/ Municipality level should be made available, etc. have been recommended by the study.
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Subedi, Kishor Public Libraries in Pokhara Valley: their servces and users' satisfaction., 2010 Master Degree thesis, Tribhuvan University. [Thesis]
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Literacy and Freedom in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Chaulagain, Yashoda
C. Users, literacy and reading.
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Pragyan Foundation
2018-12-01
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Chaulagain, Yashoda Literacy and Freedom in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Pragyan Foundation, 2018, vol. 5, n. 2, pp. 1-7. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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Predatory publishing: A threat to the credibility of science
Shrestha, Jiban
Subedi, Subash
Timsina, Krishna Prasad
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Predatory journals pose a global threat to science. Young scientists and scholars are easy victims of the predatory publications. Predatory publications reduce the accuracy, reliability, and validity of the scientific works published. The predatory publications are worthless, just a waste of time, resources, money, and efforts. Predatory publications undermine the value of legitimate publications. In order to discourage predatory publications, educational and research institutions should set the rules for publication in the journals that must be indexed in web of science, Journal Citation Reports (JCR, Clarivate Analytics, formerly Thomson-Reuters) or other famous scientific databases such as Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed, and MEDLINE. Citation of articles from predatory journals should be discouraged. The students, academics, and researchers should be careful to avoid predatory publications to maintain their credentials.
Nepal Philosophical Research Centre Kathmandu, Nepal
2020
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Shrestha, Jiban and Subedi, Subash and Timsina, Krishna Prasad Predatory publishing: A threat to the credibility of science. Nepal Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 2020, vol. 3, n. 1, pp. 7-14. [Journal article (Paginated)]
http://doi.org/10.3126/njmr.v3i1.30214
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Risk of publication in worthless journals
Shrestha, Jiban
Subedi, Subash
Timsina, Krishna P.
Tripathi, Mahendra P.
HN. e-journals.
Implementing research and publishing results is a crucial for a professional development, scientific communication and collaboration of any academicians, scholars, and researchers in science around the world. The timely dissemination of knowledge and scientific information in the global scientific community helps the development of science and worldwide recognition. The researchers working on scientific community cannot appreciate the value of evidence generated without publishing their work in right and quality journals. Therefore, authors should be careful about predatory or fake journals/publishers for communicating their scientific works. The objective of this study is to raise awareness on predatory or fake publishers/journals and of their dishonest publishing practices. In general, the predatory journal publishes without peer review and true editorial board, often publish mediocre or even worthless papers on charging high publication cost, citing fake and non-existing impact factors and mostly focused on private business motives. On the other hand, publishing in a high impact quality journals undoubtedly enhances the future career prospects, communication ability of authors and deliver concise research messages in the scientific field. Researcher of various disciplines and academic experience should aware with the lists of predatory journals/publishers which are available on Beall’s list in internet before publishing any research articles. Therefore, publishing in predatory/fake journals not only spoil or degrade academic reputations but also waste the time, resources and research message too.
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Prithu Technical College, Dang, Nepal
2018
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Shrestha, Jiban and Subedi, Subash and Timsina, Krishna P. and Tripathi, Mahendra P. Risk of publication in worthless journals. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2018, vol. 1, n. 1, pp. 1-5. [Journal article (Paginated)]
http://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v1i1.22217
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Predatory Journals: A Threat to Scholarly Publishing
Shrestha, Jiban
Subedi, Subash
Shokati, Behzad
Chaudhary, Amit
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Nowadays the world of scholarly publishing is in serious trouble because of the increasing number of predatory publishing. Besides, citation of articles from predatory journals is also unethical that undermines the quality of research papers. Because of ignorance of predatory publishing and/or compulsion of getting published in a limited time, scholars from Universities and young researchers become victim to predatory or hijacked journals. The purpose of this paper is to create awareness among authors, especially novice ones, about predatory publication. Research institutions should encourage their researchers to publish their articles in valuable journals indexed in Web of Science's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), Clarivate Analytics, formerly part of Thomson-Reuters) or other famous scientific databases such as Scopus, PubMed and MEDLINE. In this way, attention to the Thomson Reuters’ Journal Impact Factor (JIF) and Journal Ranking (JRK) and Scopus grade (Q1, Q2 and Q3) may be useful and necessary.
Kathmandu University, School of Education, Hattiban, Lalitpur, GPO Box No 6250, Kathmandu, Nepal
2019
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Shrestha, Jiban and Subedi, Subash and Shokati, Behzad and Chaudhary, Amit Predatory Journals: A Threat to Scholarly Publishing. Journal of Education and Research, 2019, vol. 8, n. 1, pp. 89-101. [Journal article (Paginated)]
http://doi.org/10.3126/jer.v8i1.25482
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Authors beware! Publishing in predatory journals is harmful
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Predatory publishing is now rapidly growing and becoming a global challenge to scientific communities. Predatory publications pose a danger that could undermine the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research works. They harm the career of those authors who published on them. The researchers should be aware of the quality of journals while publishing their research results. In this review, we briefly summarize the ways to spot out predatory publications, theirharmful effects, and strategies to stop them. Authors should know the lists of predatory journals/publishers which are available on Beall’s list on the internet. Predatory journals take advantage of authors by asking them to publish for a fee without providing peer-review or editing services. The young and inexperienced authors are easy victims of predatory publications. The predatory publications are worthless, just a waste of time, resources, money, and efforts. The objective of this review paper was to create awareness about predatory journals among researchers and scholars.
2020-10-30
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Shrestha, Jiban Authors beware! Publishing in predatory journals is harmful. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2020, vol. 3, n. 2, pp. 1-8. [Journal article (Paginated)]
http://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v3i2.32293
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Authors beware! Publishing in predatory journals is harmful
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Predatory publishing is now rapidly growing and becoming a global challenge to scientific communities. Predatory publications pose a danger that could undermine the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research works. They harm the career of those authors who published on them. The researchers should be aware of the quality of journals while publishing their research results. In this review, we briefly summarize the ways to spot out predatory publications, theirharmful effects, and strategies to stop them. Authors should know the lists of predatory journals/publishers which are available on Beall’s list on the internet. Predatory journals take advantage of authors by asking them to publish for a fee without providing peer-review or editing services. The young and inexperienced authors are easy victims of predatory publications. The predatory publications are worthless, just a waste of time, resources, money, and efforts. The objective of this review paper was to create awareness about predatory journals among researchers and scholars.
2020-10-30
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Shrestha, Jiban Authors beware! Publishing in predatory journals is harmful. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2020, vol. 3, n. 2, pp. 1-8. [Journal article (Paginated)]
http://doi.org/10.3126/janr.v3i2.32293
doi:10.3126/janr.v3i2.32293
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List of predatory journals and publishers
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
The predatory publications are a big challenge, especially in developing countries including Nepal. Predatory publishing not only harms or degrades academic reputations but also wastes time, money, resources, and efforts (Shrestha et al., 2020). Predatory publications pose a danger that could undermine the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research works. Predatory publications also harm the reputation of the universities and research organizations which are connected with these publications. Universities and research organizations should educate researchers, especially juniors, about the existence of predatory journals, the dangers they pose, and ways to avoid them (Shrestha, 2020). The problem of potential open access predatory or fake publications is an important issue that must be actively discussed at national, regional and world level within academic communities (Shrestha et al., 2018b). Predatory publications must be avoided or excluded while evaluating CV or biodata of researchers for job promotion and releasing the research grants.
The authors should be careful about predatory or fake journals/publishers for communicating their scientific works (Shrestha et al., 2018a). The researchers should be aware of the quality of journals while publishing their research results (Shrestha et al., 2020). There is an international initiative called “Think. Check. Submit.” (http://thinkchecksubmit.org) that helps the researchers to identify trusted journals for publication. It contains a simple checklist researchers can use to assess the credentials of a journal or publisher. Authors should look at the journal website some of the articles published in the journals to assess their quality; this quick review may be all that is needed to identify predatory journals (Forero et al., 2018).The below list of predatory journals and publishers is copied from https://predatoryjournals.com/ (Anonymous, 2020a) and https://beallslist.net/ (Anonymous, 2020b). The purpose of this article is to create awareness about the predatory publications.
2020-11-19
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Shrestha, Jiban List of predatory journals and publishers., 2020 [Preprint]
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Predatory journals as threats to the academic publishing: a review
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Academic publishing has been increasing greatly with the spread of open access journals and the shift to online publishing. However, authors must be aware of predatory journals and publishers while submitting their academic works for publication. Publishing in predatory journals is just a waste of efforts, money, and time as it does not add any scientific merits to the authors. The practice of predatory publishing can also damage the reputation of institutions and funding agencies. Therefore, there is an urgent need for awareness among researchers regarding predatory publishing. Local, national and international regulatory bodies should take stern actions against predatory publications while granting research funds and evaluating the researchers’ performance for job promotion and academic degrees
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Prithu Technical College, Lamahi Municipality Ward-3, Bangaun, Deukhuri Dang, Nepal.
2021-01-01
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Shrestha, Jiban Predatory journals as threats to the academic publishing: a review. Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2021, vol. 4, n. 2, pp. 1-10. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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2021-03-17T06:40:10Z
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Authors beware! Predatory publishing is worthless
Shrestha, Jiban
E. Publishing and legal issues.
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
The main aim of this article is to make the authors aware of predatory publishing. Publishing in predatory journals not only damages or degrades academic reputations but also consumes energy, money and research message. We should therefore ensure that we publish papers in legitimate journals so that they meet the highest standards of scientific integrity.
2021-02-24
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Shrestha, Jiban Authors beware! Predatory publishing is worthless., 2021 [Preprint]
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2021-09-28T03:17:12Z
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List of predatory journals and publishers
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
The predatory publications are a big challenge, especially in developing countries including Nepal. Predatory publishing not only harms or degrades academic reputations but also wastes time, money, resources, and efforts (Shrestha et al., 2020). Predatory publications pose a danger that could undermine the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research works. Predatory publications also harm the reputation of the universities and research organizations which are connected with these publications. Universities and research organizations should educate researchers, especially juniors, about the existence of predatory journals, the dangers they pose, and ways to avoid them (Shrestha, 2020). The problem of potential open access predatory or fake publications is an important issue that must be actively discussed at national, regional and world level within academic communities (Shrestha et al., 2018b). Predatory publications must be avoided or excluded while evaluating CV or biodata of researchers for job promotion and releasing the research grants.
The authors should be careful about predatory or fake journals/publishers for communicating their scientific works (Shrestha et al., 2018a). The researchers should be aware of the quality of journals while publishing their research results (Shrestha et al., 2020). There is an international initiative called “Think. Check. Submit.” (http://thinkchecksubmit.org) that helps the researchers to identify trusted journals for publication. It contains a simple checklist researchers can use to assess the credentials of a journal or publisher. Authors should look at the journal website some of the articles published in the journals to assess their quality; this quick review may be all that is needed to identify predatory journals (Forero et al., 2018).The below list of predatory journals and publishers is copied from https://predatoryjournals.com/ (Anonymous, 2020a) and https://beallslist.net/ (Anonymous, 2020b). The purpose of this article is to create awareness about the predatory publications.
2020-11-19
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http://eprints.rclis.org/42445/1/Listofpredatoryjournalsandpublishers-Article.docx
Shrestha, Jiban List of predatory journals and publishers., 2020 [Preprint]
oai:eprints.rclis.org:42602
2021-12-22T19:25:14Z
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http://eprints.rclis.org/42602/
Vanity publishers: How to identify and avoid them
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Vanity publishers publish theses/books without going through peer review and editing procedure. They don't care about the quality of the theses/books they publish. They leave the authors to do all of the formatting and spell-checking on their own. They contact master's, bachelor's, and doctorate program graduates and offer to publish their theses for free. These publishers offer publication of an author’s work in a book form for free. They use print-on-demand to distribute these/books at premium costs. Vanity publishers frequently target early-career scholars who are looking for opportunities to publish their work or may offer to publish their thesis. They advise the author to self-publish through a partner press instead. Vanity publishing does not only harm or degrade academic reputations but also waste time, money, resources, and efforts. These published publications rarely enhance an academic career due to a lack of quality control. These published theses/books do not have any scientific merit. These publications are worthless. Universities and research organizations should educate scholars and researchers, especially juniors, about the existence of vanity publishers. Vanity publications must be avoided while evaluating CV or biodata of researchers for job promotion and releasing the research grants. Authors should be careful that they should not send their thesis/books to any of these publishers.
2021-11-29
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http://eprints.rclis.org/42602/1/Article-vanity%20press.pdf
Shrestha, Jiban Vanity publishers: How to identify and avoid them., 2021 [Preprint]
oai:eprints.rclis.org:42634
2022-05-04T17:30:41Z
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http://eprints.rclis.org/42634/
Vanity publishers: How to identify and avoid them
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Vanity publishers are companies that charge authors to publish their theses/books, either directly or indirectly. They publish theses/books without going through peer review, editing and proofreading procedures. They don't care about the quality of the theses/books they publish. They leave the authors to do all of the formatting and spell-checking on their own. Vanity publishers are predatory publishers. They will actively recruit authors and publicize their publishing offerings. They frequently target early-career scholars who are looking for opportunities to publish their works or may offer to publish their thesis. They contact master's, bachelor's, and doctorate program graduates and offer to publish their theses for free. These publishers offer publication of an author’s work in a book form for free. Vanity publishers do not offer professional marketing services. They use print-on-demand to distribute these/books at premium costs. They advise the author to self-publish through a partner press instead. They do not distribute royalty to authors as they promised.
A vanity publisher may not be a member of a recognized association/group as given below;
• Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
• STM Association
• Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
• Book Industry Study Group
• Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
• Publishers Association
Vanity publishing harms or degrades academic reputations and makes wastage of time, money, resources, and efforts. Vanity publications are worthless. The author loses copyright to their works. The published theses/books are of poor quality which do not meet the requirement for an academic or employment career. Universities and research organizations should educate scholars and researchers, especially juniors, about the existence of vanity publishers. Vanity publications must be avoided while evaluating CV or bio-data of researchers for job promotion and releasing the research grants. The students, academics, and researchers should be careful to avoid vanity publications and their citations.
2021-12-03
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PeerReviewed
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http://eprints.rclis.org/42634/1/Article-vanity%20press.doc
Shrestha, Jiban Vanity publishers: How to identify and avoid them., 2021 [Preprint]
oai:eprints.rclis.org:42635
2022-05-04T17:31:00Z
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http://eprints.rclis.org/42635/
Vanity publishers: How to identify and avoid them
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
Vanity publishers are companies that charge authors to publish their theses/books, either directly or indirectly. They publish theses/books without going through peer review, editing and proofreading procedures. They don't care about the quality of the theses/books they publish. They leave the authors to do all of the formatting and spell-checking on their own. Vanity publishers are predatory publishers. They will actively recruit authors and publicize their publishing offerings. They frequently target early-career scholars who are looking for opportunities to publish their works or may offer to publish their thesis. They contact master's, bachelor's, and doctorate program graduates and offer to publish their theses for free. These publishers offer publication of an author’s work in a book form for free. Vanity publishers do not offer professional marketing services. They use print-on-demand to distribute these/books at premium costs. They advise the author to self-publish through a partner press instead. They do not distribute royalty to authors as they promised.
A vanity publisher may not be a member of a recognized association/group as given below;
• Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
• STM Association
• Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP)
• Book Industry Study Group
• Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association
• Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
• Publishers Association
Vanity publishing harms or degrades academic reputations and makes wastage of time, money, resources, and efforts. Vanity publications are worthless. The authors lose copyright to their works. The published theses/books are of poor quality which do not meet the requirement for an academic or employment career. Universities and research organizations should educate scholars and researchers, especially juniors, about the existence of vanity publishers. Vanity publications must be avoided while evaluating CV or bio-data of researchers for job promotion and releasing the research grants. The students, academics, and researchers should be careful to avoid vanity publications and their citations.
2021-12-03
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PeerReviewed
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http://eprints.rclis.org/42635/1/Article-vanity%20press.pdf
Shrestha, Jiban Vanity publishers: How to identify and avoid them., 2021 [Preprint]
oai:eprints.rclis.org:43525
2022-09-02T20:26:17Z
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636F756E74726965733D41534941:4E502D
http://eprints.rclis.org/43525/
List of predatory journals and publishers
Shrestha, Jiban
EB. Printing, electronic publishing, broadcasting.
The predatory publications are a big challenge, especially in developing countries including Nepal. Predatory publishing not only harms or degrades academic reputations but also wastes time, money, resources, and efforts (Shrestha et al., 2020). Predatory publications pose a danger that could undermine the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research works. Predatory publications also harm the reputation of the universities and research organizations which are connected with these publications. Universities and research organizations should educate researchers, especially juniors, about the existence of predatory journals, the dangers they pose, and ways to avoid them (Shrestha, 2020). The problem of potential open access predatory or fake publications is an important issue that must be actively discussed at national, regional and world level within academic communities (Shrestha et al., 2018b). Predatory publications must be avoided or excluded while evaluating CV or biodata of researchers for job promotion and releasing the research grants.
The authors should be careful about predatory or fake journals/publishers for communicating their scientific works (Shrestha et al., 2018a). The researchers should be aware of the quality of journals while publishing their research results (Shrestha et al., 2020). There is an international initiative called “Think. Check. Submit.” (http://thinkchecksubmit.org) that helps the researchers to identify trusted journals for publication. It contains a simple checklist researchers can use to assess the credentials of a journal or publisher. Authors should look at the journal website some of the articles published in the journals to assess their quality; this quick review may be all that is needed to identify predatory journals (Forero et al., 2018).The below list of predatory journals and publishers is copied from https://predatoryjournals.com/ (Anonymous, 2020a) and https://beallslist.net/ (Anonymous, 2020b). The purpose of this article is to create awareness about the predatory publications.
2020-11-19
Preprint
PeerReviewed
text
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http://eprints.rclis.org/43525/1/Predatory%20Journal%20lists.pdf
Shrestha, Jiban List of predatory journals and publishers., 2020 [Preprint]