BIG DATA ANALYTICS TOOLS: A BIBLIOMETRIC LITERATURE REVIEW

Analytics as a field is rapidly growing because of businesses need to tackle increasingly large and complex datasets to gain a competitive edge in the business environment. Currently there are two distinct types of analytics technologies: proprietary and open-source. Each has their distinct strengths and weaknesses, but which is relevant in today business environment? Questions like this are important for businesses wanting utilize these technologies in order to become larger and more efficient. This research answered this question and it was found that both proprietary and open-source technologies are equally relevant in current analytics research. Because of this, businesses should be more aware of the analytics field and how both types of technologies could benefit their current operations and should strategically utilize both types to meet their specific data needs

Strategic human resource management technology effect and implication for distance training and learning

Strategic human resource management involves a future-oriented process of developing and implementing HR programs that address and solve business problems and directly contribute to major long-term business objectives. HR management has changed dramatically in recent decades. It was once largely an administrative function focused on day-to-day responsibilities such as employee recruiting and selection and managing employee benefits. Changing labor market conditions and new business thinking call for HR business strategies that include recruiting and retaining the right people, as well as providing ethical and cultural leadership[1].This paper discusses the following issues : The importance of human resource activity , The importance of strategic human resource planning, The changing role of human resource management and nature of work and non government organizations , Technology effect on human resource management and implications for distance training and learning .A field study was conducted to know the attitude of one hundred and five Saudi employees towards the effect of distance learning and training on human resource management and developmen

Information Literacy Skills and Social Media use by Students in Selected Private Secondary Schools in Ibadan, Nigeria

The study examined information literacy skills as determinants of social media use among private secondary school students at Akinyele Local Government, Ibadan, Nigeria. Survey design of the correlation type was used for the study in which questionnaire was the instrument employed to collect data from 210 Senior Secondary School 3 science students from the selected private secondary schools using multi-stage random sampling technique. Statistical Package for Social Sciences Software (SPSS) version 14 was used to analyse collected data while table, percentage and mean distributions were used for the presentation of findings. The findings revealed that most of the respondents were aware of Google+, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Flicker to: upload and view pictures and photographs (mean = 3.10), for chatting (mean = 3.05), get information on politics and national development matters (mean = 3.04) and commenting on friends’ profile. Findings thus revealed that the respondents had a very high level of information literacy skills. The peculiar challenges faced by the respondents on use of social media were: shift of attention and disengagement from school educational activities, and cyber-bullying. Consequent on the result of findings, some recommendations were highlighted for private secondary schools in Akinyele Local Government, Ibadan, Nigeria

Black, white, and grey: The wicked problem of virtual reality in libraries

This study seeks to extend wicked problems analysis within the context of a library’s support for virtual reality (VR) and the related extended reality (XR) emerging technologies. The researchers conducted 11 interviews with 13 librarians, embedded IT staff, and/or faculty members who were involved in administering, managing, or planning a virtual reality lab or classroom in a library (or similar unit) in a higher education setting. The qualitative analysis of the interviews identified clusters of challenges, which are categorized as either emergent (but solvable) such as portability and training; complicated (but possible) such as licensing and ethics: and/or wicked (but tameable). The respondents framed their role in supporting the wickedness of VR/XR in three basic ways: library as gateway, library as learning partner, and library as maker. Five taming strategies were suggested from this research to help librarians wrestle with these challenges of advocating for a vision of VR/XR on their respective campuses. This research also hints at a larger role for librarians in the research of technology diffusion and what that might mean to their role in higher education in the future

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The Internationalization of the Academic Library: A Systematic Review of 25 Years of Literature on International Students

This study is a systematic review of the library and information science (LIS) literature related to international students and academic libraries. A systematic review involves the methodical collection and analysis of a body of literature and is growing in popularity in the LIS field. Three well-known LIS databases were systematically searched for articles related to the topic, and manual bibliography searches were conducted to find additional publications. Journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers were included or excluded based on established criteria. Findings show that articles published about international students and academic libraries have increased steadily between 1990 and 2014. The majority of authors are affiliated with universities and institutions in the United States, although an increase in represented countries is apparent. Fewer than half of the articles can be considered original research, and surveys are the most popular method for data collection. The LIS field—and international students—would benefit from further exploration of this topic, particularly from original research with practical implications

Social Robotics and the Good Life: The Normative Side of Forming Emotional Bonds With Robots

Robots as social companions in close proximity to humans have a strong potential of becoming more and more prevalent in the coming years, especially in the realms of elder day care, child rearing, and education. As human beings, we have the fascinating ability to emotionally bond with various counterparts, not exclusively with other human beings, but also with animals, plants, and sometimes even objects. Therefore, we need to answer the fundamental ethical questions that concern human-robot-interactions per se, and we need to address how we conceive of "good lives", as more and more of the aspects of our daily lives will be interwoven with social robots

Envisioning a Decolonial Digital Mental Health

The field of digital mental health is making strides in the application of technology to broaden access to care. We critically examine how these technology-mediated forms of care might amplify historical injustices, and erase minoritized experiences and expressions of mental distress and illness. We draw on decolonial thought and critiques of identity-based algorithmic bias to analyze the underlying power relations impacting digital mental health technologies today, and envision new pathways towards a decolonial digital mental health. We argue that a decolonial digital mental health is one that centers lived experience over rigid classification, is conscious of structural factors that infuence mental wellbeing, and is fundamentally designed to deter the creation of power differentials that prevent people from having agency over their care. Stemming from this vision, we make recommendations for how researchers and designers can support more equitable futures for people experiencing mental distress and illness