Use of University’s Library Websites in Pakistan: An Evaluation

Vol. 14 (2013) PJLIS PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE 3 Use o f University’s Library Websites i n Pakistan: An Evaluation Dr. Muhammad I jaz M airaj Librar i a n , University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: [email protected] This study presents findings from a user - based evaluation of the use of Pakistani university’s library websites. A questionnaire [printed and electronic] was used to collect the data from 17 universities. A p urposive sample of 60 users from each university based on their academic role difference [faculty, researchers, graduates and undergraduates] was drawn. The findings of the study show that use of university library websites in Pakistan was satisfactory. Patrons wh o frequently used the Internet and library were found as frequent users of the library websites. University websites were found to be vital sources of awareness about the presence of the library websites and computers physically available at the university libraries were the significant places to use the library websites. Regarding users’ academic role difference, faculty connected to the library websites from departments/faculties, while researchers and students preferred to use them from university librar ies. The library websites were mainly used to find course - related materials or search in online public access catalogue (OPAC). However, on the basis of users’ academic role difference, faculty used the library websites to search in Higher Education Commi ssion (HEC) Digital Library offering international scholarly literature; researchers accessed them to search in OPAC, while students preferred them to find course - related materials. The study recommends creating dynamic websites in all university libraries of Pakistan with useful content and state - of - the - art services for wider use

Research Productivity of Journal of Librarianship and Information Science from 1999-2019: A Bibliometric Study

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JoLIS) is a peer-reviewed journal that deals with the fields of Library and Information Science and serving since 1969. The journal publishes various forms of data including articles, book reviews, letters, reviews and editorial material, etc. The study aims at highlighting the research productivity of JoLIS. Bibliometric data of JoLIS have been collected through Core Collection and Web of Science. VOSviewer, Biblishiny, and MS Excel spreadsheet were used to analyze the data. This bibliometric study explores the exact figures of publications, types of documents, year-wise distribution of published documents, frequency distribution of specific productivity, top 10 highly cited articles, bibliographic coupling of organizations, document productions from different countries, and the most used author’s keywords. This study presents a comprehensive overview of the content of JoLIS, and a systematic analysis of its research productivity from 1999 to 2019. Moreover, this study provides a methodological framework for the research productivity of this journal in future