scholarly journals Five-Year Licensure Examination Performance of Library and Information Science Graduates

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Lascano ◽  
Apler J. Bansiong
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Skewed Distribution ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Licensure Examination ◽  
Examination Performance ◽  
Organization And Management ◽  
Passing Rates ◽  
Passing Rate ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Better Than

Licensure examination performance of graduates is one measure of the effectiveness of curricular programs. This study analyzed the five-year performance of 159 BLIS graduates in the Librarians’ Licensure Examination in from 2011 to 2015. Findings reveal that the passing the graduates’ passing rates were statistically consistent in the five-year duration. The average passing rate was moderately high at 57.89%, but the mean general rating was only 73.23%. The general ratings had a slightly platykurtic, negatively skewed distribution. Overall, the institutional passing rate surpassed the national passing rate by 45.12%. Passing rates were highest in Information Technology, Indexing and Abstracting, and Library Organization and Management. Lower passing rates were posted in Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials, and in Cataloguing and Classification. The first timers, and the review center attendees, outperformed their respective counterparts, while the male and female examinees were statistically even. The first timers scored better than the repeaters in five areas, save cataloguing and classification. Meanwhile the male examinees and the center-reviewers were better than their counterparts on only one area - Library Organization and Management, and Selection and Acquisition of Library Materials, respectively. Recommendations as to the result of this study were proposed.

An index-based ranking of conferences in a distinctive manner

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Farooq ◽  
Hikmat Ullah Khan ◽  
Tassawar Iqbal ◽  
Saqib Iqbal
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Data Set ◽  
H Index ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Bibliometric Measures ◽  
Better Than

Purpose Bibliometrics is one of the research fields in library and information science that deals with the analysis of academic entities. In this regard, to gauge the productivity and popularity of authors, publication counts and citation counts are common bibliometric measures. Similarly, the significance of a journal is measured using another bibliometric measure, impact factor. However, scarce attention has been paid to find the impact and productivity of conferences using these bibliometric measures. Moreover, the application of the existing techniques rarely finds the impact of conferences in a distinctive manner. The purpose of this paper is to propose and compare the DS-index with existing bibliometric indices, such as h-index, g-index and R-index, to study and rank conferences distinctively based on their significance. Design/methodology/approach The DS-index is applied to the self-developed large DBLP data set having publication data over 50 years covering more than 10,000 conferences. Findings The empirical results of the proposed index are compared with the existing indices using the standard performance evaluation measures. The results confirm that the DS-index performs better than other indices in ranking the conferences in a distinctive manner. Originality/value Scarce attention is paid to rank conferences in distinctive manner using bibliometric measures. In addition, exploiting the DS-index to assign unique ranks to the different conferences makes this research work novel.

An Analysis of the Performance of the University of Northern Philippines in the Licensure Examination for Teachers

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
OCARNA B. FIGUERRES
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Licensure Examination ◽  
Licensure Examinations ◽  
Passing Rates ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The University

In the Philippines, one gauge of educational quality is performance of graduates in the licensure examinations of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). This study aimed to analyze the performance of the University of Northern Philippines in the Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET), 2001 to 2010. It determined the following: profile of the examinees such as sex, specialization and year of graduated; performance along the components of LET; the institutional passing rates; the relationship between LET performance and examinee profile. Using the PRC-LET results, this study employed documentary analysis and correlation research designs. The mean, skewness, kurtosis and correlation analysis were used as statistical treatments. The findings showed negatively skewed distributions of LET scores in general education, professional education and specialization courses. This indicated that, relative to the mean score, there were more examinees who garnered higher scores compared with those who obtained lower scores. The examinees had extreme scores hence, they exhibited platykuric distributions. The institutional passing rates were consistently higher than the national passing rates for LET elementary. Specialization is significantly correlated with LET performance. By focusing on the PRC-LET competencies and DepEd-CHED-NCBTS requirements during the pre-service teaching and learning processes and revising specialization courses, LET performance will be improved. This study serves as exchange information along licensure examination of teachers in response to challenges for global competitiveness.Keywords: Teacher Education, Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET), Philippines

EDITORIAL

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 01
Author(s):  
Martha Suzana Cabral Nunes ◽  
Telma de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
International Forum

É com grande satisfação que apresentamos aos nossos leitores mais um número da CONCI – Convergências em Ciência da Informação. Neste novo fascículo trazemos os trabalhos apresentados no 2º Encontro Regional Norte-Nordeste de Educação em Ciência da Informação – 2º ERECIN N-NE, evento da Associação Brasileira de Educação em Ciência da Informação (ABECIN) que teve como tema “O desafio da inclusão na práxis pedagógica: saberes e fazeres em Ciência da Informação”. O 2º ERECIN N-NE ocorreu de 11 a 15 de junho de 2018 na Universidade Federal de Sergipe e congregou ainda o I International Forum on Library and Information Science e o XI SNAC – Seminário Nacional de Avaliação Curricular.

RESEARCH COLLABORATION AMONG LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AFRICA (1991–2012): AN INFORMETRICS STUDY

Mousaion ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 36-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan R. Maluleka ◽  
Omwoyo B. Onyancha
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Limited Extent ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
The Past ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Collaborative Activities

This study sought to assess the extent of research collaboration in Library and Information Science (LIS) schools in South Africa between 1991 and 2012. Informetric research techniques were used to obtain relevant data for the study. The data was extracted from two EBSCO-hosted databases, namely, Library and Information Science Source (LISS) and Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA). The search was limited to scholarly peer reviewed articles published between 1991 and 2012. The data was analysed using Microsoft Excel ©2010 and UCINET for Windows ©2002 software packages. The findings revealed that research collaboration in LIS schools in South Africa has increased over the past two decades and mainly occurred between colleagues from the same department and institution; there were also collaborative activities at other levels, such as inter-institutional and inter-country, although to a limited extent; differences were noticeable when ranking authors according to different computations of their collaborative contributions; and educator-practitioner collaboration was rare. Several conclusions and recommendations based on the findings are offered in the article.

The Use of Principles of Good Assessment in Recognition of Prior Learning Practice in Library and Information Science in South Africa

Mousaion ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ike Khazamula Hlongwane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Good Assessment ◽  
Recognition Of Prior Learning ◽  
Appeals Process ◽  
South African Higher Education

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) practice offers sound benefits to library and information science (LIS) schools. Despite these envisaged benefits, very little is known about RPL practice in LIS schools in South Africa. This study sought to establish whether principles of good assessment were being followed in the LIS schools to ensure the integrity of the RPL outcomes. A combination of a questionnaire and document analysis were used to collect data from the ten LIS schools in the South African higher education and training landscape. The questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data through a survey method. In addition, the researcher employed content analysis to collect qualitative data from institutional RPL policy documents. The findings indicate that RPL assessment processes across LIS schools in South Africa were largely subjected to principles of good practice. The study found that in accordance with the SAQA RPL policy the purpose of assessment was clarified to the candidate upfront, the quality of support to be provided to the candidate in preparing for the assessment was established, an appeals process was made known to the candidate, and the choice of assessment methods was fit for purpose to ensure credible assessment outcomes. It is therefore recommended that other disciplines or departments use LIS schools’ experiences as a benchmark to improve their own RPL endeavours.

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