Ali, N. Mr, Naseer, A.

Bio: Ali, N. Mr, Naseer, A. is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social distance. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1 citations.

Plotting the Literature on Precautionary Measures of COVID-19: A Scientometric Analysis of Web of Science

Abstract: This study attempted to evaluate the scholarly publications on COVID-19, social distance, physical distance, social isolation, and self-isolation employing the scientometric analysis technique from 2020 to 2021. The main purpose was to consolidate the published scholarship on the COVID-19 in the Web of Science indexed documents. A total of 635 publications were found. The results indicated that social distance and COVID-19 was the top topic along with the article as a type of document, and the majority were published in the English language in 2021. The name of Gimenez-Llort L was at top of the list of authors, along with Univ. British Columbia, Canada organization, United States top country, COVID-19 as to keyword of the published documents and the main source of publication was PLOS One. Further, we had constructed figures and tables to show the trend of data. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Public Library Online Information Resources to Library Patrons during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case of Higher Education Institutions

Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to examine online library resources during the COVID-19 pandemic situation at higher educational institutions in Pakistan. During the current pandemic situations, all the educational activities have been postponed and transformed into online latterly. A cross-sectional study consisting of a sample of 2378 from library patrons of public sector universities in Pakistan. A structured questionnaire has been administered based on different parts using an attitudinal scale of (dis)agreement has been used and pre-tested randomly with the reliability value ranging from .03 to .842. It is pertinent here to mention that during the COVID-19 pandemic, all the educational activities were shifted to online mode and it was not possible to collect information physically. Hence, an online method was opted and the questionnaire was shared through emails and WhatsApp numbers of public sector university library users. The study findings reveal that COVID-19 outbreak, fear of infection, and social distancing have favorable effects on online library information resources. Similarly, the results also support the argument that accessibility of manuscripts, accessibility of periodicals, and accessibility of books have favorable effects on online library resources. The study suggested that similar nature of the study may be conducted using mixed-method research and a different set of variables in the future. © 2021