Chennupati Kodanda Ramaiah

Pondicherry University · Directorate of Distance Education

This study aims to inspect the effect of knowledge creation, acquisition, and capture, on knowledge sharing among nursing professionals. This empirical study is based on the survey method and data collected using a questionnaire tool. The study used a simple random sampling technique for collecting data. The study’s findings showed that knowledge c...

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate knowledge management practices among medical students. The study attempted to find out demographic differences among students concerning knowledge creation, acquisition, sharing, and capture. The study implemented the survey method through an online questionnaire using Google Forms for data col...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine characteristics of retracted publications from Indian authors and inspect a relationship between journal impact factor (JIF) and the number of authors (NoA). Design/methodology/approach The authors examined the general characteristics of retracted publications and investigated the correlation between...

Knowing barriers to information seeking is imperative as it regulates the degree to which individuals can access different sources. The aim of this study is to examine the barriers faced while seeking cultural heritage information. A survey-based questionnaire was used to collect data from the state of Manipur, India. The study employs stratified r...

The main purpose of this study is to understand the attitude of non-academic staff towards knowledge sharing. Additionally, this study investigates the potential factors that might affect knowledge sharing among the non-academic staff. This is a cross-sectional study of 467 non-academic staff from two universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to understand knowledge-sharing behavior of nonacademic staff. In relation to the theory of reasoned action (TRA), the study investigated demographic characteristic differences in attitude, subjective norms, behavioral intention and knowledge-sharing behavior of nonacademic staff from India and the United Arab...

Knowing barriers to information seeking is imperative as it regulates the degree to which individuals access different sources. This study aims to examine the barriers faced while seeking cultural heritage information. A structured survey-based questionnaire tool and stratified random sampling techniques were employed to collect 400 respondents. Be...

The conference theme on Constructivism is spread under four sub-themes dealing on the various modalities available for teachers to construct knowledge, build skills, develop critical thinking among learners. This international conference provides a platform for the teaching community to know and deliver about the different types of learning, the va...

This study examined the reading habits among Research scholars and Postgraduate (PG) students in Pondicherry University. Out of the 13 schools of Pondicherry University, 6 schools were selected for the study based on simple random sampling. The purposes of using the various types of reading materials, the accessibility and the use of the Internet a...

This study examined the reading habits among Research scholars and Postgraduate (PG) students in Pondicherry University. Out of the 13 schools of Pondicherry University, 6 schools were selected for the study based on simple random sampling. The purposes of using the various types of reading materials, the accessibility and the use of the Internet a...

Healthcare and health promotion are essential because it provides both direction and rationale in guiding & understanding strategic health behaviours, providing care & treatment, and many other related decisions. The concept of maternal health literacy is to determine the ability of women to have knowledge, access and use information that promotes...

Information is accessed through a variety of routes, one of which is an information channel. The formal channel follows a structured path, whereas the informal channel takes a more unstructured path. This study primarily looks into the channel(s) used for seeking cultural heritage information among the Tangkhul tribe from Manipur state, India and a...

The purpose of this study is to identify different sources used for seeking cultural heritage information. The paper aims to study the most vital sources used to seek cultural heritage information and examine the significant difference between sources and demographic variables. The study is conducted among youth of the Tangkhul tribe from Manipur s...

Through a questionnaire survey, the study has examined the relationship between awareness, dissemination and sharing of cultural heritage knowledge among the youth of Tangkhul tribe, Manipur, state. Factor analysis for the cultural heritage information (CHI) requirements produced two factors i.e. awareness and dissemination, and factor analysis for...

Information literacy emphasizes to the access, evaluation and use of information. Media literacy emphasizes the ability to understand, evaluate and use media as a leading source and producer of information. Thus, UNESCO considered information literacy and media literacy together as Media Information Literacy (MIL), which is essential to empower peo...

Information literacy emphasizes to the access, evaluation and use of information. Media literacy puts emphasis on the ability to understand, evaluate and use media as a leading source and producer of information. Thus, UNESCO considered information literacy and media literacy together as Media Information Literacy (MIL), which is essential to empow...

Media and Information Literacy (MIL) emphasises a critical approach to literacy to enables people to question critically what they have read, heard and learned. It is required in all levels of education and more so to research scholars. The aim of the study is to find the awareness and use of MIL tools by research scholars of Pondicherry University...

Paul G. Zurkowski was the first to introduce the term information literacy in 1974 to describe the techniques and skills necessary for utilizing “a wide range of information tools and primary sources”. It also included the ability to measure information value to “mold information to [meet] needs” and to create solutions to problems.1-2 Since then,...

Media and Information Literacy (MIL) emphasizes a critical approach to literacy to enables people to question critically what they have read, heard and learned. It is required in all levels of education and more so to research scholars. The aim of the study is to find the awareness and use of MIL tools by research scholars of Pondicherry University...

This paper presented a review of literature related to knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation. The paper discussed the nature and types of knowledge, knowledge acquisition, theories and models of knowledge acquisition, in addition to the review of empirical studies measuring knowledge acquisition. For knowledge creation, the paper discussed t...

Oral health information provides knowledge about oral diseases and develops awareness among the public to implement preventive measures for oral related diseases. Oral health information (OHI) also needs support in terms of public health policy, education, the provision of professional monitoring and therapeutic interventions as and when necessary....

Oral health information provides knowledge about oral diseases and develops awareness among the public to implement preventive measures for oral related diseases. Oral health information (OHI) also needs support in terms of public health policy, education, the provision of professional monitoring and therapeutic interventions as and when necessary....

This paper presented a review of the literature related to knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation. The paper discussed the nature and types of knowledge, knowledge acquisition, theories and models of knowledge acquisition, in addition to the review of empirical studies measuring knowledge acquisition. For knowledge creation, the paper discuss...

Oral health information provides knowledge about oral diseases and develops awareness among the public to implement preventive measures for oral related diseases. Oral health information (OHI) also needs support in terms of public health policy, education, the provision of professional monitoring and therapeutic interventions as and when necessary....

ABSTRACT Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the information channel preference among the youths of the Tangkhul tribe from Manipur state, India, in seeking cultural heritage information. Design/methodology/approach - The study implemented a stratified random sampling method and considering 400 respondents. A structured questionnaire...

Purpose-Knowledge sharing is influenced by various factors. It is imperative to understand those factors that influence knowledge sharing, therefore, this paper aims to examine the factors that influence cultural heritage knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach-Data was collected from 400 Tangkhul youth from Manipur state through a survey-ba...

Purpose Knowledge sharing is influenced by various factors in different cultures. It is imperative to understand those factors that influence knowledge sharing, therefore, this paper aims to examine the factors that influence cultural heritage knowledge (CHK) sharing. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected from 400 Tangkhul youth from Mani...

The main objective of this study is to investigate and analyze global research productivity in knowledge management (KM) research published from 1960 to 2017 and indexed in Scopus database. It is the first scientometric study investigating and analyzing 56 years of KM literature indexed in Scopus. The study used scientometric approach to identify a...

Purpose The purpose of this research paper is to report about an investigation on the relationship between knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation to find out whether knowledge acquisition can predict knowledge creation. The study measures the concept of knowledge acquisition through the faculty use of knowledge acquisition tools and reading k...

With the necessity to be connected to the Internet, the Internet of Things (IoT) will receive more and more attention. By using RFID technologies, IoT will be able to connect everyday devices and transfer data between them. Like other service providers, IoT technologies will offer many opportunities for libraries, from tracking room usage and progr...

Academic domain is now facing a new threat of unethical publishing called predatory journals. These corrupted journals/publishers misuse the open access (OA) model by demanding huge amount of money as article processing charges (APCs) from authors to publish their articles. Now India has become the hub and one of the top most predatory publishing c...

Purpose-The purpose of this study is to inspect the mobile reading behaviors and readers' content predilection in Hyderabad city, India and to find out the interrelated problems. Design/methodology/approach-This study used a survey method and questionnaire tool for collecting data. Simple random sampling technique is employed to determine the sampl...

Arab countries understand the importance of the Internet of things for the development of society. This entails many efforts to conduct research related to the Internet of things in the Arab countries. Analysing contributions of researchers to the Internet of things research could be useful to go further in this filed. In this study, bibliometric t...

This study examined the use of YouTube for educational purposes. An online questionnaire was designed using Google form and data were collected from Pondicherry University students. Data screening, validity and reliability were carried out before analysis with the help of SPSS software. AMOS version 22 and SPSS version 20 were used for data analysi...

Awareness is repeatedly demarcated as having understanding or knowledge of one’s contiguous environs (Tuan, 2001), however, Murphy & Zajonc (1993) stressed that awareness is prejudiced and shaped intellectually by experience and environment. It has received significant consideration in the perspective of education, place, emotions and social relati...

This paper aims to study the awareness of cultural heritage using their demographic variables. For this study data were collected through an online questionnaire. A total of 201 students from Pondicherry University participated in this study. The study used SPSS version 20 to analyze the collected data. Independent Samples t-test and one-way ANOVA...

This paper present a review of literature related to knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation. The paper explains the nature and types of knowledge, knowledge acquisition, theories and models of knowledge acquisition, along with to the review of important empirical studies related to measuring of knowledge acquisition. With regard to knowledge...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of Internet through mobile devices in Hyderabad. This study was conducted by a survey method and questionnaire tool for collecting data. Findings reveal that most of the respondents admit the importance of the Internet in their day-today life. The majority of the respondents (79.7%) were using mobile...

This paper aims to study the awareness of cultural heritage using their demographic variables.For this study data was collected through an online questionnaire. A total of 201 students from Pondicherry University participated in this study.The study used SPSS version 20 to analyze the collected data. Independent Samples t-test and one-way ANOVA tes...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of Internet through mobile devices. This study was conducted using a questionnaire. Findings reveal that most of the respondents admit the importance of the Internet in their day-today life. Over three fourths (79%) of them have access to the Internet on their mobiles and majority (84.8%) preferred ac...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of ICT tools for knowledge sharing among faculty members. It also identifies the ICT tools used mostly for knowledge sharing by the participants. Data were collected through an online survey questionnaire instrument. A total of 300 faculty members from 26 academic institutions participated in the...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of ICT tools for knowledge sharing among faculty members. It also identifies the ICT tools used mostly for knowledge sharing by the participants. Data were collected through an online survey questionnaire instrument. A total of 300 faculty members from 26 academic institutions participated in the...

Recent innovations and developments in information communication technologies have revolutionized communication and the transfer of information. These new developments have enabled learners to acquire information more comprehensively than ever before. Augmented reality is a tool that could make the teaching and learning approach more interesting th...

Digital preservation means the preservation of rare and delicate materials and objects through digitization using computers, electronic equipment’s, mobile phone, digital cameras, recorders, and digital displays. Digital preservation strategies have to be examined carefully considering all the factors including cost-benefit. There are many techniqu...

The evolving needs of library users have offered more opportunities for librarians to support learning, teaching, and research activities. As users need to access knowledge and information contents more often than ever, librarians as knowledge workers have more responsibilities to ensure the provision and access to knowledge sources and services. T...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of various services and facilities provided by Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology Library, Hyderabad, India. This study used survey method and questionnaire tool for data collection. The majorities of the respondents in this study choose print form of textbooks (78 %) and printed ref...

The paper reports the use of knowledge acquisition tools and reading knowledge sources by faculty members. It also identifies demographic differences among participants in using knowledge acquisition tools and reading knowledge sources.

The cultural heritage is the remembrance of its living civilization. Culture is expressed in various diverse types, i.e. tangible and intangible. Cultural heritage has to be valued with utmost care as it is presented by ancestors. Libraries, archives, museums and information centers are using several Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze demographic differences in using knowledge creation tools among faculty members. It also attempts to identify the most knowledge creation tool used by the participants. The tools comprised of 13 items including data mining, metadata, classifications, expert profiling, Mashup and blogs....

The user interface (UI) includes every feature of the system that user interacts with. This includes what the user see, hear, and feel while interacting with a computer system or an application software. A good UI defines a well-designed system therefore, the designers are more focused on the development of an interface a system that is meant for p...

Reading is a multidimensional cognitive method of decrypting symbols to build and develop meaning from the recommended text. Mobiles and smartphones are transforming human lives at fast pace. One of the new refined inclinations of the 21 st century has been the gradual change in reading habits. The extensive usage of the internet at a global level...

Return on Investment (ROI) is one of the vital parameters to examine the importance of libraries. ROI is a medium to validate the existing system of spending money in the libraries and justifying method for future plans. Enormous funds are spent on building libraries to achieve institutions’ missions. Academic institutions provide a variety of reso...

Information seeking and use have become complex processes for college and university students due to the proliferation of several information technologies and resources in all types and formats. Students at the doctoral level frequently needs detailed and comprehensive information particularly for their research and wring thesis therefore need stro...

This study was conducted to evaluate the Indian online newspapers by the postgraduate students and research scholars of Pondicherry University with regard to their IT skills, usage of online newspapers, online newspapers reading habits, comparison between printed and online versions, features, advantages and problems of online newspapers. A survey...

Growth in information technologies in the area of multimedia, content production and the Internet have opened new opportunities to online exhibition, which could now hit on the exciting medium of World Wide Web (WWW) to make these exhibitions more reachable to people anywhere on the globe. The WWW is a vibrant place and has emerged as an educationa...

This paper provides an overview of trends in eLearning including technologies, industry, courseware development tools, learners, counties and their commitments. It summarizes key research findings and identifies relevant eLearning benefits to all levels of education particularly to higher education. Also discusses the challenges of implementation o...

After the introduction of computer and communication technologies, the printing and distribution has become easier than ever before. Then printed books have undergone a massive transformation from a physical object to digital form called as 'electronic book' or "eBook ". This paper discusses the various issues related to the copyright of eBooks suc...

This paper seeks to examine and describe the provision of digital resources and services by academic libraries in the GCC countries. It specifically targets the top three or 18 academic institutions of six GCC countries as reported by the Ranking Web. The study uses digital access tools, digital resources, digital services, digital forms, digital c...

Online exhibitions are web-based multimedia information systems, which were came into existence with technological advances in computer processes, communications, multimedia, and the introduction of internet. Never before, now there are better opportunities for various types of communities worldwide to share their cultural and heritage with one ano...

In India this situation of schools, school libraries, and school librarians is in a poor condition as compared to the advanced countries in the world. Most of the schools do not have libraries, and wherever libraries are available, the properly trained manpower is not available to manage those libraries. There are many reasons for this problem incl...

The end-user infrastructure plays a pivotal role on the delivery of expected services to the end-users. It has been observed that the quality of services (QoSs) delivery is affected by the weakest component of the full path. The low bit rate of any component in the delivery path is the bottleneck of the overall throughput. Hence, even if the satell...

‘From the Picture Press: the SPH Photographs Collection’ is an online exhibition based on the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) archive of photographs covering the pre-indepencence period, i.e., 1950-65. It offers a unique opportunity to take a journey back in time, to experience through these black and white images, before Singapore’s rapid modernisa...

The International conference on Electronic Publications (ICEP-2012) was jointly organized by the Department of Library & Information Science and Ananda Rangapillai Library, Pondicherry University during 29 February to 2nd March 2012. Prof A.Amudhavalli of University of Madras, Chennai acted as the Director of the Conference and the Organising Secre...

This paper aims to study the users' understanding and acceptance of e-books in India. This study was carried out by conducting a survey using questionnaire as a tool to find out users' views on using e-books as compared to printed documents. This study was carried out during the period of January to March 2006 covering a wide range of ages, subject...

As computer usage continues to grow exponentially, the desire of users to use electronic publications (e-publications) has also increased tremendously. This has led to the publication of materials in electronic form as e-publications on both CD-ROMs and web. The electronic book (e-book) is one of the several forms of e-publications and its populari...

A study was conducted to know the impact of Library & Information Science Study Tour on the MLIS students of Pondicherry University. The main objective of a study tour is to get familiar with the unfamiliar systems, organizations, notions, customs, culture, places and people. The paper also covers the interaction session with our Former President D...

Records document the actions of an organization's business/activities. Nowadays, more healthcare organizations are moving towards electronic records inplace of paper records. In healthcare organizations, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems are being used to capture, organize, maintain and retrieve patient's medical records. EMRS consists of a c...

The introduction of digital information resources on Internet has revolutionised the academic world. The Internet is paving way for a great leap in the field of higher education and research. This paper is an attempt to investigate the use of Internet resources by the academic community of the Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati. For this p...

Records document the actions of an organisation's business activities. Nowadays, more and more government agencies, companies and healthcare organisations are moving towards electronic records from records on paper. In healthcare organisations, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system is being used to capture, organize, maintain and retrieve patient'...

To save our culture and heritage collections, online exhibitions are good conviction. Apart from saving and propagating the knowledge they play a vital role as communications link between highly valuable collections and the general public. This paper gives an overview of online exhibitions, their need, types, benefits and drawbacks. It also describ...

The advancements in computer and telecommunication technologies have made the World Wide Web a vibrant place. Museums worldwide have recognised this phenomenon and are tapping the multimedia and interface technologies to present their contents online and in a more interesting manner. First priority to this is the user interface design and appropria...