Muhammad Waseem Zia

University of Karachi · Department of library and information science

Purpose-Signs and symbols play important roles in our lives because they help us to convey messages even without written words. With the invention of the internet and the evolution of web technologies, the universe became a global village because the internet facilitated a better and faster avenue for human communication. In libraries and allied in...

Purpose-The introduction of social media applications (SMAs) in the late 1990s has aided the diversification of our social circles on many fronts. Hence, this study sought to identify the use of SMAs by the students (undergraduate and postgraduate) of Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College (FRPMC), Pakistan. Method-A survey method was applied and a quest...

Signs and symbols play important roles in our lives because they help us to convey messages even without written words. With the invention of the internet and the evolution of web technologies, the universe became a global village because the internet facilitated a better and faster avenue for human communication. In libraries and allied informatio...

Abstract This study examined the use of open source integrated library management system in Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College Library. The aim of this research is to highlighting the capabilities and potentials of open source software (Koha) and its practical importance to medical libraries across the globe. Library automation reduces the stress, be...

Abstract This study examined the use of open source integrated library management system in Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College Library. The aim of this research is to highlighting the capabilities and potentials of open source software (Koha) and its practical importance to medical libraries across the globe. Library automation reduces the stress, be...

عصرِ حاضر میں ایجادات سے انسان بے تحاشا فوائد حاصل کر رہا ہے۔دنیا دن دگنی رات چوگنی ترقی کر رہی ہے۔انسان کے لئے جہاں ایک طرف آسائشیں پیدا کی جا رہی ہیں تو وہیں دوسری طرف اس ایجادات کو بے جا استعمال کر کے لوگ اپنا بیش قیمت ضائع کرتے ہیں۔سینٹ لارنس گورنمنٹ گرلز ڈگری کالج کی طالبات پر انٹرنیٹ کے اثرات کا جائزہ لیا جس میں اتفاقی نمونہ بندی کے تحت ۰۳ طا...

Information has great role in everyday of life. Everyone needs it, but the available information is in bulk quantity. All kind of information is not important for everyone. The information seekers not reading complete source of information all the time. When people searching their required information they let mark it for future readings. In Past,...

Information has great role in everyday of life. Everyone needs it, but the available information is in bulk quantity. All kind of information is not important for everyone. The information seekers not reading complete source of information all the time. When people searching their required information they let mark it for future readings. In Past,...

This Paper is an attempt to ascertain the reading habit among VI students in different departments of University of Karachi. It is not only useful for the provision of information resources to the VI students but also for acquiring facilities for VI students. For collecting necessary data Research guide designed and interviews were conducted with V...

This Paper is an attempt to ascertain the reading habit among VI students in different departments of University of Karachi. It is not only useful for the provision of information resources to the VI students but also for acquiring facilities for VI students. For collecting necessary data Research guide designed and interviews were conducted with V...

The Academics face different problems while using electronic journals and they also get advantages from these journals as compare to printed journals. this study is based on the problems faced and advantages of use of e-journals by faculty members of university of karachi.

The study was conducted to find out the use of Electronic Information Resources by the students of Faculty of Science, University of Karachi. Objectives of the study were to determine the frequency of util ization, major problems users face while using EIR, to study the purpose of use, to determine the advantages and disadvantages, and to find out...

Reading is the most effective processes of the concious learning and enhancing one's knowledge. therefore reading is the art of interpreting , the printed and written words. on the other hand reading habit is the art of personal investigation and self study.

the use of media for getting information and entertainment is continuously increasing as compared to the use of printed material among school age children this study examine the usage of media as compared to printed material among students of Karachi.

The aim of this study was to identify the digital library services for visually impaired (VI) students, studying in the University of Karachi. The VI students have the same information needs as that of sighted people but digital information services are not available for them. The VI students have been facing problems in searching information on th...

The Study is conducted to investigate the situation of automation in school libraries of karachi. the study is conducted to explore the extent of automation in school libraries of karachi, available hardware and software which are being used for automation and to find out the problems of automation in school libraries.