Mahboubeh Ghorbani; fahimeh babalhavaeji; Fatemeh Nooshinfard
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The present study aims to investigate Greening in Iranian central Academic libraries from perspective of their managers. The study is an applied research and was performed by an evaluative survey method. For data collection, a researcher-made questionnaire was utilized containing six sections relevant ...
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The present study aims to investigate Greening in Iranian central Academic libraries from perspective of their managers. The study is an applied research and was performed by an evaluative survey method. For data collection, a researcher-made questionnaire was utilized containing six sections relevant to Environmental management. The research population was comprised of the managers of Iranian Academic libraries affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, Iran’s Islamic Azad University and a total of 186 libraries were included . The Green Library measures included the construction and equipment, management and planning, librarians’ motivation and commitment, acquisition and protection, information organization and dissemination, and participation and support national and international programs were in an intermediate state, and there was not any differences between the three groups of central academic libraries in terms of observance of these measures. Iranian Academic libraries can be due to the fact that in Iranian academic system, Environmental management has not yet been turned into the university managers’ concerns, and no significant difference has been observed in this situation.
Sedigheh M.Esmaeil; Mahboobeh Ghorbani
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The purpose of this research is to determine effect of librarians and information professional's deal with soft war with achieves insights of them about soft war characteristics. This research library study and survey using questionnaire that has been confirmed by a number of teachers and professionals. ...
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The purpose of this research is to determine effect of librarians and information professional's deal with soft war with achieves insights of them about soft war characteristics. This research library study and survey using questionnaire that has been confirmed by a number of teachers and professionals. Collected data analyzed in SPSS software. Population study is over 80 faculty members at governmental LIS research institutes, organizations and universities that about 45 questionnaires has been received. The findings show that 82.2% of population study believes the satellite TV's has the highest efficiency compared with other tools of soft war. 66.7% state that changing in beliefs is the most important goal of soft war. 84.4% state that young people are the most important of target group of soft war , and also 80% state increasing public awareness is the most effective strategies to address soft war and 64.4% believe that librarians and information specialists have the main role in creating current awareness services to deal soft war. At the end, there is a significant relationship between importance of war objectives and general strategies.From the results of this article, it is obvious that the role of librarian and information specialists is momentous in strengthening the incentive and awareness-raising strategies.At the same time, these groups must act and be effective in modifying controlling and limiting policies that can sometimes lead to resilience and negative impacts.
