faramarz soheili; Farideh Osareh; Rouhallah Khademi
Volume 5, Vol.5, No.12 , October 2013, , Pages 83-102
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Aim: This study aimed at mapping the scientific structure of Iran biology as appeared in Science Citation Index (SCI) during 1990 to 2008 via Co-citation Analysis method.Method: 50 authors who were the most cited in 2121 articles which at least Iran was mentioned in their affiliation, were examined using ...
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Aim: This study aimed at mapping the scientific structure of Iran biology as appeared in Science Citation Index (SCI) during 1990 to 2008 via Co-citation Analysis method.Method: 50 authors who were the most cited in 2121 articles which at least Iran was mentioned in their affiliation, were examined using factor analysis method and mapping techniques.Findings: The results showed Iranian scientific outputs in biology followed a high growth rate equal to 29.8. Factor analysis showed 11 Factors and scientific mapping revealed that there were 8 clusters in Iran Biology including: Pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, immunology, biology, physics, evolutionary biology, applied biology, microbiology, chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology, and cell biology.Conclusion: 1. In Iran, the area of “Biochemistry and Molecular Biology” are more considered by researchers than other areas; 2. The Iranian researchers of Biology have a medium position in the scientific map of this branch of knowledge.
Zahra Yousefi; ameneh taherian; farideh Osareh
Volume 5, Vol.5, No.11 , May 2013, , Pages 37-56
Mortaza Kokabi; Farideh Osareh; Mohammad Hasan Azimi; Majed Hashemi
Volume 4, Vol.3, No.10 , October 2012, , Pages 61-78
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Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the factors effective on librarians’ awareness and use of capabilities of Pars Azarakhsh integrated library software in Shahid Chamran University and Ahvaz Jundi Shapur University of Medical Sciences.
Method: The capabilities addressed involved both the ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to identify the factors effective on librarians’ awareness and use of capabilities of Pars Azarakhsh integrated library software in Shahid Chamran University and Ahvaz Jundi Shapur University of Medical Sciences.
Method: The capabilities addressed involved both the client and the server part of Pars Azarakh Software versions 4 and later. 81 librarians participated in this study. Data were gathered by means of a researcher-made questionnaire and the collected data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson's Correlation.
Findings: The data collected revealed that librarians utilize the PA software very little. The can use only 37% of its capabilities. From the 13 capabilities of the system examined, 10 are used under 50% and the rest 3 are used more than 50%. Among all, the minimum usage belongs to the "management component in the server side, and the maximum usage related to the data entry part in the client part. The average ability of librarians in using the server part of the software was very low and was calculated to be 28.398%.
Conclusions: In general, on the contrary of the preliminary assumptions, librarians seemed not so capable of using the capabilities of Pars Azarakhsh Library System.
Morteza Kokabi; Mitra Pashoutanizadeh; Farideh Osareh; Abdolhamid Moarrefzadeh
Volume 3, Issue 8 , October 2011, , Pages 1-26
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to consider the extent to which electronic resource’s worksheet of National Library of Iran has used the existing & appropriate fields of UNIMARC & MARC21 for electronic resources and the changes rate of the UNIMARC fields in this worksheet was determined.
Methodology: ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to consider the extent to which electronic resource’s worksheet of National Library of Iran has used the existing & appropriate fields of UNIMARC & MARC21 for electronic resources and the changes rate of the UNIMARC fields in this worksheet was determined.
Methodology: At first all the essential fieldsof these two formats for electronic resources were identified and a mapping table of UNIMARC to MARC21 was prepared. The researchers made a unit worksheet by merging of educational CD, CDs without music and electronic resources worksheets of National Library and compared it with the identified fields of UNIMARC & MARC21.
Findings: fields 481 & 482 introducing new concepts were not found in UNIMARC & MARC21. The concepts of some were changed in order to change "Roman Numbers" to "Sequential Numbers" and from "Copy Date" to "Tale Date". These subfields with their new concepts were not in UNIMARC & MARC21. The findings revealed that UNIMARC and MARC21 didn't have 51 & 84 subfields of electronic resource worksheet respectively, and electronic resources’ worksheet didn’t have 51 fields and 55 subfields of UNIMARC and 109 MARC21 fields.
Suggestions: Our suggestion is to apply unused fields & subfields of UNIMARC inelectronic resource’s worksheet. For a more complete and compatible worksheet, attention to unused MARC21 fields and subfields and having them confirmed by PUC is necessary.
Values: Electronic resources’ worksheet of National Library is based on UNIMARC. Comparing it with UNIMARC showed the unused potentials of UNIMARC. Since MARC21 is more updated, has more metadata schemes and is used by many countries, identifying and using the MARC21 fields for Electronic resources can make a more adapted Iranian worksheet for new demands in this age.
