Nosrat Riahinia; Abdolrahim Navehebrahim
Volume 4, Vol.3, No.10 , October 2012, , Pages 1-18
Abstract
Aim: This research paper aims at evaluating and assessing the university library managers’ performance.
Method: The research follows a descriptive method and uses a researcher-made questionnaire for collecting data from library staffs. The statistical population included all 100 Tehran universities' ...
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Aim: This research paper aims at evaluating and assessing the university library managers’ performance.
Method: The research follows a descriptive method and uses a researcher-made questionnaire for collecting data from library staffs. The statistical population included all 100 Tehran universities' library staffs (approximatly100 staffs). By a simple random sampling method 70 library staffs affiliated to University of Tehran, Tarbiat Moallem University, Tarbiat Modares University, Elmo-Sanat University, Alzahra University, Alame Tabatabaei University, Shahid Beheshti University, and Amirkabir University were selected.
Findings: The findings showed that the library managers who were LIS experts with LIS degrees, or had deputies with LIS degrees, were more successful in their roles. The paper presents some implications and suggestions are presented for future research.
Conclusion: It could be concluded that today’s libraries, in a fast moving track towards digitization, need managers who possess knowledge of, and be aware of, the latest technologies as well as library software; and more importantly, they should have sufficient knowledge of management as well.
Abdolrahim Navehebrahim; Nosrat RiahiNia
Volume 3, Issue 8 , October 2011, , Pages 27-48
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Purpose: The purpose of the present research is to study a 10-year citation analysis of educational management masters dissertations in Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tarbiat Moallem University.
Research methodology: by using a citation analysis method, MA dissertations of educational management ...
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Purpose: The purpose of the present research is to study a 10-year citation analysis of educational management masters dissertations in Faculty of Education and Psychology, Tarbiat Moallem University.
Research methodology: by using a citation analysis method, MA dissertations of educational management course for a 10-year period were analyzed. The population included 120 defended MA dissertations during the same period.
Findings: The findings showed that books were used more than journals and Persian resources more than English ones. The most cited journals in Persian and in English were “Management in Education” (n=50, 15.97%) and “The learning organization” (n=14, 3.02%), respectively. Besides, only 16.37% of resources were up-to-date and the topics were mostly repetitive.
Conclusion: The study showed that books were used more than journals and other resources that might be somehow newer. Besides, Persian resources were used more than English ones that that are written in the world lingua franca. One of the reasons why dissertations topics are repetitive might be the weakness of the students’ English proficiency that leads to not using English journals.
