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Shahnaz khademizadeh; faeze sadat tabatabai amiri; mohammadreza nasiri
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Objectives:The present study seeks to cluster different types of digital resources including manuscripts,hot metal and lithography and other unique resources of library in various subjects based on the topics searched by users to facilitate the acquisition and collection development and improve the service ...
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Objectives:The present study seeks to cluster different types of digital resources including manuscripts,hot metal and lithography and other unique resources of library in various subjects based on the topics searched by users to facilitate the acquisition and collection development and improve the service quality of digital libraries.
Methodology:present study is a cross-sectional analytical study which has been carried out in the10-year period of launching Ayatollah Boroujerdi digital library in Qom from 2011 to 2021.The statistical population includes 10-year data related to digital library extracted in July2010 from NOSA digital resources archive software.The library databases were in SQL format,and extracted data were changed to CSV format.Out of various data mining techniques,the association-rule (ARM)(Apriori algorithm) was used to determine the interdependency of information resources searched by users in different subject areas.In data mining process,after data extraction,they were prepared and cleaned.For clustering and association rule mining, IBM Modeler18has been used and for drawing the network graphs,data has been transformed to matrix and bibliometrix library was used in R software.
Findings:Based on the users’ use of various topics in digital library databases,two clusters were extracted such that Cluster1 covered 56%and Cluster2 covered 44%of data.In the first cluster,the subjects such as jurisprudence, principles,prayer,literature, medicine,mysticism,history,ethics and sciences are more frequently used.In the second cluster,subjects of theology,Hadith,syntax,philosophy,logic,poetry,astronomy, prayers,interpretation and miscellaneous subjects are mostly used.The other finding is that the highest rate of simultaneous searches by users relates to the subject of jurisprudence with the topics of logic,ethics,and medicine.In addition,when a user first searches the subject of jurisprudence,s/he has searched the subject of medicine by probability of 55%.
Discussion:This study provides a good opportunity for the managers and administrators to coordinate effective planning and strategic decisions with the real needs of users by identifying and recognizing the user community.In this way,they could provide the ground for making maximum benefit from the unique information resources of this library at national and international levels.Therefore,the research findings highlight the need for more attention of library managers to acquisition and efforts to digitize most resources related to these subject areas. In addition,they could be useful in providing suggestion systems in the library.
Scientometrics
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; sara dakhesh; Roghayeh Ghazavi
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Background and Objectives: Scientific misconduct followed by retracted publications is one of the main obstacles to the development of societies, as it damages the material capital and scientific reputation of journals, organizations and countries. The present research has analyzed the characteristics ...
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Background and Objectives: Scientific misconduct followed by retracted publications is one of the main obstacles to the development of societies, as it damages the material capital and scientific reputation of journals, organizations and countries. The present research has analyzed the characteristics of retracted publications extracted from the Web of Science database in engineering sciences, physical sciences, humanities and social sciences published in the years from 1992 to 2021.
Methodology: The present research has analyzed the characteristics of retracted publications extracted from the Web of Science database in engineering sciences, physical sciences, humanities and social sciences published in the years from 1992 to 2021.This research has used various bibliometric indicators, including the number and rank of publications, the number of citations, and the centrality indices in the collaboration network of countries, based on the research areas.
Findings: The results showed that engineering science ranked higher than other non-medical fields on the global scale with 2996 retracted documents and 23156 citations received. It was also found that subject areas with most violations and fraudulent publications in each of the aforementioned sciences are “Energy Fuels” from engineering sciences, “Chemistry Multidisciplinary” from physical sciences and “Education Educational Research” from humanities and social sciences with 1038, 316, and 84 retracted works, respectively. In addition, the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China had the highest level of collaboration in the prevalence of retracted publications in different fields of science.
Discussion: It is suggested that policymakers formulate long-term plans to protect the health of research by promoting the culture of systemic thinking in the research system, continuously teaching the principles of publication ethics, and informing the main actors of research, i.e., scholars, publishers, editors, and reviewers of journals. It is suggested that policymakers formulate long-term plans to protect the health of research by promoting the culture of systemic thinking in the research system, continuously teaching the principles of publication ethics, and informing the main actors of research, i.e., scholars, publishers, editors, and reviewers of journals.
Shahnaz khademizadeh; Tayebeh HajBagherian; faeze sadat tabatabai amiri
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Objective:The degree of similarity of the subjects in most classifications in order to identify commonalities and thematic differences with scientific productions and calligraphy in different centuries taken from Fankh.
Methods:In the present article, which is an analytical-comparative study and has ...
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Objective:The degree of similarity of the subjects in most classifications in order to identify commonalities and thematic differences with scientific productions and calligraphy in different centuries taken from Fankh.
Methods:In the present article, which is an analytical-comparative study and has been done by library method, an attempt has been made to extract the opinions of five Muslim scholars in classifying sciences in different historical centuries using sources and reviewing texts. Volumes 37and38 of FANKHA, whose thematic index and volume45, which reported the status of authorship in Iran before the printing industry, are the source of the present study.
Results:According to FAMKHA's thematic index as well as the table of topics - manuscripts written in the 15th century, there is a significant gap between the statistics of these two tables. It can be said that the topics selected for the manuscripts based on the subject index are more closely related to the categories under study.On the other hand, according to the table of topics - manuscripts written in the 15th century, it seems that if more attention was paid to the selection of subjects as well as the main and sub-branches of subjects, a more scientific analysis would be obtained. FANKHA himself presents and was more in line with the classifications of the scientists studied in this study. Some of the subjects in FANKHA have very few authors, so it comes to mind that the subjects of the manuscripts may not have been chosen correctly and carefully.Therefore it requires a study of the topics devoted to manuscripts in FANKHA, which requires a more detailed, detailed and text-based study of manuscripts.
Conclusion:Relying on the valuable background of Muslim scholars' classifications of science and explaining the thematic commonalities and differences in them, a framework for classifying and designing special classifications for manuscripts and ancient texts can be proposed and maximizing access to their valuable content nationally and International.
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; somayeh Avarand; marzyeh mehrabian; mansoreh hatefikia
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Background and Objectives: Sustainable development is development that supplies the needs of the present generation without harming the ability of future generations to supplies their needs. This definition seems simple, but it has a broad meaning that includes all aspects of human life, and in the course ...
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Background and Objectives: Sustainable development is development that supplies the needs of the present generation without harming the ability of future generations to supplies their needs. This definition seems simple, but it has a broad meaning that includes all aspects of human life, and in the course of it, the strategies, plans and policies of societies in various political, economic, cultural, environmental, educational, health and other fields should be planned, In addition to the simultaneous development of these fields, all the potential of the savings and funds of the communities should be used so that this potential is not reduced for the future generations and they can also use these funds. University libraries, as institutions that are directly related to knowledge and the progress of science, have an important role in the country's achievement of sustainable development. This research was conducted with the aim of studying the role of libraries of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in the sustainable development of Khuzestan province.
Methodology: From the point of view of the objective, this research is of the type of practical and developmental studies, and from the point of view of the method, it is a part of qualitative studies. In this research, the descriptive phenomenological method of Kleizer has been followed. The participants in this research were all experts in the field of sustainable development of Khuzestan province, and the statistical sample was continued in a purposeful sampling until reaching the Data saturation, and 10 people participated in the research as a statistical sample and were included in the in-depth interview process. In order to analyze the data in this research, the inductive coding method and thematic analysis method have been used.
Findings: The analysis of the interviews conducted in relation to the role of university libraries in the sustainable development of Khuzestan province in the form of a thematic analysis on three levels of comprehensive themes (cultural and educational, economic and environmental), organizing the spread of social justice, promoting learning. Citizenship, creating intellectual thought, strengthening the foundation of social institutions, strengthening the foundation of the family, expanding the culture of urbanism, social cohesion, promoting responsibility, expanding the political literacy of society, expanding people participation, reforming the value system, sustainable learning, developing values, expanding knowledge and information. , ease of access to knowledge, promotion of thinking in the society, demand, optimal consumption of resources, help to grow the local economy of the region, environmental crisis, water resource management, protection of animals, strengthening of personal health and strengthening of public health) and the basis is categorized. The results of interview analysis have identified 132 basic themes in 24 organizing themes and 4 basic themes. Also, according to the results of this research, the social role of university libraries in the sustainable development of concepts such as the expansion of social justice, the promotion of citizenship learning, the creation of intellectual thought, the strengthening of the foundation of social institutions, the strengthening of the family foundation, the expansion of urban customs and culture, social cohesion, the promotion of responsibility and Expanding the political literacy of the society is of interest. In the context of the cultural and educational role of university libraries in the sustainable development of expanding public participation; Reforming the value system, sustainable learning, development of values, expansion of knowledge and information, ease of access to knowledge, promotion of thinking in society, and demandingness have been extracted. Regarding the economic role of academic libraries in sustainable development, optimal consumption of resources and helping the growth of the local economy of the target region have been discussed by the interviewees, and finally, in the context of the environmental role of academic libraries in sustainable development, helping to pay attention to the environmental crisis in the province, water resources management, protecting animals, strengthening personal health and strengthening environmental health have been considered.
Discussion: The findings of the research showed that university libraries in Khuzestan province have had an impact on sustainable development from four social, economic, cultural, educational, and environmental dimensions. Considering the role of university libraries as centers of knowledge and information science and the important role that the information element plays in sustainable development; It is necessary for libraries to change the role of library users to centers of information dissemination and exchange of ideas in order to perform better in this field.
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; shadi ghasemizadeh; A. Hossein Farajpahlou
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Background and Objectives: Given that information is the basis of decisions and actions in organizations and these actions affect the success of the user of the information (individual or organization) (Mcleod, 1995). Therefore, evaluating the quality of information should be considered by organizations ...
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Background and Objectives: Given that information is the basis of decisions and actions in organizations and these actions affect the success of the user of the information (individual or organization) (Mcleod, 1995). Therefore, evaluating the quality of information should be considered by organizations from the stage of preparation to its maintenance. Therefore, addressing the design and operation of technical documentation information systems and also using indicators to evaluate the quality of information of this type of information systems and technical documentation archived in it can be a solution to produce quality information and produce sustainable and quality technical documentation of the organization. Guarantee. Evaluating information systems Technical documentation is a mission that leads to providing quality and stable information in organizations, including knowledge-based companies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of information in technical documentation information systems of knowledge-based companies located in Khuzestan Science and Technology Park, in order to achieve quality evaluation criteria for preparing and maintaining information in technical documentation and providing a model for information managers in Khuzestan Science and Technology Park.
Methodology: The data collection method of the present study is descriptive-survey. This research is in terms of purpose of applied studies and in terms of method is among the mixed research. Due to the concurrence of qualitative and quantitative methods in this research, the simultaneous mixed method is considered for this research. In the qualitative part of the research, the analytical approach of historiography and in the quantitative part, the descriptive-survey method have been used. In the qualitative section, the statistical population includes all key specialists and those who are familiar with technical documentation information systems and have worked and experienced in this field, and based on expertise, were selected by purposive sampling method. The statistical sample of the present study in the qualitative section is the interview of 10 experts in information systems and technical documentation of science and technology parks in Khuzestan province. In this study, due to the need for key information resources in this field, the snowball sampling method (Patton, 2002) has been used. Sampling continued until we achieved saturation in the collected information. In the qualitative section, semi-structured interview tools were used to collect data. In order to present the model of the present study, by reviewing the documents that have been done in the research (Khademizadeh, Faraj Pahlo, and Ghasemizadeh ,2020), the interview protocol has been designed and in-depth interviews have been performed based on it. In the quantitative part of the present study, a questionnaire was used to collect data. . This questionnaire is based on the "CISE" model. In this research, two questionnaires have been used for experts and managers of the documentation department. The experts' questionnaire has 18 items that have been designed on a five-point Likert scale, and the documentation of the managers of the documentation department included 8 items with a nominal scale. The present study population is companies located in Khuzestan Science and Technology Park, which according to the latest statistics provided in 2019 are about 164 companies. Among these companies, 44 active companies that had a long history in the field of documentation and management and other scientific fields related to documentation, participated in this survey and 32 experts with regard to the background and expertise in documenting activities as Statistical sample completed the research questionnaire. In addition to this sample, 11 managers in whose company the documentation activity is performed by the documenter information system, participated in this study. In the qualitative part, the data obtained from the interview and the analysis of documents were analyzed as content analysis by deductive coding method. In the quantitative part, the analyzes of this research have been done at two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics.
Findings: The findings of the present study showed that the quality of preparation and maintenance of technical documents in the information systems of Khuzestan Science and Technology Park in the statistical community with an average higher than 3, is moderate and desirable. Findings show that all four indicators studied in the present study include accessibility, quality, durability and maintenance; They are in a good position by earning a score higher than the standard score of 3.
Discussion: In general, it can be concluded that the use of technical documentation management in all types of organizations, especially project-based organizations has a positive effect on information quality.
Scientometrics
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; Abdolhossein Farajpahlou; zeinab mohammadi
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The aim of this study was to identify and rank the factors affecting scientific productions in terms of faculty members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. The type of research is applied and descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of the study is 500 members of the faculty of Shahid ...
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The aim of this study was to identify and rank the factors affecting scientific productions in terms of faculty members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. The type of research is applied and descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of the study is 500 members of the faculty of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Using Morgan table, 217 people were selected as a sample by stratified and simple random sampling. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The research data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and lisrel software. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed that the "social attitude and mentality about research" discourse is the strongest component of the socio-cultural factor; The "Effective Control and Evaluation of University Research Activities" item "The strongest component of organizational-managerial factors", "Confidence and self-confidence" items; "Introduction to Research Skills" The strongest components of individual and speech factors "Credits, budget and sufficient financial support for research" The strongest component of infrastructural factors were identified. The average rank indicates that the "individual factor" with an average rank of 3.13 is in the first priority and has been considered more than other components. Also, the component of "infrastructure factors" with an average rating of 2.70; The components of "organizational-managerial factors" with an average rank of 2.10 and "cultural-social factors" with an average rating of 2.07, respectively, have an impact on the scientific production of faculty members of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. In general, according to the results of the research, each of the mentioned factors can somehow accelerate or disrupt the research process. These factors are not in fact specific to Iran and more or less appear in the world. According to the results of the research, strengthening the indicators affecting the process of scientific production by higher education officials and managers can provide a more suitable field for conducting applied research of faculty members and scientific promotion of the university.
University Libraries
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; zahra khalafzade; mansour koohi rostami
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Background and Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between e-learning style and computer literacy by considering the mediating role of information literacy among graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. In addition to examining the relationship ...
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Background and Objectives: The present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between e-learning style and computer literacy by considering the mediating role of information literacy among graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. In addition to examining the relationship between e-learning style and computer literacy mediated by information literacy, this study aims to build a model to provide a way to learn for life.Methodology: This research was applied based on the main purpose and quantitative based on the method. It was a survey-field data collection method and based on analytical technique it was a descriptive research (correlation) based on path analysis. The samples of this study consisted of 362 graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, who were selected by random sampling method. Data were collected using e-learning questionnaires (Khademizadeh, 1400) and computer literacy questionnaires (armor maker, 2015) and information literacy (armor maker, 2015). The validity and reliability of the tools used in this study were evaluated and reported appropriately. Emos software version 23 and SPSS version 23 were used to analyze the data. Pearson correlation coefficient and linear regression tests were used to estimate the relationship between the variables. Sobel test was used to estimate the effect of the mediating variable in SPSS software; also, in the present study, to fit the final research model, model fit indices in Emus software have been used.Findings: The values of fitness indicators related to the proposed research model indicate that most fitness indicators in the research model are desirable and to a large extent acceptable. Regarding the direct effect hypotheses, the findings showed that there is a significant relationship between e-learning style and information literacy. Also, there is a direct and significant relationship between information literacy and computer literacy and e-learning style with computer literacy of the studied students. Has it. Regarding the indirect effect hypothesis, the results of the bootstrap test showed that there is a significant relationship between e-learning styles and computer literacy through information literacy.Discussion: In this study, electronic information literacy content was used to teach information literacy for virtual students and the results showed that electronic information literacy content has a major effect on students' problem solving skills and problem solving skills of students trained through electronic content. Significantly more and higher than other students who did not receive this content. According to the results of the present study, based on the relationship between e-learning styles, information literacy and computer literacy, graduate students should be able to identify their information needs, be able to evaluate, select and process them well, and finally with prior knowledge. Integrate themselves and create new knowledge. To empower students, familiarity with information literacy and the use of media for learning and teaching is a necessity that must be considered. In addition, it was found that information literacy rate can affect the effectiveness of e-learning styles on media literacy. Therefore, it is suggested that information literacy training courses be planned and implemented based on students' learning style; because more effective results will be received. It is also suggested that for the benefit of students and due to the direct relationship between computer literacy and information literacy, training courses to acquire and develop these two literacy for students to be implemented.
Scientometrics
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; Roghayeh Ghazavi; Maryam Aghaei
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the altmetrics metrics of the Altmetrics Explorer database and the citation indexes of the articles in the scientific productions of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.
Methodology: This research is of ...
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the altmetrics metrics of the Altmetrics Explorer database and the citation indexes of the articles in the scientific productions of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.
Methodology: This research is of an applied type, which was carried out with a scientometric approach and using altmetrics indicators. The research data extraction source for each of the data will be as follows: the altmetrics indices of the articles were extracted from the Altmetrics Explorer database through the metrics provided for the articles. The academic productions of the faculties were also separated based on the organizational affiliation of the authors, and the correlation of the tested indicators at the level of the faculties was also measured in order to determine the difference between the scientific fields. Research data search strategy: The scientific productions of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz were retrieved from the Scopus database with the following strategy and within the range of 2000 to 2020 and the type of research articles, reviews, letters to the editor and editorials.
AFFIL ("Shahid Chamran University" OR "University of Shahid Chamran" OR "Shahid Chamran University or Ahwaz" OR "Shahid Chamran University or Ahwaz" OR "Shahid Chamran of Ahwaz University" OR "Shahid Chamran of Ahwaz University" OR "Shahid Chamran Ahwaz University" OR "Shahid Chamran Ahwaz University" OR "Ahwaz Shahid Chamran University" OR "Ahwaz Shahid Chamran University") AND (LIMIT-TO (PUBYEAR, 2000-2020)) AND (LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE , "ar" OR "re" OR "ed" OR "le")) AND (LIMIT-TO (PUBSTAGE, "final"))
In this database, the Altmetrics Attention Score is a measure of the amount of attention that a research output (such as an article) has attracted. The source of extracting this data includes the following:
Blogs, Dimensions Citation Data, Facebook, Faculty Opinions (formerly F1000), News and Mainstream Media, Mendeley, Patents, Policy Documents, Q&A Forums (Stack Exchange), Reddit, Twitter, Web of Science Citation Data, Wikipedia, YouTube, Syllabi (open syllabus)
In order to determine the relationship between these measures and reference indicators, correlation test was used. Statistical analyzes were performed in order to determine the correlation values and determine the influential component/components using SPSS software.
Findings: According to the results of the research in the entire scientific production of the university, there is a significant relationship between the total number of citations and the reference metrics of articles in policy sources, patents, Wikipedia, and Mendely, as well as citations in the Dimensions database (P-value<0.01). The relationship of FWCI index with Altmetrics total score and reference in news sources is significant with P-value<0.05 and with reference in Mendeley and citations in Dimentions database with P-value<0.01. Also, there is a significant relationship between the FWCI percentile with Mendelian reference scale and citations in Dimensions database with P-value<0.01.
Discussion: It is necessary for researchers to identify the path and methods of introducing articles in scientific databases and social networks (after the publication of the article or its publishable version) from these portals in order to increase the amount of use and, as a result, the citation of their articles.The expansion of social media and their importance in establishing scientific communication and disseminating research findings necessitates the need for new indicators in addition to traditional indicators for evaluating research. In the current study, out of 5501 retrieved articles, 735 articles were present in the Altmetrics Explorer database. In the entire scientific production of the university, there is a significant relationship between the total number of citations and the citation metrics of articles in policy sources, patents, Wikipedia, and Mendeley, as well as citations in the Dimensions database. The relationship between the FWCI index and the Altmetrics total score and mentions in news sources and mentions in Mendeley and citations in Dimensions database is significant. Also, there is a significant relationship between the FWCI percentile with Mendelian reference scale and citations in the Dimensions database. At the level of faculties, there was a relationship only in some indicators. Also, considering that some types of these networks, such as patents, are only applicable to some scientific fields, it is necessary to be identified by the research officials of universities and faculties, general social networks or specific scientific fields of the faculty. and to introduce articles in these databases and scientific networks. It is also necessary for researchers to identify the path and methods of introducing articles in scientific databases and social networks (after the publication of the article or its publishable version) from these portals in order to increase the amount of use and, as a result, citation of their articles. make it desirable
Knowledge Management
Shahnaz Khademizadeh
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study is to construct and validate a student e-learning questionnaire.Methodology: This research is an applied study in terms of purpose and a quantitative research in terms of method. The statistical population of the study includes all graduate students ...
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study is to construct and validate a student e-learning questionnaire.Methodology: This research is an applied study in terms of purpose and a quantitative research in terms of method. The statistical population of the study includes all graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, whose number according to the announcement of the university is 4443 people for the academic year 1400-99. There is no general agreement on the number of samples in factor analysis, but in general, most researchers consider a sample of at least 200 to be suitable for factor analysis (Brown, 2015). Meanwhile, Klein (2015) considers at least 200 samples suitable for this type of analysis (Kline, 2015). Therefore, 200 people participated in this study as a research sample. The e-learning questionnaire developed in this study is the result of library studies and review of virtual learning patterns, which was designed with the inspiration of Salmon (2004) model with emphasis on students' e-learning. This questionnaire is designed for 36 questions on a 5-point scale (very low to very high). To quantify these scales, the scores are given a score from one to five. In the quantitative part, the face and structure validity of the constructed questionnaire was reported to be good and the reliability of the instrument was obtained through Cronbach's alpha test of 0.97. To analyze the data from the exploratory factor analysis test using SPSS software version 22; Confirmatory factor analysis was performed using LISREL software (8 * 8 version). In this research, regarding exploratory factor analysis, the principal component method and varimax rotation have been used. In this study, to measure the validity of the four-factor model of the questionnaire, the fitness indicators of the model such as degree of freedom, statistical values of compliance criteria, adjusted fitness, softened fitness index, non-softened fitness index, adaptive fitness index, and the second root mean of residual squares Standardized has been used and its standard criteria have been measured based on studies such as Geffen et al. (2013).Findings: The results of research tests showed that the reliability of the e-learning questionnaire with overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.97 and Cronbach's alpha coefficients of the components between 0.88 to 0.96 is appropriate and satisfactory. Sampling adequacy index and Bartlett sphericity test were calculated for factor analysis. In addition to the adequacy of sampling, the implementation of factor analysis based on the studied matrix was also justified, so the e-learning questionnaire has a suitable factor structure. All 36 items of the questionnaire are correlated. The correlation between the constructs of the students' e-learning questionnaire is significant and it can be said that the designed questionnaire has a good differential validity for the structures.Discussion: The evaluation of e-learning in universities and higher education institutions is one of the topics that is extremely important in today's world and studies are needed to develop and promote it. There seems to be no standard tool for assessing e-learning and there is a variety of tools in this area. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of constructing and validating a questionnaire to evaluate e-learning. Validation of questionnaires is very important and validation of tools is an important step in determining the psychometric properties of those tools. Once the tools are validated, their use can be helpful for proper evaluation. Therefore, the present designed questionnaire was tested for validation. In e-learning, students have access to e-content, and any amount of e-content provided has the appropriate variety and attractiveness, increases the motivation of students in e-learning. E-learning programs are effective in promoting student learning motivation. These include guides, procedures, and ways to access electronic content. The e-learning process should be designed to be compatible with any level of media literacy of students and enable students to actively participate in the design of courses, programs and e-content to make e-learning successful. Finally, the results showed that the 4-factor model has an acceptable fit with the research data. In general, according to the results of the present study, the designed items of the present questionnaire in the field of e-learning assessment are valid and reliable questionnaires that can be used in future studies using this tool to determine e-learning among students that provides useful planning information. And deficiencies and shortcomings are addressed by policy makers and managers.
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; Abdolhossein Farajpahlou; Parisa Salmani
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Background and Objectives: Today, hospital websites are used as a communication tool in many countries of the world. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the quality and ranking of websites in governmental. Methodology: This is an applied evaluative study. The research method is a combination ...
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Background and Objectives: Today, hospital websites are used as a communication tool in many countries of the world. The purpose of the present study is to evaluate the quality and ranking of websites in governmental. Methodology: This is an applied evaluative study. The research method is a combination of a descriptive survey and the Delphi Technique. Eighty-seven active websites out of 156 websites approved by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education were selected as the sample of the study. Data was collected using data mining tool developed by Olsina et al. The validity and reliability of the tool has, however, been confirmed in previous studies (α = 0.82). Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the statistical data and Excel was used for data analysis. Findings: The evaluation of hospital websites using the four criteria in WebQEM showed that the studied websites were very desirable in terms of the performance score of 0.244, very desirable in terms of efficiency with a score of 0.163, very desirable in terms of reliability with a score of 162.0, and desirable in terms of usability with a score of 0.219. The hospital websites evaluated by WebQEM were in desirable status based on the main criteria; however, they were in undesirable status in terms of secondary criteria, which requires reviewing and improving the conditions. Discussion: The results of this study can be attributed to the nature of WebQEM method. However, for a more precise evaluation of websites in Iranian hospital, it seems necessary to consider it from the viewpoint of users (patients and doctors).
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; mahnaz kamaei
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Background and objective: Nowadays, one of the most important indicators for evaluation of scientific institutions, especially universities, is the number of articles indexed by these institutions in citation databases. One of the main tools for evaluation of scientific production is scientometrics. ...
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Background and objective: Nowadays, one of the most important indicators for evaluation of scientific institutions, especially universities, is the number of articles indexed by these institutions in citation databases. One of the main tools for evaluation of scientific production is scientometrics. In fact, it is possible to identify indicators for assessing the status of research in university and its scientific productivity through scientometrics. Due to the importance of science production in universities and the necessity of measuring the amount of scientific output for comparison of universities at national level, this research tries to measure the scientific output of Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz at Web of Science database in 2000 to 2016, assess the scientific status of Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz and then draw on the key clusters of the university and interpret them through Hist software. It thus clarifies the role of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, which is one of the oldest universities of Iran, in scientific production of the country. Therefore, considering the importance of scientific production in the world, the most important question is how much is the contribution of scholars of Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz to science production at national and international levels in SCI, SSCI, A&HCI How is the collaboration of the authors of Shahid Chamran University at national and international levels in producing scientific evidence? Moreover, the thematic clusters and the historiography map of the scientific production of this university will be drawn through HIST Site software. Many studies have been carried out to measure scientific productions in field of scientometrics both inside and outside the country. In general, research in the field of scientometrics is so widespread and from various dimensions to the study of the status of scientific products, which, although all under the heading of science, but the factors are different in them. Some of these studies have examined the status of scientific production in a particular geographic area, such as Gomes and colleagues (1995), Mang, Ho and Liu (2006), Extract and Wilson (2003 and 2004), and Nonfiction 1381), each of which deals with the scientific production of a particular country. Some other researches, regardless of geographic location, have examined scientific publications in a specific field, such as Extract (2006), which explores the possibility of international co-authorship in the production of knowledge in the subject of astronomy, and also in 1996 studying and comparing scientific publications in developing countries. Methodology: The present research is descriptive-analytic and has been done using scientometric method. The research community is all scientific publications related to the authors of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz on the Web site of Science and Technology in 2000-2016. The approach used in this study is based on the use of bibliographic information and citation analysis of articles indexed on the science web site in the time frame in question. In other words, in this research, the name of the author, title, publication status, and also the amount of citations the received data is used to analyze scientific production of researchers and also to draw up a scientific map of this university. Therefore, using this scientific approach of Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz, using the citations and group collaboration in these documents, various bibliographic components of this field of research and analysis are presented. The statistical population of the study was 2932 documents available on the science web site. By searching for Iran and limiting it to the name of Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz in the period 2000 to 2016, among the citation indexes of the sciences, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts and Humanities Citation Index were obtained. Findings: The findings of this study showed that Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz with 2932 degrees is ranked 30th, which is not suitable for other universities. It is recommended that officials of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz take measures to increase this amount of production. One way of increasing scientific production is to encourage faculty members, especially in fields where production is less than other disciplines. It is also possible to increase the scientific output of the university by creating more graduate courses and, consequently, raising the university's rank. Discussion: It seems that the officials of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, with reverence for the members of the faculty, can encourage other members to produce world science. Of course, it should be noted that university planning and policies based on different disciplines should be different and for all groups you cannot act in one form.
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; hossein farajpahlou; ashraf haidarizadeh
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Background and Objectives: The main aim of this research was comparison investigating of knowledge sharing status and factors affecting it among faculty members of the faculty of veterinary medicine and basic sciences of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and faculty of basic Sciences of Jundishapur ...
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Background and Objectives: The main aim of this research was comparison investigating of knowledge sharing status and factors affecting it among faculty members of the faculty of veterinary medicine and basic sciences of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and faculty of basic Sciences of Jundishapur University of Ahvaz. In pursuit of this goal, the specific goals that was followed were. Determining the status of knowledge sharing from knowledge sharing infrastructure such as cultural structure, human structure, information and communication technology structure, leadership and management strategies, structural and administrative factors, and tendency to share knowledge.
Methodology: The present research is a descriptive survey. The data collection has been done by using a questionnaire tool which was devised based on the Porsrajian, Olia and Soltani Ali Abadi (2013) and Rezaei’s questionnaire (2013) and in personality type section was devised based on the Michelle Guella’s questionnaire. The research population was all faculty members (167 peoples) of faculty members of veterinary medicine and basic sciences of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and faculty of basic sciences of Jundishapur University of Ahvaz in 2016-2017 Which is done by census method. To analyze of the demographic information of questionnaire, as well as to finding out to the status of knowledge sharing infrastructure from the viewpoint of faculty members, descriptive statistics techniques were used and for analyze the opinions of respondents regarding to knowledge sharing infrastructure, inferential statistics techniques such as sample single t-test and one-way analysis of variance analysis were used.
Findings: In terms of comparison between the three colleges, the results of the research indicate that the faculty of veterinary medicine is better than other faculties studied in terms of the status of knowledge sharing infrastructure. It seems that the reason for this superiority is thematic affinity and the relationship between the disciplines and trends in the faculty. While the Faculty of Basic Sciences of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, due to the dispersion of disciplines, has the weakest situation in the three faculties. The results of this research indicate that the faculty members of the faculties of science and veterinary of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and the faculty of basic sciences of medicine of Jundishapur University of Ahvaz are tendency to share knowledge and the knowledge sharing infrastructure of information and communication technology infrastructure is in good condition but other infrastructures such as cultural infrastructure, human infrastructure, leadership and management strategies infrastructure and the structural and administrative factors infrastructure are below of average condition. By comparing the status of two Universities, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and Jundishapur University of medical sciences of Ahvaz in terms of the cultural structure there are difference and in the other structures a similar situation is observed in both Universities. Strategies for strengthening cultural infrastructure include holding conferences and gatherings on the importance of sharing knowledge, opportunities and benefits brought about by the sharing of knowledge for the university and the promotion of a national and international rank for the university. The material and spiritual appreciation of the members for their activities in achieving the goals of the organization, and that if members of the faculty are convinced of their faculty in realizing their organizational goals and are convinced of their scientific cooperation and appreciation of their activities in this field, the necessary trust between the members And management is formed to collaborate on the achievement of organizational goals.
Discussion: In relation to the information and communication technology infrastructure, the needs of information system users should be weighed against the ease of sharing knowledge, and action is needed to address the shortcomings. To support the technical systems used by the faculty, specialist staff should be employed. One of the ways to strengthen the structural-administrative infrastructure is to promote the further development of communication between faculty members, to consider more business meetings for face-to-face discussion for faculty members and the use of cyberspace in this field. Considering the importance of the role of organization management in culture, the implementation and support of the knowledge sharing process, as well as the effective role of management in encouraging and motivating members to participate in knowledge sharing activities, should take appropriate measures in this regard, and manage the university towards sharing The knowledge and the importance and advantages of this were justified. This requires an expert to plan and implement programs for familiarizing management with the discussion of knowledge sharing and the importance of this, as well as acting as a university management consultant in relation to the implementation of knowledge sharing programs in this area that knowledge and information science experts are due to mastering On this area are the best options in this regard.
Shahnaz Khademizadeh; A.Hossein Farajpahlou
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Aim: This paper aims at evaluation of libraries of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz based on the "Standards of Iranian University Libraries" (SIUL) to clarify the current status of the resources of those libraries based on the abovementioned standards in a fifteen-year time period. Methodology: A ...
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Aim: This paper aims at evaluation of libraries of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz based on the "Standards of Iranian University Libraries" (SIUL) to clarify the current status of the resources of those libraries based on the abovementioned standards in a fifteen-year time period. Methodology: A checklist was used for evaluation of resources of university libraries, which was prepared based on SIUL. Data collection of libraries' resources was accomplished using the AZARSA integrated web-based library software tailored for the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz libraries. Additional tools and techniques used for data collection were interviews with librarians, statistics related to inventory of the libraries under investigation, statistics related to the number of faculty members and students in 2018. Results: The results of study indicate that the average conformity percentage of all libraries of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz with SIUL in 2018 has reached 17% demonstrating 2% increase compared to 2004. This could promise an ascending growth trend of resources in the target libraries; however, it should be noted that there is still a big gap to reach the standard level.
