Mehdi Rrahmani; Mitra Amjadi Sefidan
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to analyze the privacy statement of the world's Top academic libraries and provide privacy statement for users of Iranian Academic Libraries. Method: The present study was applied in a descriptive survey in terms of its purpose. The research community consisted ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to analyze the privacy statement of the world's Top academic libraries and provide privacy statement for users of Iranian Academic Libraries. Method: The present study was applied in a descriptive survey in terms of its purpose. The research community consisted of 25 top academic libraries based on CWUR 2017 - World University Rankings. Results: The results of the study showed that 22 of the 25 library libraries provided users with a privacy statement on their website. Also, the results of the study showed that the Corner University Library Statement was the most comprehensive statement, and among the mentioned factors, the discussion of library strategies in Introduction, Website usage records, and the content of the registration information is of great importance, and in almost all Libraries Statements reviewed by the presence have. In the following, the proposed strategies for Academic Libraries are presented in the presentation of the User's Privacy Statement. Conclusion: The results of the study indicate the importance of the existence of users' privacy statements in the world's Top academic libraries and, finally, the basic principles for the Privacy Statement were provided by users in the Academic Libraries and 30 strategies were proposed for setting the Privacy statement in Academic Libraries.Conclusion: The results of the study indicate the importance of the existence of users' privacy statements in the world's Top academic libraries and, finally, the basic principles for the Privacy Statement were provided by users in the Academic Libraries and 30 strategies were proposed for setting the Privacy statement in Academic Libraries.Conclusion: The results of the study indicate the importance of the existence of users' privacy statements in the world's Top academic libraries and, finally, the basic principles for the Privacy Statement were provided by users in the Academic Libraries and 30 strategies were proposed for setting the Privacy statement in Academic Libraries.
Public Libraries
Mehdi Rrahmani; Fatemeh Fahim nia; Speide Fahimi Far
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Aim: The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the risks of Iranian public library services. Method: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and combined research in terms of method. In the present study, hyper-combined (qualitative) techniques, kappa coefficient calculation, and ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the risks of Iranian public library services. Method: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and combined research in terms of method. In the present study, hyper-combined (qualitative) techniques, kappa coefficient calculation, and Delphi (quantitative) techniques were used. The scope of the research included all articles published in the period 1990 to 2020 in Persian and English. The statistical population is a meta-combination of all articles published between 1990 and 2020 that are indexed in various databases; Were examined. In the Delphi technique, the research community includes all specialists in the field of information science and knowledge, public libraries, management, and information technology who already have a history of cooperation with libraries; Was. To determine the exact number of people in the community, all researchers who have conducted research in the subject areas presented in the table above were identified. Then 24 subjects were selected by purposive sampling. Result: Based on published sources, 69 risks in 8 categories. According to experts, the most important challenge facing libraries that have received the highest score from Iranian experts is the loss of library content, inability to purchase new resources or disconnect library resources due to lack of funds, economic issues, censorship, virtualization, Sanctions, etc., which can be a major challenge for public libraries. Challenges of not promoting and encouraging cultural institutions to lead the community to public libraries and increase library competitors (search engines, databases, Internet cafes, etc.) in providing the information needed by customers (given that competitors can provide content in a more user-friendly way to customers Are also in second place and can pose a risk to public libraries. Discussion and Conclusion: Due to the rapid growth of information resources and the diversity of information resources, the library should choose several ways to retrieve the information needed by customers and using interlibrary loan methods, joint sharing of databases and the possibility of sending retrieved resources through Email responds to customers' information needs. Also, the method of selecting the resources of the public libraries of the country is centralized and the library does not have a direct influence on the selection of resources. Therefore, the way of selecting resources should be reviewed and the ways of choosing books by the target community should be expanded, that is, users should be able to choose the books they need through social networks, comments box and suggestions on the library website.
mohsen haji zainolabedino; maryam mirzaei; najmeh salemi; Mehdi Rrahmani
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of marketing mixes and their impact on traffic and rank of the website of Iranian digital libraries. Method: The present study was applied in a descriptive and survey-oriented way. The research population consisted of 23 digital libraries in Iran ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of marketing mixes and their impact on traffic and rank of the website of Iranian digital libraries. Method: The present study was applied in a descriptive and survey-oriented way. The research population consisted of 23 digital libraries in Iran that qualified, had the appropriate software, had information resources and officially set up the library. T Results: The results of the study showed that the number of marketing mixes used in the digital libraries was less than average. Among the studied libraries, the Digital Light Library, the Astan Quds Razavi digital library, and the Digital Library of the Tobayan ranked first to third in terms of the use of marketing mixes to improve performance. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the use of marketing mixes has a positive relationship with the number of libraries. In other words, the more libraries have met marketing mixes, the more hits they have seen.
Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini; ali jalali dizaji; farzane davashi; mehdi rahmani
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AbstractBackground and Objectives: Taxonomy is a hierarchical list of subject categories similar to classification schemes and thesauruses used to organize the World Wide Web. Using taxonomy, fast and systematic access to web resources is provided. The purpose of this study is to identify taxonomic features ...
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AbstractBackground and Objectives: Taxonomy is a hierarchical list of subject categories similar to classification schemes and thesauruses used to organize the World Wide Web. Using taxonomy, fast and systematic access to web resources is provided. The purpose of this study is to identify taxonomic features and provide a proposed model for use in Iran.Methodology: The present study was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection method was survey research using Delphi technique. After studying and reviewing the texts, taxonomic features were extracted and a questionnaire was designed based on them. The statistical population of the study included librarians and information specialists who were selected through purposive sampling. The research was conducted in two stages; First, taxonomic features were extracted from some databases and information sources, and in the second stage, using Delphi method; the opinion of librarianship and information experts about taxonomy was assessed. Formal validity method was used to determine the validity. According to the Delphi technique, the opinions of expert groups were obtained in two stages and in each stage, the same response was applied by them, which will be a reason for the reliability of the research tool.Findings: Expansion criterion was the first criterion that was examined. This criterion includes six sub-criteria, which are: taxonomy construction approach, type of combination of terms and categories, number of taxonomic levels, suitable format to support inputs and outputs, various forms of taxonomy and integration of taxonomy with other tools. The pre-homogeneity and post-homogeneity characteristics also obtained the highest percentage and rank (71.41%) for the type of combination of terms and categories, which can be concluded that in taxonomy, as thematic guidelines for creating categories Terms use the pre-coordinated method, but sometimes it is possible to use the post-coordinated method to combine categories and search for them simultaneously and side by side, like search engines, using Boolean operators. Another important feature of taxonomy is the ability to input and output in various formats, which XML format with the highest percentage and rank (71.44%) is recommended due to its simplicity and ease of use. Multilingual support in taxonomy helps manage documents in different languages and organizes them using taxonomy. Due to the fact that in Iran most of the resources are in English, Persian and Arabic, the use of these three languages to support the sources is recommended and English has obtained the highest percentage and rank (38.46%). The use of prefabricated taxonomy is another sub-criterion of taxonomy development that has been proposed in this research. Based on the results obtained from the research, the form of multiple hierarchies is known as the best form for creating taxonomy due to creating more connection between different concepts in taxonomic content with the highest percentage and rank (35.71%) and of course it can be used to create conceptual categories. Findings show that the integration of taxonomy with search tools such as search engines and the like with the highest percentage and rank (23.07%) was the most important for the participants in the Delphi panel. Regulatory criteria and its sub-criteria are among the other important features that can be considered for taxonomy. The taxonomy retention criteria include adaptability to changes, the ability to manage new changes and retain previous change history, reclassify categories automatically after changes, and the ability to add new details and notes to taxonomy. The research findings indicate that the expansion and restructuring of taxonomic content after the changes had the highest percentage and rank (100%). In any taxonomy, appropriate and practical software and hardware must be used. Finally, according to the study of different patterns of taxonomy and the characteristics obtained from the results of this study, a model was proposed that includes the following five main steps: planning, identification and determination of concepts within taxonomy, taxonomic planning, Taxonomy review, and taxonomy management and maintenance.Discussion: According to the results of the present study and research backgrounds, it can be concluded that the features used for taxonomy each have the capabilities, capabilities and strengths and weaknesses related to Are themselves and cannot be simply attributed to taxonomy. As the results of the research show, most of the features suggested for taxonomy in each option were multiple or a combination of several features or attributes. In addition, considering that in this study taxonomy was considered both in general and in particular, it can be concluded that some of the features that we enumerated for taxonomy can only be used in a specific taxonomy, such as a specific subject. , Or be used in the field of work of an organization or the products of a store and not be used in taxonomy for another purpose.
Mehdi Rahmani; Amir Reza Asnafi; Mohammad Amin Erfanmanesh
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Background and Objectives: References in papers, articles, dissertations and so on are very important. Readers use these references in their works so citations and references must be accuarated. Citation behavior has its issues and problems. There are some errors in documentation of evidences that can ...
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Background and Objectives: References in papers, articles, dissertations and so on are very important. Readers use these references in their works so citations and references must be accuarated. Citation behavior has its issues and problems. There are some errors in documentation of evidences that can effect on quality of scientific works. Wrong citation can disconnect relation between scholar and resource. It means that with existing error in references or citations a scholar can not find needed resources and linking between text and citation can not be appeared. So, the aim of this study is to verify the accuracy of citation of defended thesis in Shahid Beheshti University in the period of 2012-2015. Methodology: The method of research in light of the practical purpose and data collection method is surveying. This research is in the form of survey and the statistical population included all thesis defended in the academic years 2012-2015 in Shahid Beheshti University; the total number is 6251. The total amount of citations was 287269 which based on Cochran formula with 98% confidence, finally 2381 citation were selected as the sample in this study.The sampling method was stratified random. With regard to the components of the citation document type and the citation proof language, eight citations from each dissertation were examined, in each of the theses, the following citations were examined: 1. The first Persian Article citations and the first Latin Article citations. 2. The first Persian book citation and the first Latin book citation. 3. The first Persian dissertation citation and the first Latin dissertation citation. 4. The first Persian Web citation and the first Latin Web citation. The method for collecting data in this study was direct observation. Firstly, all selected citations, from Persian databases, Latin and general search engines, were searched for the existence or absence of such a source. In the second stage, the validity of each citations was verified according to the retrieved information. In the next step, the errors of each citation were recorded in the checklist. Then, the problems and errors of each of the citations were based on the results of the retrieval in the checklist. At the same time, during the research process, each selected citation was recorded in accordance with the school's style sheet, and the errors of each of the elements in the dedicated section were recorded in the checklist for these errors. Types of citation errors based on the division of work of Azadeh et al. (2009) were divided into two groups of large errors and small errors. Major errors or serious problems in retrieving the document or failing to retrieve the document. Examples include the wrong name of the authors, the deletion of the authors, the large misspellings in the title of the article, spelling mistakes in the limited edition of the publication, the year of the publication of the mistake or its exclusion, the elimination of the period or the mention of the wrong period, and so on. It is worth noting that in the total amount of errors, only one small error and a large error will be considered in each element, for example, in the title of the article on the existence of two errors: "mistakes in the title of the article" and "mistakes in the use of signs" ", Only a small error was calculated. Large citation errors include mistakes and mistakes such as mistakes in the name of the author / s, inaccuracy in the information about the publication year, inaccuracies in the information about the title of the article or the book, the mistakes of the information on the title of the journal, the error of the information about The issue number and period of publication, the mistake of the publisher's information, the misprinting of the publication information, and the small citation errors, including spelling mistakes in the various citation fields, are the falseness of the marks used in the citation. Findings: A total of 2381 citations were selected to verify the authenticity of documents which some of them didn't have some citation; Overall 1951 citations were examined. From examined citations, 68 numbers didn't retrieved and were blind citations. The results show that among the error sources based on the type of source citation, citation source language, and level of education component, faculty and the year of defending thesis, there is significant differences. However gender component does not have a significant impact on the accuracy of citation. Discussion: Several factors can be found in happening of unfavorable situation in theses. We can suggest some solution in order to optimize citiation management and copying in theses .such as allocating some part of thesis score in to validity of citiation provided, holding educational workshops of resource management and organizing unit in university to verify thesis citations
maryam ansari; Mehdi Rrahmani
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Abstract Aim: The Aim of the study is a comparative analysis of the services and capabilities of commercial software (Simorgh) and open-source software Greenstone.Methods: This study is based on the Documentary research and Evaluation survey, with a practical purpose. Methods of collecting data were ...
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Abstract Aim: The Aim of the study is a comparative analysis of the services and capabilities of commercial software (Simorgh) and open-source software Greenstone.Methods: This study is based on the Documentary research and Evaluation survey, with a practical purpose. Methods of collecting data were using library resources and planning check list, including 5 criteria and 103 sub-criteria. These materials were used for evaluation of both software. APH method was used to rate those criteria and sub-criteria. The research community was Simorgh and Greenstone. Results: The research findings showed that the Greenstone software has a better status than Simorgh in terms of technical characteristics, input and output standards, metadata, and protocol support. But in the sub-standard, the Simorgh status display is better than Greenstone. Conclusion: It can be concluded that digital library software Grynastvn more than double the main criteria for Phoenix Digital Library software is an appropriate application And the culmination of this difference in technical standards and the standards of the input and output.
