Information Behavior
Faramarz soheili; sharareh Mahmoodi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors underlying the non-use of public libraries by housewives in rural areas of Kurdistan.
Method: The study was conducted using qualitative approach and grounded theory method. The research data were obtained through interviews with 25 housewives ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the factors underlying the non-use of public libraries by housewives in rural areas of Kurdistan.
Method: The study was conducted using qualitative approach and grounded theory method. The research data were obtained through interviews with 25 housewives of rural areas of Kurdistan province. Data were analyzed using coding methods in three stages: open, axial, and selective.
Results: From the analysis of interviews, 5 main categories and 19 sub-categories were identified. The main category “physical conditions” includes subcategories of positions, number of libraries, internal space, facilities; the main category “staff” includes knowledge and skills, public relations and scarcity; the main category “resources” include scarcity, ordering and organization; the main category “public services” includes the library network, opening hours, borrowing, special services; and the main categories “personal issues” included lack of time, creating the cultural context, motivation, economics, and lack of awareness.
Conclusion: Improving the performance of libraries and providing better and more comprehensive services to housewives can transform their understanding and appreciation of the information and services provided by the library, resulting in improved library status in public opinion. Therefore, managers in public libraries should consider the service map of this influential community to be very important
Conclusion: Improving the performance of libraries and providing better and more comprehensive services to housewives can transform their understanding and appreciation of the information and services provided by the library, resulting in improved library status in public opinion. Therefore, managers in public libraries should consider the service map of this influential community to be very important
Conclusion: Improving the performance of libraries and providing better and more comprehensive services to housewives can transform their understanding and appreciation of the information and services provided by the library, resulting in improved library status in public opinion. Therefore, managers in public libraries should consider the service map of this influential community to be very important
Information Behavior
Faramarz soheili; Ali Akbar Khasseh; hojatallah Askari
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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the information literacy of graduate students in electronic environment in Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Methodology: This research has been done by mixed method. Quantitative part of the research was descriptive-survey studies and qualitative part ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the information literacy of graduate students in electronic environment in Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Methodology: This research has been done by mixed method. Quantitative part of the research was descriptive-survey studies and qualitative part was thematic analysis. The statistical population in a small part includes graduate students of Shahid Chamran University, of which 354 people have been selected by the relative class method. In the qualitative part, the statistical sample included 8 professors and librarians of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. Research data were collected in the quantitative part through a questionnaire and in the qualitative part in the form of focus groups. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 and qualitative data were analyzed by content analysis.Results: Data analysis showed that graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz have a relatively good information literacy in the electronic environment. Qualitative data analysis leads to the identification of 40 basic themes and 4 organizational themes related to challenges (including information, skills, organization, software and hardware challenges) and thematic analysis leads to the identification of 27 basic themes and 3 themes. The organizer became aware of mechanisms (including knowledge enhancement, skills enhancement, and systems updating) for better search of graduate students when properly searching electronic collections. Conclusion: Although the information literacy situation of graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in the electronic environment is favorable, but the challenges identified in this study affect the information literacy of students in the electronic environment. To overcome these challenges, libraries can enhance students' information literacy through knowledge and skills development.Conclusion: Although the information literacy situation of graduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in the electronic environment is favorable, but the challenges identified in this study affect the information literacy of students in the electronic environment. To overcome these challenges, libraries can enhance students' information literacy through knowledge and skills development.
Faramarz soheili; sargol rahimi
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Introduction: Information growth and recognition of its values is important in personal and professional life for everyone. Thus, it is important to learn special skills in information seeking process during formal education. This study aimed to examine Information behavior of users of public libraries ...
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Introduction: Information growth and recognition of its values is important in personal and professional life for everyone. Thus, it is important to learn special skills in information seeking process during formal education. This study aimed to examine Information behavior of users of public libraries on the World Wide Web.Method: The present research was conducted qualitatively, with a phenomenological approach, taking individuals as units of analysis. The research population was all users of public libraries in Saqez city. The sample size of this study was based on the saturation criterion of 25 people.Result: Analyzing the data revealed five main themes for users of public libraries in Saqez city experiences of the internet, each having some sub-themes.Conclusion: The results of this research can be of benefit to the individual, families and authorities. An important issue in this research is the need to educate users to understand the positive and negative aspects of the World Wide Web to make informed choices about resources and information. As well as the necessity of increasing the speed of the Internet and computer systems in public libraries and sending current awareness services, listing the contents of specialized journals and ... to the users' mail.
parvin najafpour moghadam; Zohreh Cheraghi; Farhad Ahmadi asl
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Background and Objectives: The need for cognition and epistemological beliefs are two cognitive, epistemological and unique characteristics that exist on different levels in individuals and can affect their information behavior. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between ...
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Background and Objectives: The need for cognition and epistemological beliefs are two cognitive, epistemological and unique characteristics that exist on different levels in individuals and can affect their information behavior. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the relationship between epistemological beliefs along with the need for cognition in the students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and their information behavior as well as investigating the relationship between the first two variables. Methodology:The present study is descriptive and applied in terms of survey method. The statistical population of this study are all the students studying at Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in all academic levels. The total population was 13,400, which according to the Krejcie-Morgan table, 380 people were selected as a sample using stratified random sampling method. The data collection tools in this study were three questionnaires that were provided to the subjects. The first questionnaire consists of 18 questions test of need for recognithin. This questionnaire was designed in the form of a 5-point Likert scale by Cassiopo, Petty and Cao (1984). The epistemological beliefs scale with 28 items in the 5-point Likert scale was used to measure epistemic beliefs, and the Mokhtari & Davarpanah information behavior questionnaire (Mokhtari & Davarpanah, 2012) was used to evaluate users' information behavior. This questionnaire has 35 items that are designed in a 5-point Likert scale. Cronbach's alpha reliability test showed that all three questionnaires have good reliability. In the present study, SPSS software version 23 was used for descriptive and inferential statistics analysis and Amos software version 23 was used to test the research hypotheses. Findings: There are a few presuppositions for using path analysis method which are: 1) normal data; 2) Existence of appropriate correlation between variables; Therefore, using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and calculating the elongation and skewness of the data, the natural distribution of the data was investigated, which shows that the significance level in the variables of need for recognition, epistemological belief and information behavior is more than 0.05, which guarantees the normal distribution of data. In the next step, due to the normality of the data, Pearson correlation test was used to measure the relationship between the studied variables. The results of this test showed that there is a good correlation between the variables. Therefore, by confirming the normality of the data and the existence of an appropriate correlation between the variables, path analysis was used to analyze the variables. In reviewing the research hypotheses, the findings showed that the need for recognition has a positive and significant effect on information behavior (p <0.001; t = 2.169; β = 0.20) of students. In addition to these findings, it was confirmed that the epistemological beliefs also have a significant positive effect on students' information behavior (p <0.001; t = 2.094; β = 0.30). Based on the findings of this study, a two-way effect (correlation) between the variables of need for recognition and epistemological belief (p <0.001; r = 0.68) has been obtained, which indicates a positive and significant relationship. In the proposed model, the figures obtained from the model fit indices indicate the appropriate fit of the model. Discussion: Considering the research results and confirming the relationship between research variables, it can be argued that with the growth and development of epistemological beliefs and the need for recognition in students, we can hope that they would be effectively more engaged in cognitive processes to do academic work and homework and do not trust unreliable sources. Students who have high-level of epistemological beliefs, and who believe in complexity, uncertainty, and the need to acquire knowledge from reliable sources, show these mental beliefs in a tendency to engage with complex information and spend more time and energy on obtaining reliable and first-hand information. They become more successful in the information and decision-making processes, which in turn, will increase and consolidate their mental beliefs about knowledge and information, and this effective cycle will continue throughout their lives. The findings of this study can be effectively used in the process of planning curricula in universities (and even earlier in high school). In this regard, it is suggested to design topics for teaching cognitive skills and problem solving for different disciplines. On the other hand, professors and educators can help increase the level of need for recognition and epistemological beliefs by holding workshops on critical thinking and problem-solving methods.
Parvin Najafpour; zohreh Cheraghi
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Purpose: this research was performed with the purpose of studying the relationship between multiple levels of need for cognition and students information behavior in different levels of education. Method: this is a study with practical purpose done by survey method. The study population consists of all ...
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Purpose: this research was performed with the purpose of studying the relationship between multiple levels of need for cognition and students information behavior in different levels of education. Method: this is a study with practical purpose done by survey method. The study population consists of all the students in all levels of education who are currently studying at Shahid Chamran university of Ahvaz in 2016-2017.Findings: findings showed that there is not a meaningful difference between study population's need for cognition variable based on gender, but there is a meaningful difference in this variable based on study population's level of education and field of study. Conclusion: based on the findings of this research it can be concluded that need for cognition, is different among students based on their level of education as well as field of study, and it increases in higher levels of education.
Zeynab farizadeh; Zahed Bigdeli
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Purpose. The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of modeling in the field of information behavior. Method/approach. the type of This study is a library- documentary one. Findings. The findings of the study showed that modeling in the field of information behavior helps to understand ...
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Purpose. The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of modeling in the field of information behavior. Method/approach. the type of This study is a library- documentary one. Findings. The findings of the study showed that modeling in the field of information behavior helps to understand when, why, and how information-seeking happens. It also helps as an instrument for information management, evaluation and/or improvement of organization and information retrieval, as well as to understand various behaviors of users. Conclusion. the results of the study indicate that Models are useful in describing and predicting the phenomena; they could be used in identifying complex problems such as human information behavior. Due to the representation power, anatomical characteristics, and the ability to connect scientific theories and the real world, models can work as powerful element in the process of information behavior research. Keywords. Modeling; information behavior; types of models; modeling applications
