An Investigation into the Factors Affecting the Awareness and Use of Capabilities of Pars Azarakhsh Integrated Library Software Among Shahid Chamran and Ahvaz Jundi Shapur University of Medical Sciences Librarians

Kokabi, Mortaza; Osareh, Farideh; Azimi, Mohammad Hasan; Hashemi, Majed

An Investigation into the Factors Affecting the Awareness and Use of Capabilities of Pars Azarakhsh Integrated Library Software Among Shahid Chamran and Ahvaz Jundi Shapur University of Medical Sciences Librarians

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mortaza Kokabi

Farideh Osareh

Mohammad Hasan Azimi

Majed Hashemi

Abstract

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.