نوع مقاله : علمی پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی دکتری علم اطلاعات و دانش شناسی دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران
2 دانشیار گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش شناسی، دانشگاه رازی، کرمانشاه، ایران
3 عضو هیأت علمی علم اطلاعات و دانش شناسی دانشگاه شیراز (باز نشسته)
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Objectives: This study aimed to identify and measure features and characteristics of mobile libraries on the bases of users' wiewpoints.
Method:.This study is a survey. The research population were all public library users (active users) in Fars province of Iran. The sample size was determined by applying Cochrane’s formula, which returned 384 users and its members were determined randomly. The data gathering tool was a home-made questionnaire which its face validity was approved by academic members. Its reliability was approved by applying Cronbach's alpha test (0.916 for users' interface and 0.966 for services). The results showed that the validity and reliability of the questionnaire are satisfactory.SPSS software was used to analyze data.
Findings: Users' demands and expectations were assessed against 52 items in two dimentions of users' interface (23 items) and services and programs (29 items) of the Fars moblie public library. The results revealed that the degree of users' agreement with factors in the dimention of " users' interface" was extended from 4.28 (factor 11) to 4.72 (factor 50) which all of them were greater than the mean number, 3. In the dimention of "services and programs" the degree of users' agreement were extended from 4.38 to 4.69 which all of them were greater than the mean number,3. The results showed that respondants agreed with all items of these two dimentions at a very good level.
Conclusion: It is seemed that with the advancement of mobile technologies and the availability of its infrastructures in Iran, especially in Fars Province, moreover the high degree of users' agreement with all factors which presented to them in this study, it is possible to set up a moblie publich library in Fars Province. So, it is affordable to offer qualified information services to users without time and location limits.
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