Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Research and Education Department of National Library and Archives of IRAN
2 Library and Information Science Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The present study aims to investigate Greening in Iranian central Academic libraries from perspective of their managers. The study is an applied research and was performed by an evaluative survey method. For data collection, a researcher-made questionnaire was utilized containing six sections relevant to Environmental management. The research population was comprised of the managers of Iranian Academic libraries affiliated to the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical Education, Iran’s Islamic Azad University and a total of 186 libraries were included .
The Green Library measures included the construction and equipment, management and planning, librarians’ motivation and commitment, acquisition and protection, information organization and dissemination, and participation and support national and international programs were in an intermediate state, and there was not any differences between the three groups of central academic libraries in terms of observance of these measures. Iranian Academic libraries can be due to the fact that in Iranian academic system, Environmental management has not yet been turned into the university managers’ concerns, and no significant difference has been observed in this situation.
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