Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the usefulness of public libraries in Ahvaz in the daily lives of users in the components of work and formal education, reading and self-study and daily activities and interests
Method: The present research method. In terms of practical purpose and in terms of data collection method, it is a descriptive survey. The statistical population of this study included all users over 15 years of public libraries covered by public libraries in Ahvaz. Due to the closure of public libraries in Ahvaz due to the corona virus. The size of the community was unknown. However, using the Cochran's formula for a population of unknown size, the sample size was 384. Of these, 357 completed the online questionnaire. In order to collect data from the standard questionnaire of Javanasin and Wakari (2015), sample t-test, one-way signal analysis and variance test were used in SPSS software version 22.
Findings: The research findings showed that the usefulness of public libraries in Ahvaz in the fields of education, research, business and commerce, daily activities and cultural and religious activities is less than average.
Conclusion: According to the results obtained from data analysis, it can be said that there is a significant gap between the level of services of public libraries in Ahvaz and the goals set in the scientific texts for this institution.
Khasseh, A. A., soheili, F. & Lotfiniya, I. (2025). Perceived Outcomes of the Public Libraries in Ahvaz City. (e20187). Journal of Studies in Library and Information Science, (), e20187 https://doi.org/10.22055/slis.2025.43841.1934
MLA
Khasseh, A. A., soheili, F., & Lotfiniya, I. "Perceived Outcomes of the Public Libraries in Ahvaz City" .e20187 , Journal of Studies in Library and Information Science, , 2025, e20187. doi: 10.22055/slis.2025.43841.1934
HARVARD
Khasseh, A. A., soheili, F., & Lotfiniya, I. (2025). 'Perceived Outcomes of the Public Libraries in Ahvaz City', Journal of Studies in Library and Information Science, (), e20187. doi: 10.22055/slis.2025.43841.1934
CHICAGO
Khasseh, A. A., soheili, F. & Lotfiniya, I., "Perceived Outcomes of the Public Libraries in Ahvaz City." Journal of Studies in Library and Information Science, (2025): e20187, doi: 10.22055/slis.2025.43841.1934
VANCOUVER
Khasseh A. A., soheili F., Lotfiniya I. Perceived Outcomes of the Public Libraries in Ahvaz City. JSLIS. 2025;():e20187 (In Persian). doi: 10.22055/slis.2025.43841.1934
