Original Article
Public Libraries
parvin najafpour moghadam; zeinab mohammadi; afsaneh Raisifar
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Background and Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the causal relationship between information literacy and motivation for academic achievement through academic self-efficacy in undergraduate nursing students of Ilam University of Medical Sciences.
Methodology:The present study is applied ...
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Background and Objectives: The present study aims to investigate the causal relationship between information literacy and motivation for academic achievement through academic self-efficacy in undergraduate nursing students of Ilam University of Medical Sciences.
Methodology:The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and survey in terms of method. The statistical population is all of the undergraduate students of Ilam School of Nursing in the academic year of 2018-2019, which equals 300 people. According to the Krejcie-Morgan table, 170 people were selected by random sampling. After removing the incomplete questionnaires, 147 questionnaires were approved and analyzed. The data collection tools in this study were three questionnaires which were given to the subjects.
Information Literacy Questionnaire: In this study, Khalildezfuli's (2018) information literacy questionnaire was used to measure students' information literacy. The reason for using this questionnaire was its objectiveness as well as the appropriate number of questions to be answered by undergraduate students. The formal validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by professors of the Department of Information Science and Knowledge of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, as well as professors of the Department of Medical Librarianship of Ahvaz Jundishapur University. The questionnaire consists of 25 questions evaluating the five standards of information literacy, including the need for information (5 questions), access to information (8 questions), information evaluation (6 questions), use of information (2 questions), and intellectual property rights (4 questions) among students. For the scoring of the information literacy questionnaire each correct answer equals one point. Correct answers are marked with the number 1 and wrong answers are marked with the number zero. Thus, the minimum score obtained in this questionnaire is zero and the maximum score is 25.
Academic Self-Efficacy Questionnaire: In this study, the Owen and Froman's (1988) academic self-efficacy questionnaire was used to measure students' academic self-efficacy. The test has 33 items and is based on a 5-point Likert scale (very high = 5, high = 4, medium = 3, low = 2 and very low = 1), and each item has a value between 1 to 5. Item 28 of this questionnaire is related to the laboratory course, which in the Persian version, this item has been deleted due to the fact that not all courses have a laboratory course (not being used in all courses). Since this questionnaire is a single component questionnaire, all 32 items must be added together to get the final score. The minimum possible score is 32 and the maximum score is 160.
Progress Motivation Scale: This study used the Hermans's (1977) Motivation Scale (A.M.T) tool. This scale has 29 items. To optimize the value of the questions, 4 options were written for each of the 29 questions in the questionnaire. These options are graded based on whether the motivation for progress is from high to low or low to high. The scores for this scale range from 29 to 116.
To investigate the research hypotheses, in this study, the descriptive and inferential statistics section was done using the SPSS software version 23, and the Amos software version 23 was used for structural equation model.
Findings: The results of model analysis based on structural equations showed that the values of fitness indicators related to the proposed pattern are chi square on the degree of freedom (1.984); goodness of fit index (GFI) (0.98); Normed Fit Index (NFI) (0.93); Increasing Fitness Index (IFI) (0.99); Comparative Fitness Index (CFI) (0.99) and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation index (RMSEA) (0.001) which show a Proper fit of the proposed model and that the proposed model has the desired fit. The findings also showed that all direct relationships between information literacy and motivation for academic achievement, between information literacy and academic self-efficacy and between academic self-efficacy and academic achievement motivation are significant and positive. In addition, the results of the indirect hypothesis test also showed that information literacy through academic self-efficacy affects the motivation of students' academic achievement.
Discussion: Information literacy is an important skill that has been mentioned in the information society as a tool for people's empowerment. This skill affects other skills, such as academic self-efficacy and, consequently, students' academic achievement motivation. Due to the nature of the job that nurses will acquire in the future, nursing students need to acquire information literacy skills to strengthen their self-confidence and increase their motivation so we can have successful nurses in society in the future.
Original Article
Public Libraries
Alireza Aghighi; Narges Zamani
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Background and Objectives: Mental disorders associated with insomnia, depression and anxiety are common in the community and the workplace. Many studies have found a close link between mental health and job satisfaction. Many organizations emphasize importance of personnel as their most important ...
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Background and Objectives: Mental disorders associated with insomnia, depression and anxiety are common in the community and the workplace. Many studies have found a close link between mental health and job satisfaction. Many organizations emphasize importance of personnel as their most important asset. Advances and development of psychology science in recent decades, especially in health and job satisfaction among personnel of organizations, have had an important and effective contribution. of course, the satisfaction of the organization's stakeholders is of particular importance. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and mental health of female employees of public libraries in Hamadan province.
Methodology:The present study was descriptive-survey, in which the researcher tried to identify predictors related to mental health in employees of public libraries of Hamadan province by correlation method. This study was performed on 187 employees of public libraries in Hamadan province by census method. Data collection tools included Job Satisfaction Questionnaire by War et al. (1979) and Goldberg et al. (1979) Psychological Health Questionnaire. Their validity was tested through convergent validity testing, while their reliability was confirmed by calculating Cronbach’s alpha. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21, and research hypotheses were examined step by step using Pearson correlation matrix and regression tests.
Findings: The results showed that all relationships were significant. Based on the results, between the two variables of job satisfaction and mental health (r = -0.44) at the level of 0.01 is significant, it can be concluded that there is a relationship between these two variables in employees of public libraries in Hamadan province. There is a significant inverse, and this inverse relationship is significant between its subscales (payroll system, job type, development opportunities, organizational climate, leadership style, and physical condition) and employee mental health. In other words, the higher these variables in the staff of public libraries in Hamadan province, the less their psychological problems (physical symptoms, anxiety, social dysfunction and depression) will be, and vice versa. Therefore, the hypothesis is confirmed. Among the six subscales of job satisfaction (payroll system, job type, career opportunities, organizational climate, leadership style and physical condition), two variables of payroll system and leadership style were more able to predict employee mental health changes, i.e., with more power. Based on these variables, the mental health of employees of public libraries in Hamadan province can be predicted. Therefore, by emphasizing job satisfaction and individual differences in the work environment, employees can improve their mental health and help the growth and development of society.
Discussion: Based on the findings, the level of job satisfaction of employees from their work environment can be related to their mental health. Job satisfaction refers to a person's overall attitude toward his or her job, whether it is a situation in which people are satisfied with their job or other related circumstances, or a level of positive feelings and attitudes that people have about their job. Job satisfaction is a set of feelings and beliefs that people have about their current jobs. In this study, it was found that variables such as payment system and leadership style of managers in departments and organizations can greatly predict the mental health of employees. It seems that material problems and concerns and managers' attention to meeting these needs in their employees can reduce their psychological damage and create the ground for the growth and development of the organization and increase productivity. Also, leadership style based on respect, acceptance and value can greatly improve the mental health of employees in the workplace. Therefore, considering that job satisfaction has an important role in employees 'mental health, and without a doubt, employees' satisfaction with their job will increase their efficiency, customer satisfaction with the organization and increase production and productivity of the organization, which will undoubtedly result in organizational success. And the satisfaction of the employees of this department has an important role in attracting people to libraries and promoting the culture of reading and promoting the literacy of individuals. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in the workplace is high. The severity of psychological distress is negatively associated with job satisfaction. Early detection of psychiatric morbidity through self-administered screening questionnaires, as well as implementation of organizational mental-health promotion programs, is recommended to improve employees’ mental health and job satisfaction.
Original Article
shahram abdiazar; Nadjla Hariri; fatemeh nooshnfard
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AbstractBackground and Objectives: The major aim of current research was "to identify the correlation between the state of the philosophic mindedness and the accuracy of their retrieval in selected information databases include Scopus, ProQuest, Science Direct, and Sege and Web of Knowledge Databases. ...
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AbstractBackground and Objectives: The major aim of current research was "to identify the correlation between the state of the philosophic mindedness and the accuracy of their retrieval in selected information databases include Scopus, ProQuest, Science Direct, and Sege and Web of Knowledge Databases. Present research also seeks to answer the following questions:1. What is the average philosophic mindedness of the researchers?2. What is the average of users' retrieval accuracy from the databases under investigation?3. Which of the demographic features of the statistical society has a crucial linkage with the psychological mindedness?4. Which of the demographic features of the statistical society has a crucial linkage with the users’ retrieval accuracy from the databases under investigation?Ultimately, the research hypothesis that "there is a significant correlation between the philosophic subjectivity of the statistical society and their recovery accuracy" will be examined.Methodology: The research method utilized here was semi-experimental. Participants of present survey were 42 researchers in different fields of science (humanities, medical sciences, engineering sciences, arts and basic sciences) in public universities in Tehran, who were chosen on the basis of targeted sampling of the research. In this study, it was endeavored to select factors such as lack of familiarity with search strategies, lack of knowledge of English, and the lack of knowledge of the English language by selecting students to write master's degree dissertation or doctoral theses and autonomous researchers with a master's degree or doctorate in order control the factors so that they will not affect the research outcomes. The Soltani’s philosophic Concept (1996) was utilized to measure the status of the philosophic mindedness of the statistical society. Different studies have been carried out on its validity and reliability. Cronbach's alpha was reported to be 0.91. To elaborate upon the outcomes received from the research data, the mean and standard deviations were deployed for data analysis and Chi-square, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, ANOVA, T-test and Pearson correlation were used to analyze the relationship between variables. Findings: The analysis of the characteristics of the philosophic mindedness of the statistical society is indicative that the category of "good and pleasant philosophic mindedness" is most frequent with 21 people, as well as the category of "philosophic mindedness" with three (7.1%) was the least frequent among the participants. In other words, the users enjoyed the "philosophic mindedness". According to the statistical analysis, Scopus's database has retrieved the most r and semi-relevant resources and the Science Direct database has retrieved the least pertinent, semi-related resources. Thus, the Scopus, Sage, ProQuest, Web of knowledge and Science Directories databases have the highest accuracy or precision in data retrieval from the researchers’ point of view. Based on the results of the statistical analysis, the relationship between the philosophic mindedness and the demographic features of the statistical society, there is a significant relationship between the philosophic mindedness of the users and their gender. The analysis also indicated that there is a strong relationship between the accuracy of the retrieval of the statistical sample of the outcomes retrieved in the scientific research databases and their marital status. Moreover, between the accuracy of the retrieval of the statistical sample of the outcomes in all studied bases and their last degree of education is significant, and with increased education, researchers retrieve and find more relevant sources from the databases. The analysis reveals that there is a positive and significant correlation with the reliability of 99% and the level of error less than 0.01 between the variables of the philosophic mindedness of users and the accuracy of their recovery of the results retrieved from the scientific databases. Besides, the intensity of the relationship of all bases with the philosophic mindedness at the strongest level is almost the same which signifies that by raising the philosophic subjectivity of the statistical sample, they will assess the resources with a higher concentration and decision-making power which ultimately will lead to a better retrieval accuracy in the selection of related resources.Discussion: The results received from current study resembles to the outcomes of the study on the impact of the philosophic mindedness of people on facilitating decision-making. Researches have reported that individuals with a high philosophic mindedness have the right decision-making power and have a high ability to handle and run all affairs. The previous findings also signify that people with a high philosophic mindedness make good decisions to promote their performance. Related judgments in data retrieval from search engines are a kind of decision-making process in the research process that has a direct impact on the philosophic mindedness of users so people with a high philosophic mindedness have better recovery. Based on the results, there is a positive and significant relationship between the accuracy of data retrieval from scientific databases and marital status. These outcomes are in line with the findings of the research. In previous studies, there are also individual, psychological, emotional, and demographic factors of the statistical sample such as gender, age, marital status, education, and occupation of the statistical sample had a positive and significant relationship with the accuracy of data retrieval from the databases.
Original Article
marzieh yarizanganeh
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Aim: The present study attempts to identify the role of emotional aspects in experience and performance of information retrieval from the web among PhD students .Methods: this present study is semi-experimental and the type of study is practical. the study sample is 50 students as selected by purposeful ...
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Aim: The present study attempts to identify the role of emotional aspects in experience and performance of information retrieval from the web among PhD students .Methods: this present study is semi-experimental and the type of study is practical. the study sample is 50 students as selected by purposeful sampling method. The data collection is performed log file by Morae software, pre-search and post-search questionnaire and positive and negative affect (PANAS) is also applied. Results: The study findings showed that Average positive emotions in all the various fields of science after the search is increased compared to the previous search and there was a significant association between positive and negative emotional aspects of users with search experience. The results of the relationship between emotional aspects and the search function means that any amount of emotional aspects of positive prior to the search were greater, the amount of variables search results pages, average rates Bounce Rate, Time view Results the search of Google pages, unique queries were reduced and mean time to visit each site and URLs variables increased.
Original Article
safiyeh tahmasebi limooni; Foroozan tabibian
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AbstractPurpose: The present study aims at explaining and comparing university library competency assessment styles and its impact an optimizing library function.Method:This research is applied im terms of purpose and it is survey research with correlation type due to data collection method.In order ...
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AbstractPurpose: The present study aims at explaining and comparing university library competency assessment styles and its impact an optimizing library function.Method:This research is applied im terms of purpose and it is survey research with correlation type due to data collection method.In order to collect data , library competency qustionnarie instrument and service quality questionnaire were usedfor measuring questionnaire validity .subject specialist and for investigating reliability cronbachs alpha were applied under study statistical population include all Islamic azad university library librarians in Mazandaran province who were 43 samples the sampling method census type .Data analysis in this study was done by using structural equation modeling based on smart –PLS 2 Findings: finding revealed that competency pattern effect on understrudied library performance optimization was positive and significant .Statistical value for significance of regression coefficient for this variable is 17.96.and it is greater than critical amount 1.96.(the level of significance is equal to ./001 and less than 0/05). Conclusion:Optimization of library functions can be explained under the impact of their competency assessment pattern as by increasing competency level in all dimentions , library performances and as a result services quality would improve.
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Knowledge Management
jalal qasemian; Iraj Radad
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Purpose: The present age is the age of rapid change of knowledge and organizations, in order to survive, must continuously collect appropriate data from external and internal environment and convert them to knowledge. Under such circumstances, knowledge, a valuable asset and strategic resource, has replaced ...
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Purpose: The present age is the age of rapid change of knowledge and organizations, in order to survive, must continuously collect appropriate data from external and internal environment and convert them to knowledge. Under such circumstances, knowledge, a valuable asset and strategic resource, has replaced capital and energy, and is a staple for sustaining life in dynamic and innovative organizations, and is the key to the success of organizations in global competition. Knowledge management is one of the tools that can help organizations achieve these goals. In addition, knowledge management provides the best solutions for developing, nurturing and utilizing personal knowledge and transforming it into organizational knowledge, as well as helping people to share and apply this organizational knowledge to improve organizational performance. Therefore, given the importance of the issue in large organizations, the existence of a knowledge management system is crucial. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the status of knowledge management implementation in the Islamic Revolution Documentation Center. Methodology: The purpose of this study is an applied one that is a descriptive survey. The research population consisted of all managers and experts of the Islamic Revolution Documentation Center (80 people) who were not selected due to the limitations of the sampling population. The data gathering tool was Bucowitz & William 1999 Knowledge Management Questionnaire (Moghimi, 2011). Its face validity was confirmed by expert opinion and Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.82) was used for its reliability. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Findings showed that the mean score of seven dimensions of knowledge management implementation including high level knowledge (3.824 out of 5), high knowledge utilization (3.796), high learning knowledge (8.48), 3) High knowledge sharing (3.716), High knowledge sharing (3.830), High knowledge creation (3.808) and High knowledge removal (3.829), is. Overall, the mean obtained from the various stages in knowledge implementation was highly evaluated (3.807). The findings also showed that there is a significant difference between the managers 'and experts' viewpoints about the role of knowledge management on the development of services and efficiency as well as on the elements of knowledge management implementation. Conclusion: The results showed that the factors of finding, applying, learning, sharing, evaluating, creating / maintaining and deleting knowledge influence the implementation of knowledge management. The results showed that the knowledge management status based on this model is above average in the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Documentation Center and is in good condition. This reflects the attention of managers and experts to the importance and value of knowledge and its sharing and the attention to knowledge management programs. Among the seven factors studied, the mean of knowledge learning was higher than other factors. Also, among other factors, the knowledge sharing factor, which is the center of gravity of KM programs, although in a relatively good condition, but has the lowest average of all other factors. Therefore, increasing managers' attention to culture in this area through material incentives (salary increases, job promotion) and non-material incentives (encouragement, respect) and support for knowledge sharing management reinforces this factor in the Islamic Revolutionary Documents Center of Tehran. In other words, if existing cultural patterns are not appropriate, in spite of the efforts and goodwill of individuals to share knowledge, the knowledge that is transferred will be very low. On the other hand, the findings of the present study indicate that given the increasing importance of knowledge in organizations such as centers. Documents, knowledge management, will be a very useful tool to take advantage of it. If employees and managers as human capital believe that the implementation of KM helps to effectively maintain and maintain jobs, personal development and career development, as well as the use of new tools and knowledge processes as structural capital, capital enhancement Thought will become a reality. The Islamic Revolution Documentation Center of Tehran can make the best use of the knowledge of librarians and experts, the information and knowledge available in the organizational repositories, improve its service delivery and meet the information needs of its researchers and users.
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Aims: 1) Exploring the pragmatics from different aspects such as nature, origin, and theoretical position; 2) Giving evidences and instances for theoretical and practical relationships between pragmatics and information science. Methodology: The document- analytic method was used.Results: The pragmatics ...
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Aims: 1) Exploring the pragmatics from different aspects such as nature, origin, and theoretical position; 2) Giving evidences and instances for theoretical and practical relationships between pragmatics and information science. Methodology: The document- analytic method was used.Results: The pragmatics is a branch of semiotics and linguistics and emphasizes on relationships of signs with their interpreters, also meaning in context. It has been developed by both philosophers and linguists and indicates a change in paradigm. Found evidences for theoretical relationships of the pragmatics and information science are: Fundamental linkage between meaning and information, same science-meaning dilemma, semiotics as a basis for studying the information nature, role of pragmatics in modern views and theories of information and communication, and context as a key common concept. Finally, found instances for practical relationship of the pragmatics with the information science includes: Development of the pragmatic web, applying the pragmatics in information interaction studies, and adapting the relevance theory of pragmatics in the information science. Conclusion: This study is expected to make new ways for information science researches especially in the information interaction era.
