Original Article
Ali Biranvand; Ahmad Shabani; Mazieh Marefvand; Saeid Mazloumian
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize factors affecting the commercialization of research results in Isfahan university.Methodology: This study firstly identifies the factors affecting knowledge commercialization in previous research through a qualitative ...
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize factors affecting the commercialization of research results in Isfahan university.Methodology: This study firstly identifies the factors affecting knowledge commercialization in previous research through a qualitative approach and confirmatory factor analysis method. The statistical population of the study consisted of 262 faculty members, staff and postgraduate students of Isfahan University in the academic year of 2019who commercialized their research results or wanted to commercialize but failed and were familiar with the business process of the research results. In this study, descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation were used to calculate experts 'views on knowledge commercialization indices and Kendall's coefficient of correlation was used to determine the degree of unity of experts' opinion. Also, AHP hierarchical analysis technique was used to prioritize the factors.Findings: Among the three factors under consideration, contextual factors with a weight of 0.456, content factors with a weight of 0.339, and structural factors with a weight of 0.222 were ranked in the first to third priorities of factors influencing knowledge commercialization, respectively.Discussion: Considering the existence of such problems, it is necessary to design and implement the patent information registration and transfer system in accordance with intellectual property laws at Isfahan University.
Original Article
azime mozafari
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Background and Objectives: Risk Management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to risk factors throughout the life of a project and in the best interests of its objectives. Proper risk management implies control of possible future events and is proactive rather than reactive. Risk ...
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Background and Objectives: Risk Management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to risk factors throughout the life of a project and in the best interests of its objectives. Proper risk management implies control of possible future events and is proactive rather than reactive. Risk management in library, archive and museum buildings is a comprehensive study where potential hazards that may turn into risks if measures are not taken, risks that may give damage to building occupants as well as collection, library and archive materials in the building, and measures to mitigate such risks are regularly assessed. Many researchers have involved projects related with risk assessment studies for reducing risks of library, archive and museum buildings. Definition of the risk may vary in the international literature and standards. This is because risk varies by the characteristics of the particular industry or the branch of science involved. While risk terminology relies upon the same rationale in myriad of fields such as engineering, banking, insurance, medicine, psychology and sociology, risk terminology (probability forecasting), there are some deviating aspects in practice. Given the importance of risk management in organizations and its impact on improving efficiency and effectiveness, propose of this study is presenting a method for managing risk of public librarians in Fars province in terms of uncertainty.Methodology: Fuzzy logic is an extension of the classical logic that allows the modeling of data imperfections and to a certain extent approaches the flexibility of human reasoning. The fuzzy logic thus presents many concrete applications, ranging from video games (programming of bots) to automatic pilots via the microwave. Yes, often we apply in the daily without our knowing the concept of the fuzzy choice, so this notion surrounds us! Fuzzy Logic is a decision making system. It deals with vague and imprecise information. This is gross oversimplification of the real-world problems and based on degrees of truth rather than usual true/false or 1/0 like Boolean logic. With available dataset rules can be created with membership function developed, solution to to a problem is obtained by taking alpha cuts from membership functions and varying the input parameters and using the developed rule viewer to showcase the possible outcomes.In this study, we use an integrated model based on fuzzy numbers and risk management techniques to consider uncertainties, to rank the public librarian risks and present appropriate actions in order to satisfy them. The study population includes all experts and librarians of public libraries in Fars. Based on the proposed framework, first librarian risks are extracted based on previous research studies and then rank using an algorithm based on triangular fuzzy numbers. In this algorithm, considering two goals of time and quality, each risk is ranked from two perspectives in terms of its severity and probability of occurrence. All calculations are performed according to fuzzy number rules.Findings: According to the results, the top ten risks are: Lack of uninterrupted power supply, lack of fire extinguishers and fire extinguishers, electrical connections and hazards, collapse of bookshelves and etc., flammable materials, lack of job security, rodents and insects, lack of safety and protection systems, old and worn out library equipment and poor ventilation. These risks are mainly physical and then biological and psychological risks.Discussion: The findings of this study show that Libraries are in spite of the extent of the development of the community in which they are located, they face similar risks with differences in severity and weakness. It is recommended that due to fluctuations and power outages, Possibility of damage and loss of information in computer systems, libraries and information centers, must use uninterruptible power supply UPS at system inputs and periodically examine internal and external electrical connections. Featuring automatic and manual fire alarm systems, automatic gas and water extinguishing systems, water supply networks, ventilation systems, emergency exit doors, emergency lighting systems, manual extinguishers and installation of fire extinguishers at different distances can be prevented damage to their information sources. Firefighting courses and workshops, training for rescue staff and staff and installing the guides you need at the right places in libraries will be very effective. It is essential to comply with the required standards and safety, fixe library equipment in a convenient and relevant location.Conclusions: Due to the prevailing focus on risk, risk management jobs have opened up. Risk management jobs are usually considered as financial careers because most of the risks that businesses face are closely tied to the company’s financial standing. Risk Management is a combined and continuous process of decision analysis and proactive management. It identifies and quantifies opportunities and threats. Certainly, hundreds of hazards and resulting risks leading to loss may be defined for library. Risk management is very important in public libraries, so in this research a model is designed to identify and rank of public librarian risks to help librarians in order to desirable services.
Original Article
mohsen haji zainolabedino; maryam mirzaei; najmeh salemi; Mehdi Rrahmani
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of marketing mixes and their impact on traffic and rank of the website of Iranian digital libraries. Method: The present study was applied in a descriptive and survey-oriented way. The research population consisted of 23 digital libraries in Iran ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of marketing mixes and their impact on traffic and rank of the website of Iranian digital libraries. Method: The present study was applied in a descriptive and survey-oriented way. The research population consisted of 23 digital libraries in Iran that qualified, had the appropriate software, had information resources and officially set up the library. T Results: The results of the study showed that the number of marketing mixes used in the digital libraries was less than average. Among the studied libraries, the Digital Light Library, the Astan Quds Razavi digital library, and the Digital Library of the Tobayan ranked first to third in terms of the use of marketing mixes to improve performance. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the use of marketing mixes has a positive relationship with the number of libraries. In other words, the more libraries have met marketing mixes, the more hits they have seen.
Original Article
Marzieh Hasani; Maryam Sarrafzadeh; sepideh fahimi far
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Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between the level of digital literacy and self-directed learning among students of Sharif University of Technology. Digital literacy refers to the set of capabilities required for the effective use of information and communication ...
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Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify the relationship between the level of digital literacy and self-directed learning among students of Sharif University of Technology. Digital literacy refers to the set of capabilities required for the effective use of information and communication technologies in a knowledge society. Self-directed learning is a process in which people identify their learning needs and implement appropriate learning strategies. Its dimensions are self-management, self-control and desire to learn. Self-management is related to work control issues focuses on the behavioral and social aspects of learning tendencies. Outdoor activities, in this sense, are related to the learning process. Self-management is related to setting learning goals and managing learning resources. Questions about management goal, learning methods, support, and outcomes are discussed collaboratively and continuously. Self-control considers cognitive and metacognitive processes, including the monitoring of learning strategies, as well as the ability to think about the way of thinking (planning and modifying thinking according to the purpose of learning). Self-control is the process by which the learner becomes responsible for his or her own mental construction. The basic concept of the desire to learn dimension is that motivation plays an important role in taking action and maintaining the effort to learn and complete cognitive goals. Despite our limited understanding of the relationship between motivation and cognition, there is ample evidence that motivational factors have many practical effects on a variety of cognitive activities.
In his regard, there are five questions as below:
Question 1: What is the relationship between the level of digital literacy and students' self-directed learning and its various dimensions?
Question 2: What is the relationship between students' gender and digital literacy and their self-directed learning?
Question 3: What is the relationship between education and digital literacy and students' self-directed learning?
Question 4: What is the relationship between college and digital literacy and students' self-directed learning?
Question 5: What is the relationship between students' participation in IT courses and their level of digital literacy?
Methodology: This research is applied in terms of purpose and is a descriptive-survey in terms of data collection method. Is. In this study, Sharif University of Technology students in undergraduate and graduate studies were selected as the statistical population. 8709 students are studying in 13 faculties of this university. The number of male and female students in bachelor's and master's degrees is almost equal. Stratified sampling method was used and 30 students (15 males and 15 female) from each faculty were randomly selected. A total of 390 people were randomly selected of which 195 were female and 195 were male. In order to assess the level of digital literacy of students and their self-directed learning, researcher-made and standard questionnaires were used, respectively.
a standard questionnaire was used to assess the self-directed learning of the respondents. This questionnaire is the Fisher standard questionnaire with 40 items that was introduced in 2001. The response scale is the Likert five-choice range (too low = 1 to too high = 5). Score of the self-directed learning variable of each respondent was equal to the median score of items.
Since there was not any updated and appropriate questionnaire to measure the level of digital literacy, the researcher decided to design a researcher-made questionnaire with the following steps:
1- Digital literacy reference sources such as Microsoft and North Star companies were used to design the questionnaire. The questions on these websites cover various areas of digital literacy, from beginner to advanced.
2- The questions were modified and localized. The final questionnaire consisted of 25 items that items 1 to 18 measured the digital literacy level of the respondent as a practical test and items 19 to 25 measured the respondents' mental perceptions of their digital literacy level.
3- The questionnaire was revised by 14 experts and professors to ensure its validity
4- Cronbach's alpha test was used to assess the reliability of the questionnaire. The results showed the high reliability of the questionnaire.
Findings: The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the level of digital literacy and students' self-directed learning and all its dimensions. It can be concluded that the digital literacy of Sharif University of Technology students is not at a very good level.
Discussion: In order to improve its students 'academic achievement indicators, the university can hold various courses to increase students' digital literacy skills.
Original Article
Zahra Tarizadeh; Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddm; Ali Jalali Dizaji
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze “back-of-the-book” indexes published by Allameh Tabataba'i University Press from the beginning (1984) through 2017, based on the ISO 999 standard and the indexing evaluation checklist recommended by the American Society for ...
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Background and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze “back-of-the-book” indexes published by Allameh Tabataba'i University Press from the beginning (1984) through 2017, based on the ISO 999 standard and the indexing evaluation checklist recommended by the American Society for Indexing. For librarian, in evaluating a book, having an index is one of the important criteria and indicators often prepared by the author or indexer.
The index is important because it is a systematic guide to the contents of any type of writing (such as books, journals, newspapers, databases, etc.) in which the main entries are arranged in a specific order with reference to location in the original text. In fact, the index can be called as a link between the producer and the user of information, which helps the user to easily and quickly access the required knowledge. Indexes are not the goals themselves, but a tool to help users find the information they need to solve their problems. The index entries direct users to information in the original text that may be useful.
It should be noted, however, that publishers of books and their policies also play an important role in shaping the final indexes. On the other hand, it is usually expected at least academic publishers should pay attention to this. In this research, books published by Allameh Tabatabai University Press as an academic publisher have been selected.
Methodology: This is an applied research and quantitative-descriptive and correlation study. The data were collected using two checklists and by direct observation of the books and their own indexes. The population of the study was all books published by the Allameh Tabataba'i University Press in any subject through the end of 2017. In this study, content validity method has been used to assess the validity of the evaluation checklist. No sampling has been done and all books published by Allameh Tabatabai University Press have been studied
Findings: Allameh Tabatabai University Press has published its first book, entitled "Literature and Writing" in 1984. Also, there were one book title in English and one book title in Arabic. Out of 427 titles of the studied books, about 1.4% (6 titles of books) are of reference books and 421 titles, about 98.59% are non-reference books. Out of 80 indexed books, compiled books with 56.25% (45 titles) constitute the largest volume of the statistical population. Translated books also make up 43.75% (35 book titles) of books containing indexes.
Discussion: The findings of this study showed that out of 427 books assessed, 80 (19%) had back-of-the book indexes and 347 titles (81%) had no indexes. This means the most books published by Allameh Tabataba'i University Press lack indexes. According to the results, it can be concluded that the books published by Allameh Tabatabai University Press generally are not in a good condition in terms of the back-of-the book indexes, and this publisher did not pay much attention to the back-of-the book indexes for the published books. For the books having indexes, 65/70%of the indexes were compatible with the checklist of American Society for Indexing and 78/52% of the indexes were compatible with the ISO 999 standard. If we consider the 50% point as a medium, it can be said that the rate of compatibility of indexes with both standards stands above the average for the criteria used. But since compliance with ISO 999 is nearly 12/82 percent higher than that of the checklist by American Society for Indexing, it can be argued that compliance with ISO 999 is in a better position. The article provides original information about the “back-of-the-book” indexes published by Allameh Tabataba'i University Press from 1984 through 2017.
Original Article
faraborz doroudi; tahereh sadeghi khoramdashti
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Purpose: the present study aims to identify the dimensions and components of 5S and measure the job satisfaction of the staff of the National Library and Archives of Iran based on these components.Design/Methodology/Approach: The research method is survey and the Statistical population of this study ...
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Purpose: the present study aims to identify the dimensions and components of 5S and measure the job satisfaction of the staff of the National Library and Archives of Iran based on these components.Design/Methodology/Approach: The research method is survey and the Statistical population of this study are all employees have Bachelor's degree or higher in the National Library and Archives of I.R of Iran (NLAI). Using systematic sampling, 220 of them were selected for review . Findings: This Study is identification of aspects of 5s in terms of job satisfaction and measurement of satisfaction of personel of National Library and Archives of I.R of Iran (NLAI) based on them. The results of the analysis show that the organization of the components of the mean (74.3), with an average order parameters (64.8), clean the components with average (64.3), a standard component of the mean (77.5) and disciplinary components of the average (90.7) in the national Library and is in good condition. Conclusion: National Library and Archives of iran is in a good position to observe the 5s components.
Original Article
Mohsen Nowkarizi; Fahimeh Rajabi; Masoumeh Tajafari
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Aim: Surveying the reading status after implementing the reading station project in Mashhad and evaluating the users' satisfaction of the reading stations. Method: The population consisted of people who have used the reading stations in Mashhad and librarians responsible for these stations. the sample ...
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Aim: Surveying the reading status after implementing the reading station project in Mashhad and evaluating the users' satisfaction of the reading stations. Method: The population consisted of people who have used the reading stations in Mashhad and librarians responsible for these stations. the sample size for the users, was 180. In the second community, an interview was implemented. Findings: The users' satisfaction of stations was significantly above average. The user' satisfaction of the stations' location was significantly above average. The role of reading stations was successful in promoting the reading of people. The average users' reading level was increased with the implementation of the reading station project. There was no significant difference between female and male's use level of the reading stations. The findings also didn't show any significant differences between the use of reading stations and their level of education and age groups. According to the experts' viewpoints, the reading station project had a great impact on increasing the level reading of citizens. Again they said the reading station project, to be more successful, requires much time and advertising. Conclusion: According to the results, it seems if sufficient funding is provided to equip the reading stations and if the habits to use and to introduce them are created through the help of advertising and informing, and finally the book number is increased, the plan will reach the goals and will consult more and more
Original Article
Abbas Hosseinzadeh Bandaghiri; Safiyeh Tahmasebi Limooni; Ali Asghar Razavi
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of technological innovation capabilities on staff professional development by mediating individual knowledge management among staff of public libraries in Iran.Methodology: The statistical population of this study consisted of 6171 ...
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AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of technological innovation capabilities on staff professional development by mediating individual knowledge management among staff of public libraries in Iran.Methodology: The statistical population of this study consisted of 6171 public librarians all over the country. Using Cochran formula, 362 individuals were considered as sample and 382 questionnaires were distributed and collected due to sampling error (0.05). To collect the data, three researcher-made technological innovation questionnaires, personal knowledge management by Mohyuddin and Azirovani (2007) and Nova Staff Professional Development (2008) were used.Findings: According to the findings, the impact of technological innovation capabilities on staff professional development and personal knowledge management was 0.394 and 0.466, respectively. The coefficient of impact of personal knowledge management on staff professional development was calculated 0.429. The calculated test statistic value was greater than 1.96 in all directions (P
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Knowledge Management
adel soleimani nejad; ameneh soleimani
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Purpose - This study aimed to better understand the research process, identify and improve the knowledge gap in the field of SKOS and in order to create a correct and comprehensive understanding of it, systematically reviewed research in this field over a period of ten years from 2010 to 2020.Design/methodology ...
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Purpose - This study aimed to better understand the research process, identify and improve the knowledge gap in the field of SKOS and in order to create a correct and comprehensive understanding of it, systematically reviewed research in this field over a period of ten years from 2010 to 2020.Design/methodology – For this purpose, the reputable international databases of Scopus, Pabmod, Science Direct and Springer and the internal databases of scientific information of Jihad Daneshgahi, Iran Research Institute of Information Science and Technology, database of Iranian publications and Noor specialized journals database. They were searched with related Persian and Latin keywords. Out of 262 articles obtained after removing irrelevant, duplicate articles and articles that were not in the desired period, 62 articles were finally reviewed.Findings – The findings of this study showed that previous studies in categories such as application, review and quality improvement, design and development, structure, natural language processing, the relationship between SKOS and O.W.l., common mistakes in SKOS And the current state of scass on the web. Among them, the fields of application and review and improvement of the quality of SKOS have the most thematic share, and in 2016 and 2017, the most articles in this field were published. Also, the results of the thematic review of the articles showed that SKOS has been used the most in the design and preparation of thesauruses and ontologies of various fields, and also SKOS in areas such as the design of semantic web search engines, labeling and marginalization. Automated writing on the Semantic Web, improving Web search, representing and integrating Web schemas, categorizing Web features, representing semantic representations, indexing data, and linking strategies Plays the main.Conclusions: The results indicate the wide applications of SKOS in projects, ontologies and semantic web thesauri. Also, its capabilities in supporting Persian language can be used from SKOS in all fields mentioned in Persian. Also benefited. The results of reviewing the texts in this research can be the basis for future research.
Original Article
Fatemeh karbalaie ali; abasali rostaminasab; Masoud Akhlaghi Bonari
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Objectives: The present research is to map and analyze the intellectual and conceptual structure of educational goals by using collaborative methods of the authors and the simultaneous use of vocabulary in the Web site of the United States in the years 1983-2017.Method: This research was conducted using ...
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Objectives: The present research is to map and analyze the intellectual and conceptual structure of educational goals by using collaborative methods of the authors and the simultaneous use of vocabulary in the Web site of the United States in the years 1983-2017.Method: This research was conducted using a scientometric approach. The research community publishes all articles published in the field of educational goals at the World Wide Web citations database from 1983 to 2017.Findings: Findings from 893 academic degrees in the field of educational goals at the Web Science Citation Center indicate that the most prolific countries, based on scientific outputs of researchers, have been in countries such as Britain, Canada, China, and Australia in 2010-2014. . In recent years, countries such as Brazil, China, India and Iran have been active in this field. Writers such as Wang, Liu, Yang and Ding have had the greatest impact on the production of articles for educational purposes.Results: Educational goals are based on the clusters drawn up in this field, covering issues of performance and practice, models and education, the role of education, students, motivations, and children.
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Public Libraries
Mozafar Cheshmeh Sohrsbo
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Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the architectural status of public libraries with the nature and function of the library from the perspective of librarians as those who have the most relationship with the library building.Methodology: The approach chosen for this research is qualitative, ...
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Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the architectural status of public libraries with the nature and function of the library from the perspective of librarians as those who have the most relationship with the library building.Methodology: The approach chosen for this research is qualitative, because the nature and problem of the research is a description of a situation that due to the lack of research background in this field, cannot be examined in the form of quantitative research. In the present study, researchers are trying to explore librarians' attitudes about library architecture, so the Grounded theory method was used and unstructured interviews were used to collect data. For analyzing data collected. The data are collected through unstructured interviews, run on 13 librarians working at Rafsanjan Public Libraries, sections. Interviews were conducted in the library of each interviewee and each interview lasted between 20 and 30 minutes.Findings: After analyzing the data from interviews, a selected code named the architectural principles of public libraries, the two axes factors of standardization, environmental signage and symbolization and 15 other factors Such as adapting before allocating existing buildings to the library, consulting librarians to build a new library, separating the lounge and reading room, lagging behind standards in newly established libraries, allocating space for children, not being suitable for the disabled, located Being in a remote environment in the dimension of standardization and coordination with the environment, the importance of aesthetics in attracting the audience, symbolizing, marking, refreshing, ordinary and simple view, building new libraries with unique architecture and putting a box back The book was at the entrance of the library was identified.Originality: Every building is built to serve its purpose and certainly some have been successful in providing the services, because their elements and components are best combined as to somehow reflecting the needs of their members. understanding librarians as the most Interact with building libraries can be very instructive.
