Information Management
Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini; Mahgol Kamrava
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The proliferation of resources and the massive influx of information have led libraries to adopt modern technologies to improve and expedite their services to patrons. One such technology is library software, which is employed to assist librarians in their duties. However, the use of these technologies ...
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The proliferation of resources and the massive influx of information have led libraries to adopt modern technologies to improve and expedite their services to patrons. One such technology is library software, which is employed to assist librarians in their duties. However, the use of these technologies sometimes introduces challenges for users, potentially affecting the efficiency of librarians and the user experience negatively. This research investigates and identifies the core issues and challenges faced by librarians at Shahid Beheshti University when working with the Azarsa library software. Considering that librarians interact directly with this software and that students, as potential users, are directly affected by any issues in its use, this study aims to explore the primary reasons behind these challenges from the librarians' perspective.This research is applied in objective, qualitative-survey in methodology, with a library-based approach. Data were collected through in-person visits to the faculty and central libraries of Shahid Beheshti University, interviews with 9 librarians employed at the university, and the collection of librarians' letters of complaint about the Azarsa software from spring 2021 to December 2022.Through interviews and analyses, 33 issues were identified by librarians while working with the Azarsa software. Most of these issues relate to the system of display and data entry.Consequently, key indicators for evaluating library software include data entry methods, completeness of bibliographic information, features and structure of fields, use of auxiliary databases, and features of the data entry page. More precise data entry into library management software significantly impacts the efficiency and performance of libraries.Upon revisiting the translation, it remains tailored to meet the technical and academic standards required for scholarly articles, including appropriate use of specialized terminology and adherence to grammatical norms. The composition aims for clarity and coherence, suitable for an academic audience. However, this refinement process ensures the translation's alignment with the nuanced demands of scholarly communication.
Information Management
Amir Reza Asnafi; Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini; Zahra Attarzadeh
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Purpose: Game development is one of the most important subjects that has been able to transform education, business, industry and other backgrounds, in a form called gamification. The eighth art is the title that these days refers to the art of the gaming industry.Methodology: The method used in this ...
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Purpose: Game development is one of the most important subjects that has been able to transform education, business, industry and other backgrounds, in a form called gamification. The eighth art is the title that these days refers to the art of the gaming industry.Methodology: The method used in this research is library studies and it is a review article.Findings: This article introduces various aspects related to the theory of games and their role in teaching and learning. Examining gamification in information in organizations is less focused on game capabilities in teaching and learning specialized subjects.Conclusion: According to the findings, new research should be done in this field. As a result, with the appropriate use of scientific resources and the use of questionnaires, in addition to the use of learning elements, a framework will be created to explain the role of gamification in the field of education and learning, and as a result, a conceptual model can be obtained in researches.
Information Management
Maryam Golshany; Soraya Ziaei
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Purpose: In this research, expressing and defining the concepts of unreliable information and information or incorrect information and expressing the roots and contexts of unreliable information formation and its impact on users' decisions in meeting their information needs and finally entering the knowledge ...
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Purpose: In this research, expressing and defining the concepts of unreliable information and information or incorrect information and expressing the roots and contexts of unreliable information formation and its impact on users' decisions in meeting their information needs and finally entering the knowledge formation cycle Which will be obtained from this cycle.Methodology: In the present study, the library review method has been used and based on the backgrounds related to the subject under study. In this research, first, the desired concepts about unreliable information and information are expressed, then the contexts for the formation of unreliable information and its role in users' decisions are examined.Findings: In the present age, the speed of online dissemination of unreliable information is unprecedented in the history of communication. The unavailability or lack of reliable sources of information is one of the most important challenges facing societies in the 21st century. This phenomenon is reinforced by a combination of social networks, authentic online media, and human information processing features. Information, false information and destructive information can each create a specific situation for individuals or organizations according to the current situation and the recipient of the interpretation. The meaning of unreliable information in this research is the two concepts of false information and destructive information.Conclusion: Information efficiency depends on the quality of communication and the usefulness of the information. If the conditions for effective communication and receiving useful information occur for searchers or users of information, it will lead to the right decision of the user in selecting the practical and required information, which will help to produce tacit knowledge and establish the knowledge cycle.
Information Management
fatemeh nooshinfard; Mostafa Pahlevanzadeh
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of cybernetic management principles of cybernetic management on the flexibility of the West Tehran Tax Administration. Methodology: The method of the present research is also survey-analytical in terms of nature and applied in terms ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of cybernetic management principles of cybernetic management on the flexibility of the West Tehran Tax Administration. Methodology: The method of the present research is also survey-analytical in terms of nature and applied in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this research consists of managers and employees of the Tax Affairs Organization of the west of the country, whose number is 600 people. To determine the sample size, Morgan table was used, which according to the statistical population is 234 people. To measure the components of cybernetic management, the standard questionnaire of Asadpour (2009) and organizational flexibility, the standard questionnaire of organizational flexibility, Penny Gardner (1999) were used. The software used in this research is spss23. Findings: The results of Chi-square test showed that participatory decision-making on organizational flexibility by approximately 66%, commitment to organizational flexibility by approximately 61%, fairness in payment on organizational flexibility by approximately 63%, flat structure on The flexibility of the organization by 64%, the correct flow of information on the flexibility of the organization by 56%, the development of a sense of ownership on the flexibility of the organization by 70%, online education on the flexibility of the organization by approximately 63%. And all research hypotheses were confirmed. Conclusion: The results of the present study indicate the importance of important and scalable functions of cybernetic management in explaining the flexibility of the organization. Participatory decision-making in the management of organizations and the correct flow of information to make the right decisions and increase organizational commitment and flat structure and continuous training can play a decisive role in organizational flexibility and increase employee capabilities to achieve better organizational performance and use all human capital capacity and conversion Realize potential capabilities and assist employees at both managerial and operational levels.
Information Management
Hossein Adabi Firozjah; Mozafar Cheshmeh sohrabi
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Purpose: Futurology is a systematic, participatory, and perceptual process that builds a medium- to long-term perspective with the goal of making up-to-date decisions and mobilizing joint action. Rankings will lose their place in the digital age and will face challenges. Therefore, this study examines ...
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Purpose: Futurology is a systematic, participatory, and perceptual process that builds a medium- to long-term perspective with the goal of making up-to-date decisions and mobilizing joint action. Rankings will lose their place in the digital age and will face challenges. Therefore, this study examines and researches the future of library resource classification systems. Methodology: In this study, descriptive-analytical method and review of sources have been used. Findings: Classification is defined in different ways based on the context in which it is used as well as the extent to which it is used. The development of library classification schemes for bookshelf arrangement and alphabetical classification is not something we expect to change significantly. Advances have been made in the use of technology to update and distribute these designs, including the development of rating systems based on the digital age. Conclusion: The ranking system is developed with regard to the development of science and knowledge and the emergence of interdisciplinary and a place for them. In the case of both futures studies and library resource classification systems, it arises that in the future, library resource classification systems will traditionally be challenged in the age of information and digital technology. And this vision of the future must exist in order to address the challenges in question.
Information Management
Amirreza Asnafi; Ali Biranvand; Anusheh Andisheh Tadbir
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Purpose: Considering the extent and importance of Payame Noor University in higher education and the importance of social sciences in the production of Iranian science, the purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the quality of scientific products in the field of social sciences of Payame ...
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Purpose: Considering the extent and importance of Payame Noor University in higher education and the importance of social sciences in the production of Iranian science, the purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the quality of scientific products in the field of social sciences of Payame Noor University based on scientometric and altmetrics indices in Scopus from 2010 to 2020. Methodology: This descriptive survey study will be performed by scientometric and altmetrics methods and will be a type of applied research. The study population of all scientific productions in the field of social sciences of Payame Noor University, including 557 documents, in 2010 and 2020. Pearson t-test and correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data on the relationship between citation indices and Altmetrics indices. Findings: A comparison of the scientific productions of Iran Social Sciences and Payame Noor University shows that the share of Payame Noor University in the total number of Iranian articles was equal to 2.89%. The rate of articles resulting from scientific collaborations of only the authors of this university with international authors has been 10%. In addition, the citation per paper of these scientific products and its FWCI were 3.1 and 0.63, respectively. In addition, regarding the altmetrics indices of the scientific documents studied in the Scopus database, the Abstract frequency index had the highest frequency with 63944 and an average of 106.57 per article. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that the amount of science production of Payame Noor University researchers is very low compared to the national level in the field of social sciences and it is necessary to change policies and create incentives for science production in this sector. Research Methods: This is a descriptive survey study that will be performed by scientometric and altmetrics methods and will be a type of applied research. The study population of all scientific productions in the field of social sciences of Payame Noor University, including 557 documents, in 2010 and 2020. Pearson t-test and correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data on the relationship between citation indices and Altmetrics indices. Results: A comparison of the scientific productions of Iran Social Sciences and Payame Noor University shows that the share of Payame Noor University in the total number of Iranian articles was equal to 2.89%. The rate of articles resulting from scientific collaborations of only the authors of this university with international authors has been 10%. Also, the citation per paper of these scientific products and its FWCI were 3.1 and 0.63, respectively. Also, regarding the altmetrics indices of the scientific documents studied in the Scopus database, the Abstract frequency index had the highest frequency with 63944 and an average of 106.57 per article. Based on the findings, the highest frequency of Altmetrics indices of scientific documents studied in Scopus database was Abstract view index with 63944 and an average of 106.57 per article. Coclusion: The results of this study showed that the amount of science production of Payame Noor University researchers is very low compared to the national level in the field of social sciences and it is necessary to change policies and create incentives for science production in this sector.
Information Management
Shohreh SeyyedHosseini; Asefeh Asemi; Ahmad Shabani
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Purpose: Infodemiology tend to use internet and web 2.0 services to collect and analyze health-related data on web automatically. The basic assumption is that these data likely represent a high compatibility with health information need of different categories of people. The constant monitoring of information ...
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Purpose: Infodemiology tend to use internet and web 2.0 services to collect and analyze health-related data on web automatically. The basic assumption is that these data likely represent a high compatibility with health information need of different categories of people. The constant monitoring of information provides a health information-seeking behavior model for policymakers. The current study aimed to investigate the origin of the term “infodemiology” as well as its application in big data area. Also the study focused on the weakness of the traditional health information systems. Finally, this research studied the state of the social networks and internet search as an infodemiological tool. Methodgy: This research conducted by review study as well as the comprehensive and systematic review related to infodemiology. Findings: The results showed that policymakers receive critical and useful data about public health as late as possible by the use of traditional methods. So infodemiology design new methods using computers, internet, web-based services, and information technology to improve public healthcare. It could be applied for problem solving in medicine, medical education, and research-based services in electronic media. Conclusion: Infodemiological methods and measurements could save the common costs of public health infoveillance by constant monitoring of data in digital environment.
Information Management
Maryam Ghanipoor Tafreshi; Haji Zeinolabedini Mohsen
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Purpose: The aim of this research is to find (recognize) the effect of keywords documentation by using Persian medical thesaurus in citing articles from IranMedex and Medlib databases. Methodology: In terms of its aim, this research is practical; and is done semi-experimental methods. To assess the relevance ...
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Purpose: The aim of this research is to find (recognize) the effect of keywords documentation by using Persian medical thesaurus in citing articles from IranMedex and Medlib databases. Methodology: In terms of its aim, this research is practical; and is done semi-experimental methods. To assess the relevance of search results, using of both ordinary language and documented keywords with Persian medical thesaurus is observed and recorded in table, by Guilan University of Medical Science and also researcher. Findings: Based on the obtained results, the significance level of the test for both Iranmedex and Medlib databases isrespectively 492% and 367%, according to standardized and ordinary languages. Based on this, there is no significant difference between rate of cited articles with ordinary language and standardized keywords in IranMedex and Medlib databases. Conclusion: Documentation of keywords in the Iranmedex database has no significant effect on the precision of cited information. Also, documentation of keywords in the Medlib database has no significant effect on the precision of cited information. Documentation of keywords in the Iranmedex database has negative effect on the Recall of cited information. Documentation of keywords in both Iranmedex and Mddlib database has no effect on the rate of cited articles.
IT
Mitra Ghiasi; Ghasem Ali Ehsanian
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Purpose: Evaluation feedback on using Google and Yahoo search engines in postgraduate students’ researches of Payame Noor University in Babol Methodology: This research is applied and survey - analytical. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that its validity was obtained by consulting ...
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Purpose: Evaluation feedback on using Google and Yahoo search engines in postgraduate students’ researches of Payame Noor University in Babol Methodology: This research is applied and survey - analytical. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that its validity was obtained by consulting the experts and reliability was determined based on Cronbach's alpha test(0.839). The statistical population included 151 graduated students of Payam Noor University in Babol and the sample size was 108 according to the Cochran formula. The sampling method was random. For data analysis software SPSS version 22 was used.Findings: There was a significant difference between the satisfaction of students from the Google search engine and Yahoo(P=0.001). There is a significant difference between the students' familiarity with the factors affecting the search engines(P=0.001). The average of the components examined for the Google search engine is higher than Yahoo's search engine (Google =4.04 Vs. Yahoo=3.76) and this difference was significant(P=0.001). The students use these search engines to choose the subject of research.Conclusion: Students use Google's search engine at different stages of their research more
Informational literacy
Majid Shirzad; Abdul Rasoul Jokar; Nayer TaraghiKhah Dilmaghani
Volume 4, Issue 4 , March 2018, , Pages 31-40
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Purpose: Faculty members as one of the basic elements of production and transfer of knowledge play an important role in promoting the scientific status of the university and the community. This study aims to determine the level of information literacy and its components in PNU faculty members of Mazandaran ...
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Purpose: Faculty members as one of the basic elements of production and transfer of knowledge play an important role in promoting the scientific status of the university and the community. This study aims to determine the level of information literacy and its components in PNU faculty members of Mazandaran province (Iran). Methodology: This study is a descriptive survey and the study population is faculty members of PNU- Mazandaran province. Using a convenience sampling method, Designed questionnaire provided all faculty members (144 persons), and finally, 85 questionnaires were received. In order to analyze the data, descriptive statistics (frequency, frequency percentage) were used. Findings: The results showed that in total the Information Literacy among faculty members of PNU is 75/4%. Conclusion: These findings indicate a relatively good information literacy among faculty members of PNU of Mazandaran province.
public library
Zeinab Ghayouri; Roya Baradar
Volume 4, Issue 4 , March 2018, , Pages 41-52
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Purpose: This study examines the status of knowledge management and cybernetics in Public Libraries Foundation to study the impact of cybernetics, which includes six main dimensions of diversity and constraints, entropy and information, the need to diversify and rulemaking control, feedback and distinctions ...
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Purpose: This study examines the status of knowledge management and cybernetics in Public Libraries Foundation to study the impact of cybernetics, which includes six main dimensions of diversity and constraints, entropy and information, the need to diversify and rulemaking control, feedback and distinctions and relationships, on knowledge management that includes four main processes of knowledge creation, conversion and transfer of knowledge, preserve and maintain of knowledge and application of knowledge in the public libraries Foundation. Methodology: The current research is of descriptive analytical type and has dealt with using the descriptive-survey method. The population of the research is the staff of the Public Libraries and information was collected from the 38-item questionnaire (19 questions related to cybernetics and 19 questions related to knowledge management). Data were analyzed using one sample T-test and Pearson. Also, a conceptual model was presented to evaluate the effect of cybernetics on knowledge management. To evaluate the effect of the relationship between the variables, PLS-SEM was used. Findings: Cybernetic dimensions and knowledge management (in addition to the two cases in the dimensions of diversity and limitation and the necessity of diversity and decision rule) are not in a good position in the institution of public libraries. The findings also showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between knowledge management and cybernetic dimensions. Conclusion: public libraries Foundation can use research findings to successfully implement knowledge management with respect to cybernetic dimensions
Knowledge Management
Oranus Tajedini; Sepide Iranmanesh; Ali Sadat Moosavi
Volume 3, Issue 4 , February 2018, , Pages 21-32
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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Kerman university librarians have been carried out by 360 degrees. Methodology: The present study was conducted using analytical survey method and 360 degree feedback was used to evaluate the performance of the community. Information related to ...
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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the performance of Kerman university librarians have been carried out by 360 degrees. Methodology: The present study was conducted using analytical survey method and 360 degree feedback was used to evaluate the performance of the community. Information related to the evaluation of their performance was compiled by questionnaires that considered their assessors' self-assessment views, manager's evaluation and evaluation of colleagues and evaluation of library users. The research community of all librarians of Kerman University libraries. The data gathering tool was Faraj Pahloo et al. (2012), which consists of 4 questionnaires to examine the person from the perspective of the head, colleague, referral and person. Findings: After evaluating the performance of the subjects and comparing the results from the viewpoint of the four evaluation groups, there was a significant difference between the views of the evaluated person and the head of view in the ethical index. There is no significant difference in the performance index between librarians' assessment from the viewpoint of different groups. In the process index, there is only a significant difference between the evaluated point and the point of view. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that in order to obtain more accurate results, one could establish a common language among their assessors and evaluators in terms of their indices and their terms, so that prior to any assessment, On how to evaluate others and rating evaluators so that people are more careful in evaluating their colleagues or other groups and ultimately improving the credibility of the evaluations.
Knowledge Management
Mansour Saudi; Fariba Nazari; Ghanbar Amirnejad
Volume 3, Issue 4 , February 2018, , Pages 33-50
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Purpose: The main purpose this study is to investigate the effect knowledge management strategies (codification & personalization strategies) on organizational performance through role of mediator organizational innovation. Methodology: Statistical population of this study is 517 of employes departments ...
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Purpose: The main purpose this study is to investigate the effect knowledge management strategies (codification & personalization strategies) on organizational performance through role of mediator organizational innovation. Methodology: Statistical population of this study is 517 of employes departments of national company of south oil areas, that with using table Krejcie and Morgan and sampling method random, 233 were chosen. In total, 233 questionnaires distribute and 230 number questionnaires were collected from the respondents. In order to measure the research variables was used of three standard questionnaires, knowledge management from Nicolas and Cardan, organizational innovation from Garcia Morales et al, and organizational performance from Hsu. Data analysis on two levels: Descriptive and inferential statistics with using statistical software SPSS and Lisrel was done. Finding: Research findings show that knowledge management strategies (codification & personalization strategies) have positive and significant effect on innovation and organizational performance. Organizational innovation has positive and significant effect on organizational performance. Also organizational innovation mediates effect of knowledge management strategies on organizational performance
Knowledge Management
Ali Biranvand; Ali Akbar Khasseh
Volume 3, Issue 4 , February 2018, , Pages 51-68
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Purpose: Nowadays, the digital libraries’ web sites act as new communication bridge between libraries and users. This study aimed to assess the structure and content of the Payame Noor University’s digital library website and determine its strengths and weaknesses in comparison with the digital ...
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Purpose: Nowadays, the digital libraries’ web sites act as new communication bridge between libraries and users. This study aimed to assess the structure and content of the Payame Noor University’s digital library website and determine its strengths and weaknesses in comparison with the digital libraries of the top universities in Iran. Methodology: The research method is content analysis. Data gathering tool is a researcher-made checklist that contains structural and content features available in digital libraries. It was developed through studying texts and seeking experts’ viewpoint. The study population includes digital library websites of top universities in Iran. Bibliometric methodology and social network analysis are used as the research methods. The research population comprises 11202 records in the field of Rural Geography during 1980-2015, which have been retrieved from Web of Science. Findings: Results showed that based on structural and content features, the digital library of Payame Noor University is not in a relatively good situation; it allocated a total of 32 points in comparison with other universities’ digital libraries is located at a low rank. Conclusions: According to the findings of this study, it seems that the designers of Payame Noor University’s digital library have not sufficiently paid attention to the capabilities and needs of users as well as the basic principles of user interface design. Finally, the need to redesign the user interface of Pyame Noor University’s digital library is obvious.
Information Management
Maryam Golshany; Asefeh Asemi; Bibi Eshrat Zamani
Volume 4, Issue 3 , December 2017, , Pages 41-50
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Purpose: This study investigated the role of training workshops in developing information literacy of Marrakech Steel employees. In this study, a sample consisting of 30 Mobarakeh Steel employees were Isfahan city. The Convenience Sampling method was used for sampling. In order to research, one experimental ...
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Purpose: This study investigated the role of training workshops in developing information literacy of Marrakech Steel employees. In this study, a sample consisting of 30 Mobarakeh Steel employees were Isfahan city. The Convenience Sampling method was used for sampling. In order to research, one experimental sample was used and it has no control group. The research methods of achieving the quasi-experimental design, pretest, and posttest in the experimental group were selected. In order to gather information, pretest and posttest questionnaire assessment, review of the literature, organizational documents, were used. Methodology: For measuring information needs. Seven-item scale was designed, for measuring identifying information resources, ten-item scale, for search and information access, a 7-item scale, for evaluation of information 2-item scale, for management and organization of information 3-item scale, for use of information 3-item scale were used. After performing the study using test questions. Information needs, identifying information, search and information access, evaluation of information, management and organization of information, for use of information, was measured. Analysis of data from pretest and posttest scores in both descriptive and inferential statistics was done. Descriptive statistics were used for frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, and inferential statistics were used for Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, paired t-test and Friedman test. Findings: According to the results obtained of data analysis can be said there was a significant difference between the level of information literacy among the participants, before and after the training workshops. Conclusions: Based on the study findings, it seems that Information Literacy training workshops, has an important role in increasing the level of information literacy of the Mobarakeh Seel company employees.
Information Management
Ali Jamshidi; Banafsheh Hasanvand; Mohamad Khaledian
Volume 4, Issue 3 , December 2017, , Pages 51-62
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training in conflict management and job involvement among students in the field of information and knowledge. Methodology: The population of this study is all students of information and knowledge science ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training in conflict management and job involvement among students in the field of information and knowledge. Methodology: The population of this study is all students of information and knowledge science affiliated with the Payame Noor University of Tehran in the academic year 2016-17. In this research, 24 students of Informatics and Knowledge Science of Payame Noor University in Tehran were selected by Sampling available as sample size. The statistical sample of the test group is 12 volunteers participating in emotional intelligence training sessions. The statistical sample of the control group of 12 students who did not participate in emotional intelligence training sessions was selected from among university students. The research method is a semi-experimental design with two experimental and control groups. The experimental group was subjected to 9 sessions of 90 minutes of emotional intelligence training, but the control group did not receive any training. CMSQ Conflict Management Style Questionnaire and Kongoni Job Involvement Questionnaire were used for data collection. Covariance analysis was used to analyze the data. Finding: The results showed that showed that the mean Conflict management and Job Involvement in the post-tests in the experimental group were significantly higher than that control group. Conclusion: It concludes that emotional intelligence training has a significant effect on conflict management and job involvement among students.
Database management
Mehdi Moeinikia; Ebrahim Aryani
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 27-38
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the role of service support qualities of e-learning learners' in predict of their learning resource management strategies. Methodology: Methodology of this research is descriptive – correlational. The population of research was Tehran Payam Noor University ...
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the role of service support qualities of e-learning learners' in predict of their learning resource management strategies. Methodology: Methodology of this research is descriptive – correlational. The population of research was Tehran Payam Noor University students. This study was a combination of multi-stage cluster sampling and Number of samples based Krejci-Morgan table, approximately 500 people were considered. Tools for Data collected included partial of questionnaire of motivational strategies for learning by Duncan and Mckeachi (2005) contain the components of Management Strategies Learning resources and quality of Administrative-Education Services questionnaire, the quality of library services questionnaire, the quality of professors' education questionnaire, quality consulting services questionnaire and quality of electronic services via the Web questionnaire was used. Finally for data analyzing used spss.21 software and regression testing. Findings: Quality of services variables provided a significant explaining 13% of variance components of learning resource management strategies (pand Quality of training services (β= -0/169)and consulting services (β= - 0/140) quota is significant and quality of other services not significant. Conclusion: By increasing gap or reducing the quality of the two types of training and consulting services, learning resources management strategies of the learners are significantly reduced. so the university authorities about improve the services support quality and atone the learners should do basic and timely actions
Information Management
Hooman Soleymani; Gholamreza Heidari; Farzaneh Ghanadinezhad
Volume 4, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 63-74
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the electronic personal information management status of Chamran University of Ahvaz faculty members using the Jones model. Method: This study was conducted to survey, in terms of purpose and the nature of descriptive and analytical applications. The study ...
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the electronic personal information management status of Chamran University of Ahvaz faculty members using the Jones model. Method: This study was conducted to survey, in terms of purpose and the nature of descriptive and analytical applications. The study population included all faculty members of martyr Chamran University. By determining the total number of teachers (599 persons) and using the table Kerjsy Morgan, the approximate number of samples was 220 people, of whom 193 returned questionnaires (response rate of 87.72%) were. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (independent t-test, ANOVA and Tukey) were used. Results: The findings show that average finding and re-finding activities 2.88, 2.55 storing, organizing 2.84, 3.11 maintenance, security 2.94, 2.78 evaluation and conceptualization, strategy and the overall average of 2.64 and 2.82 is a personal information manager. In terms of gender significant difference between the status of Personal Information Management faculty cannot be seen, but in terms of academic degree, there is a significant difference between them. Conclusion: The results suggest that the overall situation is a relatively high level of academic staff in the management of personal information. The faculty has an academic degree in the fields of personal information management professor had the best performance. Also, personal information management quality men better than women.
IT
Yaghoub Norouzi; Azadeh Eghlim Arkani
Volume 3, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 11-20
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine barriers to the use of information technology in education in Tonekabon Branch of Payam Noor University. Methodology: This study is functional regarding its purpose and it is survey-analytical, regarding its nature. The statistical group is consisted ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine barriers to the use of information technology in education in Tonekabon Branch of Payam Noor University. Methodology: This study is functional regarding its purpose and it is survey-analytical, regarding its nature. The statistical group is consisted all of university students who are studying in Tonekabon Branch of Payam Noor University. Based on Cochran formula a stratified sample of 107 people was selected and Through 27 questionnaire were examined. Findings: Among the five dimensions of the research, technical barriers with average of 4/067, human barriers 4/027/4, administrative barriers, 4/022, economic barriers 4/116, and cultural barriers 3/964, sequentially, were ranked from first to fifth degree. It's important to note that contrary to the initial impression management barriers in the present research was third. Conclusion: based of the research a research-constructed questioner from the study of literature with high reliability was obtained that could be used by future studies. Also the result of this research can be used in development of study community and other area
Information Management
Aboozar Ramezani; Seyed Javad Ghazimirsaeed; Ahmad Papi; Mohammad Hossein YektaKooshali; Fatemeh RamezaniPakpourLangroudi
Volume 4, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 23-30
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the Altometrics Indicators of Iranian medical sciences universities in the two social networks of the ResearchGate and Academia.edu. and to investigate their relationship with the scientometrics indicator in Scopos database, such as number of publications, ...
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the Altometrics Indicators of Iranian medical sciences universities in the two social networks of the ResearchGate and Academia.edu. and to investigate their relationship with the scientometrics indicator in Scopos database, such as number of publications, citation rates and h-Index. Methodology: The present study was carried out using scientometric method. The research data were collected using Excel 2013 software and analyzed by SPSS version 23 using Spearman, Chi-square and condom analysis. Findings: According to the findings, the University's ranking based on the h-Index has a significant relationship with their presence and number of members in the social network of the ResearchGate and Academia.edu. In addition, there was a significant relationship between the Altometrics Indicators of medical sciences universities in the ResearchGate and Academia social networks with the citation rate and h-Index (P Conclusions: The results of this study, the starting point for action plans to increase the presence of faculty members of universities in social networking as an activity in the dissemination of knowledge.
Information Management
MohammadAmin Erfanmanesh; Elaheh Hosseini
Volume 4, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 31-40
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Purpose: The present research aims to study the quality of international research outputs of the University of Isfahan using various indicators for the last ten years. In addition, it investigates whether the quality of these output has been increased along with their quantity by comparing with the country's ...
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Purpose: The present research aims to study the quality of international research outputs of the University of Isfahan using various indicators for the last ten years. In addition, it investigates whether the quality of these output has been increased along with their quantity by comparing with the country's average. Methodology: The present study is an applied research using scientometric indicators. The research population consisted of 5806 papers with at least one author affiliated with the University of Isfahan, published during 2006-2015 and indexed in Scopus Moreover, Scopus and civil were used for data collection. Findings: Findings showed that quality performance of the University of Isfahan in a production of research outputs in metrics of “citedness rate”, “international scientific collaboration” and “publication in high-quality journals” was higher than the country’s average. Conversely, the quality of the University of Isfahan’s scholarly output based on “citations per publication”, “views per publication”, “field-weighted citation impact” and “highly-cited papers” was less than the country's average. Conclusion: The results of the research might be useful by the managers and policy makers of the University of Isfahan to be aware of the current level and future plans in order to improve the quality of research output of the university.
public library
Salma Keshavarzian; Amirreza Asnafi
Volume 3, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 37-57
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Purpose: Librarians to survive in the age of information metamorphis and to serve better and effective service in this environment should be equipped with particular knowledge and skills which expressed as "information literacy". Familiarity with the use of software and hardware techniques, laws of Selection ...
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Purpose: Librarians to survive in the age of information metamorphis and to serve better and effective service in this environment should be equipped with particular knowledge and skills which expressed as "information literacy". Familiarity with the use of software and hardware techniques, laws of Selection and evaluation of sources, information network systems, the ability to search the Web sites and databases, Mastering the work with library softwares, Ability to analyze problems, the ability to conduct research in the field of library and information science, and the ability to educate consumers Are some of these skills. The purpose of this study is to introducing the impacts of Data Metamorphis on public libraries and the role of librarians. Methodology: This is a reviewed and analyzed research. Findings: Librarians before entering the labor market, must acquire these skills to do better their role between information resources and users. This task is the responsibility of the education system through proper college curriculum, which prepare librarians to enter the field work. Conclusion: While training new librarians who are familiar with new information technology and are trained as information specialists is much needed, the cultural environment that seriously affect the training offered should be considered. Also, information infrastructure of the country, the value society attaches to information, attitudes of planners, policy makers and decision makers, the growth of technology, technological change is happening and requests made by different groups of users should be considered.
Information Management
Mona Andoohgin Shahri; Bahram Amini; Mohammad Davarpanah Jazi
Volume 4, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 41-50
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purpose: This study was conducted for the analysis of hijacked journal and presenting new features to apply them and reduce internet frauds. Methodology: To reach this goal, First according to studies done on the websites the of authentic and hijacked journals, the features of this kind of attacks are ...
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purpose: This study was conducted for the analysis of hijacked journal and presenting new features to apply them and reduce internet frauds. Methodology: To reach this goal, First according to studies done on the websites the of authentic and hijacked journals, the features of this kind of attacks are extracted and then a training dataset is created. The number of collected data records is 104 were collected and analyzed using WEKA data mining tools. The results showed that the applied method has an error rate of 1 percent. Findings: The collected data of this research was analyzed by Weka data mining software. The algorithms used in this survey were developed by the Decision Tree Algorithm. An algorithm with a lower error rate is selected. The results showed that the applied method has an error rate of 9 percent. Conclusion: The previous studies showed an increase in the number of fake publishers and hijacked journals. This article is dealt with finding a way to identify these type of journals. The results obtained from the data collected using a decision tree and the analysis thereof was shown.
Information Management
Mohadeseh Rafie Khoshnood; Abdalsamad Keramatfar; Fereshte Akbari
Volume 4, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 51-58
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Purpose: This paper aim to review features of review articles that are available immediately after publication and their relationship with the number of citations they receive in the field of cell biology.Methodology: ten article features including SJR, SNIP, IF, the numbers of authors, the number of ...
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Purpose: This paper aim to review features of review articles that are available immediately after publication and their relationship with the number of citations they receive in the field of cell biology.Methodology: ten article features including SJR, SNIP, IF, the numbers of authors, the number of countries, the number of cited references, the number of pages, the length of the article title in terms of number of characters, abstract words number and Price Index of all the review articles covered by journals in Scopus in year 2012 has explored Using multivariate OLS regression models.Findings: The results show that, SNIP, SJR, Number of countries, IF, Number of references, Price index of review articles indexed in Scopus have the highest relation with the number of future citations of articles respectively. In addition number of pages, number of authors and article title length has negative association in this field and type. Based on the presented models each unit increases in SNIP is associated with 43% increase in citations, while for IF this association is about 10%.Conclusion: Features used in this study, have capability of explaining about one-third of citations. Furthermore, SNIP is more capable of predicting the number of future citations of articles in this field
Information Management
Oranus Tajedini; Atefe Tajedini
Volume 4, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 75-88
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Purpose: This research has been done with the aim of the study of a web-based resource of URL in Iranian articles of information science indexed in ISI in 2009-2011. Methodology: The method of this research is citation analysis. The population of this research is all Iranian researchers’ articles ...
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Purpose: This research has been done with the aim of the study of a web-based resource of URL in Iranian articles of information science indexed in ISI in 2009-2011. Methodology: The method of this research is citation analysis. The population of this research is all Iranian researchers’ articles in information science (121 articles) in the ISI database that are indexed in SSCI between 2009- 2011. data were analyzed using Excel software. Findings: These research findings show that generally the most used domain and a file is org. and pdf.internet citation of information science was available in 82 percent, which they decrease to 98 percent after appropriate proceedings and further studies. Also, these research findings show that the most available internet URL addresses in studying articles were found in cited internet URL address. The statues of unavailable internet addresses in all studying articles, from the view of error messages, shows that the most error messages are in articles of information science, error message 403 (forbidden) with 21 percent. The average internet citation half-life calculated is 3 years and 4 months in information science articles. Conclusion: The results of this research show that the decline of internet addresses must be considered a problem. The problem that some of its main emersion reasons are websites reorganization and changes in internet domains.
