Knowledge Management
Mehdi Rahmani; Mohsen Haji Zaynolabedini
Volume 2, Issue 3 , November 2015, , Pages 23-32
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Purpose: Data mining is one of the ways to analyze and use the data by using statistic and logical analysis of large-scale deals to institutions helps in obtaining major decisions. This study aims to identify the most important data mining applications in the field of knowledge and information science ...
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Purpose: Data mining is one of the ways to analyze and use the data by using statistic and logical analysis of large-scale deals to institutions helps in obtaining major decisions. This study aims to identify the most important data mining applications in the field of knowledge and information science on the basis of data mining applications in other scientific fields. Methodology: In this study trying to identify applications of data mining from a literature review and analysis of data mining applications in the fields of banking, risk management, hospitality management, trade, and industry statistics used. Results: The results showed that data mining in different parts of the field of knowledge and information science including: information search, acquisition, management and library services, data collection clients of library, retain the loyalty of clients, who fired, the resources available in the library (stocks of the library) , Bank intelligence gathering resources, using interlibrary loan and collection applications, it became clear that the integrity of data and cost data for better performance and more cost-utility library's. Results: Data mining applications in the field of knowledge and information science more specific parts of the loan, reference, and set building. But it can also in other sectors of data mining to analyze the data in order to better achieve the objectives of the field and the library.
Information Management
Asefeh Asemi; Maryam Tavakoli
Volume 2, Issue 3 , November 2015, , Pages 43-52
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Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the scientific products' state at Isfahan University in the form of in-university research projects. Methodology: Descriptive method was used and all in-university research designs were studied at Isfahan University. a descriptive method was used in this ...
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Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate the scientific products' state at Isfahan University in the form of in-university research projects. Methodology: Descriptive method was used and all in-university research designs were studied at Isfahan University. a descriptive method was used in this study. All in-university research plans were investigated. The information regarding plans was collected through referring to documents archive in the center of communication with industry at Isfahan University, the department of in-university plans. The information of these plans was classified in tables which were designed according to these documents. After organizing and classifying, the data were interred into Excel spread sheet and the final analysis was conducted via SPSS software version 17. Finding: 92. 07% of the executives had PhD degree and more than half of them (68. 29%) had the rank of assistant professor. The most frequent plans were in the majors of mathematics and biology and the department of science was more active in this regard than the others at Isfahan University. Further, 87. 80% of research plan executives were men and most of the them (about 40. 24%) didn’t have any colleague. 49. 39% of the plans were in fundamental type. 35. 97% of research plans had article and 58. 54% of them had scientific output. Most of the research plans were conducted in 2008. Results: Finding show that internal and external factors can affect scientific productions.
Information Management
Erfaneh Rasekh Jahromi
Volume 2, Issue 3 , November 2015, , Pages 73-80
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Objective: The emergence and spread of mass media in the society, economic variables has changed. One of the key economic variables, the level of employment in society. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can alter the occupational system. This applies to all countries, including Iran stems. ...
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Objective: The emergence and spread of mass media in the society, economic variables has changed. One of the key economic variables, the level of employment in society. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can alter the occupational system. This applies to all countries, including Iran stems. Since employment is one of the major topics of discussion in this country, The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ICT on employment and labor productivity in the economy. Results: In this paper After identifying the important effect of ICT on employment and labor productivity in Iran Using econometric modeling techniques and estimation and time series data to be analyzed. Pattern of co-integration techniques and mechanisms through error correction using time series data (93-1350) is estimated. Conclusion: The results indicate that the information and communication technology in the short term, negative effect on employment and labor efficiency concerns itself in the long run this will be a positive effect. The effect of information technology on productivity in the long-term skilled labor, unskilled labor, positive and negative.
Information Management
Amir Reza Asnafi; Saeed Ghaffari; Elaheh Azadegani
Volume 2, Issue 3 , November 2015, , Pages 81-91
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Purpose: aim of paper is determine the use rates of digital audio archive of the broadcasting of Islamic republic of Iran by radio broadcasters and evaluation of users community of audio archive software in order to determine the use of digital archives by different users (such as producers, editors ...
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Purpose: aim of paper is determine the use rates of digital audio archive of the broadcasting of Islamic republic of Iran by radio broadcasters and evaluation of users community of audio archive software in order to determine the use of digital archives by different users (such as producers, editors and other agents of the programs) in producing and broadcasting programs and their validity. Methodology: the present research prepared based on applied methodology and analytical research method. The data was gathered through questionnaire. T-test and Friedman tests, Pearson Correlation Coefficient were used for analysis of the information. Findings: The results of the research indicate that there is a meaningful relation in the needs of digital archive users. The most of broadcasters in radio channels prefer to use music archives. Therefore we can conclude that the broadcasters prefer to use less archive resources due to the less application of those resources. The resources such as songs, speeches and Quran have fewer applications and are mostly used in ceremonies and special occasions. Radio programs are used less than other programs due to special limitations. Conclusion: considering that the objective of preparing and providing the information was enhancing the information needs of the users and offering services to the broadcasters, so providing better information is depended on recognition of information needs of the users. The suitable recognition of digital archive and the existed resources by broadcasters will result in more application of existed resources in the archive as well as their better application.
Knowledge Management
Maryam Ghafouri; Asefe Asemi
Volume 2, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 11-24
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Purpose: The main objective of this study is to identify and compare the managerfeatures of content management systems of conferences, at the national and international level.
Methodology: In this research, a description of analysing system (web-based survey) , Suehas: oral interview, seeing ...
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Purpose: The main objective of this study is to identify and compare the managerfeatures of content management systems of conferences, at the national and international level.
Methodology: In this research, a description of analysing system (web-based survey) , Suehas: oral interview, seeing the conference website and various parts of the system, an available movies and slides, documentary and library studies methods including study guides, educational menus and all existing evidence, empirical and practical study were conducted. Finally, for measurig the available facilities in the selected samples and comparing them the descriptive method was used (Descriptive statistics, frequency tables, bar and radar charts using SPSS and Excel software). The population of the study was conferences management system in the national and international level. The samples of the study consisted of three national conference management systems (Yekta Web, Afzare Shargh, Negar and Adak) and three international systems (ASME, Conftool and OCS (PKP).
Findings: The findings showed that among the international system, ASME system in terms of what the managerhas reached the highest score. In the national systems, Yekta Websystem in the part of the managerof the Congress was the highest score in terms of facilities. Finally, researchers concluded that the investigated systems had a little difference, they all had the capabilities of the standard systems. Also, Yekta Web management system, had little difference with those of international conferences management systems.
Results: These findings can help in the design, development, purchase, or use the new conference management systems.
Information Management
Oranus Tajedini; Ali Sadat-Moosavi; Adel Soleimani- Nejad3
Volume 2, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 35-48
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Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate administrators and librarians working in academic libraries about the skills, knowledge and information science specialists, duties and responsibilities in the future of information science and the future of this science. Methodology: The present study was ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate administrators and librarians working in academic libraries about the skills, knowledge and information science specialists, duties and responsibilities in the future of information science and the future of this science. Methodology: The present study was a comparative survey and the population of all the managers and librarians working in public libraries, university centers are located in Tehran. The data is collected using a questionnaire made that items of information and knowledge derived from science texts have been made. Findings: The findings of this study show thatbetween administrators and librarians working in academic libraries, librarians in the future and the future of the required skills and knowledge of information science in Iran there is a significant difference but between administrators and librarians working in academic libraries of the future role and responsibilities of librarians and information there is no significant difference. Results: The results show that Time of change in information science need to unity in future opinions combine their constructive comments both groups, as well as the surrounding text to make this solid foundation and a bright future and powerful makes clear.
Information Management
Maryam Salami; Nasim Nobahar; Gholamali Roudi
Volume 2, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 49-60
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Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate administrators and librarians working in academic libraries about the skills, knowledge and information science specialists, duties and responsibilities in the future of information science and the future of this science. Methodology: The present study was a ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate administrators and librarians working in academic libraries about the skills, knowledge and information science specialists, duties and responsibilities in the future of information science and the future of this science. Methodology: The present study was a comparative survey and the population of all the managers and librarians working in public libraries, university centers are located in Tehran. The data is collected using a questionnaire made that items of information and knowledge derived from science texts have been made. Findings: The findings of this study show that between administrators and librarians working in academic libraries, librarians in the future and the future of the required skills and knowledge of information science in Iran there is a significant difference but between administrators and librarians working in academic libraries of the future role and responsibilities of librarians and information there is no significant difference. Results: The results show that Time of change in information science need to unity in future opinions combine their constructive comments both groups, as well as the surrounding text to make this solid foundation and a bright future and powerful makes clear
Information Management
Anis Miri; Maryam Salami
Volume 2, Issue 2 , August 2015, , Pages 97-106
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is study the effect designing quality in public libraries Websites, on increasing the satisfaction of users as a result increasing the positive verbal advertising in using website. Methodology: This research has been done in the 2 section. The first part to identify ...
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Purpose: The purpose of this research is study the effect designing quality in public libraries Websites, on increasing the satisfaction of users as a result increasing the positive verbal advertising in using website. Methodology: This research has been done in the 2 section. The first part to identify factors affecting the quality of the content and structural library websites, analyze the content of the research in designing websites in10 recent years. In order to provide a model questionnaire with 25 spectrum in - point Likert, was used. Research community, including 382 members of the public libraries Mashhad. Content analysis and, in the second part of the survey type using factor analysis research methodology. In the first part of the content analysis and, in the second part of the survey type factor analysis and MFQ was used. Finding: The findings demonstrate, quality web design, perceived quality and perceived usefulness directly on the website satisfaction and positive verbal advertisement therefore, indirectly influence. Result: The model identified in the research, effectively, the relationship between quality web design, perceived usefulness, perceived data quality, electronic consent and explain verbal propaganda.
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, , Pages 27-36
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Purpose: The current research aims is citation analysis of papers that are published in the field of demography in Iran.
Methodology: The research can be regarded as an applied one and is based on a scientometrics approach. The research population consists of the whole scientific productions in ...
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Purpose: The current research aims is citation analysis of papers that are published in the field of demography in Iran.
Methodology: The research can be regarded as an applied one and is based on a scientometrics approach. The research population consists of the whole scientific productions in the field of demography in Iran. The citation analysis is based on the first author of papers. Mapping the relationship between the cited authors was done through the Ravar-Matrix and UciNet as two software programs.
Findings: The findings show that the cited authors can be divided into three groups: reference authors, highly frequented, and rarely frequented. The reference authors are the well-known persons in the field of demography in Iran, like Zanjani, Mirzai, Abbassi, Kazemi-Pour, Sarai, Amani, and etc. The website of Iranian Statistics Center was the most cited resource by demographers.
Results: The Findings confirms the hypothesis that being cited is an indicator for scientific impact. The findings also show that the citation analysis is a way for determination of outstanding persons in the field of demography of Iran.
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, , Pages 50-61
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze barriers to effective implementation of the inter-library loan and document delivery in public libraries at Fars province.
Methodology: A questionnaire survey was used to carry out the study. Administrators and librarians of public libraries in Fars province ...
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze barriers to effective implementation of the inter-library loan and document delivery in public libraries at Fars province.
Methodology: A questionnaire survey was used to carry out the study. Administrators and librarians of public libraries in Fars province constitute the population of the current study. The total population of full-time administrators and librarians in Fars public libraries at the time of this study was 254. Data analysis was accomplished using SPSS software.
Findings: Findings showed that the overwhelming majority of respondents notified the necessity and importance of implementing an effective inter-library loan and document delivery service. Results indicated that the main limitations and barriers to implement an effective inter-library loan and document delivery included: No guarantee to prevent damage to resources (97. 3 percent); Lack of uniform regulations (95. 00 percent); Lack of funding for collaborative agreements between libraries (92. 1 percent); Lack of cooperation among public libraries in inter-library loans (91. 3 percent); The high cost of cooperation between libraries and lack of funding by parent organizations (89. 4 percent); Lack of equipment such as computer, scanner, etc. (89 percent), librarians’ unfamiliarity with databases and network technologies (83. 9 percent); Lack of library professionals in the field of inter-library loans and document delivery services (80 percent); and Lack of coordinator center among libraries (80 percent).
Conclusion: Inter-library loan and document delivery services can lead to the most interaction among public libraries and their users, which, in turn, will lead to greater awareness of the topics, common issues, and finding solutions and ideas for better services. More importantly, the implementation of inter-library loan and document delivery services can effectively meet the users’ information needs.
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, , Pages 62-68
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Purpose: Moral intelligence’ strength or weakness is one of the factors that can increase or decrease the contribution among people. Moral Intelligence is the capability of understanding right from wrong, having strong moral beliefs, acting according to them and behaving accurately. In this era ...
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Purpose: Moral intelligence’ strength or weakness is one of the factors that can increase or decrease the contribution among people. Moral Intelligence is the capability of understanding right from wrong, having strong moral beliefs, acting according to them and behaving accurately. In this era of increased participation among employees has become an undeniable reality in organizational effectiveness. The aim of this study was to assess the moral intelligence and business partnerships among academic libraries and librarians regarding the relationship between these two variables.
Methodology: A correlational study was used. The study population consisted of all the librarians working at public libraries located in Tehran.
Findings: The finding of this study indicated that the moral intelligence of librarians was more than 73% , while their professional collaboration was about 51% which seems not to be satisfactory.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between moral intelligence and professional collaboration. However, there is low interest and psychological attachment among the people participating in the study towards their work.
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, , Pages 69-76
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Porpuse: The main objective of this study was to analyze the content of “information retrieval” among papers indexed in WoS.
Methodology: Using quantitative and qualitative content analysis, this study tried to give a complete overview of papers in which “information retrieval” ...
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Porpuse: The main objective of this study was to analyze the content of “information retrieval” among papers indexed in WoS.
Methodology: Using quantitative and qualitative content analysis, this study tried to give a complete overview of papers in which “information retrieval” has been tackled. The time period considered in this study was 1993-2012.
Findings: The results of the content analysis showed that out of 389 articles in the field of “information retrieval”, 30% were published in the journal of “Information Processing Management”. Moreover, subcategories of “interactive information retrieval”, “cross language information retrieval”, and “relevance” are the most frequently used themes in these papers.
Conclusion: The findings indicate that information retrieval researchers paid a special attention to the interactive aspects of information retrieval. On the other hand, due to the influence of technology in most countries, and language diversity in the world, a growing interest in research in the field of cross-language information retrieval can be observed.
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, , Pages 77-86
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Objective: This research aimed to evaluate the performance of LIS Association based on the views obtained from board members and managers at the provincial branches.
Methodology: The methodology of the present study was a mixed-method which used a questionnaire along with a written open-ended questionnaire. ...
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Objective: This research aimed to evaluate the performance of LIS Association based on the views obtained from board members and managers at the provincial branches.
Methodology: The methodology of the present study was a mixed-method which used a questionnaire along with a written open-ended questionnaire. The target group included board members and officials at the provincial branches. Among 55 members of this target group, 28 of them filled out an electronic questionnaire. The data collected through the questionnaire were descriptively analyzed and then the descriptive questions were analyzed qualitatively.
Findings: The results show the association performance in holding workshops and conferences, in communication with the press and media and the web site of LIS to be “very good” and “good” respectively. However, their communication with faculty members, with students and practitioners in the field, with officials and libraries, with introducing and respecting older members and with the development of the provincial branches were observed to be average. Moreover, their performance in communication with provincial branches, their interaction with other fields and professions, their attempts in introducing the concepts and functions of field to the society, along with the provision of facilities and support to its members, as well as their endeavors to solve the employment problem of graduates etc. were assessed as weak.
Conclusion: Despite the advantages mentioned above, the Association of LIS has many weaknesses and problems that need to be resolved. The lack of sufficient attempt to solve these problems call forth serious challenges against the Association.
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, , Pages 78-96
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to identify the effect of passing the course of familiarity with Library and Library Science principles on Education Science students’ views in Shahid Beheshti University. It was also aimed to present some solutions to improve teaching this course.
Methodology: ...
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to identify the effect of passing the course of familiarity with Library and Library Science principles on Education Science students’ views in Shahid Beheshti University. It was also aimed to present some solutions to improve teaching this course.
Methodology: The current research was a survey and a descriptive approach was used. Fifty eight BA students of Education Sciences in Shahid Beheshti University that passed the “Library and Library Science principles” course during the past 3 years took part in the study. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to gather data. The questionnaire included closed questions based on a Likert scale. Descriptive analysis of the data was performed using SPSS statistical software.
Findings: The study revealed that library orientation and the principles of organizing the classroom library for the students of Educational Sciences was somewhat effective for them. The maximum effectiveness of this course related to abstracting principles, adjusting the resources list, introducing advanced search tools on the Web and skills for using related libraries.
Conclusion: Library Science is a costumer oriented profession the mission of which is facilitating access to knowledge that users need. It has a noticeable role in training users for using library skills and in introducing librarian tasks to them.
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, , Pages 97-111
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Purpose: Visualization is a new approach that provides more accurate and precise decision-making abilities with less cognitive efforts on the basis of data and decreases the need for the instruction of information perception. Information visualization is a useful and practical tool and relevant to knowledge ...
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Purpose: Visualization is a new approach that provides more accurate and precise decision-making abilities with less cognitive efforts on the basis of data and decreases the need for the instruction of information perception. Information visualization is a useful and practical tool and relevant to knowledge and information science and seems to require special attention. Therefore, this research was done to study usable instances of visualization techniques in the field of knowledge and information science.
Methodology: The method used in this research was documentary and search in the related sources. Investigatory and explanatory techniques were used to learn about the related literature in visualization.
Findings: The results of studying usable instances of visualization techniques in the field of knowledge and information science indicate that this tool is helpful in areas such as digital libraries (Textual and non-textual information resources visualization, information retrieval visualization, search results visualization, knowledge visualization and user interface visualization), web search results, user interfaces, archives, information retrieval, scientometrics and social networks.
Conclusion: Based on the findings of this research, familiarizing librarians with visualization techniques and using them in various settings seems to be necessary.
