Research Paper
Database management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, Pages 13-26
Abstract
Purpose: The present study aims to identify and compare the features and capabilities of Content Management Systems’ peer judgment among Iranian and international journals in order to identify the essential features.
Methodology: A survey was used and data were collected through a review of systems ...
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Purpose: The present study aims to identify and compare the features and capabilities of Content Management Systems’ peer judgment among Iranian and international journals in order to identify the essential features.
Methodology: A survey was used and data were collected through a review of systems (web-based survey), observation, library studies and a researcher-made checklist. The population consisted of national and international journal database management systems and the selected sample included three domestic journals database management system (Yekta Web Shargh, Anformatic systems, Pajooheshgaran-e-Salamat) and three foreign systems (OJS, EM, EES). Data analysis was performed in two phases (analytical and descriptive).
Findings: In the first part, the capabilities and features of the selected samples’ peer judgment mechanism were identified and presented (in tables). In the second part, based on the findings from the first phase, the aforementioned checklist was developed. Then, the presence of the features and facilities in the selected samples’ systems were analyzed. In the third stage of research, by comparing these systems, it was observed that the highest score from available resources was related to international periodical content management systems (OJS, EM, EES). Moreover, Yekta Web Afzar Shargh Company system seemed to have little differences with those of international systems.
Conclusion: The findings showed that the features in the journal database management systems paves the way to remove the additional costs of traditional methods and help reduce the time between the paper submission and publication. Using these systems seem to create interactive relationships between different users
Research Paper
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, Pages 27-36
Abstract
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.
Research Paper
Library Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, Pages 37-49
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to assess service quality at Shiraz University Libraries using LibQUAL Model. To achieve this aim, the minimum- desired and maximum- perceived levels of users’ expectations were examined in three dimensions of library service quality including "the ...
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Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to assess service quality at Shiraz University Libraries using LibQUAL Model. To achieve this aim, the minimum- desired and maximum- perceived levels of users’ expectations were examined in three dimensions of library service quality including "the effect of service", "the library as a place", and "the information control".
Methodology: Using a survey method, the present study investigated the viewpoints of a sample of 365 users via libQUAL questionnaire and the data were analyzed using non-parametric statistics.
Findings: In all the three libQUAL model dimensions, the libraries' service quality was lower than the minimum and the desired levels of the users’ expectations. The "effect of service" dimension gained the highest rate compared to the two other dimensions. In other words, the emotions and behaviors of the librarians met the minimum expectations of the library users. Also, the "information control" dimension received the lowest rating among the three dimensions.
Conclusion: Shiraz University libraries need to improve the quality of their services in various aspects of service quality; especially, in ICT, information materials and library spaces. Among the main solutions, one may observe holding training courses for librarians and users, creating participatory management atmospheres, implementing advanced information systems, strengthening library marketing, eradicating the deficiencies of the National Consortium, and changing library architecture and interior designs in accordance with scientific principles
Research Paper
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.
Research Paper
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.
Research Paper
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.
Research Paper
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.
Research Paper
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.
Research Paper
Information Management
Volume 1, Issue 4 , September 2014, Pages 97-111
Abstract
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.
