Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam; Zahra Hossennia-Tanha; Mitra Samiei
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The aim of this study was to analysis the services provided for the elderly in the public libraries of Tehran city affiliated to the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. The statistical population of the research included 38 administrators or managers of public libraries in Tehran city. A descriptive survey ...
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The aim of this study was to analysis the services provided for the elderly in the public libraries of Tehran city affiliated to the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. The statistical population of the research included 38 administrators or managers of public libraries in Tehran city. A descriptive survey method was used in this research. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect the data, which was inspired by the guidelines of the American Library Association's for the Elderly Services in Libraries. Data analysis was done at two levels: descriptive statistics analysis including frequency, percentage of frequency and illustrating frequency tables and graphs, as well as the inferential analysis including single sample t-test using SPSS software. The results showed that Tehran Public libraries in all components of special services for the elderly including library staff training, communication and library resources, library planning, equipment, developing and sharing the facilities, home services and the budget are not in good standing right now, and the available services in all the components are below average.
Mitra Samiei; Fatemeh Noushinfard; Roya Rahmanpour
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This study aims to analyze and evaluate the portals of Iran Public Libraries Foundation qualitatively based on the web quality evaluation methodology (WebQEM). This is an applied-descriptive survey. The statistical population included the portals of Iran Public Libraries Foundation in 2016. For this ...
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This study aims to analyze and evaluate the portals of Iran Public Libraries Foundation qualitatively based on the web quality evaluation methodology (WebQEM). This is an applied-descriptive survey. The statistical population included the portals of Iran Public Libraries Foundation in 2016. For this purpose, 32 portals were observed and ranked. The data was collected through the direct observation method based on the WebQEM quality evaluation model and ISO 9126-1 standard. According to the findings, “Usability”, as the main criterion, was assessed as average with a mean of 0.39. Whereas “Functionality” was reported to be inappropriate with a total mean of 0.27. Regarding “Reliability”, the total mean was reported above average (0.57). Finally, “Efficiency” was assessed as appropriate with a mean of 0.704. The WebQEM results indicated that the surveyed portals were ranked first, second, third, and fourth in Efficiency, Reliability (validity), Usability, and Functionality, respectively. In other words, the surveyed portals had more weaknesses in usability and functionality criteria. However, they were assessed as more satisfactory in efficiency and reliability with means exceeding 50%.
Roghayyeh Najafikhah; Ali Jalalidizaji; Esmat Momeni
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The Aim of current research is to study the feasibility for initiating the electronic reference services in public libraries of Guilan province which are under the authority of Iran Public Libraries Foundation. This study is applied, descriptive and survey-based. Data was collected using two questionnaires ...
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The Aim of current research is to study the feasibility for initiating the electronic reference services in public libraries of Guilan province which are under the authority of Iran Public Libraries Foundation. This study is applied, descriptive and survey-based. Data was collected using two questionnaires based on the Orbis questionnaire and the American Library Association's evaluation tool, one of which was used for the heads of the libraries and the other for the librarians and library authorities. The research population consisted of 65 active libraries established in Guilan Province. Data analysis was done descriptively by Microsoft Excel and SPSS. The results showed that more than two third of the surveyed librarians have the necessary skills for this job and it is possible in this area. The majority of the surveyed libraries have no problems for initiating the electronic reference service with regards to the technical equipment based on the selected software used in the study, but there is a shortage in electronic databases and resources to satisfy the information needs of users. Currently, there is no special budget dedicated for the establishment and provision of such services and it is the main problem of the libraries for providing electronic services. It can be concluded that the public libraries of Guilan province are able to launch virtual reference services by providing the necessary electronic resources and databases.
