Hossein Adabi Firozjah; Hamidreza Radfar
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This study investigates the factors affecting users' understanding of digital libraries with emphasis on Allameh Tabataba'i University Digital Library.The method of this study is descriptive-analytical and it is a purposeful one. All students of Allameh Tabatabai University were the statistical population ...
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This study investigates the factors affecting users' understanding of digital libraries with emphasis on Allameh Tabataba'i University Digital Library.The method of this study is descriptive-analytical and it is a purposeful one. All students of Allameh Tabatabai University were the statistical population of this study(18000 students) out of which 378 students were selected using simple random sampling method. Due to the lack of a standard questionnaire, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The questionnaire used for data collection consisted of three demographic questions (gender, digital library experience and educational level) and eight components with 25 closed questions including system quality, information quality, service quality, usefulness, ease of use, digital library Affinity, user satisfaction and user loyalty. Data were analyzed using t-test, independent t-test and ANOVA, at significance level α = 0.05.: The findings showed that considering the calculated significance level, all factors affected students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University including system quality (-39.88), information quality (-57.425), service quality (571.721) -), usefulness (-66.320), ease of use (-49.558), digital library Affinity (-60.944), user satisfaction (-61.497), and user loyalty (-60.488). Also, there was no significant difference between students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University in terms of gender (0.554) and educational level (0.064). But there was a significant difference between students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University and digital library experience (0.000) according to the level of significance calculated.The results of the study show the overall effect of the students' perceptions of the digital library of Allameh Tabataba'i University, and each of these components of understanding can be defined according to different models in different environments.
Hossein Adabi firozjah; Masoud Yamini Firouz; Mina Yamini Firouz
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Purpose: This study examines the effect of digital literacy to increase knowledge of physical education students of the Shomal University. Methodology: The method of research is descriptive – analytic of survey and in terms of target is functional. The population of this study is physical education ...
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Purpose: This study examines the effect of digital literacy to increase knowledge of physical education students of the Shomal University. Methodology: The method of research is descriptive – analytic of survey and in terms of target is functional. The population of this study is physical education students of the Shomal University that 120 students were selected by simple random sampling and available. To collect data, a questionnaire was used on the model of digital literacy. For analyzing information according to Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and data normalization was used single-sample t-test, t-test and Analysis of variance significant at the level of α=0/05. Findings: The results revealed that digital literacy is effective to increase knowledge of physical education students (sig=0/001). According to mean comparison showed that the relationship between digital literacy variables, components of online tools and interactions Find information; using Information and understanding of digital practices respectively the most widely influence on knowledge of the students. The independent t-test results showed that in terms of gender (sig=0/791) and marital status (sig=0/634) is not significant and different attitudes to digital literacy. Conclusion: The results showed that digital literacy and all of its components is impressive in increasing the knowledge of students and can create a positive attitude for students to learn. So this concern should be of interest to university officials and with the rise of new technologies, new scientific approach creat for the students.
Ali Jalali Dizajji; Mehdi Alipour Hafezi; Hossein Adabi Firozjah
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Purpose: The aim of this studies evaluating the usability of digital libraries in governmental universities at Tehran.Methodology: Evaluative Survey methodology was used for the survey applying measures of search, navigation, forms layout, contrast and scan ability, optimization (size & print), help, ...
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Purpose: The aim of this studies evaluating the usability of digital libraries in governmental universities at Tehran.Methodology: Evaluative Survey methodology was used for the survey applying measures of search, navigation, forms layout, contrast and scan ability, optimization (size & print), help, usage of windows and speed and errors through a questionnaire containing 36 questions. The research population included 124,800 undergraduate, Master and PhD students, from three governmental universities of Tehran, Sanati Sharif and Sanati Amirkabir. Stratified random sampling method was applied to select 378 students as a sample. For data analysis, SPSS software was used along with descriptive techniques as well as independent test and ANOVA where needed. Findings: The findings indicated that the criteria relating to the usability of digital libraries in the three Tehran universities evaluated to be in relatively good condition and there is no significant difference between the digital libraries for the usability criteria. Conclution: Survey results show that these libraries should be improved by managers, librarians, and experts for a user-friendly system, thereby improving the quality of related universities digital libraries.
