Amin Zare; Sara Bahrami Nia; Soraya Zangene
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The aim of this research was to analyze citation behavior in dissertations of postgraduate student in Razi University between 2014 2019According to type, this study was citation analysis and based on data gathering was documentary (library) research. Community of this research included all dissertations ...
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The aim of this research was to analyze citation behavior in dissertations of postgraduate student in Razi University between 2014 2019According to type, this study was citation analysis and based on data gathering was documentary (library) research. Community of this research included all dissertations between 2014 -2019. Sample size included 349 dissertations. Data were gathered by using of two step sampling method and data were analyzed by SPSS and MS Excel. Averagely, each dissertation has 93.58 cited sources. Research papers were the most cited resources by 67.92 and websites less than others by 1.77. According to the language of citations, English was the most and Arabic was the least. Findings showed that it was significant correlation between college type and citation behavior.Results of this research showed that Razi University postgraduate student are using English sources more than other language, thus acquiring English materials is important operation.
Mahmoud Moradi; Sara Bahrami Nia
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of librarian information literacy on organizational growth of Kermanshah public libraries. In this study, the information literacy level of public librarians in Kermanshah and also the impact of information literacy on organization growth ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of librarian information literacy on organizational growth of Kermanshah public libraries. In this study, the information literacy level of public librarians in Kermanshah and also the impact of information literacy on organization growth were determined. Methodology: descriptive correlational study and survey was conducted. The populations of all public librarians in Kermanshah province with a total of 215 persons. The sample size was determined using Cochran sampling formula of 138 people. To collected data, a questionnaire measuring information literacy standards and organization growth in the five-item Likert scale is used. Findings: The finding showed that the information literacy and its components (the ability to locate information, the ability to evaluate information and the ability to make effective use of information) among public librarians in Kermanshah was proper. The highest frequency component related to the ability to locate information (60.3) and the lowest rate, the ability to make effective use of information (30.3), respectively.conclusion: information literacy is a basic need for everyone and because the skills of individuals in the development of society, so the results of the evaluation of information literacy librarian and relationship skill development and organizational effectiveness as well as the efforts and planning for improvement level, in order to achieve these goals will help. Because the ability to use that information literacy is one of the main factors for librarians as providers of information dissemination is inevitable and necessary.
Sara Bahrami Nia; Mahmoud Moradi
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Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the average willingness to pay for the services of Kermanshah Medical Libraries and its effective factors.Methodology: The present study is based on a survey method and conditional valuation, which is part of the preferred method of reporting, ...
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Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the average willingness to pay for the services of Kermanshah Medical Libraries and its effective factors.Methodology: The present study is based on a survey method and conditional valuation, which is part of the preferred method of reporting, to determine the willingness to pay. The research population of all users of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences libraries was 7470 people. The sample was 553 people based on Michel and Carson's formula. A simple random sampling method was used to select the sample. The data gathering tool was a two-dimensional questionnaire. cronbach's alpha (0.86) was used to determine the reliability. Data analysis was done using statistical methods such as descriptive statistics and nonparametric logistic regression test using simultaneous input of variables.Findings: The average annual willingness of users to use the services of medical science libraries was 20600 toman. Also, the results showed that the education variable had a positive and significant effect on the willingness to pay the users. From the perspective of users, among the various resources and services of medical libraries, books and publications, online databases, offline databases and theses of first rank are other services, which will be worth the cost.Conclusion: The results of this study showed that users are willing to pay annual or monthly amounts to maintain the current services of medical university libraries. It can be said that if paying money would improve the services and change the current situation of the library, It is clear that according to the view of users, higher economic value and, consequently, the willingness to pay for a variety of resources and services of academic libraries will increase significantly.
Soraya Ziaei; Sara Bahrami; Azam Mousa Chamani
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Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the services innovation and organizational growth components in Kermanshah Academic libraries. Method: The present study is descriptive-correlational, and has been conducted through a survey method. The statistical population of ...
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Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the services innovation and organizational growth components in Kermanshah Academic libraries. Method: The present study is descriptive-correlational, and has been conducted through a survey method. The statistical population of all librarians of Kermanshah Academic libraries is a total of 58 people. Since the research community was limited and available, the census method was used to collect data, of which 55 questionnaires were completed and analyzed. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and were analyzed by SPSS software.
Findings: The findings showed that innovation in services with an average of 3.40 and organizational development with an average of 3.13 in the academic libraries of Kermanshah is relatively favorable. Also, in this section, the highest frequency was related to the “relationship” component and the lowest one was related to the “reward” item. The significance level of the Pearson correlation test between two variables of innovation and organizational development is 0.002, which shows a positive and direct relation between these two variables.
Conclusion: The results of the study showed that innovation in services is positively and directly related to organizational growth and development in Academic libraries. Therefore, attention to the components effective to the organizational growth (such as goal, rewards, relationships, useful mechanisms, and attitude ratio) and strengthening them provides a change in circumstances to increase librarians' innovation.
Maryam Salami; Sara Bahrami nia; Zahra Azizkhani
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the ability to acquire knowledge of librarians in Kermanshah Academic libraries and their organizational growth and development.
Methodology: The present study is a descriptive-correlational and has been conducted through ...
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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the ability to acquire knowledge of librarians in Kermanshah Academic libraries and their organizational growth and development.
Methodology: The present study is a descriptive-correlational and has been conducted through a survey method. The statistical population of all librarians of Kermanshah Academic libraries was 58 people. Since the research community was limited and available, census method was used to collect data, then 55 questionnaires were completed and analyzed. A standard organizational development questionnaire and a researcher-made Knowledge Acquisition Knowledge Questionnaire were used for collecting data in five options based on Likert spectrum.
Findings: The findings showed that the ability to acquire knowledge and its components (knowledge extraction, knowledge conversion and transfer of knowledge) among librarians of Academic libraries of Kermanshah is relatively favorable. The highest mean belonged to “knowledge extraction ability” (3.68) and the least frequency were related to the “ability to transfer knowledge” (3.25). Also, the average growth and organizational development and its components (rewards, relationships, structure, management, beneficial mechanisms, attitude toward change and goal) in Kermanshah Academic libraries were at the optimal level. In this section, the most frequency was related to “relationship” component and the lowest one was on “reward” item.
Conclusion: The level of knowledge transfer ability among librarians was lower than other components of knowledge acquisition. The need to train and provide conditions for improving this skill and the spirit of knowledge sharing among librarians seems to be necessary. Because the ability to transfer and share knowledge, which is one of the main attributes of the knowledge acquisition cycle, is inevitable and necessary for librarians as disseminators of information. Therefore, the more employees improve their skills and thus have better performance, the most they will play effective role in improving the status, progress and development of their organization.
