Leila Khalili; Vahideh Dalili; Aziz Hedayati Khoshemehr
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The aim of this research is to study the quality of services in the public libraries of Tabriz. This applied research was conducted with a quantitative approach and a survey method. The statistical population of the study was 37931 members of the Public Libraries of Tabriz and the sample size was 380 ...
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The aim of this research is to study the quality of services in the public libraries of Tabriz. This applied research was conducted with a quantitative approach and a survey method. The statistical population of the study was 37931 members of the Public Libraries of Tabriz and the sample size was 380 cases that were selected by stratified random sampling. The data collection tool was the standard LIBQUAL questionnaire and its reliability in the present study based on Cronbach's alpha was 0.93. In order to answer the questions and hypotheses, descriptive and inferential statistics were used using SPSS 24 statistical software. In general, in the three dimensions of LIBQUAL, the average level of minimum expectations of respondents was 4.39, the average level of received services was 5.70 and the average level of maximum expectations was 6.68. The difference between users' expectations and the level of received services in each dimension of the LIBQUAL was not higher than of the maximum expectations. The results of paired t-test confirmed the existence of a significant difference between the maximum expectations and the level of received services by users and also the existence of a significant difference between the minimum expectations and the level of received services by users in all dimensions of the LIBQUAL. It can be concluded that although the libraries have been able to meet the minimum expectations of the users in all cases partly, but the maximum expectations of the users have not been met yet.
Afsaneh Abbasi; Faegheh Mohammadi; Leila Khalili; Torab Najjari
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The purpose of this study is to identify challenges and providing approaches towards attracting new- literate adults to the public libraries from the librarians’ perspectives. The method is qualitative exploratory case study. The population is public librarians and the sample are 14 librarians ...
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The purpose of this study is to identify challenges and providing approaches towards attracting new- literate adults to the public libraries from the librarians’ perspectives. The method is qualitative exploratory case study. The population is public librarians and the sample are 14 librarians employed in public libraries of the city of Azarshahr. Using purposive sampling data were gathered by semi-structured interviews and were analyzed using Glasser & Strauss’ Coding Technique. The participants of this research disclosed some major challenges towards attracting new literate adults to the public libraries including individual, social, physical, publishing and organizational challenges. Also The participants suggested some approaches to deal with the challenges such as cultural advertising, providing further support and facilities for the new literates by the public libraries and library cooperation with the other organizations. Applying the findings of this study would enable the public libraries to provide suitable services with the aim of attracting more new literate users to the public libraries.
Leila Khalili; Faegheh Mohammadi
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The aim of this research is to study the dependency of students on social networks based on demographic variables. This applied and quantitative research carried out in survey design. The measurement tool for the study was a social networks addiction subscale adopted from questionnaire of Arslan & ...
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The aim of this research is to study the dependency of students on social networks based on demographic variables. This applied and quantitative research carried out in survey design. The measurement tool for the study was a social networks addiction subscale adopted from questionnaire of Arslan & Kırık (2013). The reliability of tool based on Cronbach's alpha was 0.932. The content validity of tool was measured by view of specialist and construct validity was measured by factor analysis. The population of the study was 4771 undergraduate students at Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University and the sample size was 368 cases based on stratified random sampling method. SPSS software was used in descriptive and inferential statistics. Based on Pearson correlation test, the relationship between students’ dependency on social networks and Internet/social network rate of usage at 99 percent confidence level was positive and significant. Based on independent t-test, there was a significant difference in students’ social network dependency based on accommodation type. Based on ANOVA test, there was significant difference at 95 percent confidence level based on domain of study. Students’ dependency on social networks was in midpoint level. The students, who had further daily Internet or social network usage, had more dependency on networks. Students’ dependency on social networks with different levels of academic achievement was moderately similar. Dependency on social networks among two groups of students (dormitory/humanities domain) was more.
