Hamid Reza Saeidnia; Mohammad Hasanzadeh
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The purpose of this study was to design an operational interactive model for the selective dissemination of information (SDI) in academic libraries. This research is purpose-oriented, applied, and methodically oriented. The statistical population of this study included all MSc students, Ph.D. students, ...
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The purpose of this study was to design an operational interactive model for the selective dissemination of information (SDI) in academic libraries. This research is purpose-oriented, applied, and methodically oriented. The statistical population of this study included all MSc students, Ph.D. students, and faculty members of Tarbiat Modares University in Tehran. According to the statistics available on the site of the university, the number of university faculty members was 730, Ph.D. students 3000, and MSc students 4000. Using the Cochran formula, the sample number of faculty members was 253, Ph.D. 340, MSc students 350. The data-gathering tool was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by experts in information science. For data analysis, 16Spss software and a single sample T-test were used. In this study, the identification and categorization of information-based dissemination services were first determined, then the number of 43 services identified in 7 characteristics included: knowledge repository(7), feedback (7), Two-way communication(5), education (4), Search (7), Orders (7), and Knowledge Management (6). The average score obtained for most of the characteristics of the selective dissemination system model was above the score of 4. Using this model, the selective dissemination system intelligently recognizes the information needs of member users. It is possible to support a wide range of information, two-way communication, orders, knowledge management, and instant messaging as one of the features of this model.
Hamid Reza Saeidnia
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The purpose of this study was to identify and classify the features of an effective website for Iranian public libraries based on the Kano model.This was an applied study and survey was used as the research methodology. The population of this study included 120 users of the public library randomly selected ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify and classify the features of an effective website for Iranian public libraries based on the Kano model.This was an applied study and survey was used as the research methodology. The population of this study included 120 users of the public library randomly selected as the main participants. A researcher-made questionnaire was designed based on a focal model for data collection. The validity of the questionnaires was verified by the faculty members of the Faculties of Information and Science and Management. To analyze the data, the Kano evaluation model, Excel software and descriptive statistics were used. Cranach alpha was used to estimate the reliability index (α = 0.83)First, the features of an effective website of the public library were identified. Hence, services were classified based on five criteria (including must-be, one-dimensional, attractive, indifferent, and reverse) depending on Kano’s model and the librarians’ and site designers viewpoints. From 72 identified services, 33 services were must be, 16 services were one-dimensional, 18 services were attractive, 5 of them were indifferent, and no service was classified as the reverse one.The results showed that most of the services identified were found on the Web site of the world's public libraries, which is expected to be used by designers and librarians of public libraries to design their library site. However, in some cases, librarians’ and site designers' comments were considered useful, but less attention was paid to the choice of users due to the lack of user familiarity with the specialty of website design. Also, some suggestions are made to attract the audience and interest of public library websites users based on the research results.
