Nafiseh Sabzevari; Hasan Ghahnavieh; Marzieh Ahmadpour
Abstract
Purpose of this study was to investigate ways of theft and damage to the library resources and the factors affecting them in the Libraries of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2012. Method of this research is Survey and type of study is functional. Data collection tool is researcher made questionnaire ...
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Purpose of this study was to investigate ways of theft and damage to the library resources and the factors affecting them in the Libraries of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in 2012. Method of this research is Survey and type of study is functional. Data collection tool is researcher made questionnaire based on the Likert scale and test-retest reliability was calculated through test-retest correlation coefficient which is 0/917 and statistical population consists of 64 students of whom 379 were selected based on Morgan table and 57 people from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Library. The data refers to the population and descriptive statistics and SPSS software has been used. The findings showed that increasing the number of employees (70%) and purchasing more copies of a source (56%); and library equipment Surveillance cameras (81%), dealing verbal warnings and fining and expelling the culprits as ways to prevent damage to library materials have been proposed. The results showed that serious actions in damaging library resources included: separating the book from its cover, or cutting the pages and photos of the book. And know that the regulations were effective in damage to library resources.
