Mehdi Alipour Hafezi; Sajedeh Kheirabadi; mitra Samieie
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Main purpose is to identify current situation of digital resources in digital libraries of public universities in Tehran and to provide a solution to improve their situation. Current situation of digital resources in terms of variety of formats,and thematic areas of information resources, and identifying ...
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Main purpose is to identify current situation of digital resources in digital libraries of public universities in Tehran and to provide a solution to improve their situation. Current situation of digital resources in terms of variety of formats,and thematic areas of information resources, and identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of digital resources have been identified.Research based on criterion of purpose in the applied research group and criterion of time of data collection in the group of survey research, based on the criterion of the nature of data and the basis of research of a quantitative research and the criterion of characteristics of a research subject or correlation. The type of research data with primary data and the method of data collection is a field research using the logging technique and based on the criterion of the depth of an expansive research. The statistical population is all digital libraries of public universities in Tehran. SWAT tools have been used to formulate solutions and be aware of the conditions and to analyze and evaluate the situation of the studied population, and SPSS statistical software and spreadsheet software have been used to analyze the data. 50% of libraries report the type of template used in their information sources in text. 25.4% of libraries report their existing digital source type as an e-book. All libraries have reported their digital source format in PDF. Results showed that public universities in Tehran have a long way to go before they become digital libraries.
Mehdi Alipour Hafezi; Dariush Matlabi
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The main purpose was to draw a scientific network of research articles on the subject area of Imam Reza. The study was conducted with co-occurrence analysis of words and network analysis technique to identify the conceptual relationships between published papers on the subject of Imam Reza. 1305 articles ...
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The main purpose was to draw a scientific network of research articles on the subject area of Imam Reza. The study was conducted with co-occurrence analysis of words and network analysis technique to identify the conceptual relationships between published papers on the subject of Imam Reza. 1305 articles focusing on Imam Reza were analyzed by comprehensive studies. Descriptive data were entered into Excel software to standardize and draw graphs. Ravromatrix was used to prepare symmetric matrices to draw coherent maps. The matrices were entered into the UCINet to calculate the degree of centrality of degree. VOSViewer software was also used to illustrate the maps. The research findings showed that writers such as Khalil Beigzadeh and Zahra Ghasemnejad are among the most prolific writers. The Ferdowsi University of Mashhad is also in the first rank of participation in publishing articles on the subject of Imam Reza. Researchers with the academic rank of assistant professor have been most involved in publishing the article. The field of Persian language and literature has the most active researchers in publishing articles. Authors such as Mansoureh Fassih-Ramandi, and Hossein Behravan, have a high ability to transfer information and knowledge in the network. Scientific disciplines such as educational sciences, and social research, are among the most popular disciplines in the interdisciplinary collaboration network with the highest degree of degree centrality. Universities such as Amin Law Enforcement Sciences, and Payame Noor, are among the most popular organizations active in the network of cooperation between scientific institutions supporting the publication of articles.
Mahta Basafa; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji; Mehdi Alipour-Hafezi
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The main goal of this study was to Identify Digital Librarian’s Technical skills in Central Libraries of the State Universities in Tehran. In this research, a quantitative approach with descriptive survey method was used. The statistical population included 108 digital librarians of central libraries ...
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The main goal of this study was to Identify Digital Librarian’s Technical skills in Central Libraries of the State Universities in Tehran. In this research, a quantitative approach with descriptive survey method was used. The statistical population included 108 digital librarians of central libraries in 14 Tehran state universities. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of the tool was based on the opinions of experts in digital libraries and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha of 0.883. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, independent sample t-test and independent t-test. The findings showed that the highest mean in hardware, the skill of working with printers (3.44), in software, the skill of converting file formats (3.89), on the Internet and network, the ability to use intranet (3.91) ), In compilation, the ability to download resources and use manager download (77/3), digital information processing, factor utilization of classification systems (48/3), digital services, ability to provide interactive retrieval services ( 80.3) and in the protection and maintenance, the ability to backup (21.3). The results showed that technical skills of the digital librarians are not in a desirable mood.
Leila Sadat Siadati; Esmat Momeni; Mehdi Alipour Hafezi
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The purpose of the study is to orient the Digiqual model with the 5S theoretical framework in digital library concepts. The research type is practical and it was conducted using the analysis of qualitative content method. The validity of the research is a logical one which is based on personal subjective ...
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The purpose of the study is to orient the Digiqual model with the 5S theoretical framework in digital library concepts. The research type is practical and it was conducted using the analysis of qualitative content method. The validity of the research is a logical one which is based on personal subjective judgment. The reliability of the study is a type of credibility based on counseling the specialists in the field of digital libraries. In the digiqual model, content (information) and community (user) as two processes in digital libraries are related to technical environment and human/system interaction. Societies (actors) as a factor in dimensions of some ‘S’ concepts in digital libraries, including accessibility and pertinence of the digital object and also availability, effectiveness, extensibility, reusability and reliability of services, is appreciable with digiqual model. Scenario as a factor in dimensions of ‘S’ concepts in digital libraries including pertinence, and conservation of the digital object; availability, effectiveness, extensibility, reusability and reliability of services, is appreciable with digiqual model. Streams and structures as factors in dimensions of some ‘S’ concepts in digital libraries including accessibility, conservation, relevance, similarity, significance and timeliness of the digital objects; accuracy, completeness and conformance of metadata specification; completeness as a collection; completeness and consistency of the catalog; completeness and consistency in the repository; efficiency and effectiveness of services, is appreciable with digiqual model. Space as a factor doesn’t exist in any of the ‘S’ concept dimensions in digital libraries and it is not appreciable with digiqual model. Finally, the development of ‘S’ concepts in digiqual dimensions in order to integrate the quality of services is proposed.
Mehdi Alipour-Hafezi; Ali Sharafi; Ali Jalali
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2015, , Pages 81-99
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify trends of KIS research studies by their subject matter and year of publication as well as their subject gap in Iranian public universities. methodology: Descriptive survey method along with content analysis has been used in this study. Statistical population ...
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Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify trends of KIS research studies by their subject matter and year of publication as well as their subject gap in Iranian public universities. methodology: Descriptive survey method along with content analysis has been used in this study. Statistical population contains 1120 researches that 749 dissertations of these are related to theses in the Iranian Public Universities in the KIS field and 371 articles indexed by Iranian KIS researchers in the Simago database during 2004-2013. In fact 7 main categories and 18 subcategories were assigned for content analysis of researches according to LISTA category schema. Researcher-made checklist is used to collect data and collected data were categorized by mentioned schema. Finally classified data were analyzed and presented by using figures and tables.Findings and Results: Findings and Results showed that library studies, Information Retrieval, Bibliometrics, printed and electronic information source, cataloging and classification, information technology, and information management categories are more considered subjects in Iranian public university studies.
