Mahdi Mohammadi; Vahide Aghababaie
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Purpose: The present study examines digitization of manuscripts process in Qom libraries. Methodology / Design: The present study's method, which is applied to the survey, has been conducted and the using a descriptive approach. The data was collected through the questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive ...
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Purpose: The present study examines digitization of manuscripts process in Qom libraries. Methodology / Design: The present study's method, which is applied to the survey, has been conducted and the using a descriptive approach. The data was collected through the questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: The results of this study indicate Holds the least amount of digitization 100% of Hazrat Masume and the library of azam mosque's collections have been digitized digital, and the Library of Ayatollah Marashi with the largest number of manuscripts, only 11.5 % Of the their collections manuscripts Have been digitized In compared with Its peers the least amount of visits. The Masjed Azam library has been more successful In compared with other libraries in this direction. And their digitizied collections of manuscripts have been put on display via the web. Conclusions: The results of this study are identified in this process libraries, some problems and challenges in terms of staffing Expert and, equipment required, The lack of a standard approach at the national level, lack of centers of this process have to integrate, which in this respect " Design and development of a standard and national strategy in order to digitize manuscripts " to integrate this process, preferably with focus on national libraries and with Collaboration of large libraries has been suggested
Elaheh Rohidel; Nosrat Riahi Nia; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji; Zahra Abazari
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This research has been carried out with a view to surveying the status of data-collection components, organization and dissemination of manuscripts information at the manuscripts section of Iran’s libraries, according to the components of knowledge management. Methodology: The method applied to ...
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This research has been carried out with a view to surveying the status of data-collection components, organization and dissemination of manuscripts information at the manuscripts section of Iran’s libraries, according to the components of knowledge management. Methodology: The method applied to this research has been a blend of simultaneously qualitative and quantitative ones. The research community is composed of all manuscript departments of Iran’s libraries exactly 44 libraries in all over Iran .and it has been based on questionnaires designed by the research and analyzed using the SPSS statistical software after data collection. Conclusion: The compliance with knowledge management at manuscript departments of Iran’s libraries is inadequate. The respondents of the questionnaires and the interviewed candidates all emphasized the development of a unified guideline and solidarity between collection components, organization of manuscript’s information and the dissemination of that information, furthermore they found the implementation of knowledge management and the application of its models most necessary and essential.
