farzaneh ghanadinezhad; Farideh Osareh; Mohammadreza Ghane
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IntroductionOne of the important aspects of scientific research that can provide the basis for scientific growth and development is their thematic content. Considering the importance of paying attention to the experiences of advanced countries in problem-finding and selecting research subjects, the present ...
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IntroductionOne of the important aspects of scientific research that can provide the basis for scientific growth and development is their thematic content. Considering the importance of paying attention to the experiences of advanced countries in problem-finding and selecting research subjects, the present research aims to compare and analyze the subject trends of library and information science research at the national and international level.Literature ReviewA review of various studies shows that few studies have been conducted with the approach of comparing the subject trends of library and information science researches at the national level with the researches conducted in advanced countries. China (Rochester & Vakkari, 1998) and India (Dora & Kumar, 2019) were among the countries that compared national and international researches. The results showed that the research topics of this field in more advanced countries were strongly influenced by the educational, research and social structure of those countries and were very different from the research topics conducted in India. The only comparative study conducted in Iran in the field of librarianship and information science was related to (2000) Usefi, which examined the studies of more than 25 years during a limited period (two years).MethodologyThe present study is of applied type and has been done with a comparative approach between the fields of national and international research. The study population includes 84875 articles indexed in Clarity Analytics database during the years 1945-2019 and 4664 Iranian articles indexed in the ISC database during the years 1972-2019 in the library and information science. The source and tool for extracting research data to review international research topics was the Clarivate Analytics database and the ISC database to review Iranian research topics. In this study, in order to develop a thematic classification plan of articles, the method of reviewing resources and to assign articles to each of the thematic categories, the method of Automatic classification, which is one of the applications of textual analysis, was used. Data analysis was performed by calculating the frequency percentage and Chi-square test and using SPSS 22 software.ResultsThe findings showed that there is a significant difference between the number of research areas of library and information science at the national and international level. Fields such as information technology, web studies, information economy, artificial intelligence, data mining, information systems, search engines, and databases were more trending among international research, and fields such as theoretical foundations, fields related to libraries and their functions, research, knowledge management, information retrieval and scientometrics were more common among Iranian researches.DiscussionDuring recent decades, the world has been moving towards digital and virtual space. In this space, developments such as the increase in the volume of information and the emergence of big data on the one hand and the development of information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence tools and big data processing on the other hand, have affected the level of expectations of the people of the society from the services of libraries and the organization and accessibility of information. Has set. For this reason, librarians, information specialists and managers of libraries and information centers have taken advantage of the achievements of fields related to computer science, information technology and artificial intelligence in order to face new developments and manage large amounts of data in order to transform the traditional functions of libraries. In addition, researchers in the field of information science and epistemology, especially at the international level, are more and more interested in studying and researching in the field of data science and acquiring the most up-to-date scientific achievements and knowing the latest related tools and technologies in order to play their effective role in this space. are competitive.ConclusionThe results of the current research show that the field of library and information science at the international level has established a stronger relationship with other fields, especially artificial intelligence, computer science, information and communication technology. Also, at the global level, digitization processes and information growth are faster and smart technologies and tools have made more progress than third world countries and especially Iran. In other words, advanced countries due to having more economic and political power, more advanced social structure, being a leader in information and communication technology developments, more financial and spiritual support from the governments and officials of these countries for researchers and providing a suitable platform for scientific studies, access Faster access to information sources, and the appropriateness of educational and research programs with the needs and expectations of society members, have a more targeted planning to identify the problem and choose a topic in line with the real problems and needs and in sync with the developments of the day, to carry out their research. Therefore, at the international level, applied topics based on web and internet developments and information and communication technologies should face more trends and a faster growth trend than Iranian research topics.
HamidReza Mahmoodi; Mohammad Hassanzadeh; Fatemeh Zandian
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Despite the breadth and richness of the subject and the variety of topics in the field of knowledge and information science facing researchers, the field suffers from theoretical poverty. The purpose of this study is to identify the theoretical barriers in information science and knowledge. This is a ...
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Despite the breadth and richness of the subject and the variety of topics in the field of knowledge and information science facing researchers, the field suffers from theoretical poverty. The purpose of this study is to identify the theoretical barriers in information science and knowledge. This is a qualitative research. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. Members of the faculty of knowledge and information science at Iranian universities formed the statistical population of this study. Theoretical sampling method was used for sample selection. In total, 18 faculty members of Birjand, Tarbiat Modarres, Tabriz, Shahid Bahona and Shahid Chamran universities interviewed. The data were coded based on the grounded theory in three steps. MAX QDA software was used for data encoding. Finally 10 core categories were obtained. Among the 10 core categories, the categories of "shaky personality" and "belief system failure" were selected as the central classes. According to Glazer’s recommendation, the belief system failure was referred to the shaky personality class. In other words, the shaky personality class was identified as the central class. For the first time in Iran and outside Iran, the barriers of theorizing in knowledge and information science have been examined with a qualitative approach. Therefore, on the one hand, the subject under study and adopting a qualitative approach on the other hand, demonstrate its value and authenticity.
Farshad Parhamnia
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One of the methods of information analysis is the hermeneutic method which is a method for interpreting texts. The aim of the present study was to explain the hermeneutical method in the field of knowledge and Information science and provide a model of hermeneutical process analysis.The present study ...
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One of the methods of information analysis is the hermeneutic method which is a method for interpreting texts. The aim of the present study was to explain the hermeneutical method in the field of knowledge and Information science and provide a model of hermeneutical process analysis.The present study is a critical-argumentative review in which documentary and library methods have been used for information gathering.The findings showed that hermeneutical method can be used as one of the methods of qualitative research in the field of knowledge and Information science. What is shared between the field of knowledge and Information science with hermeneutics is the text's interpretation as information used in the field of data storage and retrieval systems. Moreover, in data retrieval systems, data entry is not possible without prior knowledge. The most important hermeneutic view in this area is that it considers recovery behavior as a text. It can be concluded thatHermeneutics can be used as a method in the field of knowledge and Information science in the production of new knowledge and in a way that plays an essential role in the field of information retrieval systems.
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.
Hasan Ashrafi-rizi; Zahra Kazem pour
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The relationship between “Knowledge and Information Science” and other areas such as Communication Science is one of the issues that information specialists with should pay special attention. The scientists of these two fields are interested in communicating each other because they can utilize ...
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The relationship between “Knowledge and Information Science” and other areas such as Communication Science is one of the issues that information specialists with should pay special attention. The scientists of these two fields are interested in communicating each other because they can utilize each others knowledge very well. This connection can be achieved by identifying similarities, differences, and how to apply the concept or concepts of an area within the other. This study was an unsystematic review conducted in 2014 by searching relative keywords in the Science Direct, Web of Science, Emerald, Magiran and SID databases. Communication Science theories and their applications in the field of Knowledge and Information Sciences will be discussed in this paper.
