Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 PHD Student in Information Science and Knowledge, Isfahan and Central Library of the Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies. Tehran. Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science Department, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. Tehran. Iran
Abstract
This study investigates the factors affecting users' understanding of digital libraries with emphasis on Allameh Tabataba'i University Digital Library.The method of this study is descriptive-analytical and it is a purposeful one. All students of Allameh Tabatabai University were the statistical population of this study(18000 students) out of which 378 students were selected using simple random sampling method. Due to the lack of a standard questionnaire, a researcher-made questionnaire was used. The questionnaire used for data collection consisted of three demographic questions (gender, digital library experience and educational level) and eight components with 25 closed questions including system quality, information quality, service quality, usefulness, ease of use, digital library Affinity, user satisfaction and user loyalty. Data were analyzed using t-test, independent t-test and ANOVA, at significance level α = 0.05.: The findings showed that considering the calculated significance level, all factors affected students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University including system quality (-39.88), information quality (-57.425), service quality (571.721) -), usefulness (-66.320), ease of use (-49.558), digital library Affinity (-60.944), user satisfaction (-61.497), and user loyalty (-60.488). Also, there was no significant difference between students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University in terms of gender (0.554) and educational level (0.064). But there was a significant difference between students' perception of digital library of Allameh Tabatabai University and digital library experience (0.000) according to the level of significance calculated.The results of the study show the overall effect of the students' perceptions of the digital library of Allameh Tabataba'i University, and each of these components of understanding can be defined according to different models in different environments.
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