User Involvement in Library Service Planning: A Case Study of the National Library of Iran, 2018

Najafqolinejad, Azam; Mohammadi, Farnaz

doi:10.22054/jks.2020.53757.1339

User Involvement in Library Service Planning: A Case Study of the National Library of Iran, 2018

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Azam Najafqolinejad ¹

Farnaz Mohammadi ²

¹ PhD. Knowledge and Information Science, Assistant Professor, National library and archives of I.R. Iran, Head of the Special Services Group of the National Archives and Library of Iran, Tehran, Iran

² PhD. Student of Knowledge and information science, Deputy Director General of procurement of the National Library of Iran, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jks.2020.53757.1339

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to monitor the views of users about the services of the National Library of Iran and use them in service planning. The method of this research is qualitative and focus group and brainstorming and group decision making were used to collect data. Focus groups continued until data saturation with the participation of 29 members (in two groups of 11 and 18). Maxqda software was used for data analysis.The results showed that the service factors of the Information department of the National Library of Iran from the perspective of users fall into 4 themes. Qualitative analysis of the data collected from users led to the extraction of 546 initial codes that reported service factors. Multiple revisions and code integration based on similarity over several stages resulted in 14 sub-themes. The findings of this study indicated some problems in the service desks of the National Library from the perspective of users and 4 main themes of librarians, clients, services and service desks were studied separately in its sub-themes. Based on the suggestions of the participants of this research and due to the lived experience of the authors in the service desks, suggestions were presented separately for the topics discussed.

Keywords

User-oriented

Information Services

National Library of Iran

Service Planning

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