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.
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.
