Mahmoud Moradi; Sara Bahrami Nia
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of librarian information literacy on organizational growth of Kermanshah public libraries. In this study, the information literacy level of public librarians in Kermanshah and also the impact of information literacy on organization growth ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of librarian information literacy on organizational growth of Kermanshah public libraries. In this study, the information literacy level of public librarians in Kermanshah and also the impact of information literacy on organization growth were determined. Methodology: descriptive correlational study and survey was conducted. The populations of all public librarians in Kermanshah province with a total of 215 persons. The sample size was determined using Cochran sampling formula of 138 people. To collected data, a questionnaire measuring information literacy standards and organization growth in the five-item Likert scale is used. Findings: The finding showed that the information literacy and its components (the ability to locate information, the ability to evaluate information and the ability to make effective use of information) among public librarians in Kermanshah was proper. The highest frequency component related to the ability to locate information (60.3) and the lowest rate, the ability to make effective use of information (30.3), respectively.conclusion: information literacy is a basic need for everyone and because the skills of individuals in the development of society, so the results of the evaluation of information literacy librarian and relationship skill development and organizational effectiveness as well as the efforts and planning for improvement level, in order to achieve these goals will help. Because the ability to use that information literacy is one of the main factors for librarians as providers of information dissemination is inevitable and necessary.
Soraya Ziaei; Sara Bahrami; Azam Mousa Chamani
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Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the services innovation and organizational growth components in Kermanshah Academic libraries. Method: The present study is descriptive-correlational, and has been conducted through a survey method. The statistical population of ...
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Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between the services innovation and organizational growth components in Kermanshah Academic libraries. Method: The present study is descriptive-correlational, and has been conducted through a survey method. The statistical population of all librarians of Kermanshah Academic libraries is a total of 58 people. Since the research community was limited and available, the census method was used to collect data, of which 55 questionnaires were completed and analyzed. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and were analyzed by SPSS software.
Findings: The findings showed that innovation in services with an average of 3.40 and organizational development with an average of 3.13 in the academic libraries of Kermanshah is relatively favorable. Also, in this section, the highest frequency was related to the “relationship” component and the lowest one was related to the “reward” item. The significance level of the Pearson correlation test between two variables of innovation and organizational development is 0.002, which shows a positive and direct relation between these two variables.
Conclusion: The results of the study showed that innovation in services is positively and directly related to organizational growth and development in Academic libraries. Therefore, attention to the components effective to the organizational growth (such as goal, rewards, relationships, useful mechanisms, and attitude ratio) and strengthening them provides a change in circumstances to increase librarians' innovation.
