Knowledge Management
Mostafa Pahlevanzadeh; Nadjla Hariri; Dariush Matlabi; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji
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IntroductionNew software development models are emerging that help in software development by default. Secure software should be defined based on the fundamental framework of the organization and the fundamental framework of the organization's software, which means that the targeted level of security ...
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IntroductionNew software development models are emerging that help in software development by default. Secure software should be defined based on the fundamental framework of the organization and the fundamental framework of the organization's software, which means that the targeted level of security of various software of an organization depends on the business context and the degree of importance of information in that context. Proper support of the software industry requires a precise and appropriate understanding of the state of this industry as an ecosystem and knowledge of the software product. In addition to having technical complexities, the software industry follows certain economic structures and principles, which are very important in the analysis of the existing support regimes. Without having a secure software production line, the possibility of releasing secure software from this production cycle is impossible. Also, the competitive business environment of organizations depends on the software they have in this field; therefore, considering the level of vulnerabilities, it is reported that in the field of software, the existence of a secure software life cycle, which results in the production and development of secure software, is very necessary (Palumbo et al., 2020). Software companies need to develop knowledge in diverse domains. One of the industries that are very important in the transition from the oil economy due to its great potential in the country, and on the other hand, it realizes a part of the knowledge-based economy, is the software industry, which is struggling with many changes and problems. Due to the intensity of changes in technology and its highly competitive environment, software companies are facing many challenges and uncertainties in providing their products or services in the form of value for customers and also in making money from it. Therefore, it is necessary to provide a suitable solution for software companies to reach their position and the future that can be waiting for them. The present research tries to consider.What are the factors and performance indicators of the knowledge management system in the software development industry?Literature ReviewIn the research, Wang, Ding, and Ming Li (2017) presented a hybrid method for evaluating knowledge management performance based on triangular fuzzy numbers and group support systems. The results showed that the evaluation method has a strong practical and operational capability, and in addition, the evaluation is activated using a group support system. The systematic KMPE method based on an index system can improve the efficiency of organizations in the performance evaluation process. The review goes under these subheadings.Pojadi and Sardjono (2018) investigated "Evaluation of Knowledge Management System for Disaster Management Using Factor Analysis". The results showed that evaluation models can be built through the performance of agents, organizational culture, and information through the knowledge management system, management support and participation, access and updating, and information monitoring. Fu, Jiang, and Chen (2020) modeled an organizational knowledge management system based on artificial intelligence in a research. The key technologies that need to be solved to achieve knowledge integration were pointed out, including the integration of heterogeneous knowledge distributed between companies, the integration of correlation and the integration of knowledge and production processes. Fuzzy theory was used to create a knowledge extraction mechanism and reference model library from the project model to the dedicated reference model. Finally, a layered diffusion model was developed that matches the characteristics of online knowledge transfer. Greco et al. (2021) in their research examined "a method for evaluating knowledge management systems". The results show that WikiIEN is the solution most indicated for the larger public due to its more user-friendly interface and workflow, and sufficient feature set that does not depend on external software.MethodologyThis research is applied in terms of purpose, which was done with a documentary method, meta composite. The meta-composite approach is a type of qualitative study that examines the information and findings extracted from other qualitative studies with a similar and related topic. As a result, the desired sample for the meta-combination of selected qualitative studies is based on the relationship made with research questions (Lindgreen, Palmer, and Vanhamme, 2004). In this research, the combination method has been used in order to compare, interpret, transform, and combine different frameworks and models presented in the field of knowledge management system performance evaluation in the software development industry.ResultsThe purpose of this research is to provide a suitable conceptual framework for identifying the performance evaluation components of knowledge management system in the software development industry with a meta-composite approach. Due to the lack of comprehensive research in the field of identifying factors affecting the performance of the knowledge management system, the performance evaluation indicators of the knowledge management system were first extracted by extensive literature study and based on the frequency of evaluation indicators. The goal is to cover various dimensions of knowledge management system evaluation with a comprehensive study. Due to budget constraints and the economic era with uncertainty, knowledge management implementers need to be able to demonstrate the commercial value of knowledge distribution and reuse in the organization. There are two basic points that all organizations should consider when designing success measures. Therefore, based on the presented conceptual model, managers can evaluate the performance of knowledge management in the software development industry by using organizational factors, individual factors, technology infrastructure factors, knowledge management processes, and economic benefits/costs. DiscussionBased on the presented conceptual model, managers can evaluate the performance of knowledge management in the software development industry by using organizational factors, individual factors, technology infrastructure factors, knowledge management processes, and economic benefits/costs. ConclusionExamining the results showed that components such as organizational factors (culture, senior management support, organization strategy, organizational structure), individual factors (training, employee participation, knowledge and awareness of knowledge management systems, resistance to change); technology infrastructure factors (user-friendliness, data and information security, communication and cooperation methods, degree of integration of organizational systems, knowledge quality); knowledge management process (knowledge acquisition, knowledge transfer, knowledge creation); economic benefits/costs (capital cost, operating cost) affect the evaluation of knowledge management performance in the software development industry.
Soheila Faal
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the specific categories of documents and evaluate the application of the five WH questions for achieving the plan and method of dissertation classification. To this end, bibliographic and metadata elements were used for organizing dissertations as categories ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the specific categories of documents and evaluate the application of the five WH questions for achieving the plan and method of dissertation classification. To this end, bibliographic and metadata elements were used for organizing dissertations as categories to answer WH questions.Two methods of library and comparative survey were used in this research. Documentation review showed that many librarians have introduced new categories to organize their collections. Samples of these classifications were provided for a variety of information resource formats including music resources, archival resources, museum and art objects, maps, patent, periodicals, and more. Various designs have also been presented for different genres and subject areas, including literary, story and laws. Based on this research, 22 categories were identified to answer the five WH questions including 9 categories for answering the Who question, 7 categories for answering the What question and 2 categories for answering Where, When and Why questions. Categories were compared with metadata and bibliographic elements, blocks, and descriptive areas. As a result, the UNIMARC blocks and fields used to classify dissertations include 32 fields and 4 blocks including descriptive information, notes, subject analysis and the responsibility of the work that are used to answer each question according to the related categories.The findings of the study confirmed that librarians need to design new classifications for a variety of formats, subjects and genres, although conventional classifications of documents were used in libraries. On the other hand, the bibliographic elements and metadata that have an important role in organization of dissertation can be used to answer the WH questions for the classification of dissertations. With this approach, dissertation is classified and available to users in the process of organizing and entering information in the software.
azadeh namdari
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Aim:study to assess status personal information management of the students of Ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences of three aspect Knowledge, skill and activites personal information management jones Model. Method research: this study was done to way survey and descriptive and analytical ...
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Aim:study to assess status personal information management of the students of Ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences of three aspect Knowledge, skill and activites personal information management jones Model. Method research: this study was done to way survey and descriptive and analytical the statistical population students were selected of Ahvaz jundishapur university of medical science of educational year1397-98 for determine statistical population of way sampling Used. analysis of of the data of tests correlation pearson and sperman and software spss 22 Used. Results: of between factors effect of personal information management knowledge include average1/22, skill average by2/05 and collection activeties personal information management have average equal by 2/50. total average personal information equal by 2/50 was and is at level relatively bad. Conclusion: status personal information management students at have level relatively bad that had period at direct better aware attribute tools personal information management and promontion skills students at this domain Hold. Keywords: Electronic information, personal information management, students of Ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences
Semantic Web and Ontology
MohamadJavad Esmaili; Seyed Ali Asghar Razavi; Safiyeh Tahmasebi Limoni
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The aim of the current research is to know the relationship between the vocabulary of radio archivists and their information delivery abilities along with presenting an ontological model for radio archives. This research is applied in terms of its purpose, and in terms of the type of sequential combined ...
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The aim of the current research is to know the relationship between the vocabulary of radio archivists and their information delivery abilities along with presenting an ontological model for radio archives. This research is applied in terms of its purpose, and in terms of the type of sequential combined research and in terms of the research method, it is mixed. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect information. Two quantitative (questionnaire) and qualitative (Delphi study) methods were used to analyze the collected data. In order to test the hypotheses, for the normality of the data and data analysis, the t test (correlation) was used, the Lisrel software was used to provide the model, and the Portege software was used to generate the archive ontology. Is. Research hypotheses have also been tested using the structural equation modeling technique. The results of the present research also confirm the opinion that archivists with a rich vocabulary can be optimal and useful in retrieving information and providing information with the help of archive ontology. The proposed ontology resulting from the transformation of concepts in the field of radio and television programs, which is available in its archives, was carried out in four stages: collecting concepts, discovering and determining the relationships between concepts, creating a worksheet for each concept and implementing the ontology in the project environment. This proposed model can be useful for the production of the ontology of radio and television archives.Keywords: Ontology of archive , lexical circle, Archivists, I.R.I.B. , Archive
Mohammad Hassanzadeh; Mahtab Teymori Tabieh
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Knowledge has been a competitive weapon in New World. Being aware of knowledge process in organizations, especially research-oriented ones, and tactfully managing it, will increase their ability and improve their outputs, While unawareness and its improper management could lead to a waste of time, ...
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Knowledge has been a competitive weapon in New World. Being aware of knowledge process in organizations, especially research-oriented ones, and tactfully managing it, will increase their ability and improve their outputs, While unawareness and its improper management could lead to a waste of time, money and energy. Co-operation and relation between organizations will be stable and progressive by knowledge flow, although it is a subconscious issue. Whatever, clarifying and distinguishing this flow in the organization will be a competitive advantage issue. Due to this, the organization will achieve knowledge and use this faster than other organizations. Purpose: The main aim of this paper is survey a of knowledge flow in Knowledge-Based companies of Science and Technology Park of Tehran University and presenting a conceptual model. This kind of studies can enable preliminary programs to result success in an organization. Methodology: Approach of this paper is qualitative and in data gathering researcher used a Questionnaire including 57 questions; and for data analyses used SPSS and One-Sample T Test. Conclusion: Findings show that knowledge flow in knowledge based companies in the knowledge gateways, knowledge flow mechanisms, staff awareness, organizational culture, organizational structure, knowledge flow programming and knowledge sharing factors have not been in a good state. The ideal conceptual model of knowledge flow present after literature review and analyses of X-ones.
Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam; Parvin Taheri
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2015, , Pages 23-42
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Purpose: This study is set to map co-authorship network and scientific collaborative coefficient of Iranian researchers in aerospace science in the Science Citation Index till 2014. Method: Scientometric methods were used to do the study and the following software applied for data analysis: HistCite, ...
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Purpose: This study is set to map co-authorship network and scientific collaborative coefficient of Iranian researchers in aerospace science in the Science Citation Index till 2014. Method: Scientometric methods were used to do the study and the following software applied for data analysis: HistCite, VOSviewer, Pajek, UCI net, and Excel. Out of 2501 articles in aerospace sciences were found in the Science Citation Index with affiliation to Iranian universities and institutions. Results: Results showed that 67.45 percent of the articles were written with collaboration at the national level, 32.55 percent at regional level and 4.42 percent of the articles were written with collaboration at the international level. Top Iranian universities and institutions were Sharif University of Technology, Shiraz University, Tehran University and the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, respectively. Conclusion: Maximum of research productions was produced with the United State of the America. Analysis of collaborative coefficient showed collaborations with countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy, German and France. Mean of collaborative coefficient was 0.43 during the research. Authors’ typology showed 88 percent of articles were written by two authors and 16.39 percent of the articles were written by three authors
Elaheh Rohidel; Nosrat Riahi Nia; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji; Zahra Abazari
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This research has been carried out with a view to surveying the status of data-collection components, organization and dissemination of manuscripts information at the manuscripts section of Iran’s libraries, according to the components of knowledge management. Methodology: The method applied to ...
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This research has been carried out with a view to surveying the status of data-collection components, organization and dissemination of manuscripts information at the manuscripts section of Iran’s libraries, according to the components of knowledge management. Methodology: The method applied to this research has been a blend of simultaneously qualitative and quantitative ones. The research community is composed of all manuscript departments of Iran’s libraries exactly 44 libraries in all over Iran .and it has been based on questionnaires designed by the research and analyzed using the SPSS statistical software after data collection. Conclusion: The compliance with knowledge management at manuscript departments of Iran’s libraries is inadequate. The respondents of the questionnaires and the interviewed candidates all emphasized the development of a unified guideline and solidarity between collection components, organization of manuscript’s information and the dissemination of that information, furthermore they found the implementation of knowledge management and the application of its models most necessary and essential.
Nayersadat Seyedali; Asadollah Shahbahrami
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Abstract: We observe rapid changes in the technologies and the extreme complexities in the environment upon entering the third millennium and the age of innovation. Nowadays the spread of computer networks and calculations and the necessity to employ the new technologies is an indispensable part of the ...
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Abstract: We observe rapid changes in the technologies and the extreme complexities in the environment upon entering the third millennium and the age of innovation. Nowadays the spread of computer networks and calculations and the necessity to employ the new technologies is an indispensable part of the activities of different companies and institutions to speed up the process of achieving the goals set by the organizations.Most of the studies conducted on virtualization technology are descriptive-analytic and they have addressed this topic from the informatics and software perspectives to state both advantages and disadvantages of this technology. However, the experimental approach has been adopted in the present study in addition to the descriptive approach and the factors affecting the successful implementation of different types of virtualization technology and data centers of the organizations are investigated and the present study is a completely innovative an new study in this regard.The present research helps us to identify the key factors to implement the virtualization systems from the standpoint of the IT experts. In the present study, seven following factors were examined: system quality, information quality, facilitation of management and maintenance, reduction in expenses, ease of implementation, experiment and development, integration of resources and organizational consensus. The results of the present study showed that all factors under study have a positive and significant effect on the success of implementation of virtualization technology.The present research examines the extensive activities of the organizations to implement different types of virtualizers and the case study of Qsan Company with the purpose of investigating into the factors affecting the employment of the virtualization technology in the data centers according to the needs of the organizations. Therefore, the present research in considered an applied research in terms of purpose. Also, considering the fact that the library research methods and the field research methods such as questionnaires have been used in the present research, it can be said that the present research is a descriptive-survey research in nature and method i.e. at first the criteria and indices of the research were identified through the investigation into the existing literature and the hypotheses of the research were formulated accordingly. The conceptual model of the research was developed according to the hypotheses and the standard questionnaire has been employed to collect data. Finally, the structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the research hypotheses.
Hurie Sadighi
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the reference architecture elements for knowledge management in financial institutions. This research is both qualitative and quantitative using the survey method. Interview and questionnaire were used for data collection. The sampling method in this research ...
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The purpose of this research was to investigate the reference architecture elements for knowledge management in financial institutions. This research is both qualitative and quantitative using the survey method. Interview and questionnaire were used for data collection. The sampling method in this research is census. Descriptive and analytical statistical methods were used to answer the study questions and test the hypotheses. The findings indicate that among the three elements of knowledge management reference architecture, the lowest amount of attention was given to Knowledge Management followed by the knowledge business while the amount of attention to the information technology was moderate. The lowest amount of attention was given to knowledge extraction and knowledge identification processes among knowledge management elements and the highest amount of attention is in knowledge storage and Knowledge of organizational structure. Considering the elements of information technology, the amount of attention (both in the enabling and facilitator Technology) is the moderate. The knowledge business element was recognized as a strategic resource. Also, the comparison of views on the elements of knowledge management reference architecture indicate that employees devoted the least amount of attention while the managers paid the most amount of attention. The amount of implementing each element of knowledge management architecture in the center, the knowledge business element, the IT and the knowledge management have an unfavorable condition.
Payam Shojaei; Farzaneh Afifian; Mohammad Ziaeyan
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Purpose: This research is aimed at performance evaluation and prioritization of public libraries in Fars state cities by using Data Envelopment Analysis and Goal Programming integrated approach in 1394. Methodology: this research is an applied research based on purpose, and descriptive-analytic based ...
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Purpose: This research is aimed at performance evaluation and prioritization of public libraries in Fars state cities by using Data Envelopment Analysis and Goal Programming integrated approach in 1394. Methodology: this research is an applied research based on purpose, and descriptive-analytic based on data collection method. Required data is gathered from Fars province public library institution in 1394. Linear programming was developed for each cities and results were extracted by using Lingo software. Results: Minimax model showed best results among models. Arsanjan and Khorambid were efficient and other cities were inefficient (include Shiraz as a province center). When we used Anderson-Peterson approach Khorambid is more efficient than Arsanjan. Finally, Khorambid, Arsanjan and Firozabad had a highest ranks and Farashband, Sepidan and Rostam Had a lowest ranks respectively based on prioritization. Conclusion: the main conclusion of this research would be that Shiraz as a center of Fars province placed in rank 4. However, Shiraz has a large number of facilities according to other cities, the output has not been proportional with the distributed facilities. On the other hand, based on weighting method, the main input is total number of books and major output is total number of visitors.
Mozhgan Derakhshan; Sirous Ghanbari; Khalil Zandi; Hatam Maleki; Hamed Seif Panahi
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Purpose: Leadership theory and research has not addressed the role of leaders in knowledge management, despite its importance to organizations. Consequently, information and knowledge management as key leader functions have not been explored. This descriptive study has sought that help to expansion links ...
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Purpose: Leadership theory and research has not addressed the role of leaders in knowledge management, despite its importance to organizations. Consequently, information and knowledge management as key leader functions have not been explored. This descriptive study has sought that help to expansion links between leadership and knowledge management through examine the factorial structure of the knowledge leadership questionnaire of Viitala (2004). Methodology: Statistical population included staff at Islamic Azad University Sanandaj branch, Kurdistan University and Payame Noor University of Sanandaj (434 people). According to the ratio of staff per university, a sample of 204 selected by classified random sampling. The data collection tool was knowledge Leadership Questionnaire (Viitala, 2004) that its validity and reliability confirmed. Data analyzed by exploratory factor analysis, one sample t-test and one way ANOVA. Findings: The results showed that the factorial structure of knowledge leadership questionnaire consisting of dimensions orienteering of learning, creating climate that supports learning, supporting individual and group level learning processes, Acting as a role model with some changes in the relationship between the indicators and dimensions. Results also showed that knowledge leadership in the universities studied, was higher than average, and there was no the difference between the universities in terms of the application of knowledge leadership. Conclusion: According to study findings, knowledge leadership questionnaire Viitala (2004) is used in Iran.
Zeinab Ghafoornia; Shiva Ghomi; Esmat Momeni
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This paper is supposed to determine librarian's perception from user needs and user's understanding from librarian response in a reference interview by the hermeneutic approach and deals with "the process of understanding a work" and also How to get a sense of various phenomena e.g. Speech, behavior, ...
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This paper is supposed to determine librarian's perception from user needs and user's understanding from librarian response in a reference interview by the hermeneutic approach and deals with "the process of understanding a work" and also How to get a sense of various phenomena e.g. Speech, behavior, written texts and works of art. This study is a functional one and the proposed method is survey with analytic approach to achieve needed data. To verify validity, the questionnaire of study was distributed among information science lecturers and to evaluate reliability of study questionnaire, Cronbach’s alpha was computed as 0.953. The librarian study population including five thematic sections was evaluated based on census method are the National library and Archive Islamic Republic of Iran. User research population with a master's degree and PhD in four thematic halls of the National Library, which is 48 people to the questionaire in the period from September 2014 to March 2015 randomly responded. The analysis shows that in most variables, there is a significant relationship between librarians and users semantic system except the reference librarian to meet the need for information sharing question and level of previous knowledge of the subject librarian and user search. Users do not understand the subject matter of their research, and also librarian in the reference interviews and user's needs have the necessary skills and understanding. Despite the lack of
ali imanzadeh; Kobra Palangi
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The main objective of the present research was to study the relationship of knowledge shar-ing and organizational commitment in Tabriz universities Librarians. (N=143), all of whom were selected as the sample based on the census sampling method. The number of returned question-naires was equal to 136 ...
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The main objective of the present research was to study the relationship of knowledge shar-ing and organizational commitment in Tabriz universities Librarians. (N=143), all of whom were selected as the sample based on the census sampling method. The number of returned question-naires was equal to 136 (95%). The required data and information were collected using the 13-item Wang and Wang Knowledge Sharing Questionnaire, and the 24-item Meyer and Allen’s Model of Organizational Commitment.. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for knowledge sharing, and organizational commitment was obtained 0.81, and 0.72, respectively. For data analysis, descrip-tive and inferential statistical methods were used. Descriptive statistics was used for data classi-fication, summarization, and interpretation. In inferential statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman correlation coefficient and one-sample t-test were used. The study findings showed that there is a direct and significant positive relationship be-tween knowledge sharing (and its dimensions) and organizational commitment. The results re-vealed that mean scores of knowledge sharing for principals participated in this study were high-er than the average.
Ali Sharafi; Ali Shaghaghi; Mohammadreza Pashang
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The purpose of this study is the content analysis of the books and theses published in informetrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics and webometrics in the world. This study is an applied research. Statistical population consists of 730 English books in the Amazon database and 1069 English theses in the ...
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The purpose of this study is the content analysis of the books and theses published in informetrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics and webometrics in the world. This study is an applied research. Statistical population consists of 730 English books in the Amazon database and 1069 English theses in the Proquest database that were classified in 15-subject categories. Data were collected using checklists and analyzed by Excel. The findings showed that most books in informetrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics and webometrics published around the world are compilations and publication trends are declining and most of their thematic approaches are the analysis of patents, citation analysis, bibliometric and scientific communications. Theses publication trends are also declining and the most of their thematic approaches are scientometric, citation analysis, bibliometric, webometrics, scientific communications and researcher’s performance evaluation; and the least number of thematic approaches of books and theses in the world are informetrics, scientific collaboration, co-citation, co-authorship, information visualization and knowledge, website evaluation and journals’ impact factor. In addition, most researches of informetrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics and webometrics in the world have been done in the fields of computer science, higher education, management, information technology and library and information science and the least have been done in the fields of ethics, history, philosophy, law, women's studies, nanotechnology, psychology, physics, chemistry, religion, math, entrepreneurship, geography, patent analysis, biology, chemistry, ecology and statistics. The results showed that subject of informatics, bibliometrics, scientometrics and webometrics books and theses in the world is based on citation analysis and is of more subject diversity.
Leyla Bani Fatemeh; Saied Ghaffari
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the satisfaction of users of the Tabriz Central Library of the nature and architecture of the library and discover the strengths and weaknesses of the library's architecture. Method of this research was descriptive and survey type and the tool for collecting data ...
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the satisfaction of users of the Tabriz Central Library of the nature and architecture of the library and discover the strengths and weaknesses of the library's architecture. Method of this research was descriptive and survey type and the tool for collecting data was a questionnaire made by the researcher. The statistical population of this research was 100 student users from Tabriz central library who were sampled randomly. Validity of the questionnaire was discussed and approved with 10 experts based on index CVR and CVI. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by the Cronbach's alpha coefficient by means of a
Mitra Samiei; Fatemeh Noushinfard; Roya Rahmanpour
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This study aims to analyze and evaluate the portals of Iran Public Libraries Foundation qualitatively based on the web quality evaluation methodology (WebQEM). This is an applied-descriptive survey. The statistical population included the portals of Iran Public Libraries Foundation in 2016. For this ...
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This study aims to analyze and evaluate the portals of Iran Public Libraries Foundation qualitatively based on the web quality evaluation methodology (WebQEM). This is an applied-descriptive survey. The statistical population included the portals of Iran Public Libraries Foundation in 2016. For this purpose, 32 portals were observed and ranked. The data was collected through the direct observation method based on the WebQEM quality evaluation model and ISO 9126-1 standard. According to the findings, “Usability”, as the main criterion, was assessed as average with a mean of 0.39. Whereas “Functionality” was reported to be inappropriate with a total mean of 0.27. Regarding “Reliability”, the total mean was reported above average (0.57). Finally, “Efficiency” was assessed as appropriate with a mean of 0.704. The WebQEM results indicated that the surveyed portals were ranked first, second, third, and fourth in Efficiency, Reliability (validity), Usability, and Functionality, respectively. In other words, the surveyed portals had more weaknesses in usability and functionality criteria. However, they were assessed as more satisfactory in efficiency and reliability with means exceeding 50%.
Azadeh Asadian; Dariush Matlabi; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji; Nadjla Hariri
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The need to increase productivity in organizations for greater profitability is unattainable and annual costs are spent. The current research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the components and indicators of internet business for knowledge brokers by increasing the use of three meta-synthesis ...
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The need to increase productivity in organizations for greater profitability is unattainable and annual costs are spent. The current research was conducted with the aim of analyzing the components and indicators of internet business for knowledge brokers by increasing the use of three meta-synthesis methods, fuzzy Delphi and structural equation methods. The statistical population in the first part is 10,617 documents, from which 65 documents were selected. The statistical population in the second part was 20 specialists in the fields of knowledge management, technology management and business, of which 10 answered the questionnaire. The statistical population in the third part of the research was the number of 155 technology and knowledge brokers under the supervision of the Presidential Vice President for Science and Technology, Iran's National Fan Market, and the Nano Technology Exchange Network. The findings show the number of 149 indicators under 30 components in the form of 9 components of Osterwalder's business model. The results of this research show that the statistics of Internet business components and indicators for knowledge brokers can reduce the information gap between agents, policy makers and decision makers, structures and governance structures and sector institutions. To pay the offer and ask for help and more productivity in business.
Abbas Doulani; Sohayla Zand; Roya Bradar
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the presence and activity of Alzahra University faculty members in the ResearchGate social network and its impact on the Scopus citation database and Google Scholar search engine based on altemetrics indexes.This study is of applied rresearch, using ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the presence and activity of Alzahra University faculty members in the ResearchGate social network and its impact on the Scopus citation database and Google Scholar search engine based on altemetrics indexes.This study is of applied rresearch, using survey type and from the perspective of scientometrics methodology with Altmetrics approach. The research community of this study included all faculty members of Alzahra University who are members of ResearchGate social network. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics included the frequency and mean of each of the indicators measured in the ResearchGate network, the Scopus Citation Database, and the Google Scholar search engine. Inferential statistics (Pearson correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests) were used to assess the relationships and the presence or absence of differences between the variables studied.The findings showed that the highest attendance and activity belonged to the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry. The arts and literature colleges did not have a serious activity with an average GRG score of zero. There was also a significant positive correlation between Altmetric indexes in ResearchGate and GoogleScolar and Scopus citation indices.The results suggest that as researchers share knowledge and activity on the ResearchGate social network, the visibility of their scientific work increases, which in turn leads to an increase in citation indexes at Scopus and Google Scholar databases.
Maryam Tavosi; Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini
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The present study offers a comparative analysis with exploration approach among university library websites in Iran and United States from standpoint user engagement via social medias. Descriptive survey method was used in this study. Websites composed of 21 academic university library websites in Iran ...
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The present study offers a comparative analysis with exploration approach among university library websites in Iran and United States from standpoint user engagement via social medias. Descriptive survey method was used in this study. Websites composed of 21 academic university library websites in Iran and 16 academic university library websites in United states (37 websites) were investigated by direct observation using analytical database “similarweb“ during 3 months (February up to April 2019). Findings showed that in United States, 100% of the total university library websites attracted users through social media, compared to 19% in Iran. The number of users clicking or visiting the website of the university library via social media in Iran was 3% of the total number of users visiting the library's website. This figure in United States was up to 1% (Except for the MIT University libraries that the number was 11%). Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Researchgate and Pinterest were the top media that university library websites in United States had user engagement through them.
Mehdi Taheri; Nahid Gavili; Maryam Shekofte; Maryam Kazerani
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This study will discuss the context-oriented aspects in designing and creating a metadata application profile compatible with the native needs of related information environments and its impact on developing the semantic web in an analytical approach. In the first part of the paper, the concept of the ...
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This study will discuss the context-oriented aspects in designing and creating a metadata application profile compatible with the native needs of related information environments and its impact on developing the semantic web in an analytical approach. In the first part of the paper, the concept of the context and how the context will be established, and creating semantic based on the relationship among concepts in a special context emphasizing the semantic Web will be described. Then, the concept of the metadata application profile as the newest approach in creating metadata in information environments, and the context-oriented approach in designing this kind of profile aimed to meeting special native needs. The paper clarifies the position and the role of the metadata application profile in producing semantic in various information contexts as elements making the semantic web, and creating structured data (metadata) for describing and managing of the Web content objects. In the end, the paper will conclude the common approach in developing metadata application profiles and the semantic Web shows the positive impact and efficiency of metadata application profiles in developing the semantic Web.
leyla Zadvali Khajeh; Fatemeh Zandian
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive thinking on increasing the communication skills of librarians in general libraries of Tabriz city. This research is an applied research method and is a survey method. The population of this study is librarians of general libraries located ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive thinking on increasing the communication skills of librarians in general libraries of Tabriz city. This research is an applied research method and is a survey method. The population of this study is librarians of general libraries located in Tabriz city. According to the relatively small number of statistical population, sampling was done by census method and a questionnaire (5 options based on Likert scale) was distributed among all librarians. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 91% which is an indicator of the reliability of the questionnaire. The distributed questionnaire consists of two parts of communication skills and positive thinking, SPSS software was used to analyze the data.The results of the research showed that the amount of positive thinking effects on non-verbal skills is higher than other skills, and the level of positive thinking among librarians is relatively good.The overall results of the research indicate that the level of positive thinking between female librarians and those under the age of 35 years and with the level of undergraduate education is higher than other groups.Also, the higher the level of positive thinking, the more intense non-verbal communication librarians It turns out.At the end of the research, there are suggestions for holding positive thinking courses and communication skills for librarians.
Omar Mahmoudi
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social capital variables and organizational learning by using knowledge management and social intelligence. The statistical population includes all of the municipal staff in Marivan city. The research method is descriptive-survey. ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between social capital variables and organizational learning by using knowledge management and social intelligence. The statistical population includes all of the municipal staff in Marivan city. The research method is descriptive-survey. To collect the theoretical foundations of the research, the library method was used and the survey method was used to collect the research data using questionnaires. The validity of the questionnaires was verified by experts and through content and the reliability of the questionnaires was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha statistical test. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the research data using LISREL software. The research results showed that the research model was appropriately fitted with the values of RMSEA =0.07, χ ^ 2 / Df = 2.78 and Chi-square = 511.98. We also used the t-value of the LISREL output to investigate the research hypotheses and the relationship between research variables. The results showed that the relationship of social capital with knowledge management (5.17), and social intelligence (3.27) was positive and significant, as well as the relationship between knowledge management and organizational learning (9.49), and the relationship between emotional intelligence and organizational learning (5.25). However, the relationship between social capital and Organizational learning (-0.75) was insignificant and unconfirmed. In addition, the results of the research indicated that social capital does not directly lead to organizational learning, but with the involvement of knowledge management and emotional intelligence variables, the relationship between them is positively corrected. In other words, it can be said that social capital utilizes knowledge management and social intelligence to lead to organizational learning.
Salah Salimian; Kiumars Shahbazi
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the effective factors on internet use in postgraduate and PhD students in universities of west and northwest of Iran (Uremia, Kurdistan, Razi University of Kermanshah and Bu Ali University of Hamedan). The studied sample includes 609 students in these two educational ...
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the effective factors on internet use in postgraduate and PhD students in universities of west and northwest of Iran (Uremia, Kurdistan, Razi University of Kermanshah and Bu Ali University of Hamedan). The studied sample includes 609 students in these two educational levels and data has been collected using questionnaire. In addition, all graduate groups including the Department of Humanities, the Department of Basic Sciences, the Department of Engineering, and the Department of Agriculture have been used in sampling. In this study, linear regression, Logit regression and Probit method with SPSS software from analytics have been used. In addition, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which evaluates the reliability of the questionnaire, is 0.87 which indicates an acceptable reliability for this questionnaire. The results of this study indicate negative impact of university on internet use and positive effect of educational group, semester, employment status and information sources in the use of internet. Moreover, Hosmer- Lemeshow test confirms the presented model. Finally, it is suggested that university administrations provide clear and practical policies for accessing and using the internet, and designing specialized databases designed to operationalize them so that the fields scientific development, through which economic development and so on.
Mahshid Eltemasi; Fatima Fahimnia; Mohammad Abooyeeardakan
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Examining the services and programs expected by users of public libraries from their own perspective and examining the underlying points and factors affecting the demands of users. The main purpose of this article is to address services and programs provided by public libraries in developing countries ...
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Examining the services and programs expected by users of public libraries from their own perspective and examining the underlying points and factors affecting the demands of users. The main purpose of this article is to address services and programs provided by public libraries in developing countries based on the views of public libraries users, and not on the basis of recommendations from international forums and institutions. A qualitative approach is implemented and the grounded theory method is used in the case study of Iran as a developing country. Data collection involved the use of semi-structured interviews, the interviews varied between 20-and-60-minute duration. To support the semi structured interviewing process the researcher developed an interview guide with a formal question set. 1. Motivation and user satisfaction services such as all kinds of scientific, artistic and cultural competitions, specialized services for children and teenagers, free internet access and computers, changing library environment, laboratory facilities, and book reading groups, poetry groups, etc., convenience services, creativity enhancements services, up to date resources, cafes and restaurants, rest areas. 2. Education & teaching services such as all kinds of classes and workshops, information literacy training, literacy services, library tours, consulting services, mobile libraries. 3. Recreational and entertainment services: book cafes, workgroups and group programs, and a variety of fun resources (including movies, etc.), book reviews. 4. Reference and information services such as providing selective information, virtual information, in-person information, interlibrary loan and document delivery services, in-person and virtual update services. Therefore, public libraries of Iran can prioritize these services in order to improve the level of satisfaction and attract more and more users' in their planning and policy making.
Fatemeh helaliyan motlagh; Mohammad Hassanzadeh
Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2015, , Pages 51-66
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Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of knowledge management and organizational innovation in human resources productivity. Methods: A descriptive survey research has been applied. Is applied. The study population comprised 300 employees of the South Pars Gas Complex. To collect the ...
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Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the role of knowledge management and organizational innovation in human resources productivity. Methods: A descriptive survey research has been applied. Is applied. The study population comprised 300 employees of the South Pars Gas Complex. To collect the data in this study, questionnaires were used. The content validity of questionnaires was reckoned based on the views of some experts (managers and professors) were calculated and used to calculate the reliability of Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated for the entire questionnaire was calculated 098/0. Finally, to evaluate and compare the data, descriptive and inferential descriptive and inferential Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, correlation, regression analysis and Friedman test were used. Findings: there is a positive significant relationship between the aspects of knowledge management and organizational creativity with human resources productivity. The aspect of knowledge creation and innovation mechanisms interact most with human resources productivity. Moreover the aspects of knowledge, convictions and organizational atmosphere or ambience influence human resources productivity most. Finally, based on the ratings scale, the application of knowledge and qualification of human resources is of the utmost importance in human resources productivity. Conclusion: Organizations need to improve human resources in order to boost productivity and use manpower, mental abilities, Staff’s faculties for the production of goods and Rendering high quality services.
