Ali Jalali Dizajji; Mehdi Alipour Hafezi; Hossein Adabi Firozjah
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Purpose: The aim of this studies evaluating the usability of digital libraries in governmental universities at Tehran.Methodology: Evaluative Survey methodology was used for the survey applying measures of search, navigation, forms layout, contrast and scan ability, optimization (size & print), help, ...
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Purpose: The aim of this studies evaluating the usability of digital libraries in governmental universities at Tehran.Methodology: Evaluative Survey methodology was used for the survey applying measures of search, navigation, forms layout, contrast and scan ability, optimization (size & print), help, usage of windows and speed and errors through a questionnaire containing 36 questions. The research population included 124,800 undergraduate, Master and PhD students, from three governmental universities of Tehran, Sanati Sharif and Sanati Amirkabir. Stratified random sampling method was applied to select 378 students as a sample. For data analysis, SPSS software was used along with descriptive techniques as well as independent test and ANOVA where needed. Findings: The findings indicated that the criteria relating to the usability of digital libraries in the three Tehran universities evaluated to be in relatively good condition and there is no significant difference between the digital libraries for the usability criteria. Conclution: Survey results show that these libraries should be improved by managers, librarians, and experts for a user-friendly system, thereby improving the quality of related universities digital libraries.
Roghayyeh Najafikhah; Ali Jalalidizaji; Esmat Momeni
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The Aim of current research is to study the feasibility for initiating the electronic reference services in public libraries of Guilan province which are under the authority of Iran Public Libraries Foundation. This study is applied, descriptive and survey-based. Data was collected using two questionnaires ...
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The Aim of current research is to study the feasibility for initiating the electronic reference services in public libraries of Guilan province which are under the authority of Iran Public Libraries Foundation. This study is applied, descriptive and survey-based. Data was collected using two questionnaires based on the Orbis questionnaire and the American Library Association's evaluation tool, one of which was used for the heads of the libraries and the other for the librarians and library authorities. The research population consisted of 65 active libraries established in Guilan Province. Data analysis was done descriptively by Microsoft Excel and SPSS. The results showed that more than two third of the surveyed librarians have the necessary skills for this job and it is possible in this area. The majority of the surveyed libraries have no problems for initiating the electronic reference service with regards to the technical equipment based on the selected software used in the study, but there is a shortage in electronic databases and resources to satisfy the information needs of users. Currently, there is no special budget dedicated for the establishment and provision of such services and it is the main problem of the libraries for providing electronic services. It can be concluded that the public libraries of Guilan province are able to launch virtual reference services by providing the necessary electronic resources and databases.
Tahereh Salamati; Ehsan Vaezi; Mehdi Memarpour; Ali Rajabzadeh
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The growing importance of commercialization and special attention paid to this topic of discussion at global university level makes the study on this matter justifiable. On basis of this assumption the commercialization which has been named as the connection link between universities and industries or ...
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The growing importance of commercialization and special attention paid to this topic of discussion at global university level makes the study on this matter justifiable. On basis of this assumption the commercialization which has been named as the connection link between universities and industries or (market) must become operational in the frame work of a practical and effective model.The study and evaluation of the practical models widely used in the world reveals that, the environmental factors play an important role in the process of commercialization. Therefore, the model to be designed and chosen must be indigenous and suitable for domestic conditions of the country. In other words, it should applicable to and practical for the use in Iranian organizations. In this study, it has been tried to present a comprehensive model. By designing a comprehensive model in this connection, this significant matter has been fulfilled in this research. Also, in line with the nature of the design of this model the major roles of the fundamental researches has been examined and an algorithm suitable for the country research environment which can oversee the innovative activities of commercial firms (with special emphasis on academic innovation) has been prepared which is more appropriate for the ideas coming out from the heart of university researches that is most proper for the use in academic firms and institutes and also to can be used in incubators and development centers. Of course, this algorithm and procedure with slight changes can also have a general application.
Mahdi Homayounfar; Arman Arasteh
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Nowadays, success of organizations more than ever depends on acquiring competitive advantage through the innovative performance of knowledge orientation. Accordingly, the current study has investigated the effect of knowledge-based leadership and innovative performance in public organizations of Guilan ...
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Nowadays, success of organizations more than ever depends on acquiring competitive advantage through the innovative performance of knowledge orientation. Accordingly, the current study has investigated the effect of knowledge-based leadership and innovative performance in public organizations of Guilan province. Considering research method, it is a descriptive- correlational study and from the objective perspective, it is an applied study. The statistical population include public organizations in Rasht city which due to the accessibility, the questionnaire distributed among all of them. Structural equation modeling based on partial least square is used to analyze the collected data. The results indicate the significant effect of knowledge transfer on innovative performance (r =0.63), knowledge application on innovative performance (r =0.26) and knowledge creation on innovative performance (r =0.21). The effect of knowledge storage on innovative performance is also significant through both knowledge transfer and knowledge application. Finally, based on the results; the effect of knowledge-based leadership on knowledge documentation (r=0.58), the effect of knowledge- based leadership on knowledge application (r=0.58) and the effect of knowledge- based leadership on knowledge documentation (r=0.39) and the effect of knowledge- based leadership on knowledge creation (r=0.41) is significant. However, the effect of knowledge-based leadership on knowledge transfer isn’t significant. According to the indirect paths in research model, knowledge-based leadership through the variables of knowledge storage and knowledge transfer, has the most indirect effect on the innovative performance. Therefore, by emphasizing on knowledge storage by the organization's management, knowledge transfer and innovation performance will have the most increase.
Hamid Reza Saeidnia
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The purpose of this study was to identify and classify the features of an effective website for Iranian public libraries based on the Kano model.This was an applied study and survey was used as the research methodology. The population of this study included 120 users of the public library randomly selected ...
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The purpose of this study was to identify and classify the features of an effective website for Iranian public libraries based on the Kano model.This was an applied study and survey was used as the research methodology. The population of this study included 120 users of the public library randomly selected as the main participants. A researcher-made questionnaire was designed based on a focal model for data collection. The validity of the questionnaires was verified by the faculty members of the Faculties of Information and Science and Management. To analyze the data, the Kano evaluation model, Excel software and descriptive statistics were used. Cranach alpha was used to estimate the reliability index (α = 0.83)First, the features of an effective website of the public library were identified. Hence, services were classified based on five criteria (including must-be, one-dimensional, attractive, indifferent, and reverse) depending on Kano’s model and the librarians’ and site designers viewpoints. From 72 identified services, 33 services were must be, 16 services were one-dimensional, 18 services were attractive, 5 of them were indifferent, and no service was classified as the reverse one.The results showed that most of the services identified were found on the Web site of the world's public libraries, which is expected to be used by designers and librarians of public libraries to design their library site. However, in some cases, librarians’ and site designers' comments were considered useful, but less attention was paid to the choice of users due to the lack of user familiarity with the specialty of website design. Also, some suggestions are made to attract the audience and interest of public library websites users based on the research results.
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.
Aliasghar Bazrafshan; Mohammad Reza Abazari; Farnoosh Azimi Khabazan
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Considering the important role of intellectual capital as one of the elements of managerial progress in today's turbulent environment, the world has become a global village. The present study aims to investigate "the relationship between intellectual capital management and its performance and dimensions ...
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Considering the important role of intellectual capital as one of the elements of managerial progress in today's turbulent environment, the world has become a global village. The present study aims to investigate "the relationship between intellectual capital management and its performance and dimensions in the employees of general libraries of Golestan province ".The type of research is descriptive and its method is analytical-survey. The research population included all of the staff of 15 general libraries in Golestan province with a number 158 from which 113 employees were selected with simple random sampling. Bontis standard intellectual capital management questionnaires and the Achio performance questionnaire were used for evaluating this sample. The analysis of the findings was done using descriptive and inferential statistics.The findings show that the average intellectual capital of employees, with an average of 3.31, is moderate to high. Also, there is a significant and positive relationship between human, structural, and communicational capital management and the performance of staff, and its dimensions. Among the seven dimensions of performance, the motivation dimension, as the first factor, had a positive impact on employee productivity.Originality: If intellectual capital is constantly present in the organization, one can expect the high performance of the organization and, consequently, the satisfaction of the employees and clients. To generate value in an organization, the intangible assets that are potentially available must be acted upon. Human, structural, and communicational capitals as components of intellectual capital can have a positive impact on the performance of library staff. The staff at the library, produce knowledge to distribute it for others (human capital), work with each other to improve the library services (structural capital), and improve the external communications of the library through a better understanding of users and customers (communicative capital).
Sepideh Dadakhah; Asefeh Asemi; Mohammadreza Abedi; Fereshteh Mashhadi
Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2015, , Pages 67-86
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Purpose: The study aimed to examine the relationship between demographic factors and The extent of knowledge management's implementation as viewed by the employees of Isfahan's oil refining company.. Methodology: A survey-descriptive method was applied in this research and the The community being surveyed ...
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Purpose: The study aimed to examine the relationship between demographic factors and The extent of knowledge management's implementation as viewed by the employees of Isfahan's oil refining company.. Methodology: A survey-descriptive method was applied in this research and the The community being surveyed includes all employees of Isfahan Oil Refining Company. To determine the sample size, it was used the formula of sampling Cohen was used. Sampling method is random stratified sampling and the tool for collecting the research data was researcher-made questionnaires with the Likert scale. In this research to determine questionnaires reliability, it was used cronbach's Alpha coefficient (0.94) Was used.The analysis was performed on the received questionnaires. It used descriptive statistics i.e. frequency and mean; and in inferential statistics Two sample t-test, One-way ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficientWere used. Findings: The findings of the study indicated that the relationship between demographic factors and the extent of knowledge management's implementation as viewed by the employees of Isfahan's oil refining company, only in terms of gender there was a significant relationship. Conclusions: The results showed male and female employees have different perspectives about organizational and Infrastructure of technology, implementation of knowledge management in Isfahan Oil Refining Company and female employees in relation to organizational and technology infrastructure, implementation knowledge management are more optimistic and have a better attitude So in order to implement knowledge management on a large scale within an organization , liberal demographic attributes should be taken into consideration.
Leila Khalili; Faegheh Mohammadi
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The aim of this research is to study the dependency of students on social networks based on demographic variables. This applied and quantitative research carried out in survey design. The measurement tool for the study was a social networks addiction subscale adopted from questionnaire of Arslan & ...
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The aim of this research is to study the dependency of students on social networks based on demographic variables. This applied and quantitative research carried out in survey design. The measurement tool for the study was a social networks addiction subscale adopted from questionnaire of Arslan & Kırık (2013). The reliability of tool based on Cronbach's alpha was 0.932. The content validity of tool was measured by view of specialist and construct validity was measured by factor analysis. The population of the study was 4771 undergraduate students at Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University and the sample size was 368 cases based on stratified random sampling method. SPSS software was used in descriptive and inferential statistics. Based on Pearson correlation test, the relationship between students’ dependency on social networks and Internet/social network rate of usage at 99 percent confidence level was positive and significant. Based on independent t-test, there was a significant difference in students’ social network dependency based on accommodation type. Based on ANOVA test, there was significant difference at 95 percent confidence level based on domain of study. Students’ dependency on social networks was in midpoint level. The students, who had further daily Internet or social network usage, had more dependency on networks. Students’ dependency on social networks with different levels of academic achievement was moderately similar. Dependency on social networks among two groups of students (dormitory/humanities domain) was more.
Hossein Adabi Firozjah; Hamidreza Radfar
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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 ...
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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.
Fatemeh Dekamini; Mohammad Ehsanifar
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Assessing the maturity of knowledge management allows companies that are implementing knowledge management projects to comprehensively evaluate their knowledge management activities and systematically and systematically identify their position in knowledge management and accurately identify barriers ...
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Assessing the maturity of knowledge management allows companies that are implementing knowledge management projects to comprehensively evaluate their knowledge management activities and systematically and systematically identify their position in knowledge management and accurately identify barriers to progress and make changes and adjustments; it allows them to implement the necessary changes and determine the resources needed to reach the next steps. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of knowledge management maturity on service quality in Parsian Bank. Considering the presentation of a model to evaluate the effect of knowledge management maturity on service quality in Parsian Bank using the structure of structural equations in AMOS software, in the present study, a combined research methodology will be used. The statistical population is a sample of 221 managers and experts of Parsian Bank who are familiar with the subject of research. In order to analyze the obtained information, the tools of localization of research components, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics have been used. The structural equation model fits between knowledge management maturity and quality of banking services. The results show that the degree of knowledge management maturity has a positive and significant effect on service quality. Among the variables that determine knowledge management maturity, access to knowledge and experience, organizational processes, employee skills, motivation, recording employee experiences, knowledge retrieval and knowledge exchange have a positive and direct effect on knowledge management maturity and organizational management, organizational systems and Information technology and team knowledge activities have had the opposite effect on the maturity of knowledge management in the system.
Soraya Sangeneh; Amin Zare; Mahmoud Moradi
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The aim of this study is to survey the relationship between multilingual skills and information behavior of postgraduate students of Razi University. The research is an applied one that is conducted in a descriptive-analytical and survey method. The statistical population was all postgraduate students ...
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The aim of this study is to survey the relationship between multilingual skills and information behavior of postgraduate students of Razi University. The research is an applied one that is conducted in a descriptive-analytical and survey method. The statistical population was all postgraduate students of Razi University who were studying in the second semester of the 2016-2017 academic year. Two-stage stratified sampling is used. The sample size was estimated by 365 Cochran's formula. The required data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. Data analysis was done by SPSS software Version 23. Findings showed no significant relationship between multilingual skills and information behavior in general. Four variables including age, gender, level of education, and employment were studied. Only level of education and employment had significant and positive relationship on students' information behavior. But there was no significant relationship between familiarity with different languages and information behavior of postgraduate students of Razi University. By examining the effect of language on students' information behavior, it is possible to predict their information behavior, provide better information resources that they need, and avoid spending money on unused resources. Students do not seem to be aware of the important power of language in their behavior, so it is necessary for students and universities to pay more attention to this issue. One of the solutions is to hold training classes and strengthen language skills, which can be held by universities and students themselves to take these courses outside the university.
Mahta Basafa; Fahimeh Babalhavaeji; Mehdi Alipour-Hafezi
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The main goal of this study was to Identify Digital Librarian’s Technical skills in Central Libraries of the State Universities in Tehran. In this research, a quantitative approach with descriptive survey method was used. The statistical population included 108 digital librarians of central libraries ...
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The main goal of this study was to Identify Digital Librarian’s Technical skills in Central Libraries of the State Universities in Tehran. In this research, a quantitative approach with descriptive survey method was used. The statistical population included 108 digital librarians of central libraries in 14 Tehran state universities. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of the tool was based on the opinions of experts in digital libraries and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha of 0.883. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, independent sample t-test and independent t-test. The findings showed that the highest mean in hardware, the skill of working with printers (3.44), in software, the skill of converting file formats (3.89), on the Internet and network, the ability to use intranet (3.91) ), In compilation, the ability to download resources and use manager download (77/3), digital information processing, factor utilization of classification systems (48/3), digital services, ability to provide interactive retrieval services ( 80.3) and in the protection and maintenance, the ability to backup (21.3). The results showed that technical skills of the digital librarians are not in a desirable mood.
Saeed Malekmohammadi; Mohsen Haji Zeinolabedini; Faranak Vakili far
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Purpose: The purpose of research; was to investigation status of the librarians’ usage of library software capabilities in Kermanshah academic libraries. Methodology: Research was applied in terms of its aim and analytical survey of the method. The survey population included the total 45 librarians ...
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Purpose: The purpose of research; was to investigation status of the librarians’ usage of library software capabilities in Kermanshah academic libraries. Methodology: Research was applied in terms of its aim and analytical survey of the method. The survey population included the total 45 librarians in Kermanshah Academic libraries that Census was conducted. Data were gathered by a self-made questionnaire. And for data analysis, were used independent t test, one way ANOVA and SPSS 22 software. Findings: The findings showed that librarians mostly use the library software's capabilities in circulation and output and processing were used the most; and searching in terms of average use of library software capabilities, was used the least. Originality: Librarians of Kermanshah University Libraries have a good ability in using circulation, management, Organization and input of information, output and processing of library software capabilities, but in the searching capability, their performance is not desirable. Therefore, it is necessary to provide librarians with the necessary training and awareness about the capabilities of this section, and library designers will review this section according to the needs of librarians.
Nahid Shahveisi; Gholamreza Heidari; Vakil Ahmadi
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The present study analyzes the research background section of the five master's theses in the fields of Information science and epistemology, social sciences, psychology, political science and counseling in the years 1393 to 1398 of Razi University, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences. This research ...
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The present study analyzes the research background section of the five master's theses in the fields of Information science and epistemology, social sciences, psychology, political science and counseling in the years 1393 to 1398 of Razi University, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences. This research has been studied by the method of quantitative content analysis of the applied type, 140 dissertation titles were inspected. The tool used in this research is a checklist. Mean data comparison tests were used to analyze the data. It shows that in terms of structure in the field, the field of consulting has the highest average and the field of political science has the lowest average in terms of structure. In terms of content by discipline, the social sciences have the highest average and the field of psychology the lowest. In the "by year" structure, the closer the research backgrounds are to 1998, the better they are, and in terms of content, the closer they get to 1998, the weaker they are. This means that the research backgrounds were better in 1993 and 1994. The findings also indicate the second place of the field of information science and epistemology among other fields. In this field, in terms of structure based on year, the year 1395, and in terms of content, the year 93 had a better situation among other years. The results indicate that according to the criteria, the research background is relatively good in terms of structure, but weak in terms of content, and not of good quality.
Mohammad Mirkamali; Ali Lotfi; mohammad mahdi babaei menghari
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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between knowledge sharing and the tendency towards organizational innovation in Amol University of Special Modern Technologies. The research method is descriptive-correlational. In terms of purpose, this study is applied. The statistical population ...
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The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between knowledge sharing and the tendency towards organizational innovation in Amol University of Special Modern Technologies. The research method is descriptive-correlational. In terms of purpose, this study is applied. The statistical population includes the employees of Amol University of Special Modern Technologies. Based on the Cochrane formula, 132 personnel were selected using the random sampling method. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire. The data was analyzed by the Pearson correlation coefficient, and the multiple stepwise regression method using the SPSS21 software. The findings showed that there is a relationship between knowledge sharing and organizational innovation orientation. Also, the regression analysis showed that sharing behavior, willingness to share knowledge, and control beliefs predict the organizational innovation of personnel.
Seyed Mahdi Taheri; Sara Zolghadr; Nadjla Hariri
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Research Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of explaining the function of Web search engines in indexing and finding of the metadata records based on the Microdata method comparatively, using an empirical method.
Research Methodology: The research community included 100 metadata records(related ...
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Research Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of explaining the function of Web search engines in indexing and finding of the metadata records based on the Microdata method comparatively, using an empirical method.
Research Methodology: The research community included 100 metadata records(related to e-books) based on the hypertext markup language (HTML) in the form of a test group with 50 records in Persian and 50 records in English, based on the Microdata method, and one control group with one hundred Persian and English records of the same structure. These records were selected from the metadata records of Allameh Tabataba’i University digital library, using the random sampling method. The examined metadata records were published on an independent website http://www.szolghadr.ir, and were introduced to Google, Bing, and Yahoo! search engines with the best recommended methods. Then using the checklist strategy, the performance of the search engines in indexing and finding the metadata records of both groups was investigated.
Findings: The findings show that Google indexed the records of both control and test groups, and displayed the metadata records of the test group significantly in the search results. However, Bing and Yahoo! search engines only indexed the records of both groups and were not able to make them significantly visible in their search results.
Conclusion: Therefore, despite announcing reliable search engines as structured data designers (schema.org), based on indexing and displaying based on microdata methodology, only Google’s search engine supported the significant displaying (in the form of rich snippets)of metadata records of the two groups.
Nahid Khoshian; Saeed Rezaii Sharif Abadi
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Background and aim: The purpose of this research is to investigate the information-seeking behaviourof Shiraz Islamic Azad University postgraduate students, and how to prioritize and use of various information sources. The research also investigate the role of demographic characteristics in students ...
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Background and aim: The purpose of this research is to investigate the information-seeking behaviourof Shiraz Islamic Azad University postgraduate students, and how to prioritize and use of various information sources. The research also investigate the role of demographic characteristics in students information-seeking process, as well as use of various informationsources.Material and methods: The research method is surveying. The population of the study consisted of 298 postgraduate students that randomly selected through classified ratio sampling method. A researcher made questionnaire was developed and after measuring its validity and reliability, distributed among the sample in person. Data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics and SPSS software.Findings: The results show that the students use from the electronic, printed and humanities resources respectively for fulfilling information needs and updating information. Students believe that information and communication technologies have reduced their visits to libraries. Students seek help from librarians primarily to locate books and other documents and to search for information at the first stage. Students encounter a range of problems and barriers in their information-seeking process that the most important are the Lack of resources, Expensive resources and the scattered information. Conclusion: Despite of the effects of new technologies on students’ presence in academic libraries, all types of information resources are still consulted by them.Various purposes for of information acquisition determines the type of information source, and students identify and use the information resources according to their information needs.
Fateme Zandian; Maryam Janm Mohammady; Mohammad Hassanzadeh
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the management style of Tehran University libraries from the viewpoint of managers and staff and also to explain the relationship between the leadership style of managers and their creativity. A survey research was used to evaluate the mentioned components. ...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the management style of Tehran University libraries from the viewpoint of managers and staff and also to explain the relationship between the leadership style of managers and their creativity. A survey research was used to evaluate the mentioned components. The statistical population included all the staff and directors of affiliated libraries of University of Tehran located in Tehran with 110 staff and 18 managers from 23 libraries. The required data was collected using questionnaires. The Leadership Style Questionnaire of Likert was used to determine the leadership style of the managers and the organizational creativity questionnaire was used to determine the managers' creativity. The Likert leadership style questionnaire was used to examine eight organizational indicators. The results of the analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the views of managers and staff about the leadership style of the Tehran University libraries. Managers rated their leadership style, according to the four Likert styles, as the third style and very close to the fourth (collaborative) style, while the staff assessed their managers’ leadership as the third Likert style, namely, advisory and leaning towards the second (Dedicative-Benevolent) style. Conducting the Kruskal-Wallis test confirmed a significant difference between the leadership styles of managers in different libraries. Also, the Pearson correlation coefficient showed that there was no significant relationship between the leadership style of managers and their creativity. The latest finding of the research shows that there is no significant difference between the level of creativity in library managers with a faculty member position and library managers with a librarian's position.
Younes Nobakht; Maryam Nobakht
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Scientometric studies provide a picture of the flow of production, dissemination, and utilization of science to managers at different levels of research and implementation to plan accordingly in the relevant field. The purpose of this article was to study the scientometrics of earnings management research ...
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Scientometric studies provide a picture of the flow of production, dissemination, and utilization of science to managers at different levels of research and implementation to plan accordingly in the relevant field. The purpose of this article was to study the scientometrics of earnings management research in Iran. The research is applied and has been done using the quantitative content analysis method. The statistical population of research includes all scientific journals in the educational disciplines of accounting and finance that have published articles in this field. The research time limit was also 26 years from 1992 to early 2018. The research findings reveal that with a distance of 37 years from other countries, earnings management research in Iran started in 2003. With 14% of the total, real earnings management-related research also has a small share of this type of research in Iran. The modified Jones model (1991) with 56% in the section of accrual earnings management models and the Roychowdhury model (2006) with 55% in the real earnings management models section have been used more by researchers than other earnings management discovery models. From the total of 7012 references cited in the articles, 73% were English, and 27% were Persian. Anyway, given the importance of the issue, the small number of studies conducted in this field, especially in real earnings management, emphasizes the need to pay more attention to this field, which is done to prevent and detect earnings management.
Afsaneh Abbasi; Faegheh Mohammadi; Leila Khalili; Torab Najjari
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The purpose of this study is to identify challenges and providing approaches towards attracting new- literate adults to the public libraries from the librarians’ perspectives. The method is qualitative exploratory case study. The population is public librarians and the sample are 14 librarians ...
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The purpose of this study is to identify challenges and providing approaches towards attracting new- literate adults to the public libraries from the librarians’ perspectives. The method is qualitative exploratory case study. The population is public librarians and the sample are 14 librarians employed in public libraries of the city of Azarshahr. Using purposive sampling data were gathered by semi-structured interviews and were analyzed using Glasser & Strauss’ Coding Technique. The participants of this research disclosed some major challenges towards attracting new literate adults to the public libraries including individual, social, physical, publishing and organizational challenges. Also The participants suggested some approaches to deal with the challenges such as cultural advertising, providing further support and facilities for the new literates by the public libraries and library cooperation with the other organizations. Applying the findings of this study would enable the public libraries to provide suitable services with the aim of attracting more new literate users to the public libraries.
Mahmood Safari; Mohammadreza Pashaei; Golnaz Bakhshi
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The purpose of this research was to identify the effective factors in the establishment and implementation of knowledge management in Tehran education. The research methodology was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative and quantitative (mixed) in terms of information gathering. The statistical ...
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The purpose of this research was to identify the effective factors in the establishment and implementation of knowledge management in Tehran education. The research methodology was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative and quantitative (mixed) in terms of information gathering. The statistical population of the study consisted of two parts including the experts and all teachers working in Tehran education during the academic year 2017-2018 (45525 teachers). The sample of the research was 25 experts who were purposefully selected and 380 teachers (134 women and 246 men) who were selected based on the Cochran’s formula by simple random multi-stage cluster sampling. In order to collect data, a semi-structured interview and a researcher-made questionnaire were used based on the 5-point Likert scale. In addition, the validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the experts; all components were calculated to range from 0.69 to 0.78 by using of factor analysis, which showed the validity of the tool. The reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was calculated 0.89 based on Cronbach's alpha. In order to analyze the data, NVivo software was used for coding (open, axial and selective coding) and SPSS, Lisrel and Smart-PLS software for t test, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis Test. The main results of the research showed that the effective factors in establishment and implementation of knowledge management in Tehran education were respectively: "Cultural", "Organizational", "Human", "Economic", "Political" and "Technological" factors.
Kobra Gooran Orimi; Mitra Ghiasi; Safiyeh Tahmasebi Limooni
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Designing green websites using green user interface components improves their energy expenditure efficiency. This research aim to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Iranian digital libraries’ websites according to the UI Green metric criteria. This applied study adopted a webometrics ...
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Designing green websites using green user interface components improves their energy expenditure efficiency. This research aim to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the Iranian digital libraries’ websites according to the UI Green metric criteria. This applied study adopted a webometrics approach. Our research population was 59 digital libraries’ websites. Our tool was a researcher-made checklist. Experts certified its validity. Its reliability was confirmed using Cronbach’s Alpha test (alpha=0.758). Websites were evaluated both by two online tool and by website advisors and designers. We analyzed data using descriptive and inferential statistics (binomial and chi-squared tests). Our results showed a significant difference in user interface design between the studied websites (P=0.030). Most websites(28.8%) are middle-level. Academic (25.8%) and non-academic digital libraries (28.6%) are at a good level. Ranking the Iranian digital libraries showed that the digital libraries of Payame Noor University(by Ertebatat Payme Mashregh Engineering Co.), Fatemeh Masumah Holy Shrine (by Pars Azarakhsh), Astan Quds Razavi (by Astan Quds Razavi Holy Shrine) are in the excellent level by scoring the total 25 points. Two digital libraries, the digital library of Iran University of Medical Sciences (by Yekta Web Afzar Shargh Co.) and Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (by Pars Azarakhsh Co.), are in the last place in complying with the intended components by scoring 7. Iranian digital libraries have an above-average status in using the green user interface. Furthermore, the green user interface components of academic and non-academic digital library websites were in good level.
Farshad Parhamnia
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IntroductionOne of the concerns of graduate students is choosing a research topic is writing a thesis. Factors that indirectly affect the creativity of choosing the research topic and directly affect the sharing of knowledge are cognitive factors such as attitude, motivation, awareness and knowledge ...
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IntroductionOne of the concerns of graduate students is choosing a research topic is writing a thesis. Factors that indirectly affect the creativity of choosing the research topic and directly affect the sharing of knowledge are cognitive factors such as attitude, motivation, awareness and knowledge and mental norms. It seems that cognitive factors have a key role in knowledge sharing among graduate students and that knowledge sharing is a factor in the transfer of thoughts and ideas. Therefore, it is likely that it plays a mediating role due to the nature of knowledge sharing. Accordingly, by conducting the present study, the researcher aimed to explore the relationship between cognitive factors mediating the intensity and quality of knowledge sharing with the creativity of choosing a research topic among graduate students of universities in Kermanshah.Research Hypothesis(s)Based on the theoretical foundations, several hypotheses will be answered in this research.Variables of cognitive factors can predict the intensity of knowledge sharing.Variables of cognitive factors can predict the quality of knowledge sharing.Knowledge sharing variables (intensity and quality of knowledge sharing) can predict creativity in choosing the research topic.The change in the subscales of cognitive factors can explain the variance of the intensity and quality of knowledge sharing on creativity in choosing a research topic among master's and doctoral students. Literature ReviewDuring the research conducted in databases, no study was found that directly addressed the relationship between cognitive factors and creativity in choosing a research topic with the mediation of knowledge sharing. But research has been done regarding cognitive factors with knowledge sharing. Therefore, the researcher refers to some of the previous studies that were aligned with some of the variables examined in the present study:The results of the Akhavan and Rahimi (2013) showed that internal motivational factors have a higher priority than external motivational factors among employees. In addition, motivational factors including friendly and intimate communication, and career promotion were recognized as the most important internal and external motivational factors affecting knowledge sharing. The results of the study by Hajianand and Sardar (2017) showed that external and internal motivational factors had an effect on the attitude towards knowledge sharing. In this regard, Nouri Koohani and Nadi (2019) found that that internal and external motivation, attitude about knowledge sharing, perceived behavioral control, mental norms and intention to share knowledge are effective in increasing teachers' knowledge sharing behavior. The results of the research carried out by Martini (2006) revealed that extrinsic motivation has no effect on a person's attitude towards knowledge sharing. Moshref Javadi et al. (2012) also found that motivation and trust factors are effective factors onin sharing knowledge. Shahzadi, Hameed and Kashif (2015) indicate that all individual motivational factors are positively and strongly related to the optimistic knowledge sharing behavior of academics. The research results of Bilginoglu and Yozgat (2018) showed that between the relationship between perceived training intensity and observed knowledge sharing, and internal motivation and self-efficacy as moderating variables had a positive effect on knowledge sharing. Based on Mohammad, Alajmi and Ahmed (2018) extrinsic motivation has a positive effect on knowledge sharing intentions and attitudes, but intrinsic motivation only has a positive effect on knowledge sharing attitudes.MethodologyThe method of the current research was applied, survey-analytical. The statistical population of the research included approximately 9000 graduate students of major universities in Kermanshah in 2019. The sample size was 368 students. The sampling method was available sampling due to the COVID-19 crisis. The data collection tool was done using a 32-item questionnaire. The method of formulating the questions of attitude, motivation, awareness and knowledge variables as cognitive variables and creativity in choosing the research topic as a researcher-made and variable of mental norms using the research of Chennamaneni et al. (2012) the components of the intensity of knowledge sharing and the quality of knowledge sharing from The research of Chiu et al. (2006) was used with general changes. Cronbach's alpha test was used to determine the reliability of the questionnaire. The results of this test showed a total of 32 questions were obtained equal to 0.941, which indicated the acceptable reliability of the scale. Data analysis was done using Pearson's correlation coefficient test, multiple regression, and path analysis based on determining the relationships between independent variables and using SPSS 23 and Amos software.ResultsThis research seeks the relationship of cognitive factors with the creativity of choosing a research topic with regard to the mediating role of the intensity and quality of knowledge sharing among graduate students of Universities of Kermanshah city. Accordingly, the present study attempts to show that cognitive factors by mediating the intensity and quality of knowledge sharing immediately lead to the creativity of research topic selection among graduate students. The results of the first and second hypothesis showed that all cognitive variables had a positive relationship with the mediator variable, i.e. the intensity of knowledge sharing and the quality of knowledge sharing, but in the regression analysis of the motivation subscale, it did not contribute to this research. However, the findings of the research confirmed the first and second hypothesis with three subscales of cognitive factors (attitude, awareness and knowledge and mental norms).The answer to the third hypothesis of the research is that knowledge sharing variables (intensity and quality of knowledge sharing) have the ability to predict creativity in choosing the research topic. The findings of this research also confirmed this hypothesis. The answer to the fourth hypothesis showed that the relationship between cognitive factors and the intensity of knowledge sharing among master's students was better. But in relation to cognitive factors with the quality of knowledge sharing, PhD students were in a better situation. It seems that the quality of knowledge sharing among Ph.D students is very important in choosing the topic of a research thesis. Also, there is a difference between the prediction of the dependent variables of the mediator and the dependent variable of the criterion among master's and doctoral students. In other words, the relationship between the variables of intensity and quality of knowledge sharing with the creativity of choosing a research topic among master's students is in a better condition.ConclusionIn general, the results of this research showed that cognitive factors including attitude, awareness and knowledge, and mental norms can indirectly realize the creativity of postgraduate students' research topic selection by mediating the intensity and quality of shared knowledge. In other words, research creativity will reduce or eliminate the concerns of choosing a research topic for graduate students. Because these students face a big challenge when choosing thesis or dissertation topics. Furthermore, choosing the subject by students requires sharing knowledge among people and spending time on the part of supervisors and advisors. This article has a key contribution. It is one of few studies that have been conducted on the relationship between cognitive factors on knowledge sharing and creativity in choosing a research topic.
Narges Atrian; Abbas Darvishi; Mehri Mahdikhani
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Today, due to unforeseen environmental and technological changes, it is necessary to pay attention to savings and increase innovation and flexibility for all types of businesses in order to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. In the meantime, what helps organizations increase their capabilities ...
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Today, due to unforeseen environmental and technological changes, it is necessary to pay attention to savings and increase innovation and flexibility for all types of businesses in order to gain a sustainable competitive advantage. In the meantime, what helps organizations increase their capabilities and meet challenges is creating and nurturing appropriate and effective teams of individuals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of personality factors on the team cohesion of SNOWA employees with regard to the mediating role of knowledge sharing. The study is a descriptive correlational study through structural equation modeling (SEM). SNOWA company was collected in 1399 with a sample size of 278 people and SPSS and AMOS software were used to evaluate the proposed model. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between four factors of personality (extraversion, agreement, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and knowledge sharing with the team cohesion of employees; but there is no positive and significant relationship between personality factor (neuroticism) and team cohesion of employees. Indirect paths of personality factors are also significant through knowledge sharing with team cohesion in employees. Therefore, it can be said that personality factors along with other factors such as knowledge sharing play a key role in team cohesion, and the need to pay attention to these factors in training programs to strengthen team cohesion is useful.
