نشریه مطالعات کتابداری و سازماندهی اطلاعات
سال بیست و دوم شماره 3 (پیاپی 87، پاییز 1390)

The objective of this research was to study the extent to which standards are observed in the designing of central library buildings at universities in Isfahan.. This is done based on the model established by the American Library Association. Design/ Methodology/Approach: The six central library buildings of universities in Isfahan were surveyed using a checklist. Descriptive statistical indexes were employed to analyze the data collected. In the central libraries of only two universities - Isfahan University of Technology and The University of Isfahan - more than 50% of the standards for designing library buildings were met. With regard to the extent to which library building standards are observed, Isfahan University of Technology is first level and Payame Noor University of Isfahan is at the bottom of the list. On average, 44% of the design standards for library buildings are observed in designing the buildings for central libraries in Isfahan universities.

and the “info crystal” technique in particular, in information retrieval, visualization of weighted queries and visualization of vector spaces. This research also reviewed how these techniques help in better understanding the relationship between the high volumes of retrieved concepts. The objective of this research was to study the application of data visualization in generalDesign/ Methodology/ Approach: and information visualization and studied the effect of information visualization, especially the “InfoCrystal” technique on analyzing search results. This research reviewed the texts in the field of information retrieval patterns and structural relations of objects for improving retrieval systems. These techniques are applied in different sciences e.g. geology, geography and recently library and Information science (LIS). One of the information visualization techniques is the “InfoCrystal” technique which can portray the abstract information space and visualize all possible relationships between infinite concepts. Information visualization techniques benefit from the human visual capacity in recognizingResearch Value: of information retrieval systems and the lack of published resources in the fields of information visualization, the “InfoCrystal” technique, and its applications in designing information retrieval systems. This research can be useful for Iran’s LIS society due to the growing importance

Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) in terms of their codicological features, including date and place of transcription, type of paper and script. This research studies the manuscripts available in the digital library of the NationalDesign/ Methodology/Approach: The research population consisted of 3,853 manuscript records available on the website of the digital library of the NLAI. Content analysis was employed as the method for this study. The transcription place of most (70.83%) of these manuscripts is Iran’s territory in that era. The most popular type of paper (72.59%) used for these manuscripts is European paper. Also the most commonly used type of script (64.31%) is Nasta’liq and the most infrequent type of script used in these manuscript is Latin (0.05%). Results show that the oldest manuscripts belongs to the Eleventh century A.D. and" western paper has the highest consumption rate. Also, findings show that "NASTALIGH script is of the mostly used scripts in manuscripts. A majority (71.22%) of the manuscripts are related to the 13th Hijri century (19th century).

about encouraging and inhibiting factors for free study, considering some demographic variables like gender, grade and school district. The aim of this study was to identify the viewpoint of Shahrekord high school studentsDesign/ Methodology/Approach: The sampling was done on the basis of Krejcie and Morgan's table by applying a multistage method of sampling. The data gathering instrument in this research was a questionnaire with the reliability coefficient of 0.755. The statistical population was chosen among high school students from first to third grade, located in five regions of Shahrekord (region 1, region 2, Laran, Saman and Ben). The research was descriptive and applied a post-hoc method. Tukey follow-up showed that there was a significant difference between the extent of female and male students’ free study. Tukey follow-up results indicated that there was a significant difference between the viewpoint of female and male students in various areas and different school grades about encouraging factors such as family and mass media. Applying Chi-square test, univariate T test, independent T test, analysis of variance and the effect of boredom is more than average and the impact of lack of time, lack of access to books, escaping from study and the high price of books is at an average level. Results of the Tukey followup test on lack of access to books showed that there was a great average difference between second and third graders. There was also a significant difference in the field of escape from study between the average of first, second and third graders. Regarding the factor lack of time, there was a great difference between the Laran and Bon regions and there was no statistically significant difference in other cases. With regard to the high price of books there was a significant difference between the Laran and Bon regions. Studying the students’ view about factors inhibiting them from study indicates that.

Policies applied by every institution or organization identify strategies for their activities and make the employees aware of the scope of their duties and powers. In each policy, there are some standards and elements which are affected by the activities, goals and duties of the related institutions or organizations. This study aimed to identify the present criteria and elements of policies in accessing the manuscript sections in Iran’s libraries and to analyze the perspectives of the creators of these policies. Design/ Methodology/Approach: In this research, the method of qualitative content analysis is applied to analyze the policy of services and access to the manuscript section of in Iran’s libraries. There are nine elements in manuscript services and access policies in Iran’s libraries. Each element contains different categories and subcategories. Having only four elements, the Central library of the University of Tehran had the lowest number of elements and criteria, while the National Library of Iran has all of the identified elements and criteria. This study concluded that each element had different levels of importance in different policies. Based on the findings, two elements i.e. providing resources and services to clients, and the conditions and specifications of the clients were the most important and basic elements in determining the policies. These two elements are considered in all of the presently compiled policies.

(ICT) on the Library and Information Science (LIS) job market. This research introduced new LIS career opportunities available according to recruitment advertisements.The present study aimed to review the effect of information and communication technologiesDesign/ Methodology/Approach: methodology. In a purposive sampling, 100 recruitment advertisements for librarians were selected and analyzed. The result was a sample of job opportunities for librarians at universities and scientific centers in English-speaking countries presented on the internet. This study had a qualitative approach and used content analysis examples were presented for each group. These groups are: professional posts/ occupations traditionally common in librarianship (16 titles), innovative posts associated with new technologies (23 titles), educational posts (13 titles), research posts (8 titles), special posts in subject librarianship (20 titles), posts in special library services (14 titles) and posts related to special information resources (6 titles). The job opportunities reviewed in this study were divided into seven groups and some and many new job opportunities have been created for LIS professionals. In addition, the range of the posts that librarians may occupy has become considerably larger. Furthermore, while new organizational posts have been introduced, the common and traditional jobs of librarians have not been excluded from the job market. The development of new technologies has had a positive effect on the LIS job market.

can be divided into three types: 1. Traditional 2. Median 3. Modern. This study reviews the 22 volume catalog of the National Library of Iran according to the specifications of these three methods. There have been different trends and methods for manuscript cataloging in Iran whichDesign/ Methodology/ Approach: cards and on the basis of a checklist which contained 23 criteria. The research data were collected from a sample of 150 catalog catalog of the National Library of Iran: for the first 12 volumes the median method, for the 13th and 14th volumes a moderate method (between median and modern) and for the 15th to 22nd volumes, the modern method was applied. The 22-volume manuscript catalog was examined based on the checklist and the Kruskal-Wallis test proved a significant difference between catalogers’ styles of reflecting the different manuscript cataloging elements. Median and modern methods of cataloging are applied in the 22 volumes of the manuscript checklist items. By applying a comparative study between the three methods, it was proved that the latter catalogs have a more consistent and clearer pattern and they are more relevant and balanced in representing codicological and bibliographical information.conformity with the