نشریه مطالعات کتابداری و سازماندهی اطلاعات
سال بیست و چهارم شماره 2 (پیاپی 94، تابستان 1392)

The aim of this study is to determine the rate of books depository in the National Library of Iran during the years 2002-2011. It also tries to detect the shortcomings and to provide solutions for them. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study enjoys practical analytical survey method. From the 531,400 titles recorded in the database of printed books of Iran Book House, 73.8% are deposited to the National Library of Iran. Publishers in Tehran have deposited 69.4% of the total of 398,000 printed titles and the other publishers nationwide have deposited 86.8% of their total 133,400 published titles to the National Library of Iran. There is a significant difference between the rate of book depository of publishers in Tehran and the rest of publishers nationwide. There is also a significant fluctuation depositing different subjects of books from year to year. In addition there is a considerable distinction in the average price of deposited and non-deposited titles during the mentioned 10 years.

This study aims to identify the descriptive data and bibliographic relationships applied in the bibliographic records of digital libraries of Iran. The accordance rate of these descriptive data, which have been created according to Anglo American Cataloging Rules, is measured by Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard. Design/Methodology/Approach: The present study enjoys practical descriptive-survey method. The method of data collection is observation and analysis. The data gathering tools consist of 3 checklists. This study identifies that the elements associated with the areas like "the artist title and description", "the type of resource ", "the publication areas" and "the Physical description area" are mostly applied among the 8 bibliographic description areas. The survey on bibliographic relationships applied in the bibliographic records of digital libraries show that the Equivalence Relationship and Derivative Relationship are widely used and the application of Accompanying Relationship and Sequential Relationship are at a minimum. Comparing the characteristics of the entities of “work, expression, manifestation and item” based on Resource Description and Access (RDA) Standard with the descriptive data present in bibliographic records in digital libraries prove that most of the characteristics defined in the entities of “work, expression and item” are not available in the mentioned records, but about the characteristics of the entity of “manifestation” a little accordance with the mentioned records is available. Considering the fact that each of the characteristics of the entities of Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard is defined based on the requirements defined in its 2 basic conceptual models i.e. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD) and each of them can cover some of these requirements, the concept and function of each required data element needs to be specificallydefined and classified, therefore they can be properly applied in bibliographical records.

This study aims to investigate Tehran publishers’ viewpoints about the situation of copyright in Iran.Design/Methodology/Approach: The study is done based on survey and analysis method. The data gathering tool is a researcher-made Likert scale 5 point questionnaire. The statistical population comprises active publishers in Tehran. For analyzing the information and testing the hypothesis, both Friedman and Chi-squared Tests have been applied. 81% of Tehran publishers believe that the copyright laws in Iran are incomplete and outdated and need to be modified. 54% of Tehran publishers believe that the present copyright laws prevent the publication industry from reaching a higher level of progression in quality. 23% of publishers are convinced of the government measures in struggling with breakers of copyright laws and also judicial courts tracking in this field. 33% of them are satisfied with the authors’ respect to copyright laws. 46% of the publishers are delighted by the publishers’ respect to the authors’ material and intellectual rights and evaluated the rate of implementation of laws for interior authors’ copyright satisfactory. According to the findings of this research 43% of publishers acknowledge that the copyright laws protect the Iranian authors’ works from unauthorized duplications. Lack of commitment of the present copyright law of Iran to international copyright laws is believed as an advantageous chance for Iranian consumers of translated books by 58% of the statistical population. 65% of them believe that these deficiencies deprive Persian books from International legal protection, 80% of them believe that this lack of commitment makes international cultural communities distrustful to the publishing industry of Iran in relation. 79% of the studied publishers believe that deficiencies of copyright law increases repetitive translation for one available book and finally 73% of them believe that it reduces the quality of the translations. This study concludes that from the viewpoint of Tehran publishers the copyright laws in Iran do not meet the requirements which result in awful effects on translated books’ publication system.

Considering the important effect of job satisfaction on productivity of organizations, the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between mental health and job satisfaction of librarians. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study enjoys the analytical-survey method of research. The data gathering tools in this study are the Mental Health and Job Descriptive Index questionnaires, and the statistical population comprises the librarians of the libraries of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services. The average mental health of the librarians is estimated 37/45 and the average job satisfaction of the librarians is estimated 58/160 both of which are at an average level. This statistics represents no significant relationship between mental health and job satisfaction of the librarians. From the view point of relationship between mental health and job satisfaction of the librarians, this study also represents no significant differences between male and female librarians based on gender classification. The lack of a significant relationship between mental health and job satisfaction of the librarians is a controversial finding which highlights the role of organizational variables in job satisfaction of librarians. Detecting the different organizational and psychological factors effective in relationship between both variables of librarians’ mental health and job satisfaction claims more research.

This research focuses on the co-authorship network of 313 papers published in the quarterly journal of Iran National Studies on Librarianship and Information Organization during the years of 2007-2011 by applying social networks analysis indexes. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study is a scientomerics type of survey which enjoys the analytical methods to analyze the researchers’ co-authorship network using Social Network Analysis Indexes. Configuration of the studied co-authorship network is examined by applying the network analysis macro-level metrics such as density, clustering coefficient, networks components and the mean distance. On the other hand, network analysis micro-level metrics such as degree, betweenness and closeness, and also the productivity index were applied to evaluate the performance of its statistical population i.e. each of the researchers and universities whose published works are included in this coauthoring network. The findings distinguish Saeed Rezaei Sharifabadi, Sedigheh Mohammad Esmaeil, Rahim Alijani, Ali Beiranvand, Noorollah Karami, Farideh Osareh and Abdolrasoul Jowkar as the leading researchers among the statistical population who have collaborated in the studied co-authoring network. On the other hand, Islamic Azad University of Tehran Science and Research Branch, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz and Payame- Noor Univercity play the key role in this co-authoring network from the view point of indexes of production and centralization. The studied co-authoring network formed by the mentioned articles features a small world network and also a scale-free network. In addition the theory of “six degrees of separation” holds true for it.

This study aims to review the status of linking fields in Rasa Software and their rate of application in Persian bibliographic records.Design/Methodology/Approach: This study enjoys survey method by applying a researcher- made checklist. This study identifies the difference between the definitions of linking fields represented by UNIMARC (Universal Machine Readable Cataloging) and Rasa Software. It also distinguishes that the required linking fields are applied in 21% of Persian Bibliographic Records. The results claim that the rate of applying linking fields is low in Persian bibliographic records. The proper use of UNIMARC linking fields, considering both proper application of their definitions in the software and their proper use for displaying bibliographic relations, can pave the way for linking the records.

This study aims to simulate an experimental research about simultaneous application of lyrics and audio in retrieving musical pieces based on the sense emanated from them.Design/Methodology/Approach: This study includes literature review and a simulated experimental research. Data gathering and analysis is done based on quantitative method. Simultaneous application of lyrics and audio in retrieving musical pieces based on the sense emanated from them is a challenging research field in information science studies, which can be surveyed, tested and generalized in the web environment. Retrieval category covers all subject forms and areas including music information retrieval. In addition to the four well-known senses attributable to musical works i.e. happiness, sadness, angriness, relaxation, there are also other important senses which should be identified in the future studies. It is also necessary to take into consideration the technical,legal and financial issues as the margins and limitations and of such investigations.

The purpose of this study is recognizing and introducing the criterions of evaluating scientific publications well-known nationally and internationally, and representing an integrated list of these criterions for evaluating Persian scientific publications. Design/Methodology/Approach: This is a quantitative research using Library, survey and Delphi study methods. Data gathering tools are a checklist (researcher-made and consisting of seventy nine criterions) and a questionnaire (consisting seventy nine questions in accordance with the seventy nine criterions of the mentioned checklist). After recognizing the criterions, the significance of each criterion is evaluated by the experts of scientific publications in the fields of librarianship and information sciences. The findings of this research and analysis of the viewpoints of editors and administrators of this field show that 71 of the total 79 criterions possess less than %5 of majority approval in a meaningful way. The present research represents an integrated list consisting of 79 criterions for evaluating scientific publications, which could be helpful for any institution as a credited evaluating tool for choosing, evaluating and indicating the credibility of scientific publications.

Due to the importance of hospital websites, the present research carries out a webometric study on the websites of the world's top hospitals.Design/Methodology/Approach: The best medical websites around the world were identified in each country through “webometrics” website. The significant qualities of these top websites such as the number of pages, extent of interlinking, self-linking, the website impact factor and also its relation with each country's gross domestic product (GDP) are analyzed by applying webometrics formulas and referring to AltaVista search engine. According to the findings of this research, the USA hospitals websites are in the first place considering the number of pages, interlinking and self-linking. Considering the total number of links, Romanian hospitals websites are on top. The top websites of Iran hospitals from the view point of the number of pages, the number of links, the number of internal links and the feature of self-linking, respectively rank the 40th, the 38th, the 4 th and 41st in the world. The obtained data displays the weak performance of Iran hospitals websites. Investigating the relationship between each country's GDP and its medical websites ranking indicates that this relationship is significant. This study notices that many countries lack any high-standard medical website for their hospitals. Some even do not have any medical website. The performance of some others is very poor too.

The main purpose of this study is to survey how knowledge management principles in fields such as collecting, organization, human resources, distribution, and conservation have been observed in manuscript departments of Iran’s libraries. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research population is comprised of all present 44 manuscript departments in Iran’s libraries. The required data was gathered from all officials, experts, and staff of manuscript departments via questionnaire. Finally, the data was analyzed through SPSS software. The findings show that the average of indices in collecting manuscripts is 37/92 from 45, in organizing manuscripts is 28/90 from 33, in distributing data of manuscripts is 36/11 from 57, in human resources is 46/74 from 60, and in conservation of manuscripts is 37/22 from 42. This statistics represents that the average of obtained indices are lower than the expected standards of knowledge management. The studied indices of knowledge management are applied to an average level by manuscript departments of some libraries but several others observe them to a very limited extent. This study represents some solutions to achieve the optimal conditions.