A Study on the Effects of LibraryUser Education Programs on the ability of Graduate Students to Use Libraries at the Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran

This research aims to study the extent to which library user education programs affected graduate students studying at Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran in the 2006-2007 academic year. The research subjects were randomly selected among graduate students of fields other than library science. One group was educated through brochures and the other group participated in educational classes. Then each group was compared with its control group and in the end both post-test groups were compared with each other to study the effectiveness of each teaching method. Findings indicate that the education programs had been effective. Among the two education methods, in 12 cases educational classes have had a meaningful advantage over passing on information through brochures and in other cases the differences had either not been meaningful, or no difference existed at all. Among the 34 points taught, the differences between post-test and pre-test results were meaningful in 18 concepts in the educational class method and.15 concepts in the brochure education method