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This study aims to identify and prioritize the services provided by public libraries during disasters, focusing on their roles before, during, and after such events.

The research, applied in purpose and descriptive-survey in method, utilized the fuzzy Delphi technique and the Best Worst Method (BWM) to analyze the opinions of 62 public library librarians and 11 library science experts in Iran.

The resulting model outlines 33 services categorized into pre-disaster (14 services), during-disaster (12 services), and post-disaster (7 services). Services during disasters were deemed the most critical, followed by pre-disaster and post-disaster services. Key services include implementing mobile health ambassador libraries, forming voluntary campaigns among librarians, and establishing specialized groups to assess immediate library needs.

Public libraries hold a vital role in disaster response and recovery due to their mission of equal access and community support. This study proposes a localized, actionable model of library services to enhance disaster management in Iran.

Value: 

By addressing the unique needs of communities during crises, public libraries can significantly contribute to disaster preparedness and recovery, reinforcing their role as safe havens and resource hubs.

Identifying access points to digital information resources and determining their importance from the point of view of specialists in each field plays an important role in retrieving the required resources. Knowing what retrieval points are used by researchers and experts to access digital information resources can have a positive effect on the redesign of information systems. The purpose of this research is to study and identify the importance of access points to digital information resources from the perspective of humanities researchers.

Literature review:

Arastopour (1999) in a research aimed at investigating the problems related to access points in computer catalogs, states that changing the approach in computer catalogs can lead to the opening of new horizons in the discussion of the structure and display of records. Bevilacqua (2005) conducted a study at the University of Parma with the aim of investigating the organization of electronic journal titles from the perspective of humanities users, and stated that users provide multiple access points (such as inserting an alphabetical list of titles and a list of topics on the website) to electronic journals for more relevant retrieval. Abazari and Babaei (2013) found in their research that web page designers give more importance to metadata than specific metadata schemes such as Dublin. According to the research results of Rathi Tehrani & et al. (2013), from the point of view of experts, more than 70% of the elements of the standards were considered important and required for cataloging museum objects. Eichler & et al. (2021) compared existing metadata schemes and conducted studies on the production of metadata elements in a data management infrastructure. They concluded that an evaluation of existing metadata models shows that none are sufficiently general so far, as their design basis is not appropriate. Burke & et al. (2022) studied the available metadata and presented a model for organizing and creating a digital language archive based on people's characteristics. By studying 12 open-source metadata management tools, Singh and Madalli (2023) found gaps in metadata management programs and proposed a conceptual framework for research data management. Chapepa, Ngwira and Mapulanga (2023) investigated the methods of creating metadata in an academic data repository in the subject area of ​​agriculture and natural resources using the experts' point of view and found that the only metadata used was Dublin Core.

The present research is practical. The method of conducting this research is survey-descriptive and has a case study approach. The research community in this work is the academic staff members of the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies. To receive the opinions and views of the academic staff regarding the access points, a researcher-made questionnaire with a reliability of 0.894 was used to collect the required data. The data collected through the questionnaires were entered into separate tables and analyzed through the Excel program.

In terms of the importance of access points and retrieval fields of e-books, the subject, title, and main author are the most important fields of interest to researchers. In the field of lithographic books, the title, author and subject are the most important things, followed by the date of publication, calligraphy, and notes. The most important fields of attention of academic staff members in the field of searching manuscript books are title, author and subject, and the type of calligraphy and the main category are in the next ranks. The most important fields in the digital content of publications were title, call number, language and main topic. In the case of theses, the title, the author's field of study and the language of the work are recognized as the most important fields. The important fields for retrieving research projects from the point of view of academic staff members were the title, topic and employer of the project. The most important fields identified for retrieving digital documents are the subject, language and official title of the document. In terms of the importance of access points and retrieving fields of software and multimedia, the creator and subject are of the highest importance, followed by language, content duration, and file formats.

From the point of view of academic faculty members, the most important access points for widely used types of digital content, such as e-books, lithographs and manuscripts, are the title, subject, and creator of the content. Regarding digital content in the form of publications, dissertations, theses, and documents, language and history are also important. Regarding different types, there are also significant cases that may show some kind of difference of opinion among the people of human sciences. For example, in the case of electronic books, whether there is a photo, picture, diagram, or table in a book is not very important for humanities experts, but the textual content is more valuable for them. Also, the year of publication of the e-book is not very important for the humanities experts, because most of the content produced in the humanities does not become worthless over time, or the translator of the works is of great importance for the people of the humanities. In the case of lithographic or manuscript books, calligraphy and calligraphers are noteworthy. The notes, which were not very important for humanities specialists in the normal book, are among the valuable items in these works because valuable information about the copies is included in the notes. Regarding the specific fields of digital resources, the file format of digital resources and their size are important items.

This research states that it is necessary to make changes in the design of user interfaces, the way of tagging and organizing digital content, as well as the arrangement and display of search results pages, according to the view of humanities experts. It is hoped that the results of this research will be useful for social catalogers in choosing appropriate access points and creating effective labels and tags for all types of digital content; for catalogers of digital resources in order to be aware of access points and important retrieval fields, to focus on it and save time and increase user satisfaction; for designers of information systems in order to define the file structure, organize pages for data entering, describe and organize digital resources, design pages and search facilities, develop search results customized facilities, design search results display pages; and for the managers of scientific-research websites in order to use access points and metadata elements in order to improve the accessibility of their digital content and facilitate the dissemination of digital information and improve the ranking of their websites.

 The pillars of national security based on Iran’s 20-Year Vision Document may be achieved in the dimensions of social, economic, political, cultural, military, defense, and environmental security. The present article aims to identify and introduce the top research in each area by monitoring the scientific output in this field in the country. 

 The present research is an applied research with a scientometric approach conducted cross-sectionally between 2001 and 2023. A total of 6,554 indexed articles on national security in the ISC database were quantitatively reviewed to identify the top scientific outputs and important research topics in national security in Iran. Scientific maps were drawn using bibliometrics in R and VOSviewer software.    

 The trend of scientific production was upward, and the highest number of publications in all fields was between 2013 and 2018. The analysis of the statistical population showed that most of the research was conducted on social security, accounting for 42.05% of all national security outputs. Economic security with 19.49% and political security with 14.82% respectively ranked second and third. The journal “Studies of Social Security” was recognized as the leading journal with 460 articles in the field of social security and 26 articles in the field of cultural security. The scientific monthly “Economic Security” in the field of economic security; “Strategic Studies” in the fields of military security, political security, and environmental security published the most articles, and the journal “Defense Policy” was recognized as the superior in the field of defense security. The research journal “Law and Order Security” had the highest impact factor (1.96) and the journal “Environmental Science and Technology” had the highest accumulative citation (467).

 Geopolitical issues and the orientation of Iran’s foreign policy in the international system, legitimizing the system, cyber threats, and governance of media and social networks require further research to achieve scientific maturity in the field of national security.

The purpose of this research is to analyze the content and citations of the scientific journal of Adabiyat-e-Parsi-e-Moaser(contemporary Persian literature) in the 10-year period of its publication.

The type of this research is applied one and in terms of methodology, it was done by content and citation analysis method and scientometrics techniques. The statistical population under investigation included 265 articles published from the founding year of 1390 to 1400 of Contemporary Persian Literature Magazine.

The research findings showed, Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose (JSPPP), Culture and Folk Literature, Research on Fictional Literature the most citations have been given to the Contemporary Persian Literature (COPL). The reference network of the journal was checked. According to Literary Criticism, Translation Researches in the Arabic Language and Literature, Literary research and comparative literature studies, Language Related Research, Quarterly Scientific Journal of Language Research, Literary Text Research articles received the highest number of references from the Contemporary Persian Literature (COPL). Abolghasem Radfar, Zahra Parsapoor, seyedeh Maryam Ameli Rezaei, Issa Amankhani, Parsa Yaghoobi Janbeh Saraei, Ghodrat Ghasemipour, contributed the most to its scientific production by publishing 5 articles in the journal. article by Pournamdarian, Radfar and Shakri (2013) had the most citations among 265 reviewed items.The authors of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies Research Institute had the largest share of publishing articles in the journal with 33 articles. The findings showed the effective role of the journal in improving the visibility of the authors of the research institute. In order to improve the visibility of journal in web, it was suggested that the journal be indexed in non-Persian authoritative international scientific databases.

In general, it is possible to recognize the growth of the quality of articles in the contemporary Persian literature magazine in terms of the number of references over time. The results showed the effective role of the magazine in improving the visibility of the authors of the research institute. The high half-life of citations, scientific collaborations between different researchers from many universities and institutions in the country, and the high number of citations to journal articles are some of the noteworthy and important results of this research.

This research has examined studies conducted in the field of information security in Iran with a scientometric approach to provide a comprehensive view of the status of this field.

The present applied study, which is a survey-cross-sectional, has been done using co-occurrence analysis and scientometric method. All the scientific papers published in the field of information security between the years 2001-2023 and indexed in the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) were examined (1,114 articles).

Amin Police University is at the top of science production in the field of information security in Iran with the publication of 92 articles. The journal of Societal Security Studies Scientific with the publication of 35 articles, has the most published articles in the field of information security. Bagheri (with 9 articles), Ebrahimi Atani (with 8 articles) and Tork Ladani (with 7 articles) were recognized as the three top scientists in the field of information security in Iran. The keyword "security" with the highest frequency of repetition was recognized as the most frequent concept. In terms of co-occurrence, the two keywords "security" and "border" were the most frequent. The word co-occurrence map showed the existence of 4 clusters in the field of security, information security, sense of security, sustainable security. "Terrorism" keyword, having the farthest distance from other keywords, was less related to other keywords.

After 2017, the downward trend of scientific publications in the field of information security was observed in Iran. Formation of a forum by specialized associations to exchange opinions and opinions of the authors of works in high quality research publications can be vital in the development of this field. The clusters of national security, stable security and crime were recognized as immature clusters of the scientific map of information security in Iranian articles. Conducting research to develop knowledge in the field of these concepts is recommended.

The main purpose of this study was to identify and categorize active startups in the field of periodicals and to formulate possible scenarios for their future development.A descriptive survey method was used to identify and evaluate the status of periodicals startups. In the second part of the research (qualitative part), the developmental scenario method was used to develop scenarios. 61 startups were identified and surveyed, and in the qualitative part of the research, 8 academic and executive experts in the field of periodicals were interviewed. Developmental scenario writing method was used to analyze the data and formulate scenarios.The results of the present study showed that active startups in the field of periodicals have a lifespan of less than a decade and the weakness of investment and activity is one of their major weaknesses. On the other hand, they focus only on reporting and producing tools for managing and disseminating the periodicals. Startups face many problems to work in this field, including infrastructure, industry weakness, advocacy for change. Geographically, startups in this field are more concentrated in Tehran, and thematically, startups are more focused on public news and have not been able to cover the entire press industry.

Libraries and information centers always try to provide the best and most appropriate answers to their clients’ questions and needs. Due to the increasing and diverse variety of information resources, many libraries do not the capacity to provide these resources and make them accessible. Narges Neshat considers cooperation between libraries and information centers as a solution to expand the library’s access to a variety of information resources to meet the needs of their clients. Moreover, by publishing the book “Collaborative Systems in Libraries and Information Centers”, the author has addressed this issue. This resource, which can be considered as an educational resource for students of information and knowledge science and an applied source for specialists and professionals in this science, was critically examined in a descriptive-analytical manner. In this article, after introducing the book, its author and publisher, the structure of the book is mentioned, and then the book is reviewed in both form and content terms. This work is a specialized book in the subject of cooperation between libraries and information centers and has an appropriate scientific level. The most important weakness of this work is the lack of applied aspects; a few parts of this book are not specialized, and the resources used for this work are old.

In addition to providing many of the cultural and social needs of its members, new libraries provide a platform for users to take advantage of computer facilities and quick access to cyberspace. Recently, the library seems to be a kind of media and communication space in which some communication theories can be considered current and current. One of these communication theories is persuasion. Persuasion or transcendental communication is one of the most important topics in media and human communication, which in general is the basic and ultimate goal of all types of communication behaviors. This article seeks to trace the components of the library from this perspective and answer the key question of how the relationship between media persuasion and the library is made possible and how one can persuade the media in the field of information science and the field of information science. He studied science. In this research, which has been done by the method of describing, explaining and analyzing information, it is determined that media persuasion is used both in using the semantic theory of information, in the stage of formation and encryption, and in the stage of receiving messages.

There is a continuous challenge in use of information resources and scientific, art and cultural works and their copyright problems. To encounter  this challenge need to satisfy both of the copy right owners of digital contents  and the users who wants these contents.  Between medias and websites that contain digital contents under copyright laws, digital libraries maybe have more hardship about this problem; because they have numerous digital contents and resources and also have to response their users that expect receive the best resources to satisfy their information needs. Therefore the solutions that digital library use to encounter this challenge is useful for other cases that present digital content. In this article after reviewed  about the subject of copy right and the problems about it and digital libraries, tried  to present solutions for protection the copyright of  digital contents  that can used by digital libraries and another similar cases.

English]Nowadays, accessibility to a large collection of organized information is quite important. The digital library is a new and important topic in this field, and paying attention to it will be somehow a facilitator in all scientific and academic fields. The book Digital Libraries: The Exchange of Information is a worthwhile endeavor in this regard. Therefore, the present article attempted to critically review this book without further bias and only to enhance the work and guide its audiences while pointing to the valuable points, highlights, weaknesses, and shortcomings it broadens the scope of such discussions. First the book and the author is introduced and then the book is reviewed in both form and content terms. The appearance and writing specifications of the work are considered in the form review and in the content section such issues as rational order, resource validity, scientific quality, innovation, and adaptability were addressed and finally suggestions were made to remedy the deficiencies.

Terrell Ward Bynum is the most influential morals philosopher in the past three decades. In his article "Ethics and Information Revolution" in 1998 he suggest that Information ethics engage in recognizing and analyzing the impact of information technology on social and humane values such as personal privacy, security, etc. Bearing in mind the importance of this issue in digital environments, this article tries to study the viewpoints of internet users in research libraries of Tehran. The population of this research consist of all library users familiar with digital environment in 139 research libraries of the city. After a simple sampling, 342 individuals were selected as research population (but only 306 of them filled their questionnaires). This research was carried out as a descriptive survey, questionnaires (14 questions) were used to collect data. Findings show that more than 70% of users are familiar with information ethics and this issue is very valuable and important to them. Research libraries user's familiarization with information ethics indicators is of great importance because it makes it easier to observe the abovementioned principles. The strength point of this research is its novelty while there are no reliable or perfect researches done in the literature on this issue.

Examining the situation of acquisition of electronic resources as an important part of collection development in Iranian digital libraries. Methodology/approach: The research was carried out as a survey, and data of 19 digital libraries all over Iran was gathered by researcher made questionnaire. Finding shows that the most popular way for ordering the electronic resources is order to dealers. The most applied way for preparing of electronic resources is by purchase and only 37% of digital libraries have a special committee for scanning traditional resources. Books and periodicals are in the highest level of priorities in acquisition among all type of materials and ordering by dealer and purchasing of materials are the more applicable ways in acquisitions.

This research aims to examine the situation of selecting and evaluating of electronic resources as an important part of collection development in Iranian digital libraries. The research was carried out as a survey, and data of 19 digital libraries all over Iran was gathered by researcher made questionnaire. For data analyzing descriptive statistical method was used. Finding shows that the main premiership in selecting electronic resources is books and periodicals. Current request and future needs are important factors in selecting and 79% of libraries have a selection committee for electronic resource selection. Publisher's lists and search via internet(47%) is most using tools for selection. Subject relation is most important criteria for evaluating books and periodicals and this criteria for databases is subject coverage. Books and periodicals are in the highest level of priorities in selection among all type of materials and attention to user's needs and attempt to using a variety types of tools and ways for selecting and evaluating of electronic resources is done in all libraries.