زهرا اباذری

Cybernetics, a science that emerged in the 20th century, has rapidly grown and penetrated various disciplines. Since its inception, cybernetics has experienced significant and continuous growth, with communication and the concepts of message and feedback at its core. Today, cybernetics is recognized as an independent yet interdisciplinary field, grounded in information theory and focused on methods of information processing. According to Baum (2003), the cybernetic model effectively organizes the activities of academic systems in the modern era. This model relies on complex social systems and cybernetic monitoring, where self-correction mechanisms oversee organizational functions. Consequently, individuals are not the final decision-makers; instead, continuous activities are carried out to improve different parts of the organization. The cybernetic library aims to achieve specific goals. When deviations occur, individuals or groups within the library become active to restore desired levels. The complexity of the cybernetic library also involves parts responsible for identifying adverse events and reporting them to higher levels. In this research, cybernetics refers to the optimal use of cybernetic patterns in university libraries. This study aims to provide a suitable model for the optimal use and management of system information by measuring the status of cybernetic components in academic libraries.

Literature Review:

 Zamnopoulos and Alexio emphasized that control is an inevitable part of any organization. Supervisors and colleagues highlighted the desirability of monitoring and control components, although slight differences exist in their sub-components. Regarding intra- and extra-systemic links, extra-systemic links were found to be more appropriate, with a focus needed on strengthening intra-systemic links. Hashem Beik et al. noted the status of loose and tight links at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The hierarchy component's sub-component scored higher, emphasizing its importance in the cybernetic model. Nechansky demonstrated that cybernetic structures can adapt to their environment. In decision-making, the decision-making resources sub-component scored higher. The effective management and leadership component, examined in five dimensions, showed that participatory leadership was more appropriate than other dimensions. Brinbaum stressed the importance of interaction among different academic systems and recognized the coordinating role of leadership in academic libraries.

This quantitative study investigated the status of cybernetic model components for optimal management of university libraries. The statistical population included experts and specialists in information science and epistemology, as well as managers of central libraries at type 1 medical sciences universities in Iran. A questionnaire was used to collect data from 97 professors and librarians, and the results were analyzed.

 The study included 42% men and 58% women. Among the participants, 25% had a bachelor's degree, 45% had a master's degree, and 30% had a doctoral degree. Most respondents (65%) had over ten years of work experience, while only 3% had less than ten years. The average scores for the monitoring component in the structural and social dimensions were 29.43 and 33.14, respectively. The system link component scored 18.41 for extra-system links and 14.52 for intra-system links. The hierarchy component scored 11.23 for the divided system dimension and 11.66 for the hierarchy dimension. The interaction quality component scored 11.78 for the non-linear dimension and 11.53 for the causal dimension. The decision component scored 14.91 for decision resources, 15.07 for decision type, and 14.73 for decision criteria.

 The findings indicate that the monitoring and control components in the cybernetic management model of academic libraries are appropriate and have a tangible impact on the model's structure. Extra-systemic links were found to be more effective than intra-systemic links, highlighting the need to strengthen the latter. The hierarchical sub-component scored higher within the hierarchy context, and participatory leadership was more effective than other dimensions.

 The research findings suggest that the components of the cybernetic model are well-placed in the libraries of medical sciences universities. This reflects the awareness of university library managers regarding the structure, goals, tasks, services, and functions of academic libraries. However, this knowledge is not equally appropriate across all dimensions, leading to an imbalance in the state of dimensions and components. Consequently, the progress and effectiveness of the models are not as impressive. Therefore, it is recommended to focus more on the social role of library users in interactions and guidance, and to maintain a balanced approach to the quantitative and qualitative growth of all dimensions in library management.

Collection development is one of the most important and basic tasks in libraries and it means collecting information resources and data based on a plan set to meet the needs of the users. Considering the increasing growth of publications in the world, the annual increase in the price of books and publications, and the lack of budget and space, no library, however huge, can provide all library materials; Therefore, the selection of information sources is one of the most important stages of collection development, and libraries should allocate their limited financial resources to the preparation of materials that most likely meet the needs of their users. Based on this, the current research aimed to present the model of resource providing for public libraries in Iran from the point of view of librarians. The current research was applied in terms of purpose and survey-analytical in terms of data collection. An exploratory factor analysis was used to present the model. The statistical population of the research included all librarians of public libraries affiliated with the Iran Public Libraries Foundation and the sampling method was cluster random from the provinces of Tehran, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Golestan, Mazandaran, Fars, Khuzestan, Razavi Khorasan, Kerman, Hamedan, and East Azerbaijan were selected in the geographic regions of the center, north, south, east, and west. The total number of librarians in six clusters was 5250. Random-cluster method was used to determine the sample size of the research and the sample size was determined to be 145 librarians. The data collection tool was a questionnaire that was used from the research of Raeisi et al (2022). The validity of the questionnaire was form and content, and its reliability was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which was 0.815. The findings showed that a set of managerial, structural, cultural, financial, and ethnic factors affected the provision of resources in public libraries. The results of Friedman's test showed that management factors with an average rank of 4.95 in the first place; structural factors with an average rank of 3.75 in the second place; cultural factors with an average rank of 3.19 in the third place; Financial factors ranked fourth with an average rank of 2 and ethnic factors ranked fifth and last with an average rank of 1.11. Institutional policies and guidelines in improving the supply of library resources from the perspective of librarians. In order to improve the collection of public libraries, increasing resources and keeping them up-to-date, pay attention to the opinions of librarians, the users in preparing resources, providing resources related to the values ​​of the society as well as marketing and the lack of excessive dependence of libraries on the government budget is essential.

Reading promotion needs expansive view. Pathology of reading should strengthen reading motivation, expand horizon and, create new attitude for students. But, concentration on determination of dimensions of the students’ reading harms in Iran’s schools has been ignored. The purpose of this study is to identify effective cultural and social components of the students’ reading in Tehran province.

This study is an applied research and mixed one that was conducted by Library Studies method, Delphi and Analytical Survey. Research population consisted of two groups: 30 cultural experts of education offices (Delphi panel) and 379 teachers of primary and high schools (quantitative part) from Tehran province in school year of 1397-98. The questionnaires were distributed among teachers by way of stratified random. The data were analyzed by using one sample t-test and analysis of variance test in SPSS version 22.

We found that there is significant relationship among cultural and social components and rate of students’ reading and in level of teachers’ different university degrees, too. In this study, book reading teaching in schools and social harms had the most important role on increase and decrease adolescents’ reading in turn.

Teaching of book reading in schools, and decrease social harms by reading, can increase reading and hope in the society.

The main objective of the research is to study and analyze the function and role of libraries during the Safavid dinasty.

According to the nature of the research, a library method based on books, manuscripts, and first-hand (primary) documents, has been used.

The present study shows that in general, two distinct periods can be considered in the life and function of Safavid libraries. The first period, which is related to the 16th century and the reign of Shah Ismail and part of the time of Shah Tahmasb, is a continuation of the role and function of the 15th century libraries, especially the Timurid libraries in Khurasan, where the main task of libraries is to produce and create exquisite manuscripts using the highest level of book design arts. The second approach was to pay attention to libraries in the position of preserving and maintaining the written works of Shiite scholars and jurists, which is considered a significant change in the role and function of important libraries of this period. In this regard, a fundamental change took place in Shia jurisprudential-theological texts, most of which were written by scholars who had migrated to Iran from the Jabal Amel region of Lebanon. The transfer of the personal libraries of this group of immigrant scholars caused many Arabic works to be transferred to Iran. In addition to this kind of texts, attention to Persian language as the language of writing jurisprudential-religious works and used by the public is one of the other features of this period. In addition to the necessity of the time and the need of the Safavid government to gain legitimacy and explain the jurisprudence principles of the Shia religion by using the books and treatises that appeared, including authoring, translating, summarizing and rewriting, another factor was also raised, which was: the negative view from some jurisprudential thoughts to the category of painting, which specifically caused Shah Tahmasb to close the art workshop of his royal library in Qazvin. The change of the capital from Qazvin to Isfahan was also formed in a context affected by these developments. In Isfahan, Shah Abbas committed himself to the establishment of the royal library, which was located in the building complex known as Dowlatkhaneh. In addition, he and his great contemporary scholar, Sheikh Bahai, by taking advantage of the tradition of endowment, gave increasing prosperity to the libraries of the holy shrines, which in particular should be the important collections dedicated to the mausoleum of Sheikh Safi in Ardabil and the library of Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad (Astan-e Quds-e Razavi). Despite the variety of works that later influenced the collection of the Astan-e Quds library, most of the works available in that place and in other libraries of the second Safavid period, were dedicated to religious and jurisprudential texts, which are generally found in the libraries of schools, mosques, and holy shrines or personal collections were kept.

The function and position of libraries during Safavid period can be seen in two different ways. In the first, the continuation of the function of the libraries was like the previous period, in which the main task of the libraries was to create exquisite manuscripts by using the well-known painters, calligraphers, and book designers. In the second stage, more attention was paid to libraries as a place to preserve the written works of Shiite scholars and jurists, which is considered a significant change in the role and performance of important libraries of this period.

Information dissemination is one of the most crucial services libraries and information centers provide. The increasing explosion of information, the necessity of keeping specialists up-to-date in various scientific fields, and the need to efficiently use users' time and resources underscore its importance. This research, which aimed to identify the components and indicators of digital information dissemination in the National Library and Archives of Iran, had the potential to affect the field of digital information dissemination significantly.

This qualitative research employed a meta-study approach using the comprehensive synthesis method based on the seven-step method of Sandelowski and Barroso (2007). The research population included Persian and English articles relevant to the topic, retrieved from domestic and international scientific databases. 37 entirely relevant articles were selected for analysis through the critical appraisal skills program method. Content analysis and open and axial coding were used to analyze selected resources. The inter-coder agreement was calculated to ensure the reliability and validity of the findings

Based on the comprehensive synthesis's findings, seven components and 34 indicators and sub-indicators in the field of digital information dissemination were identified. The main components include research files, information resources, collection development, standardization, information dissemination services, dissemination tools, and evaluation.

The identified components and indicators provide a practical roadmap for enhancing digital information dissemination. The most significant achievement of this research is the development of a new information culture that can be used to assess the status of services in this area. These insights enable libraries to improve the quality of their services, enhance information dissemination, and expand knowledge dissemination. This research can be valuable for researchers, librarians, managers, and policymakers in the field of digital information dissemination.

This research is to investigate the sources of the manuscripts of the Qur'anic books of the Timurid and Safavid schools in the Astan Quds Razavi treasure.

This research was conducted with a descriptive and comparative method, and the tool for collecting information is a checklist, which is based on the comprehensive information of the target and is arranged through classification tables.

Among the statistical population of the research and based on the characteristics of the scribe's promotion in the library catalog from the Timurid period, Quranic pamphlets No. 414, 826 and Mushaf 190 and from the Safavid period, Mushaf No. 126, 136, 106, 112, 291.

The five characteristics of "Decorations of the Fatiha Al-Kitab Tablet, Surah Head Lines, Prayers at the beginning and end of the Qur'an, Decorations of the Qur'an Text and Composition of Motifs" are among the most important characteristics that can identify the Shiraz School's Quranic books be.

The growing trend of increasing information in today's world has doubled the need for public libraries to pay more attention and accuracy to the resource collection process. The annual increases in the prices of books and periodicals and budget and space shortages have caused a scarcity of libraries, no matter how large they can offer the full range of library materials. Collection maintenance is one of the most important and basic tasks in libraries and means collecting materials, including information and data, based on a plan that meets users' needs. Therefore, selecting information resources is one of the most significant steps in collection development, and libraries must devote their limited financial resources to provide materials that are prospective to meet the greatest needs of their users, which require the presence of librarians. Library users are an integral part of any library. Thus, their opinions, perception, and feelings are essential in achieving the library’s primary goals. In addition, public libraries are designed solely to provide free or low-cost information services to the public regardless of status, occupation, gender, or age. Public libraries are expected to play a dynamic role in the community's life. Among them are promoting reading culture, providing excellent information, creating collections relevant to local interests, and providing various services to users such as references, audio and video services, and training. Regarding the creation of collections of local interests, public libraries need to collect and make available information resources on a wide range of subjects to meet users' information needs. This is arguably the biggest challenge facing public libraries. The public library is thus special and requires special attention because it is the only type of library that has the most access. Collection development is a set of processes and activities related to reviewing information needs, selecting, preparing, and making available various information resources required by the library community, both printed and non-printed, based on a specific policy through purchase, donation, exchange, evaluation, and weeding, by performing dynamic, efficient, and up-to-date processes, as well as using the most economical methods to provide information and the possibility of users accessing information.

The current research aims to provide a model of public library collection with a grounded theory approach. This research is of an applied type, conducted with a qualitative approach and as a grounded theory method. The studied population to reach theoretical saturation were 10 (out of 15) experts and professors in the information science and epistemology field. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview. The analytical method "Strauss and Corbin" was used to analyze the interviews, which included three stages of open, central, and selective coding. During the central coding phase, the main categories were identified, and after selective coding and determination of relationships, the model of resource collection in public libraries was presented. This study used the criteria of validity, verifiability, reliability, and transferability to validate the study (Creswell, 2011).  

The research findings showed that 5 main categories and 15 sub-components were conceptualized as the dimensions and components of the collection model in public libraries. The five primary categories are causal conditions (structural and administrative factors, cultural and ethnic factors, and financial factors), intermediate conditions (users, librarians, and professionals’ needs), and background conditions. (Space, homogeneity factors and errors in policymakers' halos, cost control that governs policy maker mindset), resource pool model strategy (user voice and equity in resources provision, education structural and financial (reflecting lack of concentration). The consequences of using the resource collection model in public libraries will lead to the satisfaction of users, officials, and librarians, increasing the productivity of the country's public libraries, as well as the popularity and reputation of this institution.

Based on the findings, it can be concluded that it is necessary to continuously use the opinions of users and librarians, to use new information technologies, and to modify the structural rules regarding the provision of resources. In addition, to paying special attention to the provision of information-based resources. Based on the users' culture, ethnicity, and religion, it is one of the necessities of collection building in the country's public libraries.

In today's era, public libraries have become one of the largest knowledge production bases with various sources and references, whose efficient management can have a significant impact on the development of users' information literacy. In addition, the problems and challenges caused by the accelerated speed of production and distribution of knowledge and information in the last two decades have prompted public libraries to use the knowledge of organizations to develop new and appropriate tools.. In this regard, what has attracted the attention of information science and epistemology experts is the knowledge management system, which has found a prominent role and importance in libraries. In this context, it is concluded that knowledge has been accumulated in a wide way in the sources and references of libraries as well as in the experiences of librarians; therefore, the necessary ground for exploiting this knowledge and experiences in order to improve the information literacy of users should be provided. In this way, the question of the present research is what is the efficient model for establishing knowledge management in public libraries in order to improve users' information literacy?

Literature Review:

Dalkir (2011) collected the different cycles of knowledge management that have been identified, confirmed, and practically implemented by different researchers and summarized them in four general stages, which are: 1- acquiring and creating knowledge, 2- sharing and disseminating knowledge, 3- applying and reusing knowledge, and 4- evaluating and retrieving knowledge. Because the knowledge management cycle offered by Dalkir has empirical support and has been successfully used by different libraries, the current research has also used the mentioned cycle.Several models have been introduced to measure information literacy, but since the model of eight enablers was more compatible with the cultural situation and local conditions of developing countries, including Iran, therefore, in the current research, it is practical to measure the information literacy of library users. Public funds of Khuzestan province were used. This model includes eight steps of identification, exploration, selection, organization, creation, presentation, evaluation and application of knowledge and information.

The current research has been done using the metacomposite technique and the Delphi technique. By implementing the six meta-composition steps, 94 components of knowledge management and 80 components of information literacy were extracted from 150 articles and categorized by content analysis technique. With the formation of the expert group and the three-step implementation of the Delphi technique, a consensus was reached among the expert members on 45 components of knowledge management and 40 components of information literacy, and based on the approved components, two separate questionnaires were created for data collection. Data were compiled and collected from librarians and users of public libraries in Khuzestan province. To measure the validity of the questionnaires, the agreement coefficient of the expert group was estimated at 0.772 for the knowledge management questionnaire and 0.794 for the information literacy questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha method was also used to measure reliability. The alpha value of the knowledge management questionnaire was estimated at 0.979 and the alpha value of the information literacy questionnaire was estimated at 0.982. The statistical population of the research included 284 librarians on the one hand, and 45,582 active users over 18 years old of public libraries in Khuzestan province on the other hand. To determine the sample size, using Cochran's formula, 181 librarians and 497 users were selected.

The results of the research showed that the average implementation of knowledge management in the public libraries of Khuzestan province was %60.10, which is higher than the average. Also, the average information literacy of public library users in Khuzestan province was %54.57, which was also higher than the average. The results of the research hypotheses test showed that the implementation of the "knowledge acquisition process" in public libraries with a coefficient of 0.84 has been effective in improving the information literacy of users. The implementation of the "knowledge sharing" process in public libraries has had an impact on the information literacy of users with a coefficient of 0.92. Implementation of the process of "use of knowledge" in public libraries has had an effect on the information literacy of users with a coefficient of 0.88. The implementation of the "Knowledge Evaluation" process in public libraries has had an effect on the information literacy of users with a coefficient of 0.84. Finally, the "Implementation of knowledge management technology" in public libraries of Khuzestan province has had an impact on users' information literacy by % 51.

Public libraries need to use new and appropriate tools in order to achieve their most important goal of existence, which is to develop knowledge and information literacy skills of the society. Because now these libraries have become important learning centers; where knowledge management is one of the main activities related to their new role. In the growing space of knowledge management, public libraries can no longer limit their activities to organizing collections; rather, with efficient and effective management, research and development of knowledge, creation of knowledge base, exchange and sharing of knowledge between employees and users, providing users access to information resources and especially online resources, explicit knowledge processing and tacit knowledge acquisition and realization focus on sharing them.

The present research has shown that knowledge management technology in public libraries can be effective in improving the information literacy of users. Therefore, the current research has proposed the four-stage model of Dal-Kir, which had successful experimental records, in order to properly implement and establish knowledge management. Also, in order to accurately measure the level of information literacy of users in public libraries, the current study has proposed an information literacy model of eight enablers that is more compatible with the cultural environment of our country.

In this research, by comparing the features of the Qur'anic manuscripts of the Herat method in the Timurid and Safavid periods, it was seeking to identify the prescription pillars of these Qurans, and based on that, it identified other Qurans whose authorship and artistic style were unknown.

This research has been carried out in terms of developmental goal and descriptive and analytical method with purposive sampling from among 21000 Quranic manuscripts available in the manuscripts’ treasure of Astan Quds Razavi Library, which is the statistical population of this research. Due to the lack of access to the original sources, the information gathering tool is the library catalogs and the information checklist obtained from the objective Qurans, which is based on the analysis of the bibliographic information of the reference and precious the Qurans of this course.

Based on the characteristics of the scribe's promotion and the bibliographic information of the library catalog from the Timurid period, Quranic booklet 416 and Mushaf No. 153 and from the Safavid period Mushaf No. 281, 206 and 210 from the Herat method were identified as reference and Musahafs. Their bibliographic information was analyzed in a comparative manner and finally it was determined that among all the features and pillars of bibliographic science, four features of the decorations of the Fatiha al-Kitab tablet, the script of the surahs, the decorations accompanying the text of the Quran and the composition of motifs from are the most important features that can be used to identify the Qur'anic manuscripts of this method of art in the researched periods.

By studying the findings of the research, it was found that it is possible to identify the Masahifs of the Herat method based on the elements of epistemology. The results of this research determined that: 1) the design of the Fatih al-Kitab surah, these decorations took up more space on the page in the Safavid period, and the margin of the tablet is two-part wide with an azure background and narrow with a black background, and a half-orange is drawn on the margin and the beginning of the surah is in Rafa's script. In the Timurid period, an azure part and a nim- toranj motif are not drawn on the border, and the head of the surah is decorated with Kufic script. 2) The decorations accompanying the Qur'an text, khoms va ‘ashar in the Timurid period are in the form of an almond and a circle, respectively, while in the Safavid period it is in the form of a circle. 3) The composition of motifs, in the Timurid period, is dominated by Islamic motifs and Roman motifs, but in the Safavid period, alvan Khatai motifs were drawn.

A public library is a non-profit library, which is maintained for public use and funded by the government or the public sources. Unlike other libraries, public library satisfies general public information needs by providing all kinds of knowledge and information available to all segments of the community regardless of race, nationality, age, gender, religion, language, disability, economic and employment status. It may also provide other services to their communities such as, storytelling for children, after-school programs, language learning, seminars, workshops and other community services. One of the benefits of this research is to offer proposed solutions and lay the groundwork for developing a model for playing a strategic role of public libraries in geopolitics of information as a tool to measure the performance of libraries in this regard and the results can be used in public libraries and other relevant trustees, so, the main purpose of this study is to analyze the strategic role of the public libraries in the Iran Geopolitics of Information This is an applied research with a mixed method (qualitative-quantitative) approach. To collect qualitative information, a semi-structured interview has been used. In the quantitative part, a researcher-made questionnaire Based on the result of the qualitative part, has been used. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative section includes 13 experts and university professors who were selected by a purposeful method based on criteria and has been analyzed using qualitative content analysis method. The findings of quantitative part has been analyzed using factor analysis. The population of the quantitative part, included the head managers and deputies of the general administrations of the Iran's public libraries (70 people) and the librarians of the provinces that have main and central public libraries from five clusters of north, south, east, west and center of Iran, including 10 provinces & 160 librarians. 201 complete questionnaires were received. Findings shows that, libraries have an implicitly role in strengthening cultural identity and increasing public awareness, especially in terms of strengthening Iranian-Islamic identity, as one of the three main components of geopolitics, but this role is not designed for a specific mission and It is also not clearly explained in upstream documents. Also, based on the findings, the centralized resources acquisition by the Iran Public Libraries Foundation for all public libraries in an integrated manner that there is not any clear role of users need in the selection process is inconsistent with the Free-Flow of Information approach. Centralized system of providing resources and public libraries materials, i.e. centralized purchase and distribution of resources by the public libraries of the country to all public libraries in Iran in an integrated way that users do not have an obvious and effective role in the selection process, is somewhat inconsistent with the definitions of free flow of information. Preserving and strengthening identity is one of the basic components in geopolitical issues. Information is considered as the main source of power. Governments have focused mainly on identity to develop their boundaries of geopolitics of information. Obviously, in order to prevent cultural interference and the infiltration of foreign identities in order to change the behavior and culture of a society and make it more consumer-oriented, people should to be well aware of their national identity and thus power as Soft defense power. Public libraries are one of the most important general databases, which can strengthen the soft defense infrastructure by disseminating information about the identity and national values of a community by raising public awareness. Therefore, national policymakers should consider the role of public libraries as a public discourse space in transmitting culture and information and a base for strengthening the power of soft defense, training and explaining the specific role for librarians, developing technological infrastructure of libraries, providing resources based on local needs and the audience needs, continuous and purposeful monitoring of activities and increasing the number of service recipients from public libraries. In order to achieve these goals, it is necessary to consider a few basic points: First, due to the geographical dispersion of public libraries in Iran, it is necessary for more people to use the services of libraries. To achieve this goal, a comprehensive audience attraction program is needed. Design and implement public libraries in a purposeful and mission-oriented manner. It's also necessary for librarians to receive targeted and necessary training to provide appropriate counseling and guidance services so that they'll can, in addition to general librarianship services, perform their duties as advisors to guide users in the right direction. The third important point is to pay attention to the information resource system required by libraries, in which the diversity of ethnic and cultural needs should be considered in order to gain more power through the saturation of cultural information in the community memory.

 Evaluating and measuring users' information literacy level shows the potential for improvement and effectiveness of the educational performance of public libraries. Hence, the Present research aimed to measure the level of information literacy of public library users based on the model of eight enablers. This evaluation can help plan public libraries to improve the level of knowledge and information of users.

 This research was quantitative. It was practical in terms of purpose and terms of the survey method. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on the model of eight enablers, including 40 questions on a Likert scale. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by 20 university professors, experts, and librarians in the field of Knowledge and information science. By randomly distributing 40 questionnaires among users and collecting them using Cronbach's alpha, the reliability of the questionnaire was calculated as 0.92, the construct validity was calculated as 0.66 using confirmatory factor analysis. The statistical population of the research included 45582 active users of public libraries in Khuzestan Province in 2019. First, 497 users were selected using Cochran's formula to estimate the sample. Then, according to the user population of 21 cities of Khuzestan province, a suitable sample was assigned with the optimal assignment method. The Likert score calculation was used to estimate percentages and averages and determine users' information literacy levels. The data analysis tool was SPSS version 20. 

 The estimation of eight components of information literacy showed that the skills and abilities of public library users of Khuzestan Province in the components of "identifying knowledge and information," "exploring and searching for information," "organizing information", and "presenting and Knowledge sharing" is above average. In the components of "selection and selection of information," "creation and producing knowledge", "evaluation of knowledge and information", and "application of knowledge and information" are lower than the average. In general, the level of information literacy of users of public libraries in Khuzestan Province is higher than the average. 

 The analysis of the findings showed that the users' information literacy level in the present research is higher than the average level (54.57). However, this level does not reflect users' desired state of information literacy but indicates a distance of 45.43% to reach the desired state. Therefore, to achieve the most essential objective of their existence, which is the development of knowledge capabilities and information literacy of society, public libraries need to compile, design, and plan the development in two dimensions: users and librarians. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to use more efficient and accessible tools, information and communication technology infrastructure, and establish a borderless e-learning network emphasizing online learning, hybrid learning, and virtual learning. In this regard, redefining their traditional roles and updating their functions in line with new expectations is necessary.

Despite the strong reasons for using knowledge management to improve organizational performance, there are various obstacles to implementing knowledge management in organizations. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of implementing the knowledge management process in the Nomads Affairs Organization of Iran.
This descriptive-survey study is based on the combined method of TOPSIS and structural equations, and its statistical population includes all employees of the Nomads Affairs Organization of Iran in 1398 (2018). The sample size was 302 people according to Cochran's formula; stratified random sampling method was used in the analysis. To collect data, a 60-item questionnaire was used, which after applying the TOPSIS method, 24 indicators that did not receive the required average to enter the model were removed from the model. The 36-item questionnaire was approved by experts and the validity of the structure was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis and their reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. To analyze the data, SmartPLS software was used to model the structural equations.
The research findings showed that organizational culture, organizational structure, motivation, and technical factor have a positive and significant effect on knowledge management.
To implement the knowledge management process in the Nomads Affairs Organization of Iran, the factors "organizational culture", "organizational structure", "motivation", and "technical" are effective and in the meantime, the "social factor" should be used as a mediating variable. By increasing the organizational culture among employees, knowledge management can more easily go through the implementation and execution stages. Considering the effect of the variable of organizational structure on knowledge management and also in order to achieve the goals and mission of the organization, it is necessary for senior managers to organize and select the appropriate structure of knowledge management. According to the research results, the motivation variable has a higher score and this means that managers try to create more trust and motivation in employees. The results showed that the IT variable has a direct effect on the implementation of knowledge management. Given the impact of staff on the implementation of knowledge management is necessary; Recruit employees with high knowledge and expertise to add new knowledge to the knowledge within the organization. Considering the effect of social factor as a mediating variable on knowledge management and also in order to achieve the goals and mission of the organization, it is necessary to strengthen social capital and mutual trust among their employees. Organizational investment in the development of social capital, through effective communication training, improving the communication process and interactions between employees and managers inside and outside the organization, creating a culture of cooperation, mutual trust and teamwork, all contribute to the development of social organization. And it will accelerate the movement of the organization towards an innovative and learning organization.

The most important features of the flourishing Iranian schools of art have been in illustrations for manuscripts, especially the Quran, in different historical periods. The aim of this study is to identify the characteristics and distinction of the Qurans of Shiraz and Herat styles in the Timurid and Safavid periods. As its comprehensive statistics, ten Qurans in the Herat style and Shiraz style from the Timurid period and ten Qurans in the Herat style and Shiraz style from the Safavid period are selected purposefully from the Qurans that are kept in the Museum of the Astan-e Qods Razavi.This research is applied in practical model with the use of the descriptive-comparative method, based on library information collection. From the result of this study, it became clear that some similarities between the features of the manuscripts due to the artistic connection of these styles and cannot be cited in distinguishing their features.The most important recognizable items in Quranic manuscripts include the gilding of the verse Al-Fatihah al-Kitab, the presence or absence of the opening and closing prayers of the Quran, the combination of geometric patterns or geometric and non-geometric patterns, as well as the Islamic and Khatai plan, and the type of inscriptions and signs. Khums and tithes signs, color scheme and the use of colors are the most important features that can help identify the Qurans of these schools.

Image indexing based on search engines in retrieving text-based and content-based indexed images using the Delphi technique.
This research is applied in terms of classifying research according to the method of data collection (research design), using the Delphi technique, and in terms of classifying research according to the purpose. The statistical population of the qualitative stage of this research included all the specialists who worked in the offices of national newspapers in Tehran and had sufficient aristocracy and mastery in all five search engines studied. Most of them, depending on the type of activity and field of work, work with a maximum of one or two search engines and are aware. Therefore, only 16 specialists were selected as the available sample for Delphi panel members. In the present study, the experts reached a general consensus with twenty questions in four stages, which were indexed based on a range of five Likert options (from very weak to very good). Given the low Kendall coefficient in the fourth round, the low agreement of the panel members, and the significance of the third round, it is concluded that there was no increase in agreement in this round, and the polling process should be stopped. In this study, after reviewing the existing texts and sources by documentary method (library study), 150 specialized questions in the field were collected. After discussion and exchange of views with experts and professors in this field, 31 questions were approved for implementation, which with 3 main components separately [image search engine evaluation criteria (nineteen questions), image retrieval based on text-based indexing (six questions), And image retrieval was performed based on content-based indexing (six questions). In the meantime, Hamshahri newspaper, with its various publications as well as provincial special issues, magazines (My Land, 24, Children, Health, Youth, Stories, Knowledge, Clues, Story Books, Advertising Brochures, Exhibition Brochures, etc.) [In addition to the 5 selected image search engines, there were other very good image search engines in this field that even ranked very well on Alexa (the international website for ranking sites and blogs); However, due to the lack of use of this language and inefficiency in Iran and the lack of a specific audience, we have ignored their choice in this study]. The results of 9 experts showed that the questionnaire's relative validity coefficient of 32 items out of 40 items was higher than the critical coefficient value of 0.78. However, the relative validity of the eight-item content was less than the critical coefficient and was omitted. Therefore, in the relative coefficient index, the content validity of 32 questionnaire items was confirmed. Also, the content validity index of the other 31 questionnaire items was higher than the standard value of 0.79. As a result, 31 questionnaire items were approved in terms of two relative content validity coefficients. In addition, Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the reliability of the questionnaire with 31 items on 16 experts showed that it is equal to 0.916, which is a high coefficient.
Google's search engine showed a higher image retrieval rate based on their evaluation criteria. There was no significant difference between the studied search engines from the perspective of experts in the field of image retrieval based on text-based indexing at the level of P <0.05. Yandex search engine has a higher content indexing based on indexing based on more content at the level of P <0.05. Also, the Google search engine is significantly more efficient at the level of P \u003c0.05 in terms of retrieving images based on the areas under study. The results of the present study indicate that: 1. In the search engines, from the point of view of experts in the field of image retrieval based on text-based indexing, there are more or fewer differences, so the highest average, in this case, belonged to the Google search engine, and the lowest average belonged to the Pinterest search engine. 2. Experts in image retrieval based on content-based indexing see some differences between the search engines, so the Yandex search engine showed the highest average in this case, and the Yahoo search engine had the lowest average among the surveyed search engines. 3. Regarding image retrieval based on evaluation criteria, there are some differences between the average search engines from the perspective of experts. Hence, the average Google search engine is higher than the average of other search engines, while the Yandex search engine, in this case, is the lowest. Has had an average. 4. From the experts' point of view, there are differences between the studied search engines regarding the most efficient search engine in retrieving images based on the researched areas. The results show that Google's search engine has a much higher average than other studied search engines and the lowest average. Has been to the Pinterest search engine.
Google's general search engines perform better than other search engines (Yahoo, Bing, Pinterest, and Yandex) in retrieving images; web image searchers can also choose the search engine that suits their needs and interior designers for better design. In addition, these results can be generalized to similar areas, and search engine designers will find out which indexing method to use to retrieve images better. In conclusion, it is suggested that to pay more attention to the indexing and retrieval of images in search engines; designers should consider such features based on the main components identified separately: A. Criteria for image search engines (add a special code for image copyright, apply all components of this research as a menu and submenu in image search engines, notify the owners of the email (images) when uploading images for support) B. Consider image retrieval based on content-based indexing (possibility to combine multiple colors simultaneously, searchable image edges to be able to draw shapes, simultaneous searchability of image content information).

The purpose of this article is to analyze articles about library efficiency in the field of library and information science.

Methedology: 

The concept of library input-output efficiency is extracted from the general framework of library performance. 

The findings of the study of reflective indicators of library services showed that whenever the sample size of the library increases or the input output index changes, the efficiency score of the library changes immediately

Through the combination of research results for internal and external library efficiency, it can be obtained that the research of foreign scientists started earlier and the research process is longer and regular. In recent years, research on library efficiency by domestic researchers has increased. In general, it is in progress. Showing how to choose the right models to calculate and adjust the weight of the index requires more effort.

 The objective is search behavior analysis and evaluation of relevance judgment of the users of information retrieval in the web hyperlink environment. In this regard, the pattern of the web information retrieval behavior of these users were explained and the rate of satisfaction with information retrieval system, the rate of the user trust on the results and effectiveness and ease of using the results and the rate of results relevance from user’s viewpoint was investigated. Also, the significance of the difference of the mentioned factors between the students of the field of information science and other fields was statistically assessed.

 This research is applied / fundamental which has been performed with combined method. The research population included 5784 students of master's and doctoral degree of information sciences and other different domains of sciences in Shahid Bahonar University from 2017-2018, that with purposeful sampling method, 50 students were selected. From this, 37 persons participated in the research process and the rest was omitted due to lack of cooperation in some stages of the study. This study was performed with the aid of a two-question scenario, one question relating to the academic field and one question in their specialized field. This study began through observation, searches and recording them with the aid of Camtasia Studio version 9. Then, the searches were observed and turned to text with the aid of word software. The text files were coded with MAXQDA version 10. The categories obtained from text analysis were used in explaining the users' pattern of information retrieval.
In the quantitative stage, for assessing the satisfaction rate of information retrieval system, the rate of users trusts in the results and ease of using the results and rate of relevance of the results from these user’s viewpoint, the structured interview (5 factors in the form of 15 questions in Likert scale) was performed and the data was collected and analyzed using SPSS software version 23. For evaluation of the variables, single sample t-test and for investigation of the statistical significance of the difference between two groups of information science and other fields, independent two-sample t-test was used and the average of the variables scores was compared with the mean and theoretical rate of 3. If the considered sigma score is more than the theoretical rate, it may be said that that criterion is in a desirable level. In assessing the reliability, the internal consistency coefficient above 0.7 was confirmed. Also, the validity of the interview (internal and external) was confirmed by 5 experts.

 Investigation of the search behavior analysis in completing both tasks in the qualitative section showed that among the browsers, Firefox and among the search engines, Google was more commonly used. Users completed each search in a 5-stage pattern: beginning of search, keyword codification, search navigation, retrieval and results evaluation, information extraction. In the beginning stage of more searches search engine has been used and using electronic address of the database or considered website is in the next ranks. The greatest frequency was related to simple search. In completing the first task, scienceDirect database and in the second task completion, Sivilika had the greatest use frequency. In keyword codification, the general to specific technique had the greatest frequency and after that keyword change, changing the number of words of the search term (including omission, addition and replacement), specific to general technique, simultaneous use of both general to specific and specific to general technique have been used respectively. In the search navigation, following links and menus had the greatest use. After that, following the results in the same tab, following the results in the new tab, using return key for going to the results tab and using back and forth keys are placed. In the fourth stage, often people only investigated the title of articles and congresses and reviewing the title and abstract of the papers are in the next stages of use. In the fifth stage, the subjects downloaded and saved as PDF and or their complete text could be accessed through DOI code.
The qualitative findings showed that most of the students were studying in the department of humanities and after that the group of basic sciences, technical engineering, agriculture and veterinary department. Also, the average of all investigated variables in both groups of information science and other fields has been more than average and in a desirable status. Among the variables, ease of search and achieving the results, the average scores of the information science group is in a lower level than other fields and the average score of satisfaction rate and results relevance among the students of information science is in a higher level than other fields. Also, the results showed that there is no statistically significant difference between two groups of information science group and other fields.

 Explaining the different patterns regarding the user features and the texture they are in will help the information media in responding the clients' requirement. Also, designers empower the search engines to design more interactive and user-friendly interface and instruments. Increasing the efficiency of information retrieval systems and user’s skill optimizes the search process. Intelligent retrieval systems have a considerable role in information interaction. In more and better interaction of the user with information systems, meaningful and relevant information may be obtained and this depends on perception of information systems of the users' needs and behaviors.

This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of the Nuclear Medicine Ontology (NucMedOnt) based on the ontometric method with the criteria of content display, content, user understanding of content, search, and retrieval of concepts. The current research is of applied type. Evaluation of NucMedOnt ontology was carried out with a qualitative approach in the form of a usability study using the usability test followed by a questionnaire survey, constructed with an Ontometric approach and Likert scale (Fathian, 2010). The sample population consisted of 10 faculty members and subject specialists in the Nuclear Medicine field, selected by using the Purposive sampling method from 26 specialists in Physics, Radiological Engineering, Nuclear Pharmacology, and Medical Physics fields, working in the specialized center with experience using the INIS Thesaurus and announced their cooperation. For evaluation, 10 randomly selected concepts in the field of nuclear medicine were provided to the participants. 94% of the users were satisfied with the performance of content display criteria, 100% with concepts criteria, 98% with relationships criteria, 93% with the instance criteria, 98% with the users' content perception criteria, and 89% of the users were satisfied with the content search and retrieval criteria of the Nuclear Medicine Ontology (NucMedOnt) and evaluated their effectiveness as desirable and appropriate.Also, there was no significant difference between the opinions of experts in the user’s content perception criteria, content criteria, content display criteria, and content search and retrieval criteria in the Nuclear Medicine Ontology (NucMedOnt). Nuclear Medicine Ontology (NucMedOnt) is an effective tool for knowledge representation and upgrading the databases of the Nuclear Medicine field. The results show the high satisfaction of the participants with the efficiency of knowledge representation and concepts search and retrieval in the Nuclear Medicine Ontology (NucMedOnt). The rich set of basic concepts and also the citation on the publishing information resources of the Nuclear Medicine Field in the documentation of the Persian equivalents for the English concepts were among the reasons for the high satisfaction of the Nuclear Medicine specialists and the high score in their evaluation.

The purpose of the present study was to create a semantic network of concepts in the field of education with the help of folksonomy. The research was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method it was a co-lexical analysis. This analysis means creating a word-concept in the design of the thesaurus and its conversion to the ontology. This means that first, the texts, the proposed links, as well as the terms and words inserted by the users were turned into the words - concepts. Then, at the same time with this process; 10 experts in the field were interviewed, based on the purposive sampling. Six Primary school Fārsi text books were the main part and the demands of this study from the research population, participating in the folksonomy. The related users were 240 experts of the Organization for Educational Research and Planning and among them 148 people were selected as the sample, based on the Morgan table. The results of this project were run in Fārsi parser and Rover matrices software for the lexical analysis and then they were inserted in the Protégé version5.5 and they were represented with OWLViz and OntoGraf plugins. The desired relationship was categorized into seven general categories, as well as 24 subcategories, and 122 (sample). The hierarchy and relationships among them were determined by extracting the concepts, and the semantic knowledge and repetitive words used by the users and the experts in the folksonomy were identified. Using this method is effective in systematizing the primary school textbooks, so that students and teachers could access the resources in the web environment. Also, it facilitates the storage and retrieval of information.

In this study, access to information about the status of book publishing in Azeri Turkish and its evolution in the years after the Islamic Revolution is the most important goal. Extracting and obtaining statistics on books published in Azeri Turkish in the last 40 years has led to significant results. In general, the main concern raised in this research is the status of publishing books in Azeri Turkish.

This citation and bibliometric study was performed using descriptive statistics. The statistical population of the present study is 4690 titles of books in Azeri Turkish language published in the whole country between years 1979 to 2018. The specifications of these books have been obtained by referring to reputable databases such as Book House, National Bibliography of Iran. In addition, in order to obtain the specifications of all books published in Azeri Turkish, we have referred to authoritative bibliographies that have been prepared and compiled by renowned bibliographers over the past years.

The results show that the most books published in Azeri Turkish in 2018, related to 374 titles. And the lowest is 8 titles in 1992. Of the mentioned books, 3377 are authored. Publishers of Tabriz are in the first place with the publication of 1707 titles of books in Azeri Turkish language. There are 3404 first edition titles. The number of monolingual books (Azeri Turkish) is 4356 titles and only 334 titles have been published in two or more languages.Most of the books published in Azeri Turkish are related to literature. The steep downward slope of the average number of books has reached three digits, the lowest average number of books related to 2018 is 665 copies. In all the years studied, the average price of books has been increasing. Available statistics show that on average, in the years under study, less than 120 books have been published annually in Azeri Turkish.

A review of various sources and studies showed that no research has been done in relation to the subject under study. The findings of this study can be useful in future decisions and policies in the field of publishing books in Azeri Turkish.

Knowledge is an essential element of an organization to achieve competitive advantage and maximum results. At present, the implementation of knowledge management in the field of medicine and public health management to establish a research-based health center is a very important issue. In this regard, cybernetic management seeks to eliminate traditional and inefficient structures and facilitate communication between departments and sub-systems within the organization. Cybernetic management means efficient and organized knowledge. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the cybernetic status and its relationship with knowledge management in the staff of Tehran School of Nursing and Midwifery.

The present study is descriptive cross-sectional and is a correlational study. The statistical population of this study includes all staff and faculty members of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Data collection tool was a three-part questionnaire including personal information, cybernetic questionnaire and knowledge management questionnaire that was completed by self-report method. Research data were analyzed using SPSS software version 25.

Findings showed that the mean and standard deviation of cybernetic scores of the studied units were 75.4 ± 12.3 in the desired range and also the mean and standard deviation of knowledge management scores of the research units was 63.3±10.2 which shows the average knowledge management. It has been above average. Also, the results showed that there is a significant direct relationship between knowledge management and dimensions of participatory decision making, flat structure, correct information flow, fair payment and cybernetic online education (P <0.05) and with organizational commitment and sense development. There is no significant relationship between ownership.

Findings of the present study showed that knowledge management is at a desirable level and also cybernetics is at a moderate level in employees. Therefore, there is a need for coherent planning to improve the cybernetic situation in organizations in order to take advantage of knowledge management.

Today, in addition to the physical and mental dimensions of health, its social dimension is also receiving increasing attention. Social health is the part of an individual's health that emerges in the community. Meanwhile, the use of computer communication is expanding and marks the emergence of a new era in social communication. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the use of social networks and social health of nursing and midwifery students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

This correlational and cross-sectional study was performed on 265 nursing and midwifery students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Data collection tools were a three-part questionnaire including personal information, measuring the level of social health and the use of social networks. After data extraction, descriptive statistics such as absolute and relative frequency and statistical tests such as Pearson correlation coefficient in SPSS software version 25 were used to analyze the data.

The results showed that women with 142 people (53.6%) had the highest frequency and men with 123 people (46.4%) had the lowest frequency. Regarding age, the highest frequency was related to the age group between 18-21 (43.4%). Mean and standard deviation of social health scores of the studied units were 90 16 16.3 and mean and standard deviation of social network scores of the research units were 127.7 20 20.2 (total score 196) which shows that the average use of social networks is higher than It was moderate and the social health of the studied units was moderate. The findings also showed that social health has a direct and positive relationship with the use of social networks (P <0.05).

According to the research findings, given the wide level of use of social networks, this opportunity can be used and effective steps can be taken to promote students' social health.

The age of knowledge or knowledge is a new title that refers to the present or the near future. Knowledge management is of increasing importance for the government and government organizations to deal with the risks posed by the knowledge-based economy. The present study aims to provide a model for implementing the knowledge management process in Iranian nomads. In this survey study, data were collected using a questionnaire. This questionnaire, which assesses the provision of a suitable model of knowledge management for the nomadic affairs organization of the country. Each item is graded on a five-point Likert scale from one (very low) to five (very high). To be selected. In this study, confirmatory factor analysis was used with Amos software. The data of this research were edited from the data standardization method in the regression analysis analytical path in spss24 and the data in the range of +3 to -3 were used and more and less data from this domain were used. Were removed from the data to provide more standardized data for analysis. Out of 100 cases, 2 cases were removed and 98 samples were analyzed. Bartlett kmo and sphericity test Preliminary results of principal components analysis of the research tool showed that all items have a suitable factor load and no item is removed from the questionnaire. Accordingly, the adequacy of Kaiser Mir-Eklin sampling (KMO = 794) and Bartlett sphericity test (1090.864) were significant (0.000). I

The purpose was to identify components and effective characteristics of knowledge management of metropolitan municipalities in Iran.

Applied qualitative fuzzy Delphi analysis method was incorporated.  The qualitative experts in the community in the field: Urban management, and executives in the municipalities. Twenty experts surveyed purposefully to generate a semi-structured questionnaire.  

Based on Delphi analysis, 7 components and 59 indices were identified, based on the codes collected from the research literature, and based on a questionnaire form performed by experts using fuzzy Delphi method, 7 components were included. Knowledge among employees with average of 0.846, Competitive advantage for organization with average of 0.822, Knowledge sharing among employees with average of 0.840, Knowledge in organization with average of 0.831, Knowledge distribution among employees with average 0.839, knowledge creation for workers with a mean of 0.840, knowledge transfer among workers with a mean of 0.788.

Knowledge management as a scientific discipline is still in its infancy with so many unidentified topics in Iran. Although organizations, especially the case study of metropolitan municipalities, are gradually recognizing the importance of knowledge management in their various units, there is still a long way to operate adequately.

The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying implicit and verbal meanings of concepts related to women and family in the Holy Quran.

The current study is an applied research in terms of purpose and is a combination of quantitative and qualitative content analyses with the Delphi approach. The research statistical population, in the quantitative section, includes all verses of the Holy Quran (6236 verses) in 114 suras and in the qualitative section, it comprises 21 experts in the field of Quranic sciences and women and family studies. The sample was first selected through purposive sampling method. 2 experts from each field were identified. Then, they were determined by experts using the snowball method. For data collection and analysis, sample interpretation was used for keyword extraction, MAXQDA software was applied for determining concepts and categories and SPSS 20 was employed for Kendall test.

The concepts related to women were classified into 9 categories and 65 subcategories, which have been verbally and implicitly provided in 88 suras of the Holy Quran. They have been verbally mentioned 168 times in 111 verses of the Holy Quran and have been implicitly stated 1626 times in 501 verses. Family-related concepts were classified into 21 categories and 217 subcategories, which exist verbally and implicitly in 106 suras of the Holy Quran. They have been verbally mentioned 711 times in 435 verses of the Holy Quran and have been implicitly stated 6409 times in 1107 verses. In verbal concepts related to women, “Surah Nisa” with 16 verses and in implicit concepts, “Surah Baqarah” with 36 verses have the most keywords in the field of women. In family-related concepts, most of the keywords belong to “Surah Yusuf” with 39 verbal verses and 69 implicit verses. The checklist prepared by the Delphi technique was approved by experts in Quranic sciences and women and family studies. Kendall test was used to assess the consensus of experts. In the second round, agreement was reached among the members of the expert group on all categories. The W value in all categories is greater than 0.7, which suggests a very high level of consensus among the experts.

The Holy Quran has paid a great deal of attention to the field of women and family. In the field of women, the Holy Quran’s greater emphasis is on the issues and characteristics related to women, exemplary women, girls and praiseworthy characteristics of women. In the field of family, Quran has put stress on children, spouse, father, marriage, brother and mother.

This study aimes to develop and present a model for evaluating the impact of humanities research in Iran.  In the present study, the mixed method approach, which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, was used. The research was conducted in two phases. The first phase used the Meta-Synthesis method to identify the dimensions and indicators of the impact of humanities research. In the second phase, the goal was to validate the indicators from the perspective of experts and a model was developed via the fuzzy Delphi method. The statistical population in the first phase included 58 documents related to measuring and evaluating the impact of humanities research, and in the second phase, it was experts in the field of research assessment based on sampling.  Using seven Meta-Synthesis steps, 6 dimensions, 25 criteria and 123 indicators were identified as model elements for evaluating the impact of humanities research. Fuzzy Delphi was performed in two stages to validate the model elements at the level of dimensions, criteria and indicators and the opinions of the experts were applied. Analyzing the results of the fuzzy Delphi demonstrated that the experts agreed on all dimensions, criteria and indicators, while eight indicators scored very low and were thus removed at this stage. Accordingly, a multidimensional model was designed. Analyzing the results of the fuzzy Delphi demonstrated the policy dimension had the highest, and the social and cultural dimensions had the lowest level of agreement among others. Prioritizing the criteria, in the scientific dimension, “scientific contribution" was the most important followed by, "education" in the dimension of capacity, "innovation" in the economic dimension, "social justice" in the social and cultural, "production of goods and services" in the performance, and "demand" in the policy dimensions were the most important criteria, respectively.Conclustion: This multidimensional model provides an efficient coherent system for evaluating the impact of research in the field of humanities for policymakers and researchers, and facilitates decision making regarding scientific investments.