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Considering the diversity of ethnicities and the multiplicity of ethnic lived experiences in Iran, the influential role of education in official curricula and content of books and giving ethnic identity to students of different cultures is undeniable.The purpose of this study was to investigate the multicultural components in the official curriculum of the first year of high school in Iran. This descriptive research included documentary analysis and Shannon entropy content analysis. The content analysis unit was text, pictures and textbook activities. By purposeful sampling method, the sample included the content of 3 volumes of social studies books of the first secondary school (7th, 8th, 9th) with 554 pages. To evaluate validity in the opinion of experts, and Scott's pi method was used to evaluate the reliability. Based on the findings, only 6% of the three parts of the content of the reviewed books paid attention to the desirable components of ethnicity. Shannon's entropy analysis showed that component 21 (paying attention to the common national identity of the ethnic groups) with 31 items has the highest frequency and the least amount is component 8 (preventing prejudice about certain ethnicities and cultures) component 14 (paying attention to the concept of peace and friendship) with the frequency was 7.The findings show that the position of multicultural components in the official curriculum of the first secondary school is largely neglected and needs to be revised.

It’s essential to review and update medical library and information science curriculum, because of influence from developments in other related sciences. This study aimed to compare and implement the curriculum of the Master of Science curriculum of medical library, with curriculums of similar fields in Iran. This research used comparative method. Checklist of curriculums was used for data collection, medical library and information science, knowledge and information science, library and information science. Medical Library and information science curriculum was mostly similar with field of study curriculum in Islamic Azad University. Compare in current areas of study showed this medical librarianship had most closely match with information science area of study (93.75%) and the lowest similarity with digital library management (37.5%). Similarity between medical library and information science curriculum with other curriculums showed this field couldn’t fulfill numerous and varied needs of the medical community and related sciences. Changing in curriculum and creation of area of study like medical librarianship, hospital librarianship, evidence base librarianship and etc. could fill the gaps.