A Survey on thef User's Interface Environment of Persian journals Databases: the Viewpoints of Iranian Public Librarians

Thise main objective of this article is to presents results from a survey on the f users’ interfaces environment of Persian journals databases from the viewpoints of Iranian public librarians. Adopting a survey approach, this study This is a survey research which evaluates examines the views and experience of public librarians about attitudes of the subjects of study towards about the user interface environment of Persian journals databases, taking into account five dimensions and 58 criteria. Librarians believed thatFindings reveal that the user interface environment of Persian journal databases with numerical mean equal to 180.8 was at the satisfactory level. It appeared that the dimensions of public information (mean:43.9), searching (mean: 81.3), retrieval (mean: 33.1), were at satisfactory level, and demonstration (mean: 16.2), user- friendliness (mean: 7.13) were at unsatisfactory level. In addition, the findings showed that the Users’ interfaces environment of Persian journal databases with numerical mean equal to 180.8 was at the satisfactory level. Originality/Value: This study can with indicating toIlluminating the strengths and weaknesses of the environment of users’ interfaces environment of Persian journals databases, this study help their journal database producers in designing better interface environments for users’ interfaces. It, helps institutions to selecting the best databases that best meet which match with the needs of their patrons. In addition, Iit also will helps users having experiencing easy and fast access to their required information through via a better users’ interface.