What is the Situation of Iranian Digital Libraries after a Decade?

To identify the current status of Iranian digital libraries after a decade based on the Digital Library Federation (DLF) criteria.
This research is descriptive. The population consist of 15 selected digital libraries in Iran. Data collected using a self-designed questionnaire with reliability score of 9.0. The questionnaire consisted of four main categories including human resources, collections, services and technology being approved by 7 digital library experts.
There are problems regarding electronic publishing and copyright. Software, hardware and network experts, website developers and experts in converting files were the most important staff in digital libraries having the highest score among all (mean rank of 4.13 out of 5). However, other factors such as remote reference service (mean rank of 3), periodical staff training and using of open source software developers (mean rank of 3.27) and acquiring a lawyer for the copyright matter (mean rank of 2.60) were not significant and got the lowest ranks.
The current status of Iranian digital libraries were evaluated desirable according to managers’ viewpoints. Hiring technical experts, holding mid-career training and digital collection development were the most influencing factors in improving digital libraries of Iran.