Survey of library software's utilization in special libraries of Ahvaz

The purpose of current research. Was to investigation the librarians’ usage of library software capabilities network, search, and circulation in Ahvaz special libraries.
Research was applied in terms of its aim and analytical survey of the method. The survey population included the total 74 librarians in Ahvaz special libraries; due to limited number of librarians, no sampling was applied. Data gathering instruments wre a questionnaire based on Davoodzadeh Salestani (2003) and Oliaeinejad (2012) questionnaires. And for data analysis, independent t test, one way ANOVA, Pearson and SPSS 22 software were used.
Findings: The findings showed that libraries mostly use the library software capabilities in network, searching and circulation. As a whole, the network capabilities and circulation services were used the most; and searching in terms of average use of library software capabilities, was used the least. Analysis of demographic characteristics showed that gender, years of service and field of study had no significant difference on the usage of library software capabilities by librarians. But from age point of view was significant.
As a whole librarian have a good ability in using network and circulation of library software's capabilities. However, in searching it is necessary to inform and teach librarians about the capabilities of the software; also, the library software designers need to evaluate and redesign the software to match the librarians’ needs.