Digital Librarians’ technical skills in Central Libraries of Tehran State Universities

The main goal of this study was to Identify Digital Librarian’s Technical skills in Central Libraries of the State Universities in Tehran. In this research, a quantitative approach with descriptive survey method was used. The statistical population included 108 digital librarians of central libraries in 14 Tehran state universities. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of the tool was based on the opinions of experts in digital libraries and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha of 0.883. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics using Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, independent sample t-test and independent t-test. The findings showed that the highest mean in hardware, the skill of working with printers (3.44), in software, the skill of converting file formats (3.89), on the Internet and network, the ability to use intranet (3.91) ), In compilation, the ability to download resources and use manager download (77/3), digital information processing, factor utilization of classification systems (48/3), digital services, ability to provide interactive retrieval services ( 80.3) and in the protection and maintenance, the ability to backup (21.3). The results showed that technical skills of the digital librarians are not in a desirable mood.