Ranking of factors influencing the appointment of academic library managers at public universities in Tehran based on Analytic Network Process

The aim of present study was ranking of factors influencing the appointment of academic library managers at general universities in Tehran based on Analytic Network Process (ANP). This Study is an applied research that done survery method during 2014-2015. Statistical sample included 34 LIS faculty memebers, 12 academic library managers and 175 library staff in Tehran general universities. A researcher-made questionnaire was used in order to gather the data. The Analytic Network Process (ANP) technique was used in order to rank the factors and build the model using Super Decisions software. The findings from this study showed that among the job factors, “having a history of academic and administrative promotion” rank first while“expertise” is the last one. Amont the organizational factors, “awareness of organizational technology” stood on top “awareness of budget system” scored last. For environmental factors, the first place belongs to “awareness of economic factors” and the last one belongs to “awareness of technological factors”. The results showed that having work experience and academic promotion as the most effective factor and specialization as the weakest factor is in the appointment of directors of university libraries.