A survey of Shiraz University Libraries E-readiness

This research project aims to evaluate different universities' libraries in Shiraz in providing information technology and communication services. This study is based on a model which is designed by Noorafrooz, Hariri and Hanafizadeh. The present project is analytical and descriptive, and the method used in this research is based on information collated (in the year 1389) via a questionnaire prepared by the above mention authors. The statistical packages used in this survey were SPSS and Microsoft Excel.The findings of this survey demonstrate the strong and weak points of all the university. The library of the College of Dentistry of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences ranked first among all of the surveyed libraries. In contrast, the library of the College of Human Sciences of Shiraz University had the lowest score of -1.09. Overally, the results of this study show that the majority of the libraries of universities in Shiraz have average or below average electronic facilities and services offered to their users.