Iranian Catalogers' Attitudes toward Social Cataloging

To study the attitude of Iranian catalogers towards social cataloging. The present study is a survey method. A researcher-made questionnaire was distributed and collected from 123 catalogers with available sampling method and with the formula for calculating the unknown sample size, and then completed by finding Obtained from an interview with 11 experts. The average index of attitude of catalogers towards social cataloging was generally 3.17, which in the emotional and practical dimension had the highest and lowest average score respectively. The effect of professional life satisfaction, the level of social cataloging utilization, the degree to which social cataloging is fun, the level of influence of reference groups, the degree to which catalogers follow other important expectations, social cataloging tools, catalogers' evaluation of the ease of learning and the use of social cataloging, and the group membership was measured by the catalogers' attitude. Except for group membership, the influence of other factors on the attitudes of catalogers was confirmed. The features of social cataloging added to the library list, which is useful for the library, is fun and enjoyment, it is easy to learn and use for users, and have the variety of social cataloging sites.