نشریه فرهنگ یزد
سال یکم شماره 3 (پاییز 1398)

‎ The library is the only well-known social institution that promotesreading, and its existence is not an end in itself, but the main purpose is toserve the community. Investigating and analyzing the research on thisfield and discovering the relationships between the terms can provideuseful information for researchers. Therefore, the purpose of this studywas to evaluate and review articles related to library and Yazd. Themethod of this research is descriptive and scientometrical. This research isbased on the articles on library and Yazd that were indexed in theRegional Center for Information, Science and Technology throughsocial network analysis techniques and co-word analysis. Data analysiswas performed using Excel, Rover Primp, and UseiNet softwares. Theresults showed that the number of articles published in the period 1372-1998 was 37, which has been declining since 1396. According to theCloseness and Betweeness Centrality Indicators of terms on the maps, themost active research areas in the field are as follows: publiclibraries, academic libraries, quality of service and librarians. Someresearch topics such as "social interactions of libraries", "marketing oflibraries" and "information literacy" in the field of libraries have receivedless attention. Results of co-word analysis revealed outstanding topics ofthe field under study, which is useful for policy makers to learn about theresearch status and make appropriate decisions for the promotion ofscholarly products.

High school students play an important role in preserving andspreading the culture of every society. Therefore, achieving their level ofawareness and adherence to this category of necessities is essential. In thisapplied research, a descriptive and survey method using questionnaire andlibrary studies has been attempted to measure the awareness andadherence of Yazd high school students to popular culture. Popular culturehas both material and oral components. The results of this study showedthat in both physical and verbal dimensions the level of knowledge of boyswas higher than those of girls, and the level of knowledge of boys andgirls in oral and spiritual components was higher than materialcomponents. In general, the level of awareness of popular culture is at agood level. Adherence to the components of popular culture among malestudents is acceptable and female students generally lower thanacceptable. Also, the level of adherence to popular culture is generallylower than acceptable. High school students gain more information aboutpopular culture through family and acquaintances. Gender also influencesthe use of popular culture in life.

Ecological problems are among the concerns of the contemporaryworld. In recent years some artists in Iran have been using the new artmedia to express and understand these problems in order to challenge theaudience. Urban art, in addition to providing aesthetic aspects, can play amore effective role in raising public awareness of the issue of ecologyprotection through its proximity to interactive art and by consideringcitizen audiences as the primary target of such artwork. In this regard, itseems that the many commonalities between the new art media and theurban art have made it possible for artists in this city to reach theiraudiences more than ever. Studying and recognizing the ecologicalartworks in urban spaces of Iran shows that among the new media,environmental art is more aligned with the artist's goals and expressingecological concerns in the city because of its quick and easycommunication with the environment and the audience. Other media havebeen favored by artists. In this descriptive-analytical study, an ecologicalapproach is used to examine the reasons for artists' attention to new mediain Iranian urban spaces by evaluating the extent of their presence in theurban context and how they succeed in conveying the ecological conceptsin their creative works.

Simplifying and recreating ancient stories and anecdotes, including thepleasant anecdotes of Kelileh and Demneh, has long been common in thehistory of contemporary literature. Mehdi Azar Yzadi is an outstandingfigure who has attempted such works. I have realized that, except for AzarYazdi, no other writer has succeeded in creating such a connectionbetween ancient literature and contemporary literature. Due to theimportance of cultural continuity and the preservation of the literaryheritage of the past, he has simplified and rewritten the text only in termsof language and vocabulary and a slight change in the details of fictionalevents and sub-events in a way that resembles the original text. Hebelieved that the current oral recitation of many myths is the prevalence ofsuperstition and delusion at this printing time, considering it to have nonovelty and proper choice, and therefore he tried to choose the stories ofKelileh and Demneh while remaining faithful to the story in order toprovide an impressive story for the audience by using simple writingtechniques and creating logical pulls in writing. He has been quitesuccessful in doing it.

Reading the field of city art requires understanding the laws andconditions that govern it, or the knowledge that governs its time. Theknowledge discussed in the present paper is defined as: the knowledge thatemerges from a deep reflection at any time, dialogue and education,representing and interpreting that period of issues, phenomena, values andinsight, showing prospects that increase the potential for effectivegovernment and artist action and decision-making, affecting andresponding to citizens' mental processing of the time. Accordingly, thispaper seeks to answer the following question: What are the components ofknowledge governing the field of city art that interact between the state,the artist, and the citizen. Studies show that there is a kind of awareness ofcity art that, through its components, derived from the current state ofurban societies, necessitates the participation and interaction of the state,the artist, and the citizen. In such a way that the artist is given theopportunity to present them as new art by considering such components inthe creation of his/her works. On the other hand, he/she can fulfill thegovernment's goals of creative urban development and transform theminto allegorical ways of effective knowledge and citizen acceptance. But arecent paper of some of the artworks of Yazd indicates that because theartist has poorly utilized or lacked knowledge of the components ofknowledge, he/she has not been able to guarantee the realization of thegovernment's intended goals and missions for citizens

Old document and manuscript in the ancient and long-standing province of Yazd, due to its climate, which is a hot and dry land, are less attacked by insects, pests, moisture and natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. Therefore, fortunately, it is one of the provinces that has preserved a large number of books on history, geography and social construction. As we get closer to the present, these resources increase in number. In this article, based on cultural and historical estimates of Yazd city, in terms of resources, it has been divided into four important historical periods and its sources are introduced