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The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of information literacy on creativity and job involvement of librarians.

 This applied and quantitative research was conducted with survey method. The data collection tools were three standard questionnaires. The face validity of the measurement tool was confirmed by experts and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient, which was 0.94 for information literacy, 0.71 for creativity and 0.85 for job involvement. The statistical population was a total number of 148 librarians affiliated to the Public Libraries of West Azerbaijan Province that 121 of them completed the questionnaire. Statistical analyzes were performed using SPSS software.

 Based on Pearson test, there was a positive and significant relationship between librarians' information literacy with their creativity (r = 0.351) and job involvement (r = 0.276). Also, a positive and significant relationship (r = 0.240) was observed between creativity and job involvement of librarians. Findings of multiple regression test showed that creativity can be predicted by two dimensions of information literacy; also, one dimension of information literacy can predicted the librarians' job involvement.

Information literacy and creativity of librarians of the public libraries of West Azerbaijan province are at a good level and their job involvement is moderate. As librarians' information literacy increases, so does their job involvement and creativity.

 This study examined the information literacy, creativity and job involvement of librarians as well as the relationship between these variables in a study.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the benefits and limitations of digitization of cultural heritage objects in the context of cultural heritage (Libraries, archives, and museums) and to increase the focus and attention to the digitization of cultural heritage objects that are at risk.

 This study has been done by a systematic review of resources in the Scopus database. The retrieved resources are then analyzed and visualized by Excel and VOSviewer software.

Digitization of cultural heritage objects affects the way of access, protection, and management of cultural heritage and has led to the democratization of content, increased global access, and preservation of cultural heritage objects. Digitization will stimulate the integration of libraries, archives, and museums in the context of cultural heritage due to the numerous overlaps in terms of public functions. Digitization of cultural heritage objects also has challenges such as financial issues, lack of expertise skills, legal restrictions on intellectual property, technology obsolescence, the digital divide in societies, the risk of distortion and alteration of information and metadata in the web environment, and finally, the user perceives the sensation of a digitized object relative to its physical version.

Digitization of cultural heritage objects by advanced technologies, in addition to paving the way for the integration of libraries, archives, and museums, has created a new renaissance for cultural heritage objects in the context of cultural heritage. The role of digitization of cultural heritage objects in libraries, archives, and museums is significant, especially during the Covid 19 Pandemic, for remote access and greater audience access to cultural centers. However, it is important to note that our approach to digitalization should be modular, extensible, and flexible to be effective in sustainable protection. Let us also keep in mind that the digitization of cultural heritage objects, with all its benefits, will never replace physical experiences, but will complement and accompany natural cultural objects in the context of cultural heritage.

This study, for the first time, analyzes the benefits and limitations of digitization of cultural heritage objects in the context of cultural heritage and can be useful for decision-makers and policymakers in the field of cultural heritage.

The study׳s aim is to determine the concepts, methods, and applications of overlap and to describe the differences between the domestic and international studies.

The documentary method is used in this study to analyze the concepts of overlap and the differences between the domestic and international studies through a literature review.

In the overlap area, title overlap, information resources overlap, and topic overlap, have been reported in measuring the databases overlap. A literature review showed that overlap studies had been carried out for one of the following

Overlap theoretical development, explanation of statistical and sampling methods, comparison of the indexing policy of secondary resources, selection of appropriate databases, determination of proper Web search engine, the establishment of interlibrary cooperation, and drawing the relationships among the sciences. It is recommended to use statistical methods to provide the right and enough information for studies. Finally, one may say that the advent of some terms such as journal overlap, journal article overlaps, and topic overlap is due to the researchers' different views. Thus, the topic overlap is used to investigate the indexing policy of the databases and to draw the relationships between the sciences. 

  Finally, it must be said that theory and practice are intertwined. Therefore, choosing the appropriate method to measure the overlap depends on the research objectives.

 This theoretical study is worthwhile as the local studies carried out up to now, are only practical ones.

This research investigated the overlap between bibliographical records in the manuscripts database of Abdulazim library with Iran Marc standard.

The methodology of this research is the descriptive- survey method, and used a combination method of study and review literature. For the research aim, is chosen 100 title manuscripts that were the same in the manuscripts database of Abdulazim library and the manuscripts database of the national library of Iran. For data gathering used checklist. Cheklist had 2 sections including bibliographical features and manuscript features. Data was collected by direct observation method, then these were surveyed and compared.

Findings showed, the manuscripts database of Abdulazim library didn’t consider some manuscript features such as leaf size, donated notes, consideration, and adornments, and this is a weak point for the Abdulazim library. In comparison this database described bibliographical features thoroughly. Most overlap between Abdulazim database and, IRANMARC fields assigned adornment of manuscripts, consideration, cover size, type of cover, number of leaves, donate note, type of chirography, the place that book was written, scribe, annotation, adornment of cover, complete/ incomplete, possession and  etc. Most overlap between libraries in the description of bibliographical features assigned original title, subject, date of writing, language, number of manuscripts, introduce of the manuscript.

The results indicate that the Abdulazim library database has performed well in describing the bibliography section and has been able to complete the main fields related to the author, main title, etc., By the standard rules of the Iranian brand. The description of the bibliographic characteristics of the manuscripts has performed poorly, and only one field is used to mention the appearance characteristics of the manuscripts.

The present study is the first to identify the differences in the description and cataloging of the manuscripts of the Astan library of Hazrat Abdul Azim with the standard cataloging rules of the Iranian MARC (manuscript).

The purpose of this research is to identify and determine the importance of factors related to the international scientific mobility of Tabriz University faculty members using exploratory factor analysis.

This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive survey in terms of the data collection method. The statistical population of the research included faculty members of Tabriz University. Research data was collected through library study and questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using the exploratory factor analysis method, and related factors were extracted.  

After studying related texts, 25 indicators were identified and using the exploratory factor analysis method in six factors, including access to research resources and facilities, gaining a scientific reputation and CV, the environment and working conditions of universities, the cultural-geographic affinity, the development of scientific cooperation’s, Accommodation costs were categorized. The importance of each index was checked from the subjects' point of view. The credibility and reputation index of universities with an average of 4.5, professional development and advancement with an average of 4.4, to create a solid scientific and research resume with an average of 4.3, observing the activities and work methods of others with an average of 4.3 were the most important.

The obtained results showed that the six factors of access to research resources and facilities, gaining a scientific reputation and CV, the environment and working conditions of universities, cultural-geographic affinity, the development of scientific cooperation, and accommodation costs are among the factors related to the international scientific mobility of Tabriz University faculty members.

 This research is important because it has identified the factors related to the international scientific mobility of Tabriz University faculty members. These factors can be considered in policy making and facilitating and encouraging the international scientific mobility of researchers and the internationalization of universities.

The aim of the research is to compare the performance of Information Retrieval of semantic and keyword search engines based on phrase search (simple & complex).

The present applied and semi-experimental research community includes all active search engines on the web. Research samples were selected based on stratified random sampling and purposive sampling. The data collection tool of two researcher-made checklists includes ten simple and complex phrase queries.

Bing and Cluuz (with similar precision of 53%), DuckDuckGo, and Yahoo were the most accurate in searching for simple phrases, respectively. Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and Cluuz were the most accurate in their search for complex terms, respectively. In general, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Cluuz and Yahoo have the highest precision, respectively. Also, the average total precision of keyword search engines is more heightened than semantic search engines.

The Bing keyword search engine performs better than the other three semantic search engines and other keywords. Semantic search engines claim to have more capabilities in retrieving relevant information than keyword search engines. But in this study, it was found that Cluuz and DuckDuckGo do not excel in search terms over keyword search engines. These tools did not perform as well as semantic web search engines, and it seems that they have a long way to go to become real semantic search engines. And to achieve this, it is necessary to use the facilities, tools, modules, and emerging technologies of the new age, such as machine learning, deep learning, combining these modules with pervasive techniques, data mining, etc.

 So far, not been compared the phrase search performance in the sample semantic and keyword search engines. And in this regard, the researcher has tried to achieve an actual result with an exact Survey.