فصلنامه تحقیقات کتابداری و اطلاع رسانی دانشگاهی
سال پنجاه و هفتم شماره 1 (پیاپی 103، بهار 1402)

This research aimed to investigate the data literacy level of post-graduate students of the University of Tabriz and the factors affecting it.

According to the purpose of the research, it is applied and in terms of the type, the method of collecting and analyzing the data is a descriptive survey. The study population of this research was post-graduate students of the University of Tabriz which were 6702 students, and according to the table of Krejci and Morgan, the number of 363 students was estimated as the sample size. The sampling method was the stratified random sampling. The research tool was a questionnaire developed by Ganbari (2019), which was designed based on the dimensions of data understanding, collection and organization, management, evaluation, and use of data. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney statistical tests and Spearman's correlation coefficient were also used to analyze the data.

The results of the research showed that the level of data literacy of the students participating in the research for the questions related to data literacy was 4.0967 and it is at a good level. In addition, it was found that there is no significant difference in the level of data literacy of students in terms of variables such as gender, scientific field, and field of study. However, the results of this research showed that there is a significant difference in the level of data literacy of the given students in terms of variables such as different age ranges, master's degree, and doctoral levels, as well as between the selection or non-selection of the Proposal Unit and the different stages of thesis compilation and writing. Also, in addition to the background factors affecting the level of data literacy, a significant relationship was observed between the holding of university classes, educational workshops, and informal classes and the level of data literacy of students.

Based on the results of this research, it can be concluded that due to the significant difference in data literacy among students of different educational levels, and students who have entered the thesis/dissertation stage and the existence of a significant relationship between the educational courses completed by the students and their level of data literacy, there should be the necessary effort to strengthen the courses that cause practical involvement of students in the thesis/dissertation to increase their level of data literacy in different universities of Iran.

In this paper, we have tried to evaluate the quality of the “Golestan” system by relying on the conceptual model of Delon and Maclean (2003).

To do this, we have used the Model of Pavkovic, Gasper, and Jadrick (2021), which includes the developed form of the Delon and Maclean model along with the standard formative questionnaire, consists of 5 dimensions and 40 subscales, and organized in the continuum range of 1 to 10. The present study was the educational support staff and students of Tehran public universities who were sampled by multi-stage cluster sampling method and Shahid Beheshti, Shahed, and Allameh Tabataba'i universities were selected as samples and sample sizes of 151 and 302 were determined by Cochran formula for educational support staff and students of the mentioned universities, which finally 128 and 264 employees and students responded to the questionnaire, respectively.

Some important findings were obtained from this study. First, the “system performance quality” in all subscales was lower than average, and “information quality” was higher than average. Second, the components of “proportionality to the need”, “the time of registration of inputs”, “alternative access possibility”, “the confidentiality of access”, and “the accuracy of the information” were identified as most important. Third, the evaluation of students about “information quality”, “quality of system performance”, and “service quality” of the Golestan system was more desirable and positive than the staff's point of view. Fourth, only the dimension of “system performance quality” was effective on “system use”, and the rest of the dimensions namely “quality of information” and "quality of information" had no significant effect on the use of the system. Finally, the dimension of “system performance quality” had the most significant indirect effect on user satisfaction.

The quality of system performance and its ingredients such as being adjusted to needs, reliable accessibility, optimum response time, optimum input time, error-free performance, and multiple options for getting access are the most important factors of quality for the Golestan system.

The present research has evaluated the accessibility capabilities of the user interface environment of virtual teaching systems

The research is of an applied type, which was carried out by a survey method of the type of revelatory evaluation. The statistical population is six virtual & real time teaching systems "Adobe Connect, sky room, Skype, Big Blue Button, Google Meet, Gharar". The research tool is the localized evaluation list corresponding to the virtual teaching systems inside the country in accordance with the evaluation indicators listed in ISO 9241, which indicators have been identified and prioritized using B.W.M. In order to answer the research questions, descriptive statistics and Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) model decision making method were used. In this method, the points obtained from the evaluation of each software in each index were multiplied by the B.W.M. weighting coefficient determined for each index and based on the result, the user interface environment of the virtual teaching systems was compared with each other in terms of accessibility features. The research hypotheses were examined through the Kruskal-Walli’s test.

After examining the accessibility features of the user interface of the studied virtual teaching systems, it was determined that Skype, Adobe Connect, Big Blue Button, Sky room, google Meet, respectively, and according to the features related to the accessibility has been ranked first to sixth. No significant difference was observed between of compliance with the evaluation indicators of the accessibility capabilities of the interaction environment (user interface) of the virtual education systems in four general indicators in the systems. The highest mean of compliance with the level of accessibility related to pointer tools and compatibility with assistive technologies and the lowest mean of compliance with the level of accessibility related to keyboard input were detected in the studied community

By using the findings of the present research, we can get a clear vision of the existing reality of the possibilities of virtual teaching systems. The findings of the present research are a guide for the selection and use of the mentioned systems for teachers, officials and managers of education centers. Therefore, conducting this research is necessary to explain the future horizons and it is hoped that it will have a significant contribution to improve the virtual education situation in the IRAN and the results of the research findings can be effective in improving the accessibility of these systems and educational institutions.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational structure on the learning and organizational innovation of librarians in Tabriz Public universities.

This research method is a descriptive-survey. The statistical population of this study is 63 librarians of public university libraries in Tabriz. The data gathering tools were three questionnaires. The validity of the questionnaires was approved by five experts in the field of knowledge and information science and their opinions were employed for the improvement of the final questionnaires. To confirm the reliability of the questionnaires, Cronbach's alpha was used. Data analysis was confirmed as descriptive and inferential statistics employing SPSS software.

The obtained value of the Pearson correlation test showed that there is a positive significant correlation between organizational structure and organizational learning of librarians (r=0.32, p= 0.011). In addition, there is a positive significant correlation between organizational learning and formalization (r = 0.34, p < 0.05) and organizational learning and centralization (r = 0.28, p <0.05). However, there was not significant relationship between complexity and organizational learning (p >0.05). The results also showed that there is a positive significant correlation between organizational structure and organizational innovation of librarians. Other results showed that there is a positive significant correlation between organizational innovation and organizational learning of librarians.

It seems that the main challenge for educational organizations is to support innovation, which facilitates the process of adaptation to many environmental changes. Therefore, it can be argued that choosing the appropriate organizational structure is one of the essential conditions for successful adaptation to the changes, and this will be possible through the continuous design of the organizational structure.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of sociological factors (including age, gender, cultural capital and economic capital) on the reading habits of undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.

The current research is a descriptive-correlation survey. The research population is the undergraduate students of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in the academic year 1401-1402, whose number is estimated to be 7495. According to the table of Karjesi and Morgan, the sample size of the research is 384 people. Also, the proportional stratified sampling method was used to select the subjects. The research tools are Bourdieu's cultural capital questionnaire, economic capital questionnaire and Abdul Karim and Hassan's reading habit questionnaire. In order to analyze the data from S. P. S. S. Version 25 and Pearson's correlation coefficient, Spearman's correlation coefficient, and two-string point tests were used.

The research findings have shown that except for age, other research variables including gender, cultural capital and economic capital affect the components of reading habit and have a positive and significant relationship with each other.

This study proved that sociological factors such as gender, cultural capital and economic capital have an effect on students' reading habits. As a result, in order to develop the habit of reading in students, first of all, in addition to paying attention to gender, we should pay attention to students cultural and economic conditions, such as allocating a part of the income to buy cultural tools, the family's attitude towards reading, and educational methods in order to be able to achieve one of the important tasks in reforming educational programs with the aim of strengthening students' skills in a suitable cultural and economic situation by developing the habit of reading.

This study aims to determine the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the scientific leadership and each of its constituent dimensions in comparison with the regional countries using a scientometric approach.

This study is practical in terms of purpose. In terms of approach, it is quantitative research, and in terms of the method of data collection, it is descriptive research. This study evaluated the position of the Islamic Republic of Iran in scientific leadership indicators during the years 2010 to 2020 and compared to some regional countries with a scientometric approach and indicators.

The research findings indicate that Iran has achieved different positions in different dimensions of scientific leadership and in the studied years. The three countries Israel, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are Iran's main competitors in the Middle East. One of the dimensions in which the Islamic Republic of Iran has performed well is scientific and practical investment to improve the educational and research status of its universities and their entry into international ranking systems.

The results of the present research show that there has been an extraordinary scientific progress in the recent era in Iran. The growth of the number of highly cited researchers indicates that there are good capabilities in the country in terms of human capabilities, but in international communication to implement joint research programs, it has performed weaker than other countries. The number of Iranian journals indexed in the Web of Science is lower compared to some countries in the region. In emerging research fields, there are also countries that have a better position than Iran and have been able to engage in scientific activity in the path of global science and leading subject areas. One of the dimensions in which Iran has performed well is planning to improve the educational and research status of its universities and their entry into international evaluation systems.