فصلنامه تحقیقات کتابداری و اطلاع رسانی دانشگاهی
سال پنجاه و هفتم شماره 3 (پیاپی 105، پاییز 1402)

This research aimed to investigate the relationship between the socio-economic status of Iranian citizens and book consumption to determine whether there is a knowledge gap among Iranian citizens or not.

The data was collected in a survey method. Information about Iranian citizens has been collected through a structured questionnaire in the form of face-to-face interviews. The statistical population of this research includes all people over 15 years of age living in the city and villages of the country. In this survey, a two-stage sampling was used. The number of samples in this survey is 15,606 people in 31 provinces of the country. The socio-economic status of the citizens was divided into three groups: education level, occupational status, and economic status.

Based on the chi-square test and analysis of variance, each of the mentioned groups has a positive and significant relationship with book consumption. Thus, with the increase in the level of education, job status and economic status, book reading among Iranian citizens is on the rise. In addition, with the increase in education level, job status and economic status, people buy more books.

There is a relationship between the economic-social status of Iranian citizens and book consumption, and the more the economic-social status of Iranian citizens increases, the more book consumption increases and vice versa. These results show that there is an awareness gap among Iranian citizens and the research results support the hypotheses of the awareness gap theory.

The purpose of this research was to identify the most important digital marketing strategies for e-book sales and lending businesses in Iran and to introduce important tricks and techniques in the way of marketing strategy.

This research is of an applied type with a quantitative framework, which was conducted using a survey method using a questionnaire tool. Validity and reliability of the questionnaire were assessed by CVI method and binomial method (Spearman-Brown index) and confirmed. For data analysis, Excel and SPSS software and binomial tests, chi-score and multiple regression were used. The research community is all electronic book selling businesses in Iran that have the structure and components of a business and included 52 companies, of which 26 were selected as the sample size.

The findings of the research showed that for businesses selling and lending e-books in the position of strength-opportunity, the macro-strategy of production orientation and customer-oriented strategy, relationship-oriented tricks and communication techniques are prioritized; In the strength-threat situation, product-oriented macro-strategy, customer-oriented strategy, attractiveness-oriented tricks and price techniques are preferable; In the situation of weakness-opportunity, the macro-strategy of distributive strategy, organization-oriented strategy, reputation-oriented tricks and image and communication techniques are better, and in the situation of weakness-threat, macro-strategy of distribution-oriented, organizational strategy, discount-oriented tricks and price techniques are preferable. Also, the results showed that the current strategic position of most e-book selling businesses is weakness-threat, and the strategies, tricks and techniques of this position are more preferable.

From the results of the research, it can be concluded that the most important problem in the industry of this business is customer attraction and all actions and methods including viral, transactional, community, referral, affiliate, guerilla, sensory and collaborative marketing, site design and optimization with SEO and the likes of it should move in this direction.

The objective of the present research is to assess the influence of knowledge management components on the dimensions of psychological empowerment in knowledge-based organizations and provide a suitable and integrated conceptual model. For this purpose, knowledge management is defined in five components (knowledge acquisition, knowledge creation, knowledge storage, knowledge distribution, and knowledge retention), and empowerment in five dimensions (meaningfulness, competence, self-determination, choice, and trust) and one main objective with six sub-objectives have been set.

The research is a survey study with a quantitative approach. It is of correlational research type where quantitative data analysis is performed using structural equation modeling. The research population includes experts and managers in management consulting companies active in the field of knowledge management. The sample was selected randomly in 2020, and it will be distributed among 325 individuals. The data collection tools in this study were the standard Spritzer and Mishra (1995) psychological empowerment questionnaire and the knowledge management questionnaire by Patrick and colleagues (2009).

The findings showed that the path coefficients of the research hypotheses are higher than 0.4, so the hypotheses were confirmed. In addition, the analysis of the data shows the effect of knowledge management measures on the psychological empowerment of employees with an intensity of 0.941. There is a relationship between psychological empowerment and organizational knowledge management with an intensity of 0.941. On the other hand, there is a relationship between feeling meaningful and knowledge management with intensity of 0.826. It is worth noting that there is a relationship between sense of competence and knowledge management with intensity of 0.811. There is a relationship of 0.786 between feeling influential and knowledge management. There is also a relationship with the intensity of 0.822 between autonomy and knowledge management. There is a relationship between feeling of trust and knowledge management with intensity of 0.729.

The results indicated that by implementing and improving knowledge management practices, which will undoubtedly lead to employees' inclination towards becoming knowledge-oriented, their inclination towards enhancing psychological empowerment can be increased. Obviously, many variables can be considered involved in the psychological empowerment of employees, but the intensity of knowledge management in this research shows the high contribution of this variable in increasing psychological empowerment. This study focuses on the psychological empowerment of employees in the workplace, shows that the most important and vital asset of any organization is its human resources. The quality and capability of human resources is the most important factor for the survival and life of the organization. A strong human force creates a strong organization.

The purpose of this research was to identify and explain the service components of libraries and information centers based on information society criteria and dimensions of globalization.

This applied qualitative research was conducted using the method of qualitative content analysis, grounded theory, and interview tools. The sampling method was purposeful. The research community consists of 22 experts in library and information science with the specialized field of information society, globalization, and evaluation of library services, with whom a semi-structured interview was conducted.

The findings of the interviews were presented in the form of axial coding and open coding in five sections: causal conditions, strategies, contextual conditions, intervening conditions, and consequences. The core codes for the causal conditions of the service components of libraries and information centers are: economic factors, production and organization of knowledge and information, infrastructural factors, etc. The core codes for the strategies of the service components of libraries and information centers include coordination and integration, planning Strategic, analysis of internal and external environments. The core codes for the background conditions of the service components of libraries and information centers include legal and economic factors, cultural factors, communication, and interactive factors, etc. The core codes for the intervening or modulating conditions of the service components of libraries and information centers are: budget and income factors, socio-cultural diversity, macro and management factors, etc. The core codes for the consequences of the service components of libraries and information centers consist of the development and exchange of communication, the development and strengthening of knowledge management, the strengthening of the library's position, the improvement of infrastructure, differentiated library services, and sustainable development, each of these core codes includes several subcategories (open codes).  

Several factors such as causal conditions, strategies, background conditions, intervening conditions lead to increasing or decreasing the efficiency of academic libraries. This will lead to positive consequences in the progress and development of these libraries if the strengths are strengthened and the weaknesses are eliminated. In this regard, it is expected that according to the criteria set for the information society, they will improve their performance, and according to global dimensions, they should provide a suitable ground for the research and educational activities of professors, students, and researchers. According to the obtained results, it can be said that it is very important for academic libraries and information centers to provide comprehensive services using modern technologies and in accordance with the standards of the information society and global dimensions.

This study aims to explore the reasons of the retraction of Iranian researchers’ articles in scientific journals.

To do this, we set a systematic review. The research population includes all articles that, in some way, have addressed the reasons for the retraction of Iranian researchers’ articles in international journals and publications. The most important global and Iranian scientific databases were searched for this purpose.

Ultimately, out of 559 initially identified articles, through title and abstract review, removal of duplicates, and precise text reading, 19 relevant articles were selected. Additionally, the reasons provided by the RetractionWatch database (https://retractionwatch.com) regarding the retraction of Iranians articles, were processed, recorded, and compared with the results of the systematic review. The research findings indicated that the most significant reasons for retraction of international articles of Iranian researchers (in no particular order) are: 1. plagiarism, 2. duplicate publication, 3. peer-review issues, 4. authorship disputes, and 5. data issues and errors.

Given the sensitivity of research matters and the topic of research misconduct, policymakers in the research domain as well as officials from ministries, organizations, and universities can utilize the findings of this study to strengthen research ethics and prevent various forms of research misconduct. Considering the aforementioned reasons, it seems that education, attention to the topic of research integrity, precise oversight, and the use of technologies such as similarity detection and research management softwares are the most vital strategies in this regard. Moreover, it would be recommended that research experts held the sessions related to research misbehavior.

This research has examined studies conducted in the field of information security in Iran with a scientometric approach to provide a comprehensive view of the status of this field.

The present applied study, which is a survey-cross-sectional, has been done using co-occurrence analysis and scientometric method. All the scientific papers published in the field of information security between the years 2001-2023 and indexed in the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) were examined (1,114 articles).

Amin Police University is at the top of science production in the field of information security in Iran with the publication of 92 articles. The journal of Societal Security Studies Scientific with the publication of 35 articles, has the most published articles in the field of information security. Bagheri (with 9 articles), Ebrahimi Atani (with 8 articles) and Tork Ladani (with 7 articles) were recognized as the three top scientists in the field of information security in Iran. The keyword "security" with the highest frequency of repetition was recognized as the most frequent concept. In terms of co-occurrence, the two keywords "security" and "border" were the most frequent. The word co-occurrence map showed the existence of 4 clusters in the field of security, information security, sense of security, sustainable security. "Terrorism" keyword, having the farthest distance from other keywords, was less related to other keywords.

After 2017, the downward trend of scientific publications in the field of information security was observed in Iran. Formation of a forum by specialized associations to exchange opinions and opinions of the authors of works in high quality research publications can be vital in the development of this field. The clusters of national security, stable security and crime were recognized as immature clusters of the scientific map of information security in Iranian articles. Conducting research to develop knowledge in the field of these concepts is recommended.