نشریه مطالعات کتابداری و علم اطلاعات
سال سوم شماره 1 (پیاپی 8، بهار و تابستان 1390)

Fast growth of the Internet has triggered creation of new methods for educational systems through which knowledge workers and teachers can do their jobs with less cost, time and energy. Nowadays, knowledge workers can reach their favorite educational materials through these systems. The issue of creation of models according to priorities, goals and interests is one of the significant issues in electronic education. At present, many of the Web-based courses have fixed educational materials so that do not vary with different users. Therefore, a lot of attempts have been made in recent years to make possible personalization of educational materials according to knowledge worker needs. Increase of the web content has boosted application of data mining and web mining techniques remarkably. This article classifies and examines application of the most important and famous techniques of data mining to improve education and to establish personalized education based on the available data in the traditional system of education and distance learning (including web-based courses, learning content management systems, and intelligent and compatible web-based educational systems).

This research aimed to identify scientific production of Iran in Scopus database during 1999 to 2008. The research population consisted of 64826 documents which at least one of their authors was affiliated to Iranian universities or research institutions, and had been indexed in Scopus during the period studied. The results revealed that Iran's contribution to scientific production in the Middle-East in 2008 was 37 percent, while compared globally, it was less than 1%. These figures established the place of the Country in 2008 as the Second in the Middle-East, the Sixth in Asia, and the 22nd worldwide. The findings of the research showed that about 23% of the Country's scientific production available in Scopus is the result of international collaboration of Iranian researchers with other countries. Also, on the one hand,it was revealed that among others, the fields of Medicine, Chemistry, and Engineering have been the most productive branches in Iran. On the other hand, based on the results of a test of Regression, Bio-chemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology productions with 59.4 percent increase rate, had the highest level of increase during the decade studied. Further, examination of Iranian journals indexed in Scopus showed that Iranian Journal of Medical Archives with 638 indexed articles, had the maximum number of articles, and Journal of the Iranian Polymer with 753 citations received, was the most-cited Iranian journal in the Scopus database.

The present research aimed at identification of the state of citations in dissertations of Persian Language and Literature in ShahidChamran University of Ahvaz during 1372 to 1388h. (1993-2009c.). 102 masters and doctoral dissertations formed the research population. The required data were collected by taking notes from bibliographies provided at the end of each dissertation. The collected data were input in Excel and analyzed. Results of the analysis revealed that the mean number of citations in each dissertation was 61.2. From 6482 citations, the majority (92.97%) referred to books. The half-life of Persian cited books calculated as 30 years, and that of Persian journal articles cited was 20 years. The half-lives of English and Arabic books were calculated 20 years each. Most of the examined dissertations (21%) were on encyclopedic dictionaries. There were no dissertations on humor. The highly cited source was Dehkhoda Encyclopedia with 53 citations, and the highly cited author was Nezami with 116 citations. The highly cited journals were also identified in this study.

The present research aimed at investigation of the feasibility of implementation of Knowledge Management in the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry. Data was gathered by means of a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 51 items. The research sample consisted of 130 researchers. Preparedness of the institute was investigated from two angles: 1. The Organizational Culture, consisting of the organizational structure and its IT support; 2. The personnel belief in usefulness and ease of implementation of KM processes. Results of the study revealed lack of preparedness in the RIPI regarding the first viewpoint; however, it seems that the RIPI is prepared in regards with the second viewpoint.

This research aimed to examine the application of marketing model 4P in ShahidChamranUniversity libraries. As a descriptive survey type of research, the authors employed a questionnaire made by BasirianJahromi (2008) for data collection. The population of this research included 38 managers and librarians of ShahidChamran university libraries in 2011. Some descriptive statistical methods as well as the Freedman Test were used for the analysis of the collected data. The results of the study showed that the degree of familiarity of managers and librarians of ShahidChamranUniversity libraries with marketing concept was at anaverage level. About half of managers and librarians disagreed with having a separate unit for marketing. According to the results of the study, in ShahidChamranUniversity libraries, attention to “products” gained the first priority, while“price”, “promotion” and “place” proved to be the second, third and fourth priorities, respectively. Altogether, the results of the studyindicate that application of the 4P model of marketing seems to be feasible in SCU libraries.

This study attempted to evaluate hospital libraries in Khuzestan province against the standards issued by Medical Library Association (MLA 2007) of America. The data was collected through a checklist.The results showed that none of the 17 hospitals studied could be considered "standard" with the MLA Standards. Libraries suffered non-librarian managers and almost all were in need of specialist librarians or professional staff, and consulting librarians. Approximately 71% of the libraries are connected to the Internet, however, only 41.9% of the libraries have access to electronic journals. None of the libraries works 24 hours a day, and mostly work 6-8 hours daily. The results also showed that the most frequent services were publishing "Library News" and "What's New in the Library"; on the other hand, publishing "subject bibliographies" and holding "conferences, seminars, etc." were the least library/information services offered. 29.4 % of hospital libraries have buildings exclusively pre-planned for library, and 76.5% of them did not have enough space and facilities for work stations and other new information technology equipment. None of the libraries enjoys having online public-access catalog (OPAC). Most of the libraries are subscribed to MEDLINE (47%), whereas subscription to EXCERPTA MEDICA database with 11.8% stands on the lowest step of the ladder.

The Academy of Persian Language and Literature as a national and authentic source for finding Farsi equivalents for Foreign words, while publishing a list of words approved by the Academy, has obliged all governmental institutions to follow its approved words in order to prevent inconsistency and provide consistency for the activities performed by cultural and research centers. Compared to other related institutions, the role of National Library and Archive of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NLAI), not merely as the most important library in Iran, but as the organization responsible for the preparation and publication of List of Persian subject headings (LPSH) is especially more important in this regard. Presenting some examples, the present paper aims to illustrate how influential the Academy has been on LPSH. Some contradictions between the present approach of NLAI, and the principles governing the preparation of LPSH have also been exemplified.