فصلنامه کتابداری و اطلاع رسانی
سال هفدهم شماره 1 (پیاپی 65، بهار 1393)

The aim of this study was to ridentify and prioritize the important factors for successful knowledge management at the organization of Libraries, Museums and Document Center of Astan Quds Razavi. This study is an applied research using both survey and Delphi methods. The primary model of research was finalized by Delphi technique. To test the model, opinions of 27 university scholars and managers and senior experts in the organization were collected findings revealed that the important factors for successful knowledge management at the organization by priority were: leadership and support from the top manager, organizational culture, education and retraining, documentation, the strategy for knowledge management, storage of knowledge, rewarding and motivating personnels, management of human resources, information technology, management of organizational infrastructures, processes and activities, measurement of performance, elimination of the limitation of resources, and modeling from the best samples.

The process by which knowledge is translated from mind to practice is call knowledge translation. The continuous interaction and dialogue between knowledge creators and users at all reseach stages forms the important part of the knowledge translation. This research aims to investigate the views of top scholars in the field of humanities concerning the knowledge translation. Methodolog: All faculty members in humanities community groups across the country formed the research population. 19 experts from different disciplines participated in structured interview. Lincoln and Gvba evaluation method was used to evaluate the validity and reliability of the study. Findings revealed that humanities experts identify five areas for knowledge translation: knowledge production, knowledge transfer, knowledge sharing, research environments and application of knowledge.

This research aims to mapping the knowledge and skills of Librarians of the University of Isfahan. The research method is descriptive survey study. In this study the society consists of 67 librarians in University of Isfahan, and the total number of society were studied. The data collection was based on questionnaire and check-list and analysis was performed using rank and job classification, and knowledge map. The findings showed that Knowledge and skills of specialized librarians in the areas of collection development, cataloging and classification, recording and preparation of resources, circulation, reference, communication skills, management, information technology, planning library of buildings and equipment, and professional ethics desirable. University of Isfahan has expert team in the areas of collection development, cataloging, recording and preparation of resources, circulation, reference, education and research, communication skills, information technology, and professional ethics. Needs of librarians include information technology, indexing, abstracting, Scientometrics, management, education and research, and planning library of buildings and equipment

The aim of this study was to evaluate the inhibiting factors in International Scientific Collaboration based on Joint Authorship from the viewpoint of Tehran University faculty members. We used an applied research and survey method. Research population included 270 Tehran University faculty members who filled in a questionnaire. The results showed that the political variable with (3.53) was the most effective barrier for scientific collaboration. The lowest variable with (2.21) was the cultural variable. Also, the results revealed that there was a significant and negative correlation between joint scientific output and other 3 variables (i.e., political, organizational and motivational.)

The aim of this research was to identify the roles and the different aspects of the Iranian Experts Website (IEW) as information intermediaries for their audiences and users. This study was a descriptive survey. Research population included 190,000 members of the IEW website. 360 units were selected through a random samplint technique. The data gathering was an electronic questionnaire designed by Google docs. Visiting to this website was more daily. The audiences and users expressed the most important reasons and priorities for their visiting to this website: receiving specialized news,getting information about employment opportunities, asking questions, answering to questions, getting information about educational opportunities and national and international conferences, accessing documents and, subscribing and using the digital library. The users announced high level of their satisfaction about given volume, speediness and quality of responses provided at the question and answer section of this website. They also explained that this website had an important role in the development professional relations in their special fields, as well as in the establishment of professional relations with other experts. Findings also showed that the scientific and research usage of this website was low but it was more utilized as a tool for notification about vocational and professional opportunities. "Professional news" had the highest usage among the several capabilities in this website. Visiting this site is more beneficial for users than searching in search engines. Professional relations in special fields and the establishment of professional relations with another experts would increase by using this website.

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the spatial dimensions of access to public libraries in relation to socio-economic features of citizens in Mashhad. The research method is a descriptive- analytic study. Based on the purpose of the research, two methods were used, both measuring access in terms of actual distance standard and branch and regional librarie's gravity. The result of access to branch and regional libraries in terms of distance standard indicated that, among population groups within the radius of 1500 meters to branch libraries, high, very high and low classes had the highest level of access. Also, among population groups within the radius of 3000 meters to regional libraries, most population belonged to very high and middle classes. Regarding access to branch and regional libraries in terms of target gravity, 24 areas had upper-middle levels of access and they mostly include portions of the middle and lower classes. The remaining 16 areas were located at levels below the average, which it suggests shortage of libraries in these areas. Generally, distribution of libraries was not associated with socio-economic status of high or low and was completely created randomly and scattered. Neighborhoods of Askariye town, Shirin and Abkooh Sugar Factory were in the worst status of access to libraries. Accordingly, it is recommended that, in order to achieve equitable access in the city of Mashhad, these neighborhoods should have the priority of establishment of new libraries.

The constant evolution in publishing research journals and lack of an in-depth study during 2001 – 2011 is a viable reason for conducting one. Thus this study aims at performing an in-depth analysis of research papers in Iranian LIS journals from a methodological point of view. The content analysis method was used in order to gather inforamtion. 211 issues and 2118 papers in 10 LIS journals were selected and analyzed without any sampling. The results show that from 2118 published papers, more than 57% were pure research papers. Their size has been grown over this 11 year period and most of them adhere to the IMRAD structure. Survey methods using a questionnaire are frequent among them and T-Test, Chi-Square and Pearson Correlation are among the most conducted statistical tests.

this paper investigated the role of "My Book" project on library users’ satisfaction in Mashhad public libraries. We used an applicable gauging methodology for performing the analysis whose population were all the librarians and library users in 8 Mashhad public libraries. Subsequently, according to stratification sampling, and Morgan and Kerjesy chart, 361 and 21 library visitors and librarians were respectively considered as the samples of the survey. as the survey’s results show, "My Book" project plays a positive role with regard to librarians and users.According to the obtained results, we can assume that, in long-term application, "My Book" project provides the essential materials for the users and coordinates librarie's strategies and matches the subject needs of library users.

The main pupose of this study was to identify capabilities and differences among search engines in retrieving images from a text-based and content-based indexing approach. The present study was an applied research using an evaluative method.Five accessible search engines, e.g., Google, Yahoo, Picsearch, Lycos,and Exalead were selected as the research population. To gather the required information, observation and a checklist were developed based on three major components (criteria search engines for images, image retrieval based on content and context and content), with their eleven subparts. Findings showed that "Google" had the most desirable condition in retrieving images in comparison with other search engines and it was identified as the most efficient search engine. In next positions, "Yahoo", "Lycos",: Exalead", "Picsearch" were respectively ranked based on frequency distribution. Also regarding the research hypothesis, findings showed that there was a significant difference among independent groups in terms of image retrieval. The results indicated that general search engines had good performance in comparison to specialized ones. So the users of images on the Web can select the appropriate search engine based on their needs.