GANJINE-YE ASNAD
Year:2019 | Volume:29 | Issue:3 (115) |Papers Count:9

Purpose: To investigate the process of establishment and early development of the National Library of Iran. Methodology and Research Design: Data was collected from archival documents and library resources. Findings and Conclusions: Expansion of relations with the West in the later Qajarid period inspired Iranians to adopt European nations’ culturarl initiatives. Introduction of printing technoloty, establishminet of European style schools and higher education institutions, the increase of the educated population facilitated the foundation of a national library. An act passed the Parliament 1937 established the National Library as a depertment under the Ministry of Education. The core collections of the newly established National Library were the collection of the Darolfonoon polytechnic and the collection of the Maaref public library. Two prominent figures instrumental in the formation of the Library were the Education Minister, Ali Asghar Hekmat (1896-1980) and Mehdi Bayani (1906-1967) who headed the Library for the next 25 years. Also a modest building was designed by the French architect André Godard (1881-1965).

Purpose: Bazaaries (Persian: بازاری), the traditional wealthy merchants of bazaars were not favorured by the economic policies of the government, especially in the later years of Shah reign. This paper discusses such policies and their impact on turning away from supporting the regime. Method and Research Design: Data has been collected from archival records. Findings and Conclusion: Discrimination against Bazaaries, intervention of the government agencies in the bazaar, involvement of the government in economic activities, economic crisis, modernization of the national economy, industrial development plans were the reasons resulted in the dissatisfaction among Bazaaries.

Purpose: This paper is an assessment of the political consequences of Iran-Iraq war within the framework of "target-result" theory. The paper also tests the theory of "war without a win". Methodology and Research Design: Data for this study has come from archival records, library resources, and interview with war commanders. Theoretical framework of the study is based on the "win-loss" theory of HP-Callahan which upholds two concepts, namely victory and failure. The theory states that as long as a nation maintains is military, political and psychological power, it can continue the war. Findings and Conclusions: The adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution no. 598 in July 27, 1988, provided the basis for ending the war. It led to the refutation of the claim that Iran seeks war while Iraq demands peace. Later developments in the region proved that Iran has attained its political goals in war against Iraq. With the full support of its people, the government managed to defend the integrity of the country, and consolidate its military with revolutionary-religious orientation. Whereas the Iraqi government had no achievement. But to increase its attachment to economic issues and the purchase of military weaponry from world powers.

Purpose: This paper has examined the structure of the openings of the Qajarid domestic and forign correspondence. Methodology and Research Design. Archival records and library resources were examined to collect data for this paper. Findings and Conclusion: The structure of the introduction consisted of three parts: addressing, titles and prayers. Since the Qajarid period, the initiation of domestic and foreign officialcorrespondence, depending on the importance of the letter, became shorter. The prayer line was not used for domestic correspondence and only one tiitle was used for th eadrresee. With regard to foreign correspondence, prayer and complementary phrases were rarely used. The introduction to most of the Qajarid correspondence followed the Brotherhood principles.

Purpose: To examine five accounting sheets in Arabic issued in the early years of the 12th century and held at the Astan Quds Razavi Library & Documentation Center Methodology and Research Design: Paleographical analysis and symbols decoding was carried out to determine the authenticity if records. Findings and Conclusions: Examination revealed that what today is known as Siā q (Notation) writing is the same as writing and spelling of Arabic numbers. This collection helps to better understand the process of Siā q writing, the system of bookkeeping, and the gradual evolution of surface signs.

Purpose: To examine the structure and contents of a number of holy shrines custodianship decrees with controversial source of issuance. Methodology and Research Design: Documentary method was employed for analysis. Findings and Conclusion: Due to the monarchy's inferior status within the Shiite jurisprudence, Qajar monarchies were able to enforce they judiciary power with the permission of Ulama. However, as such decrees were sealed by the monarchy, they are considered royal decrees.

Purpose: This paper examines and compares compliance of seven software, namely Calm for Archives Version 9. 3, Collective Access Version 1. 7, Archives Space Version 2. 4. 1, Archivematica Version 1. 8, Adlib XPlus Version 2, Cuadra Star Single version and Eloquent Archives Single version with the existing archival standards. Methodology and Research Design: A researcher deigned checklist consisting of 9 main and 62 sub-sections was used to record 272 features of the archival software, then compared against existing standards and with each other. Findings and Conclusion: Significancant differences were noticed. Calm for Archives, Collective Access, Archives Space, Archivematica, Adlib XPlus, Cuadra Star, Eloquent Archives are (p-value) <0. 05. In addition, the chi-square was larger than the critical table χ 2 with df = 1. Most features and capabilities respectively are archival softwares: Archives Space 54%, Adlib XPlus 39%, Eloquent Archives 37%, Calm for Archives 29%, Collective Access 28%, Archivematica 27%, and Cuadra Star 26%. With respect to the support of metadata standards, Archives Space, Cuadra Star, Eloquent Archives, Archivematica, Collective Access, Calm for Archives, and Adlib XPlus will be archiving, and in support of archival standards, respectively, Archives Space, Eloquent Archives, Adlib XPlus, Cuadra Star, Calm for Archives, Collective Access and Archivematica. Regarding the support of the exchange protocols, Archives Space earned the first position and Adlib XPlus, ranked second, while the rest of the softwares were similar.