GANJINE-YE ASNAD
Year:2016 | Volume:26 | Issue:2 (102) |Papers Count:7

Purpose: To show the effect of government road construction projects on the promotion of tourism industry.Method/ Research Design: Library resources were studied and archival records were examined for data collection.Findings and Results: Promotion of tourism had a special place in the government's policy. It was based on three pillars: state-building, nation building and modernization. Isfahan province, located in the center of the country, played a major role in the economy of the nation. In addition, its cultural significance required development of the tourism infrastructure. Road projects undertaken by the government played a major role in the promotion of tourism.

Purpose: To examine aspects of national parties’ activities and trends in Mazandaran province during the 37 years of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi‘s reign in Iran.Method/ Research Design: Archival documents were examined and interviews carried out with informants to collect data. Also Library resources were consulted.Findings and Results: Left wing parties, whether Marxist or Islamic, with a tendency towards Marxism affected the socio-political life of Mazandaran.

Purpose: The ownership of Chekab from earlier times and its importance for both parties is discussed. The dispute from the very beginning to the end is then fully reported. Finally, the paper comments on the consequences which Reza Shah’s decision to give up the claim had on the relationship with neighboring countries.Method/Research Design: Data was collected from archival documents and library sources.Findings and Results: Chekab had traditionally belonged to Amir Muhammad Ebrahim Alam, a subject of Iran. Findings show that although at first there was much interest on the Iranian side to keep the property, the government later gave up its claim and agreed to transfer Chekab to Afghanistan. The government of Afghanistan purchased the property at a low price from the owner, Amir Ebrahim 'Alam. This was well before the Turkish arbitrator, Fakhr al-Din Altay's entered into the matter. The decision to surrender Chekab to the Afghans was an example of Reza Shah’s foreign policy to preserve good relations with neighboring countries. Amir Muhammad ‘Alam’s endeavors' to protect his property is praiseworthy from the national point of view of territorial integrity. Given his influence in the region, it seems possible that with the support of the government, he could have prevented Chekab from being separated from Iran.

Purpose: This study examines religious and cultural policies of Reza Shah (1925-1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah (1941-1979).Method/ Research Design: Library resources were consulted to gather data for the analysis.Findings and Results: Religious and cultural policies in the Pahlavi era were influenced by Iranian intellectuals’ intention to modernize the nation by supporting an "enlightened dictatorship". Reza Shah's policy, therefore, was to promote modernization and to support a secular approach to religion. However, after establishing his authoritarian rule, Reza Shah exercised harsh censorship and social repression with little cultural creativity. During the reign of Mohammad Reza, after the fall of Reza Shah, and while the policy remained the same, during the occupation of Iran by allied forces he found the Shiite clerical establishment to be a potential ally to resist the danger of communism. However, after the death of Ayatollah Boroujerdi and a successful referendum for the so-called White Revolution reforms, the Shah did not need to continue his alliance with the religious establishment.

Purpose: This paper looks at archiving social media as new tools for information exchange. It introduces a variety of the software used for data harvesting from social media. Internet Archives are examined for Iranian social media.Method/ Research Design: Literature on web archiving and data harvesting is reviewed. Data was collected from the Internet Archives.Findings: There are at least ten archiving software packages for social media. Most of them are not free, however. There is no software for data harvesting and archiving social media in Iran.Conclusions: It is important to have strategic plan for archiving social media. However, the outputs and the content of such media are not stable and it is not possible preserve them in the long run.

Purpose: To examine methods of archival description in the National Archives of Iran during this period.Method/ Research Design: In order to collect data, bylaws, archival arrangement and description manuals, and description worksheets designed during 1972- 2012 (11 worksheets) were studied and analyzed. Four professional archivists were also interviewed.Findings: 11 description worksheets were are designed during 1972- 2012. Elements within them have gradually been standardized over the years. Description has mostly been at file and item levels.Result: Considering the nature of archives and factors such as the quantity and the extent of archival records, as well as their patrons, time, budget, personnel, and emphases of the International Council on Archives (ICA), upper levels of description such as fond and series is recommended. The first step is to brief authorities and design appropriate description worksheets.

Purpose: Firstly, to introduce iron gall ink, its production process, corrosion and corrosion treatment. Secondly, to consider how to eliminate or minimize the damage caused by the ink, through the use of protection methods involving selecting and applying an appropriate treatment.Method/ Research Design: Data obtained from library resources and available databases.Findings and Results: Iron gall ink is comprised of four main components, copperas, gall, gum Arabic and water. Metal-catalyzed oxidation and acid-catalyzed hydrolysis are the two main causes of the deterioration of documents that were written in iron gall ink. Physical and chemical methods (aqueous/ non aqueous) for the conservation of documents containing iron gall ink are used. Each one of these methods has its own advantages and disadvantages and none of them fully guarantee the protection of the document in the long term.