LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Year:2011 | Volume:14 | Issue:1 (53)|Papers Count:15

This study aimed at implementing FRBR in library catalogs through a user-oriented approach. The literary work "Epic of Kings" (Shanama) by Ferdowsi was selected as the test-bed and catalog users' views towards this bibliographic family were analyzed. A set of 40 bibliographic cards was given to 30 highly specialized potential OPAC users who were knowledgeable in the field of Epic of Kings. During each session the required data was gathered through card sorting, semi-structured interviews and answering a questionnaire. Eleven clusters were identified for the Epic of Kings bibliographic family through a top-down approach. On the other hand, the results show that, regarding a certain information need, users' approach towards different entities is a bottom-up one. In other words, if a user wants a particular copy of a work and if that copy was unavailable, he/she tends to go for a second copy of the same work. Other manifestations, expressions and works come afterward.

Interior architecture is a combination of knowledge, technique and art which, with its relevant ingredients such as form, colour, texture etc., is attempting to improve the spaces and provide proper efficiency and function and at the same time beauty. Interior architecture's aim is improving the physical and mental function of spaces to make it comfortable to live in. This article tempt studied the colours used in interior space of 20 university libraries and the effect of these colours on the users based on psychology of colours by the use of analytical research method. The information is gathered using a teacher-completed checklist and on the basis of direct observation. Consequences show that if we consider the colours of equipments and colours of space two different issues, in the latter white is used more than any other colour in the libraries. After white, cream is the most frequent. These two are among neutral colours. According to psychologists, neutral colours are the best choice for interior space of libraries which need more concentration.

Epistemological presuppositions include supposition affairs that are in beyond theoretical and practical activities, more or less consciously or unconsciously, regardless that scholars and researchers are aware or unaware of results; they are even assumed crucial. The origin of many differences of opinions, critics and problems that exist nowadays about use of Scientometrics methods, indices, and techniques in evaluating scientific activities and caused hesitation on theoretical and practical usage, originated from disagreement about basic Epistemological presuppositions. Therefore, in order to create more consensus among scholars and pay comprehensive attention to various dimensions of scientific evaluation - through identification and questioning presuppositions must revisen and provide background in order to analyse fundamental presuppositions. This work will lead to better understanding of current situation in this domain and will shed light on its real situation. On the other hand, strengthening Scientometrics' theoretical and practical basis need architecture and reconstruction of its basis on reliable presuppositions. Therefore, analysis of Epistemological presuppositions of Scientometrics would provide stronger (more consolidated) basis for it and would facilitate theorizing and even operation of izing research results. In this direction, this article for the first time has considered such a relatively comprehensive identification, classification and analysis of epistemological presuppositions of Scientometrics.

Textbooks are considered as one of the most important learning resources for students in many educational systems. Based on this idea, several questions have been included in the end of some of the lessons of some subjects in Guidance school in Iran. In order to find answers to these questions, students have to search for suitable information sources and know how to use them. Such questions are called research-oriented questions (ROQ) in this research.The main aim of this research is to identify the types of research-oriented questions and to identify the relevant information resources (books) which are capable of answering those questions. Findings show that %98 of ROQs were answered by 822 books of which 165 books were selected from the CBC’s bibliographies and 657 books were non CBC’s selected books. On the other hand, %79 of them was answered via reference books. Based on a typological analysis of ROQs, the findings revealed that 58% of them dealt with Know-What, Know-Who, Know-When & Know-Where and aimed at increasing the students' information base. About 35% of them were based on Know-How aiming at increasing the students' knowledge base and the last group, which included about 2% of ROQs were devoted to Know-Why questions and aimed at increasing students' logical reasoning.The ultimate product of this research was a list of books capable of responding to ROQs.

Many classic organizational theorists recognized the linkage between employees’ acts of cooperation or going beyond formal role requirements and organizational effectiveness. Organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) in the aggregate promote the effective functioning of the organization.Numerous studies in the business literature have been conducted on the antecedents of organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The reason for this popularity is the positive relationships between OCB and both individual and organizational performance. This research investigates the relationships of emotional intelligence and organizational citizenship behavior. Yazd public libraries and their librarians are the target society of this research. Findings show emotional intelligence is an important antecedent for organizational citizenship behavior.

This research aims to study the familiarity and use of Web 2.0 tools among the librarians working at Hamedan academic Libraries. The present survey was carried out using a descriptive approach. The statistical population of the survey included librarians of academic and college libraries located in Hamedan (47 persons). A researcher-made questionnaire based on relevant literature and researchers’ observations of web 2.0 tools was utilized. Results showed that the familiarity rate of librarians with the capabilities of Web 2.0 is at a moderate level (44.6), and their usage rate of these tools is low and intermediate (42.6). It was also found that librarians had much ability in using email and blogs and had less ability in using Flickr.

This article reviews the Persian works in information literacy, including books, theses, research projects, symposiums and articles in the field of information literacy published in this area and have influenced its progress. Reviews show during the 15 years of debate on information literacy in Iran, a growing trend can be seen in published sources. Librarians, educational and somewhat computer specialists have shown concern about this area, but librarians, as in other parts of the world, are ahead of this area.While lack of resources in the area of information literacy and public libraries is obvious, the literature has mainly focused on academic libraries. Pragmatic approach to information literacy related to the infrastructure aspects such as critical thinking and analytical skills and the importance of IT skills, is the point that is evident in most published works. Wrong understanding of the information literacy concept and getting computer literacy or library literacy and or information seeking behavior as information literacy is a considerable flaw in this regard.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the capability of e-collection of scholarly Farsi language periodical at the Regional Information Centers of Science and Technology in Shiraz to be replaced for printed collection of Farsi periodicals in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The titles available in periodical collection of FUM and RICeST were compared to the official list of scholarly journals published by the Ministry of Science. It was found that the number of periodicals available in Ricest is more than the number of periodicals available at FUM. The most important finding was that the articles of collection of periodicals are at FUM could not be retrieved by subjects as well as by authors or titles. Whereas these kind of searches were available in RICeST database.The only weak point of RICeST fulltext article is that the articles published in current (this year) journals are not supported.If this weak point could be eliminated most university libraries could change their periodical collection policies and a substantial amount of money could be saved for other needed information sources.

The purpose of this research was to determine the relationship between information literacy and entrepreneurship capabilities among students attending graduate programs at Isfahan University.A descriptive-correlational research method was used. Statistical population consisted of all second-year students in M.A, M.S and doctoral programs of Isfahan University during 2008-2009 academic year. A Statistical sample of 160 students was chosen through proportionate classified random sampling method. The research tools included two researchers- made inventories (information literacy questionnaire consisting of 35 items and entrepreneurship questionnaire consisting of 39 items) which were designed based on Likerts scale.The findings indicated a significant and positive relation between information literacy and entrepreneurship capabilities of the students (r= 0.685). The result of regression analysis indicated that entrepreneurship capabilities had the highest correlation with the critical evaluation of information (r=0.578) and the lowest relations with purposeful use of information (r= 0.495).

Modern library catalogs are not just a simple listing of information sources to show the location of library resources, rather, catalogs are expected to facilitate research for library users. Accordingly, current library catalogs formed based on AACR2 are unable to respond to the users' needs for accessing digital full text resources in the new environments. In order to overcome mismatch problems of AACR with digital and networked environments, the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) decided to develop and publish a new standard named "Resource Description and Access (RDA). This standard is in coordination with AACR and formed two IFLA conceptual models named "Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR)" and "Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD)". According to decisions of the international community of information organizations for changing cataloging rules, it is necessary to prepare the essential basis for replacing AACR with RDA.

Regarding the importance of the role textbooks in reflecting different topics and issues and, on the other hand, the unfamiliarity of the field of library and information science, the present study analyzes the extent of attention to the issues of this field using content analysis. The measurement instrument was the checklist of textbooks content which was used when gathering data. Forty-three high school and pre-university textbooks were analyzed. The findings showed that the humanities textbooks pay more attention to the issues of this field than other fields. In terms of the extent of information, the Farsi textbooks of grade 2 common to all fields and in terms of the frequency, the pre-university religion and life textbook common to all fields have addressed the topics of library and information science. The categories of reference and generalities in the field library and information science have been reflected more than other categories in the high school and pre-university textbooks.

This article presents the results of a research conducted with purpose of Identification and ranking of effective criteria on site selection for public libraries. Studying previous researches and experiments on similar contexts resulted in selecting 6 major and 24 minor criteria for site selection. Ranking of these criteria was performed based on Library Science and Geography –Urban planning experts’ viewpoints and applying fuzzy TOPSIS and fuzzy ANP techniques. After final analysis assigning importance value (weight) to each major and minor criterion, consistency, centrality, size and space, native factor and properties, physiography and site orientation of library, placed first to sixth in descending order of significance. These results could be used in site selection of public libraries, hoping this could initiate future researches.