Library and Information Science Research
Year:2018 | Volume:8 | Issue:1 (15) |Papers Count:23

NTRUDUCTION: The purpose of this research was to evaluate the research productivity of faculty members working in the knowledge and information science departments of Tehran state universities. This evaluation was based on a set of multiple indicators. METHODOLOGY: This research has been carried out by using survey and documentary methods and its population included the scientific works of all faculty members working in the knowledge and information science departments of Tehran state universities, who were employed in full-time at the universities in 2014. A checklist was used to collect data. After analyzing the obtained data and by using Excel software, the final research productivity rank of each university was determined based on the average ranks obtained in multiple indicators. In calculating the research productivity of each department, the research performance of each department per the number of its faculty members being active in that department was considered. FINDINGS: Findings indicated that Tarbiat Modarres, Shahed, Shahid Beheshti and Tehran universities have better ranks in most book-based indicators. Meanwhile, Shahed and Tarbiat Modarres universities in the national and international awards, Kharazmi, Shahed, Tarbiat Modarres and Tehran universities in the h-index and publishing international articles, and Tarbiat Modares, Shahed, Tehran, Azzahra and Kharazmi universities in publishing national articles obtained the top ranks. Furthermore, Kharazmi, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres and Shahed universities in International cooperation, and Shahed, Tarbiat Modarres, Kharazmi and Tehran universities in publishing articles in international conferences and Shahed and Tarbiat Modarres universities in conducting research projects have obtained better ranks. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that the rank of each of the knowledge and information science departments of Tehran universities is different in each of the various studied indicators. Nevertheless, the research productivity rank of these departments was calculated by the average of the total ranking of a set of multiple indicators and the universities Shahed (3. 06), and Tarbiat Modarres (3. 59), Kharazmi (4. 94), Tehran (5. 12), Iran University of Medical Sciences (5. 59), Shahid Beheshti (5. 94), Azzahra (6. 24), Allameh (6. 35), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (6. 88) and Tehran University of Medical Sciences (7. 82) are ranked in top, respectively. Since the research performance of the departments is directly related to the total number of their faculty members, the less populated departments are better ranked in terms of their research productivity.

INTRUDUCTION: The purpose of this study was to determine the personality traits and demographic characteristics of Iranian experts in knowledge and information science according to the Five Factor Model (FFM). METHODOLOGY: The research method was descriptive-correlational and the short form of the Big Five Personality Questionnaire was used as the research instrument. The statistical population included 287 experts in knowledge and information science among them, 113 were selected as study sample by applying the stratified random sampling. FINDINGS: The findings indicated that the mean rate of neuroticism among knowledge and information science experts is less than the average, while the mean rate of other four components, including extraversion, openness to experience, dutifulness, and agreeableness are higher than the average. CONCLUSIONS: In general, Iranian experts in knowledge and information science are in a desirable situation in terms of personality traits (five major factors). Other results revealed that the level of male experts' agreeableness is more than that of female specialists; the rate of neuroticism among single experts is more than that of married specialists; the level of neuroticism of specialists with MS degrees is higher than that of specialists with PhD degrees and the level of openness to experience among specialists with PhD degrees is greater than MS owners. The correlation between the neuroticism and the amount of academic activities is inverse and weak and the correlation between extraversion and the amount of academic activities is direct and weak. Work experience, academic rank, occupation state, and workplace have no effect on the personality traits of experts in knowledge and information science.

INTRUDUCTION: In order to determine the research priorities in the field of knowledge and information science, it is necessary to make attention to the subjects related to the research carried out in different periods. In this regard, the purpose of the present research was to analyze the content of articles published in Iran and the World attempting to determine and analyze the topics of information science for achieving research priorities in this field. METHODOLOGY: This research was conducted by using related documents. A total of 73 articles were retrieved and analyzed. To analyze data, descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) was used. FINDINGS: The results showed that the largest number of articles were published in Iran over years 1386-1390 A. H. and in abroad over years 2015-2011. In Iran, the National Studies on Librarianship and Information Organization and in abroad, the journals Library Philosophy & Practice, and the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) have the highest number of articles. Most of these studies were applied content analysis, bibliometric and the check-list. The highest number of studies were conducted in Iran, America, India and Nigeria, respectively. The study population mostly included research papers and theses. Trends in Iran were subjects related to the issue of "Studies of the Library" and abroad to the "Information Technology". CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that research tendencies in the field of knowledge and information science have been changed at any time, depending on the different conditions. In other words, in a given period, some of the topics have been considered more as topics of the day and, on the contrary, some have been neglected. The theoretical orientation of research in Iran has focused more on traditional topics and activities of the field, but abroad, it has focused on applied topics and ones related to technology have been prioritized.

INTRUDUCTION: Knowledge audit can be considered as an important step in knowledge management that plays a crucial role in agility and effectiveness of the knowledge repository of organizations. Various models and methodologies have been proposed for performing the knowledge audit. A precise study and comprehensive review of existing methodologies and models would provide valuable knowledge for the experts and practitioners of the knowledge management. This research aimed to explore existing models and methodologies for knowledge audit in order to select and/or design an appropriate model for knowledge audit based on the requirements and priorities faced by project-based organizations. METHODOLOGY: This research can be grouped as an applied research which utilized the documentary study method in order to perform a comparative study and investigate the existing models and methodologies associated with the knowledge audit. FINDINGS: Although there is a diverse range of models and methodologies for knowledge audit, their nature is static; and almost, not entirely detailed. Thus, their practical application in different industrial environments lacks the required flexibility and agility. CONCLUSIONS: With respect to the need for knowledge audit implementation in projectbased organizations and considering the fact that there is an inconsistency between the existing models and specific characteristics of the organizations of this kind, it can be deduced that an appropriate and practical model for knowledge auditing in projectbased organizations should be developed based on the requirements and characteristics of project-based organizations, knowledge taxonomy and audit factors.

INTRUDUCTION: Cybernetics is a new concept in organizational processes that its use in managing organizational culture is significant. The management of cybernetics with a sound and scientific management of culture in the organization provides a way to achieve organizational goals. The purpose of the research was to investigate the relationship between cybernetic management and organizational culture in the National Library & Archives of I. R of Iran. METHODOLOGY: The present study was an applied and descriptive survey. The statistical population consisted of all managers, supervisors and experts in the National Library and Archives of Iran. The total number of them was 866, and based on the Cochran formula, a sample of 266 people was determined out of them. Simple random sampling method was used for sampling. The instrument for collecting data was a premade questionnaire which was evaluated in terms of its validity and reliability. The reliability coefficient was a= 0. 896. Descriptive and inferential statistics (T-test, and MANOVA) were used with SPSS 24 and Liserl 8. 8 software to analyze data. FINDINGS: Organizational culture (147. 3%) and cybernetic management (118. 3%) were in the middle level. The stability had the highest average (151. 31), and mission and compatibility with the engagement amounted to the near-average level. Among the cybernetic management indicators, interaction had the highest average (3. 13) and decision making (660. 2) had the lowest mean rate. Pearson correlation coefficient between the dimensions of organizational culture and cybernetics showed the highest correlation between the two indicators of connections and decision making (863. 86) and the least correlation between engagement and interactions (0. 084). The results of factor analysis showed that the hierarchy (91. 5%), decision making (90. 9%), and control and supervision (0. 902%) had the most impact on cybernetics, and mission (54. 4%) had the greatest impact on organizational culture. Also, there was a positive and strong correlation between organizational culture indicators and the cybernetic model. CONCLUSIONS: After collecting data from the questionnaire to achieve the results, it is necessary to use software for analyzing the collected data. All of these software applications are using the Equation Modeling Software. The results of applying the model showed that cybernetic management helps organizations manage their organizational issues with a sound management of the organization which have a positive impact on the organizational culture, as well as a collaborative effort of employees as well as targeted efforts to compete with other competitors in reaching organizational goals; therefore, specific and planned measures should be taken into account for improving and exploiting the dimensions and indicators involved in the cybernetic management.

NTRUDUCTION: Nowadays, the library services are extended. Therefore, it is important for libraries to become a learning organization for surviving in the ever-changing information age. The current study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge sharing and the amount of application of components involved in the learning organization based on Senge's model in the libraries of state universities located in Isfahan, Iran. METHODOLOGY: The method of this study was descriptive-correlational and statistical population were all librarians (164 individuals) working in Isfahan state universities (Isfahan University, Isfahan Industrial University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences) in 2014. The sample of study was 120 librarians selected by Cochran sampling formula. Stratified random sampling approach was used to sampling. FINDINGS: Findings of. correlation in p0. 05 showed a significantly positive correlation between knowledge sharing and the amount of application of learning organization components in the studied libraries. There was a significantly positive relationship between knowledge sharing and learning organization components, including personal mastery, shared vision, mental models, team learning and systematic approach. Also, there were differences in this aspect based on various universities. CONCLUSIONS: Regarding the importance of knowledge sharing and a positive correlation between knowledge sharing and the amount of application of the learning organization components, some ways were suggested to enhance the application of learning organization components in libraries and knowledge sharing among librarians.

INTRUDUCTION: The aim of the present study was to identify librarians' attitudes toward establishment and implementation of customer relationship management (CRM) in the academic libraries of Iran and study its effective and inhibiting components. METHODOLOGY: This research was an applied study and has been done with survey method. Population of the research included all librarians working in the academic libraries of Iran universities. Data collection instrument was a combined questionnaire designed based on review of CRM questionnaires and literature. The validity and reliability of the data collection instrument were confirmed by some experts and specialists and Cronbach's alpha (88%). FINDINGS: Among the identified components in the establishment of customer relationship management from the viewpoints of librarians, "organizing" with the mean rate of 0. 928 was recognized as the most important component affecting the establishment of CRM in the academic libraries. The components "human resources": with the mean rate of 0. 872, "knowledge management" with the mean rate of 0. 865 and " information technology" with the mean rate of 0. 750 were ranked second to fourth, respectively. Among the deterrent components in the establishment and application of CRM, the components "lack of cultural readiness" with the mean rate of 0. 820 was ranked first in terms of its effect on CRM and "weak alignment of human resource management strategy with customer relationship management" with the mean rate of 0. 114 was ranked thirteenth in the prevention of establishment and application of CRM. CONCLUSIONS: Among the identified components in the establishment of CRM, organizing was recognized as the most important component affecting its establishment in the academic libraries. The results of this research can help library managers recognize librarians' attitudes and expectations in addition to the presentation of a model for strengthening effective components and the reduction of inhibiting ones in the establishment of CRM in the academic libraries of Iran. Results can inform managers of weaknesses and strengths of library and help them make optimal decision and improve and correct the conditions of the academic libraries and the quality of library services. In addition, libraries can reduce the risk of failure with the results obtained in this research and consider the effective and deterrent components and increase the success of this strategy and renew their CRM.

INTRUDUCTION: This study aimed to determine the viewpoints of experts about the current age grouping in Iranian children's books. METHODOLOGY: The study has used a survey method. The study population included authors, illustrators, publishers, researchers and experts in children literature. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire. FINDINGS: Results showed that 35. 2% experts agreed with current age grouping and 59% of them disagreed with it. 65% of respondents agreed with the age grouping in the process of writing children's books and 58% of them agreed about the effects of age grouping in the distribution and sale of children's books. In addition, the majority of respondents stated that current age grouping needs to be revised. CONCLUSIONS: Several researchers have expressed their opinions about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the current age grouping. But there was no research about the viewpoints of experts. Perhaps this study is the first that has studied the viewpoints of experts in this regard. Its findings could help experts and publishers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the current age grouping in children's books.

INTRUDUCTION: In recent years, some universities and research institutions have built institutional repositories. These repositories save, preserve and give access to research works authored by students and researchers. As access to repository resources through search engines is important, indexing and accessibility of repository resources of Iranian universities of medical sciences were compared in this study. METHODOLOGY: The study population included resources available in the organizational repositories of Iranian universities of medical sciences. These repositories were identified through the Directory of Open Access Repositories. In this directory, there were 9 repositories belonged to Iranian universities of medical sciences. Access to 2 repositories was not possible at the time of data collection, and resources were collected from 7 reminded repositories. The sample size was determined based on Morgan Table. Sampling was implemented through simple stratified sampling approach. 54 resources of each repository were chosen to form the sample. The systematic observation was utilized to collect data. Data were analyzed descriptively by using Chi-square test. FINDINGS: More than 60% of the resources in the repositories of Iranian universities of medical sciences are full text, and there is a significant difference in access to the full text of the resources among the repositories. The results demonstrated that the indexing of English resources is higher than that of Persian resources in Google search engine, while there is not a significant difference between English and Persian resources in terms of indexing. However, there is a significant difference between English and Persian resources in terms of their accessibility. There is a significant difference between the repositories of Iranian universities of medical sciences in terms of their accessibility in Google. CONCLUSIONS: The results revealed that the indexing of resources in Google does not guarantee their accessibility in it. In terms of the availability of resources in Google, the repository of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran ranked first, that of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences ranked second, and the repositories of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences and Bushehr University of Medical Sciences ranked third. However, in terms of accessibility, the repository of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences ranked first and the repository of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran ranked second and that of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences ranked third.

NTRUDUCTION: The main aim of this study was to answer the question why information literacy is needed from the viewpoints of psychology undergraduate students majoring in Semnan University. METHODOLOGY: This study was an applied research and used the grounded theory approach to reveal the viewpoints of undergraduate psychology students majoring at Semnan University. All undergraduate students studying psychology in this university at the time of the study (2016-2017) were the statistical population. Data collection process continued until data saturation. Because of the qualitative and exploratory nature of the research, data collection and analysis were conducted synchronously, and 18 semi-structured interviews were done. MaxQDA software was used for data coding. FINDINGS: A total of 74 general concepts appeared in the open coding process. Eleven main categories, such as necessity of familiarity with general and specialized databases, need to familiarity with the library and library resources and search process in the library, need for familiarity with the Internet and Internet search tools, necessity of paying attention to the validation of information and resources, need to know about citation management and referencing styles, need to some necessary skills such as information management, information seeking and English language skills, need to familiarity with general and special social networks and finally, and need to familiarity with information services and resources available in research context were found in this study as some reasons for why information literacy is needed. CONCLUSIONS: The concepts and categories extracted in this study, such as not being familiarity with the content of Persian and English language databases in the field of psychology and need for students to be familiarity with the scientific journals of psychology, and necessity of paying attention to these topics in teaching information literacy to the students. Familiarity with the library and its various units should be addressed by information literacy instructors. Also, along with the familiarity with the library, paying attention to Internet search tools and need to understand network concepts is important for the students of psychology. The attention and teaching of citation manager software packages and the need to pay attention to methods of validating resource should also be addressed by information literacy instructors in information literacy programs related to the psychology students. The presence of social networks has created a need for familiarity with various types of social and social networks for psychology students. The concepts and categories of present research can be used for planning information literacy workshops for psychology students at Semnan University.

NTRUDUCTION: Economic valuation is a key factor in evaluating and improving the management of databases, and it is affected by various factors. So, the present study was conducted to economically evaluate the online databases of Persian papers and determine the factors influencing them from the viewpoints of post graduate students majoring in Razi University. METHODOLOGY: The present study was an applied research with survey method and conditional valuation, as a part of the prescribed preferred method determining the willingness to pay for papers. The research population consisted of all 4145 graduate students of Razi University in the academic year of 2015-2016. The research sample was computed on the basis of Michel and Carson's formula and amounted to 523 students. Also, stratified sampling method was used for sampling. The data gathering tool was a twodimensional researcher-made questionnaire. Formal validity was done for determining its validity and Cronbach's alpha (0. 83) was used to determine its reliability. Statistical methods such as descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Nonparametric logistic regression test with enter input method was used for inferential statistics, as it is proportional to the variables of the research and the dual mode of the dependent variable (willingness to pay versus unwillingness to pay), the non-normalization of variables and the non-constant variances. FINDINGS: The average rate of students' willingness to pay annually to use Persian paper databases was about 175050 Tomans. The results also showed that the marital status variables (at the married level), College (at the faculties of literature, engineering, basic science, chemistry and agriculture), number of family members (at the level of four members) and the rate of use of Persian databases (once or twice a year, once a month, several times a month, once a week, several times a week, and almost every day) has affected sometimes positively and sometimes negatively the students' willingness to pay annually in using Persian databases. CONCLUSIONS: Postgraduate students at Razi University tended to pay significant amounts to support improving and development of Persian databases. Regarding the participation of graduate students in the provision of costs, university officials can do more effort to develop Persian databases. It was possible that due to the variables affecting prediction and orientation of students' willingness to pay for papers it helps university officials in the optimal management of databases. Therefore, it was suggested that the willingness to pay is calculated, in order to analyze database costs before buying Persian databases and the use of the willingness to pay as a measurement can be considered as an indicator to determine the amount of potential database subscription. Because faculty variable and the rate of use of databases have had a significant impact on the willingness to pay, workshops related to introducing and use of Persian databases should be held in the faculties of Razi University.

INTRUDUCTION: The aim of this study was to investigate the paraphrasing status of the titles of non-Persian audio-visual software resources in the Central Library of the Organization of Libraries, Museums and Documents Center of Astan Quds Razavi and offer an instructional manual. METHODOLOGY: This study was a descriptive survey. Statistical population included 2213 titles of non-Persian audio-visual software resources existing in the online public access catalogue of the Central Library of the Organization of Libraries, Museums and Documents Center of Astan Quds Razavi from 1372 to 1393 A. H. Gathering data was done with the use of a researcher-made observation-card. Its validity was confirmed by the specialists in the area of knowledge and information science and linguistics. Data analysis has been done with SPSS 22. FINDINGS: The findings showed that out of 2213 resources, 1772 were catalogued based on their exact titles, 134 ones were paraphrased, 7 items were translated and 300 ones were catalogued by a compound method of both translation and paraphrasing. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicated that the most common method of cataloguing nonPersian audio-visual software resources in the Central Library of the Organization of Libraries, Museums and Documents Center of Astan Quds Razavi is based on writing the exact title of the sources (80 1%). At the end, researchers suggested a manual for the creation of a referential database for the non-Persian audio-visual software resources which can be implemented in the library software.

NTRUDUCTION: Many environmental crises have their roots in cultural problems. Libraries have been regarded as cultural and social organizations and they should concern more than any other organization with the environmental issues and play a significant role in improving the attitudes and behavior of the community by providing useful information and various services. METHODOLOGY: This survey was a descriptive study with a practical purpose. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire that its validity and reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0. 92) were confirmed. The statistical population consisted of 22 librarians working in the public libraries of Isfahan city, Iran. Due to their limited numbers, the census sampling method was used to determine the respondents. FINDINGS: The findings showed that the importance of environmental issues from viewpoints of librarians (mean rate of 4. 47), the libraries' attention to social plans for green marketing (mean rate of 4. 28), and the libraries' willingness to buy green goods and services (mean rate of 4. 42) are in the very high level. CONCLUSIONS: Many environmental crises are rooted in cultural issues, and since public libraries are cultural and influential organizations, activity in such an organization is constantly evolving to meet the information needs and making librarians more culturally familiar and more informed in the course of events that are taking place in the world. So they will try to increase the awareness of others about environmental issues. Thus, they can help users buy green goods and, ultimately, make sustainable development.

NTRUDUCTION: Extracting ontology from the database is one of the most common methods to build ontologies. There are some challenges in using current methods for large databases (such as enterprise resource planning system (ERP) databases). This study aimed to propose a practical solution to overcome the challenges of extracting the ontology from large databases. METHODOLOGY: This study was conducted by using the design science research (DSR) method. This method was validated by implementing its algorithms and process on a higher education ERP. FINDINGS: Higher education ontology was extracted from the higher education ERP by using a proposed method. Comparing the result with other existing higher education ontologies proved the accuracy and efficiency of this method. CONCLUSIONS: A new method was proposed as a result of this study. This method is based on reverse engineering and has enough details to use in practice. This method has several tools that can be implemented in open-source software; so other researchers can use and customize the code for their special purposes. The proposed method has both preparation and enrichment phases in the process of constructing ontology from a database. Also, its transformation algorithms are optimized for using in large databases. The full architecture with sufficient details is strength of this method in comparison with other methods.

INTRUDUCTION: This study aimed to compare the nature, advantages and disadvantages of folksonomies with those of controlled vocabularies and to review the literature related to Library Thing social tags and Library of Congress Subject Headings. METHODOLOGY: This study was a library research and a comparative study. FINDINGS: Folksonomies has some advantages, including being up-to-date, user oriented, money-saving and non-training, but with some disadvantages, including inconsistency, lack of context, and lack of both precision and recall that can be provided by controlled vocabularies. Thus, it is proposed that these are complementary rather than replacement for each other. CONCLUSIONS: Literature review of Library Thing social tags and Library of Congress Subject Headings showed that studies in this field have been conducted by different research methods and sampling approaches and in various and special areas. There is some match (approximately 50%) between Library Thing social tags and Library of Congress Subject Headings that is inappropriate for replacement. It can be concluded that these two information organization systems can be complementary to each other.

NTRUDUCTION: The benefits of electronic data storage are subject to a variety of threats, such as theft of vital information, manipulation of core information and wasting the information capital. The present study aimed to provide a digital information security strategic model. METHODOLOGY: In a descriptive-correlational study, 196 experts and librarian working in the digital libraries of universities of Tehran, Iran were selected by purposeful sampling method and asked to complete questionnaires. The validity and reliability of this questionnaire were confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach alpha. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (path analysis). FINDINGS: The effects of information security policy, information architecture, information security organization, information system development, human resources security and content protection were significantly positive on the digital information security in digital libraries (P <0. 01). Also, among the variables in the model, information system development had the most direct effect on digital information security in digital libraries (0. 44). CONCLUSIONS: The findings of the research indicated the effect of model variables on information security in digital libraries. Using the results of this research, digital planners and administrators can enhance the security of information stored in digital libraries.

INTRUDUCTION: Children need help for the use of information, and questioning is the start point of their information behavior or verbal information behavior. While most researches in this area have studied the behavior of the community with reading literacy, the purpose of the present research was to change the verbal information behavior of children in the pre-school age range in Tehran with making them familiarity with information sources. METHODOLOGY: In order to observe the changes in the verbal information behavior in children, the researchers conducted a quasi-experimental study with pre-test and posttest and control and experimental groups. Research population included preschool children centers located in Tehran. Due to the uniformity of the research conditions, two centers were selected where the books were identical and the environmental conditions were in the same conditions. Each preschool class had 10 students. In this way, 20 students were selected as a research sample from two pre-school centers. The data collection tool was a semi-structured questionnaire for parents. The observation made by the teacher in the class was another tool. FINDINGS: According to the views of parents and the first to fourth questions, the status of passive attention (frequent attention to printed and non-printed resources in daily life, passive search (the desire to obtain information from printed and non-printed resources, search activists (use of human resources to do research assignments), and the processing and use of information in doing research assignments for children in the preschool age were changed in the experimental group. CONCLUSIONS: Considering the change in the various verbal information behavior of the experimental group, it can be concluded that this intervention has changed their verbal information behavior, and the results of their use of information sources and the provision of research assignments showed an improvement in this condition in preschool children. Due to the limited possibilities, children's continuous search of information was not investigated in this study. Familiarity with information sources and strengthening the verbal information behavior of children can be beneficial for information behavior in adulthood. Therefore, adding literacy courses and critical thinking units and familiarity with information resources in pre-school education can contribute to the development of the verbal information behavior of children and training researcher students. To further generalize and extend the results, the research should be repeated in larger samples

NTRUDUCTION: Evidence shows that the current state of parenting and formal education could not absorb a huge group of children and adolescents in their textbooks or non-textbooks. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of developmental bibliotherapy on reading motivation dimensions among third-grade girl students of Yazd city, Iran. Developmental bibliotherapy occurs in the classroom environment in which teacher tries to teach positive behavior dealing with the challenges of daily life. METHODOLOGY: The study was a quasi-experimental study (pretest-posttest with a control group). The study population included all third grade Yazd female students in the academic year of 2016-2017. The sample group included 40 students were selected through multistage cluster sampling method. Selected two schools have classes with third-grade students where students in one was assigned as the experimental and ones in the other as control group, randomly. To measure the dependent variables, reading motivation questionnaire (MRQ) made by Wigfiel & Guthrie was used. T-test was used to test the hypotheses. FINDINGS: The results showed that the developmental bibliotherapy has a positive impact on reading motivation dimensions, including reading curiosity, reading involvement and social reasons for reading. But the research hypothesis about increasing reading motivation because of the importance of reading was not confirmed. CONCLUSIONS: The pleasure that children experience in the process of developmental bibliotherapy increases their reading motivation because of the autonomy and freedom to express their emotions and also during the enjoyable activity that occurs after reading a book.