HUMAN INFORMATION INTERACTION
Year:2017 | Volume:4 | Issue:4 |Papers Count:7

Background and Aim: Proper management of the information process requires considering various definitions and combinations of the term "information". The purpose of this study was to clarify the concepts of information, misinformation and disinformation, and to better understand the ways of sharing, differentiation and relationships between them, and to explain the patterns and motivations for disseminating false and deceptive information.Methods: The present study uses a library research method to study theoretical foundations and conceptual relationships of different types of information and their dissemination models.Results: Good and valuable information with features such as accessible, accurate, complete, economical, flexible, relevant, reliable, secure, simple, timely and verifiable. Misinformation is synonymous with incorrect, false, incorrect, incomplete information that is published unintentionally.While disinformation has two main characteristics of false information and misleading intent.Conclusion: Better understanding of the concepts of information, misinformation and disinformation, and understanding their different dimensions will be the basis for more accurate research in this field and more comprehensive analyzes. Providing critical thinking training and information assessment skills in the form of information literacy, literacy and the like can prevent the publication, retrieval and use of inaccurate and deceptive information by users.

Background and Aim: The current research aims at prototyping query-by-humming music information retrieval systems for smart phones.Methods: This multi-method research follows simulation technique from mixed models of the operations research methodology, and the documentary research method, simultaneously.Two chromatic harmonica albums comprised the research population. To achieve the purpose of research, 24 homophonic tracks were splitted by usingHelium Audio Splitter software.The splits were processed bySonic Visualiser software; and 168 XML documents were produced.On the other hand, 4 research participants hummed and recorded splits. Hummed tracks were converted by usingAMR to MP3 Converter software, processed by Sonic Visualiser, and resulted in 672 XML documents.MATLAB software was learned by the first group of XML documents (168), and then, processed the second group of XML documents (672) for providing desirable outputs. Outputs were compared by usingImage Comparer software.Results: Findings indicated a high degree of similarity (99%) between outputs of two groups of XML documents. It has also been found that the gender and the music skill do not have any impact on the results.Conclusion: It could be acknowledged that designing query-by-humming systems based on converting audio to XML documents, and document matching, is an appropriate strategy towards developing music retrieval applications for smart phones.

Background and Aim: The aim was to study information needs and practices of nomadic people of Babadi clan of Bakhtiari tribe.Methods: The study uses ethnography as method and uses observation and semi-structured interview as data collection techniques.Results: Life style increasingly influences and directs the way nomadic people look for information.They prefer informal information resources and use formal sources of information as their very low priority. Nomads seek practical information for solving their daily life problems.Most of nomadic people use interaction with others as the way of looking for information and they use friends, family, and elders of their clan for this purpose. Head of the clan and elders play an important role as sources of information and trust criteria for most of nomadic people is the level of knowledge they have about the source of information.Conclusion: Nomads probably due to their limited access to formal information resources (e.g. libraries and information services) still rely on oral culture and interpersonal communications.There is a need to design and develop proper information services to meet their information needs and remove barriers to their information access.

Background and Aim: Knowledge management is a process that helps organizations in identify, select, organize, publication and transfer unstructured information and skills. Today, this experience has failed in some organizations about knowledge management. Academic libraries are also subject to similar conditions as an organization. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify and compare the barriers of knowledge flow in the libraries of State and Islamic Azad universities.Methods: The research method is a survey-analytical type. Data collected using a questionnaire from managers of 120 central libraries of universities. For statistical analysis, simple ttest is used.Results: The dimensions of the source of knowledge and the technical and technological factors of knowledge in the libraries of the public and private universities are significant, meaning that the conditions of the libraries of state universities are better. Comparing the results of communication channels, management and individual factors, there was no significant difference, although managerial barriers were evident in both groups. In the context of comparing knowledge management processes, in the process of access and knowledge sharing, the libraries of public universities have a better performance than Islamic Azad universities, but in the processes of creation, identification, aggregation, review, and use of knowledge of staterun university libraries differs little from the libraries of Islamic Azad universities.Conclusion: Considering the position and position of libraries, especially university libraries, in the process of knowledge management, in order to overcome obstacle challenges, improve and improve their current status, efficient management should be achieved, defined and operational strategic objectives It is important to consider employees as the main pillars of knowledge managers and to use the information technology tool effectively.

Background and Aim: This study attempted to identify Everyday Life Information Seeking (ELIS) and Information Grounds (IG) of Armenians in Tehran.Methods: The study is of a cross-sectional survey type. The study sample consisted of individuals older than 15 years. Total population was 30, 000, of whom 20, 000 were over 15 –year-old individuals. Using the Kerjcie– Morgan table, 377 individuals were selected as sample.Results: Data analysis showed that the kind and amount of use of the Iinformation Grounds were as follows: the home of rlatives and friends (55.5%), workplace (47.8%) and church (47.5%). The results also showed that the Armenians had a positive attitude towards information and its role in everyday life. Most Armenians used Persian websites and Persianlanguage satellite networks abroad; but they seldom used National Media's Persian-language programs. Armemians obtained most information from various media including books, magazines and satellite networks. They preferred to communicate with other Armenians throught social networks; and believed that public libraries do not consider Armenian culture, and thus, they can not find information about the history and culture of Armenians in public libraries.Conclusion: It can be concluded that Armenians in Tehran like many other Iranian minorities are deprived of services by public libraries and national media. It is essential for the government to reconsider the issue.

Background and Aim: Thinking is an active, purposeful, organized cognitive process which is used to mean the world. Successful thinking will solve the problems that we face with them constantly, make clever decisions, and achieve the goals we determin in our lives. Critical thinking is a process in which we examine our thoughts and opinions, and get a better understanding.Asking, analyzing and meaning are three processes that we examine our own thoughts and others, and, based on that, we make the best decisions that are in the subcategory of critical thinking, and there are several factors that can be applied to it. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of emotional intelligence on the critical thinking of librarians in the National Library of Iran.Methods: 229 librarians from the National Library of Iran were selected by simple random sampling method and included the standard questionnaire of California's Contemporary Thinking Skills (1990) and the emotional intelligence of Nokia and Ayazo (2009).Results: Data were analyzed by two-variable linear regression and Friedman tests. The results showed that emotional intelligence and its dimensions on the critical thinking of librarians from the National Library of Iran had a significant effect (p<0.01). The results also showed that among the effective dimensions of emotional intelligence, management of relations (with a mean score of=3.05) in the first rank, self-awareness (with an average rating= 2.79), self-management (with a mean of=2.12) ranked fourth in the third place and social awareness (with an average rating of=2.04).Conclusion: To mprove critical thinking Natioal Library staff require to enhance their emotional intelligence and social awareness factors.

Background and Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of print and electronic personal information management activities and compare them between faculty of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.Methods: The present study, is conducted in a survey, In terms of purpose, it is an applied type and In terms of nature, it is descriptive and analytical. The research community consists of all faculty of Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz. In order to analyze the data, were used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.Results: Results showed that the overall average print information management boards of faculty is 2.86 and electronic personal information management is 2.82. In this way, the print and electronic personal information management activities of faculty are in a relatively good level. Results indicate that There is no significant difference between the print and electronic information management activities of faculty of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.Conclusion: The results indicate that the activities of electronic information management and print information management activities of the faculty are equal and none of them overlap.New phenomena always need more time to know and prove themselves, and new electronic gadgets may be used in the future.