Investigating the Behavior of Information Seeking among the Full-time Members of the Academic Staff of Islamic Azad Universities, Region 2

Subject Areas : Business Management

Davood Shogpour ¹ , Zahra Gholami ² , Mohammad Reza Soleymani ³

1 - Member of the faculty of library science, Faculty of Humanities and Education, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch
2 - Expert of Central Library of Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch
3 - Assistant Professor at Islamic Azad University, Marand Unit

Received: 2009-07-04 Accepted : 2010-02-02 Published : 2010-03-21

Keywords: Information seeking behavior, Islamic Azad Universities, Academic staff members, Region 2,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this study is to review the behavior of information seeking among the full-time professors of Islamic Azad Universities of Region 2, with an emphasis on the specific aspects. The statistical population consisted of 3037 people, from among whom 150 people were randomly selected, and by using a questionnaire, the necessary data were collected and analyzed based on inferential statistics. The results of the survey analysis showed the following points: Most of the time, the full-time academic staff members of Region 2 Islamic Azad Universities refer to the relevant library in person. A few of them use internet to obtain information. Books have a special place among the resources used by them.

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