Managers' Views on Mechanization Management for Visual Archive of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)

Subject Areas : Business Management

Zahra Abazari ¹ , SeyedRasool Toudar ² , Rasool Abbasi ³ , Mojtaba Nasiri ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Master of Science in Library and Information Science, Chalous Branch, Islamic Azad University, Chalus, Iran
3 - Ph.D. student of pedagogy education at Tajikistan Pedagogical University
4 - Master of Science (Management), Ramsar Unit, Islamic Azad University, Ramsar, IRAN

Received: 2010-12-19 Accepted : 2011-05-10 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: Mechanization, Visual archive, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research is to study the viewpoints of managers on mechanization management for visual archive center in IRIB.The research method is a survey and data collection is carried out by using a questionnaire. The statistical population includes 156 managers of the central archive in IRIB, from among whom 33 managers were selected. In order to analyze the data, Excel and SPSS software are used. According to the findings, managers could use 36.3% speed for data retrieval, 22.1% easily searching pictures,21.1% high precision and 20.5% high quality pictures. Presentation of related services and informatics together with safety and maintenance of optimal sources will be available through development of digital archive mechanization. 80.6% of managers are not familiar with digital archive and 93.5% of managers haven’t passed training for mechanization system of central digital archive of IRIB. These results indicate that users don’t have enough knowledge about digital archive technology and they are required to pass training courses to work with mechanization system of central digital archive. Managers believe that there shall be chosen a software with ability to handle all tasks related to archive. Accordingly, 27.6% of mangers had announced the comfort to use digital system, 13.8% of managers explained the possibility to use organization’s other sources and 22.4% of managers also mentioned adaptation to current hardware in digital archive as well as adaptation to telecommunication network of the organization. Results indicate that managers have welcomed the exploitation of mechanization system for visual archive, but it is reminded that they need necessary training about digital archive to work with archive mechanization system. 

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