Infopreneur ship in order to create an information business from the perspective of librarians of the National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

zohreh dokchi ¹ , mohammad kivanzadeh ²

1 - PhD in Knowledge & Information Science / Lecturer (assistant professor) at the University of Applied Sciences
2 - Master of Science in Psychology

Received: 2021-03-02 Accepted : 2021-03-26 Published : 2020-10-22

Keywords: National library, infopreneur ship, Information Entrepreneurship, Business Information,

Abstract :

Objective: Infopreneur ship in order to create an information business from the perspective of librarians of the National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been studied.   Methodology: The present applied research is in terms of Descriptive-survey method. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. Then, 132 persons were selected from 320 librarians of the National Library based on Morgan table with 95% confidence interval and 5% error, which 127 questionnaires were completed. Descriptive and inferential statistics and SPSS software were used to analyze the data.   Results: From the point of view of librarians of the National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the amount of preparation and production of information products for, infopreneur ship is a little (39%) and the amount of marketing of information products in the National Library is average (47%). But the level of familiarity of librarians with information technologies and systems to create an information business is high and about (53%). Negative results also show that: about (50%) has been neglected to encourage users infopreneur ship; Librarians have not been able to distribute and generate wealth by creating an information business (more than 48%); And in order to create an information business, librarians have not been able to influence more than (50%) user information. Conclusion: The research results show that the components  (07/0), the amount of encouraging users to infopreneur ship32/0-) (, and the amount of production and distribution of wealth with infopreneurs hip(64/1-), Inattention shown and total the amount of attention of librarians studied to the components of infopreneur ship to create an information business is equal to With (-0/45), which shows that librarians have not been able to institutionalize information about their users and work environment in order to create an information business in themselves and their users.