Crisis management in the libraries Case Study: The Libraries of affiliated of agricultural research, education and extension organization

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

Javad Bashiri ¹ (Researcher, Agricultural information and Technology center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran)
Fatemeh Zabihi Faridian ² (Masters of Technical and Vocational Higher Education Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2017-05-10 Accepted : 2017-08-12 Published : 2017-12-22

Keywords: Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), crisis management, natural disasters, unnatural disasters, libraries,

Abstract :

Purpose: The main purpose of this research is the determining safety and crisis management in the libraries of institutes and research centers affiliated of agricultural research, education and extension organization. Methodology: In This study descriptive survey method was used. Data collected from the questionnaire and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The population consisted of 104 special libraries of institutes and research centers affiliated of AREEO. Due to the nature of the study, data analysis and descriptive statistics were used to design charts from Excel. In this study due to the limited population of the sample is not used. Findings: According to the results, 44 percent of the libraries’ buildings in the affiliated of AREEO against of the natural disasters have appropriate conditions. 54 percent of libraries are strength against the earthquake and 68 percent against to hurricane. 86% of libraries are not equipped with any alarm system. More than 90 percent of the libraries lacked emergency exits and over 92 percent have no insurance coverage. 35 percent of staff completed primary fire training and 65 percent of staff had not any education. 94 percent of libraries do not have any plan to deal with the crisis. Conclusion: The results showed that the theory of planned behavior has been effective regarding the

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