Objective: The library is traditionally a repository of information, a place where information seekers come to find answers to their questions. Due to the development of digital libraries and the lack of comprehensive and up-to-date research and laws in this field and t
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Objective: The library is traditionally a repository of information, a place where information seekers come to find answers to their questions. Due to the development of digital libraries and the lack of comprehensive and up-to-date research and laws in this field and the preservation of copyright in works, this article identified and ranked solutions to improve the intellectual property status of digital libraries.Methodology: The research method is applied in terms of purpose, in terms of the work process is a descriptive field research. The statistical population of digital library experts and lawyers was familiar with the subject and 30 people were purposefully selected as a sample. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data, the validity of which was confirmed by experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha of 0.77. T-test and Friedman test were used for data analysis and SPSS software version 25 was used for statistical analysis. Results: The research findings showed that software and hardware infrastructures with average rank (44.34), specialized manpower (35.77), copyright law (30.98), maintenance Intellectual property of the author (29.76), attracting financial resources (24.54), development of electronic publications (22.34), database security (21.54), culture of using libraries (19.80), conservation of resources Information (15/21) and interaction between users and library staff (12/54) were ranked first to tenth.Conclusion: Digital libraries with the facilities they provide create a favorable environment for the cycle of science in society, which today is considered more important than the production of science, and this has a great impact on the promotion of science. Therefore, the use of management mechanisms, human resource development mechanisms, legal mechanisms, content mechanism and service delivery can play an important role in the development of such libraries.
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