List of Articles زهره میر حسینی

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  1 - Evaluating the social security promotion model by Foundation of Iranian Public libraries
  Shahnaz Mosayebzadeh Zohreh Mirhosseini Zahra Abazari nadjla hariri
  Objective: The purpose of this study was to present a model for promoting social security factors, according to the experts’ views and test the fitness of the model by librarians ‘views of Iranian public libraries Foundation through proper statistical indica More

  Objective: The purpose of this study was to present a model for promoting social security factors, according to the experts’ views and test the fitness of the model by librarians ‘views of Iranian public libraries Foundation through proper statistical indicators. Method: The type of research was applied by purpose and the method used was analytical survey. The study population consisted of the managers of the Foundation of Iranian public libraries and the experts of its general administrations in provinces for them, the sample size was determined 428 people. The research tool was a questionnaire used by Mosayebzadeh, Mirhosseini, Abazari, Hariri (2019) which was confirmed by 50 experts in the field of Librarianship and social security using Delphi technique, which also confirms the validity of the questionnaire. Questionnaire reliability was calculated through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 89%. Finally, the importance of effective factors was studied using structural equation modeling (SEM). Amos software was used to analyze the data. Results: In final model, according to the head of libraries and experts ‘views, the affecting factors consisted of 4 main factors: Social security and capital, Cultural and social activities, leisure time enrichment, promote reading which were confirmed by testing the above hypothesis and can have significant impact on Social security. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that public libraries can take effective steps as social institutions to promote social security. The identified components and subcomponents of this study can be used by public library managers and practitioners as a planning tool to promote social security. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Role of Municipality Public Libraries in Promoting Social Capital
  Zohreh Mirhosseini Neshaneh pakdaman Elahe Nafari Zavieh
  Objective: The aim of the research is to determine the role of public libraries affiliated to Tehran municipality in promoting social capital. Methods: This research is practical in purpose, and is an analytical survey. The statistical society includes 18900 the citizen More

  Objective: The aim of the research is to determine the role of public libraries affiliated to Tehran municipality in promoting social capital. Methods: This research is practical in purpose, and is an analytical survey. The statistical society includes 18900 the citizens and patrons of libraries during 2017 among them 377 person were chosen by Stratified random sampling method. A researcher- made questionnaire is used for collecting data. The hypotheses are tested by Kolmogrov-Smirnov, one-sample T test, independent-samples T test, and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, and the result is analyzed by SPSS software version 22. Results: The results of one sample T test showed that with 0/001 significance level, the role of Municipality public libraries in promoting social capital of citizens for all dimensions: structural, relational and cognitive is meaningful; and there is a significant relationship between them. In significance level higher than 0/05, there is no relationship between demographic specifications of the members and social capital. Conclusion: The results also show that the demographic specifications of the members had played a little role on social capital through libraries, and the quality and quantity of the services has a positive role on the social capital. Regarding the scattered libraries of Municipality and its cultural houses and cultural centers, the Organization has a high potential for cultural exchanges and cultural promotion through meeting sessions, political and cultural gatherings. Manuscript profile
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  3 - Comparison of the current situation of big data management with the desired situation in the future from the perspective of the Staff and provincial managers and IT professionals of Foundation of Iranian Public Libraries
  Zahra Rezaei Zohreh Mirhosseini Fereshteh Sepehr
  Objective: This study explaned the current status of big data management in the public libraries affiliated to the Foundation of public libraries and compare the results with the desired situation in the future. Methodology:  An analytical survey was used. The&nbsp More

  Objective: This study explaned the current status of big data management in the public libraries affiliated to the Foundation of public libraries and compare the results with the desired situation in the future. Methodology:  An analytical survey was used. The  studypopulation consisted of 77 IT experts and provincial staff managers and librarians who were selected using cluster  and simple random sampling. The data collection tool is a structured questionnaire that has been developed through the study of domestic and foreign research and in consultation with professors and experts in the field of librarianship and information technology. The questionnaire was approved in terms of content validity ratio (CVR) and content validity index (CVI) and the reliability of the questionnaire was measured by Cronbach's alpha  (86 %.) . Results: The libraries are not smart and there is lack of the required data preparation and processing speed. These libraries don’t draw on big data available in social networks to analyse user preferences. Currently, only a limited context is provided for development of public libraries’ network. Big data applications, however, can provide faster access to large volumes of data, and improve the information and notification quality; even make libraries more organized and goal-oriented in the future. The results also show that, the necessary infrastructure are developed for information integration and interconnection of libraries. Conclusion: In the current situation, big data is used to a very small extent in the country's public libraries, and its requirements and infrastructure are not provided. Big data will have a positive impact on the services, and these libraries need to make the necessary arrangements to use it in a timely manner. Manuscript profile
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  4 - Investigating the increase of effectiveness of Iranian Journals’ articles indexed by Scopus through altmetric
  Marzieh Golchin Ali reza Isfandyari-Moghaddam Zohreh Mirhosseini Ali Akbar Famil Rohani atefeh zarei
  Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of sharing Iranian journal articles indexed in Scopus database on social media from 2010 to 2018 on the effectiveness indicators of articles. In this study, the predictive power of articles has been inves More

  Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of sharing Iranian journal articles indexed in Scopus database on social media from 2010 to 2018 on the effectiveness indicators of articles. In this study, the predictive power of articles has been investigated through indicators of metamorphosis in social networks. Method: The present study is a correlational study and has been done using metamorphic indicators. The research populations include articles in Iranian journals indexed in Scopus. Altmetric Explorer and Scopus databases were used to collect research data in the period 2010-2018. Data were also analyzed using inferential statistics methods to answer research questions in SPSS software and Microsoft Excel. Results: The results of Spearman rank correlation test showed a statistically significant and positive relationship between metamorphic activity indices and the effectiveness of journals. The predictive power of metamorphic variables was different for effectiveness indicators. Conclusion: The present study showed that with increasing sharing of articles in Iranian journals indexed by Scopus in social networks, the visibility and effectiveness indicators of journals will increase. Manuscript profile
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  5 - The Pathology of library and Information Science Education: A Grounded Theory Approach
  zahra rezazadeh Zohreh Mirhosseini
  Objective: To identify the problems of education in library and information science from the perspective of specialists was the main purpose. Methodology: This research was carried out using a qualitative approach using grounded theory. The data gathering tool was a dee More

  Objective: To identify the problems of education in library and information science from the perspective of specialists was the main purpose. Methodology: This research was carried out using a qualitative approach using grounded theory. The data gathering tool was a deep interview. Data analysis and coding were performed over three stages of open, axial and selective coding procedures, using the MAXQDA qualitative analysis software. The research community was composed of 14 members of library and Information science Program Planning Committee and faculty members and experts from four universities. They were selected using purposeful combination targeted and snowball sampling methods. Results: the factors affecting the pathology of the education of library and information science including educational equipment, technology infrastructure, human factors, curriculum planning, the importance of course subjects, professional activities, field attractiveness, methodology, teaching, business problems, lack of financial resources, documentary tsunami, and lack of social insights were identified. Conclusion: The factors influencing social behaviors, entrepreneurship, strengthening theoretical knowledge, convergence with society, performance evaluation, quality of graduates, continuing education, revising lessons as strategies for removing barriers to training injuries, the use of strategies has led to the consequences of training dynamics, the identification of indicators functional, will be prospective. The effective factors in "education pathology" presented in the form of a model. Manuscript profile
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  6 - Investigating the Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and Communication Skills of Public Library Librarians (Case Study of Khuzestan Province)
  Zohreh Mirhosseini morad dastaran Fereshteh Sepehr
  Objective: Public libraries if they want to play their role in a desirable way; It is necessary to look for quality criteria not in compliance with internal standards but first and foremost in the level of satisfaction of their users and customers. Accordingly, the purp More

  Objective: Public libraries if they want to play their role in a desirable way; It is necessary to look for quality criteria not in compliance with internal standards but first and foremost in the level of satisfaction of their users and customers. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between demographic characteristics and communication skills of librarians in public libraries in Khuzestan province.Methodology: The method of achieving the research goal was the simultaneous use of meta-combination technique, content analysis and Delphi method. The statistical population of the study included 327 librarians of public libraries in Khuzestan province in 1399. By proportional attribution sampling method, 100 people were selected as a sample. Analysis of variance was used to analyze the differences between different age, educational and occupational groups. Kramer Phi and V tests were also used to examine the relationship between demographic characteristics and communication skills components and ICT skills.Results: The results showed that according to the chi-square values ​​in the components of communication skills, it can be argued that there is no observed relationship between gender and marital status and verbal, non-verbal, interpersonal communication skills. Be. Due to the very large amounts of Chi-square and the results of the Kramer V test, as well as the significance level, which is much higher than 0.05; It can be inferred that there is no relationship between the city of service and verbal, non-verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Given the significant levels that are much higher than 0.05 and the small values ​​of the Spearman correlation coefficient; It can be inferred that there is no relationship between the age and work experience of the respondents and verbal, non-verbal and interpersonal communication skills. According to Spearman correlation coefficient values; It can be inferred that there is a relatively weak relationship between respondents' education level and verbal, non-verbal and interpersonal communication skills.Conclusion: It can be stated that there is no relationship between demographic characteristics including gender, marital status, age, city of work, work experience with verbal, non-verbal, interpersonal communication skills. Manuscript profile
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  7 - Application of big data in the public libraries: Determining the necessities and affecting factors
  Zohreh Mirhosseini zahra rezaei Fereshteh Sepehr
  20.1001.1.20082754.1400.14.2.7.6
  Objective: This study aims to review the studies related to big data management in public libraries, affiliates of national public libraries association, and determine the necessities and affecting factors.Methodology: This research is qualitative and has been done usin More

  Objective: This study aims to review the studies related to big data management in public libraries, affiliates of national public libraries association, and determine the necessities and affecting factors.Methodology: This research is qualitative and has been done using the Delphi method. In the descriptive section, domestic and foreign studies have been reviewed and in the futurology section, a survey have been designed in which it has gathered the comments of statistical society of Delphi panel, 20 people including IT and information science experts. 30 survey statements were verified regarding the CVR and CVI index. Its reliability was % 86 based on alpha-cronbach coefficient.Results: The findings showed that funding for powerful equipment and servers, providing data analysis tools, and updating librarians' knowledge and skills are among the necessities of using big data.Conclusion: Most of the studies of big data application in libraries are about university libraries and regarding scientific data. A few of them are about the application of big data in public libraries. Reviewing other studies show that libraries lack funding in their pursuit of scientific and technological growth. It can be seen that providing analytical tools, infrastructures for information integration and connection of public libraries, funding for facilities and strong servers and updating the knowledge and skills of book keepers, are necessities of using big data.  Manuscript profile
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  8 - Investigating Strategies for Users’ Attraction (Internal and External Factors) in Public Libraries of Tabriz.
  Rahimah Abutalebi Sardroudi Zohreh Mirhosseini
    Objective: This study investigates effect of the user attraction (libraries internal and external factors) in Tabriz public libraries. Methodology: This is a practical research using survey method for collecting data. Research data gathered with questionnaire. More

    Objective: This study investigates effect of the user attraction (libraries internal and external factors) in Tabriz public libraries. Methodology: This is a practical research using survey method for collecting data. Research data gathered with questionnaire. Users have been selected according to the stratified sampling method and ۳۸۰ questionnaire distributed within them. Data analyzed by SPSS software and utilized Pearson and T test for this aim. Results: The results show that there is strong relation between organization’s external factors (environmental and family factors) and organization’s internal factors (information services, suitable acquisition and update resources, librarianship treatment, equipment and facilities). The results show that these don’t verify relation between user curriculum and their attraction to the library. Conclusion: According to the users’ opinions and visions, there is an acceptable level within users’ attraction and 5 components of this research (environmental, family, information services, acquisition and update resources, librarianship treatment, equipment and facilities), but user curriculum don’t influence user attraction to the library. Manuscript profile
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  9 - Provide a role model for public libraries in the development of social justice
  Robab Aziz Khani Fereshteh Sepehr Zohreh Mirhosseini saeed ghaffari
  20.1001.1.20082754.1401.15.57.4.0
  Objective: Understanding the development of social justice and its related components has opened a new strategy beyond the perspective of libraries to enter them in an operational way. The purpose of this study is to provide a model for the role of public libraries in d More

  Objective: Understanding the development of social justice and its related components has opened a new strategy beyond the perspective of libraries to enter them in an operational way. The purpose of this study is to provide a model for the role of public libraries in development of the social justice sense among the society.Methodology: The present study is applied in terms of purpose and is done by correlation method. The information is gathered by field study.  In this study, a combined qualitative and quantitative method was used. For this purpose, first Delphi method was used to collect qualitative data and then quantitative data were collected through a questionnaire. The Delphi questionnaire was used to collect data in the qualitative part and the questionnaire was used in the quantitative part. Experts' opinions were used to evaluate the validity of the questionnaire and Cronbach's alpha was used to evaluate the reliability, which was obtained 0.79 and confirmed. The statistical population in this study includes subject matter experts in the field of Information science and librarians of public libraries in Iran which are divided into five sections: north, south, west, east and center and by non-random method available 22 subjects were selected as the sample size. SPSS statistical software was used to measure the results of the questionnaires.Results: The results showed that the dimensions of the model included cognitive factors, motivational factors, professional and specialized factors, cultural factors, communication factors and management factors that have coefficients and values ​​of T (0.655, / 45, respectively). 5), (0.712, 7.48), (0.489, 3.38), (0.566, 4.78), (0.576, 4.85) and (0.492, 57.5) 3) There are positive and significant effects on the role of public libraries in the development of social justice.Conclusion:  According to the research findings, it can be said that attention to the development of public libraries can be considered as effective factors through cognitive factors, motivational factors, professional and specialized factors, cultural factors, communication factors and managerial factors. Appear and play a role in the development of social justice.   Manuscript profile
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  10 - Comparative study of services and resources of Iranology section in the selected libraries of Iran and India
  Zohreh Mirhosseini Somayeh Motaghialhagh
  20.1001.1.20082754.1401.15.58.8.6
  Objective: The aim of this study is a Comparative study of services and resources of Iranology sections in the selected libraries of Iran and IndiaMethodology: This research is an applied one by purpose and used comparative survey method. The statistical population of t More

  Objective: The aim of this study is a Comparative study of services and resources of Iranology sections in the selected libraries of Iran and IndiaMethodology: This research is an applied one by purpose and used comparative survey method. The statistical population of this study includes managers and resources of Iran and India Iranian Studies Centers include the National Library, the Iranian Studies Foundation, Khodabakhsh Library, and the Central Library of the Osmania University. Data collection tools were checking log and questionnaire. The results were analyzed by Excel software. In examining the services of Iranian studies centers, a researcher-made questionnaire in the form of 5 main questions in the Likert scale has been used.Results: The findings showed that most sources of Iranology in Iran are in Persian and English language, but in India it is mostly in English, Pahlavi, Persian and Arabic language and the subject diversity of resources in the subject areas of Indian Iranology Centers is more than Iranian Iranology Centers and most of the services provided (lending, use of references and information) in Iranian and Indian Iranian Studies Centers belong to Professors, researchers and students. Also, research services are the most services of the Iranian Studies Foundation, National Library, Osmania Central Library and the Khodabakhsh Library for the community of researchers, Iranologists and students. In addition the original source in the centers of Iran microfilm and electronic versions in the centers of India include the most how to use the resources and the most important way of cooperation between the centers of Iranology is cooperation through Iranologists and lending resources.Conclusion: The results showed that the resources and services of Selected Libraries of India are better than Iran. Therefore, Iranian authorities should provide the necessary grounds for the development of their services and information resources. Manuscript profile
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  11 - Optimizing the provision of archival material services based on the design and application of the book locator tool
  Reza Ahmadi Zamani Zohreh Mirhosseini
  20.1001.1.20082754.1401.15.59.1.1
  Objective: "To investigate the optimization of the provision of archival material services based on the design and application of the book locator tool, in order to facilitate the restoration and accurate arrangement of resources. The existence of issues and problems in More

  Objective: "To investigate the optimization of the provision of archival material services based on the design and application of the book locator tool, in order to facilitate the restoration and accurate arrangement of resources. The existence of issues and problems in the archive of documents and documents, such as: confusion; depreciation; the disappearance of archival materials; Moving and misplacing; The accuracy in returning the sources and other things was investigated and led to the invention of the "book locator tool".Methodology: It is a semi- experimental method and a type of applied and fundamental research. The statistical population of the research included 10 libraries in Tehran, which have several characteristics in common. In this research, it was done by distributing "pre-test" and "post-test" questionnaires among 50 employees working in the repository and archive of the target community. number of fifty "book locator tools" were made and tested for two months, then the frequency distribution was done and analyzed using Excel and EPSS software.Results: The results showed that by replacing the "book locator tool" the problem of confusion of other sources has been solved by 96%. More than 71% of the sample people consider the use of "new device" to be effective in reducing the depreciation of archival materials. More than 87% have stated that by testing the proxy device, it is fast and takes less time (between 30 and 60 seconds). According to 98% of the people in the group, using the locator tool, the amount of "displacement and misarrangement" of archival materials was resolved when restoring and arranging. And 96% have seen the "flashing light" of the locator on the shelf, which has caused the attention of librarians to be attracted quickly and has also been effective in saving time.Conclusion: The results of the research showed that 100% of the studied libraries are without tools and devices such as "Book Locator" and the sorting of documents is done by the employees and librarians working in the archive. 90% of the people in the sample have evaluated the use of the "book locator tool" useful, which indicates the efficiency of the replacement device. Accordingly, it can be used generally for all libraries.  Manuscript profile
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  12 - Writing scientific articles regarding ISI criteria
  esmaeel habibi zohreh mirhoseini
  We are living in the information age.  In this age, one of the important criteria for determination of the development of societies is Information and Science Production. It means the rate of the works and scientific articles that are indexed in ISI (Institution fo More

  We are living in the information age.  In this age, one of the important criteria for determination of the development of societies is Information and Science Production. It means the rate of the works and scientific articles that are indexed in ISI (Institution for Scientific Information) by the researchers of the country. Base on this meaning,   each year ISI determines Countries' Scientific ranking; regarding their Science Productions. Recently, the scientific rating of researchers and authors were determined by their scientific rating on ISI in universities and research centers around the world, so researchers and authors struggle with improving their scientific rating for obtaining job opportunities and getting applied to authoritative universities in the world. This matter has been regarded strongly among Iranian researchers (especially, students and young researchers), so that to get acceptance from journals with high ranking in ISI. This article decides to help these researchers with introducing ISI main criteria of article writing. This article has been written for authors who (from all fields) know writing basically but want to write in a level that it would be indexed by ISI and help them to get a high position by citing to their articles. So this article is arranged by the article components ( such as; title , abstract , …) and the writing important points with  ISI criteria for each component of article that has been explained in detailed  with regarding Iranian authors weak points in writing articles scientifically. Thus among introducing and referring to the criteria of ISI for determining the authors and journals scientific ranking, this criteria for providing each component of article has survived; and was defined by discussion direct relation between them . ISI criteria has been based on powerful and logical reasons and so there are direct and logical relation between the ISI criteria for writing of the article components and Information Literacy. Thus authors notified that one of the important weak points of Iranian researchers in getting acceptance from the high ranking ISI journals for publishing their articles is lack of Information Literacy. so this article suggests that schools, colleges, research centers, and institutions must improve their students or researchers Information Literacy by starting the education courses of Information Literacy and essay writing scientifically based on ISI criteria.      Manuscript profile
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  13 - Studying fire security status of academic libraries in Islamic Azad University, Region 8
  zohreh mirhoseini mahmood mirakbari
  This research aims to study fire security status of academic libraries inIslamic Azad University, Region 8. It has been done from four perspectives: Library building structure; Flammable materials in libraries; Fire fighting instrument in libraries and users' informatio More

  This research aims to study fire security status of academic libraries inIslamic Azad University, Region 8. It has been done from four perspectives: Library building structure; Flammable materials in libraries; Fire fighting instrument in libraries and users' information about fire. Research method used is survey using a check-list organized from 32 questions, observation and interview. The results show that the Region 8 Islamic Azad University libraries are far from the security standards and fire fighting. These libraries are not equipped with necessary equipments. The users and librarians have no education in this regard.   Manuscript profile
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  14 - A Study about the concept of culture and peace in children books published in Iran during 1991-2006
  zohreh mirhoseini Nayyer Targhikhah Deylmaghani
  This research aims to introduce different cultural indicators in 52 books published for Iranian children during 15 years after Islamic revolution. Among these indicators, the concept of peace is very important to establish a communication among different cultures of the More

  This research aims to introduce different cultural indicators in 52 books published for Iranian children during 15 years after Islamic revolution. Among these indicators, the concept of peace is very important to establish a communication among different cultures of the nations. So, by using content analysis method, we tried to extract the most important entries for introducing world cultural indicators. The result shows that political systems as a main entry for introducing global culture have a frequency of 139 (12%). For Iranian culture, the most important entry is cultural property (historical monuments) with 44 frequencies (14%) among 314 entries. Peace concept with only 30 frequencies among 1158 analyzed data has a little share (%025), among the other cultural indicators.   Manuscript profile
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  15 - Investigation of the research output of faculty members of Tehran pharmacy colleges according to h-index factor
  zohreh mirhoseini marjan jalili baleh
  The aim of the present research is the investigation of the research output of faculty members of Tehran pharmacy colleges according to h-index factor which is a new method of scientometrics. This research has been achieved with evaluation measurement research method an More

  The aim of the present research is the investigation of the research output of faculty members of Tehran pharmacy colleges according to h-index factor which is a new method of scientometrics. This research has been achieved with evaluation measurement research method and the needed information collected by checklist. Hypothesis has been evaluated statistically by Pearson’s correlation test. Number of research society was 107 faculty members of 3 Tehran pharmacy colleges. In this study, h-index was calculated from the articles and citation of the research society indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Research findings indicate that highest article's number belong to a member from Tehran University of Medical Sciences with 193 articles, in this university most distribution of articles was between 10 to 19 articles (%38.46), while the most article's number in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences was 57 and in Azad University was 26 articles. In these two universities the most distribution of articles was between 1 to 9 articles. In addition, the highest citation number in Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Azad University were 6793, 442, 187, respectively. In all 3 universities the highest citation number was related to "Toxicology and Pharmacology" Department. The highest h-index between the assistant professors of Tehran University of Medical Sciences was 4 (%26.08), between associate professors was 2 (%27.27) and between professors of this university was 6 (%30). The highest h-index in Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences between assistant professors was 2 (%33.33), between associate professors was 2 (%23.07) and for professors was 6 (%22.22). The highest h-index in Azad University was 2 (%45.45). Nevertheless, the highest h-index in research society was 20 related to a professor from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Testing hypotheses of this research show that there is a significant relation between h-index and article numbers and also between h-index and citation numbers.     Manuscript profile
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  16 - A Survey about the problems of the publishers of province of Tehran during 1997 to 2007
  tahereh moftekhari nazaripoor zohreh mirhoseini
  The goal of this study is to investigate the problems of the publishers of Tehran province during 1997 to 2007. The methodology is a descriptive survey., and 130 publishers were chosen. Data were collected by interviews and an organized questionnaire distributed among t More

  The goal of this study is to investigate the problems of the publishers of Tehran province during 1997 to 2007. The methodology is a descriptive survey., and 130 publishers were chosen. Data were collected by interviews and an organized questionnaire distributed among the publishers. The data were analyzed by SPSS and Excel. The findings show that during this period, the most important barriers and problems are as follows: the main problem of the publishers is that their activities are not economically justifiable, 94.6% of the publishers declared that investment in publishing books is not profitable. The most important barriers and problems of book reading in the society are as follows according to the publisher's views: Low culture of the society with 42.3%; lack of reading habits and reading education in the society with 28.5%; dropping the book out of the purchase basket of the family because of the economic conditions with 26.2%. The most important problems of the distributing books are as follows: Lack of information through mass media with 33.8%; lack of information by the publisher with 37.7%; and lack of the book distribution with 28.5%. The circulation status had a different one in the period and the most subject produced are in pure sciences with 21.5%. The hypotheses of the research are tested by chi-square. The first one is confirmed, namely there is a meaningful relation between union formation and the stimulation of being a publisher; the second hypotheses is not confirmed, namely there is no meaningful relation between union support and the membership in the union. the third hypothesis is confirmed, namely there are meaningful relation between union support and investment of the publishers. To improve the publication economics the following suggestions are presented by the publishers: propagation for free book with 34.6%; and fostering book reading culture via TV and the other media with 33.8%; paying subsidy to the publishers by the government with 28.5%.     Manuscript profile
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  17 - An Analytical Review of the Contents of Curriculum of the Literacy Movement in Tehran City
  zohreh mirhoseini aliakbar Arjmandnia
  Present paper investigates the contents of the 11 easy to read books which are presented in the continuing education programs of Literacy Movement Organization of Tehran by content analysis method. The main purpose is to show the strength and the weak points of these b More

  Present paper investigates the contents of the 11 easy to read books which are presented in the continuing education programs of Literacy Movement Organization of Tehran by content analysis method. The main purpose is to show the strength and the weak points of these books to the writers and experts of continuing education planning. The results show that the majority of these books (77%) are in coordination with the aims of continuing education programs. Manuscript profile