Journal of Knowledge Studies: 4 (46)

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1 - Assessing the resilience of public library staff against earthquakes: A case study of public library staff of Kermanshah province
Farshad Parhamnia Mahmoud Moradi

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the resilience of Kermanshah public library staff to the earthquake. Methods: The present study is applied research that adopted a survey method. The sample size was 97 employees of Kermanshah public l More

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate the resilience of Kermanshah public library staff to the earthquake. Methods: The present study is applied research that adopted a survey method. The sample size was 97 employees of Kermanshah public libraries. The data were collected using a resilience questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to assess the reliability of the questionnaire, which was 0.929. Data analysis was performed using Single group token test (mark), Excel software, and SPSS 23. Results: The findings showed that resilience dimensions including social dimension with an average of 2.89, economic dimension 2.53, organizational dimension 2.54, and physical dimension 2.77. In general, the overall average of resilience was equal to (2.71), which indicated that there was a significant difference between the theoretical average (3) and the obtained means. Therefore, Kermanshah public libraries staff are in an unfavorable situation of resilience against earthquakes. Conclusion: In this regard, earthquake preparedness training by public libraries is essential to take a step towards sustainable library development. Manuscript profile

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2 - A Survey on Key Factors of Success in Implementation of Knowledge Management in Public Libraries of Guilan Province
Seyed Ali Asghar Razavi hamidreza tamadon

Objective: This study was conducted to identify the key success factors in implementing knowledge management in public libraries of Guilan province. Method: The present research is applied in terms of purpose and survey in terms of data collection method and data analys More

Objective: This study was conducted to identify the key success factors in implementing knowledge management in public libraries of Guilan province. Method: The present research is applied in terms of purpose and survey in terms of data collection method and data analysis. The statistical population of the study includes all librarians of public libraries in Gilan province, 189 people, which based on simple random sampling using Morgan table, the statistical volume was 123 people. Data collection was done through a researcher-made questionnaire. To evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire by calculating Cronbach's alpha through S software SPSS. Its reliability was determined to be 95, which indicates the high validity of the questionnaire. Results: The results showed that information systems infrastructure with an average of 4.15 is the highest factor for success and knowledge-based orientation with an average of 3.84 is the lowest factor in the success of knowledge management implementation in public libraries. Guilan province in terms of respondents. Conclusion: The most important component in the implementation of knowledge management in Guilan public libraries from the respondents' point of view is the component of information systems infrastructure, giving importance to information technology capabilities, access of staff and librarians to databases, cooperation between libraries in the form of research projects. Establishing virtual group discussion mechanisms and creating user-friendly electronic systems. Manuscript profile

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3 - The Factors Influencing the Quality Enhancement of Scientific Research in Azad Universities of Sanandaj and Kermansha
afsaneh zamani Ali Taghipour Zahir Mustafa Ejtehadi jalal mohammade

Objective:The aim of this study is to investigate the factors Affecting the quality enhancement of knowledge production and research in Azad universities of Kermanshah and Sanandaj. Methods: The research method in terms of purpose is applied and in term of data collecti More

Objective:The aim of this study is to investigate the factors Affecting the quality enhancement of knowledge production and research in Azad universities of Kermanshah and Sanandaj. Methods: The research method in terms of purpose is applied and in term of data collection is survey. The study population consists of all faculty members and researchers and research managers of the Islamic Azad universities of Sanandaj and Kermanshah, the number of them is 298. Via Using Morgan table, 222 samples were selected for the research population utilizing a simple random sampling method. The formal and content validity was estimated through the questionnaire was estimated through its formal and content validity and its reliability by distributing a trial questionnaire in a sample of 30 people through Cronbach's alpha 878%. Results: The results of Friedman test showed that the components of education, financial resources, professional human resources, organizational culture of the university and the management have an impact on the quality of research in the university Conclusion: Among the factors: the assessment of the quality of students by seeking advice from the interested organizations, employers and other organizations and companies, the selection of interested researchers to encourage students, the creation of the IT- infrastructure to get access to scientific and technical information at the world level, and the development of a clear plan to self- manage some sectors of the university, the increase of revenues and decentralization of financial management were on top of the  items. Manuscript profile

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4 - Reviewing the websites of Tehran Municipality and providing appropriate data mining solutions
shaysteh shojaei karizaki sudabeh Shapoori hajar zarei

Objective: The main purpose of this study is to identify and analyze different types of data on the website of Tehran Municipality and to provide appropriate data mining solutions. Method: This research is fundamental and in terms of nature it can be considered analytic More

Objective: The main purpose of this study is to identify and analyze different types of data on the website of Tehran Municipality and to provide appropriate data mining solutions. Method: This research is fundamental and in terms of nature it can be considered analytical. The data collection method was field and the statistical population of 47 sites were selected among 220 domains of Tehran Municipality and data mining techniques were used for analysis and the source of data collection is web analytics and tools used by Google Analytics. Results: The accuracy of the normal neural network algorithm is equal to 99.25% and the RMS standard of the normal neural network algorithm is equal to 0.159. The accuracy of the decision tree algorithm is 99.80% and the MSI criterion of the decision tree algorithm is 0.003 and finally the RMS criterion of the decision tree algorithm is 0.045. The accuracy of the CNN algorithm is equal to 99.81% and finally the RMS criterion of the CNN algorithm is equal to 0.035. Conclusion: Based on the obtained findings, the DB Scan method is equal to other basic methods for analyzing data of Tehran Municipality websites and has a higher accuracy than other methods. Manuscript profile

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5 - Investigating the information behavior and seeking information of librarians of public libraries in Kerman province about health information
saeed ghaffari marjan pourhabibi

Objective: Making accessible knowledge and information and attention to health information seeking behavior can increase level of health literacy and provide level of health among people in society. This study aimed to information seeking behavior about health literacy More

Objective: Making accessible knowledge and information and attention to health information seeking behavior can increase level of health literacy and provide level of health among people in society. This study aimed to information seeking behavior about health literacy among Kerman Public Library Librarians. Methods: This is an applied-Survey study. Statistical population include 275 librarians of Kerman Public Libraries. Questionnaire is used to collect the data, and also SPSS to analysis data. Results: The result of this study showed that the most common way to obtain health information is the search on the internet. The most important part of the process to provide health information, is guidance to various sources of access to health information and most of the librarians help to search for health information by members (offering answers from different methods to client’s questions). Kerman Public Library Librarians worked out on health information seeking with the aim of "getting information about methods of treatment ", "getting information about disease", "getting information about Prevention of disease" and "their health status". Also the research found out that specialists and doctors, books, TV, websites and Telegram (social network) with highest average recognized as most important health information channels.  Conclusion: According to positive effecting of health information resources and channels on Librarians health literacy improvement, we can help to increase the health literacy levels and health status levels of people by educating of information resource searching and support of their information seeking behavior. Manuscript profile

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6 - Analysis the relation between professional competence of librarians and cultural engineering in public libraries of Mazandaran Province
Samane Goli safiyeh tahmasebi limooni

Objective: Determination of the relation between the professional qualification of librarians and engineering of culture in public libraries of Mazandaran Province Methods: the objective of the present study is an applied one. The researcher has used survey-analysis met More

Objective: Determination of the relation between the professional qualification of librarians and engineering of culture in public libraries of Mazandaran Province Methods: the objective of the present study is an applied one. The researcher has used survey-analysis method for data gathering, and the data analysis method is correlation. The ready-made questionnaires of Abutalebi and Bigo (2016) and Mashhadi and Tafreshi (2012) have been used in this research, and their reliability is 0.876 and 0.869, respectively, based on Cronbach’s Alpha. The statistical population of the research consists of 265 librarians. The sample size is 158 based on Cochran Formula. Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test, for data analysis, has been used for studying the normality of variables, Pearson Correlation Test for studying the relation between variables, One Sample T Test for studying the differences between available and expectable level of variables, using SPSS22 software packages.   Results: the professional qualification status of librarians of public libraries of Mazandaran Province has been assessed with an average of 4.51 higher than medium level and the engineering of culture amongst librarians with the average of 3.63 higher than the medium level. Moreover, the results showed that the professional qualification of librarians have positive and meaningful influences on components of the engineering of culture amongst librarians of public libraries in Mazandaran Province (level of significance/P-value: 0.05, coefficient of determination: R3).    Conclusion: the professional qualification of librarians has positive and meaningful influences on engineering of culture. In words, by increasing the professional qualification in librarians being studied, the level of engineering of culture and its variables are increased.  Manuscript profile

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7 - Investigating the Barriers of Theorizing the Knowledge and Information Science field from the Perspective of Faculty Members of Universities of Iran
HamidReza Mahmoodi mohammad hasanzadeh fatemeh zandian

Objective: Preliminary evidence and review of previous research indicate that theorizing in the field of information science is not in a good position. The purpose of this study is to weigh the barriers to theorizing in this field. In fact, in this research we seek to k More

Objective: Preliminary evidence and review of previous research indicate that theorizing in the field of information science is not in a good position. The purpose of this study is to weigh the barriers to theorizing in this field. In fact, in this research we seek to know how many obstacles each of the barriers of theorizing has. Methods: The present research is in the category of applied research in terms of purpose and in the category of library and descriptive-survey research in terms of data collection method. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by information experts. Cronbach's alpha was used to evaluate the reliability. The reliability of the questionnaire was also reported .87% and was confirmed accordingly. The statistical population of this research formed the faculty members of the field of information science of Iran’s universities. In this study, the sampling unit was the university and the sampling method was sequential. In the first stage, each university was selected by random. In the next stage, among the faculty members of each university, the final sample was purposefully selected. Questionnaires were distributed among 60 faculty members in the field. Out of 60 distributed questionnaires, 37 questionnaires were returned. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. In order to answer the research questions, one-sample t-test was used. SPSS software was used to analyze the data. Results: The results of one-sample t-test showed that individual, educational, cultural and managerial barriers have a great extent, economic and social barriers have a large extent hinder in theorizing of information science. Among these barriers, educational barriers with an average of 4/18 have the most, and political barriers with an average of 3/66 have the lowest barrier. Conclusion: So far, the barriers of theorizing in information science field have not been analyzed with a quantitative approach, so the present study is original in terms of subject and method of analysis. Manuscript profile

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8 - 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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