جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « Strategic Planning » در نشریات گروه « کتابداری و مدیریت اطلاعات »

The situation of university libraries in Iran shows that due to the existence of a gap between strategy development and implementation, these organizations have not achieved much success in implementing their strategies, and there is a fear that the developed strategy, like the strategic plans of most organizations, will remain theoretical or its implementation will be postponed. Therefore, in the current research, it was decided to first examine the strategic plans that have been developed and implemented by the world's top academic libraries based on the Times ranking, and based on that and relying on the specific conditions of the country, a strategic plan for Iranian academic libraries will be developed. The current research sought to provide a simple and practical framework for the custodians, practitioners, and those interested in Iranian university libraries, so that based on this framework, they can provide a road map for activities and practical actions in libraries. It is expected that this research will be the starting point for the formulation of comprehensive and large national programs that will help to improve reading and study as well as the development of reading culture in the society. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to examine the strategic plan of academic libraries in the world and to present a proposed model for Iranian academic libraries.

Literature Review:

A review of the conducted researches shows that the ever-increasing complexity of activities and continuous changes in organizations have made managers face new challenges that neglecting them will lead to irreparable consequences. Surveys indicate that the existence of a strategic plan helps to improve the performance of libraries and defines the direction of the organization and can provide a clear understanding of the performance of the library to the authorities and the user community. Investigations show that various researches have been conducted on the presentation of strategic plans, and on the other hand, the review of previous researches indicates that a large percentage of the proposed programs were only suggested and not implemented. This reason led to the present research, in order to provide a strategic plan for university libraries in Iran by using the strategic plans of the best university libraries in the world. Outside of Iran, many studies have been done to develop a strategic plan for libraries. Most of the mentioned researches have presented the findings obtained from the formulation or implementation of a strategic plan at the micro and macro levels of the activities of a university library.

The current research is practical in terms of its purpose and it is hybrid in terms of method. In the current research, library, Delphi, and descriptive survey methods have been used. In this research, three questions have been raised, and to answer them, special tools related to each have been used. In response to the first question of the research regarding the identification of university libraries that have a strategic plan, first by referring to the website of the studied university library, if they have a strategic plan, the plan was extracted and stored, and if there was no section on the website under the title of the management plan. Ask me through the department or ask the librarian about the strategic plan of the library, and if no answer was received from this department, in the last step, the public relations manager or the director of public services of the library followed up on the strategic plan of the library and whether it was or not. The strategic plan was determined. In order to answer the second question of the research, which sought to identify the main criteria in the strategic plan of university libraries, the libraries that had a strategic plan were identified in the first stage, and in the second stage, their plans were analyzed and evaluated, and the principles of each of the plans were extracted. According to the reliability standard law, if the principle was common in at least 70% of the strategic plans, it is chosen as the principle of the strategic plan. To answer the third question of the research, after extracting the principles of the strategic plan of the library, a list consisting of various principles that are important in presenting the strategic plan (based on the main criteria of the strategic plan of the world's university libraries) was prepared. Then, with the Delphi method, the list was provided to 14 experts in the field of information science and epistemology and university libraries in Iran who had the experience of managing university libraries. In the last stage, according to the obtained results, a model for a strategic plan in Iranian university libraries was presented. The research community for identifying the strategic plan of the world's university libraries included the libraries of twenty-five top universities based on the Times ranking in 2020-2021. In the Times ranking system, educational, research, welfare, cultural and service criteria are emphasized, so they were chosen as the research ranking system.

The results of the research showed that all the studied university libraries have a written strategic plan, but the strategic plan of 4 university libraries of Yale, Pennsylvania, London School of Economics and University of Washington is not up to date and out of date. Also, according to the investigations, the strategic plan of two university libraries, Stanford and Massachusetts, does not have a time frame. But most of the strategic plans developed for a period of 2 to 5 years have been presented. A brief look at the structure and content of the strategic plan of the world's academic libraries shows that the emphasis on the introduction section, necessary actions, implementation schedule and the mission of the library is more important than other components. The result of the analysis carried out in the current research; the strategic model of Iranian academic libraries is as follows. The proposed strategic model for Iranian academic libraries should include introduction, summary, mission, goal, vision, planning and implementation.

In this research, the strategic plan of 25 university libraries ranked 1 to 25 in the Times ranking was examined and evaluated. According to the surveys, all 25 university libraries had a written strategic plan, which shows the importance of having a strategic plan for university libraries. The studied university libraries had a section entitled About Us on their home page, which was part of the strategic plan. In the survey that was conducted, strategic plans were presented in three ways. The first picture is that the different parts of the strategic plan were presented in a list form and by clicking on each part, the related information was provided. The second form was that a brief introduction of the strategic plan was placed on the site and the link to download the strategic plan was next. And the third form was that the strategic plan was fully presented in this section. In some university libraries, the presented program was complete and comprehensive with all the necessary details mentioned, and in others, the program was presented in a brief form, and finally, a model was designed for the program. The noteworthy point in the strategic plans of university libraries was the importance of the university to the strategic plan of the library, in several cases of the investigated libraries, the strategic plan of the library was presented as a part of the strategic plan of the university. Also, according to the surveys, most of the strategic plans had a time frame and their goal was to focus on the time frame of 3 to 5 years. The existence of a short period of time indicates continuous changes in organizations and the need to review and update the strategic plan. Considering the rapid scientific progress and the need to change university policies, updating the strategic plan is very important for the university library, and libraries should always have short-term, medium-term, and long-term plans to achieve great goals.

According to the research conducted on the strategic plan of university libraries, in most of the strategic plans, the introduction section of the library, necessary measures to carry out the strategic plan, the schedule of the implementation of the strategic plan and the missions of the library were present, and this shows the importance of the mentioned items. The purpose of the strategic plan is to provide a better vision of the library and plan it for a better future. Therefore, the existence of the library introduction section, which includes a brief introduction of the university, introduction of the library, history of the library, number of library resources, different sections of the library, library facilities, locational and physical condition of the library, and information of this kind, is very important and almost in most programs. The subject of this section was to provide information in summary or complete form. The next thing that is very important in the presentation of the strategic plan is the necessary measures to achieve the goals of the library during the strategic plan. In this section, all the activities that the library must do according to the strategic plan to achieve its ultimate goal are presented. Most of the investigated libraries were very careful about this issue, and in some programs, the actions were divided by library departments or by library goals, and the indicators of their achievement were provided. The third part that is very important in the strategic plan is the discussion of the implementation schedule. Due to the rapid growth of science and the change of programs and the change of the scientific course of the country, it is very important to pay attention to the schedule, the strategic plan should be up-to-date and adjusted according to the needs of the society at the present time. Also, the strategic plan should be evaluated at certain time intervals and if there is a weakness or problem, it should be fixed. Another part that was important in the strategic plans was the discussion of the library's missions. The clarity of the missions facing the library helps to define the framework of the strategic plan, and the strategic plan is set based on the missions of the university library.

At the present time, the advancement of technology in every field has accelerated to such an extent that its effects are evident everywhere, so people do not use previous methods to meet their needs. It is in this situation that institutions, organizations, bodies, etc., must change in order to maintain their survival and be present in the competition scene, otherwise, they will face challenges. Libraries are among these organizations. If libraries want to move forward with changes and developments and continue their development and evolution, they must have a plan. One of the plans that are proposed in libraries, especially in university libraries, is "strategic planning", having a strategic plan that has a specific time frame, a set of processes or should include special components appropriate for each library, examine the external environment and give a better understanding of the current and future state of the library and create a competitive advantage (Bayat and Esfandiari Moghadam, 2014, p. 85). The strategic planning process in this research is considered based on Bryson's authentic model (2013), the components that Bryson considered for this process in the book Strategic Planning in Government, Public and Non-Profit Organizations include: 1) initial agreement, 2) determining organizational tasks, 3) analyzing stakeholders, 4) mission, 5) understanding the organizational environment, 6) determining strategic issues, 7) determining strategy, 8) describing plans and actions, 9) vision of the organization and 10) operational plan. David (2013) believes that information is updated from moment to moment, as a result, information collection, analysis, and sending and receiving this information affects strategic decisions. It should be noted that information is effective in strategic planning if it is obtained from scientific research and research results and has scientific support in general. The main question of the research is how to rely on evidence-based librarianship with the components of 1) asking/formulating a detailed question in one of the subject areas of librarianship, 2) obtaining/finding the most appropriate evidence, 3) evaluating 4) applying and 5) evaluating the results, to strategic planning with the components of 1) initial agreement, 2) determining organizational tasks, 3) stakeholder analysis, 4) mission, 5) understanding the organizational environment, 6) determining strategic issues, 7) determining the strategy, 8) describing plans and actions, 9) vision of the organization and 10) operational plan helped. According to the purpose, the current research aims to answer the following questions:To what extent is the state of strategic planning of university libraries in Kermanshah based on strategic planning components?To what extent is the awareness of evidence-based librarianship among managers and librarians of university libraries in Kermanshah based on the components of evidence-based librarianship?What is the relationship between strategic planning and evidence-based librarianship components from the point of view of university library managers and librarians?             

Literature Review:

According to the definitions of Elsan and Eddy (1982, p. 4), strategic planning is "a systematic effort, in order to make decisions and carry out fundamental activities that shape the nature and how and why of the organization's actions" in ideally, strategic planning requires gathering extensive and effective information, defining the organization's mission as well as strategic issues, and finally carefully examining various solutions to achieve organizational goals and the future results of current decisions (Bryson, 2010, p. 19). Alphabet of strategic planningA: Where are we?B: Where do we want to be?A: How to reach the destination Planning in the library is not a new phenomenon. The expansion of the use of strategic planning in libraries and the desired results were among the factors that ledlibrary managers to strategicplanning. Strategic planning in a general perspective leads to the development of understanding and awareness of how the library participates in the development of society.

 The concept of evidence-based librarianship:

 Evidence-based librarianship means the optimal use of existing research findings in compiling and revising the professional activities of librarians and information specialists. Evidence-based librarianship, with a history of ten years, is considered a relatively new approach in this field, based on which librarians first collect and interpret scientific findings and then create the necessary context for integrating new knowledge to provide their own professional activities. (Mansourian, 2019) Since the idea of evidence-based librarianship was first proposed, its proponents have tried to develop a conceptual framework, principles, and steps for it that would help information professionals understand it and enable them to combine it with their professional performance (Lerdal, 2002). Evidence-based librarianship provides a self-correcting framework in such a way that until new information becomes available, it suggests new directions or methods, Cromley and Kofogianakis (2006).

The present study was descriptive and conducted in a survey method. The statistical population of this study is librarians of Kermanshah University Libraries, which is a total of 63 people. Due to the limited number of people in the statistical population, therefore, sampling has been considered in the research. The data collection tools were two researcher-made questionnaires, strategic planning, and evidence-based librarianship.

University libraries perform poorly in terms of implementing strategic planning and using evidence-based librarianship, so it seems that they still follow the previous routine in managing library affairs and providing services.Evidence-based librarianship with an approach to seeking information and expanding knowledge and having a detailed and regulated framework in five stages of formulating questions, obtaining evidence, evaluating evidence, using evidence, and evaluating the effectiveness of the operational plan, has a high capacity in implementing the process. It has strategic planning. Evidence-based librarianship by understanding and recognizing the need and formulating the question in the first stage, extracting valid evidence and finally creating opportunities in the second stage, prioritizing refereed sources in the third stage, and providing a solution with scientific support in the fourth stage, and by examining the effects of the decisions taken in the fifth stage, respectively, leads to transparency and understanding of the problem, to smoothing the detailed information about the problem in question and creating a strategy, to evaluating the strategy and achieving an effective strategy, not sacrificing time and resources in wrong decisions, increasing awareness and knowledge regarding the effectiveness of a strategy, and will be effective in strategic planning. The process of strategic planning in order to identify issues, determine goals, adopt strategies, and predict results requires approaches to gather information, critical analysis, and organization of information, so evidence-based librarianship with accumulated knowledge can be the focus of strategic planning. In other words, evidence-based librarianship acts as a tool in providing detailed information related to the subject for strategic planning, and the effectiveness of this information is to be placed in the framework of the evidence-based librarianship approach. In this way, the information produced in evidence-based librarianship will play a decisive role in strategic planning.

The increasing complexity of activities and the changing environment of today’s world have made managers face such difficulties that the slightest slip and their lack of attention to issues will have irreparable consequences. By using strategic planning, organizations can perform better and react to their environment properly and promptly. Developing strategies to determine the organization's major directions will provide guidelines to allocate resources toward long-term goals. Strategic planning analyzes the underlying environmental risk factors and provides solutions that are more likely to be appropriate to achieve the goal. Despite the importance of a strategic plan, its necessity is still not well understood in many organizations, and in some cases, it is even considered a luxurious and costly thing. The purpose of this study is to provide a strategic plan for Shahid Beheshti University Libraries.

Analytical survey was used as a research method and is based on David’s strategic planning model and strategic planning factors (SWOT) technique. The statistical population consisted of all managers (8 people) and experts (45 people) of the Libraries of Shahid Beheshti University who were studied as a research community as ad census. A questionnaire and interview were used to collect data.

The finding showed that the evaluation score of internal and external factors in libraries respectively was 3.11 and 3.3, which is more than the total average score (2.5); So in internal factors, strengths are more than weaknesses and in external factors, opportunities are more than threats. The most important strength was the "re-engineering of the various parts of the library", which led to the flexibility and modernity of the collection, as well as the attractiveness of the library space and the use of minimal space to achieve great goals; and the most important weakness was the "old and worn out parts of the library". "Attracting excellent students to the university" is the most important opportunity and "constantly changing policies and decisions related to libraries and its impact on changing the duties of librarians" is the most important threat to the libraries of Shahid Beheshti University.

The results showed that the main purpose of Shahid Beheshti University libraries providing information resources based on faculty members, students, and staff's needs of Shahid Beheshti University. Promoting research, education, and cultural activities and increasing specialized knowledge were in second and third rank; therefore, the libraries should consider 18 main strategies based on the proposed strategic plan.

To achieve the localized strategic pattern to help to formulate a strategic program, by identifying factors influencing the acceptance and use of technology was the main propose.

It was an analytical survey. The random stratified sampling was used with two samples of 201 and 373 people of 12538 members of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The data gathered by a questionnaire. The face validity of the questionnaire was approved. The Internal validity of the original questionnaire was approved by using Promax correlation matrix in the factor analysis method.

Hypothesis testing showed that GIF with 0.92 was fit to the research population, for the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of technology and with 0.94 for the Task-Technology Fit theory. The extracted indicators of the diagonally rotated matrix of correlations resulted in a localized strategic model. The RMSEA with 0.037 for the Use of Technology model and with 0.023 for the Acceptance model showed that the factor loadings and path ratios of used models were significant and a high predictive power that provides to create a strategic model.

Strategic planning of information technology is one of the concerns for new organizations. This paper is the result of a research project in the field of IT strategic planning in Kermanshah Electric Power Distribution Company. Based on the common view of all strategic planning models, one of the important steps is to determine the status of the organization in the area in question. Given the notification of upstream documents, such as the Tavanir Information Technology perspective document and the e-government document that are necessary to implement, as well as governance approach in this documents, this approach in the service sector, has used as Kermanshah Electric Power Distribution Company vision. Based on the vision, Capability Maturity Model Integration and Information Technology Infrastructure Library best practices have been used to determine the current statues. To achieve the purpose of the article, four phases are considered: in first phase that is the same phase of recognition, business processes is recognized. The second phase is the matching of business processes with standard processes of Information Technology Infrastructure Library. For this purpose, initially, business processes were examined form the standpoint of information architecture and then the match was done by conducting specialized interview based on the process. In the next phase, organizational maturity is determined in two ways. In the first method, initially, descriptive phrases are determined by extracting the features of  ITIL best practices and delivered to process officials in the form of 27 questionnaires for 27 processes. In the second method that has the standard questionnaire, the questionnaire is completed for all of ITIL process. The results of examining the existing situation using best practices as well as standard processes of maturity model indicate the maturity level of the processes based on the percentage and provides the ability to compare the two methods. In addition, based on a comparative analysis of these two methods, the weaknesses and strengths of the organizational processes adapted to the processes of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library were determined, and some recommendations and suggestions for future research in this area were presented. The results show that service desk, event management, request fulfilment, configuration management, and contractor management processes as organizational strengths and change management, knowledge management, information security management, release and deployment management processes as organizational weaknesses issues can be investigated and were not regularly seen in other processes such as service level management, demand management, capacity management.

There are different tools to formulate strategic plans in each organization. The SWOT matrix is one of these tools that helps managers in managing the programs by analyzing the external and internal factors of each organization. The purpose of this research was to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in the Libraries, Museums and Documents Center of Astan Qods Razavi based on SWOT matrix and offer executive solutions to improve the programs.

This research is a descriptive-survey. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by using the expert opinions of the faculty members and its reliability was calculated by using Cronbach's alpha (amounted to %98). The statistical population of this research was all affiliated managers and employees of the library deputy in Libraries, Museums and Documents Center of Astan Qods Razavi. After collecting internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats, these factors were placed in a separate table and component weight scores were calculated using a rated weighting method. Finally, after analyzing the factors, based on the importance and weight of each factor, appropriate research strategies were formulated and effective executive strategies were developed to strengthen strengths and opportunities and reduce weaknesses and threats.

The results showed that belonging to the Astan Quds Razavi Libraries, presence of educated and expert personnel and experienced managers were of the greatest strength. Lack of space and standard library buildings in some libraries, proper mechanisms for weeding old resources and general attitude to the necessity of research were important weakness of these libraries. The most opportunities were attention of supreme leader and respected custodian of Astan Quds Razavi to qualitative and quantitative development of these libraries, presence of educated staff and existence of a suitable scientific and research potential in this area and presentation of these libraries to educational and cultural centers, belonging the libraries to Imam Reza and variety of services made in these libraries and the most important threats were academic credentials, lack of interest in studying after graduation, and the environmental and economic problems of society.

The results showed that the libraries have many opportunities and strengths for being in an aggressive situation that by relying on them, can be directed toward the way of organizational goals, overcoming existing obstacles and strengthening their weaknesses.

The presented investigation was performed to study the relationship between the comprehensive quality management and knowledge management. In order to evaluate the overall quality management, Malcolm Baldrige's model was utilized with six components of leadership, strategic planning, customer orientation, process management, human resources management and information analysis. The knowledge management also includes five processes of knowledge acquisition, knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, knowledge storage, and knowledge use. From the view of practical purpose and method, this research is stored in descriptive - survey research. The statistical population of the study was all managers, supervisors and experts of the National Library and Documentation Organization. To determine the sample size, the Cochran formula was used and according to the sample population of 866 employees, 266 persons were computed for the required sample size. The data collection instruments were standard questionnaire which their reliabilities were confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.896. Structural equation modeling software Smart PLS was used for data analysis. According to the research findings, there was a positive and significant relationship between the leadership component and knowledge management in the National Library and Documentation Organization and the relationship between other components Comprehensive QM management with KM is not approved.

To conduct an SWOT analysis for the National Archives of Iran, evaluate its strategic position, and to provide suggestions for further improvements.
Method and Research Design: A questionnaire was designed to evaluate strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed by seven archive experts. The questionnaire was answered by 20 employees in the National Archives. The strategic position of the organization was studied using Internal and External Factors Evaluation Matrix.
Findings and The strengths of the organization are more than its weaknesses. The organization can control threats and improve weaknesses. Besides, it can make new decisions and improve its services.
Some of the provided suggestions are: developing digital services and accessibility, updating regulations regarding coding of different kinds of documents, closer coordination with other organizations, employing new specialists, more training courses for the staff, launching a web database, defining procedures and codes for collecting archival records.

In order to achieve strategic goals, missions and desirable information technology, organizations require comprehensive and suitable plan. Given this, IT strategic planning serves as an integral part of organizations strategic planning. A fundamental question arisen is that what affects information technology planning? In the present study, using TOE model, the variables are categorized into technologic, organizational and environmental factors. This study was conducted in the National Iranian Oil Company (National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) in Ahvaz). The subjects consisted of 110 executives, councils, bosses and IT experts. Due to small number of subjects, the sample were set equal to the population. A questionnaire was designed to data collection whose reliability was confirmed and its validity was estimated 0.96 based on Cronbach Alpha. For data analyses, software's SPSS and PLS were used. The model was described by G.O.F criteria 62% characterized with strong fitness so that of eight hypotheses, five one were accepted and three were rejected. A relation between information system infrastructure, knowledge management, participation, environmental assessment to IT strategic planning and the opposite was true for relationship between information system maturing, change management and congruence to successfulness of information technology strategic planning.

The purpose of this paper is to offer and provide strategic planning in central library and documentation center of Kharazmi University based on SWOT analysis.
Based on the purpose, the paper is going to discuss vision, mission statement, and values of central university libraries. Then, we extracted four main factors in SWOT analysis: two internal factors (i. e. strengths and weaknesses) and two external factors (opportunities and threats) via interview that lead to the identification of ten strategies in central library and documentation center of Kharazmi University. At the end, some suggestions have been made to be sure that desirable execution, evaluation, and supervision would be made on these strategic plans.
Findings: In this research, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of central library of Kharazmi University were identified by asking open questions from the librarians and stuff. Mutual connection of strengths and weaknesses, in one hand and opportunities and threats, on the other hand, were lead to ten main strategies.
Taking into account the internal and external factors and trying to reduce the weaknesses and gaps and reinforce the strengths and abilities and considering opportunities and threats, university libraries can expect efficient services and develop their goals and mission.

The purpose of this study was to establish scientometrics departments in the Iranian academic libraries based on the SWOT model.
This is an applied study carried out by the survey method. The study population included 80 librarians of Mashhad universities. Data collection was based on the statistical distribution of the questionnaire following the SWOT model.
Findings: The results of the data analysis based on the SWOT matrix showed that the academic librarians in Mashhad are not familiar enough with scientometricsand the scientometrics tasks moreover; Mashhad universities do not have scientometrics departments. The results also showed that human resources, organizational culture, and technology has respectively had the greatest impact on the establishment of scientometrics departments. Moreover, it was shown that the strengths with the total weight of 3.98 points had the highest score in comparison with opportunities with the 3.79 points, and weaknesses and threats with a score of 3.12 and 3.75 points respectively.

To identify and explain the role of knowledge management in strategic planning from the viewpoints of managers and librarians of university libraries. 38 managers and 151 librarians working in central libraries of Tehran public universities were surveyed using a questionnaire. More than half of the people have agreed on Quintas et al. (1997) definition of knowledge management. Both managers and librarians were in agreement about the application of knowledge management in strategic planning and believed that the best way to promote future in libraries is to employ knowledge management in planning. They regarded the application of knowledge management in strategic planning of their organization in respectively policy and decision making, information services planning, model production and thinking. The difference between the viewpoints of managers and librarians of university libraries about the knowledge management concept in strategic planning is understandable. Any new term or study area causes logical doubts. However, the differences were not statistically significant.

Evaluating the strategic situation of the Processing Department at the NLAI and proposing strategies to fulfill organizational objectives. Methodology/Design: Data regarding strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats was collected by a questionnaire as well as a number of interviews with the staff, team leaders, and the head of the department using SWOT matrix. For internal factors the score was 2.523; for external factors 2.786. The range of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats indicated that strategic situation of the Department is an aggressive one. This means that the manager and the staff can rely on strengths and use opportunities to attack weaknesses and environmental threats. Strategies to consider are telework, closer coordination with the IT Department, revising the CIP procedures, employing moral and financial incentives, and establishing a fruitful dialogue with other parts of the organization.

This study was conducted to develop a strategic planning for the Central Library and Documentation Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. This research is of descriptive type which used a case study method. Research population includes the manager, the deputy and staffs of the Central Library who all were surveyed. Information in various stages of planning including matrix to evaluate internal and external factors, strategic policies, and "Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix" (QSPM) were obtained through two sets of questionnaires and two panel discussions. The David's model was used for strategic planning. -The Library's status of strengths and weaknesses was moderate. The opportunities and threats in the libraries were close to average. The highest score regarding QSPM matrix belonged to SO or aggressive strategies. According to the findings, the library should reinforce its strengths so that the weaknesses can be overcome. Also with the advantage of the opportunities and strengths it can eliminate weaknesses and threats. The high score of SO strategies show that despite the library's threats and weaknesses, it has good opportunities and strengths that allow the library pursues the aggressive procedures to consolidate and expand its position at the national and regional level.

SWOT Analysis is one of the strategic tools fit with in the organizational strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats are external. This method of analyze with identifies strengths and weakness points of organizations to the review opportunities and threats of that and thereby formulated strategic planning for the organization. In terms of this model, an appropriate strategy tries to maximize strengths and opportunities and also try to minimize the threats and weaknesses.Since the method developed strategic planning for libraries is discussed in much scientific and technical conference, the present article try to implement this method. current article intends to rely on the library study and researcher's personal experience) 5 years working in IIEES library experience) and based on SWOT reliable model planning for library of the International Institute Earthquake Engineering & seismology (IIEES).This library was established in 1993 and ever since it’s founding20 years ago but, up to now no planned program for their upcoming strategy action. Hence, it seems planning such a program is required for guide the library. This article with interview method, study Literature of SWOT and rely on the experiences of authors try to develop a plan for a special library (case study: IIEES library). The results of this study are 27 strategic planes in five-step. also by this article we found four final strategies for planning IIEES library. These strategies include Defensive strategy, an invasive strategy, conservative strategy and competitive strategy for next year’s library planning.

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The program‘s objective is to set out strategic documents and to determine main strategies in order to develop and enhance the level of information science and epistemology in Kermanshah.population and research

the present research as an applied study is conducted via survey and content analysis. the population under study consist of permanent members, members of the related. committees and participants in conferences organized the association. the results were achieved through internal and external survey and analysis

Results contain four strategies for improving the Association‘s plans which include: 1. Increasing the share of the market in the current goods and services; 2. Developing similar varieties via enhancing new goods and services by utilizing modern technology; 3. Actualizing the material and spiritual capabilities of the academic staff, researchers, librarians, charity donors, organizations, institutions, and all those interested in librarianship and communication; and 4. Offering services and products to new geographical zones. The association will operate in accordance with the above objectives.Applications: the results of the present research are expected to bring about a clear and comprehensive insight of programs and macro and micro policies of the association in order to get them implemented.

Considering the increase of ethical problem cases in recent years promoting professional ethics among Library and Information Sciences students is important. In order to identify the strengths and weakness, as well as opportunities and threats of Library and Information Sciences ethics training these effective strategies have been designed. Using these strategies can make Library and Information Sciences ethics training in Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences more effective and more efficient. In this cross sectional study, after identifying a list of strengths and weakness as well as opportunities and threats of Library and Information Sciences ethics training, a questionnaire was used to obtain the opinions of the faculty members of Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences, and then the strategies were presented in the model of SWOT. According to the internal factors analysis table, among the strengths, the most important rate of significance (weight) was given to the existence of rich Islamic and historical sources in the field of Library and Information Sciences ethics with the weight of 0.10 and the grade of 2.9. Further more, among the weakness the most important rate of significance was given to using traditional methods in the Library and Information Sciences ethics training with the weight of 0.09 and the grade of 2.7. Regarding the sum of points in the analysis table, internal factors (2.85) and external factors (2.87) we can generally say that the reaction of the faculty members of Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences to the strengths and weakness and also to the opportunities and threats in the Library and Information Sciences ethics training is less than average. Considering the findings of this research, using the method of SWOT, on the whole, 17 strategies in the forms of competitive, defensive, conservative and aggressive are presented. After prioritizing strategies, the first priority belonged to Library and Information Sciences ethics training in the form of interdisciplinary by professors of ethics and Library and Information Sciences. The second and third priorities belonged to training in practice, and using new methods of library and Information sciences ethics education.

SWOT is one of the analysis tools by which strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats are identified in regards with a target organization. The aim of the present research is to apply SWOT analysis technique in the evaluation and comparison of Shahid Chamran libraries including the central and college libraries, so that the results can be applied in planning for these libraries. In the meantime, this research can help related library managers to be aware of the conditions of their libraries and to be able to craft strategic plans for dealing with weaknesses and threats.The results of this research showed that the strengths and weaknesses are laid in 8 groups: staff, collaboration, background, collection, information and communication technology infrastructure, financial status, space and facilities and viewpoints; whereas, opportunities and threats were identified in 4 groups: staff, marketing and information competitors, viewpoints and financial status

The present study intends to identify the opportunities, threats, weakness and strengths in libraries operated by Razi University and to draft appropriate strategic plan in order to arrive at operational protocols for improving programs. Using a descriptive survey, a researcher-constructed questionnaire was used as principle data collection instrument. Samples were selected from among the Library managers and staff at Razi University Libraries. Human resource, collaboration, collection, ICT infrastructure, Financial State, physical facilities, approaches and attitude comprise the strength and weaknesses of the sample studied. Threats include problem in infrastructural support, lack of quality hardware and software, outsourcing, inadequate budget, and unavailability of consortium purchases. Opportunities comprised of relatively young human resource with the required skill, support for innovation, shift from printed to electronic resources, and positive attitude of student body towards the library.