Identification and Ranking of Factors affecting Knowledge Management on Librarian's Productivity

With regard to the financial, physical and human resources, and limited facilities of organizations, and many recourse are non-renewable, scarce and their reformation requires many years, the productivity of these resources will be of great importance. The aim of this study is to identify and rank the factors affecting knowledge management on productivity of librarians by using FUZZY AHP technique in the public universities of Shiraz. This research is an analytical – survey and applied study. The population consists of librarians of libraries of Shiraz Public University (Shiraz University, Industrial Shiraz University, Shiraz Medical Sciences University) in 2012-2013(153 persons), due to the limited size of population, no samples were taken. The factors affecting knowledge management on productivity are extracted by questionnaire and by obtaining expert opinions. 14 factors were identified through exploratory factor analysis was reduced to 4 factors (culture, education, strategic thinking and technology). In order to check face validity was used confirmatory factor analysis and reliability was used Cronbach's alpha. The data was analyzed using descriptive (mean, variance, standard deviation) and inferential (ANOVA and scheffe) statistics by SPSS software and finally, ranking the factors done by using FUZZY AHP technique. Factors culture, education, strategic thinking and technology was affected on productivity and factor "education" the most and factor "strategic thinking" lowest impact on productivity of librarians in the public universities libraries of shiraz. Also there was not a significant difference among the average of subjects based on demographic variables i.e. gender, background of employment, type of work, and library type, but the academic degree was significant difference in four factors. Effective factors Identification of knowledge management and implementation can lead to greater efficiency of librarians and libraries, which will serve to strengthen.