دکتر عبدالرسول خسروی

Library as an organization needs creativity and innovation to eliminate stagnation. One of the latest concepts raised in the field of helping to create innovative ideas in libraries, which somehow guarantees the presence and participation of users in library processes, is Makerspaces. 'Makerspaces' in libraries is a relatively recent phenomenon - a natural adjunct that crosses disciplinary boundaries of educational innovation, integration of formal and informal learning, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (stem) outreach and engagement. Combined with the Arts (steam), the overlapping interests can drive innovation and entrepreneurship across the supported communities. Therefore, this research investigates the facilitating and inhibiting factors of implementing Makerspaces in public libraries.

This is a qualitative study. A semi-structured interview was used to collect data, and a content analysis method was applied to analyze the data. Purposeful sampling was used in the study. Fourteen librarians were willing to take part in the interview process. The saturation of themes was well reached among the 14 participants. The interviewees were 14 managers and librarians of public libraries who had initial familiarity with the makerspaces in libraries. The themes and questions of the interview were extracted by reviewing the texts related to the implementation of makerspaces in libraries and information centers. The interviews were used to gain feedback regarding the makerspace locations in each library. Interviews were digitally audiotaped and transcribed.

Results were organized into thematic codes. The findings showed that the knowledge and recognition of facilitating factors (managerial, technological, and human factors) and inhibiting factors (intra-organizational and extra-organizational factors) by managers and librarians had a significant impact on the use of Makerspace in public libraries. Furthurmore, the results indicated that each facilitating factors, as well as inhibiting parameters, had some sub-categories.

Motivated by curiosity and supported by the library resources, the acquisition of 21st century skills ranging from information, media, and technology skills to innovation, life, and career skills are a natural outcome of engagement with the library materials. Since public libraries need changes and use new approaches to maintain their dynamism, they should look for mechanisms to implement such changes. One of the factors that can help the dynamics of public libraries is the Makerspace. Identifying the facilitating and inhibiting factors in this direction can inform the policymakers, library managers, and librarians of public libraries about various aspects of the implementation of Makerspaces. Therefore, they can make rational decisions in line with such spaces.

The main purpose of this research is to identify the influential components of architectural and building branding and equipment of libraries and medical information centers in Iran.                                                                        

This applied research was conducted with the qualitative content analysis method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with targeted samples including 14 managers of libraries and medical information centers in Iran.

Based on the findings of the research, 3 components (environmental user-oriented design, user-oriented design of library halls and equipment) and 11 final codes were identified in connection with the branding of libraries and medical information centers with a focus on building architecture and equipment.

The results of the research showed that the architecture of libraries and information centers of Iranian universities of medical sciences, paying attention to the user-oriented and user-friendly appearance and location of the building, the equipment and amenities of the library are among the key issues that pay attention to them and play an effective role in the branding of libraries. and the application and observance of these principles will change the users' view of the library and give them a stronger understanding of the libraries and information centers of Iran's universities of medical sciences, therefore, the managers of the libraries and information centers should take necessary measures in order to brand and dynamism of the library under their management. regarding the library building based on the results of this research.

Improving the health literacy of pregnant women facilitates their understanding of health information before, during, and after pregnancy and has a direct impact on the health of the child during the years development. Therefore, due to the importance of health literacy for pregnant women, this study was conducted to determine health literacy of pregnant women referring to health centers in Bushehr.

This study was an analytical-survey research. The population was 306 pregnant women referring to health centers in Bushehr who were selected by randomized clustering. Data were collected using health literacy questionnaire, demographic, medical, and midwifery checklist. Chi-square and Fisher test were used to analyze the data.

Findings revealed that 51% of pregnant women had inadequate health literacy, 25% had border health literacy, and 24% had adequate health literacy. According to the results, there was a significant relationship between the women's education (P=0.041)/ job (P=0.005), their husband's education (P=0.034)/ job (P=0.010), the pregnancy frequency (P=0.05), and health literacy. Furthermore, women who had experienced the second pregnancy or more had a higher health literacy compared with primiparous women (=18%).

The results showed that majority of the pregnant women referring to health centers had a low health literacy. It could be recommended to educate health literacy skills and empowerment of pregnant mothers in different groups through content materials in simple language and provide oral and visual training to pregnant women.

Teaching health information seeking skills to pregnant women can improve their health knowledge, self-care ability, and preventive behaviors. This study aims to survey the health information seeking behaviors of pregnant women referred to health centers in Bushehr, Iran. 

This descriptive-analytical study with cross-sectional design was conducted in 2020 on 306 pregnant women referred to health centers in Bushehr, Iran who were selected using stratified random sampling method. Data were collected using a Health Information seeking Behavior Questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS v. 24 software using Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test.

The findings showed that 25% of pregnant women had favorable health information seeking behavior, and 75% had unfavorable information seeking behavior. There was a significant relationship between the educational level of pregnant women and their health information seeking behaviors (P=0.04). The rate of unfavorable information seeking behavior in women with no history of abortion was 72.1%; in women with a history of abortion, it was 77%; and in women with a history of more than one abortion was 93.3% (P=0.039).

The most of pregnant women in Bushehr has unfavorable health information seeking behaviors. Since inappropriate information-seeking behavior leads to incorrect information or lack of access to information, it is recommended to teach information seeking skills and consequently empower pregnant women to seek health information.

Today, Iranian medical libraries and information centers need changes and new approaches for their survival and developments to maintain their dynamism. One of the current approaches is the use of brand and branding, so this study intends to introduce tools and technologies in providing services that play an essential role in branding libraries and medical information centers in Iran.

The following applied research was conducted using a qualitative approach. The purposeful approach selected samples from fourteen managers and heads of MLICs of Iran in 2019. Content analysis of the interviews was performed using MaxQDA 2018 version.

2 main concepts [application of technology and technology-based services], 5 components [Emerging technologies, applications, educational services, information services, communication services], and 18 codes related to technology in branding libraries and medical information centers were identified.

The research findings show that using emerging technologies, information systems, and how to use them in providing educational, information, and communicative services to users lead to service dynamics, attracting more users, effectiveness, introducing the library at the community level, and causing differentiation with peer organizations in providing information services and is one of the most important applications of technology-based services in the branding of libraries and medical information centers in Iran. Therefore, the managers of libraries and information centers of Iranian universities of medical sciences must do the necessary planning in the intelligent use of emerging technologies.

The standard libraries seems to be essential for the use of physicians and students to provide evidence-based and quality services to patients. This study endeavored to determine the proposed areas required for developing and localizing standard hospital libraries based on the texts and views of experts in the field of medical information.

This descriptive study was a survey and based on the literature review, the proposed areas for standardization and then the design of the primary extraction tool. The members of the community consisted of 8 information specialists who had expertise, background, and work experience in medical and hospital libraries. The validity of the instrument was authenticated through Content Validity Index (CVI) and Content Validity Ratio (CVR).

Given the findings, 6 areas (mission and goals, management, resources and facilities and services, librarians’ education, education to patients and their families, education of hospital and medical staff), 24 standards, and 89 initial indicators after validating were designed as a primary instrument for standardizing hospital libraries.

Hospital libraries in Iran can use standardization proposed in this study, including the indicators such as mission clarity and goals of hospital libraries, appropriate mechanisms for monitoring the organizational structure, appropriateness of the physical space for staffing hospital libraries, and other items addressed in the present study. The use of these standards seems to help improve the provision of evidence-based services by physicians and students to patients and enable them to be successful in diagnosing and treating emerging diseases such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Branding in organizations has key benefits in terms of counteracting negative perceptions, attracting new users and increasing service credibility. The potential advantage of branding in libraries can be attributed to the reversal of user attendance, and the weakening of library status. Branding can enable library users to have more information about the offered services and have a significant impact on promoting libraries.

The purpose of this study is to present a proposed model of branding in libraries and information centers based on previous published researches in the field of library branding. Therefore, 33 related researches were retrieved and analyzed using library method.

The findings of the present study showed that librarians, buildings and equipment, technology, and services are important determinants of branding in libraries.

The findings showed that most used models in branding are influenced by Aaker Brand Equity Model. Hence, the conceptual model of the present research is based on this model.

The use of evidence enables nurses to provide quality of clinical care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the level of information literacy of nurses to provide efficient evidence-based care in Educational Hospitals in Bushehr in 2018.  

This study is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study that describes the level of information literacy of nurses in. Data were gathered by a self-sufficient questionnaire to measure information literacy skills to provide evidence-based care, which was completed by nurses and analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics through SPSS version 24.  

The research findings showed that more than 70 percent of the population surveyed were women and the rest were men. More than 85% of nurses had a bachelor's degree and 58.8% did not use a hospital library. The information literacy of nurses Educational Hospitals in Bushehr in2018 was with an average of 94.38 that is lower than the average level. Among the 5 standards of information literacy, the highest average was related to information exchange and dissemination skills and the lowest average was related to information organization skills.

According to the results of this study, nurses' information literacy in all skills to provide evidence-based care were below average. Therefore, it is suggested that some solutions such as theoretical and practical learning be taken to improve all information literacy skills in order to make evidence based decisions in nursing care.

Introduction :

Human resource management in libraries and medical information centers can play an important role in the branding process, which has received less attention so far. This study endeavored to identify the characteristics and role of librarians, as an important pillar of human resources, in branding Iranian medical libraries and information centers.

Methods :

This applied study employed qualitative content analysis method. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with a purposeful sample of 14 managers of Iranian libraries and medical information centers.

Results :

Three major concepts, including cognitive, professional, and communication skills, 8 components and 28 codes related to the role and characteristics of librarians in branding libraries and medical information centers were identified. 

Conclusion :

The managers of libraries and medical information centers should have sufficient sensitivity and planning to attract, select, and trigger librarians towards branding.

The qualitative and quantitative study of scientific productions in different fields, as well as the review of the papers indexed in reliable citation indexes, has become a modern approach defined as scientometrics. The current research aimed to assess the position of scientific productions of researchers in the field of Quran and health in the Scopus database in terms of quantity and quality using scientometric techniques.

This research was an applied descriptive study carried out as citation analysis. The research population includes scientific productions in the field of Quran and health in the Scopus database within 1989-2018. The data obtained from the study of production, prominence, and citation indices were analyzed in Excel software.

 As evidenced by the obtained results, the scientific productions indexed in Scopus database in the field of Quran and health within1989-2018 had an average annual growth of 11.4%. The highest percentage of scientific production prominence within 2016-2018 and the correlation coefficient between the production index and index of scientific productions prominence in the field of Quran and health was obtained at 0.54. Scientific productions in the medical category account for 51% of the total scientific productions in the field of Quran and health. In terms of citation index, each document received an average of 5.89% citations.

Based on the results of the present study, researchers in this field have strived to study the undiscovered aspects. Nevertheless, different researchers are required to take more effective steps to identify the potential of this valuable resource in the field “Quran and Health”.

The current study aimed to investigate the efficacy of published articles of scholars in the field of “Quran & Health” in Scopus and Web of Science during 2009-2018.

This research was an applied descriptive-analytical study that was conducted as a scientometric study. The population included all the Iranian scholars’ papers in the field of “Quran & Health” during 2009-2018 in Scopus and Web of Science databases. Data were processed by altmetrics bookmarklet and analyzed with Excel.

Of total articles (331 articles), some articles had a digital object identifier (DOI). Among them, the low percentage had an altmetrics score. Mendeley and twitter had a greatest proportion in mentioning Iranian scholars’ papers. The highest number of sharing these articles belonged to United States and England. Medicine and Dentistry had a highest number of Mendeley’s references.

The findings indicated that the low percentage of the Iranian articles had the digital object identifier. Therefore, it can be suggested that Iranian scholars in the field of “Quran & Health” have to pay more attention in publish their findings in the journal which allocate doi to their papers.