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A digital library is an online database that is a collection of texts, audio, images, digital documents or other digital media formats that can be accessed through the Internet.The purpose of this study is to analyze and evaluate the status of digital libraries in the Web of Science database.

In this study, the Web of Science database was used with scientometric method, bibliography and illustration. Until the end of 2023, keywords related to digital libraries are selected from the mesh (medical subject headings) and then by searching the Web of Science database, relevant global scientific publications are extracted in CSV format and using citation analysis techniques and Data analysis and visualization were done with the help of Excel and VOSviewer software.

A total of 67,676 documents were indexed by world researchers about the subject area of digital library in this database. The average citation per document was 14.47 and the average h-index of the retrieved publications was 113. Most of the published documents were original articles in English. University of Michigan is the most cited most productive organization and Manjunath, bs is the most cited author. The most cooperation was with the researchers of the United States of America. The keyword of digital libraries had the most repetition among the used keywords.

The results of the study showed that at the international level, the process of publishing and citing related documents and articles is the subject of digital libraries.

The current research was conducted to assess the situation and investigate and evaluate the crisis management in the libraries, museums, and cultural heritage documentation centers of the central plateau of Iran, in terms of the conditions of buildings and works. 

Survey-descriptive research method, semi-structured questionnaire, and interview using questionnaire and descriptive analysis based on standard were used.

Findings indicated that 100% of the evaluated centers are located in areas that are threatened by various risks, and 95% of them are exposed to both natural and unnatural risk factors and industrial disasters. In terms of the types of possible accidents, more accidents were drought (subsidence, sinkhole, and dust) and earthquake (100%), fire (95%), theft (92.5%), vandalism (55%), pests (48.5%) and air pollution (47.5%). There are many problems and obstacles regarding the implementation of crisis management. Most curators were dissatisfied with the unfavorable conditions of crisis management. Lack of necessary and continuous training regarding crisis management for curators and employees of museums, lack of insurance coverage of buildings and museums, lack of crisis control plan, lack of effective and continuous communication with specialists and organizations with special services in the field of crisis management, lack of budget forecast, and lack of sufficient knowledge and skills in this area were among the problems and obstacles that were identified after the analysis. 

One of the basic problems, in addition to financial, human, administrative, and structural resources, is the lack of a suitable model, especially based on the country’s climate. The model of crisis management as a road map and specifying the path for proper planning in the three areas of prevention, in the crisis situation and after the crisis is very necessary. In the current research, after examining the situation, it was found that there is no indication of a suitable model based on the region’s climate in the three areas of prevention, during and after the crisis.

The purpose of this article is to study the performance of television of IRIB in the field of science and technology, and identify the major elements of TV programming with the science-promoting approach. In this research, using the field study method and by exploratory interviews, the national media performance in the field of science and technology was examined. The major elements of programming have been extracted and analyzed with the science-promoting approach. The findings show that scientific programs have been featured with the rate of 4% out of whole TV programs during the last decade. The highest rate of broadcasting of science and technology programs from IRIB TV was in 2011. Finally, some points must be regarded in high Programming with science-promoting approach, such as comprehensive research in programming, selecting television program creators especially producers who are familiar with the promotion of science, simplifying complex concepts, strengthening and documenting scientific topics, the avoidance of pseudo-science and anti-science, and the relevance and being updated of the subject program.