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This research focuses on information-seeking anxiety, a condition that can hinder individuals from effectively exploring and meeting their information needs. Its significance lies in exploring information-seeking anxiety among Islamic Azad University, Kerman branch students. This study was conducted through a survey. The population examined in this study were post-graduated students of Islamic Azad University, Kerman branch. According to statistics from the university, 38,62 were postgraduate students already studying there. The sample size for the study was based on a total population of 350, according to the Morgan Table, and the Stratified sampling method was used to select the sample, including students of Islamic Azad University, a branch of Kerman. The Efanmanesh, Abrizah & Karim's Information Seeking Anxiety Questionnaire Inventory was used to collect research data, which was organized with six primary components of anxiety with an emphasis on information: The barriers to dealing with the barriers to computing resources information; the barriers to dealing with the Internet and computer; the barriers to dealing with the library. (4) The barriers associated with barriers to information seeking: The barriers of obstacles, technical issues related to barriers related to the issue, and. Friedman's test was used to check the difference between the average components of information-seeking anxiety. Use a single sentence (T) and the Fridman test to check research questions. The chi-square test value of (244.290) and the significant value of (0.000), which is smaller than the significance level, indicate a substantial difference in the average of the six components of information-seeking anxiety. The most influential elements, 'barriers to intelligence sources' and 'barriers to information seeking,' also show significant differences, with the former having a greater impact on anxiety. The results obtained with an awareness of the importance of each component would indicate that the average difference between the level of seeking anxiety among students of Kerman Azad University is in the top size. The "barriers to intelligence sources" factor plays a vital role in this research, and it is necessary to plan appropriately to use them better. Students may face anxiety, fear, and apprehension about doing some of their activities. They may face fear and concern regarding how to use information resources, the library, the computer, and the Internet, search for some information, methods of choosing the subject, or even many technical issues. Training information exploration skills, making information sources available directly, strengthening the ability for information retrieval, training information literacy, and proper interaction of librarians with users are among the strategies to reduce anxiety.

Knowledge management is the process and the collection of methods relating to creating, organizing, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization. knowledge management Contains maintaining information in a knowledgebase where it is easy to access. Also, it refers to a multidisciplinary approach to achieve organizational goals by Optimal use of knowledge. Much organisational effort has been put into knowledge management initiatives and information technologies can provide a potent means for organizations to manage their Organizational information and experiences. Creating, gathering, organizing and disseminating organizational information is one of the main activities of knowledge management. The current research was conducted with the aim of applying knowledge management in promoting and improving the educational status of managers and employees of Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas branch.

This research is of an applied type, which was carried out in a survey and descriptive manner. The statistical population includes all managers and employees of Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas branch, according to Cochran's formula, 15 managers, 93 female employees and 107 male employees were considered as samples. The sampling method in both groups of managers and employees was random-stratified. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. In this research, descriptive methods were used to analyze the data obtained from the questionnaires. At the descriptive level, using characteristics such as abundance was dealt with the analysis of the characteristics of the society and Kolmogorov-Smirnov's normal test were used to examine the hypotheses, binomial test.

The findings showed that knowledge management is effective in promoting and improving the educational status of managers and employees of Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas branch. Also, creating knowledge with an average of 40.09, absorbing knowledge with an average of 26.74, and organizing knowledge with an average of 36.81 have a confirming role in promoting and improving the educational status of managers and employees of Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch.

Information sharing, collection of professional experiences, organizational interaction at different levels of the university along with creativity of methods and application of information systems play an important role in the development of knowledge management system. Better understanding of knowledge management by employees and specialists, holding knowledge management training courses and workshops, using a comprehensive knowledge management measurement system, creating a knowledge base to organize organizational information, launching a system of suggestions to strengthen the educational process and benefit from organizational experiences, using technologies Up-to-date for optimal management of organizational information and continuous assessment of knowledge management status is one of the suggestions of this research.

The libraries of medical sciences universities have much more diverse goals and services than can be publically conceived, so providing services related to information resources is one of the most important challenges facing these organizations. The present study is an applied research based on its purpose and descriptive-analytical as regards method. The study utilized the semi-structured interview method to obtain the factors affecting the provision of health information resources services. Sampling was conducted based on a purposeful method and experts’ viewpoints. The sampling was carried out the fuzzy Delphi technique which aimed to provide a solution for the issues. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to check the factors obtained from 62 central libraries of medical sciences. In general, six types of services were determined as health information resource services in specific central libraries, including tools for exploring the online book registration network, selection tools, interlibrary loan, free educational tools, additional book publishing tests, and content evaluation. Additionally, eight factors were identified, including providing services of specialized bibliographic review by librarians, consultation services to users, dissemination and provision of selective information services on Persian and Non-Persian sources, overcoming the weaknesses of librarians without library education, increasing the diversity of medical sciences library services, utilizing new technologies to compensate for deficiencies and lack of resources, improving the social function of the library as a social institution, and offering various electronic services such as databases and digital resources. These identified factors were found to influence the provision of health information resources. Various factors may affect the provision of health information resources services in universities of medical sciences, most importantly improvement of the social functions of libraries.

Information literacy involves a range of skills such as recognizing information needs, understanding information production and value, and using information to generate new knowledge ethically. It is essential for individuals to locate, evaluate, and utilize information effectively to become lifelong learners. This research aims to investigate how education influences the information literacy abilities of out-of-school children in accessing digital libraries and databases.

This study utilized a Semi-experimental research design and survey method. Initial theoretical studies were conducted, and five information literacy standards were compared to develop a new pattern. The population consisted of 195 dropouts from two schools - Moshtaq in Kerman and Arslan Boys in Rafsanjan. The sample size of 120 individuals was selected using a simple random method, with 100 students completing the questionnaire. Survey data was analyzed before and after information literacy training over one semester using a checklist with five components and 15 indicators. Reliability was measured using Cronbach's alpha, which yielded a value of 0.851.

The study revealed that digital libraries and databases were available to a favorable extent, with a 2.935 percent availability rate. Prior to training, students showed a 2.125 percent proficiency in locating information in digital resources, which improved to 2.45 percent post-training. Additionally, students demonstrated an average skill level of 2.38 in utilizing full-text databases within digital libraries.

The research underscored the importance of education in enhancing information literacy skills, particularly in the areas of information retrieval and selection, database usage, and critical evaluation of online sources. Recommendations included teaching students how to identify reliable information sources, conduct effective information searches, and utilize various search operators for refining search results.Value: The novelty of the research lies in its examination of the Impact of Education on Information Literacy Skills of Dropout Students in Utilizing Digital Libraries and Databases through a Semi-experimental research design.

Academic Social media are interactive tools technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of data, information, text, images, video, visuals, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through virtual networks. The rapid progress and development of social media and its associated tools have made Dissemination of information easy for the university students. this research aimed at studing the familiarity with applications and advantages of the use of scientific’s social networks in the university studentsof Khorramabad city.

The type of research is applied. The research method is survey-descriptive. The statistical population was about 5000 students The study sample was consiste of 374 male and female students of state and nongovernmental universities (such as Azad, Payam Noor and Applied-Science) from Khorramabad city who were studying in the year of 2016. Data were collected by the researcher-made questionnaire and at the interval scale. The validity of the questionnaire was done using the face validity method, using the opinions of subject experts. The final reliability of the questionnaire in the sample of 374 students was determined to be 0.94 using Cronbach's alpha method.In order to analysis of the data, the software SPSS 21 was used.

The results showed that the rate use of the users of scientific’s social networks in Khorramabad’s academic libraries were lower than average or in low level. According to the rank average of from highest to lowest, the applications of the use of scientific’s social networks in Khorramabad’s university libraries indicated that the use of scientific’s social networks in Khorramabad’s university students in the fields of instruction, research, scientific, social, providing a suitable platform for scientific communication among students, teachers and researchers, cultural, transferring the knowledge and update concepts were 1 to 7 respectively. Also, the advantages of the use of scientific’s social networks in Khorramabad’s university students in the field of time spent of the use of resources, considered as a useful system in academic libraries, used by ordinary people and non-students, raising awareness, enhancing learning, the acquisition of useful content and scientific articles, promote the scientific and research of students, the dissemination of information and the library’s refreshes, attracting students and use of this modern system were 1 to 9 respectively.

Using scientific social networks such as LinkedIn, ResearchGate, and Academia, books, articles, and library files can be easily shared for accessibility. It provided appropriate information services and supported educational and research activities. Also, important benefits were identified in the use of social networks. Among them: Scientific communication and interaction among students, rapid dissemination of information, bringing users closer beyond the geographical location, influence for better communication in virtual space, awareness of the proper functioning of networks, optimization of the time of using resources, the useful role of this system in academic libraries and strengthening the awareness of Specialized students. One of the important problems in using social networks is the low level of digital literacy among students.

There are so many names to refer to the discipline that investigates alternative futures. futures studies, foresight, futures literacy, futures thinking, anticipation, futurism, futurology, and many others. Future studies that can also be referred to as future science seeks to analyze resources, models, and reasons of a subject's change or stability in order to develop and expand the scope of foresight, and consider different options and possibilities. Also, futures study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews that underlie them. It can be considered as a branch of the social sciences and parallel to the field of history. Futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social, technological advancement, and other environmental trends. This research aims to future-studying in public libraries and its role in their development and progress with an emphasis on the libraries covered by Iran Public Libraries Foundation.

It is among future research methods, scenario planning, road map, Landscape, modeling, simulation and Delphi. The method of research in this research is surveying and descriptive using interview and questionnaire through Delphi approach. A questionnaire was first used to collect data, and then face-to-face interviews were used with 11 people for some issues and to complete the opinions. The questionnaire was distributed among the statistical population of the research in three periods. Regarding determining the validity of the research tool, the problems in the questionnaire were identified and resolved by using the opinion of a number of experts in the field of information science. Sampling was done based on the structure of the Delphi method and data analysis was done. The reliability of the research tool was determined by Cronbach's alpha test at 0.810.

Using the gained results from interviewee's findings, a series of elements which are effective on library and especially development are extracted such as: internet, digitalization, updating the library system, using librarians and experts, economic conditions, virtual reference services, serials and open access, Mass media and social networks, and Mobile phone technology. The experts believed that the presence of librarians, both now and in the future, is important and that professional librarians should also be used.

By analyzing technological evolutions in libraries, we conclude that in future libraries, materials and informational contents in library are going toward decreasing the volume and weight. From consequence of interviewees' ideas as well as variation trend in type of libraries' resources, it can be predicted that paper resources will remain persistent beside electronic resources and each of the resources will keep its own certain users. Mostly, in this period, printed or digital resources will coexist and the libraries will be conducted based on two-type materials. For comprehensive development in public libraries, it is necessary to pay attention to all the mentioned components.

Tourism is a social, cultural and economic phenomenon which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes. These people are called visitors and tourist. Also, tourism is travel for pleasure or business, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. Tourism is one of the important activities in the contemporary era, which plays an important role in the economy of countries. Tourism directory is the tour travel reference for tourists and travelers. This guide contains information about tourist spots, historical, cultural and attractive places for travelers. It also has the listing of associations, organizations and services in travel and tourism. Tourism directory is a tourism information reference with news, events, and tourism festivals. These guides are also important reference sources that provide users with valuable information. Furthermore, there are many directories travel available on the web and print format. But finding the right one that contains the most comprehensive information, details about different destinations, or other travel-related resources can be a tedious task. Searching properly always helps us discover the best travel deals. This study sought to determine the characteristics of printed and electronic tourist guides, Design and organize it in Iran.

This research is applied in terms of the objective and is survey-analytic in terms of the nature and method. The research population consisted of all employees of Department of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Organization in Tehran whose number is 143 individuals. Due to limited population, no sampling was carried out. The instrument for data collection in this study was a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was measured by formal validity method. Confirmatory factor analysis was used for construct validity. The reliability of the questionnaire was calculated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient which was 0.879. The information obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS software version 19.

Findings showed that the relationship between the use of tourist guides in Iran to receive information and the use of tourist guides with an average of 53.093 and a significant level (0.017) with a T-statistic value of 2.41 less than the error level of 0.05 was obtained. Also, regarding the relationship between Iranian tourist guides in terms of shape and use of tourist guides, the average was 57.33 with a value of T= 318.5 less than the error level of 0.05. In addition, there was a correlation between the use of up-to-date technologies and the use of tourist guides, with an average of 64.97 with a T-statistic of 10.26 less than the error level of 0.05. Also, the existence of a relationship between the use of electronic tourism guides in Iran to receive information and tourist guides, with an average of 57.04 with a value of T of 4.97 less than the error level of 0.05 was determined. Then, the existence of a relationship between electronic tourism guides in Iran in terms of shape and audience attraction, equal to an average of 57.04 with a value of T of 4.97 less than the error level of 0.05 was determined. As a result, all research hypotheses were confirmed. Findings indicate that printed and electronic tourism guides can play an effective role in improving travelers' cognition. These guides can also increase the desire to travel among tourists.

Tourism can be called as a service industry with a value-creating economic function. Tourism is one of the important pillars of the country's development. Therefore, it is important to pay more attention to the factors related to it. The results showed that the use of tourist guides in Iran to receive information and use them properly in encouraging tourists and better understanding of cultural and historical spaces. Advances in technology have led to the use of tools such as social networks, web space, specialized tourism software, which has a positive effect on attracting the audience. Smartphone compatible apps can increase tourism activity. In addition, Sharing tourism information among travelers is one of the most important ways to find out about tourism destinations.it was found that sharing information online can be a factor in enhancing the use of e-guides. Therefore, users' experiences are shared on websites, blogs, and some social networks. Designing tourist guides based on the opinions of tourists and their interests can attract more audiences and encourage them to make more use of enriched guides. It has also provided the conditions that they can use these guides during the trip in an online way. It should be stated that, anyway, the media play a significant role in strengthening the tourism industry, and whether in connection with print or electronic media, using these useful tools in the virtual space can lead to the strengthening of this important sector in the national economy.

A digital library is a collection of digital objects, such as books, magazines, audio recordings, video recordings, and other documents that are accessible electronically. Public libraries also use digital libraries in their activities to improve the quality of services. This study aimed to investigate the feasibility of establishing the status of the digital library in Iran Public Libraries Foundation, based in Kerman city. The present survey research methods a descriptive-analytic, statistical population consisting of 62 members of managers and staff working in 9 the public libraries of Kerman city. Due to the limitation of the size of the community, Sampling has not been done and all the people were considered as statistical samples. Data was collected using a researcher-made checklist with confirmed structural and content validity. The checklist questions were prepared and organized according to the objectives of the research and by the basic questions. The validity of this checklist was confirmed through the opinion of the subject experts and the examination of the dimensions of the research components and compliance with similar texts and research. TOPSIS method has been used to check research hypotheses. As well as for the implementation of information architecture using similarity to ideal option (TOPSIS) among the public libraries of various attributes, including the city of Kerman (the skills of librarians, technical equipment and facilities available in the library, the library's budget situation and telecommunication infrastructure) were studied, so the weight of the rating criteria to the libraries on a five-step were explained. The results showed that the findings showed: Central National Library with a coefficient of 0.590 is close to the ideal coefficient in comparison with other libraries, and Yazdani Far Library is ranked ninth with a coefficient of 0.248. Strengthening digital technology, explaining the nature, function, advantages, and disadvantages of digital libraries, digital protection, and information security, user privacy protection, resource sharing methods, and educational programs are among the important issues in creating digital libraries. According to the results of the research, it was found that public libraries in kerman are not in a favorable situation in terms of telecommunication infrastructure, Therefore, it was suggested to provide the necessary infrastructure for the use of information technology. Teaching the use of related technologies, increasing the speed of the Internet, providing the necessary infrastructure, and providing the necessary equipment are among the suggestions of the research.Originality/value: Creating a digital library is very beneficial in the effective use of information resources. Paying attention to the essential infrastructures and basic components in the digitization of public libraries of Kerman for the use of information technology is one of the benefits of this research.

The main purpose of this research is to assess the feasibility of using VSAT satellites in the information services of university libraries. The research method is a survey using the TOPSIS model, which indicates that the optimal method of providing the Internet is the method that has the greatest distance from negative factors and the least distance from positive factors. The opinions of user organizations, i.e. academic libraries and information centers, have been examined to clarify the necessity of using this method as well as its characteristics and advantages compared to other ways of providing the Internet. The findings show that VSAT satellite internet can have better conditions for providing services compared to other services such as ADSL, optical fiber, Wi-Fi and Wi-MAX. Also, their assessment determined that VSAT satellite internet is currently the best way to provide internet based on the criteria of service, support, cost, trust and quality, and ranks second in criteria such as security, confidentiality and service. In conclusion, the priority of solutions to provide library internet using TOPSIS analysis is: VSAT service; Optical fiber; ADSL service; Wi-Max services and wireless services. The results indicate that the VSAT satellite network, with advantages in the use of Internet services by libraries, plays an important role in improving the quality of these services.

Cloud computing is one of the most important topics in knowledge-based companies. Small and medium-sized enterprises with a low budget and few human resources are one of the major groups tending to use cloud computing to benefit from this technology. Several components affect the adoption of cloud in these companies, which should be evaluated before making the decision. This study aimed to identify these components and determine how much each component impacts the adoption of cloud in small and medium-sized companies. Accordingly, based on the diffusion of innovation theory and technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework as well as the previous studies, a conceptual model with twelve components was presented. Data were collected via a questionnaire using the descriptive survey method from 59 knowledge-based companies of Kerman Science and Technology Park. In this study, the “need” factor was selected as the desired state and “use” as the current state; then, the mean of the other components was compared with the mean of these two factors. The results of this study showed that based on the gap between the desired state and the current state, the employees’ knowledge of cloud computing, compatibility, complexity, and security and privacy require more attention. Innovation factors, decision makers’ knowledge of cloud computing, benefits, and costs have a better position than other components. Finally, factors effective in the compliance of knowledge-based companies of Kerman Science and Technology Park with cloud computing were ranked using the Vikor method. The need factor (information need), decision makers’ innovation, and benefits were ranked first to third, respectively, and the complexity factor was ranked last among the indicators. Therefore, identifying the current state (not using cloud computing based on the needs or not matching with cloud) and the desired state (using cloud computing based on the needs or matching with the cloud) in knowledge-based companies, based on the criteria or factors whose usefulness was investigated in this study, can be an important step in joining these companies into the cloud, and thus bringing the benefits of this new technology to knowledge-based companies.

Visual literacy is the ability to identify information needs, as well as to search & find information, interpret and analyze the information presented in the form of visual materials and media. This study was aimed to survey the status of Visual literacy of faculty members of the Islamic Azad University of Hamedan.

This is a descriptive survey. Statistical population includes all faculty members of Hamedan Islamic Azad University; i.e. 245, out of whom 148 people were chosen using Morgan and Kerjsi table with simple random method. The measurement tool was a 24-item researcher-made questionnaire. The content validity method was Face validity and Cronbach's alpha test (0.941) was used for reliability.

Faculty members have enough visual literacy skills (nearly 69.4 %). Moreover, they show visual concept: 72.4 %, access and exploring: 69.8 % , interpretation of meanings: 6.70 %, image evaluation: 68.2 %, effective use of images: 68.4 %, design and create images: 66% and scientific ethics :72/6 %.

Scientific ethics in visual literacy was top priority for faculty members, then come discovery, access and exploration, assessing the effective use of images, and design and creation of images respectively.

Organizational intelligence is defined as the act of acquiring comprehensive knowledge and information about all the affecting factors on the organization. This very key factor capacitates managers and employees to make decisions on such factors affecting the organization in order to gain a competitive advantage. Employing Organizational solutions can raise the organization's competitive power and discriminate it from other organizations. Organizational intelligence can function as a supporting entity for other organizations and enables them to benefit from the competition while using valuable information. This study aims to investigate relationship between organizational intelligence and managerial ability of managers and employees of university libraries in Kerman.
This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of correlation type. To collect the data, a 37-item organizational intelligence questionnaire and a 31-item management capabilities questionnaire of managers and employees were used. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The convenience sample included managers and employees of university libraries in Kerman including central Library of Shahid Bahonar University, central Library of University of Medical Sciences, central Library of Islamic Azad University, and central Library of Payam- Noor University. The study included 32 participants so the census method was used due to its limited number and all the participants were studied. The validity and reliability of the questionnaires were obtained by face validity and Cronbach’s alpha test. The reliability of the questionnaire for organizational intelligence and managers’ and employees’ capabilities are 88 percent and 90 percent respectively.
The findings of the study indicate a significant relationship between the capabilities of managers and employees of university libraries in Kerman and organizational intelligence. That is, with the rise and fall of organizational intelligence, those capabilities increased or decreased. Also, the findings show that there is a significant relationship between the managing capabilities of managers and organizational intelligence. In addition, it was found that there is a significant relationship between the behavioral capabilities of managers and employees of university libraries in Kerman, and organizational intelligence. It was also found that there is a significant relationship between the structural capabilities of managers and organizational intelligence.
The findings revealed that from the managers and employees of these libraries’ viewpoints, management played a proper role in promoting their professional spirit. Taking the effective components into consideration in the planning, implementation and effectual feedback will significantly improve the activities of the libraries. The employees of the libraries have a favorable and propitious feeling towards their organization and have evaluated the workplace as having suitable conditions. They also have a relatively good feeling about their professional activities and carry out the shouldered responsibility appropriately. Also, the common fate, professional spirit, work solidarity, agreement, and the employment of knowledge had a somewhat effect on the structural capabilities of managers and on those libraries. Strategic plans in those organizations are somewhat comprehensible for managers and employees and for success, managers believe in the perspective of the organization with a sense of continued dependency on their organization, so they tend to make more attempts to achieve success.

The present study aims to study time management in updating information, and professional planning of knowledge and information science specialists in public libraries of Kerman province.
This survey research is an applied study. The statistical population includes all the employees of public libraries in Kerman province, numbering 82 people. The sample size was selected as 68 people based on Morgan's table and the stratified random sampling method. The study population was determined by the city, where from each, and based on the population the sample was selected. Two researcher-made questionnaires including time management and updating information were used to collect data. The time management questionnaire included 40 questions about the methods of monitoring and controlling time in performing professional activities. The updating information questionnaire was also designed including 15 questions regarding the up-to-date use of information sources, websites, media, databases, and access to specialized information. The face validity method was used to calculate the validity of the measurement tool. The reliability of the questionnaires was also evaluated using Cronbach's alpha test. The coefficients for time management and information updating questionnaires were determined as 0.845 and 0.948, respectively, which indicates the high reliability of the measurement tool. Data analysis has been carried out by SPSS software. Descriptive statistics were used, including mean and standard deviation as well as inferential statistics including Pearson-Spearman correlation coefficient and multivariate regression model.
The results showed that the correlation coefficients of the Pearson and Spearman tests between the two variables of time management and updating information are 0.412 and 0.318, respectively. As a result, there is a direct and meaningful relationship between staff time management and information updating in public libraries of Kerman province. Considering that the value of R2adj (adjusted R2) is equal to 0.174, therefore, the variance score confirms the updating of the information. Based on this, there is a significant linear relationship between goal setting, prioritization of goals and activities, operation planning, delegation of authority, management of communication and management of staff meetings, and updating of information. The multiple correlation coefficient is r=0.498, which shows the relationship between goal setting, prioritization of goals and activities, operation planning, delegation of authority, communication management and staff meeting management, and updating information. Considering that the significance level is equal to 0.006 and smaller than the α=0.05 level, therefore, this relationship is significant. Considering that the value of R2adj (adjusted R2) is equal to 0.174, then the variance score confirms the updating of the information.
The results showed that there is a direct relationship between employee time management and updating information in public libraries of Kerman province. The greater the ability of employees in time management, the greater their ability to update information and increase the quality of specialized work. In addition, there is a close relationship between planning operations by employees and updating information; That is, the more the employees plan operationally and objectively to deal with matters, the better they can update their information in specialized and general fields. Strong organization including delegation of authority and a suitable work environment is very important for managers to have effective time management and it is appropriate for managers to focus on beneficial activities. Therefore, it is suggested that library staff prioritize their goals according to their importance; allocate a specific time to plan and update their information; prepare short-term and long-term career goals; grade organizational goals; hold meetings at the right time; specify the start and finish of the work; specify the method of doing the work and have a specialized study program.

RFID is an acronym for “radio-frequency identification” and refers to a technology whereby digital data encoded in RFID tags or smart labels are captured by a reader via radio waves. Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) is one of the important technical tools for the detection of information resources in the library. This system provides fast and convenient access to resources, prevents theft, accelerates library services, and increases the efficiency of library activities. The aim of this research is to study the feasibility of using RFID in the libraries of Kerman. The research is survey-descriptive. Its statistical population consists of all managers and employees of 8 public libraries in Kerman. The tool of data collection is a researcher-made questionnaire, which was used to determine its validity, using the face validity method, and the mathematical expectation was 0.73, which is an acceptable value to confirm the validity of the questionnaire. In order to calculate its reliability, Cronbach's alpha was used which is 0.814, indicating the acceptable reliability of the questionnaire. Data analysis was done with inferential statistics tests, a prioritization index based on the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS), and SPSS version 20 software. TOPSIS is a multi-criteria decision analysis method that compares a set of alternatives based on a predetermined criterion. The findings indicate that the ability to implement RFID in terms of infrastructure and technological tools in the public libraries of Kerman city is moderate. In terms of existing software, these libraries have the ability to implement RFID. Also, the human resources working in the public libraries of Kerman are moderately prepared for the implementation of RFID. In addition, at present, the technological infrastructure for the implementation of RFID does not seem to be sufficient. It is worthwhile that the selection of the software should be done carefully and studied sufficiently. It is necessary to use RFID in the public libraries of Kerman. The results show that the limitation in the implementation of RFID in the public libraries of Kerman city is mostly related to the expert manpower, budget, and technical issues. According to managers and librarians, it is necessary to carry out this process and take advantage of its facilities. The implementation of educational programs, mid-term and long-term planning, management interaction with library experts for better implementation, and using the capabilities of RFID in providing library services, such as lending, organizing, retrieving, and managing the collection, are among the suggestions of this research.

This research aims to create a data warehouse (Admitted to store and organize Documents) with data management Approach, strategic assessment of the views of senior managers, IT managers and heads of departments of the National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This is a type of research, and application of research methods, descriptive. The study population consisted of 30 patients (10 senior managers, 10 IT managers and 10 heads of groups), the National Library and Archives Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran and are 50 National Library and Archives of Iran’s users has been selected sampling method. Data is based on a Likert questionnaire has been developed. Validity and content validity and reliability with Cranach’s alpha coefficients of the views of senior managers by 82%, IT managers perspective with 74% and heads of groups perspective with 78% is estimated. Results indicate that the position of senior managers with an average of 5.35, IT managers with an average of 57.8 and heads of each class with the mean average 39.7 To create a data warehouse with the National Library and Archives of Iran's strategic management processes is positive. Structural communication between senior managers and IT managers plays an important role in implementing the data warehouse of the National Library and Archives of Iran. It is essential that the directors of the National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran to establish strategic data warehouse management approach and systematic actions necessary to comply with the principles and practice of the organization needs to take action. Creating data warehousing should be consistent with the organization's strategic management processes, missions, vision, and core objectives. It must also consider the long-term goals of the organization.

Information literacy involves an understanding of how information is created, accessed, shared and valued and the abilities and mindset necessary to be able to locate, evaluate, use and create information sources ethically and effectively. On the other hand, visual literacy is a set of abilities that enable an individual to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use and create images and visual media. Visual literacy is important because it is a basic skill to help us understand and learn about the world around. The academic libraries advocate the alignment of visual literacy and information literacy competencies as a method for connecting multiple literacies in information literacy instruction. Information literacy relies on a productive concurrence of different types of literacies, including visual literacy. Many academic libraries spend a considerable amount of time helping their users develop information literacy competencies. Most applications of information literacy do not include visual literacy elements. Emerging applications such as transliteracy and metaliteracy do incorporate aspects of visual literacy, but these applications have not yet become mainstream information literacy approaches. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of visual literacy component to enhance information literacy in university libraries.

Method of this study was a combination of library method, Delphi and survey and its type is applied. The research approach is also quantitative. The statistical population was 9 members of the faculty members from different universities and institutions of higher education who were top experts familiar with the basics of information and visual literacy in the Delphi panel. The final proposed performance indicators were extracted from the Delphi panel. In the validation phase, 30 undergraduate and PhD students in knowledge and information science in Islamic Azad University, Hamadan Branch were involved. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was assessed by formal validity method and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for reliability which was equal to 0.73.

Important components of the proposed performance indicator model of visual literacy include visual cognition skills, evaluation of visual resources, use of visual resources in the reference section, evaluation of the nature of information, identification of keywords of visual exploration, control of visual domain terms, matching visual search results, formulation of strategies, exploring visual information, determining appropriate image evaluation criteria, detecting visual source errors, organizing visuals in research, developing search processes, evaluating and transmitting visual information, use of information technology to produce appropriate image, modifying and editing images, production and presentation of appropriate graphics, better representation of visual images, observance of security and confidentiality of images, free access to visual resources, legal use of visuals, respect for copyright in the use of images, prevention of plagiarism of visuals and observance of accurate and complete citations in the use of visual resources.

The results showed that all the performance indicators proposed by experts, master and Ph.D. students have an effective role in improving professional activity in accessing visual information resources in academic libraries and can help users in better retrieval and use of images and visual media. Designed model and its test showed that all the results of seven standards of visual literacy have a positive effect on the enhancement of information literacy. According to the obtained results, it is suggested that short-term visual literacy training courses for students and professors are held in universities and higher education centers to strengthen the skills of exploring, acquiring and using visual items among them. Also, in university libraries, attention is paid to strengthening the visual literacy skills of librarians and information science specialists and to familiarize them with its standards and elements. For the reference librarians, the methods of using images and visual media are explained and the necessary techniques are taught to them. Also, international regulations for the use of images and visual formats should be observed. Guidelines for the application and use of visual media based on intellectual property rights and copyright should be developed in university libraries. Appropriate operational exercises to achieve visual items, production of visual resources, visualization methods, evaluation of images, appropriate use of visuals and visual needs assessment methods should be considered for information science specialists in libraries.

Academic libraries play a crucial and constructive role in managing information resources. Because medical universities have an essential role in promoting public health, the position of libraries at these universities is both important and influential. Therefore, this study investigated factors that affect the provision of health information resources in central libraries at Iranian universities of medical sciences.

This applied-descriptive study reviewed factors affecting the provision of health information resources based on document study and the Delphi method. A total of 62 managers of these central libraries were asked to participate. The sample was based on the fuzzy Delphi technique, which provides a solution in two phases. The data were obtained from a qualitative analysis of interviews and results from a researcher-created questionnaire.

Six factors were found to be vital to providing health information resources, including support, maintenance costs, country policies, economics, cooperation with high-tech companies, and political challenges. Some suggestions are given to address the challenges of providing resources; the most important was to create visual and audio media with a high diffusion coefficient.

Numerous factors can affect the provision of health information resources at Iranian universities of medical sciences. The foundations of these factors are varied, some stemming from economic fluctuations and others from technological developments.

 The massive volume of data and information, on the one hand, and the growing importance of data and information in libraries, on the other, make data management and information inevitable. Data governance is necessary to better manage data in organizing the library information. This research aims to librarians' attitude towards implement and execute data government strategies in planning in order to organize information resources of libraries of Islamic Azad University.

 the research is an analytical-survey study. The statistical population consists of 155 managers and librarians of the central libraries of the provincial centers of the Islamic Azad University. Data gathering tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. The questionnaire includes 38 items based on data governance components. Content validity method was used to assess validity and Cronbach's alpha test (0.941) was used for reliability.

 the research findings revealed that librarians’ attitude towards seven components of data organization in central libraries of Islamic Azad University including data quality, data user, data process, data standard, data integrity, data security and data modeling except for the component of data integrity did not have significant relationship with educational level, academic major, and work experience of managers and librarians which had a significance level of 0.08. Improving the quality of information organizing, training of human resources, use of standard tools along with strategic planning for library are important factors in implementation of data governance.

 Developing a codified data governance program based on the main elements of each of the identified components and using the opinions of experts and managers of library in finalizing this program play important roles in the success of data governance implementation. The impact of data governance on the organization of information resources leads to proper planning in academic libraries.

Value management is a structured approach to defining what value means to the organization and it is a team-based approach. This concept is a combination of planning tools and methods to find the optimum balance of project benefits in relation to project costs and is concerned with the creation of sustainable value. The purpose of this research was to investigate the relationship between value management and creating value in the management of public libraries in the province of Kerman, Iran.

The research method is survey-descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consists of all managers and staff of public libraries in Kerman. Due to the small number of participants, the Method of Estimating Total Population was used. To collect data, a 12 item questionnaire of value management and a questionnaire of another 12 questions of library management were used. The main components of the value management questionnaire included: quality and customer orientation; specialization, autonomy of action; management skills and facilitators; and professional structure.

The specialization components among the employees with mean = 3.6 and median= 4; quality and customer orientation with mean = 3.2 and median = 3.5 were higher than the average and the components of management skills and facilitators with Average 2.6 and Median 2.7; Professional structure with mean= 2.2 and median= 3.2 were below average. The components of specialization, autonomy of practice and management skills and facilitators have a significant predictive effect on library management. Also, according to the index of correlation coefficient, among the components of value management, the component of specialization, the autonomy of action, has the most relationship with value management. In general, findings show that the components of value management, except for the component of professional structure, have a significant relationship with the management of public libraries in Kerman.

Creating value with the current conditions of the public libraries of  the province Kerman is far from expected. The component of specialization and autonomy of action has been more focused. By applying value management components in the management structure of public libraries and other libraries, value creation and value added can be created through library services Professional. The results showed that the use of value management components can improve the work process in these libraries. It also attracts better users; Identifies the information needs of library members and makes information resources accessible. It was found that there is a close relationship between strengthening organizational culture and value management. Holding training skills courses is closely related to creating organizational culture and strengthening values. User communication skills increase the value of information services. Technical capabilities, familiarity with information technologies, computing, better understanding of library devices and equipment help preserve library values. .Increasing the quality of information services, providing customer orientation, paying attention to specialization, accurate grouping of specialization and independence of action, strengthening management skills and focusing on professionalism according to the components of value management are among the research suggestions.

The purpose of research is to inform information policy of public libraries in economic, political and cultural dimensions in the process of globalization. The research method is survey-analytical. The research tool is a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population of the study is all undergraduate students of Islamic Azad University, Kerman branch 3862 people. Sampling is by stratified random method. The sample size according to Cochran's formula is 350 people. The findings show that public libraries need to make policies in economic, political and cultural dimensions to tailor their programs to globalization strategies.  Doing specialized work plays an important role in strengthening the ability to keep up with globalization  Activities such as: holding specialized workshops, strengthening cultural beliefs, using information and communication technologies, using databases, organizing specialized information, strengthening the foundations of democracy, Interaction with the media, citizen participation, interaction with society And family, better familiarity with social media, environmental issues, cultural programs, expanding social collaborations, producing subject  bibliographies, regional union-catalogs, copyright agreements, using smart technology tools, and educating librarians and information professionals play an important role in globalization programs of public libraries. The results showed that globalization is a multidimensional phenomenon; Globalization affects many aspects of human life. Numerous aspects of globalization are broadly based on three dimensions: economic, political, and cultural. In this study, it was found that all dimensions of globalization are above average.

Information security is one of the effective factors in protecting and using digital libraries which can help improve the status of these libraries.This research reviews the accessibility to information security of digital libraries in digital libraries of Qom city. In this study, definitions of digital libraries include libraries based on their mission and using experts, organize digital documents and provide them to members in the form of information services.This study is a survey and research community was both public and academic digital libraries (including 5 libraries) in Qom city. Data collection tool is a questionnaire based on the standard ISO/ IEC 27002 which is an information security standard developed by the international organization for standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).The results of this study indicate that the average information security among digital libraries in Qom city is estimated to be 0.801, which considering the research evaluation method, it can be said that it has a strong level of information security. The development of information systems to provide effective services in digital libraries has played an effective role .There is also a significant relationship between different indicators of information security in digital libraries of Qom city. Weaknesses and strengths of digital libraries in Qom city, respectively, include physical and environmental security as a weakness and business continuity management has been introduced as a strength. Utilizing passive defense, participation of security groups to prevent hackers, identifying security gaps, training specialized forces and having an executive plan for information security are among the suggestions of this research. Finally, it must be stated that information security is at a high level in libraries in Qom city.

This research aims to study the dimensions of implementation of data governance strategies in planning in order to provide information services of libraries of Islamic Azad University.The research is an analytical-survey study. The statistical population includes central libraries of Islamic Azad University’s branches in provincial centers (35 branches), their managers and librarians (155 individuals).The research findings revealed that librarians’ attitude toward seven components of providing information services in central libraries of Islamic Azad University including data quality, data usage, data standard, data security and data modeling do not have significant relationship with their educational level, academic major, and work experience while the component of data usage and data standard in educational level showed a significant relationship. Results of the study also showed that average feasibility for implementation of data governance strategies in providing information services was higher than that of average population. In addition, librarians evaluate feasibility for implementation of data governance strategies in data organization in central libraries of Islamic Azad University to be desirable which is higher than average level. Accordingly, the highest to lowest scores for the components include data usage, data process, data quality, data integrity, data security, data modeling and standard in service delivery. The results also show that libraries can largely implement these strategies.The impact of data governance on the organization of information resources leads to proper planning in academic libraries.

Objective :

The purpose of this study was to design a process model of service value creation for clients through knowledge sharing behavior among academic librarians with emphasis on quantitative approach.

This research is applied in terms of purpose, in terms of approach, heuristic, and in terms of data analysis, qualitative-quantitative. In the qualitative phase of the research, 9 experts in the field of knowledge management (including academic professors, university library executives, and highly qualified aristocratic advisors) were selected and interviewed in depth. The theoretical saturation of the researcher continued. In the quantitative phase, all librarians of central academic libraries were considered as the statistical population and 210 of them were selected by simple random sampling method. In the quantitative phase, the main data collection tool was also used. A researcher-made questionnaire containing 42 items was designed based on the conceptual model. In the quantitative phase of the research, SPSS and Lisrel softwares were used to perform descriptive and inferential analyzes.

In this study, with the emphasis of managers on the necessity of sharing knowledge, in the degree of understanding and willingness and work commitment of librarians, in order to obtain information in the fields of information technology and communication and organizational culture in the library, in order to investigate librarians ' understanding. In the calculation of some of the processes and organizational practices governing the library and during the findings, it was found that benchmarking has a significant effect on libraries of prestigious internal and external universities in knowledge management.

Finally, the research results lead to the design of a service value creation process model for university librarians through knowledge sharing behavior among librarians (based on the paradigm model structure), and the hypothetical model relationships are tested in a large community.

  The purpose of this study was to implement and execute data governance strategies for planning the collection making of information resources in libraries of Islamic Azad University.

 The research is a descriptive-analytical survey. Statistical population of the research included all of librarians working in Central libraries of Islamic Azad University in 2017 who were 155 librarians. In order to determine sample size, Morgan’s sampling formula was used and 108 individuals were selected as sample. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire to measure data governance. The questionnaire’s validity was proved and its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha equal to 98%. The collected data was analyzed in terms of descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Levene’s test using SPSS ver. 25 and Microsoft Excel.

 The findings showed that librarians' attitudes toward seven most components: data quality, data usage, data process, data standardization, data integrity, data security and data modeling on resource collection in the central libraries of Islamic Azad University, according to educational level, there is no significant relationship between field of study and work experience (P> 0.05), in some components such as: the use of data in collection according to the field of study and data process and data modeling in collection, according to work experience has a significant relationship(p < 0.05).

 Results of the study showed that the librarians considered feasibility of implementation and execution of data governance strategies in resources and services planning of the libraries of Islamic Azad University higher than average level (desired level).