جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "culture" در نشریات گروه "کتابداری و مدیریت اطلاعات"

This study aims to provide original and first-hand information about maritime voyages from the southern ports of Iran to East Africa in the later periods. The article examines maritime connections between the southern Iranian ports and the coasts and islands of East Africa during the 18th to 20th centuries, focusing primarily on the export and import of certain popular trade items, based on available sources.

Method and Research Design:

 This article employs a combined descriptive-analytical and qualitative research method (relying on structured interviews with some elderly captains).

The gradual and subtle infiltration of certain aspects of Iranian culture among the indigenous populations of the coasts and islands of East Africa through maritime journeys known as "Gap" represents a symbol of Iran’s successful and dynamic transnational cultural diplomacy over the past few centuries. These journeys, in addition to economic benefits, also fostered cultural and social ties between the southern coasts of Iran and East Africa. The enduring impact of these interactions can still be observed in regions along the East African coast such as Zanzibar, Pemba, Mombasa, and Malindi, as well as in Iranian cities located on the coasts of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

The upcoming article, which is based on the method of library research and interpretation and analysis, is a fundamental and practical research research, with a critical attitude in the book of Thesaurus of Islamic Philosophy of the Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture, and its qualitative evaluation and criticism with the aim of explaining its shortcomings. and their subsequent reviews in the editions to achieve modernity, development and respond to the needs of users with the growing knowledge of Islamic philosophy. Qualitative assessment is in two parts, form and substance. Form assessment including the assessment of alphabetical order, calligraphy, Arabicization, Farsi or Arabic terms. And the substantive evaluation includes the evaluation of the introduction, the geometric concept of science and its prior relations. The findings of the research in the form section include the extensive use of Arabic words, lack of cross-references, lack of division, lack of sufficient use of domain notes, non-standard use of descriptors, non-observance of alphabetical order in the alphabetical display of terms, and the presence of spelling mistakes. . The findings of the research in the substantive part include the explanation of defects in the geometrical structure of philosophy and the hierarchical relationships of terms, as well as the explanation of the error in understanding philosophical concepts and the previous semantic relationships of terms, which in some cases are caused by the error in understanding philosophical concepts or the confusion of concepts and terms. It is characteristic of philosophical systems of illumination, walk and sublime wisdom, which need to be resolved; Because this thesaurus has been accepted by scientific centers as a basis for storing, searching and retrieving information and is being translated in other countries. The proposal of the research is to recommend strict adherence to the thesaurus writing standards in the compilation of such specialized thesauruses, in addition to paying attention to the differences of different schools in the philosophical foundations, which requires the use of expert professors in each school to explain the meanings of terms and their previous relationships. The purpose is to avoid the confusion of verbal commonalities and to protect future researches from this damage.

Today, in addition to their traditional role in accessing books, and providing a place for reading and other recreational and recreational purposes, public libraries are considered as spaces of society that also have important social roles and functions. This research was conducted with the aim of identifying and ranking cultural factors affecting the role of Iran's public libraries as community centers, and in order to provide a conceptual model in this field, based on Jürgen Habermas' theory of the public sphere.

This research is applied in terms of its purpose; In terms of data collection, survey; And in terms of the nature of the data, it is a mixed research of an exploratory type, which was carried out with a systematic approach of database theorizing. In the qualitative part, effective factors were identified by conducting 33 interviews and 2 focus groups (each group has 4 people and a total of 8 people). The validity of these factors was confirmed by using the content validity ratio (CVR) index, and their reliability was confirmed through the Fleiss' kappa coefficient test. In the quantitative part, the reliability of the tool was confirmed using a questionnaire consisting of 16 items and with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.91. Finally, factors were ranked by Shannon's entropy method.

The findings showed that three cultural factors, including local discourse, the arena of understanding and cultural diffusion, are effective in playing the role of public libraries as community centers. Meanwhile, the field of understanding is considered the most important factor and cultural diffusion has the least effect in this field. All factors had content validity higher than 0.33 and Kappa coefficient higher than 0.7, so all of them have the necessary validity and reliability. Finally, the conceptual model of the research was designed and drawn in six sections.

Jürgen Habermas' theory of the public sphere is one of the sociological theories, which is close to the goals and mission of public libraries. On the other hand, the culture factor is a fundamental factor for playing the role of public libraries as community centers. In this regard, many people may still think that public libraries are a place only for reading, but a review of the various actions and activities of public libraries shows that these places carry out various activities that advance the cultural development of societies. In this way, public libraries play a prominent role in carrying out cultural activities. In order to fulfill its role as a community center, public libraries need to promote the native discourse of the society, be a safe arena for free discussion and understanding of different sections of the society, and spread culture in local communities.

Due to the importance of knowledge management and infrastructure in the library, this study reviews and analyses research literature in the subject field. The main aim is to combine and compare the results of research on the relationship between knowledge management and infrastructure in the library using robust statistical methods, in order to achieve coherent results.

The present study is applied in terms of purpose. Sixteen studies including six theses and ten articles were selected were reviewed. Data collection tool consisted of studies related to the topic and the coding form of meta-analysis. Comprehensive meta-analysis software (CMA.2) was used to calculate co-efficiencies.

Heterogeneity test showed that there is heterogeneity between the studies (Q= 49/44-172/236 and p-value= 0/000). Also, funnel diagram showed low standard error and relatively low bias. The expression in the distribution is regular, and the observed error is due to possible types of oblique. According to the interpretation of the Cohen table, infrastructure information technology with a negative effect size value of -0.860 large, culture with a value of 0.46 small positive effect size, application of knowledge with a value of positive effect size 3, knowledge creation with a small positive effect value of 0.41 small, knowledge sharing with a positive effect size value of 0.14 small, organizational process with average positive effect size of 0.65; budgets are small with a positive effect size of -0.24 and knowledge assessment was small with a negative effect size of -0.11. Vali-e-Khajeh (2017) research has the highest weight in the variables of human resources, knowledge utilization, knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, organizational process and budget.

The results showed that infrastructure variables and knowledge management processes in libraries were not effective and the effect size is small. Therefore, librarians are suggested to have an IT infrastructure with an emphasis on social networks and the sharing of tacit knowledge between librarians and library users. Culture infrastructure with regard to investing in the dissemination of culture and organizational values based on knowledge exchange, human resources infrastructure by holding in-service courses and training programs to empower staff and librarians to improve knowledge management processes. On the other hand, due to the small effect of the variables of knowledge management processes, researchers are recommended to conduct effective research with more sample size and less error in the field of knowledge management processes in libraries.Keywords: Meta-analysis, Knowledge Management Processes, Library, Infrastructure Information Technology, Human Resource Infrastructure, Culture..

Universities are amongst the most important institutions that play crucial roles with respect to bringing about and shaping the modern world. The institution of the university also partakes in providing effective responses to the endless challenges which are emerged in the modern world. The frequency of the appearance of these challenges, in comparison to what was happening in the pre-modern world, is much higher. The present paper, first, provides a brief account of some of the chief functions and main models of universities as well as some of the crucial local and global challenges and the role of universities in dealing with them. Then, it discusses the issue of the ‘public space’, its principal characteristics, and the mutual relationship between it and the institution of the university. The main argument of the paper is that the institutions of the university and the public space, as two socially constructed entities which are both the products of collective intentionalities, are constantly evolving and in doing so exert influence upon each other, as well as other entities in the realm of social realities including the institution of the state, and the sphere of politics, culture, and economy. In return, the institution of university and the public space are influenced by those other entities in the social realm. The net result of these many-folded influences is the actualisation of vast potentials which are inherent in these entities and institutions. The actualisation of these potentials is directly linked, on the one hand, to the needs of their users and, on the other, on the inbuilt functions of these institutions. The paper intends to provide an answer to the problem of identifying theoretical models or the sets of instructions by which one can manage the interaction between these institutions and socially constructed entities, ensuring, as much as possible, maximal actualisation of their positive capacities and suppression of their negative capacities.

The issues of the contemporary world are becoming more and more complex in the light of the ever-increasing growth of tools and technologies in various areas of nowadays. This complexity, as well as the quick and easy access to information that somehow is known as bombing information, has a great impact on human mind. These effects must be known in order to prevent its destructive factors. The problem of knowing that humanity faces throughout its life will enter into more complex phases during this period. The emergence of new and diverse authorities poses a major threat to awareness. The study aims to examine the issue of confrontation with truth based on Karl Raymond Popperchr('39')s ideas in the field of epistemology and epistemology. The main question of this research is whether the human mind is better able to face and solve problems in todaychr('39')s world due to extensive communications and abundant data?

This research is qualitative. In terms of purpose, this research can be considered exploratory and exploratory at the same time. Theoretical foundations of research are based on Popperchr('39')s thinking that beliefs and knowledge must be constantly tested. The hypothesis is that, in spite of all the possibilities available to mankind for access to information, human remains faced with fundamental mistakes in recognizing issues and making decisions.

The results of the research show that, despite the free flow of information and easy access to data sources, people continue to suffer from making false decisions and giving wrong answers to the most fundamental issues.

In solving many issues, even with collective decisions at high decision-making levels, misconceptions are still being used, which will be a surprise to decision-makers after reassessing the high level of mistakes

The aim of the study is to investigate the role of knowledge management components in corporate entrepreneurship of information science specialists, employed in shiraz university libraries. The used tools of the study include KM questionnaire of Nayyer (1390) and the CE questionnaire of Hooman (1381). Stability alpha coefficient of Cronbach was used to measure internal parallelism of KM and CE questionnaires, which gained 0/89 and 0/92, respectively. The studied society includes the librarians, employed in shiraz university libraries (87 people). Results indicated, among the components of KM, components "people", "process" and "culture" had a significant and positive relationship with corporate entrepreneurship, but between the component of the "Technology" with corporate entrepreneurship, there was no significant relationship. Libraries need to implement knowledge management and utilization of its intellectual capital, In creating entrepreneurship in the over time that, depends on the knowledge exchange process. In this way the most important factor of corporate entrepreneurship achievement effective management of knowledge in the organization. In other words, knowledge management in libraries could be considered as the bedrock of corporate entrepreneurship.

Rapid changes in today's knowledge-based economy, has caused the organizations to achieve its purposes and sustain proven survival for the successful implementation of knowledge management. But if the organizational culture for the successful implementation of knowledge management is not provided, the desired outcome will be missed. The purpose of this study is to identify and prioritize the critical success cultural factors of Knowledge Management in E-Banking.
The method of this research is descriptive-analytical and Mellat bank of Qom province was selected as the statistical subjects. To prioritize critical factors of Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process is used.
Findings: The results indicate that among the three main criteria, "knowledge-Based culture, corporate culture, knowledge creation and sharing culture" criteria are the most important.
Cultural factors play a crucial role in determining the results of knowledge management efforts. Therefore, organizations that intend to implement knowledge management need to study cultural factors affecting knowledge management.

This paper reviews the literature related to the impact of culture as a contextual factor on human information behavior.
The article reviews past studies related to the culture and information especially cultural theories by Hall and Hofstede and the studies that have used their cultural dimensions in the area of information behavior.
Findings: Past studies show that culture as a contextual factor has an impact on various aspects of information behavior. Although there have been studies on the use of culture for designing user interfaces, few studies have dealt with the impact of culture on the information behavior. Better understanding of the impact of contextual factors, especially culture on information behavior, can lead to a right plan for training, proper website designing and the service designing for users in order to increase the utility and profit of information resources in a country. Paying attention to the relation between dimensions of Hall and Hofstede’s cultural models and information seeking process can lead to the better information system design in a society and a particular culture.

Review of historical monuments such as ancestral handicrafts, the investigation into the life of physicians, astronomers, agriculturists, architects, physicists and mathematics and so on, attest to the development of knowledge in the ancient Iran. Such knowledge can be observed in the ancient and authentic Iranian art namely Iranian carpet. Such textures which have developed Iran’s academic standing by integrating principles of art with mathematics in order to promote Iranian standing in both art and mathematics. Therefore, we decided to elaborate the role of our ancient culture which had a pre-eminent position in mathematics, in the area of science. So one of the effects of mathematics, art and culture was chosen to smooth the way for teaching mathematics to students by weave the mathematics into it. This delicacy can develop the promotion and popularization of mathematics as the overall aims of education. This view can help students to see mathematics as a different form of knowledge which will be oppose to common view in society which consider math as difficult and complicated knowledge. The results of several research show that the ways which our ancestors used math in their daily life activities are very interesting and even unique despite of having no formal academic education. So, in addition to creating interest and motivation in students, introducing such activities can have a significant impact on teaching and learning process.

This paper studies the changes took place in the economy، development and culture of the Ahwaz population، as the result of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company oil drilling operations. Method/Research Design: The research data is gathered from library and archive resources. Findings and Drilling and extraction of petroleum by Anglo-Iranian Oil Company resulted in less agriculture and more shop keeping among the populations، the construction of new houses، an electricity plant، an airport، a few movie theatres، a club and a hospital. Also، some English words entered the vocabulary of the people.

Iranian music industry suffers from many problems. This threatens indigenous culture and identity. The aim of paper is to investigate the main causes of the problems and provide solutions for them. For that end, first interviews with 14 activists in music affairs in order to identify the problems. Then, solutions for each of the problem using innovation system approach were provided. Thereafter Fuzzy Delphi method has been used to choose the most consensus problems and solutions.    
As the concluding remark, the research shows that the main reason for the problems is disorder in innovation system of music industry, and organizing innovation system in music industry is the best way to address that. In the other words, many of the current problems can be mitigated by creating and strengthening policy-making bodies, financing, creating indigenous music, developing human resources and the production of musical goods and services. However, consensus could not be reached on the importance of supporting entrepreneurship and religious- social research in the creation of music.

Goal: Having an appropriate organizational culture is one of the main factors for implementing effective marketing in the libraries and information centers; therefore this study examines the relationship between attitudes to marketing activities and organizational culture. The research method is descriptive correlational type. The participants were all of the 1.5 employees and managers in the organization in 2812. They completed two questionnaires measuring attitudes to marketing activities and organizational culture. After excluded 42 incorrect questionnaires, other questionnaire analyzed. Pierson correlation coefficient was used to analyze data. There is a positive and meaningful relationship between the clan culture and need to marketing, the adhocracy culture and need to marketing and also the hierarchy culture and usage of the marketing plan. Furthermore there is a negative and meaningful relationship between clan culture and usage of the marketing plan and also hierarchy culture and need to marketing. From the employees and managers viewpoint, the hierarchical culture is the dominant culture in the organization. Also if the clan and adhocracy cultures improve more in the organization, the need to marketing will improve too.

The main purpose of current article is explaining the unique role of mathematical houses activities in teaching and learning process and popularization of mathematics in the socity. For doing this we first give some informationabout history and background of mathematical houses in Iran. Then some activities of Kerman mathematics house will be presented. After that the necessity of mathematical houses activities in four dimensions (contain Cultural, Educational, Mathematical Literacy of citizen and confronting against Konkor) will be introduced. In this section, the unique role of mathematical houses in society will be expressed through documents and witnesses. So, with this comments we can emphasis on the important role of mathematical houses beside the official mathematics education at school. In final part of this article two type of math will be indentified. The first one is school math and the second one is mathematics houses math. These two type of mathematics are complementary and they can support each other.

  The purpose of this study is to analyze the public libraries role in society’s cultural engineering covered by - Iran Public Libraries’ Organization (I.. P. L. O.).

Research method is descriptive. The research community includes all 117 librarians from 37 public libraries. To gather information the researcher has used questionnaires including 29 questions. The validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by experts and reliability of questionnaire was verified by Cronbach’s alpha. For statistical analysis, Single variable T- test, K square and Friedman test were used.

Results of this research reveal that public libraries role in society’s cultural engineering is more than 50% and also clarifies that between the chosen factors as the cultural role of libraries; the most effective one is libraries’ role in developing knowledge and information among the society.

This research is one of the first researches in public libraries to show their role in cultural engineering in society.

One of the key aspects of knowledge management is organizational culture. Finding an appropriate culture and key indicators for culture in implementation and execution of knowledge management are one the most important matter in knowledge management implementation in any organization. So, the main purpose of this article was presenting a multidimensional structure for organizational culture and supply chain culture with the aim of effective knowledge sharing in supply chain of automotive industry of Iran. First, according to the literature review, key indicators for any dimension of multidimensional structure of the research were defined. Then, key indicators were revised, adjusted and modified by three industry experts and three college professors, so 4 questions and 5 hypotheses were offered. Next, that multidimensional structure has been assessed as a survey and cause-effect study in supply chains of Iran Khodro Company and Saipa Company.115 industry professionals have participated in this study. In the research, after testing co-linearity between variables, relations between different dimensions of the multidimensional structure have been assessed with the help of path analysis. Research findings showed that the multidimensional structure introduced in the study had an appropriate fitness in automotive industry. The results of path analysis also showed that the culture of the supply chain has had the greatest impact of Business culture. On the other hand, business culture had a strong but indirect effect on supply chain performance. And finally, the greatest effect of knowledge sharing and transferring was on non-financial performance of supply chain.

In spite of increasing interests and trends among Iranian organizations to incorporate information and communication technology (ICT) into service provision to their customers, there is still considerable gap between existing and expected diffusion. The aim of this study was to identify and evaluate main determinants of technology adoption and use on the basis of modified TAM model. The developed model was validated through survey research and data collected from a randomly selected sample of 263 students at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Data analysis was conducted using appropriate statistical techniques including regression, and Chaves analysis. The findings of research confirmed the validity of principle model, confirming ease of use and perceived usefulness as main determinants of technology acceptance as suggested by Davis. This study also suggested that the quality of system and personal ability to use technology were good predictors of ease of use, while social interaction and images appeared to be good predictors of perceived usefulness of technology. Furthermore, personal innovativeness proved to have significant effect on intention to use among potential ICT users.