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

 One of the methods of information analysis is the hermeneutic method which is a method for interpreting texts. The aim of the present study is to explain the hermeneutical method in the field of knowledge and Information science and provide a model of hermeneutical process analysis.

The present study is a critical-argumentative review in which documentary and library methods have been used for information gathering.

The findings showed that hermeneutical method can be used as one of the methods of qualitative research in the field of knowledge and Information science. What is shared between the field of knowledge and Information science with hermeneutics is the text's interpretation as information used in the field of data storage and retrieval systems. Moreover, in data retrieval systems, data entry is not possible without prior knowledge. The most important hermeneutic view in this area is that it considers recovery behavior as a text.

Hermeneutics can be used as a method in the field of knowledge and Information science in the production of new knowledge and in a way that plays an essential role in the field of information retrieval systems.

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and presents a qualitative phenomenographical research methodology as a conceptual framework to do information retrieval area studies and, while the aim of reflecting on the features of this method for students and researchers interested in qualitative research methods. This article is a conceptual paper that introduces a phenomenographical qualitative research methodology based on an interpretive paradigm with a review/ analytical approach. Reviewing papers written by researchers such as Bruce, Limberg, Edwards, Forester and others. This paper tries to show the paradigm shift in the methodology of research (from positivism to interpretative paradigm) in the information retrieval area. Since the 1980s, the paradigm shifts in information retrieval area studies among information retrieval researchers. Phenomenography, as an interpretative approach, is a method, which makes researchers able to consider the vraitey of the ways of experiencing a phenomenon in the world. In this method, participants are selected through purposive sampling, data are collected in semi-structured interviews and analyzed through theoretical coding, and the results will be presented in the form of descriptive categories as an outcome space. In fact, counting and understanding phenomena from the perspective of certain user groups can provide a deeper, clearer, and more complete understanding of many of the questions raised in the field of information behavior researchs in information retrieval area, especially in user studies. This research method, while describing users' perceptions of their experience in information retrieval and search, offers a new territory to the end user studies. In addition, it get adquainted the practitioners of this area with a new approach to the topic and, providing a more precise context for their services and practices.

The purpose of the present study is identifying and evaluating the affecting factors on the research leadership style and management at Tehran province branch of Payame Noor University This research by descriptive - survey method. In this regard, 48 sub-components were identified by using the qualitative method based on theme analysis and they were classified in the form of eight main components (including prospect, teamwork continuous enabling, continuous improvement of performance, inspiring, team-building, deep attraction, continuous self-assessment, and coaching). According to Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.86), the questionnaire is consistency and reliability. Also, based on the results of first and second order confirmatory factor analysis, the conceptual model is an appropriate explanatory, in terms of all the main components and the related sub-components. In order to determine the weight of the components, pairwise comparisons were used.
Findings: The results show that the three components including prospect (0.4552), teamwork continuous enabling (0.1945)and the continuous improvement of performance (0.1893) have the most importance and the greatest impact on leadership and management of research. Finally. based on the collected information, the university's research leadership style is an authoritarian leadership style and in some cases, it is combined with guiding leadership style

Due to recent attention to health promotion and self-care as one of the prerequisites of health services and intervention programs, health information seeking behavior research has gain increasing importance. Factors such as attention to user centered studies, context and self-care require using of methods and tools that help study people in their natural environment. However, review studies have shown the dominance of quantitative and positivist approaches in health information seeking behavior studies. This study aims at introducing episodic interview as a tool for gathering unique data from peoples’ natural lives and its application in health information seeking studies.
This review article has been conducted by library method. It addresses health information seeking behavior concept and its affecting factors. It also introduces episodic interview and its underlying concepts including narration and narrative interviewing. Further, it investigates implications of applying episodic interview in health information behavior studies and eventually it discusses steps of conducting episodic interview with examples of narrations.
Findings: The strength point of episodic interview is its focus on narration of people about their lived experiences as research data which help researchers study and analyze people in a different way from conventional approaches. Implications of applying episodic interview are: 1.concentration of health information behavior studies on pattern of behavior, 2. health information seeking behavior being interwoven in everyday life, and 3. health information seeking behavior being intentional and purposeful.
Episodic interview help researchers listen to the voices of different groups of people, especially whom their voice is not heard due to sickness and social and cultural conditions, a point which should be considered in designing any information and intervention services.

The aim of this research was to determine the quantity and quality of qualitative studies accomplished by Knowledge and Information Science (KIS) Researchers.
For this purpose, methodology section of articles published in 13 main Persian Journals in the field of KIS during 2004-2015 had been systematically scrutinized.
Findings showed that: total of 143 articles had been completed by qualitative methods, indicating unfavorable status of qualitative researches among KIS researchers. Further, findings showed that mix and Content analysis methods were prevalent methods investigators had used, among the issues examined two publications informing research and academic libraries and library and information science had the highest share in qualitative research publications in KIS. While check list and document analysis were common way of data gathering.
Although the convention of qualitative research in recent years has been of interest to researchers of KIS, it is still far from preferred objective of focusing on quantitative approaches. Most focus is on quantitative approach, consequently not incorporating qualitative approaches in KIS studies