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Librarians, as practitioners of Library and Information Science (LIS), by playing various roles, can contribute to the promotion of research and expansion of human knowledge. The aim of the present study was to investigate librarians' scientific publications indexed in the Scopus database between 2016 and 2020 using the scientometric approach.

The present study, which was conducted using a scientometric approach, is descriptive in terms of data collection and applied in terms of the objective. The research population was all articles indexed in the Scopus database in 2016-2020 in which the word "librarian" is included in at least one of the authors’ organizational affiliations. The number of these articles amounted to 2207 after review and screening by the researchers.

In general, librarians accounted for 1.5% of the worldwide scientific production in the field of LIS. Librarians were the first, second or third author in more than 60% of the articles analyzed. Totally, 61% of the articles by librarians were published in non-LIS disciplines such as biological sciences, medicine, and computer science, and the chi-square test showed that the participation of librarians was significantly higher in non-LIS disciplines than in LIS disciplines (p<0.001). A closer examination of the articles indexed by librarians in the Scopus database in the LIS subject area showed that scientometrics, library services, databases, archives, and knowledge management were the most interesting topics for librarians with a frequency of 134, 131, 84, 75 and 59 articles, respectively.

Librarians as research assistants have made an important contribution to the writing of articles from non-LIS fields in recent years. Moreover, scientometrics has been one of the main topics of their research in the LIS field.

 The origin and status of public libraries as public institutions in providing services appropriate to the society are very important. This study aims to measure the public libraries affiliated to Abadan University of Medical Sciences in terms of health information sources and the readiness of librarians in these libraries to provide health information.

 This is a descriptive survey study. The study population consists of all librarians and public libraries affiliated to Abadan University of Medical Sciences in 2020. Samples were 20 librarians and 10 public libraries. Data were collected using a questionnaire and a checklist, and were described using descriptive statistics and analyzed using chi-square test in SPSS software, Version 26.

 In the public libraries, only 1.32% of the total sources were related to health. In 65% of public libraries, no educational courses in the field of health had been held. Moreover, 15% of librarians were very familiar with health-related topics, 65% were moderately familiar, and 20% were not familiar at all.

 There is a need for planning in public libraries affiliated to Abadan University of Medical Sciences to improve the status of health sources and for teaching the necessary skills to librarians to provide health information services.

Job burnout is an important factor affecting human health, and it can reduce the efficiency and effectiveness of staff in various organizations, including academic libraries. This negative phenomenon may deprive libraries of experienced manpower, disrupting the educational and information needs of library users, ultimately leading to the failure of the library and its organization in achieving the intended goals and missions. This study aimed to optimize the performance of human resources and identify the relationship between work-related musculoskeletal disorders and burnout to help in planning to reduce the rate of burnout.

This descriptive-correlational and applied research was carried out by census method on 126 librarians working in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. The Cornell Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaires (CMDQ) was used to measure the amount of physical injury caused by work and the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) was used to measure the degree of burnout. Data analysis was performed in two parts: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. P-value equal to 0.05 was considered as significant.

The findings indicated that the total rate of musculoskeletal disorders (32.96) and total job burnout (1.72) were lower than the population average. The highest rate of musculoskeletal disorders was in the neck area (78.9%) and the lowest rate was in the lower leg (37.8%). Moreover, no significant difference was observed between male and female librarians in the variables of musculoskeletal disorders caused by work and job burnout.

In general, musculoskeletal disorders had a positive relationship with all dimensions of job burnout except for individual performance. There was an increase in musculoskeletal disorders, as well as the rate of job burnout.

One of the complications of Covid-19 has become a social crisis of using virtual networks. This study endeavored to determine the effects of Covid-19 on dependence on virtual networks and the quality of social relations of librarians.

The study was a survey type. The population was the librarians of the public libraries of the Markazi province, and due to the limited population, the census method was used (174 individuals). Data were collected using questionnaires of Internet addiction, social relations, and social effects of Covid-19. The gathered data were analyzed through Correlation Coefficient & One-way ANOVA tests.

There is a significant negative relationship between virtual networks and social relations among the librarians of public libraries in Markazi Province, and the moderating role of Covid-19 in the relationship between virtual networks and social relations.

The prevalence of Covid-19 can incur social costs to librarians, who are active in Cyberspace and in providing public services; reduce their commitment to family, job, and friends. Therefore, knowing the consequences of dependence on virtual networks can keep individuals and their families from harm.

The concept of health literacy is a cognitive and social skill that determines the motivation and ability of individuals to access, understand and use information in a way that maintains and promotes their health.The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between health literacy, resilience and mental health of Kermanshah public librarians.

The research method was survey. The statistical population consists of Kermanshah public librarians. The questionnaires of Montazeri et al., Goldberg & Hillier and Connor & Davidson were used to collect data and measure the variables of health literacy, mental health and resilience, respectively. The validity of these questionnaires was confirmed using the opinions of five professors in the field of information science and the reliability of these questionnaires was calculated through Cronbach's alpha. In order to analyze the data and fit the model, frequency distribution tables and structural equation modeling in Warp Piels software were used.

The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between health literacy and librarians 'mental health as well as between librarians' health literacy and resilience. Finally, it was found that resilience plays a mediating role in the relationship between health literacy and mental health.

Since librarians' mental health has a great impact on their services, so discovering and strengthening the factors affecting mental health can have a significant impact on improving the organizational performance of public libraries. Based on the findings, it seems that focusing on improving librarians' mental health by increasing health literacy and, consequently, their resilience to achieve more appropriate outcomes, is an important issue that has a mutually reinforcing effect.

Augmented reality (AR) is a digital layer in the physical environment, which adds virtual elements to the real world. Academic libraries must meet certain criteria to enter fourth-generation libraries, one of which is the use of new technologies. The aim of this study was to investigate academic librarians' views on the application of components of AR technology in the libraries of medical universities.

The study was a cross-sectional survey study. The statistical population of the study included all librarians working at medical science universities in Iran. The sample size comprised 183 librarians who participated in the present research study. Quantitative research approach and research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. Internal validity of the questionnaire was assessed through CVI and reliability was assessed, using ICC (validity within and between assessors). The face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed using the opinions of 10 experts in the field of information science and AR technology and its reliability was obtained with Cronbach's alpha correlation coefficient of 0.96 and test-retest method. Using the online questionnaire, the librarians' perspective data on the components of familiarity, facilities, application, advantages, opportunities and limitations were collected in the form of 5 Likert questions. Data analysis with SPSS software was used through independent t-test, ANOVA and Tukey to evaluate the status of AR technology components.

The general attitude of librarians towards the components of application, facilities, advantages, opportunities and limitations of AR technology was on the scale of five Likert options with an average total score of 3.75. 0.05. Overall, 73.65% of librarians agreed with AR technology and 86.99% agreed with its use component in the libraries of medical universities. The results of the Tukey test showed that more graduate students than those with doctoral degrees agreed with the component of facilities available in university libraries to launch AR. Librarians older than 50 years considered the AR component in library management and assistance to librarians to be more effective than those under 30 years of age (P <0.05).

According to the results of the present study, the most important components for the use of AR technology in the libraries of medical universities to strengthen user education included the existence of appropriate content, usefulness, providing diverse services, user guidance, location and the opportunity to implement AR on a larger scale. The librarians' attitudes toward launching AR technology were favorable and they agreed with its applicability.

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

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

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

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

360-degree feedback seems to be a more comprehensive view of appraising capabilities, behavior, competence, and performance of individuals in the organization than other methods of performance appraisal. This study endeavored to appraise librarians’ performance in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, through 360-degree feedback.

This study was conducted with a survey-analysis methodology. The population consisted of 43 librarians, 43 superiors, 43 colleagues, and 80 users; accordingly, census sampling method was employed. Each librarian was assessed by one supervisor, all colleagues, two users, and a self-assessment questionnaire was filled by each librarian. The data was collected by pre-prepared questionnaires by Farajpahlou et al. To analyze the data, Student's t, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Duncan, analysis of variance tests were used.

Librarians’ performance in total (4.37), and status of their performance in moral-value (4.47), functional (4.37), and process (4.34) skills were higher than average level. There was no significant difference between the results of four groups in the moral-value index and functional skills, but there was a significant difference between the users and other assessors in the process skills.

Given the low mean in the process index, it seems necessary to take effective steps by librarians to improve communication with users. These results could be used by managers and librarians to identify the strengths and weaknesses of librarians’ performance.

Knowledge, as one of the assets, plays a pivotal role in gaining the competitive advantage of the organization and institutions and is considered the ultimate alternative to production, wealth, and monetary capital.  This study aimed to compare the application of knowledge management among librarians of University of Medical Sciences of Hamadan, Iran, and University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences based on Williams and Bukowitzchr('39')s models.

In this descriptive-analytical study the statistical population includes all librarians (81 individuals) working in libraries of Medical Sciences Universities of Hamadan and Iran, and Universit of welfare and rehabilitation sciences. The method of data collection is Bukowitz and Williamchr('39')s seven-component questionnaire. SPSS statistical software 17 and analysis of variance, Tukey and Kruskal tests were used to analyze the data.

The mean of the studied components at Hamadan University of Medical sciences is about 41units higher than the mean score in the University of Welfare Sciences and at Iran university of medical sciences the maen score is 28 units higher than the Welfare University. Also, the mean for female employees is about 20 units less than male employees (with constant consideration of other variables effect). The other variables did not have a statistically significant effect on this mean.

By summing the scores of all components, this score was statistically significant in the three studied universities and the mean score of Hamedan University library staff was more than the other two universities and the mean score of the staff of Welfare Sciences University was less than the others. It seems that knowledge management has better conditions at Hamadan University of Medical Sciences.

Staff is the only sustainable competitive advantage of any organization; the success of the organization depends on the empowerment and health of the staff. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between psychological empowerment and health of librarians in state universities of Yazd. This descriptive-analytic study was conducted among librarians working in libraries, research centers, and journal offices of Yazd Universities in 2016. The tools included psychological empowerment questionnaire (α = 0.95) and GHQ28 questionnaire of Goldberg and Hiller (α = 0.83). Data were analyzed by SPSS 20 using Pearson, Anova, and t-test. The results showed that the mean scores of psychological empowerment and health score for librarians were 19.73 ± 2.44 and 23.48 ± 11.20, respectively. In the correlational study of health empowerment, Pearson correlation coefficient (p > 0.05) was obtained. The relationship between empowerment and health scores was significant and inverse. Managers and administrators of libraries in Yazd state universities should consider the psychological empowerment of librarians as one of the main strategies for improving their health. Health status of the librarians should be considered as an important factor required for health evolution.

Each organization needs to provide an environment that is smooth, tensile, comfortable and affordable with appropriate physical and emotional conditions for each employee, a safe and relaxed working environment, so that they can work best with a sense of job satisfaction. The present study examines the ergonomic conditions of libraries in public universities in Ahwaz and its impact on job satisfaction and librarians. This research is descriptive and has been surveyed. The population of the study consisted of 84 librarians of Shahid Chamran Universities and Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences who participated in the study census. To evaluate ergonomic conditions, a questionnaire was extracted from ergotools software, job satisfaction survey from Arenson et al. Scale and job evaluation questionnaire by Faraj Pahloo, Nooshin Fard and Hasanzadeh. Relationships between research variables were investigated using structural equation modeling. The results showed that there is a direct, positive and significant relationship between ergonomic conditions and job satisfaction, job satisfaction and job performance, and ergonomic conditions and job performance. There is also a positive and significant indirect relationship between ergonomic conditions and job performance due to job satisfaction. All relationships between the variables examined were confirmed. Therefore, ergonomic conditions are effective both directly and through the job satisfaction of librarians’ job performance. Considering the positive and direct relationship, it can be said that the librarians of the public universities’ libraries of Ahwaz are pleased with better ergonomic conditions and show better job performance.

As physicians have not sufficient time for updating their clinical information, medical librarians could play an important role to satisfy their needs. This study aimed to identify the obstacles towards the role-playing of medical librarians in facilitating the scientific communications among physicians and paramedical practitioners based on the viewpoint of medical professionals in Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran. This qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews. Interviews were continued until all relevant themes and domains saturated. Sampling was done purposefully. In this study, 10 physicians and paramedical practitioners were chosen to ask the questions. According to the interviews, five barriers were identified entitled attitude, individual, structural, technical, and organizational aspects towards the role-playing of medical librarians in facilitating the scientific communications among physicians and paramedical practitioners. The most important obstacle was a personal obstacle. Using the results of this research and the identified challenges, it is possible to use the structural and organizational reforms as well as changes in attitudinal and behavioral factors to facilitate the scientific communication between physicians and paramedical staff of the Shohada of Persian Gulf Hospital in Bushehr. The results of this study can be used to solve the organizational problems of libraries. Moreover, this research can be used to formulate a plan for personal training of medical librarians.

It seems to be important and necessary for librarians to develop and promote their own health information and increase their own health literacy which they play a great role in this subject in society.
The aim of this study is measuring of health literacy and resources to achieve them among librarians of Mazandaran public library.
This is applied and survey-descriptive study in 2017. Statistical population include 147 librarians and staff of Mazandaran public library foundation. To collect data, we used TOFHLA questionnaire and none-Para metrics test to analysis data.
Findings: Findings show that most of librarians 125 subjects (85%) have suitable health literacy. Audio and video media and doctors were founded as the most important facilities to access to health information among them. Moreover, there were positive correlation between "health literacy of librarians" and "use video-audio media", "relationship with doctors", "use internet", "use social networks", and "participate to educational courses related to health and hygiene (r=0.41, r=0.37, r=0.29, r=0.22, and r=0.26) respectively.
Attention to the resources related to health information will improve quality of health literacy. Planning and making policy by public library foundation, Ministry of Health, government and coordination with other organizations will provide positive impacts for health literacy of librarians’ society.

Ergonomics is the science of refining and optimizing the working environment, occupation and equipment, and matching it with human capabilities and limitations. The purpose of this study was to compare the working environment conditions of the library staff with Ergonomic Principles in selected Universities of Medical Sciences in Tehran in 2016.
This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. The population of this study included all faculty librarians of selected Medical Sciences Universities in Tehran. This study was conducted by census method and all population members (n=85) were studied. The data collection tools were ergonomic checklist in the library environment and a researcher-made questionnaire on the educational status of ergonomic principles. The data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22 after they were collected and entered into the computer.
Based on the obtained findings, it became clear that the status of variables such as body conditions, work space, equipment and environmental conditions was average in terms of ergonomic principles and health variables, and safety factors and welfare facilities were at an undesirable level. In each of the variables of body condition, work space, equipment and safety factors among the libraries of selected Universities, ergonomic conditions did not have significant differences.
According to the results of this study, it can be concluded that the conditions of the librarians’ working environment in the studied community were not favorable in terms of ergonomic conditions.

Given the volume of information and time constraints of health specialists, it is necessary for clinical librarians to work as part of medical teams. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the familiarity of students and librarians with duties of clinical librarians.
This was an applied study carried out using descriptive survey method. The sampling was carried out using survey method and the study population consisted of all bachelor level librarianship students and all librarians in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Iran. Data was gathered using a questionnaire made by researchers.
Librarianship students and librarians in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences were familiar with duties of clinical librarians. There was no significant relationship between the average familiarity score of librarians in all three dimensions of duties, functions, and objectives with their field of study, level of education, and work experience. The only significant difference between average scores of librarians and students was in the search/research dimension.
Students of librarianship and librarians have relative theoretical familiarity with work skills of clinical librarians and they are similar to each other in this regard.

Job motivation is one of the factors factors influencing the behavior of librarians that can improve their performance. Considering that organizational culture is one of the factors influencing job motivation, the purpose of this study is to identify dimensions of organizational culture affecting job motivation of librarians in public libraries of Iran.
This qualitative study was conducted using content analysis. By purposive sampling, 19 people of librarians of public libraries in 10 provinces were interviewed using depth and semi-structured interviews. After extracting the primary codes, they classifyied in 3 dimmensions and 8 components.
Based on data dimmensions of organizational culture affecting job motivation are: Knowledge-oriented and Capability-oriented Culture (includes: professionalism and meritocracy, professional capability, use of technology, organizational learning), independency culture (inclides: non- politicization in the library, decentralization), and participatory and motivational leadership culture (includes: participatory management, motivational management). of public libraries in Iran shows that all of them have conducted by use of existing models. In view of nature and social roles of public libraries and broad impressive factors on them, these models have limitations to assess status of organizational culture in public libraries. So it is necessary to identify dimensions and components of effective organizational culture in public libraries of Iran and then manage the organizational culture on basis of this effective culture.
Dimensions and components of effective organizational culture resulted from this study can use as an ideal model for managing organizational culture or efforts to rule these cultural components in the public library of Iran.

This study was conducted to compare the health literacy of Tehran University and Tehran University of Medical Sciences due to the impact of librarian's role on health and in disseminating health information that promote health and empower the identification and controlling the factors that affect the society.
Material and This was a descriptive survey. Study population consisted of librarians working on campus in libraries of Tehran university and Tehran university of Medical Sciences. Data were collected using the standard questionnaire TOFHLA (Test of Functional Health Literacy of Adults) In January 2015. For data analysis, descriptive (the mean SD) and analytical statistics (One-sided t-test, Friedman test) were applied.
The mean age of participants was 39.21±7.75 years, 74.7% of the participants were female and 69.3% had library science education. Health literacy scores were calculated as 83.7 ± 16.6. Among the participants, 82.3% had adequate health literacy, 3.8% marginal health literacy and 13.9% had inadequate health literacy. Health literacy of the librarians in both universities had no significant differences.
Academic librarians have adequate level in health literacy. They can play an important role as trainers of health literacy in university and community. This is suggested to be one of the academic librarian's duties and be mentioned in their organizational position.

Librarians in academic libraries should have suitable information literacy skills in order to ýaccess the information they need and meet the needs of their clients. Hence, the present study ýaimed to evaluate and determine the status of the three levels of information literacy skills ýand their related factors among librarians of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences and ýFerdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
This applied research was conducted through survey method. The study population consisted ýof all librarians with a bachelor’s degree or master's degree in librarianship or non-librarianship ýfields working in the abovementioned university libraries (n = 120). Through non-proportional ýstratified random sampling method, 80 individuals were selected as the final sample. The ýassessment tool was a researcher-made questionnaire the validity and reliability (Cronbach's ýalpha = 0.86) of which were confirmed. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics ýý(frequency distribution, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (one-sample t-ýtest, independent t-test, ANOVA, and Duncan's post hoc test) in SPSS software.
The librarians’ information literacy status was less than desirable; neither of the elementary, ýbasic, and advanced levels of information literacy had desirable scores among the librarians. ýThe mean scores of information literacy of librarians with degrees in librarianship and medical ýlibrarianship were significantly higher than that of librarians with other degrees. Moreover, the ýmean information literacy score of librarians with a master’s degree was higher than that of ýlibrarians with a bachelor’s degree. There was no significant difference between the mean ýinformation literacy scores of librarians based on their work experience.
The results of this study showed the undesirable status of information literacy and its three ýlevels among librarians. Moreover, it indicated the effective factors for improving information ýliteracy among librarians for the planners and administrators of the libraries of these two ýuniversities.

Improvement of services in any organization depends on the professional growth and promotion ýof knowledge and proficiency level of the employees. Accordingly, evaluation of librarian's ýknowledge and proficiency level seems to be essential. The goal of the present research was ýto study the competences of librarians of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, ý
Kerman, Iran.
The present research was of descriptive survey. The study population consisted of 67 ýlibrarians in Kerman University of Medical Science. The required information was ýgathered using the Librarian's Competencies Questionnaire which consisted of 115 ýquestions in the framework of 7 competencies. These competencies consist of management, ýclassification, organization, information services, information technology, research, and ýcommunication. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by specialists, and its reliability ýwas determined using Cronbach’s alpha (0.98). The data was analyzed using descriptive methods ýand SPSS statistical software.
The results showed that the average competency score of the librarians regarding management, ýclassification, organization, informative services, information technology, research, and ýcommunication was 4.09, 3.87, 3.61, 3.81, 3.35, and 4.17, respectively.
The findings of this research revealed that the librarians of Kerman University of Medical ýSciences obtained higher scores in communicative competencies compared with other ýcompetences. As a result, they require more knowledge and skills in competencies of research, ýinformation technology, and organization.