The impact of digitization of academic librarieson organizational effectiveness

The aim of the present research is to study the effects of the digitalization of the system on the organizational effectiveness of academic libraries based on Parsons' theoretical model of the four functions of social systems.

The research population consisted of 12 academic libraries in Tehran, which were studied in three levels of high, average and low based on the degree of digitalization. This analytical-practical research employs the survey research method and uses a researcher-created checklist and a standard questionnaire to collect data. Excel, SPSS16, and Smart PLS software were used to describe and analyze data.

The results of the study support its general conceptual framework and its assumptions. The findings show that in general, there is a significant positive correlation between the digitalization of academic libraries and factors determining organizational effectiveness. Digitalization of the system has the highest impact on innovation, organizational health or morale, organizational commitment and the job satisfaction of librarians in order of priority. In terms of the level of digitalization, 50% of academic libraries were at" level average", 33% were at "level high" and 17% were at "level low. The highest digitalization score earned by academic libraries was 65.21% and the lowest score was 22.22%. F-test results show that statistically, there is a significant difference between «level average» and «level low» libraries in terms of the librarians' innovation and organizational commitment. The average organizational commitment and innovation is higher in "level low" libraries than "level average" libraries.