The purpose of this research is to achieve a model of useful strategic control that can be used in the public libraries affiliated with the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. This is an exploratory research project، using a case study approach with an original orientation. Data has been collected through field surveys and descriptive statistical analysis methods have been used to analyze data. Designing strategic control systems، enables the provision of the organization circumstances (conditions) for moving coherently within the context of distributed environments. It also provides a vehicle for the integration of distributed decisions by managers and helps to prevent sporadic endeavors. The Iran Public Libraries Foundation declares in its vision statement that it intends to establish itself as the lead in the region where space per members، membership، resources and lending are concerned. To achieve this goal it needs to use the tools and methods of strategy control. In designing the strategic control model، this paper seeks to facilitate and solve the problem of strategic and vision control in the Public Libraries and present the outcomes of applying this model in a non-governmental public organization. Originality/value: This paper would be useful for the purpose of vision and strategic control in the Public Libraries Foundation.

The main purpose of this study is the assessment of organizational entrepreneurship in Iran public libraries foundation. The present research method is a survey method. The statistical population of this research is the staff of the public libraries foundation. The sample size is 150 respondents. 147 questionnaires were collected by simple random sampling. The research questionnaires and the data related to organizational entrepreneurship, whose validity and reliability were confirmed by content validity and Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient, were completed and collected. The findings showed that organizational entrepreneurship in the public libraries foundation is not at a desirable level. The statistical tests of the hypothesis showed that three items including organizational structure, organizational situation, and innovative organizational culture are not at a desirable level, but the item of man power capability is at a desirable level. For organizational entrepreneurship, it is suggested that the foundation of public libraries improve its structure, situation, and organizational culture guidelines. Originality/Value: The findings of this research help the managers of public libraries to identify the strengths and improvable points of entrepreneurship in their organization.

The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on organizational performance in Iran public libraries Foundation.
The present study is an applied research. The mode of control variables is Non-experimental and the method of data collection is survey. This research is typically based on structural equation modeling. The main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire with 15 questions for entrepreneurial orientation and 12 questions for organizational performance. The study population consisted of all employees in the Iran public libraries Foundation. Using simple random sampling, 500 as the sample chosen and research questionnaire was distributed among them. Data were analyzed using LISREL and SPSS software’s.
Findings: The results of the entrepreneurial orientation model showed that five dimensions of innovation, risk taking, competitive aggressiveness, leadership and independence are major factors influencing on establishment of the entrepreneurial orientation in the Iran public libraries Foundation. Results indicated that correlation of innovation with entrepreneurship and the impact that it has on entrepreneurship is more than risk taking, competitive aggressiveness, leadership and independence. Also the results of organizational performance model showed that Efficiency Programs, Effectiveness of activities, Patrons Satisfaction and employee satisfaction explain the organizational performance of the Iran public libraries Foundation. Finally, the results of the structural model showed that entrepreneurial orientation has a significantly positive effect on organizational performance of Iran public libraries Foundation.
Originality/Value: The present study is a comprehensive study that investigates the effects of entrepreneurial orientation on organizational performance Iran public libraries Foundation. Therefore, administrators, policy makers and Planners can use the results of this research will enhance the effectiveness of public library services.

As a concept that has spread from economics to other fields, Regulation refers to sovereign interventions aimed at the realization of the public interest. The present article focuses on the clarification of the concept of regulation in reforming the policy approach to the status of public libraries. The key question of the research is, from a policy-making perspective, in the conceptual bipolar framework of regulation and tenure, what is the relationship between the public libraries institution and the Tehran municipal libraries (which is a larger set of entities)? In this regard, the research has investigated the structural interaction of Tehran Public Libraries and Municipalities with the theoretical framework of institutionalism and qualitative content analysis method. At present, the public libraries institution is a policy maker, an administrator, and a supervisor of public libraries. In such circumstances, such affairs as obtaining a license and the duty of the municipality to pay half of its revenue to public library associations, which of course refuses to pay, has become a serious challenge between the two institutions. This study argues that even if the institution's wishes are met, a larger problem persists, and that the institution's tenure may not give a good prospect of achieving its goals. What the libraries institutions is pursuing is having hundreds of libraries with thousands of executive officer that would then be left out of their policymaking and supervisory duties. The policy-making proposal of the paper is to harmonize the integrated network of national libraries, to define the role and position of policymakers at different levels, and to distinguish the role of policymaking from implementation for public libraries. In this way, the movement of public libraries towards regulation in the role of policymaker and supervisor can serve the intended purpose. In this case, the municipality will play the role of the executor of the institution policies within the framework of the integrated urban services system.

The present research aims to study the man power status of the head office of public libraries foundation. It also aims to study the performance of the foundation in knowledge convergence processes among the staff. This research is a survey method. The research population included all the staff of the central office (headquarters) of the public library foundation (managers and staff). There was no sampling. The research tool for the data collection was a researcher-made questionnaire including 8 items and 46 closed questions. The findings show that the index of "staff individual tacit knowledge" has the highest average. Also, the indexes of "organization revealed knowledge" and "convergence of revealed knowledge to tacit knowledge” have the lowest average.Originality/Value: A study of the knowledge management literature shows that very few research works have been conducted on knowledge management in public libraries. In this research, in addition to preparing a questionnaire for kinds of knowledge, knowledge production processes, and knowledge convergence based on Nonaka, the status of human resources is studied in the head office of public library foundation. At the end, according to the findings, some appropriate guide lines have been presented for developing knowledge and man power function in relation with knowledge convergence processes.

This study was carried out to measure the level of participative management among managers and staff of Iran Public Libraries Foundation. This study is a survey in which the population under study included the headquarter staff of Iran Public Libraries Foundation as well as Librarians of public libraries in Tehran Province. To this end, 221 persons were chosen by simple random selection. We used researcher-made questionnaire. To carry out statistical analyses, the Spearman’s correlation test, one-sample t-test, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used. The obtained results for Iran Public Libraries Foundation indicated an average level of intra-organizational collaborations and above average level of inter-organizational collaborations. Furthermore, it was shown that there is positive association between demographic characteristics (management experience and work experience) and the collaboration level of managers and staff, whereas a negative relationship exists between the education level and staff’s collaboration level.Originality/Value: This research measures the level of participative management in Iran Public Libraries Foundation and the related libraries with regard to intra-organizational and inter-organizational collaborations and analyzes these two dimensions from different aspects; it is among the first researches that has studied this management subject among staff of Iran Public Libraries Foundation.

This study aims at the analysis of scientific publications that have been written by Iran Public Libraries Foundations’ employees and provides a picture of their research-scientific activities. this work is an applied research with a descriptive-analysis approach. The research population consists of scientific presentations at the First National Festival of Scientific Research of Iran Public Libraries Foundation. Data were collected through the festival database. Analysis of data was performed with SPSS Software version 18. The findings show that the number of publications by the employees has reached 469 works since the establishment of Foundation up to 2011. In comparison to the other publication types، the most works were published in the form of article. The highest number of scientific publications belongs to the 2010 and the lowest one to the 2007. Except for 2004، the scientific publications of employees have had a positive growth rate. This rate ranges between -0. 39 (in 2004) and 1. 88 (in 2003). The Chi-square test showed a significant difference between gender and discipline of employees and the type of their scientific publications. On the other hand، there was not a significant difference between the scientific degree of employees and the type of scientific publications. Originality/Value: To date there is not any comparative research on the scientific publications written by the employees of Iran Public Libraries Foundations. Therefore، the results of this study might be useful for managers، planners، policy makers of Iran public libraries foundations.

The purpose of this article is to identify the legal characteristics related to administrative and financial affairs of the public libraries foundation. It tries to study the contradictions and weaknesses of these affairs, to present a legal analysis for resolving the contradictions, and to make the corresponding law system transparent in order to embody the concept of ‘ideal office’. By using a descriptive approach and with a direct reference to documents (documentary method), the data and the relevant documents were described. Then, by comparing and analyzing the data and documents, desirable conclusions were provided. The administrative and financial law governing the public libraries foundation can be defined by the two means of the particular laws and regulations of that foundation and the legal structure of nongovernmental public institutions governing this foundation. The analyses presented in this study show that, while administrative and financial entity and independence have good results including technical decentralization and specialization of library affaires, office fluctuation and lack of transparency as well as misappropriate financial control on this foundation are major weaknesses. Studies show that solution to these administrative and financial contradictions is not necessarily incorporated, nor is dissolution of foundation structure. But the best solution is to modify the approved law of 2003 in order to create a unique and inclusive management matrix for libraries and to modify the board of trustees. Originality/ Value: The findings of this study can help officials and head office managers to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the administrative and financial system governing public libraries foundation. Also, the presented suggestions help them in proper organizational decision and policy making. By using the legal principles established in this study such as legal entity, financial independence, budgetary system, and financial monitoring and by describing and analyzing the law and the principle of public law, an administrative and financial system can be devised for the public libraries foundation.

In this thesis, feasibility of providing electronic reference services (ERS) in Public Libraries State Institution (PLSI) in Tehran City was studied. Research methodology is pilot study. Research population is staffs of PLSI in the five districts of Tehran. Research instrument is questionnaire that designed by author. It was distributed among all of staffs (120 people) and all of questionnaires were collected. The result showed that these libraries don’t have conditions and facilities for providing ERS. Skills and knowledge of librarians for use of ERS is average. Lack of adequate infrastructures and facilities of information technology for setting up these services is main obstacle to launching ERS. As well, lack of support from the parent organization and not allocated funds for implementation of ERS are other most important barriers to providing these services in libraries. Key Words: Public Libraries State Institution (PLSI), electronic reference services (ERS), Tehran city, feasibility.

In this research, we aim to identify differences in important characteristics of the web portals of the Iran Public Libraries Foundation (IPLF) and Art and Cultural Organization of Tehran Municipality (ACOTM) according to the assessment criteria that extracted and formulated by researchers.
We used descriptive survey method. Participants include 646 librarians of IPLF and ACOTM. The instrument used for data gathering was a researcher-made questionnaire. Validity and reliability of questionnaire were measured and approved. Using random-classification sampling method, 242 questionnaires were handed out but only 170 of them were received and analyzed. In order to analyze data, we used SPSS and GAMS software.
Findings: In the web portal of IPLF Information Navigation criterion was in the highest level and surprisingly the lowest score was recorded for Information validity criterion. Accessibility, accuracy, Coverage & Grouping users, Currency, quality and objectivity of information were situated in the next ranks. In the web portal of ACOTM, the highest score was recorded for Information Quality and the lowest score was recorded for Information validity conversely. Navigation, accuracy, coverage & Grouping users, Currency and accessibility of information were situated in the next ranks. Findings shows that promptitude diversity of navigation systems of IPLF web portal should accorded with validity and in ACTOM, quality of content should be accompanied with validity.
Originality/Value: In this research, we tried to show the critical measures of public libraries web portals and importance of validity criterion as an ignored measure.