The Digital Library: the Next Sigmoid Curve of the Information Profession

An Investigation into Digital Library Users' Collaborative Information Seeking (CIS) of Graduate Students of Kharazmi University with an emphasis on two easy and difficult scenarios

Background and Aim: Understanding collaborative information seeking behaviour requires knowing about personal characteristics, differences between users, and the type of interactions occur during a collaborative behaviour. The aim of this study is to investigate dimensions of collaborative information seeking behaviour of graduate students of Kharazmi University when using a digital library bas...

طبقه‌بندی در فضای مجازی (با تأکید بر نظرات تردینیک)

Purpose: the aim of this article is to define that the role of classification in the era of digital space not only has not finished but increased significantly Methodology: the methodology in this article is based on document and library searching; especially on the viewpoint of Tredinnick in his book” digital information contexts”. Findings: Classification and epistemology are intertwined. W...

Using Interactive Search Elements in Digital Libraries

Background and Aim: Interaction in a digital library help users locating and accessing information and also assist them in creating knowledge, better perception, problem solving and recognition of dimension of resources. This paper tries to identify and introduce the components and elements that are used in interaction between user and system in search and retrieval of information in digital li...

Perceptions of the Faculty Members of Social Science Groups about the Challenges of Using Digital Information Resources and Libraries: A Case Study of Islamic Azad University

بررسی کاربرد فناوری معنایی برای سازماندهی اطلاعات در نرم‌افزارهای کتابخانه دیجیتالی

The present study was an attempt to investigate the use of semantic technologies to organize information in digital library software systems. The present study was a practical one which employed a descriptive survey method. The study sample consisted of three digital library software systems entitled Pars Azarakhsh, Parvan Pajoh, and Payam Mashregh. Data were collected through a checklist incl...