Information systems are growing rapidly. Academic libraries should have the ability to respond quickly to new audience requirements. Academic libraries, as the centers responsible for providing information services to a wide range of individuals need to be in line with existing innovations in the field of information. The purpose of this study was to provide a service-oriented architecture mode...

Purpose: This research aims to identify and prioritize factors affecting organizational spirituality in public libraries of Yazd city in Iran. Methodology: The present work is an applied research. We used survey method for data collection and analysis and our tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. The research sample of the work can be divided in two parts. In part one, we chose 111 public ...

Purpose: The present research aims to study the relationship between organizational atmosphere and organizational commitment in the public libraries of Mashhad city. Method: The present research is an applied descriptive survey research. The population is 117 librarians in the public libraries of Mashhad city. Data collection was done by questionnaires. The research questionnaire was designed ...

Introduction: Job motivation as one of the factors that affect the behavior of librarians can improve their performance. Considering that organizational culture is one of the factors influencing job motivation, the aim of this study was to identify dimensions of organizational culture that can affect job motivation of librarians in public libraries of Iran. Methods: This qualitative study was ...

Purpose: This study aims to find information needs of users of the public libraries in Iran’s South Khorasan province based on Hill’s user study model. Methodology: survey method was used to perform the research. The population included all accredited members of the public libraries in Iran’s South Khorasan Province until the end of 2012 August 2 with an estimated number of 23594 members. Reli...

Purpose: 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. Methodology: 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 ...

Purpose: The purpose of the present research is to study the factors that affect the high school users’ information needs in the public libraries of Mashhad city affiliated to the general office of public libraries foundation based on individual, social, educational, and religious factors. Method: The research method is a survey method, and the statistical population includes all high school u...