Background and Purpose: Knowledge management is a process that helps organizations in identify, select, organize, publication and transfer unstructured information and skills. Today, this experience has failed in some organizations about knowledge management. Academic libraries are also subject to similar conditions as an organization. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify and com...

Background and Aim: Social media because of its interactive nature and the fact that it is   being free of charge is widely used in libraries. Web 2.0 is a tool that offers permanent connection every time and offers educational programs without limitations of place and time. But what is included in social media application in public libraries and what obstacles and problems are there in the way...

Nowadays, PGNAA applications in industrial, medicine, military,… are well known. A PGNAA system design requires simulations to determining some parameters, like gamma spectrum originated from shield, sample and surrounding materials, to ability, for example, to foreseen minimum detectable activity. Simulation codes use cross section libraries for calculating interaction probabilities and...

Purpose: Present paper is an applied research aimed at studying users’ barriers and difficulties in using public libraries in 2013-2014. Method: We used survey method and research population consists of all users (23,153) of Iran’s Hamadan province public libraries. Simple random method was used for sampling and the sample consists of 289 members. Research tool is a researcher made questionnai...

Purpose: Considering that health information has a fundamental role in increasing the level of health of people in today's societies, it provides a suitable platform for the growth and development of health systems in different countries. This study aimed to investigate the health information needs and how to access health information among those referred to public libraries in Tehran. Method:...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to  examine  the geographic distribution of public libraries in Shiraz, and to determine the best location for the construction of public libraries. Methodology: In this study, data was collected through literature reviews, through observations and interviews, and by using geographical maps. Collected data were imported into the Arc GIS software. By using laye...