introduction: today, stress is one of the human’s problems particularly in developing and developed countries. so, many people try to determine these factors and presented suitable solutions. the purpose of this research was to determine job stressors among librarians of isfahan university of medical sciences, iran in 2009. methods: this study was survey research in which data was collected by ...

objective: the aim of this study is to determine and identify the components of the strategic plan of academic libraries so that the academic libraries can take steps to better track the progress of their goals. methods: using descriptive method and reviewing the literature related to the strategic planning and the strategic plans of 65 international academic libraries, the common components of...

introduction: communication is described as the most important feature for workers of all types. librarianship, in particular, requires complete communication skills. perhaps, the critical lesson the students must learn about users' expectations is how to play an appropriate role in interactions with the society. such interactions would result in job satisfaction and desirable servicing to user...

the present study mainly aims to demonstrate the weaknesses and strengths of using marketing principles in academic libraries and finally presenting some important suggestions in order to improve their marketing. this study proceeds through expressing the current marketing situation of studied academic libraries from the view point of 4p model. in this regard, the current situation is analyzed ...

the aim of this paper is to determine the use of lean management components in the libraries of medical sciences universities in the north provinces of iran. the methodology is a cross-sectional survey in which the viewpoints of 105 managers and employees in different units of libraries of medical sciences universities are evaluated in mazandaran, golestan, and gilan to determine the applicatio...

introduction: the present age is the age of dramatic changes in technologies whose intellectual structure deepens information and considers creative and knowledge-oriented human resource participation. the present study has been performed to determine the relationship between knowledge management and creativity among the librarians of university libraries of shiraz, iran in 2010. methods: all f...

the purpose of this study is to identify challenges of digital resources in academic libraries of kerman province. research methodology is descriptive- survey, a questionnaire is used for gathering data. research sample includes 41 librarians of kerman libraries and their managers. results show that economic challenges, in order, are:  infrastructures and equipment purchasing, printed and digit...

purpose: the main aim of this study was to determine the cost-utility of the integrated systems in the iranian academic libraries. methodology: this applied research was conducted through a survey method. the statistical population consisted of 118 academic libraries among which 75 libraries were selected using stratified sampling method. the researcher-made questionnaire was distributed among ...