National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
The Relation between Philosophy of Information and LIS According to Luciano Floridi: A Critical Analysis
7
32
FA
M.
Khandan
0000-0003-3138-2470
Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Tehran University
khandan@ut.ac.ir
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2253
<strong>Purpose</strong>: Analyzing the relation and interaction between philosophy of information and Library and Information Science (LIS) in order to equip it with reflective knowledge and to constitute a reasonable intellectual foundation for it. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: Conceptual analysis and critical assessment of Luciano Floridi's thoughts about the relation between philosophy of information and LIS. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: Philosophical reflection is a necessary condition to constitute a reasonable intellectual foundation for LIS. Philosophy of information can provide LIS with such a foundation. However, the relation between these two fields is not unilateral, but mutual. LIS as an applied philosophy of information can play an active role in further development of philosophy of information, especially in resolving practical and ethical problems of infosphere. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Though we can find important insights in Floridi's viewpoints about the relation between philosophy of information and LIS, his approach is eliminative, in that he disregards other intellectual schools than his own philosophy of information. Philosophy of information could be regarded as one of the intellectual resources for constituting theoretical foundation of LIS, but it is not the only resource. In contrast to Floridi's eliminative approach, a more pluralistic approach is suggested.Luciano Floridi, Library and Information Science, Philosophy of Information, Social Epistemology, Semantic Information
Luciano Floridi,Library and information science,Philosophy of Information,Social Epistemology,Semantic Information
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2253.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2253_af76b2ca24d0291f4a31602efdabf911.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
Digital Library Research Trends: Past, Present and Future
33
49
FA
M.
Alipour Hafezi
0000-0002-3113-9887
Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Allameh Tabatabaee University
meh.hafezi@gmail.com
M.
Yazdipour
Reference Librarian, Hosseinieh Ershad Public Library
yazdipour.1341@gmail.com
B.
Rasuli
PhD Student, Knowledge and Information Science, IRANDOC
rasouli@students.irandoc.ac.ir
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2215
<strong>Purpose</strong>: To identify research trends in digital library domain from retrospective, current and foresight approaches. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: Mixed method. To study the past and present state of digital libraries, related conferences topics were quantitatively reviewed and for the foresight study, qualitative approach and scientific imagination technique were used. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: The past research issues are still a point of discussion today, however new issues have been posed in recent years. Future research trends will probably be on subjects like social networks of researchers, sharing research results, semantic sharing of information, digital library maintenance, big data and innovations. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: This study will help in designing a road map for guidance, evaluation and education and research improvement in digital library domain.
Digital libraries,Knowledge and information science,trend study,conference,research interests
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2215.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2215_724b8f1951bf27157c3b7508f82dfb6f.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
Copyright Infringement in ResearchGate Self-archiving Feature
51
65
FA
H.R.
Jamali Mahmouei
0000-0003-1232-6473
Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Kharazmi University
h.jamali@gmail.com
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2119
<strong>Purpose</strong>: To investigate the extent to which ResearchGate members as authors of journal articles comply with publishers’ copyright policies when they self-archive full-text of their articles on ResearchGate. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: A random sample of 500 English journal articles available as full-text on ResearchGate was chosen (using a two-step random sampling) and the information of the articles and their authors were collected from ResearchGate. Compliance of their full-text availability then was checked against journal publishers’ policy mentioned in journal’s site or SHERPA/RoMEO. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: Of these, 64 (13.4%) were preprint, 26 (5.2%) were post-print and 407 (81.2%) were published (publisher) PDF. The key finding was that 40.2% out of 500 articles infringed the copyright and were non-compliant with publisher policy. Although social sciences had the smallest number of articles overall, their number of non-compliant articles was larger than those of other fields. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Most of non-compliance cases occur when authors use publishers’ PDF for archiving. Given that two-fifths of ResearchGate full-text articles are not aligned with publishers’ copyright policies, authors and ResearchGate need to pay more attention to the issue and take measures for copyright compliance.
Copyright,ResearchGate,Copyright infringement,Article,Journal,Self-archiving,Repository,Open access,Authors
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2119.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2119_322df1a8642b815d4f7625fb08e08a66.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
The Browsing Performance Differences among Users with Different Cognitive Styles and Experiences: Case study of Shopping Websites
67
84
FA
N.
Bahreini
MA, Knowledge and Information Science, Shiraz University
n.bahreyni68@gmail.com
M.
Mirzabeigi
0000-0002-3256-3153
Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Shiraz University
mmirzabeigi@gmail.com
H.
Sotoudeh
0000-0002-7949-7165
Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Shiraz University
sotudeh@shirazu.ac.ir
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2197
<strong>Purpose</strong>: To compare the browsing performance of users with different cognitive styles and experiences while searching shopping websites. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: This is an applied research using quantitative content analysis to collect data from the transaction log files. The population consisted of all bachelor students of Shiraz University, 90 of which participated. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: A significant difference was seen between experienced and novice users’ browsing performance, where experienced users spent less time and earned more success than the novice ones. There were no significant correlation between users’ cognitive styles and their browsing performance, but cognitive style and experience together indicated some difference, where verbal-novice users spent more time doing the tasks than verbal-experienced users. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Verbal-novice users need more help and attention in web browsing and it should be considered during the design and training of interactive information systems.
Browsing performance,Verbal cognitive style,Imagery cognitive style,Browsing,User experience,shopping websites
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2197.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2197_46655bdeeafc8d56134c50736914832d.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
Performance Measurement of Encyclopedia Publishing Centers in Islamic Culture and Civilization Domain based on Performance Prism Model Case Study: Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation
85
101
FA
S.
ghotbi
Assistant Professor, Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation, PhD Student, Knowledge and Information Science, Tehran University
ghotbisimin@yahoo.com
F.
Fahimnia
0000-0003-4331-6454
Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Tehran University
fahimnia@ut.ac.ir
H.
Taremirad
Associate Professor, Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation
h.taromi@rch.ac.ir
A.R.
Norouzi Chakoli
Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Shahed University
noroozi@shahed.ac.ir
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2204
<strong>Purpose</strong>: To measure the performance of Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation based on the Performance Prism Model. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: This is an applied research using mixed approach and methods such as desk research, case study and survey. Using the purposive sampling, key well-informed staff were selected and indicators of Performance Prism facets were formulated. Based on self-designed questionnaires, the views of key stakeholders have been measured regarding five facets of the performance prism model. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation performance was studied in three levels of undesirable, fairly desirable and desirable getting the viewpoints of key stakeholders (board of trustees, faculty members, authors and financial supporters) and with regard to five facets of performance prism (stakeholder satisfaction, strategies, processes, capabilities and stakeholder contribution). All facets of the foundation’s performance were desirable regarding the board of trustees’ comments and fairly desirable regarding faculty members and authors’ viewpoints. The processes were desirable according to financial supporters but the other four facets were fairly desirable. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: A consistent balance exists among all facets of the performance prism. Based on stakeholders’ views, the foundation’s performance is fairly desirable and desirable, which indicates satisfaction of stakeholders and successful performance of the foundation. Such evaluation makes it possible for managers to compare present and desirable situation and identify strengths and weaknesses. Manager of the foundation can also use this research results to reach to a desirable level and success by improving undesirable or fairly desirable indicators.
performance measurement,Performance Prism Model,Encyclopaedia publishing Centers,Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2204.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2204_815c2821bbb6f20c546020f4c72dbbac.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
Measuring National Archives Websites Quality with WebQEM and Fuzz-web to Design a Fuzzy Inference System
103
118
FA
N.
Alipour
Archivist, Central Bank of Islamic Republic of Iran (Corresponding author)
alipour_nasrin65@yahoo.com
A.
Ghaebi
0000-0003-0495-3434
Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Azzahra University
ghaebi@alzahra.ac.ir
Z.
Abam
Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Azzahra University
zoya.abam@gmail.com
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2222
<strong>Purpose</strong>: To assess the quality of the national archives websites with WebQEM and Fuzz-web methods and design a system using a fuzzy inference. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: Applied research employing survey. 65 national archives websites were evaluated using a checklist produced according to WebQEM method and weighted for the study population, as well as online tools of fuzz-web method. Based on data collected by fuzz-web method, a fuzzy inference system was designed in Matlab software. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: The average score for national archives websites was 0.51 using WebQEM and 0.505 using fuzz-web. There was no significant difference between results derived from WebQEM and fuzz-web evaluation methods. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Usability and performance were the highest deficiencies of the websites, which is an alarm for web designers. Using fuzzy inference system, websites can be evaluated regularly.
WebQEM,Fuzzy Inference System,National archive website,Quality assessment,Fuzz-Web
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2222.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2222_fd4317b2a2ed109240c7389289fc21c0.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
Identifying the Iranian Children and Young Adults’ Needs for Suitable Use of International Children Digital Library (ICDL)
119
134
FA
F.
Mohammadi
Faculty Member, Tabriz University
faeghehmohammadi@yahoo.com
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2221
<strong>Purpose</strong>: To recognize Iranian children's search behavior and their technology and subject needs and expectations from the International Children Digital Library (ICDL). Persian books of ICDL were selected.<br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: Qualitative approach and exploratory case study were employed. 16 children and young adults’ members of Children Book Council (CBC) and Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults were observed and interviewed. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: Although Persian books numbers are the second at the ICDL, Iranian children and young adults still require a more profound collection with easy and fact access. This collection needs to have Persian resources in preferred subjects and different formats. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: ICDL must develop its Persian collection to satisfy Iranian children. In this regard enriching the Persian collection and merging with Database for Children's Culture and Literature of Iran (DCLI) is recommended.
Digital library,Iranian children,Children’s needs,International Children Digital Library (ICDL),Children’s Library
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2221.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2221_5d1c5e68fcf96119e3bfd1da510c8447.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
Identifying the Effective Driving Forces on the Future of Knowledge and Information Science Education in Iran
135
148
FA
E.
Geraei
Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Lorestan University
ehsan.geraei@gmail.com
Gh.
Heidari
0000-0003-2991-0713
Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Chamran University of Ahvaz
ghrhaidari@gmail.com
M.
Kokabi
Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Chamran University of Ahvaz
kokabi80@gmail.com
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2198
<strong>Purpose</strong>: To identify the driving forces which are affecting the future of Knowledge and Information Science (KIS) education in Iran. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: This is an applied study using desk research and survey. The study population consisted of faculty members, PhD students and alumni and researchers in education domain of KIS. Final analysis was performed on 235 filled questionnaires. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: The driving forces categorized in two groups: internal (11 cases) and external (5 cases). Among the internal driving forces, “specialization in curriculum development’’ with an average ratio of 4.48 and importance indicator of 89.62% was identified as the most important driving force and among the external driving forces, “policy making and management of the higher education system in Iran’’ with an average ratio of 29.36 and importance indicator of 73.39% was recognized as the most important driving force.. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: KIS education policymakers and planners should consider all the internal and external driving forces affecting KIS education and thereby ensure its existence and dynamism.
Knowledge and information science education,Internal driving forces,External driving forces,Iran
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2198.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2198_a1f24089a61debc290c5fcd3e43c0a90.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
Children’s Interaction with Online Catalogs: Analysis of Important Features and Elements of the Interface
149
162
FA
M.R.
Badizadegan
MA Student, Knowledge and Information Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
reza.ba64@gmail.com
R.
Fattahi
0000-0002-1694-4052
Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
fattahirahmat@gmail.com
A.
Sanatjoo
Assistant Professor, Knowledge and Information Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
sanatjoo@gmail.com
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2121
<strong>Purpose</strong>: To identify important elements in designing children’s online catalog regarding their characteristics and to design and develop an online catalog prototype based on identified elements and study children’s behavior while working with it. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: Mixed methodology using interview, think aloud, search files and log files to gather data from children while interacting with the self-designed prototype. <br /><strong>Results</strong>: Features such as proper use of icons, color and page segmentation (sort of elements) help in better usage of the catalog. Also, children often use subject browsing to find books in online catalog. This study offers a list of features and elements for designing children online catalog. <br /><strong>Conclusion</strong>: Children show reactive behavior when using the catalog and this should be considered in designing.
OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog),User interface,Children,Designing online catalog
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2121.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2121_d8d89b12aead5af04a949bb8f8265f34.pdf
National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran
Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
2783-4646
29
1
2018
04
21
Design and development of an Assessment System of Service Quality in Iranian Academic Libraries
163
181
FA
M.
Khosravi
Faculty member, Iranian Research Institute for Information Science and Technology (IRANDOC)
khosravi.irandoc@gmail.com
R.
Pournaghi
Assistant Professor, Iranian Research Institute for Information Science & Technology (IRANDOC)
pournaghi@irandoc.ac.ir
10.30484/nastinfo.2018.2217
<br /><strong>Purpose:</strong> To design and develop a system using LibQual model to evaluate service quality of university libraries around Iran. <br /><strong>Methodology</strong>: The LibQual questionnaire was validated first and then a software was set-upped based on this standard model. Descriptive survey and system design were employed. First, similar research and systems were studied and then with regard to the committee's approach, LibQual questionnaire was translated and customized. The validity of the translated questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach’s alpha. Finally, based on findings from similar systems and customization for Iranian libraries, software infrastructure was prepared and collected information was uploaded in the system. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> A web-based system for service quality assessment of Iranian libraries was launched which could get users’ feedback online at intervals. This system analyses the users’ views and provides results for libraries’ policy makers and managers and scientific community. This is the first library service quality assessment in Iran available online at: http://raf.irandoc.ac.ir <br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> This system output will provide library managers with a scientific framework of users’ views, make it easier to improve service quality and raise users’ satisfaction.
performance measurement,Assessment system,Assessing,LibQual Model,Libraries’ service quality,Academic libraries,System design
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2217.html
https://nastinfo.nlai.ir/article_2217_8abb4141c8e5b9116f7bd2a8a1d32a51.pdf