Library Service: the Missing Link inElectronic Educational Programs in Iran

Document Type : Research َ Article

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1 Faculty Member at Payame Noor University, Sowme'e Sara Branch, Mazandaran, Iran

2 M.A. in Library and Information Science; Regional Information Center for Science and Technology, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Today electronic education is considered as one of the kinds of formal education in Iran. Annually more and more universities hold their educational courses virtually with the advancement of the institutes of electronic education in the country. Most people pay special attention to teaching methods in virtual world but they don’t pay enough attention to library services and to providing students with information resources. Hence one of the greatest barriers to virtual education is the lack of library facilities and services. This paper debates the importance of designing library and information systems for electronic educational programs. The study population is the students of electronic courses in the University of Shiraz. The methodology was survey research and the data collecting tool was a questionnaire. Findings of the research showed that 78.3 percent of the study population believed that library services were of high importance as one of the decision support systems in virtual education.

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Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
Volume 21, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
September 2010
Pages 132-145

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  • Receive Date: 18 January 2009
  • Revise Date: 19 May 2015
  • Accept Date: 21 April 2009

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