Identifying the Maturity Dimensions of the Digital Transformation and Its Effect on Librarian Performance Competence in Medical Sciences Universities of Iran

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1 Ph.D. Candidate, Knowledge and Information Science, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

2 Assistance Professor, Knowledge and Information Science Group, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Knowledge and Information Science Group, Babol Branch, Islamic Azad University, Babol, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: The present research has identified the maturity dimensions of digital transformation and explained its effect on librarians' performance competence in medical sciences universities of Iran.
Method: The current research is applied in terms of purpose, in terms of data collection method it is of mixed type (qualitative and quantitative), and from a philosophical point of view, it is based on positivist philosophy and has been carried out with a deductive-inductive approach. The current research was carried out in two parts: qualitative (thematic analysis and Delphi) and quantitative. The studied community in the qualitative section, taking into account the input and output criteria, includes 41 Persian and Latin resources in relation to the digital transformation and its maturity, considering the time frame, Latin works between 2016 to 2023 and Persian works between 1395 to 1402 were selected by census method. The statistical population in the Delphi section includes 15 professors and experts in the field of the digital transformation in medical sciences universities of Iran, who were selected in a targeted and accessible way. In the quantitative part, based on Cochran's formula, 163 people out of 280 librarians of the central libraries of the ten major medical sciences universities of Iran were selected as a sample using a stratified random method. The data collection tool in the quantitative part was a researcher-made questionnaire based on the discovered components, whose validity was confirmed through construct validity methods and factor loadings, as well as Cronbach's alpha reliability. In order to analyze the data from confirmatory factor analysis and also Path analysis was performed using SMART PLS statistical software.
Findings: Based on the findings of thematic analysis and Delphi and confirmatory factor analysis, 61 items of the digital transformation maturity questionnaire were identified and classified into two main components, internal organizational factors with a factor load (0.970) and external factors with a factor load (0.799). So that for the internal organizational dimension, the factors of "development of digital culture, development of digital infrastructure, development of human resources, development of management resources, development of digital strategies, development of infrastructure of new technologies, digital support, organizational rules and regulations, development of users' digital experience “development of digital financial resources “and for the extra-organizational dimension the factors of “national laws and regulations, development of national culture in the field of the digital transformation, cooperation and support of upper and university institutions" were identified. It is favorable. The combined reliability of all factors was higher than 0.7, indicating the good reliability of the tool. The positive and significant correlation of the rank of the questionnaire components indicated the convergent validity of the questionnaire. Also, the results of the quantitative part indicated that the maturity of the digital transformation had a positive and significant effect on the performance of the librarians of the central libraries of the medical sciences of Iran (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Taking into account the obtained results, it can be said that the maturity of the digital transformation is an influential component in improving the competence of Medical librarians, therefore, it is suggested that the managers of the information centers of medical sciences universities of Iran, by providing a suitable environment for the digital transformation, take advantage of the competence of human resources as a gateway.

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  • Receive Date: 07 May 2024
  • Revise Date: 20 July 2024
  • Accept Date: 02 August 2024
  • Publish Date: 12 May 2026

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