Elham Ahmadi; Esmaeil Mostafavi; Hamid rezd Kiani
Volume 11, Issue 6 , November 2014, , Pages 728-742
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Introduction: Universities of Medical Sciences Academic Libraries websites’ have an important role in interaction and offering services for users. The aim of present study was the assessment of Support and Content analysis of academic libraries websites’ of Iranian Universities of Medical ...
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Introduction: Universities of Medical Sciences Academic Libraries websites’ have an important role in interaction and offering services for users. The aim of present study was the assessment of Support and Content analysis of academic libraries websites’ of Iranian Universities of Medical science. Methods: the method of this applied study was survey– analytical.First academic library websites of Iranian MedicalUniversities were identified and were compared from a general criteriaof support and content evaluation by using three check lists with questions which validity were confirmed by experts and conducted research. During February of 2013, 43 Academic library websites of Medical Sciences libraries websites affiliated to the Ministry of Health were evaluated. In this assessment score of elements gathered for each website; finally data analyzed by Excel software. Results: Totally, in studying of Universities of Medical Sciences libraries websites an average 34/04% of the internal content item, 52/52% of external content research items and 39/88% of the support items have observed in designing web pages. Among the studied universities’ websites, oneuniversity had considered more than 50% of check lists information items in terms of designing their website. Universities of Shahed (55), Mashhad (47) and Shahid Beheshti(45) had been considered the evaluation criteria in terms of libraries websites design more than others. Also universities of Babol (17), Artesh (17), and Uromiyeh (16) had lower rankings. Conclusion: In general, the content (internal and external) and support of academic libraries websites’ of Iranian Universities of Medical Scienceswas at lower than medium level. Key words: Internet; Libraries; Information Systems; Academic Libraries; Iran.
Esmaeel Mostafavi; Mohamad-Ali Ghasemi-Nejad
Volume 9, Issue 6 , March 2012, , Pages 942-949
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Introduction: An important aspect of human resource organization is mental health workers. Thephenomena of emotional stress and burnout have a significant effect on employee performance. The purposeof the present study was to measure burnout and its dimensions in the librarians of Tehran Universities.Methods: ...
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Introduction: An important aspect of human resource organization is mental health workers. Thephenomena of emotional stress and burnout have a significant effect on employee performance. The purposeof the present study was to measure burnout and its dimensions in the librarians of Tehran Universities.Methods: This was a descriptive–correlation study. The data collection tool was the Maslach BurnoutInventory. The reliability of this test is 0.76. The study samples consisted of 111 university librariansworking in academic libraries in Tehran, Iran, in 2012. They were selected using cluster sampling.Results: The findings showed that librarians had high emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and lackof personal accomplishment during their work process. In addition, age and occupational experience weresignificantly related to occupational burnout and its components. This means that with increase in theirage and their career experience their burnout also increased.Conclusion: The results suggest that with increase in age and work experience of librarians, burnout andits three components have increased. Accordingly library managers can create an environment for greaterproductivity and prosperity in human capital in order to provide users with appropriate and up-to-dateinformation by making timely decisions and taking action.
