Azra Daei; Sona Imani-Tayebi; Shahin Mojiri; Seyyed Saeed Mousavifar; Mohammad Reza Soleymani
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Introduction: 360-degree feedback seems to be a more comprehensive view of appraising capabilities, behavior, competence, and performance of individuals in the organization than other methods of performance appraisal. This study endeavored to appraise librarians’ performance in Isfahan University of ...
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Introduction: 360-degree feedback seems to be a more comprehensive view of appraising capabilities, behavior, competence, and performance of individuals in the organization than other methods of performance appraisal. This study endeavored to appraise librarians’ performance in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, through 360-degree feedback.Methods: This study conducted by a survey-analysis methodology. The population consisted of 43 librarians, 43 superiors, 43 colleagues, and 80 users; accordingly, census sampling method was employed. Each librarian was assessed by one supervisor, all colleagues, two users, and a self-assessment questionnaire was filled by each librarian. The data was collected by pre-prepared questionnaires by Farajpahlou et al. To analyze the data. This study employed the Student's t, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Duncan, analysis of variance tests.Results: Librarians’ performance in total (4.37), and status of their performance in moral-value (4.47), functional (4.37), and process (4.34) skills were higher than average level. There was no significant difference between the results of four groups in the moral-value index and functional skills, but there was a significant difference between the users and other assessors in the process skills.Conclusion: Given the low mean in the process index, it seems necessary to take effective steps by librarians to improve communication with users. These results could be used by managers and librarians to identify the strengths and weaknesses of librarians’ performance.
Mohammadreza Soleymani; Shahin Mojiri; Hasan Ashrafi-Rizi
Bahareh Gholami; Hosein Abedi Madiseh; Banafsheh Gholami; Shahin Mojiri; Hassan Ashrafi Rizi; Niloufar Hodhodinezhad
Volume 11, Issue 2 , July 2014, , Pages 169-176
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Introduction: Today, knowledge management in libraries and information centers has found effective use that led to changes in their form and function. Whatever libraries use of knowledge management processes it provides favorable results in delivering information services.The objective of this study ...
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Introduction: Today, knowledge management in libraries and information centers has found effective use that led to changes in their form and function. Whatever libraries use of knowledge management processes it provides favorable results in delivering information services.The objective of this study was to determine the establishment of Knowledge Management in the libraries of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.Method: This survey was an operational study. Population was all librarians (82 person) employed in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Data collection was performed with the Pasture questionnaire. Alpha Cronbach was 0/97. Collected data analyzed by SPSS 18in two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics (T-test, F- test).Results: findings show policy and strategy, systems leadership, encouragement and reward systems, education systems and knowledge creation, knowledge management systems, training and communication systemThe results showed that all six components of the knowledge management in MUI Libraries were below average. Conclusion: According to research findings, establishment of KM elements such as: lack of guidelines and policies and statutory authority supporting is in non-academic way in MUI libraries. So it is better that management and leadership in libraries led to acceptation KM elements among librarians. Key words: Knowledge Management; Academic Libraries; Universities
Shahin Mojiri; Alireza Rahimi; Zahra Bahrami; Mohsen Yaghoubi; Parvin Hematian
Volume 9, Issue 3 , May and June 2012
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Introduction: Increasing volume of information in various sciences, such as medicine, has led to the use of various strategies to effectively provide students, researchers, and teachers with medical and paramedical information. The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education has developed an online ...
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Introduction: Increasing volume of information in various sciences, such as medicine, has led to the use of various strategies to effectively provide students, researchers, and teachers with medical and paramedical information. The Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education has developed an online digital library, called Iranian National Medical Digital Library (INMDL), which provides access to databases of medical fields. However, it is believed that most researchers in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences still tend to use printed resources due to their insufficient familiarity with electronic databases. The aim of this study was to describe the knowledge of physicians about and their use of INMDL in teaching hospitals in Isfahan, Iran.Methods: This applied descriptive survey was carried out on physicians from 9 educational hospitals in Isfahan. The number of participants was determined based on the Morgan's sample size table. From the 500 physicians working in 9 hospitals, 217 individuals were randomly determined. Data collection tool was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by professionals. The reliability of the questionnaire was verified after a pilot study (α = 0.87). Finally, 127 questionnaires were completed and data was analyzed in SPSS18.Results: Most physicians had little knowledge about the e-journals and book databases available on INMDL. Moreover, the majority of physicians made very little use of INMDL. Among the existing resources, most use was made of e-journals while databases and e-books stood next. Education level was significantly correlated with the knowledge of physicians and their use of INMDL. 81 percent of physicians had little awareness to INMDL's e-books and 85.2 percent of physicians had very little use of INMDL's e-books. A strong correlation was also detected between the knowledge of physicians about INMDL and their use of it. Among the electronic journal databases and e-book databases, Science Direct and MD Consult were most frequently used.Conclusion: Medical librarians need to have an active role in informing and educating physicians about methods of searching for information in INMDL resources. In addition, as lack of time is a problem for physicians, educating them to use Alert and RSS services is necessary. Moreover, face to face training can be possible by appropriate medical librarians.Keywords: Awareness; Physicians; Iranian National Medical Digital Library; Hospitals, Teaching.
Shahin Mojiri; Fariba Rakhsh; Ali Reza Rahimi
Volume 9, Issue 2 , May and June 2012
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Introduction: Database evaluation indicators include management, content, technical, and search indicators. A database must have a high level of information retrieval. As search features is one of the most important factors in database evaluation, this research tried to evaluate search input and output ...
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Introduction: Database evaluation indicators include management, content, technical, and search indicators. A database must have a high level of information retrieval. As search features is one of the most important factors in database evaluation, this research tried to evaluate search input and output in online databases of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS) central library website based on international standards.Methods: In a cross-sectional study in 2007-08, 7 online databases of IUMS central library website were included. Search input and output were evaluated by a researcher-made checklist according to Maryland K-12 and Ovid criteria, database management system (DBMS), and Gulliver assessment tool. The reliability of that the checklist was approved by professionals. The checklist consisted of 2 parts, 11 items to assess search input features and 15 items to evaluate search output features. The collected data was finally analyzed in Microsoft Excel.Results: Our results showed that input and output features of Ovid databases were completely (100%) according to the standard criteria. However, MD Consult had the lowest (input: 51.52% and output: 61.9%) concordance with the standards. Although other databases.Conclusion: Ovid and MD Consult had the highest and lowest concordance with search standards, respectively. Although other databases had acceptable concordance, decisions to continue or discontinue using their services depend on further evaluations of their management, content, and technical features.Keywords: Databases, Factual; Reference Standards; Evaluation Studies; Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.
