The Effect of Informing Services and Their Assessment in Local and Foreign Sites of Azad Universities Libraries in Guilan Province

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 3646 - 3657, 13.05.2015

Mehrdokht Vazırı Pourkeshmırı , Sara Mahloojı Afshar

Abstract

Abstract. The main purpose: Purpose of the present research is to study the effect of information services and assessing them in local and foreign sites Azad universities libraries in Guilan province.

Research methodology and statistical population: Method of research has been survey and field and library methods have been used. Statistical population consists of professors, master and doctoral students and librarians of Azad universities in Guilan province that were totally 650 people. Based on the Krejcie Morgan table, sample size of the population is 152 people that 146 of them responded the questionnaires; 109 individuals were students, 28 ones professors and 11 ones were librarians. The data collection tool was a questionnaire that included open and close questions. Three kinds of questionnaire has been designed for the population. In order to determine validity of questionnaire, opinions of experts such as professors, consultants and specialists in the field of library and information were use and ambiguous questions were removed and other questions were replaced. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to determine the reliability of questionnaire, that for each of it was computed more than 7 /. and thus the reliability of the questionnaire is acceptable. In order to test hypotheses proposed one sample t- test was used. SPSS22 statistical software Excel were used to analyze data and results are shown in bar, line and pie graphs.

Results: since in the present research questions and hypotheses were the same, hypotheses can be confirmed by considering one sample t-test for each hypothesis as 5./.=a. Therefore, considering one sample t-test 5. /. =a, it is found that the hypothesis of information communications technology’s being effective on efficiency of libraries in Azad universities of Guilan is accepted with 95 percent of certainty. Also by considering one sample t-test 5. /. =a it is found that with 95 percent of certainty the hypothesis of effective roles of individuals’ being familiar with data bases, online tools of search, official and unofficial information sources in users’ use of information is accepted.Of course, significance of teaching information search skills is effective on rate of users’ use of information.

Conclusion: In this study, it can be concluded that due to the impact of information services and their assessment on local and foreign sites of libraries in Azad universities of Guilan, by increasing awareness of users about new ways of information and their familiarity with database, mopre information can be obtained in a better way, scientific level of users can be enhanced and finally efficiency of libraries of Azad universities in Guilan can be improved.

Keywords

Information, informing, data retrieval, retrieval system, data storage, storage and retrieval, information technology, libraries of Azad universities in Guilan province

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