Geospatial Services in Special Libraries: A Needs Assessment Perspective

Identifying the needs and services expected by the elderly from the Iran public libraries: Content analysis

Purpose: The world population is growing older. According to the previous anticipations, it seems that Iranchr('39')s elderly population continues to increase dramatically in the future. While 8% of the total Iranian population was the aged people in 2015, it is expected to increase by nearly 33% of Iranchr('39')s population by 2050. Therefore, the existence of the centers to fulfill the needs ...

The Bayley-III-NL Special Needs Addition A suitable developmental assessment instrument for young children with special needs

Anesthesiology residents’ perspective about good teaching – a qualitative needs assessment

BACKGROUND Germany, like many other countries, will soon have a shortage of qualified doctors. One reason for the dissatisfaction amongst medical residents are the relatively unstructured residency training programs despite increasing importance of outcome-based education. The aim of our study was to identify characteristics and requirements for good teaching during anesthesiology residency tra...

Identifying Platform-Based Services in Iran’s Public Libraries

Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify platform-based services and their priorities in order to apply them in Iran’s public libraries. Method: This research is an applied study in terms of purpose, including a mixed approach in terms of the research framework. First, the platform-based services were identified through using the meta-synthesis method. Then, after searching ...

An Assessment of the Quality of Services in Public Libraries Using the Gap Analysis Model, Based on the Users' Perspective; study Case: Public Libraries Located in West Azarbayjan Province

Purpose. The main purpose of this study is to determine of services quality in West Azarbayjan public libraries using the gap analysis model, Based on the Users' Perspective.   Methodology. This study is an applied research that was conducted by survey Method. The population of research were members of West Azarbayjan public libraries that 450 people were randomly selected as samples. Last ve...