Special Libraries and Information Services

Designing Health Information Services Model in Tehran’s Public Libraries

Purpose: Considering that health information has a fundamental role in increasing the level of health of people in today's societies, it provides a suitable platform for the growth and development of health systems in different countries. This study aimed to investigate the health information needs and how to access health information among those referred to public libraries in Tehran. Method:...

Impact measures for libraries and information services

Purpose: To demonstrate the importance of impact / outcome research in libraries Design/methodology/approach: The paper gives an overview of purposes and methods used in impact research and illustrates this through project experiences. Findings: Various projects worldwide are trying to prove that use of library services can positively influence skills and competences, attitudes and behaviour of...

information services in tehran university libraries

the present research provides quantitative and descriptive data of the information service capabilities available at thehran university libraries. these include access to information resources, availability of various indexes, printed catalogs, computer terminals, access modes, working hours, membership requirements, borrowing pattens. the findings presented in form of tables, were analyzed bas...

Personalized Information Retrieval Services for Digital Libraries

Digital libraries are huge and complex information systems. Digital library users are from various backgrounds with diversified information requirements. Digital library users are fed up with the information overload problem due its unsophisticated search features. Digital libraries can be effectively implemented by addressing the information overload problem. Hence, this paper presents newly d...

Nonbibliographic databases and their use in libraries and information services