effective solutions to attract the audience to the public libraries of iran: delphi study

purpose: the aim of this study is to identify the key factors influencing the user’s attraction to the public libraries of iran . methodology: the solutions to attract the audience were extracted using delphi method and the questionnaires. 21 experts participated in the first and 17 in the second round of delphi. findings: 34 components at the end of the first round and 73 components at the end of the second round were identified as the ways of attracting the audience to the public libraries. among the components of public libraries, the foundation to attract the user, digitalization, library locations, entrepreneurship, t library equipments, the interior design of library were recognized. among the role of librarians in attracting the user, the librarians’ skill and assessment have a higher average than the rest of the components.