the present paper deals with the role of played by knowledge management in organizations and its impact on their improved operations, including libraries. the km mission within an organization is to transform the tacit knowledge of employees into an important source for decision making as well as proactive documentation of explicit knowledge for achieving organizational goals. the closer man’s ...

introduction: in the age of information, in order for offering integrated library services to the users, librarians need to be knowledgable about new web technologies and their applications in library services, especially in medical areas.  this study investigates the level of knowledge and and usage of world wide web in library services among medical librarians in tehran. methods: the present ...

introduction: for cultural development and growth of a community, the participation of all individuals, including physically disabled people are required. in this study, the compliance rate of public and academic libraries and information centers’ building and equipment in zanjan, iran was determined according to the international standards for the physically handicapped, from the perspective o...

introduction: nowadays , use of library software is a basic need for libraries and information centers. user interface is a part of computerized systems which is interacting to the user and it is an important factor in information searching process. this study aimed to compare librarian's satisfaction rate from library software interface in isfahan libraries in 2010. methods: this was a descrip...

introduction: the present age is the age of dramatic changes in technologies whose intellectual structure deepens information and considers creative and knowledge-oriented human resource participation. the present study has been performed to determine the relationship between knowledge management and creativity among the librarians of university libraries of shiraz, iran in 2010. methods: all f...

library standardization is mainly concerned with technical services, space and equipments, and information content of library collection with little or no regards to the user. given every country's certain social, economical and cultural conditions, specialized libraries should engage increasingly in developing information literate users on the basis of standards, rather than standardizing tech...