Background and purpose: In the 21st century information society information has an important role in supporting and increasing health and social care. Public libraries and information centers enhance the level of knowledge by providing valuable information for people. However, enough information is not always available according to the needs of blind people. This study was conducted to investig...

Providing sufficient information for patients and other healthcare clients is necessary to protect their rights in health systems. In this realm, medical librarians, especially in hospital libraries, can play an important role in supporting patients' rights. Professional national and international associations have compiled and promulgated some codes and guidelines in some countries however, th...

Background and Aim: One of the most important needs of the elderly is information. Public libraries are among the centers that can play an effective role in providing information services year after year. The purpose of this study was to investigate the situation of public libraries affiliated with the Cultural and Artistic Organization of Tehran Municipality in the Health Information Report fo...

Abstract Introduction: Library is one of the essential elements of universities which provide some important educational needs of students. Virtual education can not be exempted and virtual libraries are important support for virtual training programs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the viewpoint of administrators and students in virtual education centers about the virtual library, it...

this study investigated the effects of manipulating the cognitive complexity of tasks along +/- few elements and the time limits on l2 learners writing performance. to conduct the study, 60 iranian efl learners with two levels of proficiency, low and high intermediate, were selected and assigned to three groups based on the time devoted to task completion. the participants performed both a simp...

the present study aimed to investigate representation of discourse markers and metadiscourse markers in conversations and readings of general elt coursebook series used in the language centers of iran. to this aim, four elt coursebooks popularly taught in language centers of this country were analyzed based on fung and carter’s (2007) framework regarding discourse markers and hyland’s (2005) fr...

Information systems are growing rapidly. Academic libraries should have the ability to respond quickly to new audience requirements. Academic libraries, as the centers responsible for providing information services to a wide range of individuals need to be in line with existing innovations in the field of information. The purpose of this study was to provide a service-oriented architecture mode...