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Negahban, Mohammad Bagher
- Assessing Faculty Members' Levels of Information-Seeking Motivation:A Case of MSRT and Medical Universities of Iran
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1 Information Science and Epistemology Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, 22-Bahman St., Kerman, Zip Code: 7616914111, IR
1 Information Science and Epistemology Department, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, 22-Bahman St., Kerman, Zip Code: 7616914111, IR
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Journal of Information and Knowledge (Formerly SRELS Journal of Information Management), Vol 53, No 4 (2016), Pagination: 249-253Abstract
This study assesses the faculty members' levels of motivation for seeking and collecting multi-purpose information in the Iranian contexts of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) and Medical universities (Ministry of Health and Medical Education). The randomly-selected respondents included 140 from MSRT and 105 from Medical universities. The data collection and analysis instruments consisted of a questionnaire and descriptive statistics. Results revealed higher levels of information-seeking motivation for MSRT faculty members pertaining to their research, visibility among peers, departmental promotions, project reviews, knowledge update, professional competence, and educational pursuit. The faculty members of Medical University had higher motivation for information-seeking to meet competition, recognition, and personal factors.Keywords
Faculty Members, Information Seeking, Motivation, Health Sciences, Medical Science.
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- Extent of Future e-Resource Usage as Perceived by Students of Information Science in Iran
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1 Department of Information Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, 22 Baman Str. Kerman, IR
1 Department of Information Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, 22 Baman Str. Kerman, IR
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Journal of Information and Knowledge (Formerly SRELS Journal of Information Management), Vol 54, No 3 (2017), Pagination: 121-124Abstract
The present study is aimed at investigating the extent of future E-Resource usage as perceived by information science students in Iran. A total number of 82 respondents (52 PG students and 30 Research scholars) were randomly selected. A questionnaire measuring usage of various digital technologies and accessing digital resources was prepared and administered to the sample population. Results revealed that there is a non-significant association between categories of responses for CD-ROM data base awareness. The association between categories of responses for CD-ROM database searches from RICST and IRANDOC was also non-significant. It was also revealed that there is a non-significant association between category of responses for science citation index, bibliographic and citation analysis, IRANDOC abstracting and indexing services and Iran National Library bibliographical and cataloguing. But there was a significant difference in the respondents' awareness on subscription to online journals and also online database access. The association between categories of responses for content page services was also non-significant. The qualitative data presented through the research provided insight into electronic resource use within a cross section of the further education sector.Keywords
e-Resources, Information, Information Science.References
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