Book Review: Theories of Information, Communication and Knowledge: A Multidisciplinary Approach

This book includes a provocative collection of instructive, informative and inclusive topics of theories of information through an introduction and 11 chapters. The book attempts to cover a vast range of theories of information, communication and knowledge. It is the result of a great project which is funded by the French Institute of Information and Communication Sciences on the epistemology of information and communication

Status of Personalized Service in Digital Academic Libraries in Iran

Objective: In order to optimal utilization of personalized services, it is necessary to identify status of personalized service in digital academic libraries in Iran. Reviewing the status of digital academic libraries shows which components and indicators of personalization need to be planned and developed. Methodology: This study has been done by descriptive survey method. 70 digital academic libraries were surveyed. The collection tool was researcher-made checklist. The checklist was prepared based on a systematic review of related studies. Statistical techniques including frequency distribution and frequency percentage were used to analyze the data. Findings: indicated that there are 47 percent of content personalization indicators; 47.1 percent of interactive personalization indicators; 8.1 percent of collaborative personalization indicators; 17 percent of personalization in information retrieval indicators; and 23.4 percent of user profile indicators in the surveyed libraries. In general, the status of service personalization in digital academic libraries is poor and personalized services in digital academic libraries in Iran has a customization and user-centered approach. Universities need to improve their performance on the move to digital libraries and the use of personalized services. Providing services with a system-based approach in libraries should be reviewed and given more attention. Originality: This study has for the first time reviewed the status of personalized services in digital academic libraries in Iran. In addition, by preparing a checklist based on a systematic review of studies, it has tried to obtain a comprehensive view of the status of personalized services in digital academic libraries in Iran

A Survey on Capabilities of UNIMARC and IRANMARC for Archival Recourses Management on the Basis of Specialists Viewpoints

If archival centers organize archival resources on the basis of safe and global archivalstandards, then they will be useful for scholars. Bibliographic relations are important and essential in organizing and managing of archives. These relations are predicted for books in libraries by UNIMARC and IRANMARC. So, current research has studied on capabilities of UNIMARC and IRANMARC for management of archival materials. Findings revealed that on the basis of Specialists' viewpoints basically UNIMARC and IRANMARC did not focus on hierarchical rules for archival materials. It seems that although UNIMARC is comprehensive for organizing library materials, it cannot provide necessary details for description, identification and classification of all complex relations in archival collections