Publishers’ Policy in Selecting the Subject of Printed Books for Children and Young Adults and their Subject Analysis based on the Dewey Decimal Classification in 1981-2021

Objective: By publishing books on various topics, publishers can increase the richness of their publishing collection. Among the types of publishers, children's and youth book publishers, considering the importance of this era, play a significant role in nurturing and developing the imagination of children and youth and satisfying their sense of curiosity by publishing books in various fields. The purpose of this study is to determine the policy of publishers in selecting the subject of printed books for children and young adults and their subject analysis based on Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) in 1981-2021. Methods: It is an applied research, which has been done by a mixed approach, that is the combination of two sets of quantitative and qualitative approaches. In the quantitative approach for the thematic analysis of adolescents, books based on the Dewey Decimal Classification in the period of 1358-1394, a library study method has been used. To study the Subject selecting policy for publishing, of child and adolescent books by publishers, rising from a data approach grounded theory has been used. For the thematic analyze of children and adolescents' books, the list of printed cataloging sheets of the published books of publishers in the National Library and Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents were studied. In addition, in order to study the publisher's subject selecting policy, Semi-structured interviews with 12 publishers were conducted together with qualitive textual data analyzing three stages of coding. The results of the topic analysis of children and adolescents' books were analyzed quantitively by using Excel software. Results: The results of this research showed that during the period of 1981-2021, the published books in category 890 (category of Persian literature) were the most frequent ones. By reviewing the content of the books, it was revealed that social and religious subjects have been a favored by publishers and subjects in scientific, ethics, education, psychology and reference books were less favored by publishers for publishing. Moreover, the community's choices and favorite subjects were always considered by publishers. The result of the research showed that the factors, that is, subject selection, policy and planning, subject trends, interaction and communication, and attitudes and views points of publishers were effective in choosing the subjects by publishers. Conclusion: The findings of the study illustrates the status of the publication of children and adolescents' books on various topics over the past three decades. By identifying the factors influencing the publication of children and adolescent books, it helps publishers, while recognizing these factors as well as challenges and limitations, to take steps to improve the status of children and adolescent book publishing and subject variety. The results of the study can help the government and publishers to support the publication of the book for children and adolescents by drawing the status of the publication of the book for children and adolescents and the factors affecting it

Analytical Investigation on Medical Phrases in Persian Periodical Publications of Qajar era

این پژوهش با هدف بررسي تحليلي اطلاعات پزشكي در نشريات ادواري بهداشتي و پزشكي دوره قاجار، مطالب پزشكي را در مجله حفظ‌الصحه، مجله دانش، روزنامه شكوفه، مجله صحت، مجله صحيه و امور خيريه، مجله طبابت، مجله طب كنوني و مجله  ناصري مورد بررسي قرار مي‌دهد. روش مورد استفاده در پژوهش تحليل محتوا است كه براساس مراجعه به بخش نشريات كتابخانه‌ها و مراكز اسنادي صورت گرفته است. نتيجه‌گيري پژوهش حاكي از آن است كه از 2452 عنوان مقاله در نشريات مورد بررسي، 313 مقاله به مسائل پزشكي و بهداشتي اختصاص يافته است كه در مقوله‌هاي بهداشت، بيماري‌ها، تغذيه، داروشناسي، علم پزشكي و كاركنان پزشكي دسته‌بندي شده است. بيشترين بسامد متعلق به مقوله علم پزشكي و موضوع خدمات درماني با 14/3 درصد و كمترين بسامد به مقوله كاركنان پزشكي و موضوع داروسازان با 0/2 درصد مي‌باشد. بسامد مطالب حاكي از آن است كه در اين دوره تاريخي، اطلاعات پزشكي بيشتر حالت خبري داشته است و كمتر به نقد و تفسير آن پرداخته شده است. عنوان سرفصل‌های اطلاعات پزشكي به كار رفته در اين نشريات به ترتيب عبارت است از خبر با 52/7 درصد، گزارش با 42/5 درصد، سرگذشت نامه با 3/5 درصد، نقد و تفسير با 1/3 درصد به ترتيب در رتبه‌هاي بعدي قرار دارند.In this research, medical and health periodicals related to Qajar era have been analytically investigated. Accodingly, some newspapers and magazines such as Hefzoseheh, Danesh, Shokufeh, Sehat, Sahiyeh va Omure Kheiriyeh, Tebabat, Tebe Konuni and Naseri have been chosen and investigated. The method used in this research is “Content Investigation Method” which is based on verbally referring to the Document Centers and Magazine Sections of the libraries. Conclusions of the research show that 313 out of 2542 investigated articles, (12.7%) are related to the subjects. The highest percentage is related to medicine and therapeutic services (14.3%) and the lowest percentage is related to medical staff and pharmacists (2%). Frequency of information indicates that in such a historical era, medical information was merely stated and no criticism was conducted. The titles which were used in these periodicals as heading included news (52.7%), reports (42.5%), bibliographies (3.5%) and criticism and interpretation (1.3%). Also, amplitude of information given in these publications

Evaluation of User Interface of DL + Federated Search Engine from the Perspective of M.A / M.S.C Students in Al-Zahra University in order to Provide Federated Search Engines User Interface Pattern

The aim of the study is investigate the Federated search engine user interface criteria from perspective of Al-Zahra post graduate students. In this research, survey analysis has been used. The study populations were all post graduate students of Al-Zahra University. Because of the extensive community, stratified random and relative sampling was used and total 330 students were accepted as Sample that only 303 people participated in this study. For data collection a researcher made questionnaire designed.The criteria from literature study. The results of the questionnaire by using SPSS software (version 20) and Excel 2007 application were analyzed. The results showed that the major component from graduate students' perspective is guidance and navigation and searched filter components. Results indicate that more than 50 percent of students the importance of 74 criteria of 96 criteria considered high and very high and, (therefore) the majority of the criteria in the study from the viewpoints are acceptable. However, findings also showed that among the four components of this study, the search filter, display and record review, consolidation and guidance is a positive relation, and between the views of different faculties is not significant difference about the importance of criterias and components

Scientific Status of Agricultural and Biological Sciences of Iran among Organization of Islamic Cooperation Member States

Background and aim: Development of a country, mainly, depends on the development of science and technology. In this way, the first step to reach the goal is adequate and accurate understanding of scientific status. The aim of this study was to investigate the scientific status of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the field of agricultural and biological sciences among the member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) during 1996-2014. Material and methods: The current study was performed with a descriptive method using scientometric techniques. The scientific rank of the member states of OCI in the field of agricultural and biological sciences was examined by referring to Scopus Citation Database. The scientific rank was assessed and analyzed based upon "Documents", "Citations", "Self-citation", "Citations per Document" and "Hirsch index". Findings: According to the obtained results, among 57 member States of OIC, Iran's H-Index is 79 with fourth rank, after Turkey (119), Malaysia (89), and Indonesia (80), respectively. In addition, according to the frequency of scientific documents, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan and Nigeria are identified as the top five countries. Conclusion: Based on findings, the Islamic Republic of Iran has a good rank in the field of agricultural and biological sciences among the member States of OIC. Therefore, more attention to the quality of articles, leading to the increased "citations per document" can promote Iran's scientific status in the field of agricultural and biological sciences