Cataloging Archival Records of the National Library and Archives of Iran Based on the International Standard Archival Description (ISAD). 3. 2012; 21 (4) :114-134

Purpose: Records catalogues at the National Archives of Iran and the level of their conformity with the International Standard Archival Description (ISAD). The present research is aimed at identifying descriptive elements of the archival. Methodology: Standards, and interviews are employed for gathering research data. e results are presented in tables and -gures through descriptive statistical methods (frequency and percentage). The research community included researchers and experts in arrangement and description of records, manuals, and cataloging worksheets of the archival records existing in National Library and Archives of Iran. This research was based on analytical survey. A checklist, the rules of archival Findings: The research findings also show that information elements including “Author Name” (16.62%) and “Descriptors” (91.26%) are consistent with documentation tools. 8.8% of these information elements are not documented at all. In the eyes of the experts of arrangement and description of documents, cataloging of archival documents based on ISAD has improved the methods of organizing documents. Conclusion: Applying this standardized method of archival description has led to better retrieval of the related documents. This research displays the conformity of descriptive elements in the studied worksheets

Feasibility Study of Designing the family and Women’s Studies Thesaurus Using BS ISO 25964-1

Research Objective: Feasibility study of the Family and Women’s Studies Thesaurus considering the expansion of information in the field of women and family studies, as well as the wide span of related vocabulary and the development of vocabulary lists and bibliographies, the Family and Women’s Studies Thesaurus can be a professional tool for indexing and retrieval of women’s information in databases, library collections, archives and documentation centers as well as the Internet. Using this thesaurus, an indexing system will be developed which can be used for indexing, storage and retrieval of family and women’s databases. Methodology: The research method used in this study is documentary-based and the data gathering method was through library search in printed and electronic resources as well as interviewing professionals in the field of family and Women’s Studies. Through building a concept network between the terms, first the main structure of the thesaurus was determined using the inductive method and then the detailed structure was developed. Using this concept network, terms of the field were determined in a specific system and their interrelations were clarified. Findings: By studying resources including books, theses and articles in the field of women and family studies, and using ISO 25964-1 standard, the following 13 major categories were determined for the Family and Women’s Studies Thesaurus : 1. Religion; 2. Health and Hygiene; 3. Politics; 4. Economics; 5.Social Sciences; 6. Education; 7. Psychology; 8. History; 9. Culture and Literature; 10. International Relations; 11. Law; 12. Science and Technology; 13. Sports. There exists a rich vocabulary pool in the above categories; in fact around 6000 terms were identified. Conclusion: Based upon the collected vocabulary and after building the references and scope notes, 243 keywords including 160 preferred terms, 124 related terms, 83 scope notes and 82 non-preferred terms were identified and entered into the Thesaurus Builder software. The alphabetical index, tree index, rotated index and the English-Persian index were developed as a model for the main thesaurus. As a result, the Family and Women’s Studies Thesaurus can be developed based upon the vocabulary and the model at hand