Creativity of librarians of public libraries Case study of public libraries of Fars province

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

ali Biranvand ¹ (Academic Members, Department of Knowledge and Information Science Payame Noor University, Tehran)
Faramarz Soheili ² (Assistant professor in Knowledge and Information Science, Payame Noor university, Tehran-Iran)

Received: 2014-01-25 Accepted : 2014-04-04 Published : 2015-04-24

Keywords: effectiveness, Creativity, Public Library, Oldham model,

Abstract :

Purpose: Giving an introduction to the extent of Fars province public libraries librarians’ access to the required context to prosper their creativities based on Oldham model was the aim of this study. Methodology: The present study was a practical type. The statistical population of the research included the librarians in Fars province public libraries. Questionnaire was used as the data gathering tool. The T-test, Covariance and Variance analyses were used, as data analysis method, to evaluate the correlation between the contextual conditions for prospering creativity and its components. Findings: There was a more than intermediate level of required conditions for prospering the librarians’ creativity in the Fars province public libraries. The individual differences among the librarians in terms of professional, psychic and mental conditions were affected by the professional context at a level more than the Fars Province’s average. The librarians’ positive mental and psychic was affected by the non-professional context at a level lower than the Province’s average. The individual differences in personalities among the librarians were at a level higher than the Province average. The individual professional differences among the librarians were at a level higher than the Province’s average. The librarians’ tendency to present and share their creative viewpoints was at a level higher than the Province’s average. Originality/Value: Investigating the conditions for prospering creativities among the public libraries’ librarians and managers may provide a context for the librarians’ new and useful ideas with the opportunity to increase the productivity of libraries and users’ satisfaction.

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