Survey on the rate of the usage of Judges of Tehran from electronic and printed sources of the Libraries of the Judiciary
Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studiesazam Ghorbanifar 1 , mosa majidy 2
1 - Master of Library and Information Islamic Azad University
2 - Assistant professor of the Islamic Azad University - Tehran North Branch
Keywords: Judiciary- printed sources, Judiciary- electronic sources, Judiciary- Libraries, Libraries of The Judiciary, Judges-Iran, Library and users-education,
Abstract :
Objective: The Purpose of this Survey is to analyze the rate of the usage of Judges from electronic and printed sources in Tehran Judiciary Libraries. It is intending to find the reasons and effective factors of Judges usage in these Libraries. Methodology: The method used is a kind of descriptive through gathering device of data, questionnaire is used, and 220 Tehran Judges have been surveyed . The analysis of data was done by statistical software spss. Findings: Judges use the libraries significantly (R =0.05) to increase and improve the quality of their jobs and knowledge . 30.5% of them use books and 31.4% use magazines only once a month. Results indicates that They don’t use thesis and electronic sources , they also use law data bases very little. 61.4% of them gain their needful information by referring to the books available in offices . Using internet, purchasing book, subscribing special low journal are other ways of having access to the information. The main reasons of the shortage of printed and electronic sources are inaccessibility ,the lack of time and lake of knowledge about resources. Consequently, there is a relation between the rate of the usage of Judges and improving the quality of their jobs. So the hypothesis of research is approved. Conclusion: based on the findings in this Survey, Judges need to use libraries more in order to improve the quality of their jobs . using books and journals are in the first place among the statistical community, but unfortunately using Electronic sources are not in an ideal situation. shortage of Libraries, lack of hardware and soft ware equipments , not being informed enough by available libraries and also lack of time are the main reasons .To improve this situation some suggestions have been offered.
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