Proposal of Constructive Exemplar of Cultural Development at National Library

Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management

arezou babashams ¹ , Reza Salehi Amiri ² , Fatemeh Azizabadi Farahani ³

1 - Ph.D Student Department of Educational Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate professor, Department of Educational Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran, (Corresponding Author) [e-mail]
3 - Assistant professor, Department of Educational Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2017-04-28 Accepted : 2017-06-18 Published : 2017-05-22

Keywords: Culture, National Library, Cultural development,

Abstract :

Introduction and research purpose: National Library is an Institute of Education (Science), Research and Services. The main mission of the National Library, according to the statute of the organization, includes collection, preservation, organization, dissemination of written and unwritten works as well as the research issues and services. In the present study, according to the practitioners and experts at the National Library, the efforts have been made to achieve the cultural development, while the current status of this organization is the evaluation and provision of a constructive exemplar to achieve the ideal outlook. Research methodology: The present study is applied as a practical research via the surveys, where the most significant tool of the present study is the written and verbal interviews with the practitioners and experts at the National Library. Statistical population: According to Cochran formulation, among thirty senior directors at the National Library, five directors were interviewed directly. Results: In respect to the purposes of the cultural development, initially the data were collected from the directors and experts at the National Library in order to achieve the criteria of the cultural development at the National Library and then the strategic cultural management is applied according to the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Conclusion: The identification of the deficient resources and the exchange and completion of the resources as well as digitalizing the resources are the major measures to achieve the cultural management. Any negligence on the organization, retention, and recruitment of the human resources based on relative selection and subjective preferences would make it difficult and unfeasible to achieve the cultural development.