Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University , leylakhalili@gmail.com
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Objective: The purpose of this research was to analyze the factors and barriers affecting the participation of benefactors in the construction and equipment of public libraries in East Azerbaijan province.
Method: The present applied research was carried out with a qualitative approach and a conventional qualitative content analysis method. The participants of the study included all the benefactors partaking in the construction and equipment of public libraries in East Azerbaijan province who had two conditions; participation within the years 1389 to 1400 and participation valued more than one hundred million Rials. The samples were purposefully selected for a semi-structured interview; the interview was conducted up to the theoretical saturation stage and a total of eleven benefactors were interviewed. In order to validate the findings, criteria such as credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability were used. The findings were analyzed using conventional qualitative content analysis methods.
Findings: Based on analyzing interview transcripts, 88 semantic codes, 20 sub-categories (regulations and statutes, activation of the association of library benefactors, advertising, training and veneration, organizational support for employees, the ability to communicate with government officials, the skills of attracting benefactors, the skills of retaining benefactors, the function of country laws, the function of governance, benefactors' cultural contexts, benefactors' economic and social contexts, cultural beliefs, personality beliefs, religious and moral beliefs, bureaucratic obstacles, financial obstacles, lack of proper management, inefficient culturalization, governance shortcomings, and the shortcomings of the country's laws), 7 general categories (the role of public libraries foundation in motivation of benefactors, the role of library officials in motivation of benefactors, the effect of governance and laws in motivation of benefactors, impact of cultural, economic and social contexts on motivation of benefactors, personal beliefs of benefactors, shortcomings of the public libraries foundation in motivation of benefactors and shortcomings of governance and laws in motivation of benefactors) and 2 main components (motivational factors in attracting benefactors and barriers to attracting benefactors) were identified.
The originality of the analysis: The present study adopted a qualitative approach to identify and evaluate the factors affecting the participation of benefactors in the construction and equipment of public libraries from the viewpoint of participating benefactors. The findings of this research can provide the managers and experts of the institution with more accurate information and perspective for more precise planning and removing obstacles and shortcomings in this field. It can also provide a basis for conducting future research in this field and expanding its theoretical foundations.
Keywords: Public Libraries, Library Donors, Library Benefactors, East Azarbaijan (Iran), Qualitative Approach
Type of Study: qualitative |
Subject:
Qualitative Studies
Received: 2023/02/1 | Accepted: 2023/09/16
Received: 2023/02/1 | Accepted: 2023/09/16
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