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Purpose: This paper aims to study the role of organizational entrepreneurial culture as an essential factor in creativity and innovation in Iran Public Libraries Foundation.
Methodology: This research is of survey-descriptive type. The initial data were collected by questionnaire. To measure the dimensions of organizational entrepreneurial culture, McGuire’s Questionnaire (2003) was used. Also, measurement of creativity and innovation was performed by standard questionnaire of Sloane paul (2006). The population under study involved all staff in Iran Public Libraries Foundation, i.e. 4700 persons. We used simple random sampling, in which 150 questionnaires were distributed and finally 116 questionnaires were received.
Findings: Analysis of collected data using SPSS and LISREL 8.5 software along with sign test and pathway analysis indicated that organizational entrepreneurial culture has a positive and significant effect on creativity and innovation. Furthermore, results of sign test revealed that among different dimensions of entrepreneurial culture, the dimension of work meaningfulness and fun is in a proper condition, while other dimensions of entrepreneurial culture including boldness, tolerance of creative deviation, underdog aggressiveness, risk taking, open communication, cooperation, proactive innovation, voice, and organizational entrepreneurial culture are in an unsuitable condition.
Originality/Value: Findings of this research can assist the managers in national institution of public libraries to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of different dimensions of organizational culture which influence creativity.
 

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Purpose: This research has been performed to determine the level of occupational satisfaction among managers of Iran Public Libraries Foundation in center of provinces.
Methodology: The methodology of this research is of survey type and a questionnaire made by the researchers was used. The population under study included all managers of Iran Public Libraries Foundation in center of provinces, i.e. 189 individuals.
Findings: According to research findings, average level of occupational satisfaction among managers is 81.54, while the desired level is 135. However, since the average level of occupational satisfaction in this study was more than 81, occupational satisfaction of the managers under study was a bit higher than average level. Average level of occupational satisfaction was lower than mean level in following dimensions: concerning occupational welfare, it was 8.47 (average mean = 12); its level concerning self-development was 14.80 (average mean = 18); concerning occupational nature, it was 20.94 (average mean = 21). Also the average level of occupational satisfaction was higher than mean level in following dimensions: concerning the attitude of top managers, its level was 15.41 (average mean = 12); its level concerning mutual relations was 11.55 (average mean = 9); concerning occupational stability, it was 9.44 (average mean = 9). Furthermore, hypothesis 1 was confirmed, stating that the level of occupational satisfaction of managers regarding occupational welfare is significantly lower than other dimensions; nonetheless, hypothesis 2 which stated the existence of a significant difference among average levels of occupational satisfaction of librarians based on their educational major was rejected.
Originality/Value: This research has been carried out for gathering information about the occupational satisfaction among managers in Iran Public Libraries Foundation. It also presents fundamental issues in librarianship and information science which require further in-depth studies.

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Purpose: This study was performed to determine and compare safety conditions of public libraries affiliated with Iran Public Libraries Foundation (IPLF) as well as Municipality Organization for Culture and Arts (MOCA) for the purpose of identification and comparison of their strengths, weaknesses, common points, and differences regarding safety indices.
Methodology: This is of survey type. The population under study consisted of 37 public libraries of IPLF and 72  public libraries affiliated with MOCA, which were in total 109 libraries. A researcher-made questionnaire as a checklist was used to collect necessary data and included questions in terms of 8 indices of library safety, which were filled by the responders.
Findings: As the results show, there is significant difference between public libraries of the IPLF and those affiliated with MOCA for the first index (quality of library building) in two criteria and for the fourth index (safety of library against fire) in one criterion, such that these criteria are observed more in public libraries of IPLF, and these public libraries were evaluated to be better concerning the quality of library building. Regarding safety against fire, no significant difference was observed except one case which was observed in public libraries affiliated with IPLF. Considering the second index (library’s safety against earthquake), the third index (library’s safety against storm and flood), and the eighth index (library’s safety against damages caused by biological factors), the two groups were similar to a high extent and no significant difference existed between them. There were significant differences for the fifth index (library’s safety against theft and harming the resources) in four criteria, for the sixth index (employees’ safety) in two criteria, and for the seventh index (safety against damages caused by physical and chemical factors) in seven criteria, such that libraries affiliated with MOCA were evaluated to be better concerning their safety against theft and harm, employees’ safety, and resource’ safety against damages caused by heat, moisture and light. For the seventh index, there was significant difference in one criterion which was observed in public libraries supervised by IPLF. In total, libraries of the both groups had no appropriate status with regard to observing safety indices.
Originality/Value: The new comparative approach made for safety issues of public libraries makes this paper valuable as it exhibits the weaknesses and strengths to inform programmers and officials, and provides some strategies to improve safety conditions of libraries.
 

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Purpose: This study was carried out to measure the level of participative management  among managers and staff of Iran Public Libraries Foundation.
Methodology: This study is a survey in which the population under study included the headquarter staff of Iran Public Libraries Foundation as well as Librarians of public libraries in Tehran Province. To this end, 221 persons were chosen by simple random selection. We used researcher-made questionnaire. To carry out statistical analyses, the Spearman’s correlation test, one-sample
t-test, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used.
Findings: The obtained results for Iran Public Libraries Foundation indicated an average level of intra-organizational collaborations and above average level of inter-organizational collaborations. Furthermore, it was shown that there is positive association between demographic characteristics (management experience and work experience) and the collaboration level of managers and staff, whereas a negative relationship exists between the education level and staff’s collaboration level.
Originality/Value: This research measures the level of participative management in Iran Public Libraries Foundation and the related libraries with regard to intra-organizational and inter-organizational collaborations and analyzes these two dimensions from different aspects; it is among the first researches that has studied this management subject among staff of Iran Public Libraries Foundation

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Purpose: We have studied in the present research the role of occupational stress and job expectation in following the conflict management strategies among librarians of Iran Public Libraries Foundation.
Methodology: This study used correlation analysis and is a survey. Through simple random selection, 115 librarians were chosen among librarians of  Iran public libraries Foundation. They filled out stress sources questionnaire (Hellriegel and Slocum), job expectation questionnaire (Lussier), and conflict management questionnaire (Puttnam and Wilson). The obtained data were analyzed using independent t-test, test of significance of the Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis.
Findings: It was indicated that among the librarians, the components related to stress sources are significantly associated with conflict management strategies. Besides, there is a significant relationship between retaining factors and solution-oriented strategy, and an inverse significant relationship between work experience and competition approach. Additionally, this study investigated the difference between the librarians with LIS degree and those graduated from other majors, regarding the strategy they follow.
Originality/Value: This paper has suggestions considering how to follow the best approaches in order to reach the most appropriate conflict management strategies (e.g. solution-oriented strategy) and mentions the role and effect of demographic characteristics, stress level, and people’s expectation of their job in pursuing these strategies.
 

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Purpose: Through analysis of different types of web links, it is aimed in this study to evaluate the status of links in provincial websites of Iran Public Libraries Foundation.
Methodology: Link analysis as a webometric method was used in the present research. Data collection was accomplished by LexiURL software and Yahoo search engine. The population under study included the Provincial websites of Iran Public Libraries Foundation (30 websites). The collected data was put into a database in Excel software. According to the questions, the data were subsequently enumerated, ranked, and sorted for further analyses.
Findings: According to the results, the websites of public libraries in the provinces Khorasan Razavi, East Azerbaijan, and Qom have the highest number of inlinks and so the highest level of visibility. Regarding the number of webpages, being actively present in the web environment and the number of self-links, the websites of public libraries in the provinces Khorasan Razavi, Mazandaran and East Azerbaijan had a better status compared to other websites. Concerning domain type of the received links, 61.21% of the received links were the “ir” domain. With regard to impact factor, the websites of public libraries in the provinces Tehran, Kurdistan, and Qom were assigned the first to third ranks with impact factors of 0.422, 0.362, and 0.345, respectively. Regarding the link exchange, collaboration was made among only 8 of these websites (26%).
Originality/Value: No separate research has been so far conducted concerning the analysis of links in websites of public libraries or websites of Iran Public Libraries Foundation. It has great advantages for libraries to evaluate their websites by means of webometric tools in order to identify the status of websites’ links, evaluate their presence in web environment, and impact of the websites, as this can lead to recognition of their strengths and weaknesses and assist their effective presence in internet and improvement of internet services.
 

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Purpose: It is aimed in this study to determine the satisfaction level of public libraries’ users in North Khorasan Province regarding the architecture of libraries, as well as to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses in the libraries’ architecture.
Methodology: This research is a descriptive survey in which data collection was achieved by questionnaire. The population under study included all citizens of North Khorasan Province who use public libraries and also the librarians and managers of these public libraries. Sample size was estimated to be 140 persons and stratified random sampling was used. In addition, data analysis was performed by the statistical software SPSS 16.
Findings: According to the results, out of the nine criteria studied, the satisfaction level of users is lower than medium (3) in five criteria. Therefore, it seems that the satisfaction level is relatively low in total, regarding the general criteria for evaluation of libraries’ architecture. According to the responders, the existence of welfare places in the libraries was described relatively important. Mean weights of the questions related to problems and weaknesses in architecture of main environment of libraries (3.17 to 4.03) indicated that according to the responders the internal architecture of the main environment in libraries has in total undesirable and suffers from many problems. Furthermore, a significant and direct relationship was observed between “the total satisfaction level regarding the library environment” and other general criteria for evaluation of library architecture. On the other hand, no significant difference was observed regarding “the total satisfaction level regarding the library environment” among the three groups of responders, i.e. library managers, librarians, and users.
Originality/Value: The findings of this research can assist the officials and managers in the related fields in identification of the strengths and weaknesses of the library environment architecture and therefore in decision-making for related policies. Additionally, it can help the programmers, consultants, designers, and architects of libraries in appropriate programming and efficient designing which would be consistent with the needs of users.
 

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Purpose: The present research aimed at determining the casual relationship between the variables of organizational atmosphere, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB), and developing a model in other to improve the organizational citizenship through the management of organizational atmosphere and attitude variables in Iran’s public libraries.
Methodology: The data required in this applied survey were collected by descriptive questionnaire based on structural equations model. The research population included personnel of Iran Public Libraries Foundation (IPLF).
Findings: Organizational atmosphere of public libraries had a significant relationship with job satisfaction of librarians working in the IPLF. There was also a strong relationship between organizational satisfaction and organizational commitment as well as the librarian’s OCB. No relationship was found between organizational commitment and the organizational citizenship behavior of librarians working in the IPLF. Further, no significant relationship was observed between the organizational commitment as well as the OCB of IPLF librarians. In the structural equations model, it is necessary to take a clear-cut conclusion about the overall fitting of the model. Accordingly, our proposed model was in good situation in such indexes as RMSEA, AGFT, and GFT. Therefore, it can be concluded that the model is good one in terms of fitting.
Originality/Value: This work is the first time that the relationship of organizational atmosphere with attitude variables such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior of IPLF personnel and a model is proposed aiming to improve their OCB through the management of organizational atmosphere and attitude variables in Iran’s Public Libraries.
 

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Purpose: The present research aims to study the man power status of the head office of public libraries foundation. It also aims to study the performance of the foundation in knowledge convergence processes among the staff.
Method: This research is a survey method. The research population included all the staff of the central office (headquarters) of the public library foundation (managers and staff).  There was no sampling. The research tool for the data collection was a researcher-made questionnaire including 8 items and 46 closed questions.
Finding: The findings show that the index of "staff individual tacit knowledge" has the highest average. Also, the indexes of "organization revealed knowledge" and "convergence of revealed knowledge to tacit knowledge” have the lowest average.
Originality/Value: A study of the knowledge management literature shows that very few research works have been conducted on knowledge management in public libraries. In this research, in addition to preparing a questionnaire for kinds of knowledge, knowledge production processes, and knowledge convergence based on Nonaka, the status of human resources is studied in the head office of public library foundation. At the end, according to the findings, some appropriate guide lines have been presented for developing knowledge and man power function in relation with knowledge convergence processes.

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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the environmental status of the public libraries of the province of Kerman affiliated to Iran public libraries foundation from the librarians’ viewpoints based on the criteria of 5S symmetry system.
Method: The research method is a survey method.  The research questionnaire with 77 components was prepared based on the criteria of 5S symmetry system. The research population is the librarians of the public libraries of the province of Kerman affiliated to Iran public libraries foundation including 53 men and 154 women.
 Findings: The findings show that the librarians assessed the library environments from the point of view of organization of materials as “good and positive.” Regarding the discipline and order criteria in the mentioned libraries, the librarians reported their dissatisfaction. From the point of view of cleanliness criterion in libraries, 80% of the librarians evaluated it as “positive and acceptable”. Regarding the standardization criterion in libraries, 60% of the librarians had positive views. Regarding the 5th criterion of symmetry system, i.e. participation and job discipline, 42% of the librarians reported acceptable views. They assessed their performance and their co-operation with other librarians and library colleagues as “acceptable”. 
Originality/Value: So far, no research has been conducted concerning the environmental assessment of public libraries by the criterion of 5S symmetry system, and the present research is the first one in this regard. Also, the public libraries foundation and the authorities of other libraries of the country can perform their library environmental assessments by using  the 5S system and do their best in case of a need to perform this system in environments such as public libraries.
 

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Purpose: This study aims at the analysis of scientific publications that have been written by Iran Public Libraries Foundations’ employees and provides a picture of their research-scientific activities. Methodology: this work is an applied research with a descriptive-analysis approach. The research population consists of scientific presentations at the First National Festival of Scientific Research of Iran Public Libraries Foundation. Data were collected through the festival database. Analysis of data was performed with SPSS Software version 18. Findings: The findings show that the number of publications by the employees has reached 469 works since the establishment of Foundation up to 2011. In comparison to the other publication types, the most works were published in the form of article. The highest number of scientific publications belongs to the 2010 and the lowest one to the 2007. Except for 2004, the scientific publications of employees have had a positive growth rate. This rate ranges between -0.39 (in 2004) and 1.88(in 2003). The Chi-square test showed a significant difference between gender and discipline of employees and the type of their scientific publications. On the other hand, there was not a significant difference between the scientific degree of employees and the type of scientific publications. Originality/Value: To date there is not any comparative research on the scientific publications written by the employees of Iran Public Libraries Foundations. Therefore, the results of this study might be useful for managers, planners, policy makers of Iran public libraries foundations.

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Purpose: This research aims to investigate methods of identifying efficient provinces in terms of public library administration and to offer macro policies that dominate their management through the survey of efficiency trends of libraries dependant on public libraries Institution.
Methodology: The research has used an analytical-descriptive Methodology.  Data from the libraries of  30 provinces were  processed by DEA MASTER.1software in a systematic approach of  Data Envelope Analysis (DEA). The efficiency trend of public libraries was surveyed through six input and three output criteria between the years 2008 and 2011. Efficiency was calculated within the framework of an increasing scale revenue method using an input oriented approach.
Findings: Changes in the values of efficiency and in the number of efficient and inefficient provinces is considerable. The greatest number of efficient provinces was found in 2009.  The largest gap in efficiency between the least and the most efficient in the same year occurred in 2013. The categorization approach based on suitable performance oriented criteria is suggested for distribution of resources or inputs.  Long term criteria and strategy oriented approach is offered for surveying outputs.
Originality/Value: Considering the efficiency values, the changes, and the changing trends it is obvious that this issue has arisen within the context of a growing and unstable period.  However, the management trends for equality and for reducing injustice appear to be at an acceptable level. In addition, two main points are considered in this paper: the causes of major changes in efficiency values of some provinces, and the selection of reference provinces for inefficient ones.
 

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Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the Quality of Work Life (QWL) level, and the differences in QWL level among public librarians affiliated to two main organizations: the Art and Cultural Organization of Tehran Municipality and the Iran Public Libraries Foundation in Tehran.
Methodology: For the purpose of data collection, 226 public librarians were surveyed via an online questionnaire. However, data was analyzed by SPSS 16 as a means of reporting the results. The Walton’s QWL questionnaire was specifically constructed and standardized by the investigators for data gathering.
Results: The level of QWL among public librarians is relatively high. Significant difference in the mean scores of QWL’s four dimensions was found to exist between the librarians of two organizations. This finding probably relates to the management system of these two organizations. A significant difference in mean QWL scores was noticed amongst the groups of librarians categorized on the basis of their educational backgrounds. Thus, maybe the policy-makers should try to employ those librarians who graduated from LIS programs
Originality/Value: This is one of the first studies to provide evidence of the level of QWL within an executive librarian population. The study provides information which enables comparisons between two authorized organizations. Additionally, it provides evidence of the relationship between demographic characteristics and QWL.
 

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Purpose: The present paper aims to compare the current status of Hamadan province public libraries with the Iranian Public Libraries Foundation's Outlook in 1404.
Methodology: This study has been carried out using a comparative method. A checklist was used to collect data based on statistics from the top countries, where the indicators of 'resources', 'space', 'membership', 'library material circulation' and 'staff' are concerned. Following this, the data were compared with the latest statistics relating to Hamadan province public libraries.
Findings: The results showed that in terms of indicators of resources, space, membership, library material circulation and staff, Hamadan public libraries have a long way to go before they can achieve to the Iran public libraries Foundations Outlook. In order to achieve this honor, 5176927 books, 73 libraries, 429,764 members, 7,743,877 circulated library materials and 636 employees need to be added to Hamadan province public libraries.
Originality/Value: A comparison between the public libraries of Hamadan province and the Iran public libraries Foundation's Outlook can provide a clear picture of the current status of these libraries. Therefore, the results of this study can be useful for managers, planners and policy makers of Iran public libraries foundations.  
 

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Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the security of web-based information systems of Iran Public Libraries Foundation (IPLF).
Methodology: Survey method was used as a method for implementation. The tool for data collection was a questionnaire, based on the standard ISO/IEC 27002, that has the eleven indicators and 79 sub-criteria, which examines security of web-based information systems of IPLF. Four web-based systems of IPLF evaluated. Evaluation criteria includes: Security Policy; Organization of information security; Asset management; human resources security; physical and environmental security; communications and operations management; access control; Information systems acquisition, development and maintenance; Information security incident management; business continuity management, and compliance.
Findings: Results show that security level of "Reading grid system" and "my book system" with an average of 0/68 was high. Security level of “Payam Mashregh system” and “Farzin statistical system” with an average of 0/60 and 0/53 was middle. Indicators such as "business continuity management", “prepare, develop and maintain information systems' strongest points”, “information security policy” and “information security organization” are among the most vulnerable areas of information security systems of IPLF And there were significant differences between viewpoints of experts about indicators of Information Security systems of IPLF.
Originality/value: We designed a systematic approach for the immunization of data exchange environment by evaluating web-based systems of IPLF by some criteria derived from accepted information security management standards. This article identified the strengths and vulnerabilities of the mentioned systems.
 

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Purpose: The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on organizational performance in Iran public libraries Foundation.

Methodology: The present study is an applied research. The mode of control variables is Non-experimental and the method of data collection is survey. This research is typically based on structural equation modeling. The main instrument for data collection was a questionnaire with 15 questions for entrepreneurial orientation and 12 questions for organizational performance. The study population consisted of all employees in the Iran public libraries Foundation. Using simple random sampling, 500 as the sample chosen and research questionnaire was distributed among them. Data were analyzed using LISREL and SPSS software’s.

Findings: The results of the entrepreneurial orientation model showed that five dimensions of innovation, risk taking, competitive aggressiveness, leadership and independence are major factors influencing on establishment of the entrepreneurial orientation in the Iran public libraries Foundation. Results indicated that correlation of innovation with entrepreneurship and the impact that it has on entrepreneurship is more than risk taking, competitive aggressiveness, leadership and independence. Also the results of organizational performance model showed that Efficiency Programs, Effectiveness of activities, Patrons Satisfaction and employee satisfaction explain the organizational performance of the Iran public libraries Foundation. Finally, the results of the structural model showed that entrepreneurial orientation has a significantly positive effect on organizational performance of Iran public libraries Foundation.

Originality/Value: The present study is a comprehensive study that investigates the effects of entrepreneurial orientation on organizational performance Iran public libraries Foundation. Therefore, administrators, policy makers and Planners can use the results of this research will enhance the effectiveness of public library services.

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purpose: This research aimed at the Identification of the necessities for implementation of bibliotherapy in public libraries from the perspective of knowledge and information science professionals and Psychology professionals, and Proposing a Model.
Methodology: At first, in order to identify the necessary components for the implementation of bibliotherapy in the public libraries, we tried to use exploratory study and the review of the literature and then, we designed a web-based questionnaire with well-measured scales of reliability and validity to Survey the viewpoints of professionals about prepared criteria. Population of the study included 61 members of knowledge and information science and Psychology professionals.
Findings: The results showed that on the basis of the viewpoints of professionals, clients of the bibliotherapy projects in public libraries should be normal people, the most important organization that can involve is “Iran Public Libraries Foundation”,  the central requisite for initial engagement is “trained and specialized manpower”, the best method of performance is  “creative bibliotherapy”, the most important contribution of corporate organizations is  “providing suitable booklists”, The most important task of an engaged public libraries was “Providing needed books” And the joint task of all cooperating organizations was “Evaluation and debugging the process”.
Originality/Value: in this research we tried to introduce the main elements of the implementation of bibliotherapy projects in public libraries and offer a basic how to do list for action.
 

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Purpose: This research aims to analyze all dissertations founded by the Iran Public Libraries Foundation during years between 2000 -2014 to extract solutions offered by researchers about attracting people to the public libraries.
Methodology: I used qualitative content analysis with inductive approach. Thematic analysis is the main way in this method. The research population was included 53 dissertations founded by the Iran Public Libraries Foundation. Main categories of user attraction procedures extracted classified and described.
Findings: Solutions proposed to attract people to public libraries classified in two main categories: 1) soft aspects (Librarians) with five categories and 34 sub-categories and 2) hard aspects (organizational structure) with eight categories and 40 sub-categories. In the soft section, the main categories were services, availability, personal skills, marketing and promotion of services and need assessment. In the hard side, the main categories were education, entrepreneurship, organizational rules and regulations, collection development, interior design of libraries, equipment, location, and technology infrastructure.
Originality/Value: This thematic analysis can be regarded as an effort to show the core concepts of founded dissertations and an emphasis on hard aspects of the problem because of its frequency, detail and richness.
 

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Purpose: In this research, we aim to identify differences in important characteristics of the web portals of the Iran Public Libraries Foundation (IPLF) and Art and Cultural Organization of Tehran Municipality (ACOTM) according to the assessment criteria that extracted and formulated by researchers.
Methodology: We used descriptive survey method. Participants include 646 librarians of IPLF and ACOTM. The instrument used for data gathering was a researcher-made questionnaire. Validity and reliability of questionnaire were measured and approved. Using random-classification sampling method, 242 questionnaires were handed out but only 170 of them were received and analyzed. In order to analyze data, we used SPSS and GAMS software.
Findings: In the web portal of IPLF Information Navigation criterion was in the highest level and surprisingly the lowest score was recorded for Information validity criterion. Accessibility, accuracy, Coverage & Grouping users, Currency, quality and objectivity of information were situated in the next ranks. In the web portal of ACOTM, the highest score was recorded for Information Quality and the lowest score was recorded for Information validity conversely. Navigation, accuracy, coverage & Grouping users, Currency and accessibility of information were situated in the next ranks. Findings shows that promptitude diversity of navigation systems of IPLF web portal should accorded with validity and in ACTOM, quality of content should be accompanied with validity. 
Originality/Value: In this research, we tried to show the critical measures of public libraries web portals and importance of validity criterion as an ignored measure.
 

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Purpose: This research aims to investigate characteristics of vandalism in Iran public libraries with an emphasis on local community features such as level of wealth, crime and cultural proximity and their relations.
Methodology: A descriptive-analytical survey method was used for the research. The data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the tool were appoaved methodologically. The research population was included all the 2225 public libraries of Iran Public Libraries Foundation in the year 2015. Using cluster random sampling, 248 public library were selected from 13 province in Iran. The collected data was analysed by means of descriptive and inferential statistics (one-sample t-test and Spearman correlation test).
Findings: Results indicated that the highest scale of vandalism was related to writing  and carving on the library furnitures and equipments (99.2 percent), interior walls (91.5 percent), external walls (85.1 percent). The least scale of vandalism was related to theft of library materials and breaking library glases and lamps (0.4 percent). Besides, output of inferrential statistics were confirmed the correlation between level of wealth and crime of users with library vandalism and weren’t confirmed correlation between cultural proximity and the number of library members with library vandalism. The results also indicated that there was significant differences between the measure and scale of internal and external vandalism in a way that the internal vandalism is more greater than external one.
OriginalityValue: We attemted to find the prevalent features of vandalism in public libraries of Iran and correlation of vandalism with some social features. Public libraries should conduct some tactics against writing and curving on furnitures while some aspects of vandalism is related to local economical conditions.