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The purpose of this thesis is to identify the Components of International Social Cataloging Sites in users and expert's perspective by exploring the wourlds most visited populer social cataloging sites.This is an applied research and the research method is library and descriptive scrolling. First, by reviewing the scientific literature and resources, a list consists of 14 criteria (display features, screen organization, search facilities, links, options and visual icons, text customization, user help and guidance, error messages, The possibility of interaction and feedback, user interface language, user control, template types (format), resources available on the site, the possibility of studying the source retrieved from the site, and other facilities), which included 73 extracted components, then finalized in Delphi and evaluated was used. The results of this study showed that all of the components examined in this study are important. The ability to provide regular advice to readers with an average of 4.52 has the highest significance from the perspective of users and experts, and then, the access to the site and the rest of the main sectors from the homepage and vice versa is at the second rank with a score of 4.42. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this article is to provide criteria for native model of social cataloging sites based on the world's most visited, popular social cataloging site's components. Social cataloging sites are a kind of web-based social media that allows users to interact. This is an applied research and the research method is library and descriptive scrolling. First, by reviewing the scientific literature and resources, a list consists of 14 criteria which included 73 extracted components, then finalized in Delphi and evaluated was used. The community studied also includes three social cataloging sites, which have the most visitors on the Alexa ranking. The results of this study showed that the total score for the fourteen criteria considered in this study was173/31points. The average of observance of criteria in all social cataloging sites(58.10%)is above the average and is in a favorable situation. Goodreads ranked first among the sites listed in the study list with 46 points(63.01%).after that LT is ranked second by the score of45points(61.64%) and anobi reached third rank with36.25points(49.65). All of the components examined in this study are important and the search facilities with an average of 9.70have the highest importance and error messages with an average of9.24are ranked second. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the advancement of technology and changes made in the scientific communication model, changes have been made in scientific evaluation methods. New technologies offer indicators that measure all the actions and interactions of scientists in the digital environment and create new aspects of scientific communication. This work has some purposes; first, mapping profile of scientific activities of faculty members of Sharif University of Technology (SUT) in “ResearchGate" (RG), second, intend to test the correlation h-index between the RG and Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus and Google Scholar (GS). Third, investigate SUT faculty members' top h cited research RG in WoS, Scopus, and GS. Fourth, investigate Altmetric score of SUT faculty members' top h cited research RG with Altmetric Explorer (AE). For this purpose, the SUT faculty members were searched in RG. Information was noted for those who were members in RG. Then, all their h index and the number of citations of top h cited research were extracted from WoS, Scopus and GS. Altmetric scores of Top h cited research of SUT faculty members was obtained by using AE. The degree of correlation between RG h index and WoS h index was higher than the h index of other citation databases. Also, the results indicate that there are errors in the calculation of the Almetric score by AE. Only 3% of the top h cited research of SUT faculty members had Altmetric score. While 95.72% of them had been read at least once in Mendeley and 78.7% of them had been cited in Mendeley. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information about a study done at Iran's Islamic Azad University regarding the decay of valid URL (uniform resource locator) web addresses or abbreviations on the internet. It focuses on looking at every issue of "Journal of the Medical Library Association" (JMLA) from 2002-2008, trying URLs from each issue to see if they work, and reporting the results from the trials. It then discusses conclusions of the study which show a correlation between the age of the website's URL and its half-life.

The article presents content analysis of caricatures and cartoons whose themes are library science and information science. Positive and negative attributes of topics including books, reading, libraries and librarians depicted in the caricatures are considered. Particular attention is paid to the negative characteristics of librarians and libraries portrayed in the caricatures, and it is noted that the concept of library silence is one of the most frequently presented topics. It is recommended that librarians address some of the issues raised by the negative caricatures presented.

The article discusses the role of web-based databases (WBDB) in information retrieval. It provides a background of computerized database, which is an organized data collection for easier access. It explores the functionalities of WBDB and the components of developing and maintaining them. It notes that WBDB are becoming popular as they are easy to use, can be accessed from anywhere, and have a lower total cost of ownership.

The article presents a study which investigates the perception of students on the impact of user education on their literacy on the use of reference information in Iran. It notes that students at Qom Islamic Azad University (QIAU) were surveyed in the study. It mentions that the study found that familiarity and proficiency of students on the use of reference resources is in medium level and user education should be offered to faculty for its better use.