Reza Shahrabifarahani

• Managing Director at National Library and Archives Organisation of Iran

Purpose: Using new applications for reference services in national library of Iran, and Studying the subject scope of the questions are the research goals. Methodology: The research community has all the questions raised through telegram application in the two-year period (September 2016-September 2018), which contains 2719 questions. Finding: The...

Grey literature is an important source of information due to the uniqueness of the content that gets published. It provides information in emerging or less popular research areas. It seems that it reinforces research and accelerates continuous movement toward having a scientific society. Any source of information that has not been commercially publ...

Grey literature is an important source of information due to the uniqueness of the content that gets published. Because commercial publishers are looking to make a profit on the materials they publish, they often overlook niche research areas that serve smaller populations. Grey literature is one way to search for information in emerging or less po...

Modern technologies play a significant role in library activities and services, including reference services nowadays.Research has shown that children and young adults compose a great population of Internet users. They think they are socompetent enough that they can train their parents on how to use the Internet. However, some studies have indicate...

Purpose: This research aimed to identify high-priority services to be provided in the National Library Portal by evaluating the services of the OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) as an important center known worldwide that provides cooperative and shared services, and also by assessing a number of library web-portals and interviewing librarians...