Introduction: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between pet owner’s combined knowledge, comfort, and perceived skills at finding, evaluating, applying online pet health ...information, and the application of the information prescription (IP) provided for pet owners education on the internet.
Methods: Thirty telephone interviews were conducted followed by a questionnaire of eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) with pet owners after receiving an IP with a suggested websites in addition to their customary veterinary services in a vet clinic at the center of Tehran, Iran. Qualitative and quantitative data were merged to explore differences and similarities among respondents with different eHealth literacy levels.
Results: Results indicate that pet owners with higher score of eHealth literacy more accessed the suggested websites and reported positive feelings about this addition to their veterinary services. Similarly, among the eight-item self-reported eHealth Literacy skills, perceived skills at evaluating and applying, were significantly associated with the use of IPs. Lastly eHealth literacy level was significantly associated with the outcomes of prescribed information, such as veterinarians-client communication outcome and learning outcomes.
Conclusion: Disparities in application of the veterinarian’s IPs for online pet healthcare information, and its outcomes are associated with different eHealth literacy skills. Veterinarians should collaborate with information specialists and librarians to perform education efforts to raise awareness on online pet health information quality and impact of veterinarian directed information prescription especially among low health literate owners.
Reviewing the recently published texts in the field of library and information science education indicates some fundamental problems in this pedagogic process. According to different factors dealing ...with the process, confronting the challenges is considered as complex issues. Therefore, in this research Soft Systems Methodology, an action research method, was chosen to propose a comprehensive model to solve the mentioned problems. Based on the Checkland seven proposed stages, the problem situation was identified, and then it was expressed in the form of a rich picture. Driving root definitions and the CATWOE model were cleared to accomplish the conceptual model. Comparison of the conceptual model to the real world, also proposing feasible and desired changes are the fifth and sixth stages of the research. Finally, taking action to improve the current situation in the field of LIS education finished the procedure. Utilizing the steps of Soft Systems Methodology, this research draws the rich picture illustrating the process of LIS education and its issues dealing with the related ecosystem. Accordingly, the final model consisting of three ontologies was attained. To validate the semantic model, Cohen’s kappa coefficient was calculated. The model, approved by high level of expert agreement, not only can be an appropriate solution for the problems involved in library and information science education in Iran, but also can be considered as a pattern for future researches in designation and implementation of a semantic model of education in other disciplines.
The current research aimed to develop a localized and literature-dependent model related to credibility evaluation of web information as identified by students in top universities of Iran. In terms ...of its usability, the model then will be evaluated in a sample of student users in top universities of Iran. Finally, the research population for testing the model is students enrolled in top universities of Iran in curriculum year of 2016-2017. Data analysis conducted by software like LISREL 8.7 and SPSS20 which are developed for Structural Equation Modelling. Such statistic tests like confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson correlation ratio, Friedman Test, multivariate analysis of variance were used for data analysis according to each research question. The Web Information Credibility Scale-Persian (WICS-P) was validated according to the structural and overall goodness of fit showing a high quality on measuring the variable in the context studied. There exists, however, differences among the dimensions. As the first research exploring the concept in Iran, the current research is a response to the lack of such a tool in related literature.
Purpose The main purpose of this study was to compare the websites of Iranian medical academic libraries from the perspective of SEO components or visibility in Google, in addition to identifying the ...differences between SEO rules in the two general search engines of Google and Watson Smart. Design/methodology/approach The present study is of a practical study with webometric method and a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical approach. To achieve the purpose of this article, first a researcher-made checklist or checklist derived from the common components of Google SEO agreed between the two tools "SEO Site Check-up" and "SEO p timer" were designed, then members of the research sample were reviewed and compared based on the said checklist (analytical survey). Other components of Google SEO were obtained by documentation method (without online SEO analysis tools), and the research sample was compared according to them too, (Descriptive survey). Findings Iranian medical academic libraries often are under-visited and under-used because few libraries are sufficiently active and strategic in search engine optimization. Library administrators can achieve worth information about their organizations via a good managed SEO program that ensures websites and digital object metadata are comprehensible and usable by search engine crawlers. Originality Most of the existing studies on SEO have been confined to popular literature, outside of scholarly academic research in library and information science. Also, few studies have been done on library SEO in Iran, So, this study compared analysis of Iranian Medical Academic libraries website from the perspective of components affecting Google SEO.
This research applied expertise retrieval model for finding expert authors, and used evaluation methods of information retrieval systems for measuring the performance of those models. Current ...research is an experimental one. Besides, a variety of methods including survey method has been used in the research process. Various models were developed for finding expert authors, all built on a known expertise retrieval model, called document-centered model. Voting models were used within these models, too. All models were implemented and evaluated on the test collection developed specially for this research. Results showed that citation-centered models outperformed authorship-centered models in term of expert author finding task. In addition, there was no significant difference among retrieval performance of voting models. Individuals name occur in academic papers in two ways: either as author of paper or cited in the paper. Measuring retrieval performance of ER model considering kind of occurrence is our contribution in this research.
Studying everyday life information seeking (ELIS) in a variety of contexts contributes to its conceptual development. The primary goal of this study was to understand ELIS in the context of female ...university students' coping with daily hassles. To identify the dimensions and determinants of ELIS, and to fill this current gap in the literature, a grounded theory study was conducted using Flick's stages of episodic interviewing with 21 Iranian female first-year university students. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and analyzed through open, axial and selective coding. The findings showed that ELIS in coping with daily hassles is a multidimensional phenomenon that is affected by individuals' characteristics and sociocultural norms and values. Three main categories emerged as determinants of ELIS, namely normative status of the daily hassles, normative status of the information resources, and the individual's characteristics. Two main categories emerged as dimensions of ELIS which were type and strategy of action. Results of this study can contribute to the conceptual development of ELIS and may indicate how and in what circumstances ELIS dimensions emerge. The findings can also be used as a basis for developing information and intervention services in the context of coping with daily hassles.
•Everyday life information seeking behavior related to coping with daily hassles is a multidimensional phenomenon.•Individual characteristics determine everyday life information seeking behaviour.•Normative status of daily hassles and information resources determine everyday life information seeking behaviour.•Everyday life information seeking varies regarding type and strategy of action.
Reviewing the recently published and authentic texts in the field of Library & Information Science’s education indicates some fundamental problems in this pedagogic process. According to different ...factors dealing with the process such as professors, learners, educational department and learning resources, confronting the challenges is considered as complex issues. Therefore, in this research Soft Systems Methodolgy (SSM) was chosen to propose a comprehensive model to solve the mentioned problems. Soft Systems Methodolgy (SSM) is one of the Action Research’s methods. In view of research approach, SSM’s considered qualitative. Based on the Checkland seven proposed stages, problem situation was identified, and then it was expressed in the form of rich picture. Driving root definitions and CATWOE model were cleared to accomplish the conceptual model. Comparison of the conceptual model to real world, also proposing feasible and desired changes are the fifth and sixth stages of the reserach. Finally, taking action to improve the current situation in the field of Library & Information Science’s education finished the procedure. Utilizing the seven steps of SSM, this resrarch draws the rich picture illustrating the process of Library & Information Science’s education and its issues dealing with the related ecosystem. Accordingly, the final model consisting of three ontologies (learners, professors, and educational content) was attained. To validate the semantic model, Cohen’s kappa coefficient was calculated. Pertaining to the high level of agreement coefficient, 9203/., the achieved conceptual model was approved. To utilize the comprehensive model, it was implemented by Protégé4.3 software and OWL2 language. The obtained model, approved by high level of expert agreement, not only can be an appropriate solution for the problems involved in Library & Information Science’s education in Iran, but also can be considered as a pattern for future researches in designation and implementation of semantic model of education in the other disciplines. The findings indicate that the semantic model is a complex concept including different aspects and indices which can be easily implemented and noticed by policy-makers, designers and other players in designation and assessment of teaching-learning environments.
Digital identity has become a significant paradigm in variety of fields such as, sociology, psychology, social studies, information science and software engineering. Digital identity, as an ...interdisciplinary research field has a plurality of concepts and terms. Therefore, Ontology is able to define a common cognitive literature and basis for active researchers and specialists in this field who need to share information. In this research a great effort was used to study digital identity using the qualitative method of “domain analysis” and to use a population of more than 228 information sources of scientific outcomes such as, articles, theses, identified books and reports from Google Scholar database, online encyclopedias, lectures and training videos, and other keyword-based online sources which can be accessed by keywords of this field on Google. Identification, aspect extraction and digital identity-related ontology were also conducted and the identified OWL language-based ontology was represented using OWLGrEd and webovowl software and then experts’ views were studied and reviewed ontologically. Different definitions and keywords of this field were identified by the conducted survey and the ontology of digital identity was provided. Features of digital identity was provided from 10 different aspects such as paradigms, constituent content, producers, data, identity representation, control, durability, life cycle, awareness and risk-challenge levels, and finally a new definition of digital identity was explained based on the extracted ontology from the field.
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