Web Portal of Agricultural Specialist Libraries: Exploring the content of the main page, search facilities, and user facilities.

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Faculty Members of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center. Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant professor of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center. Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

3 Associate professor of Agricultural Scientific Information and Documentation Center. Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

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Summary:
Objectives: To investigate the use of the necessary elements in the design of websites of specialized libraries of educational research units of the Agricultural Research، Education and Promotion Organization.
Method: The research is applied and conducted in a survey method. The statistical population of the libraries is 94 educational research units of the organization's function. Data were collected using a checklist of 25 questions and direct referrals to websites. Data were analyzed using Excel and SPSS software.
Results: Research institutes (%39)، research centers (%34)، and educational centers used %31 of the elements needed to design library websites. The user features index is %39 higher and the time information is inserted ... with %2 minimum compliance. Golestan Research Center with %84 of the highest percentage of use of elements. %73 of websites are large.
Conclusion: In the research period on organizing the websites of institutes and centers, each of the educational and research assistants of the organization has a separate policy. So that 24 centers simultaneously have two websites in the organization's portal and Applied Scientific University of Agricultural Jihad. Institutions and centers affiliated with the organization used 34% of the elements of the website design of libraries. This figure, according to similar researches about other educational and research institutions in the country, shows the lowest average observance of elements of the website design of the library by the units of the organization.

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  • Receive Date: 14 February 2018
  • Revise Date: 09 June 2018
  • Accept Date: 14 June 2018

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