Purpose: addressing of the factors that can increase utility of information databases customers. Methodology: in order to achieve that, summarizing content analysis techniques was used. The study population was some customers that pay money for useing information databases in Iran. The bibliographical research has been done on utility related literatures which published in the 5 years period of 2011-2015, indexed on Science Direct, ProQuest and Ebsco information databases. Samples were randomly chosen from information database customers using paid services from two major information centers in Iran - University of Tehran Central library and Documentation Center and Organization for Industrial Management Library, for interviews. These two centers were chosen based on their accessibility for the researcher. 150 people were interviewed in a 60 days, after 50 interviews, the answers pool was saturated and no relevant new information was added. Findings: Results showed that the main factors affecting customer utility in using paid information databases are information needs, quality, Incentives, additional information and users' individual and social characteristics, respectively. Originality: This article has not been published in any journal, and it has been extracted from an applied research.

Aim: The aim of this study is to determine the effects of individual and organizational dimensions of resistance to planned change process according to the role of unlearning and knowledge stickiness in the libraries merger in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM). Methodology: This research was applied that conducted by the survey method and mixed method in data gathering and based on the case study. The research population consisted of librarians (40), senior managers (5) and middle managers’ (11) of FUM libraries. Research tools for the three groups consisted of questionnaires, interviews) and focus group discussions in unfreezing, moving and refreezing phase. Findings: Overall outcome of forces in two firs phases of change were negative and represents overcoming of restraining forces in unfreezing and moving but in third phase driving forces were more than restraining forces. Discussion: The results helped to strengthen the theoretical deduction: in FUM libraries, "the effect of knowledge stickiness individual factors in resistance to change is more than organizational factors". The relationship between unlearning, knowledge stickiness and organizational change confirmed.

Purpose: this study aims to determine the relationship between the roles of information technology and Regional Information Center for Science and Technology (RICeST) employees’ empowerment. Methodology: To this end, we employed survey research using Spreitzer psychological empowerment questionnaire and a modified IT questionnaire based on Olumi, Hejazi, and Shikh Sojaei questionnaire. Findings: The results showed a statistical significant between RICeST employees’ attitudes toward the role of IT on their empowerment (P<0.0003). Generally, employees in RICeST would feel IT could increase their competencies in work environment. Further investigations uncovered that the relationship between IT and self-efficacy (P=0.087>α) and self-determination is not statistically significant (P=0.279>α). This result showed IT has no impact on self-efficacy and self-determination of RICeST employees regarding empowerment. On the contrary, they believed IT has positive and significant influence on their meaning (P=0.002), personal impact (P=0.082), and trust (P=0.002) in connection with employees’ empowerment. Conclusion: Organizations as well as RICeST using new information technologies for administrative activities, training, and encouraging the staffs in this regard, can increase their abilities and improve the organization performances.

Purpose: Comparative assessments of productivity between different disciplines are not simple.One of the main solutions is to equate productivity assessments researchers. In this research we focus on performing arts and health education and health promotion fields for submit the model of equating. Methodology: This Study is an applied research and exploratory scientometrics where methods such as Library-based method, navigation, content analysis with exploratory approach and similarity was used. Findings: There are significant differences in terms of technical outputs. Performing Arts has 21 output types, Equating this outputs with current ones in the health education and health promotion ended some uncertainties related to the assessment of research productivity in these fields. Findings: With weighting each of the outputs with similarity approach, one can equate the different output in different disciplines, So it can be used to evaluate and compare the research productivity of each of these fields.

Aim: Iranian National Library “Printed Books” worksheet was compared with the last updated versions of UNIMARC and MARC21. Comparison with UNIMARC was done to show the differences and deficiencies and comparison with MARC21 should be done to reveal the unused fields that can complete and enrich the printed book's worksheet of National Library. Methodology: Due to the basis of IranMARC is UNIMARC, printed book's worksheet of National Library was compared at first with the fields and subfields were identified and extracted from the last updated version of UNIMARC to reveal the differences and then with MARC21 to show the differences and deficiencies. For doing this step of research (comparison with MARC21), researcher did a MARC Mappings for conversion and adaption of Marc21 to UNIMARC and prepared a table for them. Results: Comparison of printed book’s worksheet of National Library with MARC 21 and UNIMARC formats revealed that book worksheet didn’t have 57 fields and 32 subfields of UNIMARC and 32 fields of MARC 21.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to identify the effective factors in the knowledge Network of research institute of Petroleum Industry. Methodology: This research is applied that done by qualitative method. The study population consisted of 9 members of managers and experts of Research Institute of Petroleum Industry. Purposive sampling method was used For the sampling in this study. To collect the data of dimensions and components related to knowledge network was used semi-structured interviews and content analysis. Findings: By studying the electronic and print resources, identified the 6 effective factors on the knowledge network (strategic, structural, environmental, culture of knowledge sharing, content of knowledge network and infrastructure) and then based on qualitative analysis influencing factors on each of the dimensions were identified. Results: results showed that multidimensional nature of the knowledge network in the Research Instituted of Petroleum Industry according to the interviewees mental patterns linked together and the joint effort, has led to the successful management of knowledge in the institute. Keywords: Knowledge, Knowledge Network, research institute of Petroleum Industry