A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries)

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the status of knowledge and skills in the use of references services based on the views' Kovacks (critical thinking, analysis questions, interviewing, organizing information, Find reference resources, and mastery of advanced tools) in terms of views...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Shabani, Roghaieh Matany, Morteza Mohammadi Ostani
Format:	Article
Language:	fas
Published:	University of Tehran 2015-03-01
Series:	تحقیقات کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی دانشگاهی
Subjects:	reference service academic libraries reverences skill
Online Access:	https://jlib.ut.ac.ir/article_56971_b2447ac95f05828e3c167908961a0e9f.pdf

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description	Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the status of knowledge and skills in the use of references services based on the views' Kovacks (critical thinking, analysis questions, interviewing, organizing information, Find reference resources, and mastery of advanced tools) in terms of views' staff or the Mazandaran public university library.Methodology: This descriptive - survey. Population is management and public librarians Mazandaran public University. Sampling method is random stratified sampling. Data collection methods is researcher- built questionnaire and reliability was calculated with Cronbach's alpha coefficient (%80). Data analysis was done by SPSS 16 software.Findings: Findings demonstrated views' Kovacks is effective on knowledge and skills of reference librarians in Mazandaran Public university libraries and the average of all the components is higher than average and it is in good condition. The most favorable component is "mastery of advanced tools" and lowest component "organization information". Also there was not a significant difference among the views' librarians based on demographic variables (i.e. gender, measure of study, background of employment, graduation degree, type of work in library) in Mazandaran Public University libraries.Originality/ Value: Views' Kovacks was integrated critical thinking aspects with fields information- seeking tools and will help to develop skills and knowledge synergy reference librarian. Reference librarians can develop their skills in references service and accelerated access and disseminate information to client.
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spelling	doaj.art-c53e006fafb04e778a2be9e1aff20dae2023-01-30T18:58:58ZfasUniversity of Tehranتحقیقات کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی دانشگاهی2783-46382015-03-0149111713310.22059/jlib.2015.5697156971A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries)Ahmad Shabani0Roghaieh Matany1Morteza Mohammadi Ostani2Professor, Library and Information Science, University of IsfahanM. Sc., Library and Information Science, University of IsfahanPhD. student, Library and Information Science, University of IsfahanObjective: The aim of the study was to assess the status of knowledge and skills in the use of references services based on the views' Kovacks (critical thinking, analysis questions, interviewing, organizing information, Find reference resources, and mastery of advanced tools) in terms of views' staff or the Mazandaran public university library.Methodology: This descriptive - survey. Population is management and public librarians Mazandaran public University. Sampling method is random stratified sampling. Data collection methods is researcher- built questionnaire and reliability was calculated with Cronbach's alpha coefficient (%80). Data analysis was done by SPSS 16 software.Findings: Findings demonstrated views' Kovacks is effective on knowledge and skills of reference librarians in Mazandaran Public university libraries and the average of all the components is higher than average and it is in good condition. The most favorable component is "mastery of advanced tools" and lowest component "organization information". Also there was not a significant difference among the views' librarians based on demographic variables (i.e. gender, measure of study, background of employment, graduation degree, type of work in library) in Mazandaran Public University libraries.Originality/ Value: Views' Kovacks was integrated critical thinking aspects with fields information- seeking tools and will help to develop skills and knowledge synergy reference librarian. Reference librarians can develop their skills in references service and accelerated access and disseminate information to client.https://jlib.ut.ac.ir/article_56971_b2447ac95f05828e3c167908961a0e9f.pdfreference serviceacademic librariesreverences skill
spellingShingle	Ahmad Shabani Roghaieh Matany Morteza Mohammadi Ostani A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries) تحقیقات کتابداری و اطلاع‌رسانی دانشگاهی reference service academic libraries reverences skill
title	A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries)
title_full	A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries)
title_fullStr	A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries)
title_full_unstemmed	A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries)
title_short	A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries)
title_sort	survey study of librarians knowledge and skills in the application of reference services based views kovacks case study mazandaran public university libraries
topic	reference service academic libraries reverences skill
url	https://jlib.ut.ac.ir/article_56971_b2447ac95f05828e3c167908961a0e9f.pdf
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A Survey Study of Librarians' Knowledge and Skills in the Application of Reference Services based views' Kovacks (Case study: Mazandaran Public University Libraries)

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