The Iraqi Journal for Information and Documentation Studies

Editorial, Table of Contents

Comics is a visual art (Still and motion pictures) it seeks to provide a visual message that stores in its construction a set of signs and concepts to become an interactive communication tool with high impact knowledge and information in expressing the idea,especially if it's used in new creative formations to develop visual communication in the Beneficiary mind. The problem of research consists of the main questions (what is the problem with the concept of comics?) what is the nature of the relationship between the comics and the knowledge of the information in the information institutions, and the answer to the questions is a set of questions related to the analytical and field aspects.The research aims:1. The first objective: to recognize the concept of comics? And its types? And ways of investing in providing service in information institutions.1.The second objective: To identify the extent of access to services of information institutions and the significance of statistical differences in the sample of the researcher.Research assumes:1. The first hypothesis: There are no statistically significant differences at the level of (0.05) the extent of knowledge of the beneficiaries about the comic's term.2. The second hypothesis: There is no statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) the extent of access to the information institutions services by the sample of the study:2.The third hypothesis: There is no statistically significant difference at the level of (0.05) in the extent of access to to the information institutions services according to the variables in the specialization (scientific / human) by the sample of the study.Research Methodology: Using the Survey Methodology to collect data and information for the relationship between comics and the process of understanding the beneficiaries the art of comics, through the use of the questionnaire tool.The study population and sample: is the category of beneficiaries of the university information institutions, and its sample (387) beneficiaries.The study was used to analyze the data and detect the statistical differences. A set of methods; Adopting the statistical method in data processing and analysis using percentage; Likert Scale, Chi square test; for weights, and t-testResults of the research:1. Comics Interactive visual art finds to help users to understand the information in a short time compared to texts, by providing a clear visual vision and an interactive function if employed in a manner appropriate to the idea.2. Implementation of models of static and mobile comics to provide information services in information institution.Recommendations: the most important of a set of recommendations, which are:1.The need to employ "the art of comics" in the analysis of information and representation, and clarify the complex concepts, and represent the methods of using advanced software, to raise the level of awareness and understanding and absorption of information among beneficiaries in information institutions.2.The structural and pedagogical levels should be considered to improve the cognitive process of the beneficiaries.3. Produce and market a range of services in the "still or motion" comics style and provide service to the users, more interesting and interactive.

Many large companies rely on a policy of big and complex data analysis that needs specialized software in the field of data management and analysis, that cannot be processed using only one tool or work on traditional data processing applications, it is known that data and information collection helps to accurately describe the problem and analyze it to reach to accurate results, therefore it was necessary to adopt an administrative system that includes the analysis of big and very big data. The importance of the study comes from the importance of analyzing big data as it seeks to improve the administrative decision-making process, as well as to review options data management, data of large sizes can range from several terabytes to petabytes and sometimes exabytes, so there was an urgent need to develop platforms that deal with this huge number of data which forced many companies to develop hardware, software and expertise among their employees to prepare them to benefit from analysis systems big data correctly and efficiently. The researchers followed the case study approach, the survey method, the documentary approach, the corresponding study tools, direct observation and the intellectual production available in the subject of the study, and the study reached a set of results including: The analyzes of big data saves the country a lot of time and effort as well as its investment in development projects, as it turned out there is a conflict in the rule of information between the competent authorities and the decision-making Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and that the information is cross-border, which causes it to lose confidentiality and privacy. The researchers recommend the need to train Sudanese employees on analysis programs to benefit from them in the future in upcoming projects, as well as the need to participate in international forums to benefit from the experiences of developed countries in investing big data.

This research sheds light on the open source content management systems, and the possibility of investing their advantages in the government institutions, through using them in organizing and publishing digital content represented by the documents in the Legal Affairs Department at Baghdad University, in an effort to provide the department's services to beneficiaries in the best ways, Reducing a lot of time and effort for both the beneficiaries and employees. The research aims to introduce content management systems and the most well-known and used in organizing digital content, where during the previous study an electronic portal was designed and established using the (WordPress) content management system. In this research, we will make the portal available for testing and evaluation by the actual beneficiaries and employees working in the department to examine the benefit of benefiting from Its creation and use. The research reached a set of results, including the possibility of investing content management systems in organizing the documents in the department. And it came with several recommendations, such as seeking to invest information technology applications in managing and conducting official transactions in the department, as well as investing information technologies to communicate with users.

This study aims to evaluate the efficiency of the system of storage and retrieval of documents in the General Company for the management of private transport through the application of the accuracy and retrieval scale. The study used the analytical descriptive approach and the case study methodology to collect, analyze and evaluate data on the storage and retrieval system and to indicate its suitability to meet the needs of the beneficiaries. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which are: 1- Failure to organize documents in a scientific and correct manner has made it difficult to obtain the required documents quickly and accurately.2- Dependence on personal judgment and not rely on criteria in the process of dipping and retrieving documents.The study also made a number of recommendations, the most important of which are:1- Use of key words and non - duplication in the selection of terms when indexing based on lists of subject headers.2- Development of the conservation system currently used in the sections of the company through the adoption and use of an electronic archiving system to accommodate all documents to reduce the time and effort spent in the process of retrieval.

The research problem is summarized by the absence of awareness of the standards and their role in developing university libraries and achieving quality in information services, the problem of this research is the lack of performance standards in university libraries in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, as well as the absence of a committee at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the region’s in order to evaluate university libraries according to University libraries performance standards.The research aims to identify the central university libraries in the Kurdistan region, especially the central library at the University of Sulaymaniyah and to know the extent of its adoption applying performance standards to measure its services.The first hypothesis of the research proved that many university libraries in the Kurdistan region of Iraq do not apply performance standards, and that the information services they provide are secondment and reference services and they are originally traditional, limited and weak services. The research results also showed that those libraries do not apply information and communication technologies because of a problem in the client server running the electronic documentation system available in the library. It also showed that university libraries in the Kurdistan region - Iraq are not subject to an annual evaluation, not from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the government Federal nor by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the region’s government, in addition to that the budget allocated to the library is weak and not sufficient to cover its requirements, which negatively affected its performance, and this was proven by the second hypothesis of the research.The research presented a set of suggestions, the most important of which are:1. The necessity of having a special directorate for university libraries in the Office of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, one of its tasks is to supervise and develop university libraries and raise the efficiency of their employees.2. Increase the working hours at the Central Library of the University of Sulaymaniyah to serve the educational process at the university and let the working hours in university libraries start from eight in the morning until eight in the evening.3. University libraries in the Kurdistan Region must apply the standards, laws, and legislation of university libraries in a manner consistent with their reality.

The research aims to identify the job descriptions of the staff in terms of academic achievement, scientific specialization and years of service in the library and their scientific categories and characteristics of the organizational structure of the library and its flexibility because of its role in influencing the improvement of the level of services provided by the library to its beneficiaries and factors affecting the lack of organizational structures to raise The level of services provided to the community of beneficiaries, the research was based on the survey methodology and the research reached a number of conclusions-:1) Lack of interest of the library management research sample in the library because it does not prepare reports on its work and activities and obstacles encountered during the work because of the lack of response by the higher authorities except the library of the Institute of Technical Training of Trainers.2) The limited space allocated to the building of the library has made it difficult to divide it into divisions, each undertaking its own tasks and establishing an organizational structure for these divisions.3) Weak financial allocations for not allocating a budget within the budget of the Institute to solve the obstacles faced by the library, where the library is considered an administrative unit, but does not have material rights to rely on reliable development and reduce the obstacles faced. The most important proposals that were put in the research were as follows:1- Attention to the library and the development of solutions to the obstacles faced by its employees through continuous follow-up and preparation of reports that determine the special status of the library and submitted to the higher authorities to be informed of these obstacles to take the necessary measures to resolve them.2- The Library shall be considered as a division or division and shall have an independent budget and shall provide all the rights it shall have to enable its administration to resolve the obstacles it faces and remove obstacles to beneficiaries and develop its services in line with recent developments in the field of office work.3 - Increase the number of staff members with expertise in libraries research sample and provide moral and material incentives that encourage them to achieve creativity in the completion of the work assigned to them