The Iraqi Journal for Information and Documentation Studies

The aim of the study research is to determine the level of organizational structure dimensions in the Public Central Library in Basra Governorate , As well as determining the level of performance also revealing the effect of the independent variable (organizational structure) on the dependent variable (performance) in the Public Central Library in Basra Governorate; and revealing the effect of each dimension of the organizational structure (independent variables) on the adopted variable performance In the library under research. The descriptive method (survey) in completing this research , and the questionnaire were used to collect data from the human resources working in the Public Central Library in Basra Governorate, which numbered at (80) individuals. The SPSS program is used in analysis data. The research produced many results , including: The value of the weighted arithmetic mean of the organizational structure was (2.601) , which are higher than the hypothetical mean of (2) , which means that the type of organizational structure in the Central Public Library in Basra Governorate is (automated) that adopts specialization , business grouping , official and central , is greatly complicated, and appeared to remove the organizational structure (at the macro level) a moral impact on the performance of the central public library in Basra Governorate. The research reached to: the need for the higher management to think about adopting organizational structures for the library that are flexible and work to reformulate its objectives and Its priorities in light of developments in the field of libraries.

Human capital is the real wealth in the progress and development of countries and societies. For this reason, all advanced and less developed countries are keen to take care of developing their intellectual wealth, and we are now living in an era that is rife with radical changes. The world around us is developing and growing at an amazing speed, and we are not able to stand still. Rather, we must interact in one way or another with these successive developments in order to catch up with the technological development. Since this human capital is the center of this progress and development, it bears a great responsibility that pushes it to do more in order to be in harmony with the economic environment that has witnessed and is witnessing a radical change in which it has turned into a digital world environment based on knowledge organizations and intellectual capabilities. Therefore, the inevitability of development is a goal that must be realized, which has led to the growing need to find knowledge workers to keep pace with the era of knowledge governance. Most of the international academic training programs have started from a broader concept that transcends traditional concepts and looks towards the futures of work in the environment of the knowledge economy, through the formation and qualification of knowledge capital (knowledge workers) in line with future aspirations. It is noted in the Arab reality that there is a gap that represents a problem worthy of study and research, as it is embodied in the weakness and failure of coordination between the reality of training programs and the refinement of the skills and capabilities of knowledge workers (information specialist) in light of contemporary developments. And between those future aspirations for economic environments based on intellectual capabilities and knowledge management. From this point of view, the research paper focuses on extrapolating the development of the knowledge economy and knowledge governance in institutional environments, and analyzing the importance of knowledge workers and their role in supporting the march of societies towards an economy based on intellectual capital, while exploring what should be the future visions for the development of knowledge capital to bridge the gap, restructure and build Arab society cognitively as it should be.

The research aims to use the open source program QGIS in planning to build two specialized libraries in order to save the researcher’s time and effort in obtaining the resources related to his specialization; One of these tow libraries is specialized in applied sciences the other is specialized in humanities, both are proposed to be established on both sides of the city of Baghdad, one in Rusafaا side of Djilas’s river , the second will be in Al- Karkheh river side .In light of the results of spatial analysis using the average coordinate tool to find out the location of the two specialized libraries.

The current research aims to measure the impact of specializations among specialists and non-specialists in the Iraqi university libraries and the extent of the impact of their academic qualifications on making technical decisions. For the purpose of achieving the objectives of the research, the descriptive and comparative approaches were followed using questionnaire, interview and direct observation tools to collect data about the research community in three university central libraries, the first is the central library of the University of Baghdad (in its two branches, one of which is in the headquarter of the University in Al-Jadiriyah, the second in Al-Waziriyah area), the second library is the central library of Al-Mustansiriya University, and the third one is the central library of the University of Technology.The size of the research community reached (215) workers, (112) workers working in its two mentioned branches , (75) workers in the central library of Al-Mustansiriya University, and (28) workers in the central library of the University of Technology. The results of the research showed that the total number of academically qualified workers in the three libraries are (147 ( workers, i.e. a percentage of (68.3) of the total workers in these three libraries compared to (68) workers who are not academically qualified, and these constitute (31.7) of the total number of workers. The most important recommendations of the research was the importance of directing university library workers to the need to use their technical expertise in making decisions regarding aspects of daily technical work within the library.

The research sought to study the reality of the academic periodicals of Mustansiriyah University Colleges and Scientific Centers accessed on the Iraqi academic journals website (https://www.iasj.net/iasj?uiLanguage=ar) ,where it aimed to focus on the extent to which the periodicals adhere to the controls and conditions set by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research / Department of Research and Development for the purpose of obligating publishers of periodicals so that they can be available electronically on this site. The research community included a review of all (19) periodicals issued by the colleges and scientific centers of Mustansiriyah University. The last issue of each of these periodicals was chosen as a sample then it compared to the terms and conditions of subscription operation to the Iraqi academic journals website following three tools for collecting data, the first is knowing and observing records and archives of the website, the second is browsing the pages and interfaces of the journal on the Iraqi academic journals website, the third is distributing a questionnaire to all journals editors-in-chiefs. A significant percentage of the sample periodicals were committed to the terms and conditions of the website, while some of them neglected those controls and did not adhere them despite their importance, the research recommended that the Ministry’s Oversight Committee should play a greater role in noting the default or violations that occur by each periodical and alerting its publishers in order to raise the scientific level of the periodical together with the researches published in Keywords: electronic periodicals, accesses to scientific periodicals, Iraqi academic journals website, scientific periodicals, Mustansiriyah University, free access of journals, free accessed periodicals.

The research sheds light on the topic of content management systems and the possibility of investing their features in creating a system for managing and archiving graduation projects for students of the Information and Libraries Department at Al-Mustansiriya University in order to provide a service to this department to control graduation research and identify the students' tendencies in choosing new non-repetitive topics. The research aims to find out the way in which students' graduation projects are stored and to establish a computerized system to manage them, as well as to identify the importance of the computerized system in helping students to choose new topics to avoid repetition of previous graduation projects. The applied approach was used to conduct this research, which reached a set of results, the most important is the lack of a mechanism by Information and Libraries Department to organize the process of archiving, preserving and retrieving graduation projects to limit the repetition of titles of previously completed research, also the possibility of benefiting from the Drupal system for managing digital content by creating a digital database for research management for reference if there is a desire to know the titles that have been studied Previously. The research also made several recommendations, the most important is the importance of seeking to invest information technology applications and digital content management systems in the management of graduation research by investing the model that the research came with, another recommendation is the need for the support of senior management for archiving and preserving students’ graduation projects, also the importance of generalizing this experience to the rest departments and colleges.

University libraries websites today are among the trends that cannot be dispensed with, whether through their official website or through their websites on social networks and platforms, and in light of the rapid developments and changing needs of beneficiaries with the availability of technology, it is necessary for university libraries, especially central ones, to have a presence on the web to be able to provide the electronic information services remotely however, the General Secretariat of the Central Library at the University of Diyala has create a special website within the university scope network on the web. The aim of this research is to identify this site and the information services that have been developed for the beneficiaries and researchers through its official website: https://library.uodiyala.edu.iq, For the purpose of achieving the objectives of the research and knowing the results of the site analysis in order to prepare and set appropriate recommendations to enhance and develop it, the descriptive analytical approach was used finding the most important results which shows that the training of beneficiaries and researchers service, and request for electronic messages, also search through the librarian services. The research then made several recommendations, the most important of which is the need to activate the continuing education divisions in university central libraries in order to facilitate the provision of training and development service and to deliver them to researchers and beneficiaries easily.

The introduction of the concept of intellectual production in the field of information marketing is an inevitable necessity in light of the intense competition witnessed by educational institutions to achieve the satisfaction of beneficiaries and meet their needs. to achieve it. Perhaps the pursuit of educational institutions to improve the process of marketing their information products is for the purpose of reaching the degree of excellence and by using many marketing methods that help them reach their goal. Accordingly, given that this method of marketing is a type of administrative transaction methods through which the institution seeks to achieve long-term success and provide opportunities for researchers at the same time.The study that was conducted on the role of university presses reached a set of conclusions, including:1. The level of application of the use of modern technologies to market information in educational institutions is high, at a degree of (71%), which indicates the importance of using modern technologies to market information and the importance of creating multiple relationships using websites, including social networking sites.2. The arithmetic mean value for the use of modern technologies for marketing information in educational institutions was (53.3), with a standard deviation of (34.1), and the coefficient of difference reached (37,90) degrees.3. It turns out that there is a direct and strong correlation between modern technologies and their use in marketing information in educational institutions, as the value of the correlation coefficient reached (82%) and was positive, which is greater than the value of 4 (50%) and is significant.4. There is a strong direct correlation between technical transformations and information marketing in educational institutions, as the correlation coefficient was (84%) and it was positive and is greater than the value of (50%) and has a significant significance.The study came out with several recommendations, the most important of which are:1. Preparing specialized cadres capable of serving the community of researchers and preparing for the preparation of future specializations that can work on the use of modern technologies in marketing information.2. Establishing and investing joint cooperation relations between the university and other universities at the regional and global levels with the aim of accelerating the delivery and marketing of information to researchers.3. Creating a division in educational institutions to provide consultations to solve technical and scientific problems needed by society and state departments in the field of electronic dissemination and marketing of information.

This research aims to identify some free access libraries available on the Internet during Corona pandemic, also the objectives, activities and services of the Central Library of the Northern Technical University in this matter . The research followed the descriptive survey method for data collection also accesses some digital libraries and book stores whose resources and services were made freely available on the network during the Corona pandemic.The most important results of the research were:1. Some of digital libraries were made available free of charge in light of the Corona pandemic are considered a scientific tributary for researchers, especially when working from home as an assistant in the distance e-learning process.2. The Central Library of the Northern Technical University is considered proactive in providing its services during the Corona pandemic, by activating some of its reference services such as selective broadcasting of information and ongoing briefing.In light of these results, the research recommended:1. Encouraging the use of digital libraries as important resources for researchers and users.2. Establishing training courses and workshops for Iraqi library workers to familiarize beneficiaries with the services provided by libraries in the context of disasters and the spread of epidemics.3. Urging the Central Library of the Northern Technical University to create electronic communication platforms for the purpose of communicating with beneficiaries such platforms are WhatsApp , Telegram, as well as creating their own pages on Facebook.