The Iraqi Journal for Information and Documentation Studies

The research aims to identify public libraries in Diyala Governorate and the information services they provide to beneficiaries. The descriptive (analytical) approach was adopted for the purposes of this research, as (9) public libraries were visited in this governorate, forming a sample for the research, with the aim of reviewing the information services they provide. One of the most prominent findings of this research is that there is a large discrepancy between public libraries in Diyala Governorate in terms of the quality and the level of information services provided to beneficiaries, as the percentage of providing these services in the public library in Muqdadiya was (40%), which is a percentage that indicates that there is a great weakness in providing this type of service, the research presented some recommendations, the most important of which is the importance of cooperation between public libraries in the governorate through developing an annual plan to provide, and that there be a special committee responsible for implementing it, as well as the importance of benefiting from the accumulated experience in Iraqi university libraries in this field, especially in the field of electronic information services.

The aim of this research is to determine the quality of information management available at the Natural History Museum and Research Center at the University of Baghdad, as well as to demonstrate the extent of the relationship and influence between the two research variables, which are information management and the effectiveness of human resources performance, using the descriptive and analytical approach and includes a set of tools such as questionnaire, interview and observation, supported by a set of statistical operations in order to extract results represented by percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple linear regression. The researchers reached a set of results, the most important of which is the existence of a strong direct relationship between the independent variable, information management, and the effectiveness of human resources performance at a correlation level of (1) , and this reflects the effectiveness of the performance of workers within the Natural History Research Center and Museum despite the small number of workers, and the presence of a significant moral effect. Statistics are less than the moral significance (0,00) the and at a significant level between the paragraphs of )0,05( level dimensions of information management and the paragraphs of the dimensions of the effectiveness of human resources performance. Based on these results, the research reached a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the necessity of providing information support for human resources working in a research center. And the Natural History Museum at the University of Baghdad to raise the level of effectiveness of the performance of human resources, and to emphasize the qualitative aspect of the information transferred within the administrative process, which achieves a higher benefit than the quantitative aspect because it is a center that needs accurate, more focused and high-quality information. There is also the need to emphasize the use of modern methods in managing Information and communications that help the center’s management develop its annual goals in accordance with its strategy.

The research aims to identify the most important standards for applying electronic archiving and their obstacles in electronic archiving units in higher education institutions in Basra. The research followed the documentary approach in covering the topic of obstacles and difficulties facing electronic archiving on the theoretical side, and the analytical approach was also used on the practical side. The study population consisted of (27) institutions, through the analysis of the questionnaire tool distributed to the employees of the electronic archiving units, which amounted to (66) questionnaires. The research reached a set of conclusions, including that electronic archiving achieves the shortest time between submitting the request and searching for documents and receiving the search results and the response. The higher the accuracy, the greater the efficiency of retrieval while the level of recall decreases. Among the recommendations is the necessity of updating the programs and applications necessary for electronic archiving. For the success of the application of electronic archiving, technical, financial, technical and administrative support must be provided to the electronic archiving units.

This study sought to monitor the use of information and communication technologies in the library of the Prophet’s Mosque, using the study tool, the questionnaire, as a basic tool for collecting information about the infrastructure of the library of the Prophet’s Mosque, in addition to the tool of conducting a meeting with a focus group to support the results of the primary tool (of the questionnaire) among the study sample. The study followed a study approach. the condition, the results indicated that the library of the Prophet’s Mosque provides a comprehensive digital library that beneficiaries can view while they are in the library and is not available through a public website available outside it. The library also provides digitization services for library collections in three basic languages other than Arabic: English, Urdu, and French. In addition, it works on basic units such as the indexing unit through an alternative database in the Access program, and it also works on the audio library unit by providing a corner for tasks, including transcribing audio materials and distributing them to beneficiaries. It carries out a set of administrative and service works, and the library of the Prophet’s Mosque also relies on In its communications on ground servers and a local communications network, and that the data storage process depends on the central internal and external storage units of the computers used, the study recommended the necessity of providing a budget to develop the infrastructure of the public library and attaching it to the technical and technical development that keeps pace with modern-day technology, and working to operate the power supply. Smart through Internet of Things applications, building a website for the library and providing free access to information, with the necessity of signing cooperation agreements between Saudi public libraries to exchange experiences and information and develop collections, not limited to preserving endowments from them, and making a WI-FI network available to the devices used and the accounts of their employees and beneficiaries within the geographical framework of the library.

The research aims to develop the mental, scientific and educational teaching capabilities according to the changes and developments in the field of educational technology, that is, the ability to adapt the teaching capabilities to the nature of the mental and cognitive level of the students and to shed light on the emergency situations that they may face in his teaching profession. The research adopted a survey and experimental approach by surveying theoretical studies in the field of teaching and education, and in collecting data relied on a questionnaire distributed to a sample of (50) students. the most important results were:
1. The teaching tool is knowledge, and the goal works on is to develop the student’s intellectual and mental skills to reach the skills that qualify them in the theoretical studies for the professional specialization. If the knowledge tool suffers from weakness in performance, this will inevitably lead to a failure in the goal for which it aims. Educating the student, making him creative, and giving him sufficient skill in studying his specialty, which requires focusing attention and drawing attention to this issue.
2. Most teachers rely in their teaching on teaching students the greatest amount of information that they will be asked to transcribe verbatim on the test papers. The spread of this method among teachers is due to its ease on the one hand and because it is an appropriate way to give the course on the other hand.
3. Lack of interest in the student, encouraging him, and reminding him of his strengths and what he can accomplish and do. Rather, many teachers focus on highlighting the students’ negative points, alerting them to them, and only trying to modify them.
In light of the results observed during the research period regarding the reality of the research sample, some recommendations were made, including:
1. Holding scientific activities such as training courses, discussion circles, scientific seminars, workshops and scientific conferences on developing thinking skills and self-development, and involving faculty members in these activities to provide them with the skills necessary to develop innovative thinking.
2.Developing current teaching performance evaluation methods by amending the annual evaluation forms prepared by the Quality Assurance and University Performance Division to include the teaching skills necessary for the development and self-development of faculty members.

This research aims to explore the impact of using new scientific media applications in disseminating knowledge. Data was collected through questionnaires distributed to a sample of university professors, and analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential analysis techniques. It has been shown that university professors have good skills in using new scientific media applications. Email, scientific websites, mobile phone applications, video and multimedia sharing sites, and academic networking sites were identified as the most used applications. It was also found that there is a strong correlation between the university professor’s use skills and his use of scientific media applications in disseminating knowledge, and that university professors who possess the skills of using modern scientific media are able to disseminate knowledge and scientific information faster and more effectively. It was found that new scientific media applications provide many advantages for university professors that enable them to publish research, and scientific articles more widely and quickly, which enhances their influence and influence in the academic field. It also helps them save time and effort in disseminating knowledge, which leads to accelerating development in the knowledge society.
Among the research recommendations is that university professors take into consideration issues of privacy and data protection in their use of academic networks. In return, academic networks must provide adequate support to university professors and ensure the protection of their personal and scientific data. Also, in order to strengthen scientific media, it is recommended to enhance access to scientific information and develop knowledge exchange platforms. and scientific communication in addition to enhancing global cooperation.

This research deals with the components of information architecture, through which users interact directly with websites. The research showed the components in terms of the site map, navigation systems, classification structure, and search systems. Harvard University and Al-Mustansiriya University were chosen with the aim of studying the application of information architecture components in the websites of the selected universities. The research reached several results, including that the interface of the website of Al-Mustansiriya University was represented in both Arabic and English, while the interface of Harvard University was in English only, in addition to the availability of a site map for Al-Mustansiriya University, while the Harvard University website replaced the site map with an alphabetical index. The research reached the necessity of Paying attention to applying information architecture components to websites, which is reflected in the high rate of demand by users, providing a link to the site map on its home page and placing it in a place that the user can access.

The research aims to introduce electronic management and its nature. It also aims to design a simplified computer program for electronic management to dealing with in information institutions to reduce time and effort, also to reduce the costs of implementing administrative processes and procedures of collecting data from entities associated with the institution. Through experimenting with the program, it was discovered that it could be easily applied by employees, also its suitability to daily work in information institutions, and its potential to achieve immediate and financial gains, as well as its ability to reduce the costs of correspondence and information gathering operations. One of the most important recommendations of this research was the need to raise the efficiency of workers in electronic dealing operations, and the need to adopt the use of the proposed program or prepare similar programs to complete daily dealing operations.

The research aims to introduce the level of information alertness of workers in Iraqi government university libraries by researching the extent to which library workers are aware of the importance of information alertness, and the extent of their readiness to apply it in their daily work to improve the information services provided by libraries, as well as the possibility of accessing information resources by strengthening efforts. To provide a variety of forms of information sources, including magazines, e-books, and specialized databases, and to ensure that beneficiaries can access them easily and effectively.
The descriptive and analytical approach was used to study the reality of university libraries and their employees to identify their levels of information alertness. The research reached several results, including that paragraph (3), which indicates (that the library works to train employees in their specializations), obtained the highest average positive responses. With a weighted mean of (4,44). as paragraph No. (5), which refers to (libraries creating and developing services, evaluating employees performance, identifying problems and weak points, trying to avoid them, monitoring employees, through the application of laws and regulations), It obtained an average for positive responses with a weighted mean. Its value is (4,07), also the paragraph (26) which states (the information services provided are characterized by accuracy) received the lowest deviation rate of (0,06). Thus, it can be concluded that there is a need to improve the accuracy and speed of the information services provided, and to modernize traditional services in libraries.

The research aims to identify the level of understanding and recognition of organizational knowledge and its standards in the library of the Iraqi Scientific Academy, and to identify the requirements and obstacles to the application of organizational knowledge from the point of view of library management, also to measure its impact and standards on its performance. The research was conducted during the (2021-2022), the descriptive approach was followed to study the condition of this library and its employees.
The research community consisted of all the library employees, who numbered (23), in addition to the library beneficiaries from inside and outside the Iraqi Scientific Academy, who numbered (78) students and faculty beneficiaries. The arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, T-value, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used to reach accurate results. The results indicated that all organizational knowledge requirements and standards are considered necessary to increase organizational knowledge among librarians in this library, despite paragraphs (10)and ( 7) Which included the material aspects supporting increasing organizational knowledge, as well as consultations by the administrative side of the librarians, did not reach the hypothesized limit, but they were close to it, which confirms their necessity for the librarians in this library because they are among the most important requirements for increasing organizational knowledge.
The results of the research also showed that (12) items received rates higher than the hypothesized average of (3), with differences between one arithmetic mean and another for these items, as the highest arithmetic mean reached (4.65) with a standard deviation of (0.33) for the item. No. (6) which states: “The library provides training services to beneficiaries if they need it.”

The world has recently witnessed tremendous technological developments that have included various aspects of our lives, and we see them today contributing effectively to the management of most of our daily activities. This development necessitates various institutions to integrate with it and with the digital revolution that resulted from it in order to overcome the difficulties and benefit from the possibilities of this revolution. On the contrary, it is noted that Libraries, as institutions concerned with providing information sources, suffer from weakness in managing and employing means of electronic management of the information sources they provide, also in improving digital services.
Our current research presents a model for an electronic library management system based on the principle of working databases and web systems. It also provides a number of technical solutions for library users, whether this users are employees or students. The system was built using one of the most famous database systems (MySQL), as well as the MySQL programming language (PHP) to create interfaces, however in order to evaluate the system’s performance, a number of hypotheses were formulated by adopting the analytical approach using a questionnaire tool that was distributed to a sample of system users. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was also adopted to measure the extent of the sample’s acceptance of the proposed system, the results proved that there is a good trend and a large percentage of the use of electronic management systems in university libraries. On this basis, the research recommended the necessity of activating the role of electronic management in the management of university libraries.