چکیده:
The present study aims at comparing purposes of using information by Iranian
and Indian Social Science Faculty Members. Totally, 487 respondents (232 from
Iran and 255 from India) were randomly selected from both countries. A
questionnaire measuring extent of usage for various purposes—to prepare for
teaching, to carry out research, to write research proposal, to design and develop
research tools, to write articles/books, to deliver special lectures, to plan
program /activity, to evolve innovative techniques, to crystallize broad and
vague assertions, to maintain professional competence and self- improvement—
was prepared by the investigator and administered to the sample selected.
Contingency coefficient analysis was employed to verify the hypothesis. Results
revealed that teaching and research as purposes of using information were higher
for Iranian faculty members than Indian faculty members. In development of
research tools, writing articles/books and delivering special lectures, again
Iranian faculty members used much more information. To get clarity also
Iranian faculty members used more information than Indian faculty members. It
is suggested that in India more facilities should be provided to increase the
information usage for various purposes.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Purposes of Using Information by Iranian and Indian Social Science Faculty Members: A Comparative Study M.
in Abstract The present study aims at comparing purposes of using information by Iranian and Indian Social Science Faculty Members.
Results revealed that teaching and research as purposes of using information were higher for Iranian faculty members than Indian faculty members.
Bayugo and Agbeko (2007) report on a survey of convenient access to and use of electronic databases (CD-ROM and online) including full text journals and their effect on information seeking behavior of health sciences faculty at the College of Health Sciences of the University of Ghana Medical School.
The study also intends to compare the purposes of using information among Iranian and Indian faculty members.
Hence, the present study is entitled purposes of using information by Iranian and Indian social science faculty members.
Objectives To study the extent of using information for various purposes by Iranian and Indian social science faculty members is the main goal of this study.
Hypothesis Iranian and Indian social science faculty members differ significantly in usage of information for various purposes—to prepare for teaching, to carry out research, to write research proposal, to design and develop research tools, to write articles/books, to deliver special lectures, to plan program/activity, to evolve innovative techniques, to crystallize broad and vague assertions, to maintain professional competence and self improvement.
Result Table I presents frequency and percent values for purposes of collecting and using information by Indian and Iranian social science faculty members.