Investigating the information needs of nomadic students in Iran: Presenting a library service model
- Autores: Hajar Salehi Dehpadekani, Masoud Pourhamidi
- Localización: IFLA journal, ISSN 0340-0352, Vol. 37, Nº. 3, 2011, págs. 235-245
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article reports on a study designed to find out the information needs of nomadic students in Iran in order to present a library service model to meet their needs. The results show that the preferred information format of the majority of students was print, especially books. Most of the students stated that they were in need of cultural and medical non-educational books. The study led to improved and expanded library services for respondents who are deprived of such services, including audiovisual services, extending the book collection, loaning books, advertising books and other publications, reference services, technical services and providing needed information to them. The paper presents for the first time a model for providing library services for nomadic students. Both practitioners and researchers in the nomadic library services domain will benefit from the synthesis offered in this paper, as it puts together convergent views on what nomadic students currently need.
