خلاصة:
Research Objective: The aim of this research is to identify the degree of subject dispersion of books available in the public library of the National Library and Archives of Iran across various subject categories and the extent of user utilization of these resources. Methodology Research Method/Approach: In this study, collection analysis methods, user evaluation, and inference based on valid principles were used. Findings: The findings show that more than 50.35 percent of the books are dedicated only to two subject categories: Philosophy and Religion (B) and Language and Literature (P). The overall average circulation of the collection books is 0.61, which indicates a very low figure. 74.83 percent of the collection books have not even been borrowed once, and only 17.43 percent of active members have borrowed a book at least once. The circulation per capita is 1.34 per person for a population of 51,262. The availability index of the public library collection was also estimated at 96.11 percent. Finally, it was determined that there is a positive correlation between the number of books and the number of loans, and a negative correlation between the number of books and the average circulation. There is also a significant difference between the average use of books in different subject categories. Conclusion: The results indicate a lack of necessary balance in the public library collection according to user interests; therefore, fundamental changes in resource selection, collection management, evaluation, weeding, and the overall collection development system of the public library seem necessary. Objective: To identify the degree of subject dispersion of books available in the public library of the National Library and Archives of Iran in different subject categories and the extent of user utilization of these resources. Method. Research Approach: In this research, collection analysis methods, user evaluation, and inference based on valid principles were used. Findings: Findings show that more than 50.35 percent of books are dedicated only to two subjects: Philosophy and Religion (B) and Language and Literature (P). The overall average circulation of the collection books is 0.61, which shows a very low figure. 74.83 percent of the collection books have not even been borrowed once, and only 17.43 percent of active members have borrowed a book at least once. The circulation per capita is 1.34 per person for a population of 51,262. The availability index of the public library collection was also estimated at 96.11 percent. Finally, it was determined that there is a positive correlation between the number of books and the number of loans, and a negative correlation between the number of books and the average circulation. There is also a significant difference between the average use of books in different subject categories. Conclusion: The results indicate a lack of necessary balance in the public library collection according to user interests; therefore, fundamental changes in the sections of resource selection, collection management, evaluation, weeding, and the overall collection development system of the public library seem necessary.
ملخص الجهاز:
It was also found that there is, on average, less than 70 percent correlation between the library collection and the subject trends of the users.
His findings showed that the religion category had the highest number of books in the collection with 24.
Mousavi and Tajedini (2009), in a study, investigated the books of the Central Library of Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, subject dispersion, and usage reports.
Stelmakh 2 (1998), in the results of a survey conducted among users of public libraries in several regions of Russia in 1994, also showed that the highest percentage of users (13 percent) were interested in borrowing crime books.
Since until now, the analysis of the public library collection has not been conducted in a scientific and documented manner, the present research was initiated Best Sellers Stelmakh Ottensmann Indianapolis to address the evaluation and analysis of this collection in terms of subject distribution of resources; the status of resource borrowing; the demographic characteristics of members, and the manner of using the collection.
Based on the system used in the public library (LC Classification system), various classes were examined as subject categories in 229 main and sub-classes, and finally, due to their great number, except for the Persian language expansion classes (DSR, LGR, BP, KMH, BBR, and PIR), all of them were calculated under the main class.
43 percent of active members have borrowed a book from the public library at least once, and 82.
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