چکیده:
Library standardization is mainly concerned with technical services, space and equipments, and information content of library collection with little or no regards to the user. Given every country's certain social, economical and cultural conditions, specialized libraries should engage increasingly in developing information literate users on the basis of standards, rather than standardizing technical services, equipments and the physical space of libraries. By doing so, they give users more independence in acquiring information and gaining knowledge, and make the specialized libraries' services more efficient.
خلاصه ماشینی:
User-Oriented Approach in Library Services Re-visited: A Link to Information Literacy A.
com Abstract Library standardization is mainly concerned with technical services, space and equipment, and information content of library collection with little or no regard for the user.
Given every country's certain social, economical and cultural conditions, specialized libraries should engage increasingly in producing information-literate users on the basis of standards rather than standardizing technical services, equipment and the physical space of libraries.
In sections on the standards concerning to collection, organization of materials, and services, efforts have been made to make the formulated content harmonized with so-called user-oriented approach.
, by standardizing the users, information centers and libraries succeed in achieving objectives set as ultimate ends for libraries.
For example, some sites and libraries provide customization facilities on their sites through which users may define several profiles and alerts to retrieve relevant information from accessible databases and services.
Training the users and leading them towards acquiring information literacy according to high-level standards helps the libraries in getting to their user- oriented approach-associated objectives, particularly in the light of the fact that new definitions of information literacy all indicate that the information literacy is rooted in library education and the way the library is used.
With respect to influence of information technology in any country and the necessity of using extra-organizational and extra-library sources as well as communication's role in provision of information and meeting information needs, specialized libraries should formulate certain kinds of information literacy standards aimed at training users while considering their own missions.