چکیده:
The purpose of this study is to identify challenges of digital resources in academic
libraries of Kerman province. Research methodology is descriptive- survey, a
questionnaire is used for gathering data. Research sample includes 41 librarians of
Kerman libraries and their managers. Results show that economic challenges, in order,
are: infrastructures and equipment purchasing, printed and digital resources providing,
and using license. Libraries technological challenges respectively, are: their inability to
compete with printed materials in features like user friendliness and energy consumption.
Information services challenges are as follow: information preservation, identification
and acquisition of suitable materials and linking electronic resources to printed
information resources. It seemed that Kerman libraries are faced with problems more than
these, and they were not able to provide their necessary technological infrastructure for
keeping and providing access to library resources yet. In addition, financial constraints of
resources, and especially, digitization of printed resources made the situation very chaotic
for the academic libraries.
خلاصه ماشینی:
com Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify challenges of digital resources in academic libraries of Kerman province.
Some of Researchers are categorized digital resources challenges as: information challenges, technological challenges and economic challenges and Information challenges as: data protection (Deegan and Tanner, 2002; Guy, 2000; Harvey, 2005; Marcum, 2003; Schwartz, 2000), identifying and providing proper resources (Akeroyd, 2001; Guy, 2000; Marcum, 1997), Supplying and sustaining access to network resources (Guy, 2000; Marcum, 1997), connecting electronic resources to their traditional counterparts.
Since a limited number of studies have been carried out in this area, especially for hanian academic libraries, and due to the importance of digital resources, researchers decided to identify and evaluate these challenges.
What are the information challenges of digital resources in Kerman academic libraries?
While, Anbu and Chibambo (2009) expressed that, challenges of preserving digital material are: the nature of digital materials, obsolescence of used technology in providing, saving and accessing to digital resources, fast development of information and communication technology and having cost for long protection of digital materials.
This result is supported by other researchers such as, (Sa1ari,20l0; Ghafghazialasl,20l0; MehrTabaee, 2003; Dareni,2005; Oehlerts, and Shu 2013; Hielmcrone, 2012; Galyani Moghaddam, 2010; Fabunmi, 2009; Kalusopa and Zulu, 2009; Anbu and Chibambo, 2009; Al-suqri and Afzal, 2007; Fabunmi; Paris and Fabunmi, 2006).
Conclusion The results showed that the main challenges of academic libraries in Kerman province regarding digital resources were: economic challenges, technology challenges and information challenges, respectively.