Siamian Hasan, Yaminfirooz Moosa, Dehghan Zahra, Shahrabi Afsaneh
Health Information Technology, School of Medical Allied Sciences, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Mazandaran, Iran.
Acta Inform Med. 2013;21(3):180-4. doi: 10.5455/aim.2013.21.180-184.
This study seeks to determine the expertise, use, and satisfaction of faculty members of Babol University of Medical Sciences, using the provided online information services by the university.
This study is descriptive and analytical survey and the information gathering was through the questionnaireand the samples, based on the random of Kerjesi and Morgan Table sample size determination that was selected through stratified sampling proportionately to the size of the departments which summed up to 155 of which 113 responded to the mailed questionnaire.
The results of the study show that among the various data sources such as books, journals and internet, faculty members have more undemandingand convenient access to the Internet compared to other resources use, however, half of the information needs of faculty members, 57 (50.4 percent) are provided by the printed books;and the databases available to the University and used by faculty members are PubMed with 76.1% and Science direct with 53.1% and Iranmedex with 46.9%.Only 17% of faculty members have the absolute contentment of the Internet information services,and more than half of the respondents (58.4%) expressed the low speed of Internet service as their major reason for their dissatisfaction of the provided services.
Use and Satisfaction of Internet-Based Information Services of Faculty Members.
Using the Internet to provide the needed information with an index of 46%is a significant issue. The results of the study show that among the various data sources such as books, journals and internet, faculty members have more undemandingand convenient access to the Internet and their access to printed books was really hard and limited, although the internet was more convenient to acquire information, most of the information needs of faculty members are provided by the printed books based on what they expressed. The study showed that the use and acquaintance of the sample of the information databases is very lowand only a few of them have the full satisfaction of the provided Internet information services and the main foremost reason for this major dissatisfaction is the low-speed Internet services at the University.
本研究旨在通过设拉子医科大学提供的在线信息服务,确定该校教职员工的专业知识、使用情况和满意度。
本研究为描述性和分析性调查,通过问卷调查收集信息,样本根据Kerjesi和Morgan表格随机确定样本量,采用分层抽样,按各部门规模成比例抽取,共155人,其中113人回复了邮寄问卷。
研究结果表明,在书籍、期刊和互联网等各种数据来源中,与其他资源相比,教职员工获取互联网资源的要求更低且更便捷。然而,教职员工一半的信息需求(57项,占50.4%)由印刷书籍提供;该校提供并被教职员工使用的数据库中,PubMed的使用率为76.1%,Science direct为53.1%,Iranmedex为46.9%。只有17%的教职员工对互联网信息服务完全满意,超过一半的受访者(58.4%)表示互联网服务速度慢是他们对所提供服务不满意的主要原因。
教职员工对基于互联网的信息服务的使用与满意度。
以46%的指数使用互联网提供所需信息是一个重要问题。研究结果表明,在书籍、期刊和互联网等各种数据来源中,教职员工获取互联网资源的要求更低且更便捷,而获取印刷书籍却非常困难且受限。尽管互联网获取信息更便捷,但根据教职员工的表述,他们的大部分信息需求由印刷书籍提供。研究表明,信息数据库样本的使用率和认知度非常低,只有少数人对所提供的互联网信息服务完全满意,而这种主要不满的首要原因是该校互联网服务速度慢。