Introduction: Knowledge organization is one of the oldest and most fundamental topics in knowledge and information science. Future study is a general human capacity that enables a person to think about the future and examine, model and... more
Introduction: Knowledge organization is one of the oldest and most fundamental topics in knowledge and information science. Future study is a general human capacity that enables a person to think about the future and examine, model and create future possibilities and show them in front of themselves. Success in identifying driving forces, macrotrends and shapers of the future and investigating their impact on key factors affecting each future and analyzing the feasibility of certain futures with the aim of creating desirable futures are among the goals of future research. The future of information science has faced new developments. Undoubtedly, the future will be different from what has been customary before. The profession of information science must make fundamental and specific changes, otherwise it will be abandoned. Futuristic science is a science that opens the view of information science to possible future events, challenges and opportunities and makes it possible to reach the desired future from the right path. It seems that there is no clear, accurate and correct view of the developments, effective forces, challenges, solutions and matters related to the knowledge organization. Not having the right knowledge and making decisions based on trial and error and different tastes, causes waste of time and money, getting lost, reducing efficiency, rework, lack of coherence, getting lost, etc., and causes a lot of losses to this important field. The purpose of this research is to future study of knowledge organization using the opinions of Iranian experts in this field about the future and related issues.
Methodology: The type of research is applied with a qualitative approach that has been collected by qualitative content analysis, grounded theory and interview tools to obtain the opinions of knowledge organization experts. The collected data were analyzed based on thematic analysis. After asking questions, the interviews were conducted in a semi-structured manner and implemented. The transcripts of the interviews were then read and reviewed several times so that the researcher had sufficient control over the data. In the third stage, the data were broken down into semantic units in the form of sentences and paragraphs related to the main meaning. Semantic units were reviewed several times and then the appropriate concepts of each semantic unit were written. The research population is 20 experts in information science and science with a specialized field of knowledge organization who were interviewed by phone.
Findings: The results led to the identification of several factors about the driving forces, trends, challenges and strategies affecting knowledge organization. According to experts, the influential driving forces in the future of knowledge organization are: knowledge producers, knowledge stakeholders, knowledge users, knowledge theorists, education, cooperation of information science and computer science experts, etc. Some interviewees see the collection of research on knowledge organization as a growing yet diverse trend. Cataloging and classification, taxonomy, traditional topics including reduction items and web-based tools, tools and standards for organizing knowledge, semantic web and ontology are expressed as incremental items. In the field of knowledge organizing challenges, we can also mention factors such as: research problems, manpower, education, data problems, software problems, non-compliance with standards. The interviewees also provided a variety of solutions in the fields of education, research, manpower, financial resources and technology-related issues. Finally, the paradigm model of the research was drawn and the related factors in each category were identified.
Conclusion: Organizing knowledge is a multifaceted, growing and prolific subject in knowledge and information science that is struggling with its strengths and weaknesses. Each part of the paradigm model interacts with each other and has a positive or negative effect on each other. Paying attention to the positive points and eliminating the weak points can help in promoting the knowledge organization and knowledge and information science. Education is one of the most important driving forces of knowledge organization and is like a double-edged sword that can act as an effective force if paid attention to. Otherwise it is considered a big challenge. Experts in knowledge organization have a good and clear knowledge of the issues in this area and have expressed various influential cases. Therefore, it is necessary to use collective wisdom and financial and spiritual support to pay more attention to knowledge organizing and try to promote strengths and eliminate weaknesses.
Methodology: The type of research is applied with a qualitative approach that has been collected by qualitative content analysis, grounded theory and interview tools to obtain the opinions of knowledge organization experts. The collected data were analyzed based on thematic analysis. After asking questions, the interviews were conducted in a semi-structured manner and implemented. The transcripts of the interviews were then read and reviewed several times so that the researcher had sufficient control over the data. In the third stage, the data were broken down into semantic units in the form of sentences and paragraphs related to the main meaning. Semantic units were reviewed several times and then the appropriate concepts of each semantic unit were written. The research population is 20 experts in information science and science with a specialized field of knowledge organization who were interviewed by phone.
Findings: The results led to the identification of several factors about the driving forces, trends, challenges and strategies affecting knowledge organization. According to experts, the influential driving forces in the future of knowledge organization are: knowledge producers, knowledge stakeholders, knowledge users, knowledge theorists, education, cooperation of information science and computer science experts, etc. Some interviewees see the collection of research on knowledge organization as a growing yet diverse trend. Cataloging and classification, taxonomy, traditional topics including reduction items and web-based tools, tools and standards for organizing knowledge, semantic web and ontology are expressed as incremental items. In the field of knowledge organizing challenges, we can also mention factors such as: research problems, manpower, education, data problems, software problems, non-compliance with standards. The interviewees also provided a variety of solutions in the fields of education, research, manpower, financial resources and technology-related issues. Finally, the paradigm model of the research was drawn and the related factors in each category were identified.
Conclusion: Organizing knowledge is a multifaceted, growing and prolific subject in knowledge and information science that is struggling with its strengths and weaknesses. Each part of the paradigm model interacts with each other and has a positive or negative effect on each other. Paying attention to the positive points and eliminating the weak points can help in promoting the knowledge organization and knowledge and information science. Education is one of the most important driving forces of knowledge organization and is like a double-edged sword that can act as an effective force if paid attention to. Otherwise it is considered a big challenge. Experts in knowledge organization have a good and clear knowledge of the issues in this area and have expressed various influential cases. Therefore, it is necessary to use collective wisdom and financial and spiritual support to pay more attention to knowledge organizing and try to promote strengths and eliminate weaknesses.
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Introduction: The field of digital library in today's world is diversified and developed and has an interdisciplinary nature. So that the study in its various aspects is always evaluated as one of the important topics in scientific fields... more
Introduction: The field of digital library in today's world is diversified and developed and has an interdisciplinary nature. So that the study in its various aspects is always evaluated as one of the important topics in scientific fields and can be the origin of important researches. The purpose of this study is to investigate and plot the intellectual structure of knowledge in the field of digital library in the world using a co-word analysis.
Methodology: This research is a type of applied scientometric studies that uses co-word analysis and network analysis. The statistical population was all researches in the field of digital library in the web of science database, which is equal to 5655 records in total. Vosviewer, Netdraw, SPSS and Bibexecl software were also used to analyze and plot the network.
Findings: The results showed that the keywords digital library, information retrieval and library are the most frequent words and the most pairs of words are digital library and information retrieval. The co-word network includes six clusters called knowledge management and digital library, storage and retrieval of digital resources, interaction between digital and non-digital environments and e-learning, electronic resources and media, virtual screening and medical data analysis. The network density is .24 and the average centrality index is .663. The co-word network of the digital library field showed that the keyword digital library is the most central term and plays the main role of this network. The density of the network is .1290, which is not in a favorable condition. This case shows that the sub-domains within the clusters and inter-cluster connections, or the lack of research orientation to the technical issues of content, software and services as the three main elements of digital libraries and single domain. There is a lack of balance between theoretical and applied interdisciplinary research in this field. These findings are consistent with the research results of others. Of course, the low density of the network also indicates that the subjects of the library field have been researched more in a specialized way and less communication has been established between these fields, which is one of the weaknesses of this field. According to the strategic diagram, knowledge management clusters and digital libraries and digital screening are developed clusters and play a pivotal role. The electronic resources and media cluster, although pivotal, is underdeveloped and immature. Other subject clusters are marginal clusters and are emerging topics that have not been sufficiently researched. In general, the results of this research showed that most of the researches in the field of digital library of the world have been done in the subjects of information retrieval, university libraries, user studies, internet and copyright. Considering that the network density of the digital library field is low, it is clear that researchers have neglected its interdisciplinary fields and the subjects of this field have little connection with each other. By reviewing the clusters obtained, it is concluded that the clusters of knowledge management, digital library and virtual screening have the central role of researches and most of the researches are carried out in this field and on the other hand, despite the fact that the clusters of storing and retrieving digital resources, human and environment interaction. Digital and electronic learning are one of the main and important topics in the field of digital library, they are emerging, marginal and underdeveloped topics, and researchers should direct most of their research in this direction so that these fields also reach a favorable state. In general, the structure of the intellectual network of the digital library field is fragmented, and in order to create a link between the structure of this network, researches should be removed from being single-domain and theoretical and applied interdisciplinary researches should be conducted.
Methodology: This research is a type of applied scientometric studies that uses co-word analysis and network analysis. The statistical population was all researches in the field of digital library in the web of science database, which is equal to 5655 records in total. Vosviewer, Netdraw, SPSS and Bibexecl software were also used to analyze and plot the network.
Findings: The results showed that the keywords digital library, information retrieval and library are the most frequent words and the most pairs of words are digital library and information retrieval. The co-word network includes six clusters called knowledge management and digital library, storage and retrieval of digital resources, interaction between digital and non-digital environments and e-learning, electronic resources and media, virtual screening and medical data analysis. The network density is .24 and the average centrality index is .663. The co-word network of the digital library field showed that the keyword digital library is the most central term and plays the main role of this network. The density of the network is .1290, which is not in a favorable condition. This case shows that the sub-domains within the clusters and inter-cluster connections, or the lack of research orientation to the technical issues of content, software and services as the three main elements of digital libraries and single domain. There is a lack of balance between theoretical and applied interdisciplinary research in this field. These findings are consistent with the research results of others. Of course, the low density of the network also indicates that the subjects of the library field have been researched more in a specialized way and less communication has been established between these fields, which is one of the weaknesses of this field. According to the strategic diagram, knowledge management clusters and digital libraries and digital screening are developed clusters and play a pivotal role. The electronic resources and media cluster, although pivotal, is underdeveloped and immature. Other subject clusters are marginal clusters and are emerging topics that have not been sufficiently researched. In general, the results of this research showed that most of the researches in the field of digital library of the world have been done in the subjects of information retrieval, university libraries, user studies, internet and copyright. Considering that the network density of the digital library field is low, it is clear that researchers have neglected its interdisciplinary fields and the subjects of this field have little connection with each other. By reviewing the clusters obtained, it is concluded that the clusters of knowledge management, digital library and virtual screening have the central role of researches and most of the researches are carried out in this field and on the other hand, despite the fact that the clusters of storing and retrieving digital resources, human and environment interaction. Digital and electronic learning are one of the main and important topics in the field of digital library, they are emerging, marginal and underdeveloped topics, and researchers should direct most of their research in this direction so that these fields also reach a favorable state. In general, the structure of the intellectual network of the digital library field is fragmented, and in order to create a link between the structure of this network, researches should be removed from being single-domain and theoretical and applied interdisciplinary researches should be conducted.
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Introduction: The creation and development of smart cities requires the creation of a suitable platform, infrastructure and capacity for the sharing and using capital and knowledge assets, including data, information and knowledge... more
Introduction: The creation and development of smart cities requires the creation of a suitable platform, infrastructure and capacity for the sharing and using capital and knowledge assets, including data, information and knowledge produced by citizens, the government and various organizations in all fields. One of the main problems in and obstacles to the creation and development of smart cities is that knowledge assets of different types are distributed in different sectors or even in different regions related to stakeholders, as well as their ownership system and the purpose of using them. These are important ethical issues that need to be addressed by stakeholders/trustees in smart cities. The current state of active information and knowledge centers in the country, related to the sharing knowledge assets has created obstacles to the smart transformation and smartening the above centers in data-oriented and knowledge-based smart cities. The present study, while pointing to the need for inter-organizational knowledge-sharing in smartening socio-cultural organizations, including information and knowledge centers, seeks to state the problems as the factors affecting the current state of inter-organizational knowledge sharing and the importance of identifying the underlying factors, steps, processes, methods and tools and ultimately the consequences in above centers in the context of smart cities.
Methodology: The present applied study has been compiled with an analytical review approach using the documentary-library method based on the literature review and related texts in the fields of knowledge management, smart cities and cultural development of these intelligent cities focusing on cultural institutions providing information and knowledge. In the present study, by using the documentary method, after explaining the position of information and knowledge organizations and centers in the smart city on the one hand, and the necessity of inter-organizational knowledge sharing in the smart city on the other hand, the necessity of inter-organizational knowledge sharing in the smartening up information and knowledge organizations and centers has been discussed.
Findings: Sharing inter-organizational knowledge and knowledge capital are one of the key issues in the creation and development of smart cities. Socio-cultural organizations, as the providers of information and knowledge, have an important role in the cultural development of smart cities in dimensions of people and smart life, although there is no effective interaction and coordination between these organizations, their resources and actions. Under the management and share of existing assets between these organizations, re-employment in the production and use of data, information and knowledge is prevented by various organizations, reducing the costs and the ability to share knowledge assets is effectively utilized in terms of planning, decision-making and smartening services.
Conclusion: Smart cities will be the result of interactions between citizens, organizations and urban functions using data, information, knowledge and information and communication technologies. As a result, it is necessary for all the organizations that are the source of providing services to citizens in certain areas in the city, based on a series of common data, information and knowledge and at a common point, to make their decisions and only the result of the works of several organizations should be presented to the main beneficiaries or citizens. In this regard, smart cities as new urban ecosystems using an open data, information and knowledge as well as innovation system will lead to the integration of digital information and communication technologies, knowledge assets and consequently, increased responsiveness to citizens and improved quality of life. On the other hand, the ultimate goal of the smart city is to provide smart services in all areas related to urban life. Activities in the field of information and knowledge are associated with significant changes in the social and cultural structure of life and intelligent citizens and open a new arena for policymakers, including cultural organizations such as information and knowledge organizations.
Methodology: The present applied study has been compiled with an analytical review approach using the documentary-library method based on the literature review and related texts in the fields of knowledge management, smart cities and cultural development of these intelligent cities focusing on cultural institutions providing information and knowledge. In the present study, by using the documentary method, after explaining the position of information and knowledge organizations and centers in the smart city on the one hand, and the necessity of inter-organizational knowledge sharing in the smart city on the other hand, the necessity of inter-organizational knowledge sharing in the smartening up information and knowledge organizations and centers has been discussed.
Findings: Sharing inter-organizational knowledge and knowledge capital are one of the key issues in the creation and development of smart cities. Socio-cultural organizations, as the providers of information and knowledge, have an important role in the cultural development of smart cities in dimensions of people and smart life, although there is no effective interaction and coordination between these organizations, their resources and actions. Under the management and share of existing assets between these organizations, re-employment in the production and use of data, information and knowledge is prevented by various organizations, reducing the costs and the ability to share knowledge assets is effectively utilized in terms of planning, decision-making and smartening services.
Conclusion: Smart cities will be the result of interactions between citizens, organizations and urban functions using data, information, knowledge and information and communication technologies. As a result, it is necessary for all the organizations that are the source of providing services to citizens in certain areas in the city, based on a series of common data, information and knowledge and at a common point, to make their decisions and only the result of the works of several organizations should be presented to the main beneficiaries or citizens. In this regard, smart cities as new urban ecosystems using an open data, information and knowledge as well as innovation system will lead to the integration of digital information and communication technologies, knowledge assets and consequently, increased responsiveness to citizens and improved quality of life. On the other hand, the ultimate goal of the smart city is to provide smart services in all areas related to urban life. Activities in the field of information and knowledge are associated with significant changes in the social and cultural structure of life and intelligent citizens and open a new arena for policymakers, including cultural organizations such as information and knowledge organizations.