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Mohaghegh N, Raiesi Dehkordi P, Alibeik M R, Ghashghaee A, Janbozorgi M. Virtual in-service training from the librarians' point of view in libraries of medical sciences universities in Tehran. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2016; 30 (1) :1163-1168
URL: http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-4164-en.html
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , m.janbozorgi68@gmail.com
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Background: In-service training courses are one of the most available programs that are used to improve the quantity and quality level of the staff services in various organizations, including libraries and information centers. With the advent of new technologies in the field of education, the problems and shortcomings of traditional in-service training courses were replaced with virtual ones. This study aimed to evaluate the virtual in-service training courses from the librarians' point of view in libraries of state universities of medical sciences in Tehran.

  Methods: This was a descriptive- analytical study. The statistical population consisted of all librarians at libraries of universities of medical sciences in Tehran. Out of 103 librarians working in the libraries under the study, 93 (90%) participated in this study. Data were collected, using a questionnaire.

  Results: The results revealed that 94/6% of librarians were satisfied to participate in virtual in-service training courses. In this study, only 45 out of 93 participants said that the virtual in-service courses were held in their libraries. Of the participants, 75.6% were satisfied with the length of training courses, and one month seemed to be adequate time duration for the librarians to be more satisfied. The satisfaction level of the individuals who participated in in-service courses of the National Library was moderate to high. A total of 84.4% participants announced that the productivity level of the training courses was moderate to high. The most important problem with which the librarians were confronted in virtual in-service training was the “low speed of the internet and inadequate computer substructures”.

  Conclusion: Effectiveness of in-service training courses from librarians’ point of view was at an optimal level in the studied libraries. 

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