Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Knowledge and Information Science, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

2 Cultural Documentation center, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Knowledge and Information Science; Qom University of Medical Sciences; Qom. Iran

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify the services of public libraries in disasters and to determine the importance of providing them before, during and after disasters.
Methodlogy: The research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of implementation method. The services of public libraries in disasters were identified using the fuzzy Delphi method based on the opinion of 62 public library librarians, using the B.W.M. Confronting disasters was identified
Findlings: The design of the service model of public libraries during disasters in Iran consists of 33 services in three sections before disasters (14 services), during disasters (12 services) and after disasters (7 services). The most important was assigned to disaster services, and pre-disaster and post-disaster services were placed in the next priorities, respectively.
Conclusion: Among the 33 identified services, three services were provided in the field of implementation during the disaster, the implementation of the health ambassador's mobile library project; Forming a voluntary and spontaneous campaign among librarians to help; Forming a specialized working group to quickly estimate the needs of the damaged library at the beginning of the disaster; They won first to third place respectively.
Value: The present study tried to design a model of services that can be provided by public libraries in disasters that can be localized and applicable in Iran by referring to scientific backgrounds, the views of public library librarians and experts in the field.

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