Cooperation programs in IRAN on the context of technology, to access, develop and transform of information

Abstract

In this study, national and local cooperative library projects in Iran on the basis of technology were considered. The studied projects included Iranian Consortium of National Content (ICNC), Integrated System of Islamic Azad University Libraries (SIKA), Cooperation Project of Astan-e Quods-e Razavi Libraries (Thāmen), Trans-country Project of Iran Public Libraries (SĀMĀN), Library Network of Tehran Municipality Art and Cultural Organization, and Isfahan City Inter-library Loan Project. History, objectives, policies, services, and technologies used in the projects were described. Particularly, social networking features, digitization policies, soft ware options and protocols and the other technical features that strengthen these initiatives have been introduced. Finally, it was realized how libraries would be converted to dynamic libraries, participating in theses projects to access, develop and transform information for their end-users.