Examining the Feasibility of Implementing IFLA Guidelines in the Iranian Public Libraries Maryam Hassanzadeh PhD Student of KIS, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran mrhz88@gmail.com Mitra Samiei (Corresponding Author) Assistant Prof., Department of KIS, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran samiei.mitra66@gmail.com Mohammad Zerehsaz Assistant Prof., Department of KIS, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran zerehsaz@khu.ac.ir Abstract Purpose: IFLA's approach is to move towards developing qualitative guidelines and examining the feasibility of implementing these guidelines in the countries using them. The present research has been conducted with a view to formulating the related qualitative guidelines and surveying the feasibility of their implementation in the context of Iran's public libraries. Method: The current research is an applied study in terms of purpose, which applies an exploratory sequential mixed method. In the qualitative part, IFLA guidelines were investigated using the focus group method and a checklist was made in order to categorize the guidelines and to determine the evaluating groups. In this part, the research sample consisted of 5 experts in the development of Iran's standards that were selected using the purposeful sampling method. In the quantitative part, the tool for data collection was a questionnaire. In this part, the statistical population were composed of 4 groups evaluating IFLA standards in Iran's public libraries, who consisted of 80 managers and organizational specialists, 111 librarians, 21 experts, and 342 users amounting to 559 people in total. Each sample group was determined using the sampling method and Krejcie & Morgan table. Data were collected by distributing questionnaires among 4 evaluating groups. 81 questionnaires were returned by managers and organizational specialists, 110 ones by librarians, 21 ones by experts and 342 ones by users. Data analysis was carried out using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Excel and SPSS software packages were employed to calculate the frequency rates, averages and to perform the Kruskal-Wallis test. [ DOR: 20.1001.1.26455730.1399.26.4.5.0 ] [ Downloaded from publij.ir on 2023-11-03 ] 1 / 32