Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies

The Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies (formerly the Department of Library and Information Studies) offers programs at the Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. levels. It is a top department of its kind in Iran benefiting from top academic staff and talented students. The Bachelor’s program aims to make students familiar with the importance of the role of libraries in the development of culture, science and technology in the society. The main aim of the Masters’ program is to train specialists and skilled human resources in the fields of Information Science and Knowledge Studies for the management of libraries and documentation centers. The field of specialization in this program is Information Management. Doctoral students study Information and Knowledge Retrieval, a newly developed course in Iran. More

Head of the Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies
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Azam Sanatjoo
Assistant Professor
Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies
sanatjoo@um.ac.ir
+985138803645


Concentration areas offered by the Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies
Areas Bachelor's Master's Ph.D
Humanities and Social Sciences
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Information Management
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Information and Knowledge Retrieval
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Academic staff

Sholeh Arastoopoor
Assistant Professor
Hassan Behzadi
Assistant Professor
Mojtaba Kaffashan Kakhki
Assistant Professor
Mohsen Nowkarizi
Professor
Azam Sanatjoo
Associate Professor
Masoumeh Tajafari
Assistant Professor

Research

Recent journal articles

Zeynali Tazehkandi, M., Nowkarizi, M. (2024). A picture is worth a thousand words: Developing the general curriculum map of Library and Information Science to get integrated learning. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (), -.
Alipour Yami, F., Tajafari, M., & Nowkarizi, M. (2024). How Do Parsijoo, Parseek and Google Respond to the Students’ Course-related Queries. International Journal of Information Science and Management, 22 (2), 55-75.
Zeynali Tazehkandi, M., Nowkarizi, M., & Moradi, Z. (2024). The impact of socio-demographic factors on web credibility assessment. IFLA Journal, (), -.
Kaffashan Kakhki, M., & Behzadi, H. (2024). Evidence of the conditions affecting knowledge hiding among librarians in academic libraries. Electronic Library, 42 (4), 598-616.

Recent research projects


Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Faculty of Education and Psychology, Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies

Phone: +985138803644-3645

Fax: +985138807138