Author
BSc in Library of the Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Abstract
This study, as a descriptive study, aimed at investigating the publication trend of books in the period after the Islamic revolution (Far. 1358-1381) in Khouzstan province. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire, Interview and document analysis. During the war times, there occurred some malfunctions and defunct for publishers, especially during the period 1358-60 and in the years 1360, 63, 67 and 1372. The data collected reveal that the majority of items were published by the private sector of which the majorities were in Ahvaz and a few titles were published in other cities of Khouzstan. In the public sector all the publishers were located in Ahvaz. The majority of published titles in the private sector was in literature and in public sector text books, para- text and applied sciences constituted the majority of publications. In the private sector, majority of publishers hold a bachelor degree and in the public sector, majority of publishers hold a masters degree. In private sector, problems are mainly due to shortages in paper allocations and film and zinc plated. In the public sector problems are mainly due to lack of bounders shortages in paper and film and zinc allocations, shortages in funds, lack of distribution centers. All in all, the research findings demonstrate a weak performance for Khouzistan publications. Due to the low number of publishers in private and public sectors, statistical test of significance was not applicable, to determine the difference between the level of performance in both sectors.
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