Two aspects of comparative library science are discussed in this paper: the adaptation of American library education and of American library standards for Iranian use. Its basic assumption is that all of the goals and most of the essential principles of American library science are as appropriate to modern Iran as to modern America. Furthermore,…

Iranian school library standards were adapted from American school library standards and have received Tehran Book Processing Centre executive committee approval. While Iran has several foreign schools, libraries and librarians, there are no Iranian professional school librarians to take an interest in the standards. Furthermore, the present low…

The purposes of these standards are: (1) to suggest the steps necessary for the establishment of special libraries; (2) for those recently established, to suggest the steps necessary to achieve satisfactory performance levels in all areas, and finally, (3) for well established libraries, to suggest the steps necessary to achieve excellence. These…

In this document are suggested standards for Iranian university libraries. They have been adapted from foreign library standards to fit the Iranian situation and have been established to guide Iranian university librarians seeking to know the factors normally associated with good quality library service. They are neither intended to lead to poor…

In this document are standards for Iranian senior college libraries. A four year or senior college may provide a liberal arts education or preparation for a particular profession, like nutrition or banking. These standards have been adapted from foreign library standards to fit the Iranian situation. They have been established to guide Iranian…

The present Iranian library laws are incomplete, obsolete, and ineffective. Certain aspects of the Iranian school and public library standards described are based on the assumption that the laws will be improved in accordance with these suggestions. In a general way, this document attempts to build on the present laws and supplement them as well…

This document provides a guide for the initiation, development, and evaluation of Iranian public library service. It is intended for use by Iranian librarians, library boards, government officials, and interested citizens. Its sections contain numerous guiding principles which are the standards. Each standard provides a measure of achievement or a…

Suggestions for the Library Education Evaluation, Licensing, and Accreditation Program were adapted from documents prepared by the American Library Association and other accrediting groups as well as from policies and procedures already being used. The Tehran Book Processing Centre executive committee approved this set of standards in the Spring,…

These standards are designed to provide a guide for library development in Iranian one and two year colleges. The institutions which they serve offer a diversity of post-high school instructional programs, some preparing students for elementary school teaching, or for a trade, some of them terminal as would be found in community and technical…