Comparison of the status of Personal Information Management print and electronic activities in faculty of Shahid Chamran University

Authors
Hooman Soleymani
Gholamreza Heidari
Farzaneh Ghanadinezhad
Shahid Chamran University
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of print and electronic personal information management activities and compare them between faculty of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.

Method: The present study, is conducted in a survey, In terms of purpose, it is an applied type and In terms of nature, it is descriptive and analytical. The research community consists of all faculty of Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz. In order to analyze the data, were used descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.

Results: Results showed that the overall average print information management boards of faculty is 86/2 and electronic personal information management is 82/2. In this way, the print and electronic personal information management activities of faculty are in a relatively good level. Results indicate that There is no significant difference between the print and electronic information management activities of faculty of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz.

Conclusion: The results indicate that the activities of electronic information management and print information management activities of the faculty are equal and none of them overlap. New phenomena always need more time to know and prove themselves, and new electronic gadgets may be used in the future.
Keywords
Information management
Personal information management
Electronic information
Print information
Faculty
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Human and Information Interaction
Volume 4, Issue 4
Winter 2018
Pages 75-83