The impact of information technology on organizational structure of public libraries in the province of Gilan

Arezo Kasaei-Rodsari 1, Seyed Ali Asghar Razavi2
Page No. 1-10

Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the impact of information technology on
organizational structure provinces public libraries in guilan.
Methodology: The research is a useful survey descriptive method; study population consisted of all
public libraries in the city of Gilan that its 73 libraries. The data gathering tools for the IT
organization and structure of the questionnaire Robbins. For the analysis of soft spss software using
descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation test and t-test was used in the inference.
Findings: Findings from this study showed that for all variables, complexity, centralization,
formalization, there was a significant relationship towards organizational personnel . At the 95
percent confidence level p- values obtained for each variable with a value of 0.05 is compared ,
given that the values for all variables except for the less complex the rate of error is (0.05). Note
that the confidence interval is positive , indicating above average (at least desirable ) structure and
the amount is variable. Between variables using information technology and organizational
dimensions(complexity, centralization, formalization,organizational staffing ratios), there was a
significant correlation. Given the positive correlation coefficient indicates a direct relationship
between the two variables of information technology and organizational structure. The relationship
between information technology use and organizational performance was significant.
Results: Results showed that public libraries inGilan¬ moderate use of information technology. IT
could have an impact on the organizational structure of public libraries in the province, especially
after the organization is recognized.
Keywords: information technology, organizational structure, public libraries in gilan