Future National Bibliography of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NBI): the users' perspective

Purpose: Investigation of the rate of users' satisfaction of current NBI and users' expectations of future NBI. Design/Methodology/approach: The method of this research is survey methodology. The tool of data collection was questionnaire which was divided by 23 close and 3 open questions and 152 persons were chosen as population-based study. Findings: The results of this study showed more than half of the users are satisfied with the comprehensiveness of NBI resources. The future services which are expected by users include providing a union catalogue, the possibility of book reservation via OPAC and keeping a history of the user’s search strategy. According to the user expectations in existence of the distinctions elements in similar records of NBI, NLAI should implement new user-centered standards such as FRBR. The high user request for presenting related subjects to users’ subject search suggest that NBI requires the implementation of FRSAD as well. Originality/Value: No previous research in this field studied the expectations and viewpoints of individual users of NBI.