An Introducing to the Department of Information Science, Library and Epistemology

The department of Information Science, Library and Epistemology is one of the educational departments under the supervision of the Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences of Qom University, which started its activity in 2000 with 17 female students. Until 2011, this department accepted only female students, but from this year, male students were also accepted. This department started its activities in 2008 by accepting 7 female students in the master's level. Since its establishment, this department has succeeded in graduating more than 300 students, among whom there were three students who were known as the outstanding students among   all Iran’s universities  in this field. Also, some of the master’s students have continued their studies in famous Iranian universities in the PhD level.

According to local and provincial capacities, this department has three master field: "Information Management", "Digital Library Management" and "Scientometrics". The department’s journal titled "Journal of Information Management Sciences and Techniques" is being published regularly , and  has the highest rank of academic journals ( scientific-research rank) from the Ministry of Science and Researches and Technology of Iran and its articles have been highly indexed in  national and international indexes. Several books have been published and several research projects and articles have been carried out by the colleagues of the department which have been presented at domestic , foreign , national and international conferences, and the information of which is available on the website of Qom university in addition to the  of the department professor CVs .Also, the department  has held various conferences, most of which were held inside the university, and in some cases, it was held in collaboration with other organizations And universities.

The Academic staffs of the Department of Information Science, Library  and Epistemology