Department of Knowledge and Information Science

In 1990, the then Department of "Library and Information" was added to the Faculty of Psychology and Education at Allameh Tabataba'i University. Since then, the department started to admit Associate degree-holding students and trained them for a bachelors degree. Three years later, the programme gave place to an undergraduate programme, admitting freshemen and providing them with educational services and four-year bachelors degree.
With further strengthening of the infrastructures and the efforts of our Faculty Members, the masters degree programme was established in 2007. In 2011, with the efforts and support of ATU's officials, other specialized and efficient academic staff joint the department and contributed to a significant increase in the quality of the educational, research, and administrative programmes and services. Moreover, in 2014, the department name changed from "Library and Information Science" to the "Knowledge and Information Science" and considerable revisions were made into the curricula. Finally, in 2019 the new masters degree programme in "digital library" was established in the department.
Department of Knowledge and Information Science is currently admitting students in Bachelors and Masters levels. Due to the urgent need for training specialised graduates in the area of Knowledge and Information Science, the Department has ever since its establishment tried to offer relevant degree programmes to undergraduate and postgraduate students.
To date, there are 7 full-time faculty members teaching and researching in the Department. The faculty members are offering the latest advances in various branches and areas of General and Clinical Psychology. Of the 7 faculty members, 3 members are associate professors and 4 members are assistant professors.
Moreover, there are currently about 157 students studying in the Department. Since 1993, a total of 834 students have graduated from the Department. In the 2018-2019 academic year, a total of 34 freshmen were admitted into the Department and 18 students were graduated.

Degree Programmes

The programmes offered in the Department of Knowledge and Information Science are introduced and specified below.

Bachelors Degree Programme

Knowledge and Information Science: The bachelors degree programme in Knowledge and Information Science started to admit students since 1990. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 4 years, 8 semesters.

Masters Degree Programmes

Knowledge and Information Science, concentrating on Information Management: The masters degree programme in Knowledge and Information Science, concentrating on Information Management started to admit students since 2007. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.
Knowledge and Information Science, concentrating on Management of Digital Libraries: The masters degree programme in Knowledge and Information Science, concentrating on Management of Digital Libraries started to admit students since 2007. The programme is offered in Allameh Tabataba'i University for a period of 2 years, 4 semesters. After passing the taught courses, students have to prepare and defend a masters dissertation to receive their degrees.

Department Head

Dr. Mitra Samiei
PhD in Knowledge and Information Science from IAU, Science and Research Branch, Iran (2010)
Faculty Member
Email Address: samiei@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3178
Research Interests: Digital libraries; Digital preservation; Metadata standards; Information storage & retrival; Digital archives; Digital transformation in libraries; Digital literacy.
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Faculty Members

To date, 6 full-time faculty members are employed and collaborating with the Department in providing educational and research services to the students and researchers. The faculty members of the Department are briefly introduced below. The names are sorted alphabetically.
For more detailed information about the faculty members, you can refer to ATU's ARIS portal.

Dr. Mehdi Alipour Hafezi
PhD in Library and Information Science from IAU, Science and Research Branch, Iran (2009)
Faculty Member
Email Address: meh.hafezi@atu.ac.ir

Contact No.:+9821 4839 3175

Research Interests: Digital libraries; Modern information retrieval; Data science.

ORCID : 0000-0002-3113-9887
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Dr. Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam
PhD in Library and Information Science from University of Mysore (UoM), India (2007)
Faculty Member
Email Address: g_galyani@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3260
Research Interests: Public library; Scientometrics; Scientific communications.
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Dr. Reza Maleki
PhD in Knowledge and Information Science from IAU, Science and Research Branch, Tehran (2006)
Faculty Member
Email Address: r.maleki@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3260
Research Interests: Future studies; Knowledge management; Cultural diplomacy.
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Dr. Esmat Momeni
PhD in Knowledge and Information Science from University of Delhi, India (2010)
Faculty Member
Email Address: momeni@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4473 3255
Research Interests: Philosophy and theory of information and knowledge; Development of information and knowledge; Knowledge management; Information society in information and knowledge.
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Dr. Seyed Mahdi Taheri
PhD in Information Science and Knowledge from IAU, Science and Research Branch, Iran (2012)
Faculty Member
Email Address: taherism@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 5997
Research Interests: Semantic web; Metadata and related areas; Ontology; Digital libraries; Knowledge organisation.
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Emeritus Faculty Members

Dr. Ali Jalali Dizaji
PhD in Library and Information Science from Panjab University, India (2000)
Faculty Member
Email Address: jalali@atu.ac.ir
Contact No.:+9821 4839 3187
Research Interests:Information storage and retrieval; Documentation, cataloguing and classification; Knowledge management; Information behaviour and information literacy; Scientometrics and webometrics; Database design and website development.
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Faezeh Khajoui
Lecturer

Iraj Saba
Lecturer

Dr. Zahra Mousavizadeh

Assitant Professor