Yazdan Mansourian

Tarbiat Mollem University

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Yazdan Mansourian

Scientific Position:
	Assistant Professor
Address:	Department of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Tarbiat Moallem University, P.O. Box: 15614, Tehran, Iran.
Phone:	0098 21 888 30228
Email:	mansourian @ tmu.ac.ir
Personal Webpage:
	http://y.mansourian.googlepages.com/ http://invisibleweblog.blogspot.com/

Education

Ph.D.:

Information Science, the University of Sheffield, UK (October 2002 - November 2006)

Thesis: Information Visibility on the Web and Conceptions of Success and Failure in Web Searching.

M.Sc.:

Library and Information Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran (September 1998 – January 2001)

Dissertation: Evaluation of User Satisfaction Rate with Computerized Information Services in Libraries of Ferdowsi University.

B.Sc.: Agricultural Engineering, the University of Guilan, Iran (September 1991 – September 1995)

Honors

A full scholarship to carry out PhD research in abroad, awarded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology of Iranian Government (October 2002 to March 2006).

Responsibilities

Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Tarbiat Moallem University (January 2007 to Present)

Research Interests

¨ The Invisible Web and Deep Web

¨ Information Searching on the Web

¨ Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

¨ Interfaces for Information Retrieval

¨ Qualitative Research Methods in LIS

Courses

I teach the following modules at the university: Indexing and Abstracting, An Introduction to Databases and Databank, Reference Services and Specialized Reference Resources.

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed Papers:

Mansourian, Y. (2008). Web search efficacy: definition and implementation, Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 349-363.

Mansourian, Y. (2008). “Coping strategies in Web searching”. Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems. Vol. 42 No. pp. 128-39

Mansourian, Y. (2008). “Contextualization of Web searching: a Grounded Theory approach”. Electronic Library, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 202-214.

Mansourian, Y. (2008). “Exploratory nature of and uncertainty tolerance in qualitative research”. New Library World, Vol. 109 No. 5-6 pp ...

Mansourian, Y. (2008). "Contextual elements and conceptual components of information visibility on the Web. Library Hi Tech. Vol. 26 No. 3 pp...

Mansourian, Y. & Ford, N. (2007). “Web searchers’ attributions of success and failure: an empirical study”. Journal of Documentation, Vol. 63 No. 5, pp. 659-679

Mansourian, Y. & Ford, N. (2007). “Search persistence and failure on the Web: a “bounded rationality” and “satisficing” analysis. Journal of Documentation, Vol. 63 No. 5, pp. 680-701.

Mansourian, Y. and Madden, A. (2007). “Perceptions of the web as a search tool amongst researchers in biological sciences Biologists”. New Library World Vol. 108 No. 9/10, pp. 407-421.

Mansourian, Y. & Madden, A. (2007). “Methodological approaches in web search research”. Electronic Library, Vol. 25. No.1, pp. 90-101.

Mansourian, Y. (2006). “Adoption of Grounded Theory in LIS research”. New Library World, Vol. 107 No. 9/10, pp. 386-402.

Mansourian, Y. & Ford, N. (2006). “The invisible web: An empirical study of ‘cognitive invisibility’”. Journal of Documentation, Vol. 62 No. 5, pp. 584-596.

Mansourian, Y. (2004). "Technical and non-technical aspects of the Invisible Web". Informology, Vol. 1, No 2, pp. 221-237.

Mansourian, Y. (2004). Intelligent search agents and information seeking through the Web environment, Informology, Vol. 1, No 4. pp. 213-231.

Accepted and In Press Papers

Mansourian, Y. (2008). "Contextual elements and conceptual components of information visibility on the Web. Library Hi Tech. Vol. 26 No. 3, pp. Mansourian, Y. (2008). An integrative model of 'information visibility' and 'information seeking' on the Web. ”. Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems. (in Press)

Conference Proceedings:

Mansourian, Y. (2005). “Identifying effective factors on the level of information visibility for end users on the web environment”. In: Ingwersen, P. and Larsen, B. (eds.) Proceedings of 10th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI 2005) 2, pp. 722. Stockholm: Karolinska University Press.

Mansourian, Y. (2005), “Enhancement of information seeking efficiency in the electronic resources”. In: The Abstract Book of Computer and Information Technology Group, Proceedings of 13th Iranian Researchers Conference in Europe, 2nd July 2005. The University of Leeds, Leeds. pp. 21-22.

Mansourian, Y. (2004). “Searching the Invisible Web: An empirical study of users’ interactive searching behaviour in the opaque side of the web environment”. In: Dearden, A. & Watts, L. (eds.) Design for Life: Proceeding of the 18th British HCI Group Annual Conference, 6-10 September 2004, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds. pp. 231-232. Bristol: Research Press International.

Presentations:

Mansourian, Y. (2009). Implications of Inquiry-based Learning in Teaching the Concept of Information Visibility: a Case Study. Presented at the Learning through Enquiry Alliance (LTEA 2009) Conference, the University of Reading, 15 July 2009.

Mansourian, Y. (2009). How to Merge an Inquiry-based Learning Approach in Teaching First Year LIS Students: An Action Research. Presented at the Centre for Information Literacy Research Event, the University of Sheffield, 23 July 2009.

Mansourian, Y. (2008). Implications of the Information Visibility Model in Information Literacy Research and Practice. Centre for Information Literacy Research. The University of Sheffield. 13 Aug 2008.

Mansourian, Y. and Webber, S. (2006). “Context in web searching: implications for information literacy”. Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC2006). 27th - 29th March 2006, Leeds University, Leeds.

Mansourian, Y. (2006). “Exploring the concept of information visibility on the World Wide Web”. Quantitative Methods for Internet Research. 6th - 8th April 2006, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Mansourian, Y. (2005). “Cognitive and affective aspects of human information seeking behaviours.” The Annual Interdisciplinary Conference for Postgraduate Students in the Social Sciences and Humanities, 7th April 2005, the University of Sheffield.

Mansourian, Y. (2004). “End users’ perceptions of the invisible web and their conceptualization of information retrieval failure on the web”. Information Studies Seminar Series (2004-2005). 11th October 2004, the University of Sheffield.

Mansourian, Y. (2004). “What is the invisible web?” The Annual Interdisciplinary Conference for Postgraduate Students in the Social Sciences and the Arts. 22nd April 2004, the University of Sheffield.

Mansourian, Y. (2003). “Towards a model of user-oriented aspects of the invisible web”. Information Studies Seminar Series (2003-2004). 8th December 2003, the University of Sheffield.

Poster Presentations

Mansourian, Y., Ford, N. & Webber, S. (2006), “The hidden territory of the Internet”. Second Annual Poster Competition of the UK GRAD Programme. 19th May 2006, University of Northumbria, Newcastle.

Mansourian, Y.; Ford N.; Webber, S. (2006), Searching in Nebulous, Uncertain or Unsatisfactory Situation (SINUOUS). Presented in 19 April 2006 in the research advisory panel at the University of Sheffield.

Mansourian, Y.; Ford N.; Webber, S. (2005), “How people search the Internet: success and failure on the online world, Poster Presentation at the Annual Poster Competition of the UK GRAD Programme, 26th May 2005, University of Leeds, Leeds.

Mansourian, Y.; Ford N.; Webber, S. (2005), Failure Ontologies: Conceptualizing Unsuccessful Searches (FOCUS). Poster Presentation at Promoting Information Literacy for Information and Computer Sciences, 8^th June 2005, University College Worcester. Worcester, UK.

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