Investigating the Level of Desirability of Information (DI) at Libraries' Management Information System (MIS) in Iran

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to investigate the pros and cons of Iranian library management software, focusing on the usage of open source technology. It seeks to analyse the viewpoints of librarians in the University of Isfahan as a sample to extend the findings to the Iranian Library management software community.Design/methodology/approach – In order to get the opinions of librarians, the descriptive method is used. The required data are collected by literature review, questionnaire and open interview from university top managers, software technical staff, libraries managers, librarians, end users, and companies providing similar products. However, because of time limitations, the authors could only gather data by researcher‐made checklist of the librarians (informants) who directly have worked with University of Isfahan in the libraries.Findings – The main problem of many library management software platforms in Iran is that the focus of development is mainly on technical issues rather than mana...