امکان سنجی آموزش از راه دور از طریق اینترنت برای کتابداران شاغل در کتابخانه های مرکزی دانشگاه های وزارت بهداشتف درمان و آموزش پزشکی مستقر در شهر تهران

Introduction: with the advent of new technology and creating virtual training centers, e-learningand training have achieved a specific place in training centers. this article has been studied thefeasibility of distance learning via internet for librarians working in central libraries of the ministryof health and medical education in tehran, iran.methods: in this descriptive survey data from 44 librarians, working in central libraries ofuniversities affiliated to the ministry of health and medical education in tehran, iran collectedusing a questionnaire during august- september of 2008. for validation, the content of thisquestionnaire was approved by professors and other experts of the technology. to determine thevalidity of the questionnaire coefficient of the cronbach's alpha measured from 15 randomlyselected samples from the community was used. obtained data analyzed using spss software anddescriptive statistics techniques.results: 95% of librarians in ministry of health were interested in participate to distanceeducation via internet. most of the librarians experienced data base and less of them experienceddigital library. educational web sites were the most and chat was the least methods for distanceeducation presentation. more than 70% of librarian confirmed that their libraries spend budget fordistance education. 21% of librarians in ministry of health confirmed that of facilities andequipments are provide for performance distance education in libraries. most of the librarians didnot familiar with engineering knowledge, collection evaluation, multi label classification andwebsite architecture. most of them were relatively familiar and fully familiar with knowledgemanagement and basic computer skills, respectively. boss disagreements, not authorizing,technical problems, internet problems, unfamiliar educator for training this type of education,have not performance responsible, were problems that stated by the librarians.conclusion: central libraries affiliated to the ministry of health and medical education intehran, iran have the potential and capabilities required for performance distance education viainternet.keywords: feasibility studies; library and information science; librarians; ministry of health;libraries, medical; internet.