The Database For Children's Culture and Literature of Iran(DCLI) is based on the findings of the Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature in Iran )IRHCLI)which has gathered tens of thousands of documents and materials from various fields related to children and adolescents for nearly a decade. The Institute’s research experience has shown that the realm of children’s and adolescents’ lives and culture is largely unknown and inaccessible in Iran and in large parts of the worldThe Database For Children's Culture and Literature of Iran has been founded with the goal of making our findings accessible to researchers, university students, professors, writers, illustrators and all those involved in children’s literature. IRHCLI’s experience in gathering existing resources proves the prevalence of information in areas related to children and adolescents because children’s lives comprise many subjects including health, education, law, work, art and culture, clothing and hobbies and games. Hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of documents are discovered on each of these topics and are usable after information processing. The Database For Children's Culture and Literature of Iran has been developed with the goal of processing information specific to Iranian children and adolescents. In this database, after raw data is processed and edited it is entered and ready to use as information records. Providing the possibility of quick access to correct and complete information about Iranian children’s and adolescents’ literature not only responds to the information needs of Iranian researchers, but it will also help researchers from other countries who are working in this area accomplish their comparative research with a global and historical approach and through information about all existing documents and the ability to evaluate them. The structure of  The Database For Children's Culture and Literature of Iran has been designed and programmed in a way that researchers can obtain descriptive information and a summary of the texts they need by directly visiting the database. In some cases a complete copy of the documents can also be accessible. The design of this database is such that in the future it can be the foundation and information warehouse for an interconnected network of children and adolescents in Iran.

 

Usage

 

1. Identifying existing information sources in Farsi speaking countries.
2. Preventing the accumulation of repetitive information.
3. Accelerating the accumulation, organization, retrieval and dissemination of information on subjects covered by the database.
4. Producing a variety of reports with confidence in their accuracy.
5. Management of the best information in this field.
6. The concentration of existing information in one place and offering it according to the needs of researchers.
7. Help in removing existing information bottlenecks (identifying research projects needed by/for the database)
8. Facilitating informational policymaking in this field.
9. Strengthening the identification of the mother culture’s roots and the understanding of the importance of this culture.
10. Helping comparative studies and research regarding children’s literature in Farsi-speaking nations and other countries and exchanges between them.
11. Identifying intercultural exchanges between Farsi speaking nations and other countries.

 

Audience

Librarians, educators, education planners and those involved in the field of education, program and research project administrators, professors, students, the media and specialized publications in and out of the country.

 

Subject Covered

All information sources with two viewpoints “about children and adolescents” and “for children and adolescents” for the age group of 0-16 with subjects covered: the history of children and adolescents, oral literature (legends, rhyming stories, lullabies) written literature, becoming familiar with characters in children’s literature, children’s and adolescents’ world literature in Iran, children’s cultural centers and related subjects such as: education (education theories and great educators), games and hobbies, publishing and publications, biographies, information centers

 

Time Covered

From the constitutional movement era to 1962.

 

System’s Language

The primary language of the database is Farsi. Three to five percent of the information will also be in English; this will include the introduction to the database, descriptive information, and the keywords of records.

 

Information Data

All data are gathered from various sources on the basis of coverage of subjects and eras. These data are placed in different databases according to sources and information.

 

Types of Resource

1. Books (Manuscript,  Lithography, usual printing: primary and secondary sources)
2. Articles (primary and secondary sources)
3. Periodicals (primary and secondary sources)
4. Dissertations
5. Documents
6. Reports, research projects, pamphlets, brochures
7. Book/periodical illustrations (primary sources)
8. Pictures
9. Biographies
10. Organizations
11. Children’s rights
12. Literature/Art awards (Prizes)
13. Publishers
14. Thesaurus