University of Tehran Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research 2008-4838 46 2 2015 06 22 Factors influencing on acceptance of digital library by faculty members of agricultural educational and research institutions in Guilan Province Factors influencing on acceptance of digital library by faculty members of agricultural educational and research institutions in Guilan Province 335 356 54900 10.22059/ijaedr.2015.54900 FA Hamzeh Khoshhal Koshali Graduate MSc. Student , Management of Agriculture, Azad University, Branch of Rasht, Iran Mohamad Sadegh Allahyari Associate Professor, Management of Agriculture, Azad University, Branch of Rasht, Iran Mohamad Chizari Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran 0000-0001-5879-3865 Zahra Daghighi Masouleh Elite and Young Researcher Club, Azad Islamic University, Branch of Rasht, Iran Journal Article 2014 02 19 Digital libraries have become an inevitable part of higher education and research institutions. Though the exorbitant costs are spent on access and utilization of them, research findings indicates potential users may still be ignoring them. This study assesses influencing factors on acceptance and intention of academic staff of agricultural higher education and research institutions in using of digital library based on original model designed by Venkatesh et al. (2003); a model called “The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology” (UTAUT). The model has four independent constructs of performance expectance, effort expectance, social influence and facilitating conditions; four moderator variables of gender, age, experience and voluntariness of use and together influence the dependent constructs of behavioral intentions, usage behavior.In this regard a descriptive survey for studding 85 faculty members of agricultural educational and research institutes, who were selected by disproportional stratified sampling method, was used. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by experts’ opinion. The estimated reliability, using Cronbach’s Alpha, was 0.78, which was an acceptable reliability.The collected data were analyzed using statistical, Partial squares least technique, SPSS and SPLS software tools. The results showed that effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions variables are effective factors on use of digital library. Digital libraries have become an inevitable part of higher education and research institutions. Though the exorbitant costs are spent on access and utilization of them, research findings indicates potential users may still be ignoring them. This study assesses influencing factors on acceptance and intention of academic staff of agricultural higher education and research institutions in using of digital library based on original model designed by Venkatesh et al. (2003); a model called “The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology” (UTAUT). The model has four independent constructs of performance expectance, effort expectance, social influence and facilitating conditions; four moderator variables of gender, age, experience and voluntariness of use and together influence the dependent constructs of behavioral intentions, usage behavior.In this regard a descriptive survey for studding 85 faculty members of agricultural educational and research institutes, who were selected by disproportional stratified sampling method, was used. The validity of the questionnaire was approved by experts’ opinion. The estimated reliability, using Cronbach’s Alpha, was 0.78, which was an acceptable reliability.The collected data were analyzed using statistical, Partial squares least technique, SPSS and SPLS software tools. The results showed that effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions variables are effective factors on use of digital library. https://ijaedr.ut.ac.ir/article_54900_1625e95825d64c25c35a65cd3d439c21.pdf