Allameh Tabataba'i University Journal of Digital Content Management 3116-1715 1 1 2020 07 01 Ranking of production and management risks of digital resources in digital libraries by means of Shanon Entropy and Fuzzy TOPSIS Techniques 27 42 12066 10.22054/dcm.2020.56991.1017 EN Mitra Samiei Assistant professor, Knowledge and Information Science Department, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0001-7879-6457 Somayeh Farzadi MA in knowledge and information science , Allameh Tabataba’i University ,Tehran, Iran, Mahdi Taheri Associate professor, Knowledge and Information Science Department, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2020 11 19 Purpose: The present research has been done with a view to evaluation and ranking of production and management of digital resources in the supply chain of digital libraries.<br />Methodology: The present research is essentially an applied one and the method employed, has been descriptive survey based on Shanon Entropy and Fuzzy TOPSIS methods.<br />Findings: According to our findings, the risks of “Collection development strategy of digital resources” with highest rate of Proximity Coefficient(PC)=%731 stand in the first place and then the other ones in order include: risks of “Management strategy of digital resources at libraries” with PC=%7186, “The high cost of technological changes of information carriers and storage formats” with PC=711 and “Competence of library software in detecting repetitious copies” with PC=%651.<br />Conclusion: 26 risks for production and management of digital resources in the supply chain of digital libraries have been identified and amidst production and management risks of digital resources in the supply chain of digital libraries the risk of” Collection development strategy of digital resources” stands in the first place. https://dcm.atu.ac.ir/article_12066_0a94eea42ecd117d87eb79c61bdd656e.pdf