University Library Websites in Kerala: An Analysis (Web Survey)

Swapna, V.S. and Francis, A.T. University Library Websites in Kerala: An Analysis (Web Survey). Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, 2013, vol. 2, n. 4. [Journal article (Unpaginated)]

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The article is an analysis of library websites or web pages of the universities in Kerala. Factors like speed, size, downloading time, facilities for information services etc. have been analyzed. The survey was conducted during the period from 14-01- 2013 to 19-01-2013. The study reveals that though the websites provide lot of useful information to the users, further improvement both in contents and management of it is needed in most of the library websites. The study also provided insight to judge the quality of the library websites and information services provided through them.

Item type: Journal article (Unpaginated)
Keywords: Library Websites; Website Evaluation; Web Survey; University Libraries; Library Services, Web 2.0.
Subjects: J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JJ. Document delivery.
L. Information technology and library technology > LB. Computer networking.
L. Information technology and library technology > LM. Automatic text retrieval.
L. Information technology and library technology > LR. OPAC systems.
L. Information technology and library technology > LS. Search engines.
Depositing user: Dr. A.T. Francis
Date deposited: 08 Dec 2013 10:29
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:29
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/20897

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