A Notice on Content of Library and Information Science (LIS) Schools Web Sites

Osareh, Farideh

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“…It should be noted that higher WIF reveals higher visibility and more success of the university web sites at national and international levels. Bearing in mind the importance of university web sites, and considering the fact that such web sites have evolved more than the other web sites, numerous research projects have been conducted to show the links patterns among the universities (Rajabalibeglou, 2006; Zeynolabedini et al , 2006; Osareh, n.d. among others). Moreover, the relationships between research activities and link patterns have been considered as well (Chen et al , 1998; Thomas and Willet, 2000; Smith and Thelwall, 2001; Thelwall, 2001a, b, c, 2002; Tang and Thelwall, 2002).…”

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The relationship between the research activity of Iranian medical universities and their web impact factor

Asadi

Shekofteh

2009

The Electronic Library

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PurposeThe aim of this paper is to look at the relationship between research in Iranian medical universities, together with their Web Impact Factor (WIF).Design/methodology/approachThe Altavista search engine was chosen because of its advanced search facilities for counting links and having a wider scope of academic web sites than other search engines. It was searched for determining the number of pages, in‐links and self‐links of 42 web sites of Iranian medical universities. The Web Impact Factor (WIF) was calculated by two formulas and the relationship between the two grades of universities (WIF and ISI) was calculated by using the Spearman's correlation coefficient.FindingsTehran, Iran and Gilan medical universities had the first to third grade in the number of web sites' pages. The number of in‐links to Tehran, Isfahan and Tabriz medical universities was more than the others. The WIF of universities' web sites was counted in four groups with regard to their number of web pages and Kerman, Kermanshah, Fasa and Qom had the highest grades of WIF in each group, but there was no meaningful relationship between WIF grades and ISI grades. Also, the WIF of university web sites was counted with regard to the number of their members in the four groups and the result shows that Hormozgan, Shiraz, Isfahan and Tehran had the highest grade in each group. Again, there was no meaningful relation between WIF grades and ISI grades.Research limitations/implicationsIt seems that counting the number of in‐links is a better scale for ranking university web sites than WIF. WIF is proposed only in situations where the number of web pages is about equal.Originality/valueThe paper provides rankings, for the first time, of Iranian medical university web sites with regard to WIF based on the number of the web pages as well as on the number of the academic staff. The research shows a methodology that others can follow.

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The relationship between the research activity of Iranian medical universities and their web impact factor

Asadi

Shekofteh

2009

The Electronic Library

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Information about Services and Information Resources on Websites of Selected Libraries in Rajasthan: A Study

Pareek

Gupta²

2012

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A website is considered as an important promotional/informational tool for all kind of organisations. It informs the visitors about the institution, its mission, resources, services, activities, and so on; encourage visitors to interact with the services/resources; exchange services and products with electronic transfer of money; and establish continuous dialogue among the employees and the visitors. Libraries being public service institution, it becomes necessary that they have more and more information in the public access through websites. Data pertaining to 12 selected library and research centres in Rajasthan was collected from their websites during September-December 2010. Analysis found that information resources and services available on the websites vary from library to library.

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A Notice on Content of Library and Information Science (LIS) Schools Web Sites

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The relationship between the research activity of Iranian medical universities and their web impact factor

The relationship between the research activity of Iranian medical universities and their web impact factor

Information about Services and Information Resources on Websites of Selected Libraries in Rajasthan: A Study

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