Analysis of WISER Value of National Libraries’ Websites in Asia

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Gupta, Monika

Affiliations: Librarian, Maharaja Agrasen Post-Graduate College for Women, Jhajjar 124 103 Haryana, India. (E): monikagupta38@gmail.com

Abstract: The present study investigates the web existence of selected Asian national libraries’ websites on the basis of various web indicators, such as number of web pages, number of in-links, rich content files, publications in Google Scholar, and WISER. The tools used in the study for data collection include Google search engine and Check PageRank. Analysis of data depicts that the rank order based on web impact factor is not very reliable as it is biased towards less number of web pages and in-links. An alternative method, WISER, was used for ranking of the selected Asian national libraries’ websites.

Keywords: National libraries, Webometrics, WIF (Web Impact Factor), WISER, Website evaluation, Web presence

DOI: 10.18329/09757597/2017/10208

Journal: World Digital Libraries - An international journal, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 99-112, 2017