Contents and Interactivity of National Library Websites

Mohamed Haneefa; P.T. Jiji

doi:10.14429/djlit.39.3.14036

Mohamed Haneefa University of Calicut, Thenhipalam - 673 635, India
P.T. Jiji National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode - 673 601, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.39.3.14036

Keywords: World Wide Web, Website, Web portal, National library, Library portal, Electronic publishing

Abstract

The contents and interactivity of national library websites around the world is analysed. The study was confined to ninety nine selected national library websites. A checklist along with a data sheet was used as the tool for data collection and Microsoft Excel was used as the tool for data analysis. The analysis revealed that the websites have almost identical pattern of contents and interactivity. Majority of the websites used interactive applications. Facebook is the most preferred application followed by Twitter, RSS and blogs. The websites preferred extreme top right corner and extreme bottom right corner of their homepages to provide links to the applications and web objects. This study is useful for developing design standards for library websites and portals.

Author Biographies

Mohamed Haneefa, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam - 673 635, India

Dr Mohamed Haneefa K is Associate Professor & Head of the Department of Library & Information Science, University of Calicut, Kerala. He has published several research papers in professional journals and participated and presented papers in many national and international conferences. His current research interests are primarily focused on application of innovative information and communication technologies to solve information access and retrieval problems in knowledge management. Contribution in the current study, he selected the research problem, designed the research methodology, and analysed the data of this study.

P.T. Jiji, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode - 673 601, India

Ms. Jiji P.T. obtained her MLISc and MPhil from the University of Calicut. is Ad Hoc Library Assistant in the central library of the National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala. Her areas of interest include : Webometrics, digital libraries and institutional repositories.

Contribution in the current study, she collected data for content analysis. Interpreted the data and discussed the findings.