A Webometric study of selected academic libraries in eastern and southern Africa using a link analysis approach
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Authors
Onyancha, Omwoyo Bosire
Issue Date
2007
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Academic libraries , Eastern Africa , Southern Africa , Link analysis , Webometrics
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Abstract
This paper investigates the Web presence and performance of academic libraries drawn from six countries in eastern and
southern Africa (i.e. three each from eastern and southern Africa). Using link and content analyses, the study evaluated
the libraries’ websites in order to: examine the location of the libraries’ websites in the university website; measure each
library’s link performance in terms of web page, directory, domain and site out-links and in-links; examine each library’s
performance in terms of the provision of essential online services (e.g. web-catalogues, web forms, web search engines,
etc.); map the libraries’ inter-linkages with each other; and to find out the most targeted web-sites/pages. Results,
discussions and recommendations are provided.
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Citation
Onyancha, O.B. 2007,'A Webometric study of selected academic libraries in eastern and southern Africa using a link analysis approach', South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 25-39.
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LIASA
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DOI
ISSN
0256-8861