Use of web technology in providing information services by south Indian technological universities as displayed on library websites

Balaji, B. Preedip; Kumar, Vinit

doi:10.1108/07378831111174431

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“…Studies proposed that information technology has the capacity to bring massive structural changes to a university and in another context, to the healthcare industry, they suggest that the reimbursement rates depend on how it is put to use. In context to Indian universities, it was suggested that deploying web-development technologies and mainstream web-information services on library websites will provide a one-stop portal for information to the students (Balaji & Kumar, 2011;Kohli & Devraj, 2004).…”

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Relationship between University Performance and Dimensions of Intellectual Capital: An Empirical Investigation

Chatterji¹,

Kiran²

2017

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This study investigated the impact of a Critical Friends Group (CFG), an inquiry-based professional development model, on Turkish EFL teachers. It was acknowledged that short-term workshops did not provide opportunities for teachers to make connections between the theory presented and the implications that it had for classroom teaching. CFG model accompanied with protocols was thought to be a practical and efficient way of professional development.

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Relationship between University Performance and Dimensions of Intellectual Capital: An Empirical Investigation

Chatterji¹,

Kiran²

2017

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“…They suggested a few measures for enhancing the quality of library portals. Balaji & Kumar evaluated the library portals of South Indian Technical Universities for knowing the implementation of web 2.0 tools in library websites 11 . This study divides its research scope into four categories and subcategories.…”

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How Efficient are University Library Portals of NIRF Ranked Indian Universities

Kumar

Yadav

2020

DESIDOC Jl. Lib. Info. Technol.

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Seeing the underlying value of having a unified interface to update users about library services and activities, most libraries have developed library portals. The paper aims to evaluate the contents and services of top ten NIRF ranked university library portals and score them in the classes of Excellent, Good, Average and Poor. Further, the study aims to investigate the most preferred type of content available on Indian university library portals. The top ten NIRF ranked university library portals were evaluated using a checklist based framework covering broad categories such as Information about general, information about the library’s physical collection, Information about subscribed e-resources, information regarding the library’s services, and Information regarding the use of social Web technologies. Findings suggest that six of the selected library portals were rated in the ‘Average’ class(scores 40-60 %), which shows that most of them lack essential user-oriented information. JNU’s library portal carries maximum information for their users scoring maximum University Score of 28(62.22 %). Among the selected library portals 49.23 per cent prominently provide information about the library’s collection, followed by general information(46 %) and information regarding library services(35.33 %). Only one portal exploits social networking features. The study report that the Indian university library portals suffer from issues like currency, transparency, visibility of collection, availability of online services, and uniformity. The findings of the study will help the portal development team to select the most common category of content describing information about services and facilities available on library portals. The existing portals can also improve their interface based on the findings of the present study. Assessment of existing university library portals of the national top ten university library portals in India is the first attempt to evaluate this kind of sample. The study’s value lies in its evaluation framework, that’s minimal in nature covering the minimum information categories that must be available on any university library portal.

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“…(See Appendix II) developed for this study to evaluate the library websites performance, adapted from these earlier studies (Al-Qallaf and Ridha 2018; Mainka et al, 2013;Balaji and Kumar, 2011). The indicators used for data collection were: 1.…”

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Web 2.0 use in academic libraries of top ranked Asian universities

Balaji

Vinay

Shalini

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Purpose -This article aims to explore recent trends of how web 2.0 applications were used in 75 academic libraries in Asia through their library websites.Design/methodology/approach -The Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2016 was considered for this study and out of 200 top universities ranked, 75 universities were selected for data collection. Using a multi-method approach, this study evaluated key design elements, library service platforms and website content of each academic library website, examining their site features, web 2.0 types and applications. The criteria for selecting the websites were first the website was in English and second had web 2.0 applications integrated in the main website. For ranking of websites, a Library Web Service Index was developed, benchmarking from these groups-Resource discovery tools, Web 2.0 applications, E-resources, Mobile applications, Library guides, Digital reference services and Digital inclusion-as indicators.Findings -We found that over two-thirds of Asian university libraries have deployed one or more web 2.0 applications, though their popularity and implementation vary greatly. Most widely used Web 2.0 applications are Facebook (61.3 percent), RSS (53.3 percent), Twitter (46.7 percent) and YouTube (37.3 percent). Instant Messaging (5.3 percent) and podcasting (4 percent) were least applied. With an average of 44 percent, the diffusion rate of web information is moderately high among the majority of the Asian university libraries.Originality/value -Many studies explored web 2.0 applications from developed countries. However, this study attempts evaluating the use of web 2.0 applications through content, sites and features of academic libraries in Asia, from developing countries viewpoint. Ranking of university librariesOut of 75 universities, 43 universities got more than 40 scores and above, having rich content, intuitively enhanced and adopted web 2.0 applications to facilitate library users and 32 universities have less than 40 scores. In our rankings, we found that United Arab Emirates University scores the highest rank of 77 followed by Middle East Technical University (71.5). Universities that scored more than 60 scores are Sabanci

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Use of web technology in providing information services by south Indian technological universities as displayed on library websites

Cited by 20 publications

References 13 publications

Relationship between University Performance and Dimensions of Intellectual Capital: An Empirical Investigation

Relationship between University Performance and Dimensions of Intellectual Capital: An Empirical Investigation

How Efficient are University Library Portals of NIRF Ranked Indian Universities

Web 2.0 use in academic libraries of top ranked Asian universities

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