Evaluation of Library and Information Center Websites : User Approach

Abstract

Academic and Research libraries have harnessed the potential of the World Wide Web to the delivery of automated bibliographical and full text information on their web pages to reach the every nook and corner of the user community. The literature offers considerable guidance on creating and evaluating library Web sites. Development of new methods for evaluation of library Web sites on the World Wide Web’ including a brief examination and discussion of quality applied to Web sites with criteria for the evaluation of the content and design of academic library Web sites. Further, paper attempts to review the relevant literature and concludes with future research.