Webometric Analysis of Selected Library Consortium Websites of India: An Evaluative Study
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2017-08
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
Nowadays, due to increase in the cost of the information resources, it is quite difficult for the libraries
to procure all the information sources are required by the users. When the Library Consortium, for
the dissemination of electronic resources got initiated, many institutional problems got solved by
financial assistance to the university libraries. Many consortia in India are running well and many
library consortium members are benefited too. The present study is an attempt to examine the websites
of 9 Selected Library Consortia in India by analyzing the total number of webpages, domain authority,
equity-links, internal & external links and based on that to calculate the web impact factor and
to rank it. The study observed that Consortium like e-ShodhSindhu and DeLCon are the most popular
among the 9 selected consortia of India.
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Indian Library Consortiums, Link Analysis, Web Impact Factor, Webometrics, Websites