Library Progress (International)

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue: 2

An evaluation of selected universities’ library website of north-east India: A webometric analysis

  • Author:
  • Krishna Brahma1, Manoj Kumar Verma2, Manoj Kumar Sinha3
  • Total Page Count: 11
  • Published Online: Jul 1, 2019
  • Page Number: 311 to 321

1Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, 796004, India. E-mail: krishnabrahma255@gmail.com

2Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, 796004, India. E-mail: manojdlis@mzu.edu.in

3Department of Library and Information Science & Dean, Swami Vivekananda School of Library Sciences, Assam University, Silchar, Assam-788011, India.E-mail: mksinha1965@gmail.com

*Corresponding Author: Manoj Kumar Verma, Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, 796004, India. E-mail: manojdlis@mzu.edu.in

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Abstract

The paper studies the domain and page authority, top followed links to the site, spam score, internal followed links and external followed links, total links, total linking domains and followed linking domains, and the web impact factor (internal, external and simple)of top seven universities of North-East India ranked by National Institutional Ranking Framework selected (NIRF) in 2018.The study explored that overall, the WIF of Mizoram University Library ranked at top with highest Internal WIF of 172.73 and Simple WIF of 172.84, whereas, North-Eastern Hill University Library occupied second place with Internal WIF of 139.45, External WIF of 4.58 and Simple WIF of 144.28 and Nagaland University Library recorded to be on third place with Internal WIF of 77.95 and Simple WIF of 77.95.

Keywords

Webometric, National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2018, Universities, North-East India, Library websites, Link analysis, Web impact factor