Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 2

Content Analysis of Library Consortia Websites

Deputy Librarian, University of Kota, Kota, Rajasthan, India, Email id: drkaushikanna@gmail.com

Online published on 7 June, 2019.

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the contents of the services, search interfaces, e-resources and other facilities available on their respective library consortia websites by using a checklist. The results of this study revealed that the majority of library consortia websites are consisting of different content patterns and imparting diverse information regarding their respective consortia while only few library consortia websites are using very few web 2.0 applications. It was also found that some library consortia websites did not contain essential contents; therefore, such library consortia websites need improvement. This study will be helpful to judge the quality of the contents of the respective library consortia websites.

Keywords

Consortia, Consortium, Library consortia website, Content analysis, LIS professionals