Webometric Analysis of Universities in Gujarat

Abstract

Abstract
It has been observed that web-based resources of information have great role to play in academic and research activities. Millions of users are using the web as primary source of information, communicating and sharing the knowledge. University websites are gateways of the virtual location and important information regarding the admissions, various academic announcements, infrastructure and facilities, information related to examination and results, news and views etc. for their students and patrons. University websites are more and more used for extensive purposes, such as to upload and download a brochure, access e-library and catalogue, promote research groups, latest publications, to access electronic databases etc. Therefore, there is an essentiality and need to study concerning websites of educational institutes in general and Indian perspective. This study aims to evaluate contents of websites of various universities in Gujarat through webometrics method. There are total 43 universities in Gujarat which includes 21 state governments’, five central governments’ including two private aided and 17 private universities. In this study, 21 state government universities were considered. Webometrics is concerned with measuring aspects of the websites, web pages, parts of web pages, words in web pages, web traffic rank, PageRank etc., and its various contents considered for evaluation.
Keywords: Webometrics, internet, information resources, universities, websites, higher education, Indian universities, traffic rank, www

Cite this Article
Parmar Shamajibhai D, Mandalia Shishirkumar H. Webometric Analysis of Universities in Gujarat. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2016; 3(2): 103–111p.