Criteria for Evaluating Iranian Library and Information Science Weblogs

Document Type : Research َ Article

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1 M.A., Library and Information Science The International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Eeismology

2 Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Library and Information Science Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Purpose- Weblogs are among the noteworthy new forms of information provision on the web. According to the studies conducted up to now (June 16, 2010), 222 Iranian up-to-date library and information weblogs have been registered, with librarians studying them constantly to obtain the most recent information on library and information science. The purpose of the present study is to provide a checklist of evaluation criteria of library and information weblogs.
Design/methodology/approach- Having reviewed the study literature, and considered the unanimous opinion of research experts, the authors considered 23 criteria for the evaluation of Iranian libraries and information weblogs. Then Cronbach’s Alpha 0.76 coefficient of checklist question correlation was extracted, and the reliability of the criteria checklist proposed by this study was established. The criteria gathered from specialized texts and study literature was also analyzed by seven experts who have introduced new theories regarding library and information weblogs, resulting in the validation of the checklist. Afterwards, the importance coefficient for each criterion was extracted after consideration of different expert opinions on the coefficient.
Findings- The most important finding of the present study is the 23 criteria checklist for Iranian library and information weblogs in which the degree of importance of each criterion has been specified.
Conclusion: The criterion “Weblog updating” with an importance degree of 5 has the highest coefficient, while the criteria “Questionnaire citation” and “Web Impact Factor” have a shared degree of importance (3.1) and so have the lowest coefficient for the evaluation of Iranian library and information weblogs.

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Librarianship and Information Organization Studies
Volume 21, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
84
March 2011
Pages 188-202

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History

  • Receive Date: 21 June 2010
  • Revise Date: 06 May 2015
  • Accept Date: 23 August 2010

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