Libraries in the Age of the Internet: NO to Obsolescence and YES to Synergy
Libraries are active in a world where the Internet and the WWW offer information services that increase in number, size and efficiency. Therefore it is increasingly important that libraries embrace these expanding services in their work and activities. Realizing this efficiently in practice should be based on investigations, assessments of services and methods. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of embracing the Internet as an additional tool to make information available to potential users. More concretely, we wanted to find out if a purely informative WWW site developed as an information source can be discovered effectively by end users, even though many other sites compete for visibility, mainly through WWW search engines. Further outcomes should be recommendations on how to create an efficient WWW presence and on how to assess the visibility or impact of a WWW site. A specific WWW site has been set up and developed in a particular subject domain. After stabilization, several methods have been applied to analyze the visibility of the created WWW pages. The developed WWW pages are well visible and used. In particular, they can be discovered efficiently using a WWW image search engine. The positive results indicate that the view of the Internet as a difficult and highly competitive place to offer information is realistic, but that this should not lead to pessimism and a passive attitude without creative actions. With a simple approach, contributions to the Internet can reach users and be useful. So an optimistic view is justified. Recommendations are offered on how to optimize and how to assess the visibility of your WWW pages.
intenet library service visibility
Paul Nieuwenhuysen
University Library, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
国际会议
杭州
英文
452-464
2010-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）