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Designing a model for Web 2.0 technologies application in academic library websites

Shima Moradi (Department of Scientometrics, National Research Institute for Science Policy, Tehran, Iran)
Delbar Tayefeh Bagher (Knowledge and Information Science Department, Islamic Azad University – Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran)
Zohreh Mirhosseini (Knowledge and Information Science Department, Islamic Azad University – Tehran North Branch, Tehran, Iran)

Information and Learning Sciences

ISSN: 2398-5348

Article publication date: 13 November 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to investigate the application of Web 2.0 technologies in the libraries of the top 100 universities in the world to provide a model for Web 2.0 application in academic library websites.

Design/methodology/approach

Data were collected from the universities’ library websites for three months based on a Web 2.0 checklist. The list of universities was extracted from Webometrics Ranking of World Universities in 2015.

Findings

The research shows the priorities of these universities in their use of Web 2.0 tools include social networks and mashups at the most (94.5 per cent), followed by RSS (91.2 per cent) and social tagging (82.4 per cent) and other tools with lower priorities. Moreover, it revealed the most common applications of these tools in the mentioned websites followed by their objective evidences in different libraries. The results indicate that the total Web 2.0 application in the libraries of the top 100 universities was below average (40.23 per cent). Finally, the model for Web 2.0 application in academic library websites was designed.

Originality/value

The focus of this study is on the value and application of each tool in the websites and demonstrate a clear model to apply in other library websites. The model for Web 2.0 technologies application in academic library websites has not been designed and pictured before.

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Acknowledgements

This paper forms part of a special section Innovation of Information services in the age ‘internet plus’.

Citation

Moradi, S., Tayefeh Bagher, D. and Mirhosseini, Z. (2017), "Designing a model for Web 2.0 technologies application in academic library websites", Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 118 No. 11/12, pp. 596-617. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-03-2017-0013

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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