. Mohammad Reza Nasajpour; . Hasan Ashrafi‑rizi; . Mohammad Reza Soleymani; . Leila Shahrzadi; . Akbar Hassanzadeh
Volume 4, Issue 5 , November 2014, , Pages 1-7
Abstract
Introduction: Today, the websites of college and university libraries play an important rolein providing the necessary services for clients. These websites not only allow the users ...
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Introduction: Today, the websites of college and university libraries play an important rolein providing the necessary services for clients. These websites not only allow the users toaccess different collections of library resources, but also provide them with the necessaryguidance in order to use the information. The goal of this study is the quality evaluation of thecollege library websites in Iranian Medical Universities based on the Stover model. Materialand Methods: This study uses an analytical survey method and is an applied study. Thedata gathering tool is the standard checklist provided by Stover, which was modified by theresearchers for this study. The statistical population is the college library websites of theIranian Medical Universities (146 websites) and census method was used for investigation.The data gathering method was a direct access to each website and filling of the checklistwas based on the researchers’ observations. Descriptive and analytical statistics (Analysis ofVariance (ANOVA)) were used for data analysis with the help of the SPSS software. Findings:The findings showed that in the dimension of the quality of contents, the highest averagebelonged to type one universities (46.2%) and the lowest average belonged to type threeuniversities (24.8%). In the search and research capabilities, the highest average belonged totype one universities (48.2%) and the lowest average belonged to type three universities. Inthe dimension of facilities provided for the users, type one universities again had the highestaverage (37.2%), while type three universities had the lowest average (15%). In general the librarywebsites of type one universities had the highest quality (44.2%), while type three universitieshad the lowest quality (21.1%). Also the library websites of the College of Rehabilitation andthe College of Paramedics, of the Shiraz University of Medical Science, had the highest qualityscores. Discussion: The results showed that there was a meaningful difference between thequality of the college library websites and the university types, resulting in college libraries oftype one universities having the highest average score and the college libraries of type threeuniversities having the lowest score.