Library Herald Year : 2021, Volume : 59, Issue : 3 First page : ( 260) Last page : ( 271) Print ISSN : 0024-2292. Online ISSN : 0976-2469. Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-2469.2021.00036.1
A Webometric Analysis of Institute of Management Technology and Birla Institute of Technology & Science Libraries’ Websites in Asia
Dr. Kumar Rajesh*, Dr. Verma Manoj K**, Dr. Khan Salma*** *University Librarian, MRIIRS, Faridabad, Haryana, India **Associate Professor, DLIS, Mizoram University, Mizoram, India ***Librarian, IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Abstract The present study examines the websites of different IMT Campuses Library and BITS Pilani Campuses Libraries in India and the United Arab Emirates. There are 4 Campus libraries of IMT and BITS Pilani in different States of India and the United Arab Emirates. All the campus libraries in India and abroad are having their websites. The study analyses the web pages, domain authority, equity-links, internal, external links, and web impact factor totaling to rank it. Out of 8 library websites,6 websites have.ac domain extensions. A search engine optimization tool called link explorer (https://moz.com/link-explorer) developed by Moz.com is used to help to track the links leading to the website. Based on the overall WIF, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Library stands at the first position with 1476417.08 SWIF followed by the BITS Pilani Campus Library website which is in the second place with 1307683.71 SWIF.