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Analysis of US College & University Library Home Pages

Analysis of US College & University Library Home Pages. Steve McCann University of Montana librarydigitalprojects.com. Chris Beckett. Library Access: A Long-Tail Problem. ?. Chris Beckett. Methodology. 1,803 Library Websites Found 570 with their own domain ( 32% )

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Analysis of US College & University Library Home Pages

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  1. Analysis of US College & University Library Home Pages Steve McCann University of Montana librarydigitalprojects.com

  2. Chris Beckett

  3. Library Access: A Long-Tail Problem

  4. ? Chris Beckett

  5. Methodology • 1,803 Library Websites Found • 570 with their own domain ( 32% ) • i.e. http://lib.umt.edu/ not http://umt.edu/~library.cfm?blah • Ranked with Alexa.com • 1st Place: Stanford # 873 • Last Place: “Small College USA” # 1,598,139 • 51 Sites Below that Rank • Isolated Sites Ranked in the Top 100,000 • 269 Library Websites • Categorized Top Page Strategy • Browse & Search • 2001—2005 archive.org

  6. Browse Strategies Grid Cascade Frame Radial Search Strategies No Search Box Catalog Search Box Site Search Box Combination Site & Catalog Search Site Strategies

  7. Grid Frame Cascade Radial or or or Browse Strategies

  8. 2006 Results

  9. Browse Strategy Trends

  10. Browse Strategy Trends

  11. Search Strategy Trends

  12. Search Strategy Trends

  13. Browse Grid & Cascade are dominant Grid shows momentum Radial needs a miracle Search Site & Catalog search strong increase in 2006 “No Search Strategy” probably won’t last Findings

  14. Questions?

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