Collaboration among Library and Information Science websites of Associations and Societies (LISAS), using webometric methods
Gholam Haidari, Firoozeh Zareh, Farideh Osareh · Collnet Journal of Scientometrics and Information Management · 2009
This article aims to study the websites of Library and Information Science Associations & Societies (LISAS) at both national and international levels applying webometric methods. The in-links and co-links to LISAS’ Websites were analyzed, firstly, to study the visibility of these Associations & Societies on the web; secondly, the collaboration among these websites at national and international levels was identified, and finally, Web Impact Factor (WIF) of LISAS’ websites was determined using link analysis method. According to the link count, this study found that out of 28 LISAS’ websites, 4 were extremely popular or the most visible LISAS’ websites, namely: ALA4, Special Libraries Association5, IFLA6, and Medical Library Association7. According to WIF, the LISAS’ websites with high Impact Factor were: International Association of Law Libraries8, Tokyo Metropolitan Library9, Russian State Library10 and IFLA11. Based on co-link analysis, the structure underlying the 28 LISAS’ websites was studied, as also the Collaboration among these Associations and Societies through their websites using cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling techniques. The results of the clustering analysis showed that there were 3 international clusters (one of which belongs to special libraries group) in the studied LISAS’ websites. 2 LISAS’ websites from Russia didn’t cluster at all with other websites. Similarly, the multidimensional scaling map showed 3 clusters with a few differences in their order.