الحضور الالكترونى للمكتبات الوطنية العربية على الويب : دراسة و يبوؤمترية

Abstract EN

Study of the National Libraries Websites available on the Web from the Webometrics Perspective.

the Study deals with Webometric monitoring and analyzing of these Sites, by Identifying the age of them and their Size according to the number of their Pages and analyzing the Super-links of them with three Types : In Links, Out links and Self links, the study also examines The impact of these Sites Depending on one of the measuring tools which is Known as Web Impact Factor (WIF).

The most important results of the study is: that the Egyptian National Library (Dar Alkutub Almisria) site is the most present on the web according to the Over All Web Impact Factor with an (WIF) of 4,8, followed by the King Fahd National Library site with an WIF of 4,1, then the Lebanese National Library website with an WIF of 1.1, while the King Fahd National Library was the first according to the Revised WIF with an WIF of 3.2, then the Egyptian National Library ranked second with an WIF of 3.2, and thirdly came each of The Department of the Jordan National Library, and the Site of the Yemeni National Library, with an WIF of 2,1 each.

The study recommended that : One of the Arab specialized institutions in the field of libraries and information, as the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information, should be responsible for measuring the WIF for all kinds of Arab libraries sites, and Issuance a periodic report that includes ranking of sites according to WIF.