Evaluation and Ranking of Iranian LIS (Library and Information Science) Weblogs

Abstract

Aim of this applied research was to extract evaluation criteria of Iranian LIS (Library and Information Science) weblogs. Current research using analytical-survey method and in some stages Webometrics methods evaluated 107 sample weblogs. These weblogs were selected from 222 weblogs that had been submitted in directory of ILIS weblogs. This research made a checklist using literature review, expert's attitude and evaluation criteria of websites. This checklist was used for evaluation sample weblogs after standardizing. Finally a checklist was prepared that included 23 factors for evaluation and ranking of ILIS weblogs.. Finally, current research has suggested that this checklist can be used for judgment in carnivals of chosing top weblogs.

Keywords

• weblogs
• evaluation
• criteria
• library and information science
• Iran
• webometric