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This study explores the research performance of LIS faculties from Central Universities of India through Web of Science using scientometric indicators. It was observed that there were 81 LIS faculties working in 17 Central Universities in India. A total of 157 unique publications were retrieved belonging to 42 LIS faculties from 14 Central Universities. BibliometrixR and VOSviewer were used for analyzing and visualization of data retrieved from WoS. Mukherjee B, of BHU, emerged as the most influential author (faculty) of LIS in terms of publications, citations, h-index and g-index. BHU was the most productive Central University in terms of LIS research. DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology emerged out as the most productive source for LIS research while Scientometrics was the most cited source. "India" and its related terms were central to LIS research as observed from author's keyword analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study examines the number of backlinks to the websites of libraries belonging to Central Universities of India. The study has presented seven categories of library webpages based on their features. The study was conducted in five rounds to get the primary data through four selected search engines. Analysis is presented for each search engine separately. Study concludes that index page/home page of library websites attracts more number of backlinks than any other webpages of library websites. Search engine Yahoo Site Explorer retrieved highest number of backlinks for library websites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines status of content on websites of librariesâ€(tm) belonging to Indian academic institutions. Establishes a method to measure Overall Website Performance Calculation (OWPC) and Criteria-wise Website Performance Calculation (CWPC) of library websites. Comparative study of 20 central universities and 19 institutes of national importance including Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) academic libraries from India suggest that the library websites of institutes of national importance have better content awareness than central university library websites as per the identified criteria. The criteria studied would be helpful for librarians and webmasters to improve content awareness status of their library websites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]