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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the domain authority, number of webpages, links, and calculate the web impact factor of six public libraries of India which are fully funded by Ministry of Culture with the supervision of administration. The data for the study were collected from websites of concerned libraries with the help of a suitable search engine, Open Site Explorer. The study found that the highest domain and page authority was recorded by Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library and National Library, respectively. It also further revealed that excepting the two libraries, i.e., Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library and Delhi Public Library, the internal equity-passing links and total internal links of rest of the libraries is zero. National Library leads with maximum total links and total equity-passing links, also with the highest followed linking root domains, total linking root domains, and linking C blocks, and concludes with the web impact factor of Central Secretariat Library recording the maximum, followed by National Library and Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library.

The present study is carried out for analyzing the contents of national libraries' websites in Asia. A checklist was designed, and library webpages were evaluated, such as the site description, TLDs, language used, design factor, statement of responsibility, general information, availability of aids and tools, authority details, currency, number of visitors, file format supported, use of web 2.0 tools, webpage size and download speed and ranking of Asian national library websites globally. It is observed that 39 national libraries have dedicated library websites. Further observed that all the national libraries have used graphics in their website, while few have used animations also. Most library websites have provided statements of responsibilities like postal address, email address, and phone numbers, and few have given fax numbers. Only a few have given the currency of their national library websites like date of update, which is an essential part of the website's visibility. The National Library of Japan secured the top position based on global ranks with 8,662, Azerbaijan with 13,507 ranks, and Taiwan with 17,673 ranks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study investigates the use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) by the students of Central Institute of Technology (CIT) in Kokrajhar, Assam. The survey and random sampling technique have been used for the collection of data. Around 200 structured questionnaires were distributed among the students of CIT, Kokrajhar and filled-in questionnaires were collected on the same day itself and analyzed for data interpretation in the form of tables and charts. The study explored that all the respondents were aware of SNSs and are using more than one SNSs websites, it has found that Facebook is use in large number, while YouTube and Instagram follow it. Mobile is the most preferred tool for accessing SNSs, a majority expressed that low internet speed was the main problem, also indicates that students are using SNSs for entertainment purpose. The majority 47.47% of the CIT students are satisfied, while 35.35% are partially satisfied and very few 17.17% are highly satisfied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Websites are the gateway of information for institutions and play an important role in dissemination of information. The present study is an attempt to examine and analyze the websites of Indian universities with status of potential for excellence on the basis of established webometric criteria i.e. number of web pages, link pages, domain authority, equity passing links, individual domain authority and web impact factor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study analyses the number of web pages, link pages and calculates the Web Impact Factor i.e., Simple Web Impact Factor, Internal Link Web Impact Factor and External Link Web Impact Factor of National Libraries in South Asian countries and ranks the websites as per the WIF. The study used Open Site Explorer optimization tool and search engine for links. The result visualized that National Library of India leads with highest Domain Authority (15.27%) and Page Authority (14.48%), the National Library of Sri Lanka (88.65%) got the highest Internal Equity-Passing Links, National Library of India (84.96%) has the highest External Equity-Passing Links and Total Equity-Passing Links with 83.69%. The National Library of Sri Lanka has the highest (88.65%) Total Internal Links and National Library, India has the highest Total External Links (84.04%) and Total Links (82.80%). The Web Impact Factor of National Library of India is the highest followed by National Library of Sri Lanka and National Library of Bhutan among the other national libraries websites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Webometrics is concerned with measuring forms of the web: web pages, words in web pages, parts of web pages, websites, etc. Websites of 10 Central Universities in North East India are examined. The study calculates the link pages, the number of web pages, and analysis the Web Impact Factor of Central universities in North East India and the result found that the Tezpur University occupies first place with the highest Domain & Page Authority, External Equity-Passing Links and Total External links. While, Mizoram University leads with the highest Internal Equity-Passing Links, Total Equity-Passing Links, Total Internal links and Total links. After analysing the websites of these 10 Central Universities of North East India, the result reveals that Web Impact Factor of Mizoram University (MZU) occupies at top position with 83.54 SWIF, 52.73 IWIF and 30.80 EWIF among the other Central Universities Websites in North East India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In present digital era website is very important source of information and it play very important role to disseminate information about institutions and its activities. In recent years, wide proliferations of NGOs in Assam have been noticed and at present about 400 NGOs are working actively in Assam. This study carries out an innovative approach to measure the efficiency of NGO websites in Assam with webometric indicators and examined the websites of 25 selected NGOs in Assam on the basis of various links, impact factor, international & external web impact factor etc and ranked the websites on the basis of their web impact factor. After analysis of selected websites, it was found that Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research and AARANYAK have gained the high profile among the selected NGOs websites under the study. in Assam based on the links provided by them. Since the Webometric analysis in this Area is new one. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]