Moujan Moaref

Abstract

Considering the important position of digital libraries in the matter of information, the present article has been done with the aim of evaluating the visibility of Iranian digital library websites based on webometric criteria. Cases and Methods: The present study is a descriptive and applied survey. In this study, link analysis method (which is one of the methods of webometrics) and survey statistics of digital libraries in Iran in Google PageRank, yahoo Rank and Alexa have been used. The present study has shown that only 9 libraries have been identified by measuring the validity of the digital library website with the Yahoo PageRank factor, and finally, with the help of citations made through Alexa, Google and Yahoo sites, the visibility of Iranian digital library websites has been determined. Findings show that Tebyan Digital Library has obtained the first rank in the study of incoming links and Google ranking and the Digital Library of the Faculty of Entrepreneurship of the University of Tehran has gained the first rank in the review of sites in Iran and Alexa global rank among Iranian digital libraries. , Allameh Tabatabai University Digital Library is also ranked first in Yahoo Ranking. Overall, a high percentage of the websites of the digital libraries studied have a small influential factor, which indicates the weaknesses of these websites. According to the results of the present study, it is suggested that digital library administrators use appropriate advertising and information tools to inform users of the services provided by digital libraries and also use effective human factors in their digital libraries to be able to Increase the visibility of your digital library and provide better services to ther clients.