Hossein Ghalavand; Roghayeh Eskrootchi; Mohammadreza Alibeyk
Volume 9, Issue 6 , March 2012, , Pages 814-821
Abstract
Introduction: Many criteria are involved in the assessment of websites. The importance of these criteriadiffers depending on their various subject areas. The purpose of this study was to identify the importanceof assessment criteria of health websites based on the opinions of hospital librarians.Methods: ...
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Introduction: Many criteria are involved in the assessment of websites. The importance of these criteriadiffers depending on their various subject areas. The purpose of this study was to identify the importanceof assessment criteria of health websites based on the opinions of hospital librarians.Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in 2011. After face and content validity of the researcherconstructed questionnaire (based on the likert scale) were evaluated, its reliability was determined byCronbach’s alpha coefficient (0.98). The questionnaire was distributed between all librarians of 30hospital libraries affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences and Shahid Beheshti University.53 questionnaires were collected. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics (mean, median,mode, and standard deviation) in SPSS for Windows (version 19).Results: Of the information quality criteria, accuracy had of the highest degree of importance (4.56), andprice and response time had the lowest degree of importance (2.52). Moreover, in the external indicatorsgroup author credentials had the highest mean (4.73), and accessibility and advertising policy had thelowest mean of importance (2.20).Conclusion: Based on librarian’s opinions, the evaluation criteria of websites’ content information qualityare of greater importance than their external indicators.
