EVALUATING THE LIBRARY WEBSITES OF INDIAN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY (IITs): A STUDY OF WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY

Abstract

The accessibility of the library website states the performance of the website, and its usability for the users. The home page of any website is considered the first point of information display and provides connectivity to all the information available. This study has analyzed the accessibility of the library website home page of all the twenty-three IITÇs (Indian Institute of Technology) by using the Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool (WAVE), an automated accessibility evaluation tool. The WAVE tool shows the errors presented on the website, which cause difficulties in information access by the users. The present study evaluated the home page of each of the IITs library website based on the inbuilt errors of WAVE software and depicted with the help of graphs. This analysis technique can be used to improve the web page design and accessibility of any website, and can be used while designing or timely update the website.

Keywords: library, library website, website, website accessibility, WAVE.