A Comparison of Research University and Two-Year College Library Web Sites: Content, Functionality, and Form

The authors examined the library home pages of fifty Ph.D.-granting institutions and fifty two-year colleges to determine the home pages’ purpose as manifested by their content and its placement within the structure of the site. By looking at the library Web sites of contrasting academic institutions, the authors identified those aspects of the sites that reflect institutional character. They further identified a core common content that exists across academic library Web sites independent of the parent institution.