Librarians’ Personal Web Pages: An Analysis

Abstract

An e-mail survey and an investigation were made of academic librarians’ personal Web pages in order to understand what role they play in the organization of the Internet. Subjects were selected from two Internet lists of librarian’s Web pages. Results showed that most Web sites were produced voluntarily and serve multiple purposes. An independent t-test determined that those librarians who were provided with guidelines produced higher-quality Web pages. Guideline effectiveness and suggestions for further research are discussed.