Library Web Sites at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Abstract

This article presents the findings of a study that sought to determine how useful library Web sites of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are as tools for disseminating information and providing services to users. The study compared the library Web sites of public-supported HBCUs with Web sites of other public-supported institutions in the Southeast. It was found that most HBCU libraries used their Web sites mainly to provide information about the library and its collections. The article offers some recommendations on what HBCU libraries can do to improve their Web sites to better serve their users.