Finding Government Resources Online: A Webometric Study of Selective Federal Depository Library Websites

Websites of Indian Institutes of Technology: a Webometric Study

The study explored different characteristics of linking analysis of sixteen IIT websites. All the IITs have their own websites and all websites working under homogeneous Domain Name System (DNS) “.ac.in”. The comparisons of ranking of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have been done using WISER, WIF (inlink) and World Rank. The WISER ranking and WIF (in-link) is having correlation i.e. +0....

Implications of harmonizing the future of the federal depository library program within e-government principles and policies

For more than 150 years, the United States Government Printing Office (GPO), along with its Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), has supported an informed citizenry and democracy by ensuring access and preservation to a broad swath of federal government information. This collaborative national public information program between local libraries and the national government, if it is to surv...

The U.S. Government Printing Office's initiatives for the Federal Depository Library Program to set the stage for the 21st century

It is estimated that the majority of federal information is born digital. To that end, the U.S. Government Printing Office is transforming into a 21st century electronic information agency. As part of this effort, the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) has been investigating new options for the dissemination of Federal information that incorporate digitization, preservation, electronic m...

Government documents librarianship: A guide for the neo-depository era

Citizen's Attitudes about Privacy While Accessing Government and Private Websites: Results of an Online Study

This paper reports the results of an investigation on citizens’ attitudes and concerns regarding privacy and security on the Web, in general, and on the government websites they may visit, in particular. We examine to what extent those concerns can be alleviated by using a Secure Private Portal that protects citizen’s personally identifying information when accessing government websites. The re...