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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786952903321

Autore

Arlitsch Kenning

Titolo

Improving the visibility and use of digital repositories through SEO [[electronic resource]] / Kenning Arlitsch and Patrick S. OBrien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Ill., : ALA TechSource, c2013

ISBN

1-55570-924-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Collana

LITA guides Improving the visibility and use of digital repositories through SEO

Altri autori (Persone)

OBrienPatrick S. <1963->

Disciplina

025.0422

Soggetti

Library Web sites - Design

Library Web sites - Statistical methods

Web search engines

Electronic information resources - Management

Digital libraries

Institutional repositories

Libraries and the Internet

Webliometrics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is SEO and why is it important to libraries? -- Improving your library's SEO efforts -- How Internet search engine indexing works -- Setting your SEO baselines -- What is your search engine-indexing ratio and how can you improve it? -- Targeting your audience -- Google scholar and institutional repositories -- Measuring success.

Sommario/riassunto

Recent OCLC surveys show that less than 2 percent of library users begin their search on a library website, which is why search engine optimization (SEO) is so crucial. And though a survey of faculty researchers at four major universities showed that most consider Google and Google Scholar amazingly effective for their research, low Google Scholar indexing ratios for library institutional repositories is widespread because it ignores common library metadata. Arlitsch and OBrien, who have presented and published widely on the topic, show how to ensure that high-value content is visible to resea