Methods and Techniques for Designing Mobile Websites An evaluation study of Egyptian Libraries Websites Designs | ||||
| International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 7, Issue 3, July 2020, Page 89-163 PDF (5.73 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2020.121359 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Dr. Ahmed Elmasry* | ||||
| قسم المکتبات جامعة حلوان | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The study aims to identifying the modern techniques used in designing and developing mobile websites and measuring the readiness of the Egyptian Libraries Website Designs for the requirements of making them available and browsing their content and services through mobile devices to the users' audience, based on the Descriptive Methodology in determining the current situation and Its data collection, processing, and analysis of its technical components provide an accurate analysis of the quality of its performance and its accessibility per successful practices in mobile websites. The study relied on collecting its information and analyzing its elements on a checklist that included (60) variable elements that were selected from the published literature in mobile website technologies, as well as what was included in the technical tools used for testing the technical designs of the Egyptian Libraries Websites available on the World Wide Web. The study revealed that (32) websites are available for Egyptian libraries that are not accessible via the web and that (59%) of them are configured to browse and display their contents in a compatible way with mobile devices. The study concluded with several Recommendations addressed to the designers and developers of Egyptian library web sites, scientific departments for library and information studies in Egyptian universities, and finally the Egyptian Association for Library and Information (ELA) as the institution for the development sector of libraries and information in Egypt. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Mobile Websites; World Wide Web; Website Designs; Egyptian Libraries; Mobile Web; Mobile Browsers | ||||
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