Webmetrical study of RNPLS&T’s www-site ecological section

Abstract

The RNPLS&T’s www-site ecological section (since 2003) is oriented toward library users and partner libraries working for ecological education and ecological awareness building. It provides access to bibliographic annotated database “Ecology: Science and Technology”, e-library in ecology, publishes monthly bibliographies of new acquisitions and videos of thematic webinars. All these resources are used to inform user and partners on publications in ecology and sustainable development and on RNPLS&T activities in ecological education and awareness building. The section popularity and traffic rate enables to conclude on its relevance and effectiveness. The authors offer the results of the bibliometrical analysis of the ecological section materials and analyze statistical metrics such as number of accesses, views, scroll reach, access duration, key phrases of search queries when moving to the RNPLS&T www-site within the period from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2917. Based on the data obtained, the vectors of the site section improvement are defined. The study makes the first stage of bibliometrical studies of RNPLS&T’s www-site ecological section.