Ranking Web of World Universities Khazar University Web

Ranking Web of World Universities: Khazar University Web Strategy Development T. Zaytseva November 1, 2010

About Webometrics • • Largest Research Body in Spain 130 institutes (mostly basic science ) Spanish Research Council 20% of the Spanish scientific output 2 Nobel Prizez Research group at the center of Humanities and Social Sciences Khazar University LIC, 2010 Cybernetic Lab 2

Webometrics Rankings • Published since 2004, inspired by Shanghai Ranking • Top 12, 000 universities from a Directory with 20, 000 entries • Two editions (January & July) per year • Only organizations worldwide with their own web domain or subdomain • Based on web indicators (activity and impact) Khazar University LIC, 2010 3

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Academic Digital Divide Khazar University LIC, 2010 5

Academic Digital Divide: The Former Soviet Union Countries Khazar University LIC, 2010 6

Azerbaijan Republic Universities Higher Education Institutions* q 36 state q 15 private *(Data from Ministry of Education of Azerbaijan Republic) Directory “Webometrics” q 30 Higher Education Institutions with an independent URL domain Khazar University LIC, 2010 Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University Azerbaijan Cooperation University Azerbaijan Medical University Azerbaijan State Economic University Azerbaijan State Oil Academy Azerbaijan State Culture & Art University Azerbaijan Technical University Azerbaijan Tourism Institute Azerbaijan University of Languages Azerbaiyan Academy of Public Admin Azerbaiyan Police Academy Baku Business University Baku Qizlar University Baku Slavic University Baku State University Ganja State University Khazar University Qafqaz University Lankaran State University Nakhchivan Private University Nakhchivan State University National Aviation Academy Odlar Yurdu University Sumqayit State University Western University 7

Azerbaijan, January 2010 July, 2010 Khazar University LIC, 2010 8

An Academic Model Activity (50%) Size Number of Webpages 20% Impact (50%) Rich files Scholar Visibility Number of documents Number of papers Number of external links 15% • Khazar University LIC, 2010 9

Khazar University Website Development: Size • • Personalised Student and Staff Pages Khazar Departments’ web pages (Mathematics and Literature) Student Union Portal (including Alumni) Information Portal “ School leavers” “Assembly of Science and Art” Khazar Book Store Khazar University Press Photogallery Khazar University LIC, 2010 10

Khazar University Website Development: Visibility Three Keys to Getting Our Site Ranked in the Search Engines: 1. Content. The more unique and interesting content our website contains the better. The search engines view, giving preference to sites with the best information. 2. Formatting of Content. To rank our website, the search engines also rely on our university to name each page of our website according to the content of each page. 3. Link Recommendations. If our website has a link from another education website, then it tells the search engines that our site is credible and the search engines will give our site higher rankings than a site without links. Khazar University LIC, 2010 11

Khazar University Website Development: Visibility Other Ways to Increase our website Visibility: 1. Submit our site to education related directories. 2. Send online press releases about Khazar University. Free Press Release Services: Inewswire Press World Add. PR PRFree PR. com Promotion PRWeb 24 -7 Press Release PR Leap Khazar University LIC, 2010 12

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Library Webometrics Strategy Library continues to: q Open access initiatives are changing the way researchers communicate their results q Provide support for university research self-archiving q Educate users and faculty about the IR q Find champions and partners among faculty q Harvest documents Khazar University LIC, 2010 15

Library Webometrics Strategy: Size and Rich Files • • Size: e. Learning (Moodle platform) Resources: 193 Future plans: Personal pages, e. Portfolio, Digital Library (Khazar University Publications) Course on “Information Literature Skills” for public users Khazar University LIC, 2010 16

KULIC : Visibility • Visibility: Library, museums, culture news not only locally, more wider • Ask a Librarian • Send online press releases about KULIC • Submit our site to library related directories. Khazar University LIC, 2010 17

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DIRECTORIES: Visibility ROARMAP Khazar University LIC, 2010 20

Khazar University LIC: Rich Files Statistics January, 2010 July, 2010 October, 2010 Research papers 12 18 23 Journal articles 384 465 520 Presentations 2 10 15 Thesis and dissertation 2 8 13 65 193 566 764 E-learning resources Total 400 Khazar University LIC, 2010 21

Khazar University Website Development: Recommendations • Continuing to increase the webometrics size & rich files indicators by taking advantage of the decentralized structure of Khazar website: – – • • – – developing web sites at all University levels – faculties, centres, institues; developing the conferences, research projects, international programs web sites within khazar. org domain; posting relevant information files on these websites; developing staff web pages. Increasing the webometrics visibility indicator by activating international cooperations, as well as academic and public partnerships; Continuing to increase the scholar indicator by extending the publication of KU’s research activity in internationally recognized journals and publishing houses, indexed in scientific databases. Good motivation for faculty and staff to publish their articles in the journals with high impact factors, including reward and incentive in the areas of staff development, availability of fund. Khazar University LIC, 2010 22

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