Fourth Fifth International Conference on Science and Technology Metrics (STMet 2024)
Analysis of Library Website Performance for Universities Ranked in Times Higher Education World University Impact Rankings 2024
Komal Gupta, M. P. Singh 1Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Abstract: Purpose: This study assesses the web performance of university library websites among the institutions listed in the 2024
Times Higher Education World University Impact Rankings, concentrating on the top 10 universities ranked under Sustainable
Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) on both mobile and desktop devices.
Design/methodology/approach: The study uses Google’s PageSpeed Insights and WebPage Test to analyze how well these
websites perform on both mobile and desktop devices. The study analyzes Total Requests and Page Weight along with
mobile and desktop performance based on key metrics like First Contentful Paint (FCP), Largest Contentful Paint (LCP),
Total Blocking Time (TBT), Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), and Speed Index.
Findings: On average, the library websites perform much better on desktop than on mobile phones. The average score for
desktop websites is 74.17, while for mobile phones it is only 54.00, resulting in a 27.20% overall performance gap. This
means that desktop sites perform better than mobile sites, suggesting that most university libraries still need to improve their
mobile website performance.
Originality/value: This study is original in its contribution to sustainability goals by linking the digital sustainability of higher
education institutions to their library website performance. It evaluates the readiness of the university library websites to
support sustainable practices.
Keywords: Impact Ranking, SDGs, Sustainability, Library Websites, PageSpeed Insights, Web Performance, Times Higher Education. Analysis of Library Website Performance for Universities Ranked in Times Higher Education World University Impact Rankings 2024
