Librarians' personal Web pages: An analysis

An e-mail survey and an investigation were made of academic librarians' per sonal Web pages in order to understand what role they play in the organizat ion of the Internet. Subjects were selected from two Internet lists of libr arian's Web pages. Results showed that most Web sites were produced volunta rily and serve multiple purposes. An independent t-test determined that tho se librarians who were provided with guidelines produced higher-quality Web pages. Guideline effectiveness and suggestions for further research are di scussed.