comparative evaluation of content and support quality of iranian academic libraries websites’ and provide recommendation to improve them

purpose: the aim of present study was the comparative evaluation of content and support quality of iranian academic libraries websites’ and provide recommendations to improve them.methodology: this study is an applied research and methodology was comparative survey. data gathering tools were three checklists extracted from relevant studies which compare with 5 foreign library websites, and their validity were confirmed by experts and conducted research. the study population was library websites of iranian medical science (43) and non-medical science (28) universities. findings: findings showed library websites of non-medical science universities include an average 39.74% of the internal content items, 32.98% of external content items and 40.01% of the support items have observed in designing web pages. also, library websites of medical science universities include an average 34.04% of the internal content items, 52/52% of external content items and 39/88% of the support items have observed in designing web pages. totally, based on studied criteria, library websites of universities of ferdouwsi (61), shahed (55), and tehran university (54) in non-medical universities, and universities of shahed (55), mashhad (47) and shahid beheshti (45) in medical universities received the best ranks, respectively, in terms of library website design.originality/value: this article presents the status of iranian medical and non-medical academic library websites and provides strategies for increasing the quality and efficiency of web content and supporting services of them.