Academic libraries are presently faced with challenges as to how to provide useful and quality information, services and resources for their users. The increasing number of international students in china present Chinese libraries with a unique kind of users that need special attention. This brings about the need to provide these users with quality information through services and resources provided by libraries. Libraries are now adopting the website as gateways to deliver library services not to international students alone but to its users. The websites is a great tool to help Chinese libraries deliver services and resources to international students.it is important for Chinese libraries to disseminate information through electronic or digital forms since international student demand more information in electronic form.It will also help to replace the need for more proficient libraries since the website chat options provided by the website will help the international user to reach a proficient librarian in a timely manner. This will also provide access to various resources and materials needed online by international student, orient users about the library, and assist the international users to discover various services and how to get access to this services in a timely. The purpose of this research is to identify how websites designed for international users are usable by them. The study also seeks to identify the differences in eye movement on a Web page among international student whiles using different global academic library websites. This will help to understand the needs of international students and thereby provide guidelines for designing academic library websites for international students. This research will help to identify the expectations of international students with regard to library websites. It will also help to identify what international students seek for on academic library websites, where they look for a particular information and lastly help to identify visual elements that attract their attention. Lastly, the study will help to compare usage patterns, user needs and preferences of international students and find out the ease of usage of the English library website. The research considers the research questions |
