Managing and activating open data through the websites of Saudi public universities | ||
| International Journal of Library and Information Sciences | ||
| Article 2, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 225-251 PDF (812.96 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijlis.2021.157854 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ghaida Shaqda | ||
| Faculty of Arts and Humanities King Abdulaziz University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study aims to know the current status of open data platforms in Saudi government’s universities and to analyze them according to standardized criteria. The comparison between them have done to know the extent of activation of open data and the similarities and differences among them. Therefore, the contribution of this study is to develop them and provide the best model of platform open data among Saudi universities. The survey methodology was used to survey 29 public universities in Saudi Arabia to know their effectiveness in open data management. Furthermore, the analytical descriptive approach was used to describe and analyze open data platforms in Saudi government’s universities and the comparative approach was used to compare them through the checklist and direct observation. One of the most important results of this study is the availability of open data platforms across 21 Saudi government’s universities. However, most of them achieve less than the average of the standard criteria of evaluating the open data platforms. Six government’s universities in Saudi Arabia achieved intermediate percentages in their open data platforms. These universities are the Saudi Electronic University, Tabuk University, King Abdulaziz University, King Faisal University, Majma'a University, and Imam Abdul Rahman Bin Faisal University. The open data platform at Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz University has the first rank where it achieved the highest percentage of 66.7%. The open data platforms at King Saud University and Najran University achieved 60.6%. However, al Baha open data platform received the lowest percentage of 18.2%. In conclusion, open data portals in all Saudi public universities have not achieved the completeness percentage and they should have development. Consequently, the most important recommendations of the study are open data should be available in all sites of the Saudi government universities. In addition, all portals and open data platforms should have development to achieve the high percentage of completeness. Finally, increase the awareness of open data and its importance through the open data platforms in the Saudi public universities | ||
| Keywords | ||
| open data | ||
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