''Annals of Library and Information Studies'' is a quarterly journal in library and information studies publishing original papers, survey reports, reviews, short communications, and letters pertaining to library science, information science and computer applications in these fields. It is an
open access academic journal
An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...
, published since 1954 by the CSIR-
National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR-NISCAIR), formerly the
Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre.
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It covers library and information science, scientometrics, and documentation and is listed in ''Library and Information Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources''.
Past editors of the journal include:
# Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (1954-1963)
# Mr. S. Parthasarathy (1964-1972)
# Dr. B. Guha (1973-1984)
# Prof. T. N. Rajan (1985-1987)
# Prof. B.K. Sen (1988-1989)
# Mr. S.I. Islam (1990)
# Mrs. J.K. Ahluwalia (1991-1993)
# Prof. S.B. Ghosh (1994-1997)
# Prof. J.L. Sardana (1998-2000)
# Mrs. Renu Arora (2001-2011)
Current Editor: Dr. G. Mahesh (2012- )
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History
At its founding, the journal was titled ''Annals of Library Science''.[Seminar on “Indian LIS Journals: Problems and Prospects”]
, NISCAIR blog, April 30, 2014 In 1964, the name was changed to ''Annals of Library Science and Documentation''.[ The current title was assigned in 2001.][
The founding editor was S R Ranganathan, who contributed to about 50% of the articles during 1954 to 1963.][Rajalakshmi, V., and R. Pal.]
Ranganathan and the annals
" Annals of library science and documentation 39.2 (1992): 62-68.
Indexing
* FRANCISLibrary and Information Science Abstracts
The Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists. LISA covers the literature in Library and information science (LIS) since 1 ...
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* ]Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) indexes the fields of librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management, among others. It covers about 560 core journals, 50 pr ...
, as a Core Journal, 03/01/2004 to present
* PASCAL[
* ]Scopus
Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-l ...
2011 to present indexed
See also
* Open access in India
Open access in India (उन्मुक्त अभिगम) was begun in May 2004, when two workshops were organized by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai. This laid the foundation for the Open Access movement in India. In 2006, ...
References
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External links
full-text from 1954-present
Annals of Library and Information Studies in the NISCAIR online periodicals repository.
Annals of Library and Information Studies description in the ROAD Directory of open access scholarly resources
English-language journals
Library and information science journals
Bibliometrics journals
Quarterly journals
Open access journals
National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources academic journals