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Research trends of library management in LIS in India since 1950–2012

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  • Bapan Kumar Maity

    (Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology)

  • Sudip Ranjan Hatua

    (Rabindra Bharati University)

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Like all other discipline Library and Information Science also gives emphasis on research in doctoral level. Since the first doctoral degree in 1957 it grows slowly and gets acceleration after IT revolution in India during 1990s. Based on INDCAT, Vidyanidhi, INFLIBNET and University News databases it has been found 1058 doctoral thesis have been submitted in various universities in India during 1950–2012. Present study is an attempt to find out the research trends of library management in Library and Information Science and quantitatively analyze the research activity in India based on doctoral thesis which has been already awarded in the period of 1950–2012. This work analysed 1058 PhD thesis awarded various universities in India during last 63 years, based on INDCAT database, Vidyanidhi and INFLIBNET databases and University News data.

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  • Bapan Kumar Maity & Sudip Ranjan Hatua, 2015. "Research trends of library management in LIS in India since 1950–2012," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 105(1), pages 337-346, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:105:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1007_s11192-015-1673-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-015-1673-8
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    1. Manika Lamba & Margam Madhusudhan, 2019. "Mapping of topics in DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology, India: a study," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 120(2), pages 477-505, August.
    2. Inés M. Fernández-Guerrero & Zoraida Callejas & David Griol & Antonio Fernández-Cano, 2020. "Longitudinal patterns in Spanish doctoral theses on scientific medical information: a tertiary study," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 124(2), pages 1241-1260, August.

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