Research Productivity and Research Trends: A Bibliometric Study of Library Herald for the year 1958–1981

This paper examines the bibliometric study of Library Herald-Journal for a period of 20 years from 1985/59 to 1980/81. The study analyzed the bibliometric pattern of 336 articles published in the Journal such as year-wise distribution of articles, the pattern of authorships, geographical distribution, prolific author, and degree of collaboration. The study finds that 89% of articles were contributed by single authors and the degree of collaboration was 0.11. Dr. S R Ranganathan was the most prolific author during the period of study.