SRELS Journal of Information Management
  • Year: 2000
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue: 4

Fifty Years of Lis Research in India: Trends and Developments

  • Author:
  • B.U. Kannappanavar1, M. Vijayakumar2
  • Total Page Count: 34
  • Page Number: 267 to 300

1University Library, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri - 577 451, Karnataka, INDIA.

2Dept. of Library & Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri - 577 451Karnataka, INDIA.

Abstract

Traces the trends and developments of LIS research in India for the past 50 years. The year 1992 is the most productive year for research output. Planning and management is the most favoured area for research by LIS researchers followed by user studies and bibliometrics. Karnataka University and its research guides are the most productive university and research guides in the field.

Keywords

India, library and information science, Research, Doctoral research, Ph.D