Annals of Library and Information Studies

*Annals of Library and Information Studies*
Language	English
Edited by	Dr. G. Mahesh
Publication details
History	1954-present
Publisher	National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (India)
Frequency	Quarterly
Open access	Yes
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Ann. Libr. Inf. Stud.
Indexing;
ISSN	0972-5423 (print); 0975-2404 (web);
OCLC no.	607675250
Links
	Journal homepage;

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.^[1] It is an open access academic journal, published since 1954 by the CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (CSIR-NISCAIR), formerly the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre.^[2]

It covers library and information science, scientometrics, and documentation and is listed in Library and Information Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources.^[3]

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- )

History

At its founding, the journal was titled Annals of Library Science.^[4] In 1964, the name was changed to Annals of Library Science and Documentation.^[4] The current title was assigned in 2001.^[4]

The founding editor was S R Ranganathan, who contributed to about 50% of the articles during 1954 to 1963.^[2]

Indexing

FRANCIS^[5]
Indian Library and Information Science Abstracts (India)^[6]^[7]
Library and Information Science Abstracts^[5]
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, as a Core Journal, 03/01/2004 to present^[8]
PASCAL^[5]
Scopus 2011 to present indexed^[9]

References

^ "Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)". op.niscair.res.in. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
^ ^a ^b Rajalakshmi, V., and R. Pal. "Ranganathan and the annals." Annals of library science and documentation 39.2 (1992): 62-68.
^ Library and Information Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources (#839 page 122) By Michael F. Bemis, 2014, Alpha Pub House, ISBN 9780838911853
^ ^a ^b ^c Seminar on “Indian LIS Journals: Problems and Prospects” Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, NISCAIR blog, April 30, 2014
^ ^a ^b ^c "Search MIAR". MIAR 2015: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. Archived from the original on September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
^ "Annals of Library and Information Studies Editorial Board" (PDF). National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 5, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
^ "Indian Library Science Abstract". Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
^ "Database Coverage List for Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)" (PDF). January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
^ "Scopus title list". Elsevier. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2022.