Annals of Library and Information Studies

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, published since 1954 by the CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, formerly the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre.

It covers library and information science, scientometrics, and documentation and is listed in Library and Information Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources.Library and Information Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources (#839 page 122) By Michael F. Bemis, 2014, Alpha Pub House, Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been or are editor-in-chief: S. R. Ranganathan (1954–1963) S. Parthasarathy (1964–1972) B. Guha (1973–1984) T. N. Rajan (1985–1987) B.K. Sen (1988–1989) S.I. Islam (1990) J.K. Ahluwalia (1991–1993) S.B. Ghosh (1994–1997) J.L. Sardana (1998–2000) Renu Arora (2001–2011) G. Mahesh (2012–present))

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.

Abstracting and indexing FRANCIS Indian Library and Information Science Abstracts (India) Library and Information Science Abstracts Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, as a Core Journal, 03/01/2004 to present PASCAL Scopus 2011 to present indexed

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