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.^[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]

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 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Ann. Libr. Inf. Stud.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN	0972-5423 (print) 0975-2404 (web)
OCLC no.	607675250
Links
Journal homepage

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:

1. Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (1954-1963)
2. Mr. S. Parthasarathy (1964-1972)
3. Dr. B. Guha (1973-1984)
4. Prof. T. N. Rajan (1985-1987)
5. Prof. B.K. Sen (1988-1989)
6. Mr. S.I. Islam (1990)
7. Mrs. J.K. Ahluwalia (1991-1993)
8. Prof. S.B. Ghosh (1994-1997)
9. Prof. J.L. Sardana (1998-2000)
10. 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]

See also

• Open access in India