''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

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, published since 1954 by the CSIR-

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(CSIR-NISCAIR), formerly the

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. It covers

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, and

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and is listed in ''Library and Information Science: A Guide to Key Literature and Sources''. 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''.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.

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* Indian Library and Information Science Abstracts (India) *

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2011 to present indexed

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full-text from 1954-present
Annals of Library and Information Studies in the NISCAIR online periodicals repository.
Annals of Library and Information Studies description in the ROAD Directory of open access scholarly resources
English-language journals Library and information science journals Bibliometrics journals Quarterly journals Open access journals National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources academic journals

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