Research @ Library and Information Science

Contents: Preface. 1. Works of Dr. G. Devarajan: a bibliometric study/Fathima Beevi, Gopikuttan A. and Rekha Rani Varghese. 2. Childrens literature in Malayalam : A survey and bibliometric study/Ajikumary T. 3. Research trends in physics: an analysis of doctoral theses/Sudhier K.G. 4. Social science books in Malayalam: a survey and bibliometric study/Beena S. 5. Manpower utilization in the University libraries: an investigation/Vijayakumar K.P. 6. The impact of factors on Professional library manpower development in the College libraries/T. Mohana Kumar. 7. Total quality management in University library: a case study/Bindu P. Nair. 8. Knowledge management in digital age: librarians perspective/Adarsh N. Gokul and Ambili K.S. 9. Development of knowledge management based organizations: new role of LIS Professionals/Suresh Kumar N. 10. British Council Libraries in India Policy and performance: an analysis with special reference to higher education/Lalitha M. 11. Role of library associations for the Professional development of librarians/Gopikuttan A. and Hima P.R. 12. Information needs and information seeking behaviour of Ayurveda information users/Joshi George P. 13. Learning object repositories in higher education: a survey/Jayaraj J.R. 14. E-book aggregators/K. Ravindran Assari. 15. Impact of theory Y assumption on Superior subordinate relation in Academic and Public libraries in Germany/Mini Devi B. 16. Preservation and conservation of library materials/Vasudevan T.V. and Jineesha V. Index.

This book is a compendium of sixteen studies in the category of applied research in library and Information Science. The studies include in the domains such as bibliometrics user studies manpower studies Total Quality Management, knowledge management role of library associations E-Book aggregators theory Y etc. This is an authentic book for researchers teachers students and information managers in the field of Library and Information Science. (jacket)