Contents: Introduction. 1. Professional library manpower development : a survey/T. Mohana Kumar. 2. Reading habit among women : a study/S.S. Jagnayak. 3. Space planning of special libraries : a case study of prominent libraries/K. Minimol. 4. Industrial and technological information centre for small scale sector/V. Sivaraman. 5. Growth of knowledge in humanities: a bibliometric study/P. Anu Soman. 6. Research on Dravidian linguistics: a bibliometric study/K. Balachandran. 7. Journal of knowledge organization: a bibliometric study and content analysis/Bindu Kamalan. 8. Library and information science resources: a webometric study/Bindu P. Nair. 9. Botanical research : a scientometric study of the doctoral dissertations/Lal Kumar. 10. Research productivity analysis using econlit database/K.K. Khatri. 11. Publications of Kerala Sahitya Academy : a bibliometric analysis/T.K. Priya. 12. Scientific productivity of scientists/P.K. Preman. 13. Multimedia: a bibliometric study/V.S. Saiga. 14. Research in economics: a bibliometric study/Sheeja Williams. 15. Comparative evaluation of performance of Libsoft and Alice for Windows/A. Sandhya. 16. Application of Information Technology (IT) in the local governance and decentralised planning/Honey Chirayath. 17. Literary awards in Malayalam: a survey and analysis/M. Indulekha. Bibliography. Index.

"A compendium of selected research studies conducted in various Library Schools in Indian Universities. The subjects such as professional development, reading habits of women, space planning in libraries, industrial information system, I.T applications in decentralised planning and bibliometrics, scientometrics and webometrics studies focussed on various communication media are investigated. A reference manual for students, teachers and researchers engaged in library and information science research." (jacket)