Abstract
This paper presents a bibliometric study of US research literature emanating from Sri Lanka over 141 articles from the two LIS journals for the period from 1997 to 2007. Data collected from the two journals namely Journal of University Librarian's Association (JULA) and the Sri Lanka Library Review were analyzed to examine the type of US research, areas of LIS research and research strategies and data collection methods used by the LIS researchers in Sri Lanka. This paper also attempts to present an analysis of the authorship pattern, author productivity and prominent contributors, citation pattern, length of papers, language wise and year wise distribution of articles, growth and direction of LIS research papers over a period of ten years. The study is quantitative oriented and longitudinal in character. Sri Lanka LIS research output seems to concentrate in the area of "LIS Activities" and "Information Seeking". Some of other important findings are most articles (94%) are single authored, author productivity is not in agreement with the Lotka's Law. There is no definite growth pattern or positive growth in the area of LIS research in the country. English is the most widely used language. Average citation per article was 9 while average length of an article was 12. Key Words: Bibliometrics, Library and Information science, US Literature, LIS Research and Development doi: 10.4038/jula.v12i0.327 Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka (Vol. 12) 2008 p.17-46
Highlights
Bibliometrics is associated with the quantitative measurement of documentary materials .It provides measurement that are useful for studying scholarly communication
The emerging field was described in terms such as "Statistical Bibliography". (Parnell,2008)
This study focused the articles published in the Journal of University librarian's Association (JULA) publish by the University librarian's Association in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lanka Library Review publish by Sri Lanka Library Association
Summary
Bibliometrics is associated with the quantitative measurement of documentary materials .It provides measurement that are useful for studying scholarly communication. Bibliometrlc studies are used to measure the usage of materials and services within a library or to analyze the historical development of a specific body of literature. The history of bibliometrics go back more than a century yea. The statistical analysis of scientific literature began more than 50 years before. Journal of the University Librarians Association of Sri Lanka. 2008 the term "bibliometrics" even was coined in 1969. The emerging field was described in terms such as "Statistical Bibliography". The emerging field was described in terms such as "Statistical Bibliography". (Parnell,2008)
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