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During the recent past, quite a number of research activities have been carried out in the universities and research institutions in various parts of the world. The research in LIS in the past was considered primarily to provide a theoretical foundation to professional practice. The roots of research in LIS profession appears to be not very deep. Research in library science during the Twentieth Century in the areas of LIS can be traced to the Library School of the University of Chicago, in mid-1920s. The ndings vividly indicate that the growth of literature in library and information science is on increase. Professionals and researchers all over the world have embraced the scholarly publication revolution from various disciplines, to which library and information science is no exception.
This Book entitled ‘Research Studies in Library Science’ provides a detailed description of library and information science literature. Various disciplines all over the world have witnessed a volcanic growth in their respective elds in terms of scholarly publications like journals, magazines, conference papers, trade publications, and monographs. Not only developed nations but the developing nations, too, from time to time and in a variety of forms have realized the need and importance of scholarly literature as they bring varied ideas from masterminds in their respective elds.
