Collection of Vidyasagar University Central Library: A Bibliometric Study

Jana, Dr. and Maity, Mr. Collection of Vidyasagar University Central Library: A Bibliometric Study. Vidyasagar University Journal of Library and Information Science, 2014, vol. 18-19, pp. 30-44. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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This study performs bibliometric analysis to find out the nature and characteristics of books collected in Vidyasagar University Central Library. A systematic sampling method has been followed for the collection of data with a sample size of 1000 books. The study shows different aspects of books eg., distribution of library collection by their subjects, price, year of publication, edition, language, country of publication, authorship pattern, etc. Analysis of the average cost of books in different subject fields and the average cost per page of a book in different page limits are also studied. The study found that the collection of books on Bengali Language and Literature in the library is more than any other subjects

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: University Library-Collection Development, Academic Library-Collection Development, Vidyasagar University-Central Library, Bibliometric Studies
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
Depositing user: Debabrata Maity
Date deposited: 23 Jun 2021 14:04
Last modified: 23 Jun 2021 14:04
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/42159

References

Das, N .G. 2009. Statistical Methods. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill. 449p

Jana, Pijush Kanti and Basak, Arup Kumar. Collection Development of Vidyasagar University Central Library: 1986 – 2006. Vidyasagar University Journal of Library and Information Science. 10-14; 2009; 58 – 68.

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