Abstract: Knowledge manager/Librarian have adopted a number of quantitative methods in recent years in order to evaluate library resources and services more objectively and effectively. Bibliometrics is one of the quantitative techniques applied by Librarians/ Knowledge managers. To evaluate the records of human communication it is used to identify the pattern of publication authorship, citation used for a subject etc. over a period of time and there by offering insight into the dynamics at the area, under a particular study. Bibliometrics has attained significance in recent years because of its practical applications in various library operations and services. It is estimated that out of the total periodical literature published in the library and information science at the global level 25% on bibliometric studies.


PDF | DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2022.9239

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