Research in Library and Information Science in India:1985-2005

The productivity count of the Doctoral Theses is made and analyzed to draw conclusions. The study is also presenting the scatter nature of literature in the sub fields of Library and Information Science. The counting technique of Bibliometrics has been used to prepare the tables and graphs. The data collected from different sources is classified, grouped and analyzed to find out its various dimensions. The data has been analyzed in the following formats: 1. University wise analysis of the Theses shows the number of Theses awarded in different universities. 2. Guide wise analyses of the Theses analyzes and show the number of Theses supervised by a given guide under different Universities. 3. State wise analysis of the Theses awarded shows the analysis of the Theses contributed by different states in the country for the development of the Library and Information Science profession. 4. Subject wise analysis is made based on the broad subjects being covered in the dissertation titles. An attempt will be made to show the areas of concentration of the LIS research and the areas, which has not been touched or lack research activity is there in the Indian universities. It will also specify the areas needed to be concentrated for future research in Library and Information Science. the collected data has also been analysed in the following manner RANKING the first ten ranking universities awarding more than 15 doctoral degrees during 1985-2005 Karnataka is ranking first with 57 degrees to its credit then followed by Jiwaji University with 40 doctoral degrees to its credit. Andhra University stands third with 35 degrees and University of Rajasthan and Punjab University share the same rank with 28 doctoral degrees awarded by each of them. The University of Delhi and Utkal University with 21 doctoral degrees awarded by each of them are in the fifth place. The University of Madras stands sixth in the ranking followed by Osmania University in the seventh place with 20 and 19 degrees awarded respectively. University of Mysore is in eighth place with 18, Bangalore and Jadhavpur Universities share the ninth rank with 17 degrees awarded by each. And the tenth rank is given to Gulbarga University with just 16 degrees awarded so far. LANGUAGE 96 percent of the doctoral degrees submitted to all the Indian universities are in English. 3.33% of the total doctoral degrees submitted are in Hindi i.e. only 21 degrees out of 630. In Bengali 0.31 percent and 0.15 percent each in Gujrati and Marathi are awarded. Such a trend of awarding doctoral degrees is seen only in the northern states of India. There are no doctoral degrees awarded in the regional languages of southern India and northeastern regions. Though not many degrees are awarded in Hindi but it is clear that Hindi the national language is the next favorite for doctoral research in Library and Information Science in India. GUIDE 123 supervisors have guided only one doctoral degree each so far and 45 persons have supervised two degrees each. 28 persons supervise three doctoral degrees each; eight supervisors have to their credit of being supervising four doctoral degrees each. Nine persons have supervised six degrees each, and three supervisors have guided seven doctoral degrees each. Only two supervisors have the credit of guiding ten doctoral degrees each. Four persons have the credit of guiding 11, 14, 17, 26 doctoral degrees each under their supervision. For 56 doctoral degrees awarded there is no information for the guide in any of the available sources Distribution of Research Supervisor Contributing Doctoral Degrees awarded Sl.No Number of Guides (A) Number of Research Works Supervised (B) Total (AXB) 1 123 1 123 2 45 2 90 3 28 3 84 4 8 4 32 5 10 5 50 6 9 6 54 7 3 7 21 8 4 8 32 9 2 10 20 10 1 11 11 11 1 14 14 12 1 17 17 13 1 26 26 14 N.G 56 56 630 UNIVERSITY - LANGUAGE doctoral theses awarded in regional languages in different universities. Twenty-one doctoral degrees are awarded in Hindi in different Indian Universities. The Jiwaji University has the credit of awarding ten doctoral degrees in Hindi, next followed by Guru Ghasidas and Vikram universities with three each and Pt. Ravishanker Shukla University has awarded two. Shivaji University, University of Burdwan and University of Rajasthan have awarded one each. In Gujrati language M.S. University has awarded one Doctoral thesis. In Bengali Jadhavpur University and University of Burdwan has awarded one each. Shivaji University has awarded one Doctoral thesis in Marathi. the YEAR wise analysis shows distribution of the doctoral degrees awarded during 1985-2005 year wise, the percentage of degrees awarded in each year