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Library and Information Science Abstracts

Library and Information Science Abstracts

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The Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists. LISA covers the literature in Library and information science (LIS) since 1969 and currently abstracts 440+ periodicals from 68+ countries and in 20+ languages.

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LISA was originally published by the Library Association. Bowker-Saur began publishing LISA in 1991.[1] Cambridge Information Group acquired Bowker in 2001 and LISA began being produced by subsidiary Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.[2] CSA merged with ProQuest in 2007.

Coverage

Meho & Spurgin (2005) found that in a list of 2,625 items published between 1982 and 2002 by 68 faculty members of 18 schools of library and information science, only 10 databases provided significant coverage of the LIS literature. Data showed that Library Literature and Information Science (LLIS) indexes the highest percentage of LIS faculty publications (31.2%), followed by INSPEC (30.6%), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)(29.6%), and LISA (27.2%). LISA is thus the fourth most comprehensive in this study.[3]

Other important databases covering library and information science

References

  1. [1]
    "Library & information science abstracts". NLA Catalog.
  2. [2]
    "Cambridge Information Group Acquires R.R. Bowker" (Press release). 31 August 2001.
  3. [3]
    Meho, Lokman I.; Spurgin, Kristina M. (October 2005). "Ranking the research productivity of library and information science faculty and schools: An evaluation of data sources and research methods". Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 56 (12): 1314–1331. doi:10.1002/asi.20227.

Further reading

  • Gilchrist, Alan; Presanis, Alexandra (1 May 1971). "LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE ABSTRACTS: The FIRST TWO YEARS". ASLIB Proceedings. 23 (5): 251–256. doi:10.1108/eb050289.
  • González-Alcaide, Gregorio; Castelló-Cogollos, Lourdes; Navarro-Molina, Carolina; Aleixandre-Benavent, Rafael; Valderrama-Zurián, Juan Carlos (January 2008). "Library and information science research areas: Analysis of journal articles in lisa". Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 59 (1): 150–154. doi:10.1002/asi.20720.
  • Remesh Kumar, T. V; Parameswaran, M. (1998). "Chain indexing and LISA". Knowledge Organization. 25 (1–2): 13–15. INIST 2354934.
  • Montesi, Michela; Mackenzie Owen, John (23 January 2007). "Revision of author abstracts: how it is carried out by LISA editors". ASLIB Proceedings. 59 (1): 26–45. doi:10.1108/00012530710725197.

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