The periodical literature of library and information science on Kenya, 1961‐1991: analysis and recommendations

Abstract

Examines the productivity of journals which published articles on library and information sciences on Kenya from 1961 to 1991 to determine the number of articles published by each journal, the core productive journals and authors, the language, subject and title dispersion of journals and the extent to which the journals are indexed and abstracted. The methods adopted were frequency distribution, percentages and the graphical application of Bradford′s law. Reveals that 74 journals published 414 articles on the subject. Maktaba was the most productive journal; Otike was the most productive author; dispersion of articles among journals and subjects was low; English language accounted for 95.7 per cent of the literature; indexing coverage of the journals is 39 per cent, while abstracting coverage is 44 per cent.

Citation

Afolabi, M. (1993), "The periodical literature of library and information science on Kenya, 1961‐1991: analysis and recommendations", New Library World, Vol. 94 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000002435