LIBRARY AND INFORMATION-SERVICES IN PAKISTAN - A REVIEW OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN FOREIGN-JOURNALS

The paper presents a statistical and subjective review of the journal articles on various aspects of library and information services in Pak istan. Only the articles published in the journals outside Pakistan ar e included. Articles are selected from four abstracting services, ie., LISA, ISA, LSA, and ERIC. Authorship characteristics of 97 articles a re analyzed and compared with the previous studies of LIS periodicals. Authorship details include collaboration, occupation, affiliation, an d the author's country Other publication details of the articles inclu de year, language, journal, and the country of publication. The findin gs show that library science teachers write more than the other profes sionals and the most popular subject is the library and information sc ience education. The library science faculty at Karachi University con tributes more articles in international journals. Mostly, the articles are published in English language journals and in English speaking co untries, ie., UK and USA. international Information and Library Review published more articles on this topic. Problems in library research i n Pakistan are discussed and recommendations are made. A brief review of the articles is given according to 16 major subjects. A bibliograph y of the articles reviewed is also compiled.