Annotated Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations in Library and Information Science in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Rajesh Kumar Das M.phil Research Student, Department of Information Science and Library Management, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Anwesha Jadab Library Officer, Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2017.7.2.153

Keywords:

Annotated Bibliography, LIS Research, Doctoral Research, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to prepare and present an annotated bibliography of doctoral dissertation of Library and Information Science (LIS) in Bangladesh. There were total 17 PhD dissertation of Library and Information Science (LIS) were found to be made an annotated bibliography. Total enumeration sampling technique was used for this study in which the whole of the population or everything were considered as the sample. This study found that at the initial stage some Ph. D. dissertation bears a moderate standard in quality. In some theses arrangement was not proper and information was not enough. But the standard is increasing rapidly by the proper initiatives of students and teachers of the University. With the years elapsed since its establishments of University of Dhaka the substantial member of the teaching staff have been trained from abroad which ultimately gave a new outlook and enriched the fields of research.

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Published

16-08-2017

How to Cite

Das, R. K., & Jadab, A. (2017). Annotated Bibliography of Doctoral Dissertations in Library and Information Science in Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Information Science and Technology, 7(2), 31–38. https://doi.org/10.51983/ajist-2017.7.2.153