A bibliometrical analysis of the literature devoted to the computerisation of libraries on the basis of the “Polish Bibliological Bibliography” Cover Image

Analiza bibliometryczna piśmiennictwa z zakresu komputeryzacji bibliotek na podstawie „Polskiej Bibliografii Bibliologicznej”
A bibliometrical analysis of the literature devoted to the computerisation of libraries on the basis of the “Polish Bibliological Bibliography”

Author(s): Izabela Swoboda
Subject(s): Library and Information Science, Cataloguing, Information Architecture, Library operations and management, Electronic information storage and retrieval, Other
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: automatisation of libraries; automatisation of the library-informationrelated processes; bibliometrical analysis of literature; bibliometrics; computerisation of libraries

Summary/Abstract: One planned to present a quantitative description of the Polish literature which is thematically associated with the problems of the computerisation of libraries in Poland; to define the dynamics of its growth across the span of the last fifty years and to identify – and to provide a quantitative description thereof – of the particular problems which were the subject of the publication until the end of 2017. One applied a bibliometrical method, and the source of data for the bibliometrical analyses was constituted by the “Polish Bibliological Bibliography” (PBB). The study enabled one to determine the time when the bibliological and informatological literature saw the emergence of the first publications which are thematically associated with the problems of the automatisation of libraries and how the dynamics of the growth of the literature in this field occurred in the years 1970–2009. As far as the particular problems are concerned, one indicated only the publications devoted to online catalogues, digital libraries and the Internet in library science. The study also facilitated the identification of factors which hindered or even precluded bibliometrical analyses – the latter were necessary for the obtaining of reliable results. The work was enhanced by the elements of the analysis of the “Polish Bibliological Bibliography” in terms of its utility as a source for bibliometrical research in the problems which are discussed.

  • Issue Year: 29/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 83-108
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish