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Readers’ Advisory Service: An Analysis of Published Literature


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1 Professor, Dept. of Library & Information Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University,, India
 

Analyses publications on RAS published in the last five decades. Finds
that there is considerable growth in the RAS publications in the 21st
century; feature articles are the most used type of documents; trade
and scholarly journals have published most of the literature on RAS,
Library Journal, Proquest Dissertations and Theses database and
Reference & User Services Quarterly are the prominent sources that
published most of the RAS literature. USA and Canada have produced
the highest publications on this topic.


Keywords

Readers’ Advisory Service, Readers’ Advisory, Reading recommendation, Readers’ Advisory Service and Libraries
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Rajendra Kumbhar
Professor, Dept. of Library & Information Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University,, India

Abstract


Analyses publications on RAS published in the last five decades. Finds
that there is considerable growth in the RAS publications in the 21st
century; feature articles are the most used type of documents; trade
and scholarly journals have published most of the literature on RAS,
Library Journal, Proquest Dissertations and Theses database and
Reference & User Services Quarterly are the prominent sources that
published most of the RAS literature. USA and Canada have produced
the highest publications on this topic.


Keywords


Readers’ Advisory Service, Readers’ Advisory, Reading recommendation, Readers’ Advisory Service and Libraries

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