Bibliometric Study of Ananda Coomaraswamy: Special Reference to Sri Lankan Libraries

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Bibliometric Study of Ananda Coomaraswamy: Special Reference to Sri Lankan Libraries

R.M.Nadeeka RathnabahuAssistant Librarian

Postgraduate Institute of ArchaeologyUniversity of [email protected]

S.K. Illangarathne, Assistant Librarian, Main Library,Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, [email protected]

Manori SamarakoonAssistant Librarian

Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka

[email protected]

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National Institute of Library and Information Science, University of Colombo@ Sri Lanka Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Introduction Objectives Population & Sample Materials & Methods Limitations Results and Discussion Findings

OUT LINE

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AKC(1877-1947) 

According to the Murray Fowler (1947), Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) was a Ceylonese philosopher and metaphysician, as well as a pioneering historian and philosopher of Indian arts, particularly arts history and symbolism, and an early interpreter of Indian culture to the West.

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES Two main objectives of this study were to:

•Conducted a bibliometric study of Ananda Coomaraswamy • Develop a Online Data Base Management System (DBMS)

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Sri Lankan libraries were used as the population of this study and stratified random sampling technique was used to select required libraries. As a result, 13 University libraries, 05 Special Libraries, 01 National Library and 02 Public Libraries selected as a sample

POPULATION & SAMPLE

MATERIALS & METHODS

The library automation application named WinISIS Microsoft excel package was used to analysis bibliometric data

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1.1 Entry Types

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

1. Bibliometric Study

Entry Type Number of entries

Percentage (%)

AC 80 93

Others 06 07

Total 86 100

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1.2 Distribution by Location

1.3 Distribution by Year

YearNo of Entries

1904-1925 26  

1926-1950 27  

1951-1975 7  

1976-2000 23  

2001-2008 3  

Name of Libraries No of

Entries

University of Peradeniya Library (UPL) 54

University of Sri Jayawardanapra Library (USJPL) 36

Jaffna University Library (JUL) 35

University of Kelaniya Library (UKL) 33

University of Ruhuna Library (URUL) 30

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SubjectsNo of

EntriesArts 34Sociology 10

1.4 Distribution by the Subjects

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2. Online Bibliography of Ananda Coomaraswamy

Official Logo of the Online Bibliography

http://www.libraryfriends.net/resources

http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/wwwisis/bisac/form.htm

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Bibliographic Data Covered by InforSys AC

•Bibliographical data of books authored by AC or edited by contemporaries

•Publishing Data of above works (ISBD)

•Names of the Libraries (Through the CODE) which can be accessible to those books within Sri Lankan Library Context. (It is covered at least one or more library for each province of SL)

•Relative Keywords

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Screens Shouts of Bibliographic Details

1.WinISIS –Off line Interface 2.GenISIS - Online Interface

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86 entries were available in twenty one (21) libraries It was found that the Library of the University of

Peradeniya houses maximum number of AC’s scholarly works

93% was represented the AC’s bibliographical data and next 7% was represented the AC’s work which were done by others

34 number of entries represented the Arts subject URLs

http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/wwwisis/bisac/form.htm / http://www.libraryfriends.net/resources/

FINDINGS

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Prof. Anura Manatunga for encouraging authors to do this type of research project, Prof. Piyadasa Ranasinghe, Prof. W.A.Weerasooriya, and Mr.J.A.Amaraweera from Dept. of LIS, University of Kelaniya and Dr. Ruwan Gamage, NILIS

National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSF) Sri Lankan Library Friends Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology library staff ,Rajarata University Library and Buddhist

and Pali University library staff NILIS organizing committee

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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