Document Type : Articles

Author

• M. H. Dayani

Ph.D., Faculty of Library and Information Science,Mashhad Ferdowsi University

Abstract

This article aims at describing three points on Library and Information Science Journals of Iran: (1) how Farsi Library and Information articles are produced and published in Library and Information Science Journals? In this regard, six routes of producing journals were investigated: the route of native culture; the route of the current status of book and library in Iran; the route of the past and current status of book and library out of Iran; the route of making connections among dispersed works in works of Library and Information Science written in Farsi; the route of translating non-Farsi works into Farsi ones; and finally the route of the current works produced whithin Library and information science in Iran, (2) what criteria are used for ranking Farsi journals and what is the status of Farsi Journals of Library and Information Science in this ranking? And finally (3) a brief history of six journals of Library and Information Science with circulation and three that are no longer published is presented.