Global Research on Information Literacy: A Bibliometric Analysis. SCOPUS Database 1977 - 2017

      Аннотация: The present study is concerned with a Bibliometrics analysis of Information Literacy Literature. It aims to apply the empirical laws of Bibliometrics on the data / records of IL literature. The study includes an analysis of IL literature as covered by SCOPUS between 1977 and 2017 (Thirty years) in the context of country of contributions, language of contributions, authorship pattern and per-capita aspects of contributions. The study is mainly exploratory in nature in identifying the research output of scientists in Information Literacy and is also analytical in nature with suitable statistical tools application in strengthening the empirical validity. Present research focuses on the Information literacy. This is an attempt is made to study the research productivity and growth of literature in Information Literacy.

Ключевые слова: Information Literacy, Literacy, Bibliometric Study, Bradford's Law, Authorship Pattern, SCOPUS Database, Library Literacy, ICT Literacy, Digital Literacy