Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science

This study is an attempt to put together an exhaustive list of LIS periodicals for historic record. Various resources have been consulted to identify LIS periodicals, to cull out titles from obscurity and make it as comprehensive as possible. The study also figures out the number of Library and Information Science (LIS) periodicals including Journals and Newsletters published in India; how many of them underwent name changes, how many ceased publication and how many are currently being published. Finds answers to which is the first journal; the oldest journal still being published; the youngest journal in LIS and how many are in print and/or online; how many are openly accessible and how many are priced.