Paper Presented at the NILIS Symposium 2012, Organized by the National Institute of Library and Information Science, University of Colombo @ Sri Lanka Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka

1. Bibliometric Study of Ananda Coomaraswamy:
Special Reference to Sri Lankan Libraries
R.M.Nadeeka Rathnabahu
Assistant Librarian
Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology
University of Kelaniya
rathnabahu@kln.ac.lk
S.K. Illangarathne, Manori Samarakoon
Assistant Librarian, Main Library, Assistant Librarian
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Mihintale. Buddhist and Pali University of
skillangarathne@gmail.com Sri Lanka
Manori454@yahoo.com
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2.  Introduction
 Objectives
 Population & Sample
 Materials & Methods
 Limitations
 Results and Discussion
 Findings
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3.  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.
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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4. 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
MATERIALS & METHODS
The library automation application named WinISIS
Microsoft excel package was used to analysis bibliometric
data
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5. 1.1 Entry Types
Entry Type Number Percentage
of entries (%)
AC 80 93
Others 06 07
Total 86 100
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6. No of
Name of Libraries 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 1.3 Distribution by Year
University of Ruhuna Library (URUL) 30
No of
Year Entries
1904-1925 26
1926-1950 27
1951-1975 7
1976-2000 23
2001-2008 3 6
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7. No of
Subjects Entries
Arts 34
Sociology 10
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8. Official Logo of the Online Bibliography
http://thakshana.nsf.ac.lk/wwwisis/bisac/for
m.htm
http://www.libraryfriends.net/resour
ces
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9. •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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10. 1.WinISIS –Off line Interface 2.GenISIS - Online Interface
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11.  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/
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12.  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
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