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Unit 14: Library Statistics

(a) Journal: Journal is a scholarly publication devoted to disseminating current Notes
information about research and developments in a specific field or subfield of human
knowledge. Journal is usually regularly published at interval. Most journal articles
are long and include a paragraph at the beginning, called an abstract which
summarizes the main points of the article and at the end a bibliography or list of
works cited. The writings of the journals are most often peer-reviewed.
(b) Magazine: The magazine usually refers to the non-scholarly publications written for
an educated audience and contains popular reading.
3. Reprint: Once an article is published in a journal additional copies are taken out separately
and provided to the author. A fixed number is generally supplied free of charge. Additional
copies are supplied at a cost; these copies are known as reprints and used for exchange
with other scientists working in the same field.
4. House Journal: It is a publication issued by an organization to inform the public of its
performance and style of function and also to know the reaction, opinions of its public.
Generally house journals are of two types:
(a) External House Journals: The external house journal is meant for the external audience
of an organization. The external audience of an organization refers to those who do
not work under the roof of the organization, but are interested in it.
(b) Internal House Journal: Internal house journals are meant for the employees under
the roof of an organization. Broadly speaking, it aims to inform and educate the
employees of all levels about the organization’s activities, functions, etc.

5. Newsletter: Newsletter is a publication issued by an organization often simple in format
and crisp in style to provide speedy information for a definite audience. Newsletters are
always issued regularly and have a short life span. It is a modest publication containing
limited pages says four to eight and a few pictures and illustrations. Generally, the
organizations that do not go for house journals find a good substitute in newsletters.
While some newsletters are intended for the employees, others are meant for the external
public.
6. Patents: A patent presents a detailed account of a new manufacturing process or
improvement of an existing process, a new product, a new method of testing and control
etc. Generally, when some kind of invention is made the manufacturer wants to protect
his invention and the patent offices in various countries on the request of the manufacturer
generally issue the patent, which provides an exclusive right to the manufacturer on the
invention. It takes the form of an official document having the seal of the government
attached to it, which confesses an exclusive privilege or right over a period of time to the
proceeds of an invention.

7. Standards: Standards are units or measures in terms of weight, size, length, quality,
composition, process of production, etc., established by National and International
Organizations. Standards are often finalized through testing, research, and study and
prescribe the accepted quality or performance value of a product.
8. Research Report: Research reports are published as part of the annual report of an
organization or as a separate report published at periodical intervals by individual and
agencies that obtain research grants and have to produce them as a condition of such
grants. The research reports are generally produced in limited number of copies and the
distribution is also restricted and controlled.

9. Trade and Product Bulletin/Journal: Trade journals contain primary articles but of the
nature of applied research. It contains the particulars of goods manufactured by or sold by

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