English abstract
This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of books published by King Fahd National Library (KFNL) in the field of Library and Information Science during the period 1987-2013. Also, it dealt with the analysis of the citations included in these books for the period 20092013. To achieve this goal, the researcher compiled a bibliographic list of books published by (KFNL). The study aimed to identify the characteristics of these books through the monitoring of trends in the quantitative, qualitative, period and subject, and the characteristics of authorship in addition to the identify of the characteristics of citations and their structural features on the levels of the form, subject and language.
The study used the bibliometrics approach. The application of this approach helped to establish an inventory of this literature as well as the analysis of the citations included in the study population. The most important findings of the study were as follows: The number of books published by (KFNL) in the field of Library and Information Science was 250 books, and the written books were more than the translated. The bibliography was most treated topic, while the topic of knowledge was the last addressed topic. The individual authorship was more common than the co-authorship, and therefore
according to the Subramanyam law there is no cooperation between the authors of published books, and the scientific productivity of the authors is not significant according to Price law. On the other hand, the volume of citations for 73 books was about 6431 at a rate of 88 citations per book. In addition, the single authorship in citations was predominant on co-authorship. Thus, according to Subramanyam law, there is no cooperation between the authors as revealed by these citations, the author productivity did not match that specified by Lotka law. The study revealed the presence of 59 self-citations, making 1% of the total citations. The mid-life of the citations was 15.2 years. The subject authority was higher than the subject dispersion. The English language had the lion's share among the cited materials, and the United States was leading the list of countries cited by the study population. Books came on the top of the cited sources, followed by journals. According to the application of Bradford law of dispersion, 13 journals formed the core titles in the field of Library and Information Science, including 10 Arab and three foreign titles.
