International Journal of Digital Library Services IJODLS | Geetanjali Research Publication 117 V V o o l l . . 5 5 , , J J a a n n . . M Ma a r r c c h h 2 2 0 0 1 1 5 5 , , I I s s s s u u e e - - 1 1 w w w w w w . . i i j j o o d d l l s s . . i i n n ISSN:2250-1142 (Online), ISSN 2349-302X (Print) AUTHORSHIP AND COLLABORATIVE PATTERNS IN THE ANNALS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION STUDIES, 2007-2013: A SCIENTOMETRIC STUDY Fawaz Abdullah Alhamdi Ph.D. Research Student Dept .of Library & Information Science Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. (MS) India Email: fawazalhamdilibrarian@hotmail.com Prof. Vaishali Khaparde Professor and Head Dept .of Library & Information Science Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad. (MS) India Email: khapardevaishali@gmail.com Abstracts Scientometric analysis of 240 articles published in the Indian Journal Annals of Library and Information Studies during the year 2007-2011 are taken up to observe the distribution of contributions, authorship pattern, Relative growth rate, geographical distribution of contributions and the number of pages used in each volume. Results indicate that highest numbers of papers have been written by co-authors. The contributions in this journal from Delhi are more than those from the other states. The relative growth and popularity of this journal is found to show an upward trend. Keywords: Authorship; Collaborative Patterns; Growth Relative Rare. Introduction Scientometrics is the branch of science that describes the outputs traits in terms of organizational research structure, resource inputs and outputs, develops benchmarks to evaluate the quality of information output. Scientometrics studies characterize the disciplines using the growth of the pattern and other attributes. The scientific measurement of the work of scientists, especially by way of analyzing their publications and the citations. (Khurshid and Sahai1991) there is great consistency among the various bibliometric, Scientometric and Informatics laws. The Bradford law deals with the increased scattering of relevant papers on fixed topic (Bradford, 1934). (Brusilovsky,1978). The Scientometric law concerns the