Cumulative Index of Pakistan Library Review (PLR)/
Contributors: Samdani, Rais Ahmed
Publisher: Pakistan Bibliographical Working Group
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Karachi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Perodical Index
Description: PLR was Pakistani’s first professional library journal started in 1957. It remained on the publishing scene for almost twelve years. It had noble objectives and created good scope for writing and reading. This journal provided a forum for expression of ideas and thoughts in the field of library and information science as well as Pakistan librarianship, particularly when there was no other media existing in the country.The basic purpose of this particular periodical index is to rejuvenate a professional journal of Pakistan librarianship and bring to li9ght the work contributed by eminent scholars of library and information science. 

	A senior library professional Mr. Moinuddin Khan in his foreword stated that “I felt greatly honoured when I was asked to write a foreword to this book, which is valuable clue to yet another untapped source of professional literature contained in the volumes of Pakistan Library Review encompassing those formative years (1958 -1969) of professionalization of librarianship in Pakistan. In to the lasting credit of Mr. Rais Ahmed Samdani that be has indexed these two leading national library journals. He compiled  Index of PLB  in 1995 and within the space of two years he has come up with this Cumulative Index of PLR. Mr. Samdani thus carries the day in chronicling history and growth of a discipline which, today enjoys university status. Indexing is a painstaking and back-breading task and at the same time demands precision to help search the needle in haystack. Mr. Samdani will be a more satisfied man than anyone else to have provided a finding tool for working librarians. Students and teachers of Library and Information Science for generations to come. He deserves our abiding gratitude”.

	Mr. M. Gulistan Khan in his review on this index stated that “there are 219 entries. They are arranged by the names of the author and subject in alphabetical order. Any needed information or article can be located in the index with minimum effort. The compiler has taken great pain to record 110 articles, editorials and messages that have been contributed by 69 authors on 50 different topics”. (PLB: 30(1-2): March-June 1999, p. 35
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