Topics of LIS graduate theses in Iranian public universities: 2005-2009

Categorizing topics of LIS thesis in Iranian public universities 292 theses defended between 2005 and 2009 in 10 public universities were categorized into 12 broad and 17 narrow subject groups according to ISTA and LISTA classification schemes. Data was gathered using a control list. Analysis of data was carried out using EXCEL and SPSS applications. Librarianship with around 22%، retrieval 21%، bibliometrics 14%، search engines 11%، print electronic resources 6. 5%، information industry and cataloguing each with 6%، information management 5%، other topics 4%، electronic publishing 3%، scientific communications 1. 5%. No thesis was found in the field of classification.