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THE FATHER OF LIBRARY SCIENCE IN INDIA
The Father of Library Science in India
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Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan was born on August 9, 1892 Shiyali, Madras and died on September 27, 1972 in Bangalore. He earned an MA in Mathematics, and taught at Madras University. In 1924 he was appointed as the librarian of Madras University, a post he held for twenty years. As a newly appointed librarian he travelled to London's School of Librarianship and toured over one hundred libraries in the U.K.
While in England, Dr. SR Ranganathan saw that the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) was the most popular system in use. His analytical mind quickly discovered its fundamental deficiency and its inability to express all the aspects of a specific subject of a document. He also thought that a classification system should allow for future subjects to be combined in unexpected or unplanned ways. In his mind DDC was neither prepared nor adequate to provide for
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Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
by K. S. RaghavanTable of contents:
1. Birth, education and family
2. Career as teacher of mathematics
3. Madras University Library
4. Normative principles
5. Ranganathan and librarianship
5.1 Library Associations and Public Library Movement
5.2 Information Support for Industry and R&D
5.3 Ranganathan as a global player
5.4 Education for librarianship & information work
5.5 Work on standards
5.6 Channels of communication
5.7 Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science
5.8 Honours and awards
6. Ranganathan’s style of writing
7. Publications and impact
8. Ranganathan’s contributions to knowledge organization
8.1 General theory of classification:8.•
S. R. Ranganathan
Indian mathematician and librarian
S. R. Ranganathan
S. R. Ranganathan's Portrait at City Central Library, Hyderabad, Chennai
Born Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
(1892-08-09)9 August 1892
Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai district, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)Died 27 September 1972 (aged 80)
Bangalore, Mysore State, India (present-day Karnataka)Occupation Librarian, author, academic, mathematician Nationality Indian Genre Library Science, Documentation, Information Science Notable works Prolegomena to Library Classification
The Five Laws of Library Science
Colon Classification
Ramanujan: the Man and the Mathematician
Classified Catalogue Code: With Additional Rules for Dictionary Catalogue Code
Library Administration
Indian Library Manifesto
Library Manual for Library Authorities, Librarians, and Library Workers
Classification and Communication
Headings and Canons; Comparative Study of Five Catalogue CodesNo