KV
SEC- 22, ROHINI
CELEBRATING
NATIONAL
LIBRARIAN DAY
REMEMBRANCE
OF
THE
FATHER OF LIBRARY SCIENCE
DR.
S. R. RANGANATHAN
Librarian Day
“August 12th
is being celebrated as National Librarian’s Day in India, in remembrance of
national professor of library science, Dr S R Ranganathan (1892-1972), who had
spearheaded library development
in India.”Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan was a librarian and mathematician from
India. His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of
library science and the development of the first major faceted classification
system, the colon classification.
LIFE
Dr.
S R Ranganathan (1892-1972) was born on 9 August 1892,
came from a moderate background in British-ruled India. He was born in the
small town of Shiyali (now known as Sirkazhi), in the state of Tamil Nadu in
southern India. Ranganathan began his professional life as a mathematician; he
earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics from Madras Christian College in
his home province, and then went on to earn a teaching license. His lifelong
goal was to teach mathematics, and he was successively a member of the
mathematics faculties at universities in Mangalore, Coimbatore and Madras (all
within the span of five years). As a mathematics professor, he published a
handful of papers, mostly on the history of mathematics. His career as an
educator was somewhat hindered by a handicap of stammering (a difficulty
Ranganathan gradually overcame in his professional life).
ACHIEVEMENT
The Government of India awarded
Padmashri to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan for valuable contributions to Library Science.
FIVE
LAWS OF LIBRAARY SCIENCE
1.
First Law:
Books Are For Use.
2.
Second Law:
Every Reader His/Her Book.
3.
Third Law:
Every Book Its Reader.
4.
Fourth Law:
Save The Time Of The Reader.
5.
Fifth
Law: The Library Is
A Growing Organism.
BOOKS BY RANGANATHAN
1. Text of Classic Books by Dr. S R Ranganathan:
• Ranganathan, S. R. (1989) Philosophy of Library Classification. Sarada
Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science Ranganathan, S. R. (1973) New
education and school library: Experience of half a century. • Ranganathan, S.
R. (1967) Prolegomena to Library Classification. • Ranganathan, S. R. (1951)
Classification and Communication. • Ranganathan, S. R. (1951) Classification
and Communication. University of Delhi (Delhi, India). • Ranganathan, S. R.
(1951) Documentation Genesis and Development. Vikas Publishing House (Delhi,
India). • Ranganathan, S. R. (1931) The Five Laws of Library Science. Madras
Library Association (Madras, India) and Edward Goldston (London, UK).
Greetings made by our students
By-
Smt. Ramkali
Librarian
K.V.Sec-
22, Rohini
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