12th August is Celebrated as National Librarian’s Day in India.
“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.”
Dr. S R Ranganathan (1892-1972) Ranganathan, born on 9 August 1892( but it is mentioned as 12th August in many books), 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). The Government of India awarded Padmashri to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan for valuable contributions to Library Science.
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Books by S.R. Ranganathan
Publication Year
The Five Laws of Library Science
1931
Colon Classification
1933
Classified Cataloguing Code
1934
Prolegomena to Library Classification
1937
Prolegomena to Library Classification (2nd ed.)
1957
Prolegomena to Library Classification (3rd Ed.)
1967
Classification and Communication
1951
Documentation: Genesis and Development
1973
Documentation and its facets
1963
Reference Service
1961
Library Book Selection
1952
Library Book Selection (2nd ed.)
1966
Philosophy of Library Classification
1951
Library Administration
1935
Library Manual
1951
Ramanujan: The man and the mathematician
1967
Suggestion for the organization of the Libraries in India
1946
Heading and Canons
1955
A Librarian Looks Back: An autobiography of Dr. S. R. Rangnathan (Editor: P. N. Kaula)
