PMSHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA KAILASHAHAR LIBRARY
Friday, August 13, 2021
National Librarian's Day
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, was born
on 9th August 1892 in Shiyali, Madras, India. His father’s
name was Ramamrita Ayyar and his mother’s name was Seethalakshami. Dr.
Ranganathan he is also known as Father of Library science
of India. He was educated at the Hindu High School in Shiyali, at
Madras Christian College (where he took B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics in
1913 and 1916), and at Teachers College, Saidapet. In 1917 he joined the
faculty of Government College, Mangalore. He subsequently taught at
Government College, Coimbatore, in 1920 and at Presidency College, University
of Madras, in 1921–23. In 1924 he was appointed first librarian of the
University of Madras, and in order to fit himself for the post he travelled to
England to study at University College, London. He took up the job at Madras in
earnest in 1925 and held it until 1944. From 1945 to 1947 he served as
librarian and as professor of library science at Hindu University in Varanasi (Banaras),
and from 1947 to 1954 he taught at the University of Delhi. During 1954–57
he was engaged in research and writing in Zürich. He returned to India in the
latter year and served as visiting professor at Vikram University, Ujjain,
until 1959. In 1962 he founded and became head of the Documentation Research
and Training Centre in Bangalore, with which he remained associated for the
rest of his life, and in 1965 he was honoured by the Indian government with the
title of national research professor in library science. Ranganathan’s chief
technical contributions to library science were in classification and indexing
theory. His Colon Classification (1933) introduced a system that is widely
used in research libraries around the world and that has affected the evolution
of such older systems as the Dewey Decimal Classification Later he devised the
technique of “chain indexing” for deriving subject-index entries. Other works
of his included Classified Catalogue Code (1934), Prolegomena
to Library Classification (1937), Theory of the Library Catalogue (1938), Elements
of Library Classification (1945), Classification and International
Documentation (1948), Classification and Communication (1951),
and Headings
and Canons (1955). His Five Laws of Library Science (1931) was
widely accepted as a definitive statement of the ideal of library service. He
also drafted plans for a national and several state library systems, founded
and edited several journals, and were active in numerous professional
associations. He was founded DRTC in Bangalore in 1962. Dr. Ranganathan served
in various universities throughout his life. He was awarded Padmashree in 1957
for his excellent contribution in the field of library. He was died in 27th September,
1972, Bangalore, Myso
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