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Indian mathematician and librarian
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(1892-08-12)12 August 1892<br>Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai district, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)<br>Died27 September 1972 (aged 80)<br>Bangalore, Mysore State, India (present-day Karnataka)<br>OccupationLibrarian, author, academician, mathematicianNationalityIndianGenreLibrary Science, Documentation, Staffing, Institutional Management, Information ScienceNotable worksProlegomena to Library Classification<br>The Five Laws of Library Science<br>Colon Classification<br>Ramanujan: the Man and the Mathematician<br>Classified Catalogue Code: With Additional Rules for Dictionary Catalogue Code<br>Library Administration<br>Indian Library Manifesto<br>Library Manual for Library Authorities, Librarians, and Library Workers<br>Classification and Communication<br>Headings and Canons; Comparative Study of Five Catalogue CodesNotable awardsPadma Shri (1957)RelativesRanga Yogeshwar (Grandson)
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan [1] (listenⓘ 12 August 1892 – 27 September 1972) was an Indian librarian and mathematician.[2] S. R. Ranganathan is widely known as the “Father of Library Science in 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. He is considered to be the father of library science, documentation, and information science in India and is widely known throughout the rest of the world for his fundamental thinking in the field. His birthday is observed every year as National Librarian Day in India.[3]
He was a university librarian and professor of library science at Banaras Hindu University (1945–47) and professor of library science at the University of Delhi (1947–55), the first Indian school of librarianship to offer higher degrees. He was president of the Indian Library Association from 1944 to 1953. In 1957 he was elected as an honorary member of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) and was made vice-president for life of the Library Association of Great Britain.[4]
Early life and education<br>[edit]
Ranganathan was born on 12 August 1892 in Siyali, Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu into a Brahmin family.[5][1] His birth date is sometimes written as 12 August 1892 but he wrote his own birth date as 9 August 1892 in his book, The Five Laws of Library Science.
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 state, and then went on to earn a teaching license in 1917.[5] His lifelong goal was to teach mathematics, and he was successively a member of the mathematics faculties at universities in Mangalore, Coimbatore, and Madras. As a mathematics professor, he published papers mainly on the history of mathematics. His career as an educator was somewhat hindered by stammering (a difficulty he gradually overcame in his...