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Santosh Deemed to be University celebrates National Librarian's Day & Wishes all Library professionals "A Happy Librarians Day".
" Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life ."
" The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library " - Albert Einstein.
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National Librarian's Day on 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.
Short Biography of Padmashri Dr.S.R. Ranganathan :
Ranganathan, born on 12th 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.
He was appointed as a University Librarian in Madras University Library in the year 1924 and he devised a universal fame Colon Classification, Classified Catalogue Code and published a book titled Prolegomena towards Library Information Science, Five Laws of Library Science, which is still known as the Bible of the Library Classification and Cataloguing schemes followed in all the libraries. He served as a Professor of Library Science at Banaras Hindu University (1945–47) and a professor of library science at the University of Delhi (1947–55).
The last appointment made him director of 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 an honorary member of the International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) and was made a vice-president for life of the Library Association of Great Britain.
The Government of India awarded Padmashri to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan for his valuable contributions to Library Science.
Five Laws of Library Science
*Books are for use
*Every reader his/her book
*Every book, its reader
*Save the time of the reader
*Library is a growing organism
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