National Librarians' Day (12 August 2021)

 

National Librarians' Day (12 August, 2021)

August 12th is being celebrated as National Librarians’ Day in India, in remembrance of birthday of national professor of library science, Padmashree  Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (1892-1972), who had spearheaded library development in India.

BIOGRAPHY:-Dr. S.R. Ranganathan (1892-1972)

👉Birth:- Shiyali in Tanjavoor (Tamilnadu) on 09^th August,1892.

👉Family Status:- Married in 1907 with Rukmini. but she died in an accident on 13 November 1928. Ranganathan married again in 1929 to Sarada in December 1929. Ranganathan was blessed with only one son, Shri R. Yogeswar, born in 1932.

👉Education:-Ranganathan attended the S.M. Hindu High School at Shiyali and passed Matriculation examination in 1908/1909. Ranganathan passed the examination in First Class. Ranganathan passed B.A. with a first class in March/April 1913. In June. Ranganathan passed M.A. in 1916 and he wanted to be a teacher in Mathematics.

👉Profession:-Appointed as a subordinate education service and worked as Assistant Lecture in Govt. College (Mangalore & Coimbatore), 1917. Between 1917 and 1921. In July 1921, joined the Presidency College, Madras as Assistant Professor of Mathematics. The first Librarian of Madras University-January, 1924. 

Literature and Books on ‘Library Science’
1.Five Laws of Library Science (1931).
2. Colon Classification (1933).
3.Classified Catalogue Code (1934).
4.Principal of Library Management.

Five Laws of Library Science’ (1931).

1.Books are for use.
2.Every reader his/her books.
3.Every books its reader.
4.Save the time of reader.
5.Library is a growing organism.

Death:- 27^th September, 1972 after a fruitful 80 years of his life.