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S. R. Ranganathan

Indian librarian and mathematician who wrote the five laws of library science and developed the first major faceted classification system, the colon classification.

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Indian mathematician and librarian (1892–1972)

Born 1892
Died 1972

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  • Cover of: Colon Classification: Basic Classification (Madras Library Association Papers Series)

    First published in 1933 — 31 editions
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    First published in 1931 — 12 editions
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    First published in 1937 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1955 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Elements of library classification: based on lectures delivered at the University of Bombay in December 1944 and in the schools of librarianship in Great Britain in December 1956

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  • Cover of: Philosophy of Library Classification

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  • Cover of: Classified catalogue code: with additional rules for dictionary catalogue code

    First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Library manual, for library authorities, librarians, and honorary library workers.

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Indian mathematician and librarian (1892–1972)

Born 1892
Died 1972

Subjects

Libraries, Library science, Books, Classification, Cataloging, Classification, books, Documentation, Library administration, Bibliography, Biography, Congresses, History, Handbooks, manuals, Librarians, Reference services (Libraries), Adult education, Book selection, Catalogs, Classified, Classification, Colon, Classified Catalogs, Colon Classification, Colon classification, Libraries and Education, Libraries and state, Library legislation

Places

India, Allahabad, Asia, Bengal, Bombay (Presidency), Chennai (India), Europe, India (State) Kerala, Kerala (State), Kerala, India (State), Mysore, Tamil Nadu, United States

People

S. R. Ranganathan (1892-1972), Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar (1887-1920), James Bennett Childs (1896-), Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), Ranganathan S. R. (1892-1972)

Time

20th century

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Alternative names

  • Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
  • Ranganathan, Shiyali Ramamrita, Rao Sahib
  • Shuyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
  • Ranganathan, Shiyali Ramamrita rao sahib
  • Ranganathan S R
  • S. R Ranganathan
  • please see S. R. Ranganathan

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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import