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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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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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  • Cover of: The Five Laws of Library Science

    First published in 1931 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Prolegomena to library classification

    First published in 1937 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Heading and canons: comparative study of five catalogue codes

    First published in 1955 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Classified catalogue code

    First published in 1934 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Elements of library classification.

    First published in 1945 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Education for leisure.

    First published in 1948 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Library administration

    First published in 1935 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Library book selection.

    First published in 1952 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Library Administration

    First published in 2006 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Reference Service

    First published in 2006 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Library Book Selection : (Edition 2)

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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: Documentation: Genesis and Development

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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 inDecember 1956

    First published in 1945 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Classification and communication.

    First published in 1951 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Dictionary catalogue code.

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  • Cover of: Documentation and its facets: being a symposium of seventy papers by thirty-two authors.

    First published in 1963 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Library development plan: with a draft Library bill for the Province of Bombay.

    First published in 1947 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Library manual, for library authorities, librarians, and honorary library workers.

    First published in 1960 — 2 editions
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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 state, Library legislation, School libraries

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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