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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: 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: The organization of libraries.

    First published in 1956 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Preface to library science

    First published in 1948 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Prolegomena to library classification.

    First published in 1937 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The five laws of library science

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  • Cover of: Library Manual for Library Authorities, Librarians and Library Workers

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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

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

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  • Cover of: A descriptive account of the Colon classification

    First published in 1967 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Prolegomena to Library Classification : (Edition III)

    First published in 2006 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ramanujan: The Man and the Mathematician

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  • Cover of: New Education and School Libraries: Experience of Half a Century

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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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