S. R. Ranganathan

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librarian library scientist mathematician person

S. R. Ranganathan was an Indian librarian and mathematician widely regarded as the father of library science in India and a pioneer of modern library classification and documentation.

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S. R. Ranganathan canonical 7
Ranganathan 3
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan 2

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instanceOf librarian ⓘ
library scientist ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
person ⓘ
academicDiscipline library science ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-08-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1972-09-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Madras Christian College ⓘ
Presidency College, Madras ⓘ
University of Madras ⓘ
employer Indian Statistical Institute ⓘ
University of Delhi ⓘ
University of Madras ⓘ
familyName S. R. Ranganathan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ranganathan
fieldOfWork documentation ⓘ
library classification ⓘ
library science ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
fullName S. R. Ranganathan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
givenName Ramamrita ⓘ
Shiyali ⓘ
hasConcept PMEST facets ⓘ
chain indexing ⓘ
facet analysis ⓘ
library legislation advocacy ⓘ
influenced international library classification standards ⓘ
library science education in India ⓘ
knownFor developing Colon Classification ⓘ
formulating the Five Laws of Library Science ⓘ
pioneering faceted classification ⓘ
pioneering library science education in India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
memberOf Indian Library Association ⓘ
notableWork Classified Catalogue Code ⓘ
Colon Classification ⓘ
Documentation and Its Facets ⓘ
Five Laws of Library Science ⓘ
Library Administration ⓘ
Library Manual ⓘ
Prolegomena to Library Classification ⓘ
occupation librarian ⓘ
library science educator ⓘ
library theorist ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
placeOfBirth India ⓘ
Shiyali ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bengaluru ⓘ
surface form: Bangalore

India ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
positionHeld Head of Documentation Research and Training Centre, Bangalore ⓘ
Librarian of the University of Madras ⓘ
Professor of Library Science at the University of Delhi ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
title father of library science in India ⓘ
pioneer of modern library classification ⓘ

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Colon Classification → creator → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
Classification Research Group → influencedBy → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
S. R. Ranganathan → fullName → S. R. Ranganathan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
S. R. Ranganathan → familyName → S. R. Ranganathan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ranganathan
British Classification Research School → influencedBy → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
Shiyali → familyName → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
subject surface form: Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
this entity surface form: Ranganathan
Ramamrita → familyName → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
subject surface form: S. R. Ranganathan
this entity surface form: Ranganathan
Ramamrita → fullName → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
subject surface form: S. R. Ranganathan
this entity surface form: Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
Five Laws of Library Science → author → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
Five Laws of Library Science → proposedBy → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
Classified Catalogue Code → creator → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
Library Manual → author → S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ