Time to celebrate librarians with a salute to S. R. Ranganathan
Time to celebrate librarians with a salute to S. R. Ranganathan.
Indian librarian S. R. Ranganathan died September 27, 1972. He was a mathematician, librarian and university professor of Librarian Science at the University of Delhi. He proposed there are 5 Laws of Library Science:
1. Books Are For Use
2. Every Reader His/Her Book
3. Every Book Its Reader
4. Save The Time Of The Reader
5. The Library Is A Growing Organism
Birth Centenary of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (1892-1972)
Issued in 1992 by India
His birthday, August 12 is celebrated as National Librarians’ Day in India each year, for a good reason:
When you walk into a government-run public library in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, or Andhra Pradesh today, you are stepping into an institution shaped largely by the vision of one man. Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, a mathematician who became a librarian almost by accident, spent nearly five decades arguing that libraries should not be charitable afterthoughts but legally protected, state-funded services available to every citizen. His ideas turned a scattered collection of private and underfunded reading rooms into the foundation of an organized public library system.
Dr. S. R. Ranganathan’s Role in Shaping India’s Public Library System This link leads to an exploration of Ranganathan’s thinking and impact on libraries in India.
Librarians are the unsung heroes of literacy and community outreach.
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