DR. S.R.

RAGANATHAN

FROM BBPS NOIDA

S.R. Ranganathan
Shiyali Ramamrita
Ranganathan was an
Indian librarian, educator
and Mathematician.
He was born on August 9
1892 in Sirkali , Tamil Nadu
(Then Madras).
He was also awarded the
Padma shri award, one of
the highest civilian honours
in the country.
Contribution
Ranganathan's chief
technical contributions
to library science were
in classification and
indexing theory.
His Colon Classification
(1933) introduced a
system that is widely
used in research libraries
around the world and
that has affected the
evolution of such older
systems as the Dewey
Decimal Classification.
Why was he called
the father of library
He was called the father of
library because he
established the first library
science program in India. He
further advocated for the use
of technology in libraries and
spearheaded the movement
to professionalize
librarianship.
Thank
you