Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (August 9, 1892, Sirkali, Tamil Nadu - September 27, 1972, Bangalore) was an innovative mathematician and librarian from India. His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of library science and the development of the first major analytico-synthetic classification system, the Colon classification. He is considered to be the father of library science in India. Wikipedia
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Ranganathan aimed bighe was looking for the fundamental laws that underlie experience and it quickly became an obsession. www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/ranganathan_for_ias.php
To perpetuate the sweet memory of it's patron, the Executive Committee of the Delhi Library Association decided to institute a Memorial Lecture Series in the name of Dr. SR Ranganathan. www.dlaindia.org/sr_ranganathan_lecture_series.html
The Five Laws of the Web are inspired by the Five Laws of Library Science, Ranganathan's laws, Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, Internet, User rights, Cinq Lois du Web, Le cinq lois de Ranganathan, World Wide Web, Webology, Webologie www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/a8.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for S. R. Ranganathan. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%2e_R%2e_Ranganathan