Ranganathan Science Library

Ranganathan Science subroutine librarySHIYALI RAMAMRITA RANGANATHAN Brief overview of Ranganathans life According to Gopinath, in Memorabilia Ranganathan, Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, often referred to as S. R. Ranganathan, was born August 9, 1892 in Tamil Nadu, in southern India. He lost his father early in childhood, and he alike married his first wife at a young age. Ranganathan and his second wife had atomic number 53 child. After a long, impressive c atomic number 18er, Ranganathan died at the age of 80 on September 27, 1972.Education and careerDocumentation Re calculate and Training Centre, 1962 http//www.isibang.ac.in/ subroutine library/portal/Pages/photo.htmRanganathan as a student, 1913 http//www.isibang.ac.in/library/portal/Pages/photo.htmLeaving mathematics and teaching had not been easy for SRR. His colleagues and the principal had given him great moral support. The year was 1924. http//www.isibang.ac.in/library/portal/Pages/photo.htmBefore Ranganathan influenced th e world of library science (he is utter to have coined the term), he earned his Masters degree in Mathematics and a degree from a teachers college. From 1917 to 1921, he retained a position at Presidency College in Madras, India, teaching math and physics. According to Gopinath, students loved Ranganathans lively teaching style and often applauded after his lectures. When a better paying library position opened at the Madras University Library, Ranganathan reluctantly applied and, with no previous library education or experience, was surprisingly accepted. After a week, out of tiresomeness he tried to resign. Instead, he was sent to London for nine months where he learned library science and began to design his own courseification scheme, among other concepts that he later wrote about, including his quintette Laws of Library Science. He stayed at Madras University until 1945, after reorganizing the library, creating a library science school, and influencing much of southern India . After his so-called retirement, he went to Banaras Hindi University and Dehli University, created and served on numerous professional committees and boards, as well as promoting public library legislation. From 1954-1957, Ranganathan stayed in Zurich, where he continued his work in library science. whence he went to Bangalore where the pinnacle ofhis entire life wasthe founding of the Documentation Research and Training Centre under the auspices of the Indian Statistical Institute (p. 2423). This impart exists today offering courses and degrees in information and library science (see drtc.isibang.ac.in/ for to a greater extent information).Major contribution to librarianshipS. R. Ranganathan, also known as the Father of Indian Librarianship, contributed more than 60 books and over 1,500 articles. He wrote on library management, book selection, reference service, library buildings and furniture, and the chain procedure to deriving subject index entries (Gopinath, 2003, p.2427), among other topics. But, one of his biggest contributions to librarianship was his Five laws of library science that continues to be a guide for library management and operation today.1. Books are for use.2. Every reader his/her book.3. Every book its readers.4. make it the time of the reader save the time of the library staff.5. The library is a growing organism.These five ideas shape many aspects of libraries. The following ideas derived from Ranganathans five laws are presented in a lecture from Atherton (1973) that she gave at the Documentation Research and Training Centre in Bangalore Readers should know what information is available libraries should know what their readers want readers should have ingress to library material, catalog searches should lead the reader to their desired material the organization systems of a library should be designed for efficiency as information grows, so do libraries. All of these laws persist in importance in terms of the mission of the libra ry and the services it provides for its patrons. Various versions of the five laws of library science bed be seen in As electronic information becomes more pervasive, these laws still apply as an over-arching philosophy and guide to connecting patrons with information. Yet new violations have emerged with the addition of the web and other online resources (Cloonan Dove, 2005, p.59). Information architects and other information scientists look to Ranganathans ideas (Steckel, 2002). In 2004, Noruzi published a set for the WebWeb resources are for use. Every user his or her web resource. Every web resource its user. Save the time of the user. The Web is a growing organism. These modern challenges to of importtain the ideals of library science are the major working in the fields of information and library sciences.Major contribution to catalogingS. R. Ranganathans most important contribution to cataloging was his Colon Classification scheme.Three main types of classification used a re enumerative, as is the Library of Congress Classification, in that it attempts to claim designations for all the single and composite concepts required in the system hierarchical, as mostly describes the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme and faceted classification that confine their explicit lists of designations to single, unsubdivided concepts (Taylor, 2006, p. 393).Facets are aspects of the book (or any information object) that can be used as an area for classification. In Ranganathans Colon Classification scheme, he determined there were five facets personality, matter, energy, space, time that are used to analyze a class or subject and to construct a composite class notation for it (p. 395). In the PMEST formula, each facet is separated by different punctuation marks and informs which type of facet is coming next, (comma)personality (semicolon)matter (colon)energy. (period)space (apostrophe)timeTaylor (p.395) gives the example of notation for a book on the eradication of virus in rice plants in Japan, 1971 as J , 381 4 5 . 42 N70The breakdown of the notation isJagriculture(main subject)381rice plant(personality)4virus disease(matter)5eradication(energy)42Japan(space)N701970s(time)Considered analytic-synthetic How does it compare to Dewey?Less biased Better for classifying complex items, new subjectsdoes not assign fixed slots to subjects in sequence (p. 394).Current use of Colon ClassificationThe faceted approach of Colon Classification makes it ideal for computer use. Faceted class notation is especially important for online retrievalas a complement to verbal retrieval methods y subject headings or keywords. (p. 396) Because facets are used, as remote to hierarchy, a user can easily search by facets. Rather than deciding ahead of time what the proper trees, the computer can construct a tree on the fly ground on the users interaction (Weinberger, 2007, p. 81). The users begin the search with one facet and then narrow it with other facets. The result is a system that lets the users become data squirrels, jumping from branch to branch (Weinberger, 2007, p. 81), with new branches being created by the users queries. As explained by Glassel (1998), each term in a Yahoo notation string contains individual words which have meaning on their own, but once combined with other words into a string, a context is created, providing a deeper meaning. In this way it is much like a faceted classification ( 11). Here is an example of how the classification of a book based on its facets can easily migrate to a search engine. Using a books subjects Research in the cure of the tuberculosis of lungs by x-ray conducted in India in 1950s, the CC notation is L,454216253f.44N5. And as words, the notation is translated as Medicine,LungsTuberculosisTreatmentX-rayResearch.India1950 (Chan, 1994, p.391). This translation are keywords in a search that, if matched to controlled subject headings would likely result in positive hits.Annotated bibliograph y of Ranganathans principle works.Ranganathan, S. R. (1933). Colon Classification. Madras Madras Library Association. (1st edition).An introduction to the colon classification system using five facets (personality, matter, energy, space, and time)Ranganathan, S. R. (1962). Elements of Library Classification. Bombay Asia Publishing House.Ranganathan, S.R. (1963). Colon classification basic classification (6th ed.). New York Asia Publishing House.Ranganathan, S.R. (1963). The five laws of library science (2nd ed.). New York Asia Publishing House.Introduction to his five deceptively and elegantly simple laws of library science that affect every aspect of the library. User-centered approachRanganathan, S.R. (1967). Prolegomena to library classification (3rd ed.). London Asia Publishing House.640-page book rules and guidelinesTimelineDewey born (1851) LCC authentic (1852)Colon Class. designed (1924) 5 Laws of LS (1928)Ranganathan dies (1972)1850-18751901-19291950-19791876-19001930-1949 1980-presentDDC developed (1876) Ranganathan born (1892)Dewey dies (1931) CC, LC, and DD class. systems modified, still usedAppendix ACANONS FOR THE IDEA PLANE 1. ordinances for Characteristicsa) Canon of Differentiationb) Canon of relevancec) Canon of Ascertainabilityd) Canon of Permanence2. Canons for Succession of Characteristicsa) Canon of Concomitanceb) Canon of Relevant Successionc) Canon of Consistent Succession3. Canons for Arraya) Canon of Exhaustivenessb) Canon of exclusivenessc) Canon of Helpful Sequence4. Canons for Chaina) Canon of fall Extensionb) Canon of Modulationd) Canon of Consistent Sequence5. Canons for Filiatory Sequencea) Canon of low-level Classesb) Canon of Coordinate ClassesCANONS FOR THE VERBAL PLANE1. Canon of Context2. Canon of Enumeration3. Canon of Currency4. Canon of ReticenceCANONS FOR THE NOTATIONAL PLANE1. Canon of synonym2. Canon of Homonym3. Canon of Relativity4. Canon of Uniformity5. Canon of Hierarchy6. Canon of Non-Hierarchy7. Canon of Mixed Base8. Canon of Pure Base9. Canon of Faceted Notation10. Canon of Non-Faceted Notation11. Canon of Co-Extensiveness12. Canon of Under-ExtensivenessCANONS OF MNEMONICS 1. Canon of Alphabetical Mnemonics2. Canon of Systematic Mnemonics3. Canon of Seminal MnemonicsPRINCIPLES FOR HELPFUL SEQUENCE1. linguistic rule of Later-in-Time2. Principle of Later-in-Evolution3. Principles of Spatial Contiguitya) Principle of Bottom Upwardsb) Principle of Top Downwardsc) Principle of Left to Rightd) Principle of Clockwise bursting chargee) Principle of Counter-Clockwise Directionf) Principle of Periphery to Centreg) Principle of Centre to Periphery4. Principles of Quantitative Measurea) Principle of Increasing Quantityb) Principle of Decreasing Quantity5. Principle of Increasing Complexity6. Principle of Canonical Sequence7. Principle of Literary Warrant8. Principle of Alphabetical SequencePOSTULATES1. drive of Five Fundamental Categories2. Postulate of Basic Facet3. Postulat e of Isolate Facet4. Postulates for Rounds of Manifestationa) Postulate of Rounds for Energyb) Postulate of Rounds for Personality and Matterc) Postulate of Rounds for quad and Time5. Postulates for Levels of Manifestationa) Postulate of Level6. Postulates for Facetsa) Postulate of First Facetb) Postulate of Concretenessc) Postulate of Facet Sequence Within a Roundd) Postulate of Facet Sequence Within the Last Rounde) Postulate of a Level ClusterPRINCIPLES FOR FACET SEQUENCE1. Wall-Picture Sequence2. Whole-Organ Principle3. Cow-Calf Principle4. crop and-Action-Actor-Tool PrincipleReferencesAtherton, P. (1973). Putting knowledge to work An American view of Ranganathans five laws of library science. Dehli Vikas Publishing House.Chan L. M. (1994). cataloging and classification An introduction (2nd ed.). New York McGraw-Hill.Cloonan, M.V., Dove, J.G. (2005, April 1). Ranganathan Online. Library diary, 130(6), pp. 58-60. Retrieved on July 22, 2008, from http//web.ebscohost.com /ehost/pdf?vid=9hid=103sid=3d1ade8a-3357-4c16-8584-676fda875d4d%40sessionmgr9Garfield, E. (1984, February 6). A tribute to S. R. Ranganathan, the Father of Indian library science Part I life and works. Current Comments, 6, 37-43. Retrieved on July 21, 2008, from http//www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v7p045y1984.pdfGlassel, A. (1998). Was Ranganathan a Yahoo? End Users Corner.Retrieved July 21, 2008, from http//scout.wisc.edu/Projects/PastProjects/toolkit/enduser/archive/1998/euc-9803.htmlGopinath, M.A. (Ed.) (1994), Memorabilia Ranganathan. Bangalore Sarada Ranganathan gift for Library Science.Gopinath, M.A. (2003). Ranganathan, Shiyali Ramamrita. In M. A. Drake (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (2nd ed.) (pp. 2419-2437). New York Marcel Dekker.Noruzi, A. (2004). Application of Ranganathans Laws to the Web. Webology, 1(2). Retrieved July 21, 2008, from http//www.webology.ir/2004/v1n2/a8.htmlSpiteri, L. (1998). A simplified model for facet analysis. Canadia n Journal of Information and Library Science, 23, pp. 1-30. Retrieved July 22, 2008, from http//iainstitute.org/pg/a_simplified_model_for_facet_analysis.phpStekel, M. (2002, October 7). Ranganathan for IAs An introduction to the thought of S.R. Ranganathan for information architects. Boxes And Arrows. Retrieved July 21, 2008, from http//www.boxesandarrows.com/view/ranganathan_for_iasTaylor, A. G. (2006). Introduction to cataloging and classification (10th ed.). Westport, CT Libraries Unlimited.Weinberger, D. (2007). Everything is miscellaneous The power of the new digital disorder. New York henry Holt and Company.July 16, 2008, 1123 AM, Erin M. 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