The most important event of this century associated with S.R. Ranganathan was
his Birth Centenary year 1992. The Birth Centenary Celebrations of this "World -
librarian" were the Third International Conference on Informatics in August,
1991 at Bangalore. In 1992, a spurt of activities started by library Science
Schools, library associations and various other bodies to celebrate has Birth
Centenary in variety of ways and befitting manner, such as organisation of
seminars and lectures, release of stamp, bust installation and the like,
including organisation of IFLA Annual conference in India at the time of 58th
IFLA General Conference in 1992 to mark Ranganathan's Birth Centenary year. The
birth Centenary year produced a plethora of library and information literature.
The spill over of the publication of literature on and about Ranganathan
continued in 1993 and even up to first quarter of 1994 resulting in more
literature on Ranganathan . The aim of this publication has been to identify and
arrange together all these relevant materials on and about the life and works of
Ranganathan and impact of Ranganathan's contribution on librarianship,
comparative librarianship and other aspects of the Library and Information
Science. Relevant articles published during these years in foreign journals,
souvenirs and other sources have also been included, excluding contributions in
languages other than English, and dissertations and Ph.D., theses. It is hoped
that this bibliography will be of immense value to world's library and
information professionals in updating their Information -bank' about the S.R.
Ranganathan's life and contribution and Ranganathan's impact in our field.
Preface
Abbreviations of Journals Indexed
Abbreviations of their Explanations
PART---1
Autobiography/Biography
Comparative Biography
Letters of Ranganathan
Awards and Honours
conferences
Ranganathan and Professional Associations
Impact of Ranganathan on International Science
Ranganathan's Contribution to Comparative Librarianship
Five Laws of Library Science
Ranganathan and Knowledge Organizations
Rnaganathan and Communication
Ranganathan and Research
Libraries and Library Movement
Library Management
Ranganathan and Information Technology
Pre-Natal Cataloguing
Comparative Study of AACR and CCC
Chain Indexing /Indexing
Book Numbers
Classification Theory
Classification and Database Designing
Modes of formation of Subjects
Facet Analysis
Fundamental Categories
Mnemonics
Notations
Postulates
Colon Classification
Ranganathan's impact on DDC
Librametrics/Bibliometrics/Informatrics
References and Information Services
Documentation Services
Public Libraries
Library Legislation
National Libraries
Special Libraries
Souvenirs on Ranganathan
Special Numbers of Journals
PART--II
PART--III
Subject Index
Author Index
Dr. Sewa Singh is currently working as Reader in the Department of Library and Information Science, Guru Nanak Dev University. He has been a practising Librarian and Teacher of library and Information Science for more than two decades and half. During this period, he has contributed thirteen books and about. He has been regularly contributing to the professional journals, seminars conferences, etc. He has been on the Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Information Library and Society,Indian Library Movement. Library Progress (International) Presently he is the Vice- President of the Indian Library Association, and ex-Vice President of IASLIC (Calcutta). He is the Life Member of the Indian Library Association, Indian Association of Special Libaries and Information Centres, Indian Association Science Society for Information Science., Association of Government Libraries. He is also a member of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (Germay) He has been listed in such biographical sources as Dictionary of International Biography (England) ; Maquis' Who's Who (USA); Roster of Information Scientists; Reference Asia, Who's Who of Teachers of Library and Information Science; India Who's who (INFA) among others.
