[LIS-Forum] Dr. S R Ranganathan Birth Anniversary @ The Department of Lib. and Science, University of Mysore

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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:48:24 +0100 (BST)
From: vasanth raj <gooche_1981 at yahoo.co.in>

Dear Sir/Madam,

Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore
celebrated the 114th birth anniversary of Dr. S R Ranganathan by welcoming
the new batch of students (2006-08). The program started with the lighting
the lamp by the faculty members of the department. On this occasion
Prof.Shalini Urs gave speech on Dr.S R Ranganathan and his seminal works
in the field of Library and Information Science.Prof. Shalini Urs
highlighted the Ranganathan’s “Mnemonic value” and how it helps us to
introspect and retrospect to move ourselves forward. She explained that
how Ranganthan incidently got into the bandwagon of Librarianship and his
contribution to put India in a global map in the field of Library and
Information science in the early 1930’s, 1940’s and 1950’s.She spoke about
the relevance of Ranganathan’s Faceted Approach in today’s world of
“Semantic Web”. Dr. N S Harinarayana spoke about the Ranganathan’s
successful journey as a Library professional, his vast knowledge
 on Indian Philosophy. He recited the “Five Laws of Library Science”and the sequence of arrangement and significance of the 24 words of five laws”. Dr. Kaisher Nikam described the life and achievements of Ranganathan and his interest in Philosophy-Logic-Science-Mythology.She expressed the delight and the fortune of her association with M A Gopinath and Neelamegahan, who had the opportunity to work with Dr. S R Ranganathan closely. Dr M Chendrashakera explained the importance of Chain indexing and Book Selection techniques of Ranganathan in today’s world of Information explosion. Dr. Mallinath Kumbar Chairman of the department  presided over the program.

Ashwini and Nagashayana of third semester gave brief talk on Chronological
events of Ranganathan’s Life and achievements and on Colon Classification
respectively.  To explore more on this visit

www.flickr.com/photos/35897502 at N00

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With best wishes

Vasantha Raju N