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INTRODUCTION

Dr. S. R. Ranganathan's fifty years of outstandingservice to the library movement and profession isuniversally acclaimed. He was the sole forcebehind the development of library movement inMadras and a guiding force in most of the statesin India [1]. He played an equally notable role inthe establistment of INSDOC in 1952 with thecollaboration of UNESCO. To him, also went thedistinction of being the founder editor of the"Annals of Library Science" (at present "Annalsof Library Science and Documentation") from1954 to 1963. which under his leadership ac-quired the status of the premier journal of theprofession in India. Annals of Library Science wasfounded as a part of ABGILA (Annals and Bulletinof the Govt. of Indian Library Association). As itseditor, Dr. Ranganathan provided the main inspi-ration and· put in the maximum efforts forensuring its growth to fulfill its mission.

Most of the original thinking of Dr. S. R. Ranga-nathan and his disciples has been reflected onthe pages of the the Annals which has served asconduit to take the message forward and syner-gise collective thinking. A peep into the informa-tive and educative articles contributed by him in

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CONTRIBUTION OF RANGANATHAN TO AN-NALS

Dr. Ranganathan wrote a number of books andarticles relating to various aspects of library sci-ence and services thereby enriching the libraryliterature.

George Aguayo in his paper (Spanish) hadranked Ranganathan's contribution to libraryscience to that of Eintein to Physics. Dr. EugeneGarfield had also mentioned: "Ranganathan isto library science what Einstein is to Physics" [2].A chronological presentation of total number ofarticles published in "Annals of Library Science"from 1954 to 1963 and the papers contributed byDr. Ranganathan is given in Table 1 and fig. 1.Out of 176 articles published in "Annals"duringthe period 1954 to 1963, about 50% were writtenby him. To cap it all, he singly authored 74 articlesand was the co-author in the remaining 13 ar-ticles. This clearly shows what a prolific writer hewas and how dedicated he was to the work hehad undertaken. Later, in 1970, he published apaper in "Annals of Library Science and Docu-mentation.

Table 1.

Year Volume Total No. of articles S.R.R'sNo. published contribution

1954 1 31 131955 2 19 101956 3 13 61957 4 17 91958 5 12 71959 6 17 81960 7 15 81961 8 14 91962 9 23 61963 10 15 11

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A subject-wise analysis of Ranganathan's articlespublished in "Annals of Library Science" re-veals (Table II) that he devoted much of his timeand energy in writing about classification; that tooon depth classification. He published 43, (50%)papers on this subject, 12 on cataloguing, 10papers were devoted to teaching and trainingof library professionals, 10 on documentationand its various aspects. He also wrote about otheraspects of library science, such asbibliography, stadrardisation, library building,library finance, serials, open access system, etc.Ranganathan's work in classification broughthim world-wide acclaim and recognition and hisColon Classification has had a major impact onlibrary classification. Faceted classification prin-ciples of Ranganathan have been used in arrang-ing the entries in British National Bibliographywhen it was published in 1950 under theeditorship of A.J. Wells. Many other NationalBibliographies like Indian National Bibliography,Ceylon National Bibliography, etc., also followedthe same pattern [3].

Ranganathan's article "Library classificationglossary" (Annals of Library Science) 1958, [5] isone of his major contributions to library classifica-tion .. Later on, an Indian Standard", IS.2550-1963: Glossary of Classification Terms" wasformulated and published by updating and stan-dardising this consolidated version of the glos-sary of terms in library classification.

Being a dedicated teacher himself, Dr. Ranga-nathan realised the fact that library professionwas regarded in low esteem in the society. Heworked hard to give it a status like any otherprofession by his writings on teaching and trainingof library professionals. Also, he founded the"Documentation Research and Training Centre"at Bangalore in 1962 which is still producingtrained librarians/information scientists. It leadto the starting of a number of similiar courses inuniversities and institutions like INSDOC.

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One of the cherished ideas of Dr. Ranganathan"Do one thing at a time, i.e. practice work chas-tity" [4] was crystal clear through his enormouscontributions on classification in Annals.

A bibliography of Dr. Ranganathan's articles pub-lished in "Annals of Library Science" during theperiod 1954 to 1963 is given in the annexure.

CONCLUSION

It is evident from the papers published in the"Annals of Library Science" that Ranganathan'swork and contribution are mainly in the field ofclassification although his contribution incataloguing is also significant. The study also showsthat he had also encompassed almost all the areasof librarianship.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The authors are thankful to Mrs. J. K. Ahluwalia,Scientist, INSDOC for the inspiration we got fromher for compiling this paper.

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2&3. KAULA P N: Contributions of Ranga-nathan and world librarianship In Raja-gopalan T SEd: Ranganathan's philoso-phy: assessment, impact and relevance,New Delhi, Vikas Publishing 1986, p.a:

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ANNEXUREBibliography of Papers contributed by Dr. S R Ranganathan

in "Annals of Library Science" and "Annals of LibraryScience and Documentation"

1. Ranganathan S R: Depth classification. 1.Abstract classification. Ann. Lib. Sci.1954, 1, 1-20.

2. ______ : Depth classification. 2.Demonstration. op cit, 21-26.

3. ~ : Library plan for Delhi.State. op cit, 53-58.

4. -::-__ --: : Depth classification. 3.Common isolate op cit, 65-80.

5. ______ : Depth classification. 4.Demonstration 2. op cit, 81-86.

6. _--: : Training in libraryscience. 3. apprenticeship. op cit,109-111.-:--__ .:-- : Depth classification. 5.Common isolate 2. op cit, 1, 129-1'36.

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8. _______ : Teaching in libraryscience. 4. Normative principles. op cit,162-173.______ : Authorial homonym andsynonym. op cit, 174-184.

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10. ______ : Depth classification. 6. Firstoctaves. op cit, 193-201

11. ______ : Depth classification. 7.Demonstration 3. op cit, 202-206.

12. __ -,- : Chain procedure anddictionary catalogue. op cit, 216-221.

13. ______ : Training in library science.5. Lecture vs tutorial method. op cit,252-256.

14. ______ : Depth classification. 8.Documentation work and abstract classifi-cation. Ann. Lib. Sci. 1955, 2, 1-12.

15. ______ : Documentation in manylands. 1. Terminology and function. op cit,21-28.

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16. Ranganathan S R: Standard for lay-out ofcatalogue code. op cit, 28-32.

17. : Depth classification. 10.Zones in arrays. op cit, 33-39.

18. : Corporate authors 1.Concept. op cit, 43-49.

19. : Depth classification.12.0rganisation of notation in zone.op cit, 65-78.

20. : Depth classification. 13.Demonstration 4. op cit, 79-85.

21. : Depth classification. 15.Zones in arrays of order 2. op cit, 97-108.

22. : IFLA Working group onCataloguing. op cit, 112-116.

23. : Documentation in manylands. 2. Evolution. op cit, 117-122.

24. : Depth classification. 17.Efficiency table. Ann. Lib.Sci. 1956, 3, 1-8.

25. : Open access in library 1.Social function of library. op cit, 11-15.

26. :'Documentation in manylands 4. Documentation: Conventional andnon-conventional. op cit, 22-32.

27. : Depth classification. 19.Classification of management. op cit,33-85.

28 : Depth classification. 21.Phase and intrafacet relations. op cit,109-116.

29. : Open access in library. 2.. Definition, scope and humanistic value.op cit, .121-133.

30. : Depth classification. 23.Level concept and zone analysis. Ann. Lib.Sci. 1957, 4, 1-7.

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31. : Library science andscientific method. op en, 19-32.

32. : Depth classification. 25.Library classification as discipline. op clt,33-49.

33. Ranganathan S R: International StudyConference on Classification forInformation Retrieval. Dorking. England.op cit, 50-53.

34. ______ : Training of teachers oflibrary science. op cit, 62-64.

35. : Indian National------Bibliography. op cit, 65-72.

36. ______ : Depth classification. 27.Level and its problems. op cit, 101-106.

37. ______ : Library grant to IndianUniversities:Some suggestions for the UGC.op cit, 107-116.

38. ______ : Micro thought and itsservice. op cit, 123- 129.

39. : Classification ofsystems. Depth classification. 28. op cit, 56.Ann. Lib. Sci. 1958. 5. 1-13.

40. __ ~ : University librarybuilding. op cit, 22-32.

41. ______ : Postulational approach tofaceted classification. Depth classification.29. op en, 33-51. 58.

42. ______ :Training for Librarianship.op cit, 55-59.

43. : Library classification 59.glossary. op cit, 65-112.

44. ______ : Classification of 60.environmented entity. Depth classification.30. op cit, 113-121.

45. : Productivity drive and 61.documentation. op en, 132-137.

46. _~---:-_--:-:-:~: International catalogue 62.code. Ann. lib.Sci. 1959. 6, 13-20.

47. ______ .: Depth classification. 32. 63.Classification and retrieval: Problems ofpursuit. op cit, 33-43.

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48. : Library service andresearch in International affairs.op cit, 50-55.

49. Ranganathan S R: Depth classification. 34.Natural, classificatory and machinelanguages. op en, 65-68.

50. ______ : Name of persons. op cit,77-80.

51. -:- --:-_: Course of training fordocumentations. op cit, 92-97.

52. ______ : Classifying. indexing.coding. op cit, 99-104

53. : Pre-natal classification and------cataloguing on its way. op cit, 113-125.

54. ______ .:Common property isolates.1. Depth classification 35. Ann. Lib. Sci,1960,7.1-12.

55. ______ : Name-of-person heading:Recommendations for the InternationalConference on Cataloguing 1961(Cataloguing problems; 2). op cit, 33-46.

: Viniti : All-Union Institute------for Scientific and Technical Information(Documentation in many lands; 5). op cit,53-64.

57. --:------,~---: Classification of libraryclassification. op cit, 65-76.

___ ,---__ ' Raizada AS:Postulational approach to depthclassification: Demonstration. 1. op cit,77-89.

: Standards for------classification. op cit, 90-96.

• Ramakrishnan M N:------Constructive destruction of a periodical.op cit, 117-124.

: Flow of scientific------literature. op cit, 125-128.

=:-__ -,-:-__ : Connecting symbols forTime and Space in CC. Ann. Lib. Sci. 1961.8. 1-11.

: International conference------on Cataloguing 1961. op cit, 19-25.

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64. ______ , Ranganathan T: Relateddocuments: Classification vs Cataloguing.op cit, 26-34. 77.

65. ______ :Classification ofCataloguing. op cit, 35-41.

66. ~:-:-- __ ' Krishnamurti R, Indira B :Slant in Abstracts: A case study.op cit, 42-54. 79.

67. Ranganathan S R: Connecting symbols forTime and Space in CC. op cit, 69-79.

68. ______ , Vij V P: ClassificatoryTerms: Tower of Babel. op cit, 80-84.

69. ______ : Sayers and Donker Duyvis: 81.Theory and maintenance of libraryclassification. op cit, 85-99.

70. ___ ~ __ : Supporting division of 82.Documentation: Research indocumentation. op cit, 105-111.

71. -:-- : Internationational 83.Conference on Catalog'jing Principles, Paris,9-1 b October 1961 and its findings(Cataloguing problems; 5). Ann. Lib. Sci.1962, 9, 15-38. 84.

72. __ ~ : Transport phenomenon:a problem in classification (Depthclassification; 40). op cit, 97-99.

73. : A11-lndiaSeminar on School---~---Libraries. op cit, 100-107.

74. ______ , Neelameghan A: 86.Effective decade (Training in library science;8). op cit, 137-139.

75. Neelameghan A, Ranganathan S R: Use of 87.symbolic language in teaching: A case study.(Training in library Science; 9).op cit, 140-142.

76. Ranganathan S R: Documentation: a vitallink in communication (Documentation in

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many lands; 7). op cit, 176-181.

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______ : Notational plane:Interpolation a.nd extra-polation (Depthclassification; 44). Ann. Lib. Sci. 1963, 10,1-13.______ ,Neelameghan A: Designof a classification schedule (Training inLibrary Science; 10). op cit, 14-31.______ ,Neelameghan A: Depthclassification of a Bibliography (Depthclassification; 46). op cit, 41-77.

80. --:- ---,_,Neelameghan A : Nameof original author merged in title(Cata!oguing problems; 6). op cit, 78-84.

______ : Classification Researchno longer a toddler (Depth classification;47). op cit, 85-96.

Ranganathan S R: Alphabetical device andmultinomials (Depth classification; 49).op cit, 105-115.

______ : Documentalist andsubject specialist (Training in libraryscience; 11). op cit, 143-147.

~ ,Neelameghan A,Desai AR: Facet sequence and the law ofparameter (Depth classification; 50). op cit,148-153.

85. ______ ,Neelameghan A:Classification of a translated periodical (Depthclassification; 51). op cit, 154-157.

:-- __ --:-=:---:-: Homonym in class indexheadings (Problems in cataloguing; 7).op cit, 158-160.

,Thiliainayagam V: Subformsof Tamil poetry and their classification. Depthclassification; 52). op cit, 176-186.

88. -:-- : Annotation on User'Survey. Ann. Lib. Sci. 1970, 17, 1-22.

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