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These are some definitions and principles taken from S.R. Ranganathan's Prolegomena to Library Classification (2e) (1957). The terminology isn't easy to crack without some examples, but just
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Includes biography and main works.
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Aug. 9, 1892 at Shiyali, Madras, India
librarian and educator (mathematician)
who was considered the father of library science in India and whose
R anganathan's chief technical
contributions to library science were in classification
theory. His Colon Classification (1933)
that is widely used
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Report by Aimee Glassel comparing Internet cataloging with Ranganathan's theories.
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Was Ranganathan a Yahoo!?
This month we turn the End User's Corner over to Aimee Glassel, Internet Scout Project's lead Internet Cataloger, for her views on the relationship between the work of S.R. Ranganathan, the famed Indian classificationist and librarian, and that of
(http://www.yahoo.com)
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Short overview of facet analysis and Ranganathan's classification theory.
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Ranganathan and Facet Analysis
structure is heavily influenced by the work of the Indian librarian, S. R. Ranganathan. Ranganathan, eminent librarian and a pioneer in modern information science, developed his
ed classification scheme in the 1930's. A faceted system recognizes that any given
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Overview of the five laws and colon classification. [Boxes and Arrows]
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