National
Librarians’ Day is observed on 12 August every year to commemorate the birth
anniversary of Padmashri Dr S. R. Ranganathan (1892-1972), who is considered as
father of library science in India. Dr. Ranganathan dedicated his entire life
to library profession in India leaving a rich legacy. On 126th birth
anniversary of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, the Central Library of Tezpur University
celebrated National Librarian’s Day on 13 August 2018.
Ranganathan born on 9 August 1892 in the
small town of Shiyali (now known as Sirkazhi), in the state of Tamil Nadu in
southern India. Ranganathan began his
professional life as a mathematician; he earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in
mathematics from Madras Christian College in his home province. He established
himself as a successful teacher of mathematics at Universities in Mangalore,
Coimbatore and Madras within a span of five years. As a mathematics teacher, he
published a handful of papers, mostly on the history of mathematics. After
joining as University Librarian he went to England for library training. On coming back from England after
his library training he was possessed by a mission to modernize Indian
librarianship, university libraries and library science education. He saw
librarians not as curator of books but facilitator of their use for
communication of information and creation of knowledge. To achieve this he
worked at intellectual, administrative, political and social levels. The
Government of India awarded Padmashri to Dr. S.R. Ranganathan for valuable
contributions to Library Science.
The occasion was graced in the presence of
Dr. Monawwer Eqbal, Deputy Librarian with all library staff of Tezpur University.
The programme began with the traditional lightening of the lamps with floral
tribute to Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, father of library science in India. All staff
of Central Library paid homage and tribute to illustrious Guru Dr. S.R
Ranganathan on this auspicious occasion. A video in the memory of Dr. S. R.
Ranganathan played at the central library conference hall.
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