NATIONAL LIBRARIAN'S DAY

National Librarian Day celebrates and honors Librarians.

August 12th is being celebrated as National Librarian's Day in India (National Library Day), in remembrance of National Professor of Library Science, Dr S R Ranganathan (1892-1972), who had spearheaded library development in India.”

Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan- Better known as the Father of Library Science in India. He also prepared the classification scheme called COLON CLASSIFICATION. 

He gave Five laws of Library Science

Five Laws of Library Science:

 • Books are for use

 • Every reader his/her book 

• Every book, its reader 

• Save the time of the reader

 • A library is a growing organism

Some facts about Libraries:

Biggest Library of India- National Library of India,at Metcalfe Hall, Kolkata( West Bengal). 2.1 million items. 

National Library of India was earlier known as Imperial Library during British era. 

Asia's biggest Library - The Anna Centenary Library, Chennai( Madras).

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world with more than 170 million items.

Parliament Library, one of the richest repositories of books in India, was established in the year 1921 to assist members of the Indian Legislature. This is the largest library in Delhi and second largest library in India after the National Library.

Harinath De (12 August 1877— 30 August 1911) was an Indian historian, scholar and a polyglot, who later became the first Indian librarian of the National Library of India (then Imperial Library) from 1907 to 1911.

India celebrates June 19 as the National Reading Day in honour of P N Panicker, the father of the Library and Literacy Movement in Kerala.

Ranganathan's background:

Ranganathan, in full Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, (born August 9, 1892, Shiyali, Madras, India—died September 27, 1972, Bangalore, Mysore), Indian librarian and educator who was considered the father of library science in India and whose contributions had worldwide influence.

Dr. S R Ranganathancame from a moderate background in British- ruled India. He was born 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; and later switched to become a Library Personnel.