Monday, August 09, 2021

India National Librarian's Day - celebrating Ranganathan

The Library Division, Social Development Federation, India, celebrates National Librarian's Day 2021, and also the Anniversary of the birth of library pioneer and thought-leader Padmashree Dr S.R. Ranganathan, with a webinar on the Relevance of Ranganathan's Philosophy and Laws of Library Science in Present Scenario on 12 August 2021 5pm-6pm IST (which starts, e.g. 12.30 UK time, 7.30am US Eastern time). It will be broadcast live on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYhDteX8vi1082mHQGZP0qQ and you can also register at https://forms.gle/tfzaMiRMQB5jCEhv8. Invited Chief Guest and Speakers are: Chief Guest: Prof. A.P. Singh, Director, General, RRMRF & National Library of India, Kolkata; Speaker-1: Dr. Naushad Ali PM, Professor (Former Chairman), Dept. of Library and Information Science, AMU. Aligarh, UP.; Speaker-2: Dr. Margam Madhusudhan, Professor & Former Dy Dean), Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, Delhi. There is more information about Ranganathan here and here, and you can see the full text of The five laws of library science here.

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