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HAPPY LIBRARIAN'S DAY?
Since many days I am fed up with explanations of many library professionals on celebration date of Librarians Day which is supposed to be on the date of birth of Dr. Ranganathan, but some celebrate it on 9th August and some on 12th August. I observed some says the actual date of birth is 9th and some say officially is 12th so there are two different views. Therefore i thought of getting the entire LIS professionals view ( https://goo.gl/forms/oNoLCKOBUZbCRsVz1 ) on the said issue. Kindly give your feed back to draw any final/Uniform conclusion on celebration of Librarians day !Thanking You
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Paying tributes to Dr. S. R. Ranganathan during 90th birth anniversary celebration held by the Tamil Nadu committee of the Indian Library Association on Thursday 19th August 1982.
Mr. M. P. Govindaraj, Secretary, Madras Library Association suggested that Dr. Ranganathan’s birth anniversary (August 12) be observed every year as the “Librarian’s Day”
The Hindu. Madras, 20 August, 1982
Source: The Hindu Speaks on Libraries.
The Hindu Speaks on Libraries is a historical directory which has capacity and authority to solve and compile the different views on a topic. I think this issue is one of them.
Thank you.
Dear Sir,
What you mentioned in your forum is a matter of global prospect and effects are universal. I would like to say (as others might be said for) 12th August. But those who have responded other dates may be 9th or 19th etc. can't be said as wrong.
Hence, in this regard, we need to take help of open survey/poll with the same question along with two- three expected and observed options let the responses decide which date is the correct date. Then that particular date may be declared officially without any exception.
Thank you.
I wonder whether this discussion itself is necessary and fruitful at all.
Ranganathan himself has explained the issue once (during his stay in Delhi) that although he was born on 9th August, the official dob is 12/8/1892 being the day he admitted to the school. Also that, if we indent to celebrate a day as National Librarians day, the birth day of Ranganathan is the most appropriate date, ie. 12th of August.
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