LIS Notes for Copmpetitive Examination - 32:People and Their Contribution in LIS - India

B. S. Jha: Was the chairman of National Library Committee of India.

B.S Kesavan: First Librarian of National Library of India.

D. B. Krishna Rao: First Ph.D. holders in Library Science in India.

E. B. Ross: Provided casual hint to Dr. S. R. Ranganathan that makes the First law of LIS to emerge.

G. Bhattacharya: Developed POPSI.

John Macfarlane: The first librarian of the Imperial Library (now National Library, Kolkata).

Kumudeshar Barthakur: Took leading role for the library movement in Assam.

Nihar Ranjan Roy: He for the first time in India, DDC and AACR rule introduced.

S. R. Ranganathan: Coined the term “Librachine” for mobile libraries.

S. R. Ranganathan: Enunciated the five fundamental categories.

S. R. Ranganathan: Classified documentary sources of information into Conventional, Neo Conventional, Non Conventional and Meta Document.

S. R. Ranganathan: First professionally qualified university librarian in India.

S. R. Ranganathan: Introduced Three card system- (i) Register Card, (ii) Check Card, and (iii) Classified Index Card for periodical registration.

S. R. Ranganathan: First  used the term prenatal cataloguing.

Sam Pitroda: Was the Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission, Govt. of India.

Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III: Made first time efforts for the development of libraries in India.

William Allenson Borden: The disciple of Melvil Dewey who worked in India.