Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan’s “Library Tour” (1948): the construction of the Indian librarian self through a ‘tour of the West’

Authors

  • Fiammetta Sabba University of Bologna

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2283-9364/16773

Keywords:

Library Tour, Librarians, Ranganathan, Library Science

Abstract

The paper analyzes the most consistent travel testimony transmitted by Ranganathan, that relating to his journey in Europe and America in 1948. Through the analysis of the editorial and content structure of the Library Tour, the following aspects will be illustrated: the type of experience or history conducted from the Indian librarian, the planning and conduct of this travel, the professional and scientific reflections that this allowed him, in particular on library science and librarianship, thus responding to the expectations of an Indian government eager to justify and consolidate the independence achieved also through the training sectors and information.

References

Bianchini 2006 = Carlo Bianchini, S. R. Ranganathan e la nascita della Colon Classification, «Bibliotheca», V (2006), 1, p. 64- 77.

Bianchini 2015 = Carlo Bianchini, I fondamenti della biblioteconomia, Milano, Editrice Bibliografica, 2015.

Nair 2000 = Raman Nair, People’s Library Movement, New Delhi, Concept Publishing Company, 2000.

Ranganathan 1949 = Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, Library tour 1948. Europe and America. Impressions and reflections, dattiloscritto. (<https://www.indianculture.gov.in/ebooks/library-tour-1948-europe-and-america-impressions-and-reflections>).

Ranganathan 1950 = Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, Library tour 1948. Europe and America. Impressions and reflections, Delhi, Indian Library Association, 1950.

Ranganathan 1961 = Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, Reference service, 2. ed., Bangalore, Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science, 1961.

Ranganathan 2010 = Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, Il servizio di reference, a cura di Carlo Bianchini, prefazione di Mauro Guerrini, Firenze, Le Lettere, 2010.

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Published

2023-05-24

How to Cite

Sabba, F. (2023). Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan’s “Library Tour” (1948): the construction of the Indian librarian self through a ‘tour of the West’. Bibliothecae.It, 12(1), 11–43. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2283-9364/16773

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023): Ranganathan’s multiple facets = Le molte faccette di Ranganathan. International conference Proceedings (University of Pavia, Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage, Cremona, May 23rd, 2022)

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Essays

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