Anup Kumar DasJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

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S R Ranganathan’s Works in Citation Databases

Seminar on Philosophy and Teachings of Dr. S R RanganathanOn 18 February 2016, at NISCAIR, New Delhi

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Top Twelve Publications of SRR(based on GSC, as on 18th February 2016)

Title Cited by Year of Pub.Prolegomena to Library Classification 785 1967The Five Laws of Library Science 729 1931Colon Classification 569 1969Elements of Library Classification: 205 1945(Based on Lectures Delivered at the University Of Bombay In December 1944)Reference Service 101 1961Philosophy of Library Classification 95 1989Library Administration 78 1959Documentation and Its Facets: 68 1963 (Being a Symposium of Seventy Papers by Thirty-two Authors)Ramanujan, The Man and the Mathematician 64 1967As Cinco Leis Da Biblioteconomia (Five Laws) 49 2009Classification and Communication 47 1951Library Book Selection 42 1966

Dr SR Ranganathan: Citation Indices

• GSC Label: Cataloging• SRR’s Global Rank: 1

• GSC Label: Libraries• SRR’s Global Rank: 6

• GSC Label: Library and Information Science

• SRR’s Global Rank: 8

• GSC Label: Classification• SRR’s Global Rank: 14

GoodReads.com | SR Ranganathan | Average Rating 4.04 | 105 ratings | 8 reviews | shelved 651 times Ranking of Books Based on Popularity

GoodReads.com | SR Ranganathan | Average Rating 4.04 | 105 ratings | 8 reviews | shelved 651 times Ranking of Books Based on Average Rating

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Conclusion and Recommendations

• Theories and practices of SR Ranganathan are still taught in library schools and iSchools across the world.

• Citations in LIS Textbooks are less visible in GSC, Scopus and WoS.

• Many students are engaged in doing projects/ assignments on Ranganathan’s theories and practices as part of their continuous evaluation process.

• Many of these assignments are made available online. But Indian students’ works are less visible. – Encourage them to publish online.

Conclusion and Recommendations

• Encourage LIS students, researchers & practitioners to write review of SRR’s books on platforms such as GoodReads.com, Amazon.in, Amazon.com, Google Books, etc..

• Promote Ranganathan’s works by publishing eBooks in different digital formats, such as, ePub (specially for visually impaired or low-vision students), textual PDF, Mobi, etc.

• Low-cost Kindle eBooks can be made available to millions of Kindle readers and smart phone users. – Open Access dissemination may also be explored.

Acknowledgement: Thankful to my co-author Dr Sanjaya Mishra

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