Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey ( Melvil Dewey) father of library science is who changed librarianship from a vocation to a modern profession. Seven decades after his death, he is still primarily known for the Dewey Decimal Classification, the most widely used library classification scheme in the world.
Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972) was perhaps the greatest librarian of the 20th century is considered to be the father of library science in India. As an educator, librarian, and thinker, his contributions to the field of library science surpassed all others, and placed the country of India permanently on the world library stage. His major contributions to library science are Colon Classification, Prolegomena to library Classification and Five laws of Library Science.
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