Ranganathan discussion

[Caryn.Wesner at uspto.gov]

Re:
>I asked our newest librarian, fresh out of SUNY Albany, if
>she'd ever heard of Ranganathan, and her first thought was
>that I was approaching her about a new religion.  ;-)  No,
>they didn't cover him or as far as she remembers even
>mention him in library school.

I finished library school 11 years ago, and had never heard of Ranganathan
until mentions of him started cropping up on the LIBREF-L list a couple of
years ago!  It's probably a matter of individual schools and/or professors,
not how long ago the library degree was earned.

Caryn S. Wesner-Early, MSLS
Technical Information Specialist
Biotechnology and Chemical Library
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Phone: (703) 308-4501
caryn.wesner at uspto.gov