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Father of Library Science in India. Creator of the Five Laws of Library Science and Colon Classification.

Creator of the Dewey Decimal Classification system, widely used in libraries worldwide since 1876.

Developer of the Cutter Expansive Classification and rules for dictionary catalogues.

Father of Documentation. Co-creator of the Universal Decimal Classification and visionary of a global knowledge network.

Pioneer of modern cataloguing rules. Transformed the British Museum Library into a world-class institution.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1913). Co-founded the Universal Bibliographic Repertory with Paul Otlet.

Author of the first treatise on librarianship, Advice on Establishing a Library (1627).

Visionary of a national union catalogue. Pioneered stereotyped cataloguing at the Smithsonian Institution.

Longest-serving Librarian of Congress (1899–1939). Established the Library of Congress Classification system.

Philanthropist who funded over 2,500 public libraries worldwide, transforming public access to knowledge.

Authority on cataloging and classification. Author of The Organization of Information, a key LIS textbook.

Expert in reference services and information science. Professor at the University of Illinois iSchool.

Father of Scientometrics. Author of Little Science, Big Science, pioneering quantitative studies of scientific literature.

Revolutionary cataloging theorist. His Cataloging Rules and Principles shaped modern cataloging standards worldwide.

Leading authority on LCSH and classification. Author of Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction, a foundational LIS text.