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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = K. A. Isaac<br />
| birth_name = Kadapuram Abraham Isaac<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|07|10|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kanjiramattom]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|09|12|1925|07|10|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Librarian]], [[Academia|Academic]] <br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| genre = [[Library Science]], [[Documentation]], [[Information Science]]<br />
| notableworks = ''Library Legislation in India: A Critical and Comparative Study of State Library Acts''<br />
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'''Kadapuram Abraham Isaac''' ({{lang-ml|കാടാപുരം എബ്രഹാം ഐസക്ക്}}) (10 July 1925 – 12 September 2005) was an [[India]]n writer and [[librarian]]. He was a Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science at the [[University of Kerala]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dliskerala.org/history.htm|title=History – Department of Library and Information Science|publisher=[[University of Kerala]]|accessdate=2009-10-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205055740/http://www.dliskerala.org/history.htm|archive-date=5 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://delnet.nic.in/Delnet_PDFs/neweletter/July%201999.pdf|title= delnet – Newsletter|publisher=DELNET|accessdate=2009-10-13}}</ref> Isaac was known for initiating and moulding the professional [[Library and Information Science]] (LIS) education in [[Kerala]] and has authored several books on Library and Information Science.<ref name="hindu_sep05">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/14/stories/2005091421470300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907162830/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/14/stories/2005091421470300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-07|title=Around the City – Former KU librarian dead|date=2005-09-14|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-10-13}}</ref> He had served as a member of the Senate of the [[Kerala University]] and as Dean of its Arts Faculty.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Isaac was born on 10 July 1925, to a family named Kadapuram at [[Kanjiramattom]] in [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala]] as the youngest son of K. V. Itten and Mary Itten. He studied Intermediate and [[B.Sc.]] with [[physics]] as the main subject in the [[Union Christian College, Aluva|Union Christian College]], [[Aluva]]. He took a [[diploma]] in [[Library Science]] in 1952 and the [[Master's degree]] with First rank in 1953 from the [[University of Delhi]], where he was a student of [[S. R. Ranganathan]].<br />
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Isaac was married to Chechamma Kurien. Their elder son, Abraham Isaac, is an [[advocate]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and the second son, K. Kurien Isaac, is a Professor of [[Mechanical Engineering]] at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ponnattu.com/|title=The Ponnattu Family History|accessdate=2009-10-13}}</ref><br />
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== Publications ==<br />
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;Books<br />
* ''Libraries & Librarianship: A Basic Introduction''<br />
* ''Libraries in Distance Education'' (co-authored with Dr. G. Devarajan and S.K. Bajpai) (1989)<br />
* ''Literature search (Concepts in Communication, Informatics & Librarianship, 19)'' (1990)<br />
* ''Library Computerisation in India : Isaac Festschrift: Papers Presented in Honour of Prof. K.A. Isaac'' (co-authored with Dr. G. Devarajan and A. V. Rahelamma) (1990)<br />
* ''Glimpses of Library and Information Science'' (2001)<br />
* ''Library Legislation in India: A Critical and Comparative Study of State Library Acts'' (2004)<br />
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Dr. G. Devarajan has edited ''Library and Information Studies in the Digital Age'' as Professor K.A. Isaac Commemoration Volume (2006).<br />
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;Journal articles<br />
* University Grants Commission in Relation to Library and Information Science Education in India, ''Library Science with a Slant to Documentation'', 15(3) : 109-112, 1978.<br />
* Future Prospects for Education for Librarianship in India, ''Library Science with a Slant to Documentation and Information Studies'', 33 (2) : 57-64, 1996.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071111081716/http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/15/stories/2006091502950200.htm Down memory lane]<br />
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