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The Five Laws of Library Science

by S. R. Ranganathan

1931 516 pages eng

Library administration Library science Libraries

Ranganathan coined five "laws", as principles that still guide the operation of modern libraries: 1. Books are for use. 2. Books are for all. 3. Every book its reader. 4. Save the time of the reader. 5. The library is a growing organism. Each of these is discussed in depth, with numerou…

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