What would Ranganathan do?

Artifacts | People | Libraries | Time | Imagination

Blog
About
Contact

Customer Service

November 29, 2017 by Roy

“SUNUM BONUM”

« Back to Glossary Index

The Five Laws of Library Science

1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader his or her book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.

S. R. Ranganathan (1931). Full text.

Deep thoughts about library stuff

Loading Quotes...

Go To

Designing Collection Experiences
Duplication
Weeding

Twitter ~ WWRD / @5lawslib

Latest Pins on Pinterest

The Progressive Librarian

Subscribe via email

Enter your email address to subscribe to What would Ranganathan do? and receive notice of new posts by email.

Email Address

RSS

RSS - Posts
RSS - Comments

Cover. S. R. Ranganathan , The Five Laws of Library Science, 1931.

The Five Laws of Library Science, 1931. University of Colorado, Boulder Library.

Approved for free cultural works

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Return to top of page

Copyright © 2024 · Prose on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in