Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Five laws of library science
What is the role of the public library in the 21st century? And what is library service? In the pool and out, I've been grappling with these two basic questions. The words of Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972) continue to provide me with inspiration and motivation. In the 1930s, the Indian mathematician contributed these guiding principles:
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- Books are for use.
- Every reader his or her book.
- Every book its reader.
- Save the time of the reader.
- The library is a growing organism.
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