Five laws of library science

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Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan wrote the book The Five Laws of Library Science, first published by the Bombay Asia Publishing House in 1963.

The five laws are:

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

A scan of The Five Laws of Library Science is available at DLIST.

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