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:
- Books are for use.
- Every reader his book.
- Every book his reader.
- Save the time of the reader.
- The library is a growing organism.
A scan of The Five Laws of Library Science is available at DLIST.

