The Five Laws of Library Science
were enunciated in 1928 by the late Dr. S. R.Ranganathan, the Librarian of the
University of Madras.
Five Laws of Library Science are:
Books are for use
Every reader
his/her book("Books for All".)
Every book its
reader
Save the time of
the reader
The library is a
growing organism
Implications
First Law "Books are for use "
--Location
--Library Hours
--Library Building
and Furniture
--Staff
Second Law "Every reader
his/her book"
--Obligation of
the State
--Obligation of
the Library Authority--(Choice of Books--Choice of Staff)
--Obligations of
the Staff
--Obligations of
the Reader
--Resource Sharing
Third Law “Every Book Its Reader”
- - Services---Book Exhibition, Display
of New Books,Lists of New Additions
- - The Library Catalogue
Fourth Law “Save the Time of the
Reader”
- - Open Access
- - Classification and Cataloguing
- - Charging System
Fifth Law "Library is a Growing
Organism"
- - Book Stock
- - Readers
- - Staff
- - Classification and the Catalogue
- - Modernisation
- - Provision for the Future
-- Weeding out of Books
Prepared Using IGNOU Study materials
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