Have you ever heard of S.R. Ranganathan? He was a mathematician and librarian from India who developed what are known as the Five Laws of Library Science. These laws, first proposed by Dr. Ranganathan ...

Every field has its laws — physics, mathematics, grammar. Library science (yes, that’s really what it’s called, and yes, you really can go to school for it!) has some, too. The Indian librarian and ...

In 1931, S.R. Ranganathan proposed a theory of librarianship that included five principles. Today, these five principles are known as The Five Laws of Library Science. Libraries in 1931 were very ...

Every book a reader is one of the five laws of library science, and at Huntington Memorial Library, connecting readers with books is one of our primary goals. For over a century, our library has been ...