S. R. Ranganathan, considered by librarians all over India to be the father of library science, proposed five laws of library science. Most librarians accept them as the foundations of their philosophy:
These laws are:
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Books are for use.
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Every reader has his or her book.
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Every book has its reader.
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Save the time of the reader.
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The library is a growing organism.
The laws have been widely quoted in the profession.
