Editing Five laws of library science (section)

{{Short description|Principles of library operations proposed by S. R. Ranganathan}}
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The '''five laws of library science''' is a theory that [[S. R. Ranganathan]] proposed in 1931, detailing the principles of operating a [[library]] system. Many [[librarian]]s from around the world accept the laws as the foundations of their philosophy.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Koehler|first1=Wallace C.|last2=Hurych|first2=Jitka M.|last3=Dole|first3=Wanda V.|last4=Wall|first4=Joanna|title=Ethical values of information and library professionals—an expanded analysis|journal=The International Information & Library Review|volume=32|issue=3–4|pages=485–506|date=2000|doi=10.1080/10572317.2000.10762533|s2cid=220309854}}</ref><ref name="Rubin">{{cite book|last=Rubin|first=Richard E.|title=Foundations of library and information science|publisher=[[Neal-Schuman Publishers]]|edition=4th|date=2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=muk_DwAAQBAJ|isbn=9780838913703}}</ref>

These laws, as presented in Ranganathan's ''The Five Laws of Library Science'', are:
#Books are for use.
#Every person his or her book. 
#Every book its reader.
#Save the time of the reader.
#A library is a growing organism.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ranganathan|first=S. R.|author-link=S. R. Ranganathan|title=The Five Laws of Library Science|series=Madras library association. Publication series; 2 |publisher=Edward Goldston, Ltd.|location=London|date=1931|pages=1, 75, 299, 337, 382|hdl=2027/uc1.$b99721 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b99721}}</ref>