Editing Five laws of library science (section)

===First Law: Books are for use===
The first law of library science, "Books are for use," constitutes the basis for library services. This law means that [[Book|books]] in libraries are not meant to be shut away from users. Ranganathan observed that books were often chained to prevent their removal and that the emphasis was on storage and preservation rather than use.<ref name="brennan">{{cite web |url=https://www.railslibraries.info/director-blog/20130327/five-laws-library-science |title=The Five Laws of Library Science |last=Brennan |first=Deirdre |date=March 27, 2013 |website=RAILS |access-date=April 29, 2022}}</ref> He did not reject the notion that preservation and storage were important, but he asserted that the purpose of such activities should be to promote use.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=McMenemy |first=David |date=2007-03-06 |title=Ranganathan's relevance in the 21st century |url=https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/00242530710730268/full/html |journal=Library Review |language=en |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=97–101 |doi=10.1108/00242530710730268 |issn=0024-2535|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Without user access to materials, there is little value in these items. By emphasizing use, Dr. Ranganathan refocused the attention of the field to access-related issues,<ref name="Rubin"/> such as the library's location, loan policies, hours and days of operation, the quality of staffing, and mundane matters, such as library furniture and [[temperature control]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fleming-May |first=Rachel A. |date=2011 |title=What Is Library Use ? Facets of Concept and a Typology of Its Application in the Literature of Library and Information Science |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/660133 |journal=The Library Quarterly |language=en |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=297–320 |doi=10.1086/660133 |s2cid=145419117 |issn=0024-2519|url-access=subscription }}</ref>