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Five laws of library science
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<p>The five laws of library science is a theory that <a href="/facts/S._R._Ranganathan/IUhaaHmL">S. R. Ranganathan</a> proposed in 1931, detailing the principles of operating a <a href="/facts/Library/hvdQNTtS">library</a> system. Many <a href="/facts/Librarian/Tze5ktWw">librarians</a> from around the world accept the laws as the foundations of their philosophy. </p><p>These laws, as presented in Ranganathan's <i>The Five Laws of Library Science</i>, are: </p> <ol><li>Books are for use.</li> <li>Every person his or her book.</li> <li>Every book its reader.</li> <li>Save the time of the reader.</li> <li>A library is a growing organism.</li></ol>