In 1931, the Madras Library Association published the first edition of The Five Laws of Library Science, written by the Library Director at the University of Madras, S. R. Ranganathan. The work came to be considered a fundamental statement of the professional and ethical principles of librarianship, reached a broad audience both within and outside India, and has been widely read and studied by librarians and library science students ever since. The following are the five laws established by Ranganathan in that book, along with a summary of his explanations of the principles.
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