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Ranganathan, Shiyali Ramamrita. The Five Laws of Library Science.
(Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science). Madras Library Association, 1931.
entCopyright ©Sarada Ranganathan Endowm for Library Science (SRELS) Foundation
This is a title in the dLIST Classics Project
dLIST Classics (Book) Editor: Michael May, Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque, Iowa dLIST Editor-in-chief: Anita Coleman, School of Information Resources & Library Science, University of Arizona, Tucson
Digitization: Anita Coleman (Index is digitized from the Ess Ess 2006 reprint)
Fall 2006 Digitized:
Acknowledgments: SRELS Foundation (A. Neelameghan, K.N. Prasad, K.S. Raghavan, DRTC) and dLIST Advisory Board Member, S. Arunachalam (MS Swaminathan Research Foundation)
dLIST Classics by S.R.Ranganathan:
Five Laws of Library Science, Ed. 1 (1931) Philosophy of Library Classification (1973)
Prologemena to Library Classification, Ed. 3 (1967) Classification and Communication (1951)
Documentation Genesis and Development (1973) Documentation and its Facets (1963) Library Book Selection, Ed. 2 (1966)
New Education and School Library: Experience of Half a Century (1973) Reference Service, Ed. 2 (1961)
Other dLIST Classics S.R. Ranganathan's Postulates and Normative Principles: Applications in Specialized Databases Design, Indexing, and Retrieval, 1997. Compiled by
A. Neelameghan. Memorablia Ranganathan: A compilation of useful quotations of S.R. Ranganthan from his various works, 1994.
Putting Knowledge to Work: An American View of the Five Laws of Library Science, 1970. By Pauline Atherton. Read the dLIST Classics online: http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/
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(Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science). Madras Library Association, 1931.
entCopyright ©Sarada Ranganathan Endowm for Library Science (SRELS) Foundation
This is a title in the dLIST Classics Project
dLIST Classics (Book) Editor: Michael May, Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque, Iowa dLIST Editor-in-chief: Anita Coleman, School of Information Resources & Library Science, University of Arizona, Tucson
Digitization: Anita Coleman (Index is digitized from the Ess Ess 2006 reprint)
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Acknowledgments: SRELS Foundation (A. Neelameghan, K.N. Prasad, K.S. Raghavan, DRTC) and dLIST Advisory Board Member, S. Arunachalam (MS Swaminathan Research Foundation)
dLIST Classics by S.R.Ranganathan:
Five Laws of Library Science, Ed. 1 (1931) Philosophy of Library Classification (1973)
Prologemena to Library Classification, Ed. 3 (1967) Classification and Communication (1951)
Documentation Genesis and Development (1973) Documentation and its Facets (1963) Library Book Selection, Ed. 2 (1966)
New Education and School Library: Experience of Half a Century (1973) Reference Service, Ed. 2 (1961)
Other dLIST Classics S.R. Ranganathan's Postulates and Normative Principles: Applications in Specialized Databases Design, Indexing, and Retrieval, 1997. Compiled by
A. Neelameghan. Memorablia Ranganathan: A compilation of useful quotations of S.R. Ranganthan from his various works, 1994.
Putting Knowledge to Work: An American View of the Five Laws of Library Science, 1970. By Pauline Atherton. Read the dLIST Classics online: http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/
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(Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science). Madras Library Association, 1931.
entCopyright ©Sarada Ranganathan Endowm for Library Science (SRELS) Foundation
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dLIST Classics (Book) Editor: Michael May, Carnegie-Stout Public Library, Dubuque, Iowa dLIST Editor-in-chief: Anita Coleman, School of Information Resources & Library Science, University of Arizona, Tucson
Digitization: Anita Coleman (Index is digitized from the Ess Ess 2006 reprint)
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Acknowledgments: SRELS Foundation (A. Neelameghan, K.N. Prasad, K.S. Raghavan, DRTC) and dLIST Advisory Board Member, S. Arunachalam (MS Swaminathan Research Foundation)
dLIST Classics by S.R.Ranganathan:
Five Laws of Library Science, Ed. 1 (1931) Philosophy of Library Classification (1973)
Prologemena to Library Classification, Ed. 3 (1967) Classification and Communication (1951)
Documentation Genesis and Development (1973) Documentation and its Facets (1963) Library Book Selection, Ed. 2 (1966)
New Education and School Library: Experience of Half a Century (1973) Reference Service, Ed. 2 (1961)
Other dLIST Classics S.R. Ranganathan's Postulates and Normative Principles: Applications in Specialized Databases Design, Indexing, and Retrieval, 1997. Compiled by
A. Neelameghan. Memorablia Ranganathan: A compilation of useful quotations of S.R. Ranganthan from his various works, 1994.
Putting Knowledge to Work: An American View of the Five Laws of Library Science, 1970. By Pauline Atherton. Read the dLIST Classics online: http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/
