Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by S. R. Ranganathan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a mathematician S. R. Ranganathan.
Last updated on December 3, 2024.
S. R. Ranganathan

Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (S.R.R.) was a librarian and mathematician from India. His most notable contributions to the field were his five laws of library science and the development of the first major faceted classification system, the colon classification. He is considered to be the father of library science, documentation, and information science in India and is widely known throughout the rest of the world for his fundamental thinking in the field. His birthday is observed every year as the National Librarian Day in India.

Save the time of the reader, for it is valuable
Ranganathan's 5 Laws: Books are for use. Books are for all. Every book its reader, or every reader his book. Save the time of the reader. A library is a growing organism.
If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others! — © S. R. Ranganathan
If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others!
A modern librarian, who has faith in the law that 'BOOKS ARE FOR USE,' is happy only when his readers make his shelves constantly empty. It is not the books that go out that worry him. It is the stay-at-home volumes that perplex and depress him.
Every reader his or her book. Every book its reader.
A library is a growing organism.
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