The Concept of ‘Every’ in the Philosophy of S. R. Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science
Author(s): Ayub Ali
Abstract - The word ‘Every’ has come from ‘Ever’. Ever means ‘always’ or ‘eternal’ or ‘Continually’. So that ‘Every’ denotes the eternal entity. This also defines the rights of man which he acquires to live in. We cannot ignore the man in the society. They live in, they contribute and they flourish when social rights are conceived. Accordingly, the rights of knowledge come into existence, knowledge is eternal. The sources of knowledge are many. Book/s are one of them. A man can betray another man but the book never betrays anybody. Books help the man to grow more and more. Library collects and stores books and the librarians by their services will strive hard to give shape to their motto ‘Every reader his or her book and Every book its reader.’ This paper tries to find the concept of ‘Every’ in the philosophy of S. R. Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science.
Keywords Library, Laws of Library science, Library movement, Ranganathan’s Philosophy.
Cite This Article As: Ali, A. (2017) The Concept of ‘Every’ in the Philosophy of S. R. Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science. International Journal of Research in Library Science (IJRLS), 3(1) 342-349. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1228 Page: 342-349 Publication Date: 12 July 2017