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 rights of man which he acquires to live in. we can not ignore the man in the society. They live in, they contribute and they flourish the social rights are conceived. Accordingly the rights of knowledge comes into existence, knowledge is eternal. The sources of knowledge are many. Book/s are one of them. A man can betray another man but book never betrays anybody. Books help the man to grow more and more. Library collect and store 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.
DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.26761/ijrls.7.4.2021.1488
Cite This Article As: Ali, A. (2021). 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), 7(4) 288-295. www.ijrls.in
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Paper ID: IJRLS-1488 Page: 288-295 Publication Date: 31 December 2021