Five Laws of Library Science

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library science concept library science principle set of principles theoretical framework

The Five Laws of Library Science are a foundational set of principles proposed by S. R. Ranganathan that guide the philosophy, organization, and user-centered service of modern librarianship.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Five Laws of Library Science canonical	4
Five laws of library science	4
The Five Laws of Library Science	3
Fifth Law of Library Science	1
First Law of Library Science	1
Fourth Law of Library Science	1
Ranganathan's five laws of library science	1
Ranganathan’s five laws of library science	1
Second Law of Library Science	1
The Five Laws of Library Science (book)	1
Third Law of Library Science	1
five laws of library science	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4163314 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Five Laws of Library Science
Context triple: [S. R. Ranganathan, notableWork, Five Laws of Library Science]

A. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) is a conceptual model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations to define user-focused tasks and relationships for bibliographic records in library catalogs.
B. Essays of an Information Scientist
Essays of an Information Scientist is a multi-volume collection of influential articles by Eugene Garfield that helped shape the fields of bibliometrics, citation analysis, and the evaluation of scientific literature.
C. Program for Cooperative Cataloging
The Program for Cooperative Cataloging is an international library initiative that coordinates shared cataloging standards and workflows to improve the quality and efficiency of bibliographic and authority records worldwide.
D. Book Citation Index
Book Citation Index is a scholarly database within the Web of Science platform that indexes and tracks citation data for academic books and book chapters across disciplines.
E. National Library Act 1960
The National Library Act 1960 is an Australian federal law that formally established the National Library of Australia and defines its functions, powers, and governance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Five Laws of Library Science
Target entity description: The Five Laws of Library Science are a foundational set of principles proposed by S. R. Ranganathan that guide the philosophy, organization, and user-centered service of modern librarianship.

A. Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) is a conceptual model developed by the International Federation of Library Associations to define user-focused tasks and relationships for bibliographic records in library catalogs.
B. Essays of an Information Scientist
Essays of an Information Scientist is a multi-volume collection of influential articles by Eugene Garfield that helped shape the fields of bibliometrics, citation analysis, and the evaluation of scientific literature.
C. Program for Cooperative Cataloging
The Program for Cooperative Cataloging is an international library initiative that coordinates shared cataloging standards and workflows to improve the quality and efficiency of bibliographic and authority records worldwide.
D. Book Citation Index
Book Citation Index is a scholarly database within the Web of Science platform that indexes and tracks citation data for academic books and book chapters across disciplines.
E. National Library Act 1960
The National Library Act 1960 is an Australian federal law that formally established the National Library of Australia and defines its functions, powers, and governance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	library science concept ⓘ library science principle ⓘ library science principle ⓘ library science principle ⓘ library science principle ⓘ library science principle ⓘ set of principles ⓘ theoretical framework ⓘ
appliesTo	academic libraries ⓘ public libraries ⓘ school libraries ⓘ special libraries ⓘ
author	S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
coreIdea	access to information ⓘ continuous library growth and adaptation ⓘ efficient organization of library resources ⓘ user-centered service ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	India ⓘ
describedIn	The Five Laws of Library Science (book) ⓘ linked to: Five Laws of Library Science
field	librarianship ⓘ library science ⓘ
hasCanonicalNumber	5 ⓘ
hasInfluencedConcept	digital library services ⓘ information literacy ⓘ library classification systems ⓘ library service standards ⓘ
hasPart	Fifth Law of Library Science ⓘ linked to: Five Laws of Library Science First Law of Library Science ⓘ linked to: Five Laws of Library Science Fourth Law of Library Science ⓘ linked to: Five Laws of Library Science Second Law of Library Science ⓘ linked to: Five Laws of Library Science Third Law of Library Science ⓘ linked to: Five Laws of Library Science
inception	1931 ⓘ
influenced	library management practices ⓘ modern librarianship ⓘ user-centered library services ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
partOf	Five Laws of Library Science ⓘ
proposedBy	S. R. Ranganathan ⓘ
publishedIn	The Five Laws of Library Science ⓘ linked to: Five Laws of Library Science
statement	Books are for use ⓘ Every book its reader ⓘ Every reader his or her book ⓘ Save the time of the reader ⓘ The library is a growing organism ⓘ
usedAs	guiding philosophy for librarians ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

S. R. Ranganathan → notableWork → Five Laws of Library Science ⓘ

Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan → knownFor → Five laws of library science ⓘ

subject linked to: Shiyali