Putting Knowledge to Work: An American View of Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science

Abstract

This is a scan of Putting Knowledge to Work: An American View of Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science by Pauline Atherton (aka Pauline A. Cochrane). This book includes publicly delivered essays and reflections on Ranganathan's five laws. It is the printed version of the first lecture of the Sixth Series of the Sarada Ranganathan Lectures in Library Science by Professor Pauline A. Atherton, Professor, School of Library Science, Syracuse University, New York, the Sarada Ranganathan Lecturer for 1970. Her speeches (Chapters D through K) form the main part of the book. Shri Guru Dutt, a distinguished citizen and a scholar in Bangalore, India inaugurated the evening and his inaugural speech is also included (Chapter C). In Chapter B, Professor Neelameghan delivers the Welcome Address and explains the objectives of the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS), which sponsors these lectures. Chapter A contains the preface to the series. SRELS was founded by Dr Ranganathan and his family, and incorporated with the Treasurer of Charitable Endowments for India in 1963. The objectives of SRELS are: 1. To further the cause of library science; 2. To organise periodically a course of lectures based on the latest ideas and research in library science and called the Sarada Ranganathan Lectures in Library Science; and 3. To assist in the publication of these lectures. This is a title in the dLIST Classics project. © Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science (SRELS). Permission for non-profit use granted by SRELS. To purchase reprints of this work, please visit Ess Ess Publications at http://www.essessreference.com/.