[WEB4LIB] RE: Ranganathan - off-topic digression

[Dennis Moser]

...and the 80/20 Rule (one of my favorites!) is Pareto.

Dennis Moser, MILS, Web Librarian
John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center
Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
1133 M. D. Anderson Blvd, Houston, TX 77030-2809
dennism at library.tmc.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Norman Howden <nxh5610 at dcccd.edu>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Date: Thursday, August 10, 2000 8:17 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Ranganathan - off-topic digression


>Trueswell's hypothesis has to do with the selection of books for
storage/de-accessioning.  Basically if an item hasn't circulated in 7 years,
it is likely to be so little in demand that it can be discarded or at least
stored off site.
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>Norman Howden, PhD
>Assistant Dean, Educational Resources
>214-860-2176
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>>>> <Heidi.Yelk at courts.state.wi.us> 08/10/00 08:49AM >>>
>I graduated from UW-Milwaukee in 1995 and Raganathan was indeed part of the
>course work.  The Five Laws of Library Science were taught along with
>another rule - my favorite - the 80/20 rule which seems to have a strange
>hold on most aspects of our world.  I thought we called it Truswell's(sp?)
>Rule but a quick search only finds "Pareto's Principle." ??
>Books are for use!
>Heidi
>
>Heidi A. Yelk - Reference Librarian
>Wisconsin State Law Library
>608/261-7555
>heidi.yelk at courts.state.wi.us
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Julia Schult [mailto:jschult at elmira.edu]
>Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 8:24 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: [WEB4LIB] Ranganathan - off-topic digression
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>I asked our newest librarian, fresh out of SUNY Albany, if
>she'd ever heard of Ranganathan, and her first thought was
>that I was approaching her about a new religion.  ;-)  No,
>they didn't cover him or as far as she remembers even
>mention him in library school.
>
>For anyone who is curious, see
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>http://www.uniroma1.it/Mathematics/I-Ranganathan.html
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>He was a great librarian, and influenced the history of the
>profession.  I think it is a shame if library schools are no
>longer touching on his Five Laws of Library Science, which
>can be found at:
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>http://www.ala.org/editions/openstacks/insidethecovers/insideexcerpts1A.htm
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>---Julia E. Schult
>Access/Electronic Services Librarian
>Elmira College
>Jschult at elmira.edu
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