[WEB4LIB] Ranganathan - off-topic digression

[Charkes, Susan]

I've had the Five Laws posted over my desk wherever I have worked, ever
since graduating from library school (Rutgers), where I discovered
Rangnathan -- on my own. Hey, isn't it about time we started treating
librarianship as a religion anyway? Calling it a profession hasn't worked
quite as well as Sir Melvil expected.  ;-)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Julia Schult [mailto:jschult at elmira.edu]
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 9:23 AM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Ranganathan - off-topic digression



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

http://www.uniroma1.it/Mathematics/I-Ranganathan.html

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:

http://www.ala.org/editions/openstacks/insidethecovers/insideexcerpts1A.html

---Julia E. Schult
Access/Electronic Services Librarian
Elmira College
Jschult at elmira.edu