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Ranganathan's Third Law and Collection Access at Norcia: An Assessment |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT S. R. Ranganathan's Third Law of library science implies that books need help finding their way to each reader. From this law flows twelve corollaries which, when adapted to present day conditions, suggest evaluative criteria for assessing access to traditional book collections. In this essay, the author evaluates progress made over the last seven years in establishing a new library in Italy, employing the Third Law as a guide. |
| Keywords: | Ranganathan Five Laws of library Science Norcia monastic libraries Benedictines Italian libraries collection management cataloging backlogs provisional cataloging |