Comments on: Ranganathan Revisited Spring Semester 2008 http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/ Libraries, Technology and People Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: MLSstudent http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-852 MLSstudent Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:47:12 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/#comment-852 I think these much better than the updates that Michael Gorman came up with. While I like much of his work, I felt his laws didn't capture either the spirit of the originals or the ideas behind current librarianship. I think these much better than the updates that Michael Gorman came up with. While I like much of his work, I felt his laws didn’t capture either the spirit of the originals or the ideas behind current librarianship.

]]> By: Woeful http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Woeful Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:20:32 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/#comment-738 This is a good exercise. <a href="http://librarianwoes.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/the-five-laws-updated/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is what I came up with a few years ago. This is a good exercise. Here is what I came up with a few years ago.

]]> By: Liz Lawley http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Liz Lawley Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:33:52 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/#comment-724 Well...I'd argue that "it's for everyone" is an awkward construction, and also not entirely accurate. Why not simply "Information is for use."? The combining of the second and third laws weakens them both, I think. And I'm not sure that "is valuable" is the right phrase. Value is a...well, value-laden term. :) One of the things that makes those laws so powerful is their simplicity and lack of judgment in terms of quality. ONe of the big challenges we have with changing "book" to "information," however, is the lack of an agreed-upon all-purpose verb. Reading doesn't cover the range of content, but consuming and using are both inelegant and somewhat compromised by commercial implications. I like the last two, however. Well…I’d argue that “it’s for everyone” is an awkward construction, and also not entirely accurate. Why not simply “Information is for use.”?

The combining of the second and third laws weakens them both, I think. And I’m not sure that “is valuable” is the right phrase. Value is a…well, value-laden term. :) One of the things that makes those laws so powerful is their simplicity and lack of judgment in terms of quality. ONe of the big challenges we have with changing “book” to “information,” however, is the lack of an agreed-upon all-purpose verb. Reading doesn’t cover the range of content, but consuming and using are both inelegant and somewhat compromised by commercial implications.

I like the last two, however.

]]> By: Sukhdev Singh http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Sukhdev Singh Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:56:07 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/2008/02/02/ranganathan-revisited-spring-semester-2008/#comment-723 Incidentally just few days back While I was preparing a write up to highlight Library 2.0 developments - I wrote the fifth law as - 'evolving organism' . Incidentally just few days back While I was preparing a write up to highlight Library 2.0 developments - I wrote the fifth law as - ‘evolving organism’ .

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