Reimagining the Library as a Technology: An Analysis of Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science within the Social Construction of Technology Framework

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dc.contributor.authorCarr, Patrick L.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-06T12:02:01Z
dc.date.available2018-08-06T12:02:01Z
dc.date.issued2014-04
dc.description© 2014 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Published version: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/675355en_US
dc.description.abstractS. R. Ranganathan’s five laws of library science have long been a theoretical cornerstone of librarianship. This article draws on theories in the field of technology studies to advance the claim that the enduring relevance of the five laws is rooted in how they embrace the social construction of technology (SCOT) framework, which is based in the supposition that the actions of user communities shape a technology’s meaning. After briefly discussing the five laws along with the central principles of the SCOT framework, the article analyzes how the laws map within the framework and also how the laws confound the claims of a competing theory of technology, technological determinism. The article advocates that librarians use the laws’ SCOT-based principles as a guide to navigate through a period of transformative change.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPatrick L. Carr, "Reimagining the Library as a Technology: An Analysis of Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science within the Social Construction of Technology Framework," The Library Quarterly 84, no. 2 (April 2014): 152-164. https://doi.org/10.1086/675355en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1086/675355
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/675355 .
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/6885
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.urihttp://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/675355 .en_US
dc.subjectLibrary scienceen_US
dc.subjectSocial Construction of Technology frameworken_US
dc.subjectTechnologyen_US
dc.subjectLibrary and information scienceen_US
dc.subjectSocial constructionismen_US
dc.titleReimagining the Library as a Technology: An Analysis of Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science within the Social Construction of Technology Frameworken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
ecu.journal.issue2en_US
ecu.journal.nameThe Library Quarterlyen_US
ecu.journal.pages152-164en_US
ecu.journal.volume84en_US

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