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librametry

noun

librametry

noun

Etymology From library + -metry; coined in 1948 by S. R. Ranganathan.

1

The application of statistics and operations research to the running of a library.

  • In fact the philosophy and sociology of librarianship indicates the need for the formation of a new discipline which I would call Librametry.1948, Indian Librarian, page 57:

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