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see also [[User:Simon/Bootlegging|bootlegging]], [[User:Simon/Being kind to the reader|being kind to the reader]], [[User:Simon/Multiplying form|multiplying form]], [[User:Simon/Republishing|republishing]] | see also [[User:Simon/Bootlegging|bootlegging]], [[User:Simon/Being kind to the reader|being kind to the reader]], [[User:Simon/Multiplying form|multiplying form]], [[User:Simon/Republishing|republishing]] | ||
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Image: 1. Books are for use. | Image: 1. Books are for use. | ||
The first law of S. R. R. Rangathan’s ''5 Laws of Library Science'', 1931 | The first law of S. R. R. Rangathan’s ''5 Laws of Library Science'', 1931 | ||
[[Category: Tasks of the Contingent Librarian|diversifying through use]] | [[Category: Tasks of the Contingent Librarian|diversifying through use]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:52, 10 June 2020
diversifying through use
see also bootlegging, being kind to the reader, multiplying form, republishing
Publications acquire difference through reproduction; sometimes intentionally, always circumstantially. A printed book always ends up in the hands of at least one reader. It is transported, pages are dog-eared and annotated, time weathers the paper and cracks the spine. Multiply this by many readers, and each printed copy starts to accumulate its own traces, losing resemblance to the rest of the edition and acquiring its own particular countenance and provenance through use.
Image: 1. Books are for use. The first law of S. R. R. Rangathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science, 1931