Discussion
Identify the correct statement. The second and third laws of library science imply which of the following ?
(a) Library Catalogue should provide access to collection of library.
(b) Catalogue should meat requirements of all users without any discrimination.
(c) Only main entry is adequate to access the library collection.
(d) Analytical entries of documents should be prepared to reveal contents of documents.
Answer: D
Statements (a), (b) and (d) follow, so the answer is (a), (b), (d) are correct.
The Second Law, 'Every reader his book', means the catalogue must serve every reader without discrimination (b), and the catalogue must give access to the library's collection (a). The Third Law, 'Every book its reader', calls for analytical entries and cross references that reveal the contents of a document, so that a book reaches all its possible readers (d).
Statement (c) contradicts the third law: a single main entry is not enough, since added and analytical entries are what bring hidden parts of a book to readers. Every option that includes (c) is wrong.
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