Meanings
nounlibrametry (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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
Origin
From library + -metry; coined in 1948 by S. R. Ranganathan.
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