librametry
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
library + -metry; coined in 1948 by S. R. Ranganathan.
Noun[edit]
librametry (uncountable)
- The application of statistics and operations research to the running of a library.
- 1948, Indian Librarian, page 57:
- In fact the philosophy and sociology of librarianship indicates the need for the formation of a new discipline which I would call Librametry.