librametry
English
editEtymology
editFrom library + -metry; coined in 1948 by S. R. Ranganathan.
Noun
editlibrametry (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.