"The special library must, for instance, make much more use of what has come to be known as documentation than the general library" stated by whom

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UGC NET Library & Information Science Paper 2 - 24 Nov 2021 Official Paper

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The Correct answer is Aksel G.S. Josephson.

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During the 1912 Session of ALA entitled "What is Special Library" Aksel G.S. Josephson of Crerar Library in Chicago Noted that the special library must, for instance, make much more use of what has come to be known as documentation than the general library".
He added that we might come to the point where special libraries will not even have a whole book, But only such parts of many books as it needs.
Other Definitions of Special Library:
- The Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (1980) presents 29 definitions in chronological order spanning from 1910 to 1976. These definitions highlight that libraries can be classified as "Special" based on various factors, including their focus on specific subjects, the type of collections they hold, etc
- Elizabeth Ferguson said Special libraries are set up to serve the specialized interests of organizations- business, professional, governmental, and industrial, and they operate as units of these organizations.
- Ranganathan considered specialization in a subject to be the characteristic that makes a library a special library ELIS, 1980).