Accessibility and the five laws of Ranganathan: dialogue with Librarianship and Information Science

ABSTRACT Access to information is a right for all citizens. Considering the multiplicity of informational subjects, it is understood that a reflection on informational accessibility in libraries is necessary. This reflection contributes so that listeners, deaf, blind, autistic people, with physical, multiple disabilities, among others, can have access to information, either in printed or virtual media. In view of this scenario, a dialogue of the Five Laws of Ranganathan took place in the context of accessibility in Library and Information Science in Brazil. From this dialogue, it is concluded that the theme is investigated in several lines of research in Postgraduate Programs in Information Science, the laws are present in the daily work of the librarian and are interrelated in a cyclical and dynamic movement to democratize information. Thus, it is understood that the laws remain current and can be contextualized from the perspective of inclusive management to provide improvements for libraries, allowing the librarian to reflect on their practices in this context and to appropriate their social responsibility, thus contributing to for the elimination of barriers. It is essential to understand the different types of users and their specificities of access to information and to rethink the ways of processing, sharing and disseminating information.