The relevance of Dr. Ranganathan's ideas in the information age

31-33<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa;="" mso-bidi-font-style:italic"="" lang="EN-US">Briefly examines the relevance of Dr. Ranganathan's ideas and contributions in the present context of information age. Citing the implications of his five laws of library & information science interprets their value in the present day information handling problems. Lists a few areas for the application of his methodology of subject structuring. Mentions the ground work for library routines as analogous to algorithms for computer programming and analysis for PERT/CPM. Suggests that his ideas are valid even today for serious study.