Relevance of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan in the 21st Century

I do not wish to go into the details of Ranganathan's life history except to say that he started his teaching career in 1917 at the Govt. College, Mangalore, where he taught physics and mathematics. He was there till 1920 and again for a few months during 1921. It was then that he founded the Mathematics and Science Association of the College. He later worked at the Govt. College, Coimbatore and then at the Presidency college, Madras. He left Presidency College in January 1924 to take an appointment as the first librarian of Madras University. The rest of his story is well known to all the library and information professionals. People interested to know more about Ranganathan's personal life can read his son Mr.R.Yogeshwar's biography of his father entitled “S.R.Ranganathan – Pragmatic Philosopher of Information Science : A Personal Biography.