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CATALOGING THE WORLD : Paul Otlet and the Birth of the information Age /

"The dream of universal knowledge hardly started with the digital age. From the archives of Sumeria to the Library of Alexandria, humanity has long wrestled with information overload and management of intellectual output. Revived during the Renaissance and picking up pace in the Enlightenment,...

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Main Author: Wright, Alex, 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Otlet, Paul, > 1868-1944.
Mundaneum > History.
Bibliographers > Belgium > Biography.
Universal bibliography.
Documentation.
Classification > Books.
Information organization > History.
World Wide Web > History.
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Table of Contents:
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  • Introduction
  • 1. The Libraries of Babel
  • 2. The Dream of the Labyrinth
  • 3. Belle Epoque
  • 4. The Microphotic Book
  • 5. The Index Museum
  • 6. Castles in the Air
  • 7. Hope, Lost and Found
  • 8. Mundaneum
  • 9. The Collective Brain
  • 10. The Radiated Library
  • 11. The Intergalactic Network
  • 12. Entering the Steam
  • Conclusion.

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