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Cataloging the World : Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (361 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199931422
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 020.9
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Contents:
Cover -- CATALOGING THE WORLD: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- CATALOGING THE WORLD -- 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 Stream -- Conclusion -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
Summary: In 1934, Paul Otlet, a Belgian entrepreneur, designed a proto-Internet which he called a réseau mondial-- literally, "worldwide web." Today, Otlet and his vision have been all but forgotten, thanks to a series of historical misfortunes -- not least of which involved the Nazis marching into Brussels and destroying most of his life's work -- but Alex Wright brings Otlet's extraordinary story back into the light in this fascinating look at the dream of universal knowledge.
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Cover -- CATALOGING THE WORLD: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- CATALOGING THE WORLD -- 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 Stream -- Conclusion -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

In 1934, Paul Otlet, a Belgian entrepreneur, designed a proto-Internet which he called a réseau mondial-- literally, "worldwide web." Today, Otlet and his vision have been all but forgotten, thanks to a series of historical misfortunes -- not least of which involved the Nazis marching into Brussels and destroying most of his life's work -- but Alex Wright brings Otlet's extraordinary story back into the light in this fascinating look at the dream of universal knowledge.

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