Concilium Bibliographicum
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The Concilium Bibliographicum was established in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1895 by the U.S. zoologist Herbert Haviland Field in response to the lack of timely and complete bibliographies to serve the ne
Building for the Concilium in Zurich, 1908
Paul Otlet
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Paul Marie Ghislain Otlet was a Belgian bibliographer, lawyer, and peace activist, and a key figure in documentation science, a precursor to information science.
Otlet in 1937
The Hotel Otlet, Paul Otlet's mansion, designed by Octave van Rysselberghe in 1894
Répertoire Bibliographique Universel
Front page of the book International Organisation and Dissemination of Knowledge: Selected Essays of Paul Otlet, edited by W. Boyd Rayward