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Paul Otlet — Traité de documentation

1934 · Book · Public Domain (life+70 jurisdictions; author d. 1944; freely available via Internet Archive)

Paul Otlet's 1934 work, "Traité de documentation," is a foundational text in library science and bibliography. It is notable for its early conceptualization of a universal, interconnected information system, predating modern internet concepts.

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