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The Mundaneum, an institution created in 1910 by Paul Otlet and Henri La Fontaine, aimed to gather together all the world’s knowledge. An Archive with more than 12 million index cards, some consider it a forerunner of the internet. Otlet dreamt that one day all the information he collected could be accessed by people from the comfort of their own homes.’
The Mundaneum is utterly fascinating to me, for reasons that should be obvious…
Date posted: 2012/01/17 09:01:10
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Date liked: 2012/01/17 18:01:20
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Originally posted by: lavacheestdanslepre-blog
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Tagged:
vintage illustration 79
archive 10
historical records 3
information management 2
color coding 2
organization 1
library science 1
french illustration 1
filing system 1
classification system 1
