Simon Willison's Weblog: paul-otlethttp://simonwillison.net/2007-09-12T17:28:39+00:00Simon WillisonPaul Otlet described the "radiated library" in 19342007-09-12T17:28:39+00:002007-09-12T17:28:39+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Sep/12/glut/#atom-tag
<p><strong><a href="http://www.kottke.org/07/09/glut-mastering-information-through-the-ages">Paul Otlet described the "radiated library" in 1934</a></strong></p>
Beating Vannevar Bush in predicting something not unlike the Web by more than a decade.
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