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Bookseller Review: CATALOGING THE WORLD

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Cataloging the World: Paul Otlet and the Birth of the Information Age by Alex Wright
Reviewed by Jan

Alex Wright channels his inner James Gleick here and offers us a compelling biography, not only of an important forerunner to information science, but a brief biography of the birth of the Web and information science itself.

In my years in library school, I never even heard of Paul Otlet, yet he was a man who envisioned a network of organized information similar to what information scientists are working on to this day. Otlet was an idealist who subscribed to the ideas of positivism: mainly, that society operates on a series of laws, just as the physical world does. These laws are derived from empirical knowledge (evidence). Access to knowledge is imperative for humanity to advance. Among his accomplishments, he developed the concept of “documentation,” standardized microfiche, conceptualized the League of Nations.

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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