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Paul Marie Ghislain Otlet (/ɒtˈleɪ/; French: [pɔl maʁi ɡilɛ̃ ɔtlɛ]; 23 August 1868 – 10 December 1944) was a Belgian author, entrepreneur, lawyer and peace activist; predicting the arrival of the internet before World War II,[1] he is among those considered to be the father of information science, a field he called "documentation". Otlet created the Universal Decimal Classification, which would later become a faceted classification. Otlet was responsible for the development of an early information retrieval tool, the "Repertoire Bibliographique Universel" (RBU) which utilized 3x5 inch index cards, used commonly in library catalogs around the world (now largely displaced by the advent of the online public access catalog (OPAC)). Otlet wrote numerous essays on how to collect and organize the world's knowledge, culminating in two books, the Traité de Documentation (1934) and Monde: Essai d'universalisme (1935).[2][3] In 1907, following a huge international conference, Otlet and Henri La F

Paul Otlet - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Belgian documentalist (1868–1944) This article includes a list of general references but lacks corresponding inline citations . Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( August 2009 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Paul Otlet Otlet in 1937 Born ( 1868-08-23 ) 23 August 1868 Brussels, Belgium Died 10 December 1944 (1944-12-10) (aged 76) Brussels, Belgium Alma mater Catholic University of Leuven Free University of Brussels Known for One of several people who have been consi

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