Otlet's full story is an interesting one. Here are couple of major pieces by Alex Wright: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/health/17iht-17mund.13760031.html

Otlet's full story is an interesting one. Here are couple of major pieces by Alex Wright: https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/health/17iht-17mund.13760031.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/health/17iht-17mund.13760... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/in-search-of-the-proto-memex/371385/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/in-se... and a -long, detailed- look at the plans for the Mundaneum / Palais Mondial / Mondotheque: http://www.mondotheque.be/wiki/index.php/The_Smart_City_-_City_of_Knowledge http://www.mondotheque.be/wiki/index.php/The_Smart_City_-_Ci...