PROGRESS IN DOCUMENTATION: WISE: A WORLD INFORMATION SYNTHESIS AND ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Abstract

In 1936, when H. G. Wells presented his proposal for a ‘World Encyclopaedia’ to the Royal Institution, an action‐oriented response commensurate with the magnitude of his idea did not ensue. ‘It is a super university I am thinking of, a world brain; no less’, he said. The speech was printed in an obscure book titled World Brain, which is now out of print and hardly ever cited or discussed where it should be.

Citation

KOCHEN, M. (1972), "PROGRESS IN DOCUMENTATION: WISE: A WORLD INFORMATION SYNTHESIS AND ENCYCLOPAEDIA", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 322-343. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026546