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Quotes from Librarians and Information Systems — Douglas John Foskett

1918–2004 United Kingdom

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Douglas Foskett was an outstanding librarian, well known in Britain and overseas. He was one of the thinkers of the library profession, and although devoted to books as such he was also among the first to recognise the potential of automated systems.

Librarians and Information Systems (1995)

Douglas developed a strong interest in the relations between education and classification. He explored the writings of L.S Vygotsky, L. von Bertalanffy (for systems theory), Joseph Needham and J.K. Feibleman and wrote a number of articles on classification and integrative levels.

Librarians and Information Systems (1995)

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