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Classification is thought of by many librarians as either a fearful complication of a very simply act, or an outmoded, almost prehistoric, method of doing a very complex mathematical task.

— Douglas John Foskett The Classification Research Group 1952—1962 (1962)

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The work of the information officer [should be] regarded as the natural dynamic extension of that of the librarian.

The aim of an information service is to organise the literature on a systematic basis in order to save the time of research workers.

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

The same thing can be identified by many different terms, and the same term may mean many different things.

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

All information services are ultimately based on library methods and materials.

Information service in libraries (1958)

Since books are not their primary source materials, as they are for research in the humanities, most scientists prefer to spend their time on experiments and not on reading.

Information service in libraries (1958)

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