International Federation for Information and Documentation
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"The Bibliographic Institute of Brussels exerts chaos too: it has divided the universe into 1000 subdivisions, from which number 262 is the pope; number 282, the Roman Catholic Church; 263, the Day of the Lord; 268 Sunday schools; 298, mormonism; and number 294, brahmanism, buddhism, shintoism and taoism. It doesn't reject heterogene subdivisions as, for example, 179: "Cruelty towards animals. Animals protection. Duel and suicide seen through moral values. Various vices and disadvantages. Advantages and various qualities."--"The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" (1942) by Jorge Luis Borges |
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The International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) was an international organization that was created to promote universal access to all recorded knowledge through the creation of an international classification system. FID stands for the original French Fédération internationale de documentation.
Historical Background of FID
FID was established on 12 September 1895, in Brussels, as the International Institute of Bibliography (originally Institut International de Bibliographie, or IIB) by two Belgian lawyers, Paul Otlet (1868–1944) and Henri La Fontaine (1854–1943). It was popularly known as the Brussels Institute. Its headquarters was changed to The Hague after 1934. It had gone through a number of changes in name that reflect changes of conceptualization of the field in which it operates.
The changes in names and years are :
- 1931 – The International Institute for Documentation (Institut International de Documentation, IID)
- 1937 – The International Federation for Documentation (Fédération Internationale de Documentation, FID)
- 1988 – The International Federation for Information and Documentation (Fédération Internationale d'Information et de Documentation, FID)
The Institute was one of the sponsors of the first World Congress of Universal Documentation, held in Paris in 1937. FID was dissolved in 2002.
Publications
One of the publications of FID was FID Communications.
Linking in as of 2022
Alexander Ivanovich Mikhailov, B. S. Kesavan, Bibliographisches Institut, Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge, Concilium Bibliographicum, Documentation science, Duyvis Point, Fontaine Heights, Hans Wellisch, Henri La Fontaine, Information history, Informetrics, Lionel McColvin, Lydia Sambaquy, Otlet Glacier, Outline of information science, Paul Otlet, S. R. Ranganathan, Samuel C. Bradford, Suzanne Briet, Watson Davis, World Congress of Universal Documentation
