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'''Renée-Marie-Helene-Suzanne Briet''' ({{IPA-fr|bʁie}}, {{IPA-en|br'eɪ|lang}}) (1 February 1894 in [[Paris]], [[France]] - 1989 in [[Boulogne]], [[France]]),<ref>Maack, Mary Niles. "The Lady and the Antelope: Suzanne Briet's Contribution to the French Documentation Movement." http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/maack/BrietPrePress.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.</ref> known as "Madame Documentation,"<ref>Buckland, Michael. "Suzanne Briet, 1894-1989: 'Madame Documentation'." http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/briet.html. Retrieved 10 November 2009.</ref> was a librarian, author, historian, poet, and visionary best known for her treatise ''Qu'est-ce que la documentation?'' (''What is Documentation?''), a foundational text in the modern study of [[information science]]. She is also known for her writings on the history of [[Ardennes]] and the poet [[Arthur Rimbaud]].<ref>Buckland, Michael. (2006). "A Brief Biography of Suzanne Renée Briet." In ''What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text.'' R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. 1.</ref> Her treatise ''Qu'est-ce que la documentation?'' offers a vision of documentation that moves beyond that of [[Paul Otlet]]'s emphasis on fixed forms of documents, such as the book, toward "an unlimited horizon of physical forms and aesthetic formats for documents and an unlimited horizon of techniques and technologies (and of 'documentary agencies' employing these) in the service of multitudes of particular cultures."<ref>Day, Ronald. (2006). "Preface." In ''What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text.'' R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. v.</ref> Like many early European Documentalists, Briet embraced [[modernism|modernity]] and [[science]],<ref>Maack, Mary Niles. "The Lady and the Antelope: Suzanne Briet's Contribution to the French Documentation Movement." http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/maack/BrietPrePress.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.</ref> but the influences of [[French]] [[post-structuralist]] theorists and linguists, and her strong orientation toward humanistic scholarship, largely impacted her own philosophy of documentation, laying the groundwork for contemporary [[philosophy of information|philosophies of information]] and the study of [[semiotics]] and [[cultural studies|culture]] in [[information science]].<ref>Day, Ronald. (2006). "'A Necessity of Our Time': Documentation as 'Cultural Technique in ''What Is Documentation?''." In ''What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text.'' R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. 49.</ref>
'''Renée-Marie-Helene-Suzanne Briet''' ({{IPA-fr|bʁie}}, {{IPA-en|br'eɪ|lang}}) (1 February 1894 in [[Paris]], [[France]] - 1989 in [[Boulogne]], [[France]]),<ref>Maack, Mary Niles. "The Lady and the Antelope: Suzanne Briet's Contribution to the French Documentation Movement." http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/maack/BrietPrePress.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.</ref> known as "Madame Documentation,"<ref>Buckland, Michael. "Suzanne Briet, 1894-1989: 'Madame Documentation'." http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/briet.html. Retrieved 10 November 2009.</ref> was a librarian, author, historian, poet, and visionary best known for her treatise ''Qu'est-ce que la documentation?'' (''What is Documentation?''), a foundational text in the modern study of [[information science]]. She is also known for her writings on the history of [[Ardennes]] and the poet [[Arthur Rimbaud]].<ref>Buckland, Michael. (2006). "A Brief Biography of Suzanne Renée Briet." In ''What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text.'' R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. 1.</ref> Her treatise ''Qu'est-ce que la documentation?'' offers a vision of documentation that moves beyond that of [[Paul Otlet]]'s emphasis on fixed forms of documents, such as the book, toward "an unlimited horizon of physical forms and aesthetic formats for documents and an unlimited horizon of techniques and technologies (and of 'documentary agencies' employing these) in the service of multitudes of particular cultures."<ref>Day, Ronald. (2006). "Preface." In ''What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text.'' R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. v.</ref> Like many early [[Information_science#European_documentation|European Documentalists]], Briet embraced [[modernism|modernity]] and [[science]],<ref>Maack, Mary Niles. "The Lady and the Antelope: Suzanne Briet's Contribution to the French Documentation Movement." http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/maack/BrietPrePress.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.</ref> but the influences of [[French]] [[post-structuralist]] theorists and linguists, and her strong orientation toward humanistic scholarship, largely impacted her own philosophy of documentation, laying the groundwork for contemporary [[philosophy of information|philosophies of information]] and the study of [[semiotics]] and [[cultural studies|culture]] in [[information science]].<ref>Day, Ronald. (2006). "'A Necessity of Our Time': Documentation as 'Cultural Technique in ''What Is Documentation?''." In ''What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text.'' R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. 49.</ref>


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Suzanne Briet
Born1894, February 1
Paris, France
Died1989
Boulogne, France
Era20th century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolSecond generation European Documentalist, Continental philosophy, structuralism, post-structuralism
Main interests
technique, technology, information science, semiotics, librarianship

Renée-Marie-Helene-Suzanne Briet (French pronunciation: [bʁie], English: /br'eɪ/) (1 February 1894 in Paris, France - 1989 in Boulogne, France),[1] known as "Madame Documentation,"[2] was a librarian, author, historian, poet, and visionary best known for her treatise Qu'est-ce que la documentation? (What is Documentation?), a foundational text in the modern study of information science. She is also known for her writings on the history of Ardennes and the poet Arthur Rimbaud.[3] Her treatise Qu'est-ce que la documentation? offers a vision of documentation that moves beyond that of Paul Otlet's emphasis on fixed forms of documents, such as the book, toward "an unlimited horizon of physical forms and aesthetic formats for documents and an unlimited horizon of techniques and technologies (and of 'documentary agencies' employing these) in the service of multitudes of particular cultures."[4] Like many early European Documentalists, Briet embraced modernity and science,[5] but the influences of French post-structuralist theorists and linguists, and her strong orientation toward humanistic scholarship, largely impacted her own philosophy of documentation, laying the groundwork for contemporary philosophies of information and the study of semiotics and culture in information science.[6]

References

  1. ^ Maack, Mary Niles. "The Lady and the Antelope: Suzanne Briet's Contribution to the French Documentation Movement." http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/maack/BrietPrePress.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  2. ^ Buckland, Michael. "Suzanne Briet, 1894-1989: 'Madame Documentation'." http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~buckland/briet.html. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  3. ^ Buckland, Michael. (2006). "A Brief Biography of Suzanne Renée Briet." In What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text. R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. 1.
  4. ^ Day, Ronald. (2006). "Preface." In What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text. R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. v.
  5. ^ Maack, Mary Niles. "The Lady and the Antelope: Suzanne Briet's Contribution to the French Documentation Movement." http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/maack/BrietPrePress.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  6. ^ Day, Ronald. (2006). "'A Necessity of Our Time': Documentation as 'Cultural Technique in What Is Documentation?." In What is Documentation?: English Translation of the Classic French Text. R. E. Day, L. Martinet & H. G. B. Anghelescu, Trans.; ed., R.E. Day and L. Martinet. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, p. 49.
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