Abstract
Wilson stated that the work of providing bibliographic services is political in nature because catalogers have to adjudicate amongst the demands made for various forms of control by different communities. Although he did not address the work of the Documentalists directly, his claim is an implicit refutation of their universalist claims. Their efforts were to bring all the world’s knowledge together, organize it under a single principle, and make it available to an undifferentiated global community. The concept of “universality” is examined in the context of bibliographic services, looking at claims regarding the collection of knowledge, users, and access.
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