Metalibrary
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To quote Richard J. Sutcliffe
Richard J. Sutcliffe
Richard J. "Rick" Sutcliffe was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1947. He currently lives in Bradner, a community in Abbotsford, British Columbia, with his wife Joyce, and is Professor of Mathematics and Computing Science at Trinity Western University...

, who coined the term:
"An (abstract) metalibrary is the entire collection of a society's data, information, and techniques, together with the means by which it is stored, accessed, and communicated" (http://arjay.bc.ca/metalibrary/index.htm).


More information about this topic can be found in Sutcliffe's book The Fourth Civilization.
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