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To add, information management changed drastically in that period too.

Vertical filing system, c. 1900 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filing_cabinet#Vertical_file

"information science" as a field c. 1895 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Otlet

punched cards + tabulation machines c. 1890 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabulating_machine