Despite the fact that our profession constantly urges others to consult the literature, I do not think we are distinguished nowadays by knowledge of our heritage.
Vickery (1998) "The Royal Society scientific information conference of 1948." Journal of Documentation, 54(3), p. 283; As cited in: Vanda Broughton (2011) "Brian Vickery and the Classification Research Group: the legacy of faceted classification".