Renée-Marie-Hélène-Suzanne Briet
Renée-Marie-Hélène-Suzanne Briet (1 February 1894 in Ardennes, France - 1989 in Boulogne, France), known as "Madame Documentation," 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.
