In the late 19th century there was increasing concern with the rapid increase in the number of publications,
Given that almost two centuries later we are facing a similar but more extreme issue, I wonder if it would be helpful to look back on the concerns about information growth when the field was in it's infancy. I think it could be good to evaluate what these vintage concerns were and how they were addressed and/or alleviated back then, in order to both soothe current anxieties (by having a cultural context to compare to) and also to aid Information professionals in deciding how the field should react and adapt to rapid change in the output of information.