Frederick Gridley Kilgour - Revision history

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	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	*Kilgour is best known for proposing (with [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]) and then founding the [[OCLC\|Ohio College Library Center]] (OCLC) and its services in support of library cataloging, interlibrary lending, and the WorldCat. Under Kilgour's leadership OCLC became the dominant international bibliographic utility.		*Kilgour is best known for proposing (with [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]) and then founding the [[OCLC\|Ohio College Library Center]] (OCLC) and its services in support of library cataloging, interlibrary lending, and the WorldCat. Under Kilgour's leadership OCLC became the dominant international bibliographic utility.
	**During the Second World War Kilgour developed an extensive system for obtaining publications from enemy and enemy-occupied areas.		*During the Second World War Kilgour developed an extensive system for obtaining publications from enemy and enemy-occupied areas.
	*Kilgour founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.		*Kilgour founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.

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	'''Frederick Gridley Kilgour''' (1914–2006) was an American librarian.		'''Frederick Gridley Kilgour''' (1914–2006) was an American librarian.
	[[File:Figure 2, Image of Kilgour.jpg\|thumb\|Frederick G. Kilgour]]~~'''Frederick G. Kilgour''' (1914-2006) was an American pioneer of information science.~~		[[File:Figure 2, Image of Kilgour.jpg\|thumb\|Frederick G. Kilgour]]


	== Life ==		== Life ==
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	In 1948 Kilgour became Librarian of the Yale Medical Library and lectured on the history of science and technology.		In 1948 Kilgour became Librarian of the Yale Medical Library and lectured on the history of science and technology.
	With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]] Kilgour proposed in 1965 an Ohio College Library Center and in 1967 Kilgour became it founding President until he retired in 1980. He died on July 31, 2006 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.		With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]] Kilgour proposed in 1965 an Ohio College Library Center and in 1967 Kilgour became its founding President until he retired in 1980. He died on July 31, 2006 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	~~During the Second World War Frederick~~ Kilgour ~~developed an extensive system for obtaining publications from enemy and enemy-occupied areas.~~		*Kilgour is best known for proposing (with [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]) and then founding the [[OCLC\|Ohio College Library Center]] (OCLC) and its services in support of library cataloging, interlibrary lending, and the WorldCat. Under Kilgour's leadership OCLC became the dominant international bibliographic utility.
	He is best known for proposing (with [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]) and then founding ~~and leading~~ the [[OCLC\|Ohio College Library Center]] (OCLC) and its services in support of library cataloging, interlibrary lending, and the WorldCat.		**During the Second World War Kilgour developed an extensive system for obtaining publications from enemy and enemy-occupied areas.
	~~He also~~ founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.		*Kilgour founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
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	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
	*United States Armed Forces. Legion of Merit, 1945.		*United States Armed Forces. Legion of Merit, 1945.
	*[[ASIST]]. ~~1979~~ Award of Merit for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice).		*[[ASIST]]. Award of Merit, 1979.
	*American Library Association. Honorary Life Membership, 1982.		*American Library Association. Honorary Life Membership, 1982.
	*Four honorary doctorates.		*Four honorary doctorates.

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			'''Frederick Gridley Kilgour''' (1914–2006) was an American librarian.
	[[File:Figure 2, Image of Kilgour.jpg\|thumb\|Frederick G. Kilgour]]'''Frederick G. Kilgour''' (1914-2006) was an American pioneer of information science.		[[File:Figure 2, Image of Kilgour.jpg\|thumb\|Frederick G. Kilgour]]'''Frederick G. Kilgour''' (1914-2006) was an American pioneer of information science.


	== Life ==		== Life ==
	~~Born~~ in Springfield, MA in ~~1914.~~		'''Frederick Gridley Kilgour''' was born on January 6, 1914 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated in chemistry at Harvard in 1935, then worked in the Harvard University Library. During the Second World War he served from 1942 to 1945 in the U.S. Naval Reserve and was Executive Secretary and Acting Chairman of the U.S. government's Interdepartmental Committee for the Acquisition of Foreign Publications (IDC), which developed a system for obtaining publications from enemy and enemy-occupied areas. From 1946 to 1948 he was Deputy Director of the Office of Intelligence Collection and Dissemination at the US Department of State.
	~~After working~~ at Harvard ~~College~~, ~~Columbia~~ University ~~and Harvard Graduate School~~ he served ~~during World War II~~ in the Office of ~~Strategic Services~~ and the US ~~Naval Reserve~~. ~~Between~~ 1948 and ~~1967 he worked at Yale University as lecturer, medical librarian~~ and ~~journal editor~~. In 1967 he ~~became professor of library administration at Ohio State University~~.
			In 1948 Kilgour became Librarian of the Yale Medical Library and lectured on the history of science and technology.
			With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]] Kilgour proposed in 1965 an Ohio College Library Center and in 1967 Kilgour became it founding President until he retired in 1980. He died on July 31, 2006 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	During the Second World War Frederick Kilgour developed an extensive system for obtaining publications from enemy and enemy-occupied areas.		During the Second World War Frederick Kilgour developed an extensive system for obtaining publications from enemy and enemy-occupied areas.
	He is best known for proposing (with Ralph		He is best known for proposing (with [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]) and then founding and leading the [[OCLC\|Ohio College Library Center]] (OCLC) and its services in support of library cataloging, interlibrary lending, and the WorldCat.
			He also founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.
	.~~founded '''~~[[OCLC]]~~'''~~, ~~developed WorldCat~~, and ~~developed a prominent interlibrary loan system~~. He also founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''		*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''
	*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7. ~~Report~~ that led to OCLC.		*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7. The report that led to OCLC.
	*Landgraf, Alan L. & Frederick G. Kilgour. "Catalog records retrieved by personal author using derived search keys." ''Journal of Library Automation'' 6, no 2 (June 1973): 103-108. Query formulation rules derived from Ruecking's word compression techniques can operate very efficiently using only a very few characters for author and title.		*Landgraf, Alan L. & Frederick G. Kilgour. "Catalog records retrieved by personal author using derived search keys." ''Journal of Library Automation'' 6, no 2 (June 1973): 103-108. Query formulation rules derived from Ruecking's word compression techniques can operate very efficiently using only a very few characters for author and title.
	*"Historical development of library computerization." In: ''The Information age, its development, its impact'', ed. by Donald P. Hammer. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976, pp 241-257.		*"Historical development of library computerization." In: ''The Information age, its development, its impact'', ed. by Donald P. Hammer. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976, pp 241-257.
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	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
			*United States Armed Forces. Legion of Merit, 1945.
	*[[ASIST]]. 1979 Award of Merit for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice).		*[[ASIST]]. 1979 Award of Merit for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice).
	*American Library Association. Honorary Life Membership, 1982.		*American Library Association. Honorary Life Membership, 1982.

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	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	~~OSS~~		During the Second World War Frederick Kilgour developed an extensive system for obtaining publications from enemy and enemy-occupied areas.
			He is best known for proposing (with Ralph

	~~Frederick Kilgour~~ founded '''[[OCLC]]''', developed WorldCat, and developed a prominent interlibrary loan system. He also founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.		.founded '''[[OCLC]]''', developed WorldCat, and developed a prominent interlibrary loan system. He also founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==

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	*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''		*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''
	*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7. Report that led to OCLC.		*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7. Report that led to OCLC.
	*Landgraf, Alan L. & Frederick G. Kilgour. "Catalog records retrieved by personal author using derived search keys." ''Journal of Library Automation'' 6, no 2 (June 1973): 103-108. ~~Efficient queries~~ using very few characters.		*Landgraf, Alan L. & Frederick G. Kilgour. "Catalog records retrieved by personal author using derived search keys." ''Journal of Library Automation'' 6, no 2 (June 1973): 103-108. Query formulation rules derived from Ruecking's word compression techniques can operate very efficiently using only a very few characters for author and title.
	*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]		*"Historical development of library computerization." In: ''The Information age, its development, its impact'', ed. by Donald P. Hammer. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976, pp 241-257.
			*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1985. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]
	*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]		*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]

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	*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''		*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''
	*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7. Report that led to OCLC.		*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7. Report that led to OCLC.
			*Landgraf, Alan L. & Frederick G. Kilgour. "Catalog records retrieved by personal author using derived search keys." ''Journal of Library Automation'' 6, no 2 (June 1973): 103-108. Efficient queries using very few characters.
	*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]		*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]
	*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]		*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]

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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''		*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''
	*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7.		*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7. Report that led to OCLC.
	*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]		*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]
	*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]		*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]

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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''		*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''
	*		*''Report to the Committee of Librarians of the Ohio College Association.'' With [[Ralph Parker\|Ralph H. Parker]]. 1965. Repr. in Kilgour, F. G. ''Collected papers: The OCLC years''. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984, pp 1-7.
	*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]		*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]
	*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]		*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]

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	[[File:Figure 2, Image of Kilgour.jpg\|thumb\|Frederick G. Kilgour]]Frederick G. Kilgour (1914-2006) was a pioneer of information science. He founded '''[[OCLC]]''', developed WorldCat, and developed a prominent interlibrary loan system. He also founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.		[[File:Figure 2, Image of Kilgour.jpg\|thumb\|Frederick G. Kilgour]]'''Frederick G. Kilgour''' (1914-2006) was an American pioneer of information science.


	== Life ==		== Life ==
			Born in Springfield, MA in 1914.
			After working at Harvard College, Columbia University and Harvard Graduate School he served during World War II in the Office of Strategic Services and the US Naval Reserve. Between 1948 and 1967 he worked at Yale University as lecturer, medical librarian and journal editor. In 1967 he became professor of library administration at Ohio State University.

	* OSS		== Contributions ==
	* OCLC		OSS

	~~== Contributions ==~~		Frederick Kilgour founded '''[[OCLC]]''', developed WorldCat, and developed a prominent interlibrary loan system. He also founded and served as the first editor for the journal ''Information Technology and Libraries''.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols.		*''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', comp. by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson, ed. by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984. 2 vols: ''Early years'' and OCLC years.''
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	*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]		*[[National Library of Medicine]] (Bethesda, MD). Oral history interview with Kilgour. Abstract at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html]
	*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]		*Columbia University Libraries (online). Oral history interview with Kilgour, 1988. Finding aid: [https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16]
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	*[[ASIST]]. 1979 Award of Merit for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice).		*[[ASIST]]. 1979 Award of Merit for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice).
	*American Library Association. Honorary Life Membership, 1982.		*American Library Association. Honorary Life Membership, 1982.
			*Four honorary doctorates.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==

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	*"Fred Kilgour." ''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kilgour]		*"Fred Kilgour." ''Wikipedia'' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kilgour]
	*Obituary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070703024836/http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200631.htm]		*Obituary. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070703024836/http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200631.htm]
	*For more biographical details on his ''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', compiled by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson and edited by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984; 2 vols.		*For more biographical details see his ''Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour'', compiled by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson and edited by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984; 2 vols.

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==