Helen Louise Brownson - Revision history

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	Helen Louise Brownson (1917-2017) was ~~a federal government employee. Cleverdon called her "the major influence on documentation research" in the 1950's because of her oversight of dozens of projects~~.[[File:Helen-brownson-150x150.jpg\|alt=Helen Brownsen, image\|thumb\|Helen Brownson]]		'''Helen Louise Brownson''' (1917-2017) was an American documentalist.
			[[File:Helen-brownson-150x150.jpg\|alt=Helen Brownsen, image\|thumb\|Helen Brownson]]

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	~~Brownson worked at:~~ '''~~[[National Science Foundation]]~~''' ~~(NSF) Office~~ of ~~Scientific Information; Central Intelligence Agency; Originally secretary~~ and ~~technical aide~~ to ~~A. N. Richards, Chairman~~ of the Committee on Medical Research of the World War II Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), headed by [[Vannevar Bush~~\|'''Vannevar Bush'''~~]] (1942-46). ~~Secretary of~~ the Special Committee on Technical Information of the Research and Development Board, headed by Vannevar Bush, in the Department of Defense ~~(1946-51);~~ Assistant for Program Development and then Program Director for Scientific ~~Information Research, Office of Scientific Information, National Science Foundation~~ (~~1951-66~~); Projects Administrator in the field of Information Processing in the Research Department, Central Intelligence Agency ~~(1966-70)~~. ~~Retired~~ June 30, 1970.		'''Helen Louise Brownson''' was born on May 1, 1917 in Kansas City, KS. She graduated in Spanish at the University of Kansas in 1938. After working in the coffee trade she moved to Washington, DC, and held a series of positions in the Federal government.

			Brownson was Secretary to the chairman of the Committee on Medical Research of the World War II Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), headed by [[Vannevar Bush]] (1942-46), from 1942 to 1947. Then until 1951 she was Secretary to the Special Committee on Technical Information of the Research and Development Board, also headed by [[Vannevar Bush]], in the Department of Defense. In 1951 she joined the [[National Science Foundation]] where she as Assistant for Program Development, in the Office of Scientific Information (1951–1954) and then Program Director for Scientific Documentation (1954–1966). From 1966 until retirement in 1970 she worked Projects Administrator in the field of Information Processing in the Research Department of the Central Intelligence Agency.

			She retired June 30, 1970, volunteered at the Smithsonian Institution, and died on August 5, 2017.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	~~Preceded [[Burton Adkinson\|'''Burton Adkinson''']] at NSF,~~ set funding pattern of the Office Scientific Information~~. Began her career helping disseminate OSRD reports to science-technology users; Co-founder of~~ the ~~Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST)~~.		Helen Brownson was influential because she set the funding pattern of the National Science Foundation's Office Scientific Information, including the Aslib Cranfield research project.

	== ~~Selected~~ Publications ==		She also played a significant role in three important reviews of developments developments in documentation and information science:
			*''Current Research and Development in Scientific Documentation'' Washington, DC: National Science Foundation, 15 vols, 1957-1969. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010172639]
			*''Nonconventional Scientific and Technical Information Systems in Current Use'' Washington, DC: National Science Foundation, 4 vols, 1958-1966.
			*''Annual Review of Information Science and Technology,'' 1- (1968- ). [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010058677]

			== Publications ==
			Google Scholar lists several publications [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Helen+Brownson%22]

			*"Recommendations and results of international conferences on scientific information and bibliographic services." ''American Documentation'' 3, no. 1 (1952): 29-55.
			*"Coordination of information services." ''Library Trends'' 2, no 1 (Summer 1953): 127-145. [https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/5467]
			*"Survey of operations and finances of scientific journals." With R. Tumbleson. ''Science'' 119, no. 3090 (1954): 357-359.
			*"Research on Handling Scientific Information: Improvements in communication and information handling contribute to scientific progress." ''Science'' 132, no. 3444 (1960): 1922-1931.
			*"Evaluation of document searching systems and procedures. ''Journal of Documentation'' 21, no 4 (1965): 261–266.

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*Tina J. Jayroe. "Homage to Helen Brownson: Information science pioneer." ''Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'', 10.1002/meet.14504901264~~, 49, 1, (4-1), (2013).~~		*Tina J. Jayroe. "Homage to Helen Brownson: Information science pioneer." ''Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'' 49 (2013): 4-1. [https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/meet.14504901264]
	*Tina J. Jayroe. "A humble servant: The work of Helen L. Brownson and the early years of information science research." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'' ~~10.1002/asi.22656,~~ 63, 10, (2052-2061~~), (2012)~~.		*Tina J. Jayroe. "A humble servant: The work of Helen L. Brownson and the early years of information science research." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'' 63, no 10 (2012): 2052-2061.

	~~== Papers ==~~

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	== Selected Publications ==		== Selected Publications ==

			== Further reading ==
			*Tina J. Jayroe. "Homage to Helen Brownson: Information science pioneer." ''Proceedings of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'', 10.1002/meet.14504901264, 49, 1, (4-1), (2013).
			*Tina J. Jayroe. "A humble servant: The work of Helen L. Brownson and the early years of information science research." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology'' 10.1002/asi.22656, 63, 10, (2052-2061), (2012).

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==

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	Helen Louise Brownson (1917-2017) was a federal government employee. Cleverdon called her "the major influence on documentation research" in the 1950's because of her oversight of dozens of projects."[[File:Helen-brownson-150x150.jpg\|alt=Helen Brownsen, image\|thumb\|Helen Brownson]]		Helen Louise Brownson (1917-2017) was a federal government employee. Cleverdon called her "the major influence on documentation research" in the 1950's because of her oversight of dozens of projects.[[File:Helen-brownson-150x150.jpg\|alt=Helen Brownsen, image\|thumb\|Helen Brownson]]

	== Life ==		== Life ==

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	Cleverdon called her "the major influence on documentation research" in the 1950's because of her oversight of dozens of projects;"[[File:Helen-brownson-150x150.jpg\|alt=Helen Brownsen, image\|thumb\|Helen ~~Brownsen~~]]		Helen Louise Brownson (1917-2017) was a federal government employee. Cleverdon called her "the major influence on documentation research" in the 1950's because of her oversight of dozens of projects."[[File:Helen-brownson-150x150.jpg\|alt=Helen Brownsen, image\|thumb\|Helen Brownson]]

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	~~1929-2017.~~ '''~~WORKED AT~~''' NSF; Office of Scientific Information; Central Intelligence ~~AgencyOriginally~~ secretary and technical aide to ~~Dr.~~ A.N. Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Medical Research of the World War II Office of Scientific Research and Development, headed by ~~Dr.~~ Vannevar Bush(1942-46). ~~Retired~~ June 30, 1970.		Brownson worked at: '''[[National Science Foundation]]''' (NSF) Office of Scientific Information; Central Intelligence Agency; Originally secretary and technical aide to A. N. Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Medical Research of the World War II Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), headed by [[Vannevar Bush\|'''Vannevar Bush''']] (1942-46). Secretary of the Special Committee on Technical Information of the Research and Development Board, headed by Vannevar Bush, in the Department of Defense (1946-51); Assistant for Program Development and then Program Director for Scientific Information Research, Office of Scientific Information, National Science Foundation (1951-66); Projects Administrator in the field of Information Processing in the Research Department, Central Intelligence Agency (1966-70). Retired June 30, 1970.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	~~Secretary~~ of the ~~Special Committee on Technical~~ Information ~~of the Research and Development Board, headed by Dr~~. ~~Vannevar Bush, in the Department of Defense (1946~~-~~51)~~; ~~Assistant for Program Development and then Program Director for Scientific Information Research, Office~~ of ~~Scientific Information, National Science Foundation (1951-66); Projects Administrator in~~ the ~~field~~ of Information ~~Processing in the Research Department, Central Intelligence Agency~~ (~~1966-70~~).		Preceded [[Burton Adkinson\|'''Burton Adkinson''']] at NSF, set funding pattern of the Office Scientific Information. Began her career helping disseminate OSRD reports to science-technology users; Co-founder of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST).

	== Selected Publications ==		== Selected Publications ==
	~~Preceded Burt Adkinson at NSF, set funding pattern of the Office Scientific Information. Began her career helping disseminate OSRD reports to science-technology users; Co-founder of ARIST.~~

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	1929-2017. '''WORKED AT''' NSF; Office of Scientific Information; Central Intelligence AgencyOriginally secretary and technical aide to Dr. A.N. Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Medical Research of the World War II Office of Scientific Research and Development, headed by Dr. Vannevar Bush(1942-46). Retired June 30, 1970.		1929-2017. '''WORKED AT''' NSF; Office of Scientific Information; Central Intelligence AgencyOriginally secretary and technical aide to Dr. A.N. Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Medical Research of the World War II Office of Scientific Research and Development, headed by Dr. Vannevar Bush(1942-46). Retired June 30, 1970.

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== Life ==
1929-2017. '''WORKED AT''' NSF; Office of Scientific Information; Central Intelligence AgencyOriginally secretary and technical aide to Dr. A.N. Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Medical Research of the World War II Office of Scientific Research and Development, headed by Dr. Vannevar Bush(1942-46). Retired June 30, 1970.

== Contributions ==
Secretary of the Special Committee on Technical Information of the Research and Development Board, headed by Dr. Vannevar Bush, in the Department of Defense (1946-51); Assistant for Program Development and then Program Director for Scientific Information Research, Office of Scientific Information, National Science Foundation (1951-66); Projects Administrator in the field of Information Processing in the Research Department, Central Intelligence Agency (1966-70).

== Selected Publications ==
Preceded Burt Adkinson at NSF, set funding pattern of the Office Scientific Information. Began her career helping disseminate OSRD reports to science-technology users; Co-founder of ARIST.

== Papers ==