Laurence Bedford Heilprin - Revision history

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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
			Several publications are listed in Google Scholar. [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Laurence+B.+Heilprin%22]

	''Toward foundations of information science'', ed. by L. Heilprin. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Publications,, 1985. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000466610]		*"On the information problem ahead." ''American Documentation'' 12, no. 1 (1961): 6.
			*"Technology and the Future of the Copyright Principle." ''The Phi Delta Kappan'' 48, no. 5 (1967): 220-225.
			*''On Access to Knowledge in the Social Sciences and Humanities, From the Viewpoint of Cybernetics and Information Science''. Flushing, NY: City University of New York, Queens College, Library Science Dept. (Dec 1972). ERIC report ED 075 046. [https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED075046.pdf]
			*''Toward foundations of information science'', ed. by L. Heilprin. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Publications,, 1985. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000466610]
			*"Historical Note: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST). Early Historical Perspective." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' (1986-1998) 39, no. 4 (1988): 273-280.
			*"The library community at a technological and philosophical crossroads: Necessary and sufficient conditions for survival." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 42, no. 8 (1991): 566-573.
			*"Information and Thermodynamics: Toward a Closer Unification of Information Science with Other Sciences." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 46, no 8 (1995): 579-580.

	== Offices ==		== Offices ==
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	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*"In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." Three tributes. ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556.		*"In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." Three brief tributes. ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556.
	*Obituary. ''Washington Post'' July 24, 1993. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/]		*Obituary. ''Washington Post'' July 24, 1993. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/]

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	*University of Maryland Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives, College Park, MD. Laurence Heilprin papers. Coll. 0290-UA [https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]		*University of Maryland Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives, College Park, MD. Laurence Heilprin papers. Coll. 0290-UA [https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	'''Laurence Bedford Heilprin''' was born on 26 May 1906 in New York city. Trained as a physicist he spent ten years at the [[National Bureau of Standards]], including directing the Central Testing Laboratory for Proximity Fuses until the end of Second World War. He later worked for MIT's Operation Evaluation Group, ~~MELPAR~~, and Documentation Inc. From 1958 to 1967 he was staff physicist at the Council on Library Resources.		'''Laurence Bedford Heilprin''' was born on 26 May 1906 in New York city. Trained as a physicist he spent ten years at the [[National Bureau of Standards]], including directing the Central Testing Laboratory for Proximity Fuses until the end of Second World War. He later worked for MIT's Operation Evaluation Group; Melpar, Inc., a federal contracting firm; and [[Documentation Incorporated\|Documentation Inc. From 1958 to 1967 he was staff physicist at the Council on Library Resources.
	Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science\|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp\|Clapp]]''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube\|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn\|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane\|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne\|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra\|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST.
	Heilprin ~~served as a professor of math and physics at Northwestern University. He~~ moved to the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1967 and had appointments in the School of Library and Information Services and in the Computer science Center. He taught courses in cybernetics and information science, even after his retirement in 1976 until 1992. He died on July 22, 1993 in College Park, MD.		Heilprin moved to the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1967 and had appointments in the School of Library and Information Services and in the Computer science Center. He taught courses in cybernetics and information science, even after his retirement in 1976 until 1992. He died on July 22, 1993 in College Park, MD.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	Heilprin explored fundamental aspects of information science throughout his career and stimulated others to do research and attempt to discover general science of information science.		Heilprin explored fundamental aspects of information science throughout his career and stimulated others to do research and attempt to discover general science of information science.
	He launched the first Special Interest Groups of the [[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science]], including the SIG Foundation of Information Science.		He launched the first Special Interest Groups of the [[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science]], including notably the SIG Foundation of Information Science.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==

	''Toward foundations of information science'', ed. bu L. Heilprin. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Publications,, 1985. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000466610]		''Toward foundations of information science'', ed. by L. Heilprin. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Publications,, 1985. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000466610]

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	'''Laurence Bedford Heilprin''' was born in ~~1906~~.		'''Laurence Bedford Heilprin''' was born on 26 May 1906 in New York city. Trained as a physicist he spent ten years at the [[National Bureau of Standards]], including directing the Central Testing Laboratory for Proximity Fuses until the end of Second World War. He later worked for MIT's Operation Evaluation Group, MELPAR, and Documentation Inc. From 1958 to 1967 he was staff physicist at the Council on Library Resources.
	Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science\|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp\|Clapp]]''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube\|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn\|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane\|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne\|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra\|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST.		Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science\|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp\|Clapp]]''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube\|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn\|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane\|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne\|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra\|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST.
	Heilprin served as a professor of math and physics at Northwestern University ~~prior to coming~~ to Maryland in 1967 and ~~remained until~~ his retirement in 1976~~; he was professor emeritus at the time of his death~~.		Heilprin served as a professor of math and physics at Northwestern University. He moved to the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1967 and had appointments in the School of Library and Information Services and in the Computer science Center. He taught courses in cybernetics and information science, even after his retirement in 1976 until 1992. He died on July 22, 1993 in College Park, MD.

	== ~~Contribution~~ ==		== Contributions ==
	Heilprin explored fundamental aspects of information science throughout his career and stimulated others to do research and attempt to discover ~~the theoretical underpinnings~~ of information science.		Heilprin explored fundamental aspects of information science throughout his career and stimulated others to do research and attempt to discover general science of information science.
			He launched the first Special Interest Groups of the [[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science]], including the SIG Foundation of Information Science.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==

			''Toward foundations of information science'', ed. bu L. Heilprin. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Publications,, 1985. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000466610]

	== Offices ==		== Offices ==
	*[[ASIST\|American Documentation Institute]]. President, 1964-65		*[[ASIST\|American Documentation Institute]]. President, 1964-65
			*American Association for the Advancement of Science. Chairman of Section T.

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
	*[[ASIST\|American Documentation Institute]]. Award of Merit, 1976.		*[[ASIST\|American Documentation Institute]]. Watson Davis award, 1976; Award of Merit, 1976.
			*The University of Maryland confers a best student paper award named the Laurence Heilprin Award. [https://giving.umd.edu/giving/Fund.php?name=laurence-b-heilprin-memorial-fund]

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*~~Roderer, Nancy.~~ "In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556.		*"In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." Three tributes. ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556.
	*Obituary. ''Washington Post'' July 24, 1993. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/]		*Obituary. ''Washington Post'' July 24, 1993. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/]

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	*University of Maryland Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives, College Park, MD. Laurence Heilprin papers. Coll. 0290-UA [https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]		*University of Maryland Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives, College Park, MD. Laurence Heilprin papers. Coll. 0290-UA [https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]

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	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	~~'''LOCATION #1:'''~~ University of Maryland University ~~Libraries (~~College Park, MD)		*University of Maryland Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives, College Park, MD. Laurence Heilprin papers. Coll. 0290-UA [https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]
	[https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]

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	Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science\|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp\|Clapp]]''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube\|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn\|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane\|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne\|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra\|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST.		Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science\|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp\|Clapp]]''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube\|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn\|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane\|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne\|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra\|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST.
	Heilprin served as a professor of math and physics at Northwestern University prior to coming to Maryland in 1967 and remained until his retirement in 1976; he was professor emeritus at the time of his death.		Heilprin served as a professor of math and physics at Northwestern University prior to coming to Maryland in 1967 and remained until his retirement in 1976; he was professor emeritus at the time of his death.
	~~An obituary is available at [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/]~~

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	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*Roderer, Nancy. "In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556.		*Roderer, Nancy. "In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556.
			*Obituary. ''Washington Post'' July 24, 1993. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/]

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	'''LOCATION #1:''' University of Maryland University Libraries (College Park, MD)		'''LOCATION #1:''' University of Maryland University Libraries (College Park, MD)
	[https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]		[https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]

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			'''Laurence Bedford Heilprin''' (1906-1993) theorized information science.
	[[File:Heilprin.png\|thumb]]		[[File:Heilprin.png\|thumb]]
	Laurence Bedford Heilprin (1906-1993) explored fundamental aspects of information science throughout his career and "stimulated others to do research and attempt to discover the theoretical underpinnings of information science." (Farkas-Conn)

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	An obituary is available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/		'''Laurence Bedford Heilprin''' was born in 1906.
			Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science\|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp\|Clapp]]''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube\|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn\|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane\|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne\|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra\|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST.
			Heilprin served as a professor of math and physics at Northwestern University prior to coming to Maryland in 1967 and remained until his retirement in 1976; he was professor emeritus at the time of his death.
			An obituary is available at [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/]

	== Contribution ==		== Contribution ==
	Heilprin ~~worked at University~~ of ~~Maryland~~ and ~~Documentation Inc.~~		Heilprin explored fundamental aspects of information science throughout his career and stimulated others to do research and attempt to discover the theoretical underpinnings of information science.

	~~'''OTHER INFORMATION:'''~~

	~~Major contribution according~~ to ~~Farkas-Conn was~~ to ~~set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science\|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp\|Clapp]]''' at~~ the ~~Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube\|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ.~~ of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn\|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane\|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne\|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra\|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST.

	~~'''AWARDS:'''~~		== Publications ==

	~~ASIS Award of Merit~~		== Offices ==
			*[[ASIST\|American Documentation Institute]]. President, 1964-65

	~~'''OFFICES:'''~~		== Awards ==
			*[[ASIST\|American Documentation Institute]]. Award of Merit, 1976.

	~~ADI/ASIS Pres. 1964-65~~		== Further reading ==
			*Roderer, Nancy. "In memoriam: Laurence B. Heilprin, 1906–1993." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science'' 44, no 10 (Dec 1993): 555-556.
	== ~~Selected Publications~~ ==

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	'''LOCATION #1:''' University of Maryland University Libraries (College Park, MD)		'''LOCATION #1:''' University of Maryland University Libraries (College Park, MD)
			[https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158]
	~~'''PAPERS DATES:''' 1936-1992~~

	~~'''SIZE:''' 137.25 linear feet~~

	~~'''INCLUDES:''' Unprocessed, but preliminary inventories available at https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158~~

	~~Collection may need to be screened prior to use. Please contact the library before visiting the reading room to view this collection.~~

	~~'''SOURCE:'''~~ https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
			An obituary is available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/07/24/laurence-b-heilprin-87-dies-of-cancer/37d7c546-c467-4f96-86f8-ed0720b48c5d/

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	'''OTHER INFORMATION:'''		'''OTHER INFORMATION:'''

	Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''ASIS'''; Worked under '''Clapp''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''Taube's''' company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''Luhn''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''Atherton/Cochrane''', '''Bourne''', and '''Cuadra''' were the driving force for ARIST.		Major contribution according to Farkas-Conn was to set the stage for interest groups within '''[[American Society for Information Science\|ASIS]]'''; Worked under '''[[Verner Warren Clapp\|Clapp]]''' at the Council on Library Resources; Worked for Documentation Inc. ('''[[Mortimer Taube\|Taube]]'''<nowiki/>'s company); Prof., Univ. of Maryland; Along with '''[[Hans Peter Luhn\|Luhn]]''', instrumental in bringing about ARIST; '''[[Pauline Atherton Cochrane\|Cochrane]]''', '''[[Charles Percy Bourne\|Bourne]]''', and '''[[Carlos Albert Cuadra\|Cuadra]]''' were the driving force for ARIST.

	'''AWARDS:'''		'''AWARDS:'''
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	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	'''LOCATION #1:''' University of Maryland ~~Library Archives,~~ College Park, MD.		'''LOCATION #1:''' University of Maryland University Libraries (College Park, MD)

	'''PAPERS DATES:''' 1936-1992		'''PAPERS DATES:''' 1936-1992

	'''SIZE:''' 137 ~~cu. ft~~.		'''SIZE:''' 137.25 linear feet

	'''INCLUDES:''' ~~Papers not processed~~		'''INCLUDES:''' Unprocessed, but preliminary inventories available at https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158

	'''SOURCE:''' ~~Univ~~. ~~of Maryland Library Special Collections online catalog~~		Collection may need to be screened prior to use. Please contact the library before visiting the reading room to view this collection.

			'''SOURCE:''' https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1158

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	== Contribution ==		== Contribution ==
			Heilprin worked at University of Maryland and Documentation Inc.

	'''OTHER INFORMATION:'''		'''OTHER INFORMATION:'''