Mary Herner - Revision history

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	'''Mary Herner''' was born in Scotland in 1937. She was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek. She came to the USA in 1953 and was Technical assistant to the science attache in the British Embassy, Washington, DC, 1953-58.		'''Mary Herner, nee Alexander''' was born in Scotland in 1937. She was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek. She came to the USA in 1953 and was Technical assistant to the science attache in the British Embassy, Washington, DC, 1953-58.

	In 1958 she founded, with her husband [[Saul Herner]], [[Herner & Company\|Herner and Company]], a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine. She retired as president of Herner and Company in 1996 and died in Fairfax, VA, in 1997.		In 1958 she founded, with her husband [[Saul Herner]], [[Herner & Company\|Herner and Company]], a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine. She retired as president of Herner and Company in 1996 and died in Fairfax, VA, in 1997.

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	'''Mary Herner''' was born in Scotland in 1937 ~~and came to the US in 1953~~. She was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek.		'''Mary Herner''' was born in Scotland in 1937. She was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek. She came to the USA in 1953 and was Technical assistant to the science attache in the British Embassy, Washington, DC, 1953-58.

	In 1958 with her husband [[Saul Herner]] ~~she founded~~ [[Herner & Company\|Herner and Company]], a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.		In 1958 she founded, with her husband [[Saul Herner]], [[Herner & Company\|Herner and Company]], a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine. She retired as president of Herner and Company in 1996 and died in Fairfax, VA, in 1997.

	She retired as president of Herner in 1996 and died in Fairfax, VA, in 1997.

	~~== Relevant Employment ==~~
	*Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy, Washington, DC, 1953-58.
	*Executive Vice-President, [[Herner & Company]].

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	~~She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals~~.		Google Scholar lists several articles and reports. [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Mary+Herner]

	*Herner, Mary, and Saul Herner. ''The current status of the government research report in the United States of America''. Unesco International Advisory Committee on Bibliography, 1960.		*Herner, Mary, and Saul Herner. ''The current status of the government research report in the United States of America''. Unesco International Advisory Committee on Bibliography, 1960.
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	== Offices ==		== Offices ==
	*Treasurer of [[ASIST\|~~ASIS~~]] in the late 60s and early 70s.		*Treasurer of the [[ASIST\|American Society for Information Science]] in the late 60s and early 70s.

	== ~~Source~~ ==		== Further reading ==
	''Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science'' in 1997.		''Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science'' in 1997.

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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.		She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.

			*Herner, Mary, and Saul Herner. ''The current status of the government research report in the United States of America''. Unesco International Advisory Committee on Bibliography, 1960.
			*Herner, Saul, and Mary Herner. ''An Experiment in the Use of Reference Questions in the Design of a Classification System: Report to the National Science Foundation''. Herner and Company, 1962.
			*"Information needs and uses in science and technology." With S. Herner. ''Annual review of information science and technology'' 2, no. 1 (1967): 1-31.
			*"The unpublished∗ government research report: 1959 and 1985." With S. Herner. ''Government Publications Review'' 13, no. 1 (1986): 97-104.

	== Offices ==		== Offices ==

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	[[File:Mary Herner.jpg\|alt=Photo of Mary Herner\|thumb\|Mary Herner]]		[[File:Mary Herner.jpg\|alt=Photo of Mary Herner\|thumb\|Mary Herner]]
	Mary Herner (1937-1997) was a pioneer of information science.		'''Mary Herner''' (1937-1997) was a British American pioneer of information science.

	~~== Life ==~~
	~~The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin in 1997:~~

	Mary Herner~~, who served as treasurer of ASIS~~ in the ~~late 60s~~ and ~~early 70s~~, ~~passed away on March 9 in Fairfax~~, ~~Virginia~~.		'''Mary Herner''' was born in Scotland in 1937 and came to the US in 1953. She was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek.

	~~With~~ her husband Saul~~, in 1958~~ she founded Herner and Company, a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases~~. She retired as president of Herner in 1996~~. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.		In 1958 with her husband [[Saul Herner]] she founded [[Herner & Company\|Herner and Company]], a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.

	~~Born~~ in ~~Scotland, Mrs. Herner was a physics honors graduate~~ and ~~was proficient~~ in ~~French~~, ~~German~~, ~~Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek. She was the author of 15 works published~~ in ~~technical journals~~.		She retired as president of Herner in 1996 and died in Fairfax, VA, in 1997.

	== Relevant Employment ==		== Relevant Employment ==
			*Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy, Washington, DC, 1953-58.
			*Executive Vice-President, [[Herner & Company]].

	* [[Herner & Company\|'''Herner & Co.''']]		== Publications ==
			She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.
	== ~~Contributions~~ ==
	~~Herner came to~~ the ~~United States~~ in ~~1953~~. ~~She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner & Co. 1958-?~~

	~~== Awards ==~~

	== Offices ==		== Offices ==
			*Treasurer of [[ASIST\|ASIS]] in the late 60s and early 70s.

	== ~~Papers~~ ==		== Source ==
	''~~'Location #1''' No information. In 1995 Saul Herner said he still had her papers; however, at the time~~ of ~~his death in 2002 no decision had been made on their disposition (or on~~ the ~~papers of Saul Herner and their joint company, Herner & Company).~~		''Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science'' in 1997.

	* ''~~'Papers dates:'''~~
	* '''Size:'''
	* '''Includes:'''
	* '''Finding aid:'''
	* '''Source''': Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.

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			Mary Herner (1937-1997) was a pioneer of information science.

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	~~1937-1997~~

	The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin in 1997:		The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin in 1997:

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	== Relevant Employment ==		== Relevant Employment ==

	* Herner & Co.		* [[Herner & Company\|'''Herner & Co.''']]

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==

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	1937-1997		1937-1997

	~~Born~~ in ~~Scotland, Mrs. Herner was a physics honors graduate and was proficient~~ in ~~French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek.~~		The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin in 1997:

	~~She worked at: Technical assistant science attache~~, ~~British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres.~~, ~~Herner & Co~~. ~~1958-?~~		Mary Herner, who served as treasurer of ASIS in the late 60s and early 70s, passed away on March 9 in Fairfax, Virginia.

	Herner ~~came to~~ the ~~United States~~ in ~~1953~~.		With her husband Saul, in 1958 she founded Herner and Company, a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. She retired as president of Herner in 1996. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.

	~~The following brief obituary appeared~~ in ~~the ASIS Bulletin~~ in ~~1997: Mary Herner~~, ~~who served as treasurer~~ of ~~ASIS~~ in ~~the late 60s and early 70s, passed away on March 9 in Fairfax, Virginia~~.		Born in Scotland, Mrs. Herner was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek. She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.

			== Relevant Employment ==

			* Herner & Co.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	~~With her husband Saul, in 1958 she founded~~ Herner ~~and Company, a specialized business~~ in ~~the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases~~. She ~~retired as president of Herner in 1996~~. ~~Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting~~, ~~indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.~~		Herner came to the United States in 1953. She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner & Co. 1958-?

	~~She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals~~.

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
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	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	Location #1: No information.		'''Location #1''' No information. In 1995 Saul Herner said he still had her papers; however, at the time of his death in 2002 no decision had been made on their disposition (or on the papers of Saul Herner and their joint company, Herner & Company).

	In 1995, Saul Herner said he still had her papers; however, at the time of his death in 2002 no decision had been made on their disposition (or on the papers of Saul Herner and their joint company, Herner & Company).

	~~Dates:~~

	~~Size:~~

	~~includes:~~

	~~Fiding aid:~~

	Source: Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.		* '''Papers dates:'''
			* '''Size:'''
			* '''Includes:'''
			* '''Finding aid:'''
			* '''Source''': Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.

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	1937-1997		1937-1997

	Born in Scotland, Mrs. Herner was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek~~. She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals~~.		Born in Scotland, Mrs. Herner was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek.

	~~Herner came to the United States in 1953.~~ She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner & Co. 1958-?		She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner & Co. 1958-?

			Herner came to the United States in 1953.

			The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin in 1997: Mary Herner, who served as treasurer of ASIS in the late 60s and early 70s, passed away on March 9 in Fairfax, Virginia.

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==
	~~The following brief obituary appeared~~ in the ~~ASIS Bulletin~~ in ~~1997:~~		With her husband Saul, in 1958 she founded Herner and Company, a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. She retired as president of Herner in 1996. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.

	~~Mary Herner, who served as treasurer~~ of ~~ASIS in the late 60s and early 70s, passed away on March 9~~ in ~~Fairfax, Virginia~~.		She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.

	With her husband Saul, in 1958 she founded Herner and Company, a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. She retired as president of Herner in 1996. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.		== Awards ==

			== Offices ==

	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	No information.		Location #1: No information.

	In 1995, Saul Herner said he still had her papers; however, at the time of his death in 2002 no decision had been made on their disposition (or on the papers of Saul Herner and their joint company, Herner & Company).		In 1995, Saul Herner said he still had her papers; however, at the time of his death in 2002 no decision had been made on their disposition (or on the papers of Saul Herner and their joint company, Herner & Company).

	== Source ==		Dates:
	Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.
			Size:

			includes:

			Fiding aid:

			Source: Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.

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== Life ==
1937-1997

Born in Scotland, Mrs. Herner was a physics honors graduate and was proficient in French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese and studied Latin and ancient Greek. She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.

Herner came to the United States in 1953. She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner & Co. 1958-?

== Contributions ==
The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin in 1997:

Mary Herner, who served as treasurer of ASIS in the late 60s and early 70s, passed away on March 9 in Fairfax, Virginia.

With her husband Saul, in 1958 she founded Herner and Company, a specialized business in the fields of information systems, clearinghouses and databases. She retired as president of Herner in 1996. Over the years she supervised the company's abstracting, indexing and database projects and became an authority on nuclear medicine.

== Papers ==
No information.

In 1995, Saul Herner said he still had her papers; however, at the time of his death in 2002 no decision had been made on their disposition (or on the papers of Saul Herner and their joint company, Herner & Company).

== Source ==
Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.

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	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	''Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science'' in 1997.		*Obituary. ''Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science'' late in 1997.