Saul Herner - Revision history

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Born in 1923, ~~Saul Herner~~ grew up in New York. He ~~earned a BS in Chemistry~~ at the University of Wisconsin in 1945.		'''Saul Herner''' was born on January 29, 1923 in Brooklyn, New York.Born in 1923, grew up in New York. He studied at the University of Wisconsin from 1940 to 1945 (BS 1945).

	He was briefly a research chemist, US Army Air Corps, 1945-46, then chemical reference librarian in the New York Public Library, 1946-48, and at the same time began working towards a bachelor's degree in library science, taking correspondence courses at the University of Wisconsin.		He was briefly a research chemist, US Army Air Corps, 1945-46, then chemical reference librarian in the New York Public Library, 1946-48, and at the same time began working towards a bachelor's degree in library science, taking correspondence courses at the University of Wisconsin.
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	In 1948, Herner took a job at the New York University engineering and science library and became interested in special libraries and the Special Libraries Association. Two years later, he moved to be Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53 and he began developing an interest in user studies. From 1953 to 1956 he was Head librarian of the plant group at Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56, and began to form his own company, [[Herner & Company]] which he and his wife, [[Mary Herner]], established in 1956.		In 1948, Herner took a job at the New York University engineering and science library and became interested in special libraries and the Special Libraries Association. Two years later, he moved to be Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53 and he began developing an interest in user studies. From 1953 to 1956 he was Head librarian of the plant group at Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56, and began to form his own company, [[Herner & Company]] which he and his wife, [[Mary Herner]], established in 1956.

	He was involved in a number of organizations, including the [[American Chemical Society]] and the Information Industry Association.		He was involved in a number of organizations, including the [[American Chemical Society]] and the Information Industry Association. Saul Herner died in 2002.

	Saul Herner died in 2002.

	== Publications ==		== Publications ==

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	Born in 1923, Saul Herner grew up in New York. He earned a ~~B.S.~~ in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, in 1945.		Born in 1923, Saul Herner grew up in New York. He earned a BS in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in 1945.

	He briefly a research chemist, US Army Air Corps, 1945-46, then chemical reference librarian in the New York Public Library, 1946-48 and at the same time~~, he~~ began working towards a bachelor's degree in library science, taking correspondence courses at the University of Wisconsin.		He was briefly a research chemist, US Army Air Corps, 1945-46, then chemical reference librarian in the New York Public Library, 1946-48, and at the same time began working towards a bachelor's degree in library science, taking correspondence courses at the University of Wisconsin.

	In 1948, Herner took a job at the New York University engineering and science library and became interested in special libraries and the Special Libraries Association. Two years later, he moved to Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53 and he began developing an interest in user studies. From 1953 to 1956 he was Head librarian of the plant group at Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56, and began to form his own company, [[Herner & Company]] which he and his wife, [[Mary Herner]], established in 1956.		In 1948, Herner took a job at the New York University engineering and science library and became interested in special libraries and the Special Libraries Association. Two years later, he moved to be Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53 and he began developing an interest in user studies. From 1953 to 1956 he was Head librarian of the plant group at Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56, and began to form his own company, [[Herner & Company]] which he and his wife, [[Mary Herner]], established in 1956.

	He was involved in a number of organizations, including the [[American Chemical Society]] and the Information Industry Association.		He was involved in a number of organizations, including the [[American Chemical Society]] and the Information Industry Association.
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	== Publications ==		== Publications ==
	Some of his technical publications were published by [[Herner & Company]] are available in the HathiTrust library. [https://~~www~~.hathitrust.org/]		Some of his technical publications that were published by [[Herner & Company]] are available in the HathiTrust library. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010596553]
	*''~~Oral history interview with Saul Herner 1997~~-~~Jul~~-16,'' ~~Science History Institute~~. [https://~~digital~~.~~sciencehistory~~.org/~~works~~/~~np193b29x~~]
			*''The establishment of staff requirements in a small research library''. With M. K. Heatwole. [Chicago]: Publications Committee, Association of College and Reference Libraries, 1952. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001633721]
			*"Information gathering habits of workers in pure and applied science." ''Industrial & Engineering Chemistry'' 46, no. 1 (1954): 228-236.
			*"Technical Information--Too Much or Too Little?." ''The Scientific Monthly'' 83, no. 2 (1956): 82-86. [https://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/herner1956.pdf]
			*''The use of Soviet medical research information by American medical scientists''. With Robert S. Meyer. Washington, 1957. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010596553]
	*"Technical Information -- Too Much or Too Little?" ''The Scientific Monthly'' 83, no 2 (Aug 1956): 82-86. [https://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/herner1956.pdf]		*"Technical Information -- Too Much or Too Little?" ''The Scientific Monthly'' 83, no 2 (Aug 1956): 82-86. [https://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/herner1956.pdf]
			*"Methods of organizing information for storage and searching." ''American documentation'' 13, no. 1 (1962): 3-14.
			*"Brief history of information science." ''Journal of the American society for information science'' 35, no. 3 (1984): 157-163.
			*''A brief guide to sources of scientific and technical information''. With Gene P. Allen and Nancy D. Wright. 2nd ed. Arlington, VA: Information Resources Press, 1980.
			*''Oral history interview with Saul Herner 1997-Jul-16,'' Philadelphia: Science History Institute. [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x]

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*Resume and text of ''Oral history interview with Saul Herner 1997-Jul-16,'' Science History Institute. [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x]		*Resume and text of ''Oral history interview with Saul Herner 1997-Jul-16,'' Science History Institute. [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x]
	*Obituary. ''The Washington Post'', Oct. 12, 2002, Metro Section, p. B06. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/10/12/saul-herner/d1908b9e-ecd4-4caf-bf0e-e40fc7e9b5cc/ link].		*Obituary. ''The Washington Post'', Oct. 12, 2002, Metro Section, p. B06. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/10/12/saul-herner/d1908b9e-ecd4-4caf-bf0e-e40fc7e9b5cc/ link].

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			'''Saul Herner''' (1923-2002) was an American librarian and information services consultant.

	== Life ==		== Life ==
	1923~~-2002~~		Born in 1923, Saul Herner grew up in New York. He earned a B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, in 1945.

	~~An obituary of~~ Saul Herner ~~appeared~~ in ~~The Washington Post, Oct~~. ~~12, 2002, Metro Section, P~~. ~~B06~~. ~~It is available online~~ at ~~this [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/10/12/saul-herner/d1908b9e-ecd4-4caf-bf0e-e40fc7e9b5cc/ link].~~

	~~== Relevant Employment ==~~

	* U.S. Army
	* New York Public Library
	* NYU
	* [[Herner & Company\|'''Herner & Co.''']]

	~~== Contributions ==~~
	~~Research chemist~~, ~~US Army Air Corps~~ 1945-46; Chemical reference librarian, NY Public Library 1946-48; Engineering librarian, NYU 1948-50; Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53; Head librarian plant group, Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56; Pres., Herner & Co. 1956-?.

	~~== Awards ==~~

	~~== Offices ==~~		He briefly a research chemist, US Army Air Corps, 1945-46, then chemical reference librarian in the New York Public Library, 1946-48 and at the same time, he began working towards a bachelor's degree in library science, taking correspondence courses at the University of Wisconsin.

	~~== Papers ==~~		In 1948, Herner took a job at the New York University engineering and science library and became interested in special libraries and the Special Libraries Association. Two years later, he moved to Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53 and he began developing an interest in user studies. From 1953 to 1956 he was Head librarian of the plant group at Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56, and began to form his own company, [[Herner & Company]] which he and his wife, [[Mary Herner]], established in 1956.
	~~'''LOCATION #1''' Even though Mr~~. ~~Herner had considerable papers relating~~ to ~~his professional work~~ and the ~~work of~~ his company, Herner and ~~Co.~~, ~~it has not been possible to determine the fate of these papers after his death~~ in ~~2002~~.

	* '''Papers dates:'''		He was involved in a number of organizations, including the [[American Chemical Society]] and the Information Industry Association.
	* '''Size:'''
	* '''Includes:'''
	* '''Finding aid:'''
	* '''Source:'''

			Saul Herner died in 2002.

	''~~'Location #2'~~'' Science History Institute (~~online~~)		== Publications ==
			Some of his technical publications were published by [[Herner & Company]] are available in the HathiTrust library. [https://www.hathitrust.org/]
			*''Oral history interview with Saul Herner 1997-Jul-16,'' Science History Institute. [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x]
			*"Technical Information -- Too Much or Too Little?" ''The Scientific Monthly'' 83, no 2 (Aug 1956): 82-86. [https://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/herner1956.pdf]

	* '''Papers dates''': 1997		== Further reading ==
	* ~~'''Size:''' 90 pages~~		*Resume and text of ''Oral history interview with Saul Herner 1997-Jul-16,'' Science History Institute. [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x]
	* '''Includes:''' Oral history interview		*Obituary. ''The Washington Post'', Oct. 12, 2002, Metro Section, p. B06. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/10/12/saul-herner/d1908b9e-ecd4-4caf-bf0e-e40fc7e9b5cc/ link].
	* ''~~'Source''':~~ https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x

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	* New York Public Library		* New York Public Library
	* NYU		* NYU
	* Herner & Co.		* [[Herner & Company\|'''Herner & Co.''']]

	== Contributions ==		== Contributions ==

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	'''Location #2''' Science History Institute		'''Location #2''' Science History Institute (online)

	* '''Papers dates''': ~~Oral history interview conducted by Robert V. Williams, 16 July~~ 1997		* '''Papers dates''': 1997
	* '''Size:'''		* '''Size:''' 90 pages
	* '''Includes:'''		* '''Includes:''' Oral history interview
	* '''Finding aid:'''
	* '''Source''': https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x		* '''Source''': https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x

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	An obituary of Saul Herner appeared in ~~the~~ Washington Post, Oct. 12, 2002, Metro Section, P. B06.		An obituary of Saul Herner appeared in The Washington Post, Oct. 12, 2002, Metro Section, P. B06. It is available online at this [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/10/12/saul-herner/d1908b9e-ecd4-4caf-bf0e-e40fc7e9b5cc/ link].

	== Relevant Employment ==		== Relevant Employment ==
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	'''Location #2''' ~~Chemical Heritage Foundation~~		'''Location #2''' Science History Institute

	* '''Papers dates''': Oral history interview conducted by Robert V.Williams, 16 July 1997 ~~for the CHF.~~		* '''Papers dates''': Oral history interview conducted by Robert V. Williams, 16 July 1997
	* '''Size:'''		* '''Size:'''
	* '''Includes:'''		* '''Includes:'''
	* '''Finding aid:'''		* '''Finding aid:'''
	* '''Source''': ~~<nowiki>http~~://~~www~~.~~chemheritage~~.org/~~exhibits~~/~~ex-oral-detail.asp?ID=164&Numb=1</nowiki>~~		* '''Source''': https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x

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	== Life ==		== Life ==
	~~1937~~-~~1997~~		1923-2002

	~~Address:~~		An obituary of Saul Herner appeared in the Washington Post, Oct. 12, 2002, Metro Section, P. B06.

	~~Email:~~		== Relevant Employment ==

	~~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~~.		* U.S. Army
			* New York Public Library
	~~She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres.,~~ Herner & Co~~. 1958-?~~		* NYU
			* Herner & Co.
	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 ==
	~~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~~.		Research chemist, US Army Air Corps 1945-46; Chemical reference librarian, NY Public Library 1946-48; Engineering librarian, NYU 1948-50; Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53; Head librarian plant group, Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56; Pres., Herner & Co. 1956-?.

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

	== Awards ==		== Awards ==
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	== Papers ==		== Papers ==
	~~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)~~.		'''LOCATION #1''' Even though Mr. Herner had considerable papers relating to his professional work and the work of his company, Herner and Co., it has not been possible to determine the fate of these papers after his death in 2002.

	~~Dates:~~

	Size:		* '''Papers dates:'''
			* '''Size:'''
			* '''Includes:'''
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			* '''Source:'''

	~~Includes:~~

	~~Finding aid:~~		'''Location #2''' Chemical Heritage Foundation

	~~Source~~: ~~Phone conversation with Saul Herner~~, ~~9/95~~.~~<center>~~		* '''Papers dates''': Oral history interview conducted by Robert V.Williams, 16 July 1997 for the CHF.
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			* '''Source''': <nowiki>http://www.chemheritage.org/exhibits/ex-oral-detail.asp?ID=164&Numb=1</nowiki>

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	~~\|'''ADDRESS~~:~~'''~~		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.
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	\|-		She worked at: Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy 1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner & Co. 1958-?
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	\|		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.
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	~~\|'''WORKED AT:'''~~		== Contributions ==
	\|U.~~S. Army~~, ~~New York Public Library~~, ~~NYU~~, ~~'''[[Hernerorg.htm\|Herner & Co~~.~~]]'''~~		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.
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	~~\|'''OTHER INFORMATION~~:~~'''~~		She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.
	~~\|Research chemist~~, ~~US Army Air Corps 1945-46; Chemical reference librarian, NY Public Library 1946~~-48; ~~Engineering librarian, NYU 1948~~-~~50; Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53; Head librarian plant group, Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56;~~ Pres., ~~'''[[Hernerorg.htm\|~~Herner & Co.~~]]''' 1956~~-?. An obituary of Saul Herner ~~appeared~~ in the ~~Washington Post~~, ~~Oct~~. 12, 2002, ~~Metro Section, P. B06~~.
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	\|		== Offices ==
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	~~\|'''OFFICES~~:~~'''~~		== Papers ==
	\|		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).
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