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

Life

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.

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. Saul Herner died in 2002.

Publications

Some of his technical publications that were published by Herner & Company are available in the HathiTrust library. [1]

The establishment of staff requirements in a small research library. With M. K. Heatwole. [Chicago]: Publications Committee, Association of College and Reference Libraries, 1952. [2]
"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. [3]
The use of Soviet medical research information by American medical scientists. With Robert S. Meyer. Washington, 1957. [4]
"Technical Information -- Too Much or Too Little?" The Scientific Monthly 83, no 2 (Aug 1956): 82-86. [5]
"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. [6]

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+'''Saul Herner''' (1923-2002) was an American librarian and information services consultant.
 == Life ==
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+'''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).
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-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 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 ==
-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.
-She was the author of 15 works published in technical journals.
-== Awards ==
-== Offices ==
-== Papers ==
+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.
-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).
-Dates:
+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.
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+He was involved in a number of organizations, including the [[American Chemical Society]] and the Information Industry Association. Saul Herner died in 2002.
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+== Publications ==
+Some of his technical publications that were published by [[Herner & Company]] are available in the HathiTrust library. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010596553]
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+*''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]
+*"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]
-Source: Phone conversation with Saul Herner, 9/95.<center>
+== Further reading ==
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+*Resume and text of ''Oral history interview with Saul Herner 1997-Jul-16,'' Science History Institute. [https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/np193b29x]
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+*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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