Jump to content

Herner & Company: Difference between revisions

VisualWikitext
Created page with "herner.html <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html xmlns:mso="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:msdt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.72 [en] (Win95; I) [Netscape]"> <title></title> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <mso:CustomDocumentProperties> <mso:display_urn_x003a_schema..."
 
 
(4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
herner.html
'''Herner and Company''' was a US information services company founded in 1958.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
 
<html xmlns:mso="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:msdt="uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882">
 
  <head>
'''Herner and Company''' was founded by [[Saul Herner]] and [[Mary Herner]] in 1958.
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
 
      charset=windows-1252">
== Contributions ==
    <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mozilla/4.72 [en] (Win95; I)
Herner and Company did research under contract with the government as well as conducting informational surveys and designing information systems for private organizations.
      [Netscape]">
 
    <title></title>
Projects conducted or proposed:
 
*Design of experimental classification and coding system for [[Atomic Energy Commission]] documents.
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
*Study of the degree and character of subject slanting of abstracts in indexing and abstracting publications.
<mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
*Development of the Heatwole H-44, a small computer designed specifically for information searching.
<mso:display_urn_x003a_schemas-microsoft-com_x003a_office_x003a_office_x0023_Editor msdt:dt="string">Lydia Middleton</mso:display_urn_x003a_schemas-microsoft-com_x003a_office_x003a_office_x0023_Editor>
*Design of a non-manipulative correlative index.
<mso:Order msdt:dt="string">23153800.0000000</mso:Order>
*Analysis of the basis for selecting or designing storage and retrieval systems to meet different requirements.
<mso:ComplianceAssetId msdt:dt="string"></mso:ComplianceAssetId>
*Project to test the efficiency of Uniterm indexing and non-manipulative correlative indexing.
<mso:SharedWithUsers msdt:dt="string"></mso:SharedWithUsers>
*Experimental keyword index to ''Cardiovascular bibliography''.
<mso:display_urn_x003a_schemas-microsoft-com_x003a_office_x003a_office_x0023_Author msdt:dt="string">Lydia Middleton</mso:display_urn_x003a_schemas-microsoft-com_x003a_office_x003a_office_x0023_Author>
*Study of abstracting and indexing services for mental health literature.
<mso:ContentTypeId msdt:dt="string">0x010100F273181EC44170429AD241270C728042</mso:ContentTypeId>
*Compilation and analysis of ''Science News Media''.
<mso:_SourceUrl msdt:dt="string"></mso:_SourceUrl>
*Evaluation of the ''Chemical Engineering Thesaurus''.
<mso:_SharedFileIndex msdt:dt="string"></mso:_SharedFileIndex>
 
</mso:CustomDocumentProperties>
== Publications ==
</xml><![endif]-->
Numerous Herner and Company publications are available in the HathiTrust library. [https://www.hathitrust.org/]
</head>
 
  <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
Examples:
    <a name="HOME"></a>
*''Abstracting and indexing services : style, methodology, and physical format. a report to the National Institute of Mental Health''. Prepared by Saul and Mary Herner, under contract PH 43-63-41. (PB 174 669). Washington, D.C. : [Distributed by Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information], 1963. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101697160]
    <table>
*''Publication index and retrieval system : final report.'' Prepared for Office, Chief of Engineers [US Army]. Vicksburg, Miss. : U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station ; 1980.[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/101798747]
      <tbody>
*''Research, problem-solving, and the use of technical information in small and medium sized manufacturing firms; a report to the United States Department of Commerce, Office of Technical Services.'' Washington, DC: [Distributed by OTS], 1958. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002008715]
        <tr>
 
          <td valign="TOP"><b>NAME:</b></td>
== Further reading ==
          <td><font size="+1">Mary Herner</font></td>
See articles on [[Saul Herner]] and [[Mary Herner]].
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>DATES:</b></td>
          <td>1937-1997</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>ADDRESS:</b></td>
          <td><br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>E-MAIL:</b></td>
          <td><br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>WORKED AT:</b></td>
          <td><b><a href="hernerorg.htm">Herner &amp; Co.</a></b></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>OTHER INFORMATION:</b></td>
          <td>Herner came to the United States in 1953. She worked at:
            Technical assistant science attache, British Embassy
            1953-58; Executive Vice-Pres., Herner &amp; Co. 1958-?<br>
            <br>
            The following brief obituary appeared in the ASIS Bulletin
            in 1997: <br>
            <br>
            Mary Herner, who served as treasurer of ASIS in the late 60s
            and early 70s, passed away on
            March 9 in Fairfax, Virginia.
            <p>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.
            </p>
            <p>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.
            </p>
            <br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>AWARDS:</b></td>
          <td><br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>OFFICES:</b></td>
          <td><br>
          </td>
        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>
    <center>
      <hr></center>
    <table>
      <tbody>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>PAPERS AT:</b> <br>
            <b>LOCATION #1</b></td>
          <td>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 &amp;
            Company). <br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>PAPERS DATES:</b></td>
          <td><br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>SIZE:</b></td>
          <td><br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>INCLUDES:</b></td>
          <td><br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>FINDING AID:</b></td>
          <td><br>
          </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td valign="TOP"><b>SOURCE:</b></td>
          <td>Phone conversation with <b><a href="herners.htm">Saul
                Herner</a></b>, 9/95.</td>
        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>
    <center>
      <hr></center>
    <p><a href="#%22home%22"><img src="blue_top.gif" height="24"
          border="0" width="24"></a> <b><font size="-1"><a
            href="#%22home%22">TOP OF PAGE</a></font></b> <br>
      <a href="contents.htm"><img src="blue_prev.gif" height="24"
          border="0" width="24"></a> <b><font size="-1"><a
            href="contents.htm">INDEX OF INFORMATION SCIENCE PIONEERS</a></font></b>
      <br>
      <a href="contentsorgs.htm"><img src="blue_prev.gif" height="24"
          border="0" width="24"></a> <b><font size="-1"><a
            href="contentsorgs.htm">INDEX OF ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED IN
            INFORMATION SCIENCE</a></font></b> <br>
      &nbsp; </p>
    <p><font size="-1">Page updated 14 January 1998</font> </p>
  </body>
</html>

Latest revision as of 21:06, 10 January 2025

Herner and Company was a US information services company founded in 1958.


Herner and Company was founded by Saul Herner and Mary Herner in 1958.

Contributions

Herner and Company did research under contract with the government as well as conducting informational surveys and designing information systems for private organizations.

Projects conducted or proposed:

  • Design of experimental classification and coding system for Atomic Energy Commission documents.
  • Study of the degree and character of subject slanting of abstracts in indexing and abstracting publications.
  • Development of the Heatwole H-44, a small computer designed specifically for information searching.
  • Design of a non-manipulative correlative index.
  • Analysis of the basis for selecting or designing storage and retrieval systems to meet different requirements.
  • Project to test the efficiency of Uniterm indexing and non-manipulative correlative indexing.
  • Experimental keyword index to Cardiovascular bibliography.
  • Study of abstracting and indexing services for mental health literature.
  • Compilation and analysis of Science News Media.
  • Evaluation of the Chemical Engineering Thesaurus.

Publications

Numerous Herner and Company publications are available in the HathiTrust library. [1]

Examples:

  • Abstracting and indexing services : style, methodology, and physical format. a report to the National Institute of Mental Health. Prepared by Saul and Mary Herner, under contract PH 43-63-41. (PB 174 669). Washington, D.C. : [Distributed by Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information], 1963. [2]
  • Publication index and retrieval system : final report. Prepared for Office, Chief of Engineers [US Army]. Vicksburg, Miss. : U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station ; 1980.[3]
  • Research, problem-solving, and the use of technical information in small and medium sized manufacturing firms; a report to the United States Department of Commerce, Office of Technical Services. Washington, DC: [Distributed by OTS], 1958. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002008715]

Further reading

See articles on Saul Herner and Mary Herner.

Retrieved from "https://asist.a2hosted.com/index.php?title=Herner_%26_Company&oldid=1201"