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Becker & Hayes, Inc., was a US information science consulting and publishing firm 1969-1995.

Becker and Hayes, Incorporated was founded in 1969 by Joseph Becker and Robert Hayes for consulting and publishing. Becker was President. Hayes served as Vice-President until 1974 when Hayes become Dean of the UCLA School of Library and Information Science. Two years after being founded, Becker & Hayes became a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons.

Hayes rejoined Becker & Hayes in 1993 as Vice-President until Becker's death in 1995 when the company was dissolved.

Contributions

Becker & Hayes did consulting on library and computer networks and software development. Clients included IBM, AT&T, Xerox, and A.D. Little as well as various libraries.

Publications included a noteworthy textbook Handbook of data processing for libraries, by Robert M. Hayes & Joseph Becker. New York, Becker and Hayes, 1970.

Papers

As of 9/95, the Company papers were still in the possession of the Becker family; Plans are underway to deposit them with the UCLA archives/special collections department.

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-Becker & Hayes was a US information science consulting and publishing firm 1969-1995.
+Becker & Hayes, Inc., was a US information science consulting and publishing firm 1969-1995.
+Becker and Hayes, Incorporated was founded in 1969 by [[Joseph Becker]] and [[Robert M. Hayes|Robert Hayes]] for consulting and publishing. Becker was President. Hayes served as Vice-President until 1974 when Hayes become Dean of the UCLA School of Library and Information Science. Two years after being founded, Becker & Hayes became a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons.
-Late 1960s/early 1970s?  Hayes rejoined previous hit Joseph Becker at Becker & Hayes, Incorporated in 1993 as Vice-President until Mr. Becker's death in 1995 (when Becker & Hayes, Incorporated was dissolved).
+Hayes rejoined Becker & Hayes in 1993 as Vice-President until Becker's death in 1995 when the company was dissolved.
+== Contributions ==
+Becker & Hayes did consulting on library and computer networks and software development. Clients included IBM, AT&T, Xerox, and A.D. Little as well as various libraries.
-[[Joseph Becker]]  [[Robert M. Hayes|Robert Hayes]]
+Publications included a noteworthy textbook ''Handbook of data processing for libraries,'' by Robert M. Hayes & Joseph Becker. New York, Becker and Hayes, 1970.
+== Further reading ==
-Two years after founded, became a subsidiary of John Wiley &amp; Sons; Did consulting on library and computer networks, software development, and a publishing program; Hayes left the operation in 1974 to become Dean of the UCLA School of Library and Information Science; Becker continued to do consulting work with such firms as IBM, AT&amp;T, Xerox, and A.D. Little as well as various libraries.
-== Further reading.
 *Hayes, R. M. (1996). "In memoriam: Joseph Becker, April 15, 1923-July 23, 1995." ''Journal of the American Society for Information Science,'' 47, no. 6 (1996): 412-414.
-* Robert Mayo Hayes Papers (Collection 1513). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
+* Robert Mayo Hayes Papers (Collection 1513). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Finding list [https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft42900636/]
-UCLA Catalog Record ID
-UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1720410
 == Papers ==
 As of 9/95, the Company papers were still in the possession of the Becker family; Plans are underway to deposit them with the UCLA archives/special collections department.