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* '''Source:''' https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1104 | * '''Source:''' https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1104 | ||
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'''Location #3''' Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives (New Haven, CT) | |||
'''Location #3''' Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives (New Haven, CT) | '''Location #3''' Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives (New Haven, CT) | ||
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'''Location #6''' Columbia University Libraries (online) | |||
'''Location #6''' Columbia University Libraries (online) | '''Location #6''' Columbia University Libraries (online) | ||
* '''Papers dates:''' 1988 | * '''Papers dates:''' 1988 | ||
Revision as of 14:50, 29 September 2023
Frederick G. Kilgour (1914-2006) was a pioneer of information science. He founded OCLC, developed WorldCat, and developed a prominent interlibrary loan system. He also founded and served as the first editor for the journal Information Technology and Libraries.
Life
An obituary is available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070703024836/http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/200631.htm
For more biographical details on him see: Collected Papers of Frederick G. Kilgour, compiled by P.A. Becker and A.T. Dodson and edited by L.L. Yoakim. Dublin, OH: OCLC, 1984; 2 vols.
Relevant Employment
- OSS
- OCLC
Contributions
Awards
1979 Award of Merit (ASIS) for "transforming a state association of libraries into a national interlibrary loan bibliographic utility...This achievement may be the single greatest contribution to national networking in the United States. His work will have a lasting impact on the field of information science" (Lilley-Trice); 1982 Honorary Life Membership (American Library Association)
Offices
Papers
Location #1 Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives (New Haven, CT)
- Papers dates: 1873-1956
- Size: Total collection: 1.5 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 folio)
- Includes: The papers of Richard Kirby. Frederick Kilgour is listed as an important correspondent.
- Finding aid: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1104
- Source: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1104
Location #2 Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives (New Haven, CT)
- Papers dates: 1960-2006
- Size: Total collection: 107.25 linear feet (77 boxes)
- Includes: Yale University Library Systems Office records: The records consist of correspondence, notebooks, subject files and magnetic tapes documenting the activities and operations of the Yale University Library Systems Office. Included are research and development records maintained by Frederick G. Kilgour and Ben-Ami Lipetz.
- Finding aid: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0181
- Source: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0181
Location #3 Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives (New Haven, CT)
Location #3 Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives (New Haven, CT)
- Papers dates: 1948-1987
- Size: Total collection: 17.5 linear feet
- Includes: Yale Medical Library records: The records consist of annual reports, minutes, accreditation records, budgets, and correspondence, including files of Frederick G. Kilgour and Stanley D. Truelson as directors of the Yale Medical Library. A significant number of records relate to Kilgour's involvement with early library automation efforts. Other records pertain to Kilgour's published writings on library automation, the history of science and technology, and library administrative concerns.
- Finding aid: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0094
- Source: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ru.0094
Location #4 OCLC Archives (online)
- Includes: Correspondence, photos, speeches, memos, reports, published articles, etc.
- Finding aid: Finding aids available via OCLC archives.
- Source: https://library.oclc.org/
Location #5 National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, MD)
- Papers dates: 1985
- Includes: Oral history interview with Kilgour, conducted 11 May 1985 by R. M. Watterson as part of Medical Library Association Oral History Program; see abstract at: https://web.archive.org/web/20120106030559/http://www.mlanet.org/about/history/kilgour_f.html
- Finding aid: https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/archival_objects/40994
- Source: https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/archival_objects/40994
Location #6 Columbia University Libraries (online)
Location #6 Columbia University Libraries (online)
- Papers dates: 1988
- Includes: Oral history interview with Kilgour, conducted 10 November 1988 by James E. Fall
- Finding aid: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16
- Source: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ypgr-ek16