Arthur W. Elias

Arthur W. Elias

Arthur W. Elias (1927-2011) was an American editor, publisher and author in the information industry.

Arthur W. "Art" Elias was born in 1927 in New York city and had a career in information services as an editor, publisher and author in the information industry. He died March 7, 2011 in Jefferson, IN.

Career

Elias served in the US Navy in World War II and the Korean conflict. He received an AS in 1948 from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a BS in 1950 from the University of Alabama. He also studied at the University of Buffalo and Rutgers University.

Arthur Elias was an Instructor of Library Science at Drexel University. Parmacologist: Maltbie Labs (NJ); Warner-Lambert (NJ); Manager Science Information Section Wyeth Labs (PA); Director Publ. Institute for Science Information (Philadelphia); Associate Professor Information Science Drexel Institute, Graduate School of Library Science; Publications: U.S. Information Services and Use (1981); Ed. Encyclopedia of Computer and Science Technology (1979); Ed. Technical Information Center Administration (I 1964; II 1965; III 1966); Ed. American Documentation 1964-?. He retired as director of marketing and distribution from Biological Abstracts, Inc. in 1992.

In 1992, he retired as director of marketing and distribution for Biological Abstracts Inc. in Philadelphia.

Contributions

• Elias served as editor of the Journal of the American Society for Information Science.
• Also edited the journal Information services and use.

Publications

Elias was the author of several books and numerous technical papers.

• Key papers in information science. Editor: Arthur W. Elias. [Washington, DC]: American Society for Information Science [1971]
• Economies of database production. With Betty Unruh. Philadelphia, PA : National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services, 1990.

Awards

• American Society for Information Science. Watson Davis Award, 1977.
• National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Societies. Honorary Fellow.

Further reading

• "Arthur Elias Obituary." Louisville Courier-Journal [1]

Papers

• Drexel University Archives Biographical reference collection (UR-10-002). Elias, Arthur W. 11 linear feet. [2]