Robert M. Hayes
Robert M. Hayes (1926-2022) was a digital data storage and retrieval pioneer. Formally trained in mathematics, Hayes contributed significantly to a number of advances in library and information sciences. Hayes pioneered the development of digital data storage and retrieval, information transfer, systems analysis and design research, and international consultation vis-à-vis library networks. His work has had a major impact on information policy and the economics of research library operations.
Life
Hayes was born in New York City on December 3, 1926; married Alice Peters, 1952; received BA (1947), MA (1949), and PhD (1952) in mathematics at UCLA; mathematician, National Bureau of Standards, Washington and Los Angeles, 1949-52; member, technical staff, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1952-54; head of applications group, National Cash Register Company, 1954-55; head, business systems group, Magnavox Company, 1955-60; Vice President and Science Director, Electrada Corporation, Los Angeles, 1960-64; President, Advanced Information Systems Incorporated, Los Angeles, 1960-64; lecturer, Math Department, UCLA, 1952-64; Director, Institute of Library Research, 1965-70; professor (1964-91) and Dean (1974-89), then Dean emeritus (1989) and professor emeritus (1991), UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science; visiting lecturer at a number of national and international institutions; co-author of various publications dealing with information storage and retrieval.
An obituary is available at https://seis.ucla.edu/news/robert-m.-hayes-1926-2022
Contribution
OTHER INFORMATION:
Hayes taught mathematics and information science at UCLA. He worked at: Dean of the Library and Information Science Graduate School at UCLA 1975-?. He worked with Becker on Library/USA - an exhibit at the World's Fair in 1964 to introduce online retrieval to the general public (Bellardo & Bourne). For both the Seattle and New York World's Fairs--see Becker's activities.
According to Farkas-Conn, Hayes had a "lifetime influence on the field." He was an expert on systems. He co-authored (with Joseph Becker) Information Storage and Retrieval, the most comprehensive text in the field at that time (1962). He was a consultant on library and information systems.
Oral history interview located at the Chemical Heritage Foundation at: http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/oral-histories/details/hayes-robert-m.aspx
AWARDS:
- 1971 Best Information Science Book (ASIS)
OFFICES:
- ADI/ASIS Pres., 1962-63 and 1967-68;
- ALA/ISAD Pres., 1968-1970;
- AAAS: Vice-Pres., 1969-70 and Secretary/Treasurer (Chapter Level), 1970-71
Selected Publications
Strategic Management for Academic Libraries (1993)
Papers
LOCATION #1 UCLA Library Special Collections (Los Angeles, CA)
- PAPERS DATES: 1955-1976
- SIZE: 20 linear feet (40 boxes)
- INCLUDES: Collection consists of personal papers and books related to Dr. Hayes' tenure as professor and Dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS). The bulk of the material includes correspondence, notes, clippings, reports, and papers related to various projects.
- FINDING AID: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft42900636/
- SOURCE: Online Archive of California
LOCATION #2 Science History Institute (Philadelphia, PA)
- PAPERS DATES: 2001
- SIZE: 27 pages, 1 hour 27 minutes 35 seconds
- INCLUDES: Oral history interview
- SOURCE: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6fyymz6