Herbert Marvin Ohlman
Herbert Marvin Ohlman (1927-2002) was an American information systems specialist.
Life
Herbert Marvin Ohlman was born Ohlman worked at: Battelle 1955-57; SDC 1957-60; Lockheed 1960-61; IBM 1961-62; Itek 1963-64; Xerox 1964-67; Cemrel 1967-69. He was also a consultant in information science and technology 1969-?. He wrote programmed texts to teach computer simulation language 1962. He organized and directed programs in computers in education, 1968.
Contributions
Ohlman was co-developer (with H.P. Luhn) of KWIC/permutation indexing in 1957-58, which was done in parallel to Luhn's work. He wrote programmed texts to teach computer simulation language. He also developed a system to compare diverse information systems (activity spectrum). His professional interests included: analysis, design, evaluation of information systems.
Publications
Awards
Offices
- American Documentation Institute. Special Group on Education for Information Science, Chair, 1966-67; Special Interest Group on Information Retention, Chair, 1967.
Further reading
- Williams, Robert V. "Hans Peter Luhn and Herbert M. Ohlman: Their Roles in the Origins of Keyword-min-Context/Permutation Automatic Indexing." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 61, no 4 (2010): 835-849.
== Papers ==CBI 179
- University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute Archives. Herbert Ohlman Papers. [1] [2]
- Some papers relating to his work at the System Development Corporation (SDC) may be found in the SDC archives.