Herner & Company
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ORGANIZATION: |
Herner & Company |
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ACTIVE DATES: |
mid 1950s - |
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ADDRESS: |
Herner & Company, 1110 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 2220, (703)558-8200 |
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<a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herners.htm">Saul Herner</a>; <a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herner.htm">Mary Herner</a>. |
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MAJOR PROJECTS: |
Heatwole H-44; Nonmanipulative correlative index. |
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OTHER INFORMATION: |
Founded mid 1950s; Does research under contracts with the government as well as conducting informational surveys and designing information systems for private organizations. Projects conducted or proposed: 1. design of experimental classification and coding system for AEC documents; 2. study of the degree and character of subject slanting of abstracts in indexing and abstracting publications; 3. development of the Heatwole H-44, a small computer designed specifically for information searching; 4. design of a nonmanipulative correlative index; 5. analysis of the basis for selecting or designing storage and retrieval systems to meet different requirements; 6. project to test the efficiency of Uniterm indexing and nonmanipulative correlative indexing; 7. experimental keyword index to Cardiovascular bibliography; 8. study of abstracting and indexing services for mental health literature; 9. compilation and analysis of Science News Media; 10. evaluation of the Chemical Engineering Thesaurus. |
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There are extensive papers relating to the work of the Company, but no decision has been made about their desposit. |
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Phone conversation with <a HREF="../File%20Archive/Bob%20Williams%20Files/Dr_Bob_Williams_Files/ASIS%26T_File_Questions_24.5GB/Dr%20Bob%20Info%20Sci%20Pioneers%20N.%20Am.%20folder/herners.htm">Saul Herner</a>, 9/95. |
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