Saul Herner
Saul Herner (1923-2002) was an American librarian and information services consultant.
Life
Born in 1923, Saul Herner grew up in New York. He earned a B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, in 1945.
He briefly a research chemist, US Army Air Corps, 1945-46, then chemical reference librarian in the New York Public Library, 1946-48 and at the same time, he began working towards a bachelor's degree in library science, taking correspondence courses at the University of Wisconsin.
In 1948, Herner took a job at the New York University engineering and science library and became interested in special libraries and the Special Libraries Association. Two years later, he moved to Chief librarian, Applied Physics Library, Johns Hopkins University 1950-53 and he began developing an interest in user studies. From 1953 to 1956 he was Head librarian of the plant group at Atlantic Research Corp. 1953-56, and began to form his own company, Herner & Company which he and his wife, Mary Herner, established in 1956.
He was involved in a number of organizations, including the American Chemical Society and the Information Industry Association.
Saul Herner died in 2002.
Publications
Some of his technical publications were published by Herner & Company are available in the HathiTrust library. [1]
- Oral history interview with Saul Herner 1997-Jul-16, Science History Institute. [2]
- "Technical Information -- Too Much or Too Little?" The Scientific Monthly 83, no 2 (Aug 1956): 82-86. [3]