Norbert Henrichs

Norbert Henrichs (1935-2016) pioneered information science in Germany.

Norbert Henrichs was born on 5 July 1935 in Essen, Germany and died on 2. May 2016 in Düsseldorf.

Henrichs worked on the documentation of Philosophy, developed a Text-Word method of indexing, and was a leading contributor to the formulation and realization of the German Information & Documentation Program), 1974-1977.

Publications

Numerous publications are listed in Hauk & Stock (2012) and in Stock (2016).

Further reading

• Hauk, Katharina and Wolfgang G. Stock,(2012), "Pioneers of information science in Europe. The œuvre of Norbert Henrichs", in Carbo, T. and T. Bellardo Hahn, T. (Eds), International Perspectives on the History of Information Science and Technology. Medford, NJ: Information Today, pp. 151-162.
• Stock, Wolfgang G. (2016). "Norbert Henrichs (1935–2016): Pionier der Informationswissenschaft in Deutschland" Information - Wissenschaft & Praxis 67, no. 4 (2016): 257-268. https://doi.org/10.1515/iwp-2016-0042
• Schröder, T.A., Hrsg. (2000). Auf dem Weg zur Informationskultur. Wa(h)re Information? Festschrift für Norbert Henrichs zum 65. Geburtstag. Düsseldorf: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek.
• "Text-word method". In: Stock, Wolfgang G. & Mechtild Stock. (2013). Handbook of Information Science. Berlin: De Gruyter, pp: 735-43.