Ben-Ami Lipetz

1927-

ADDRESS: School of Information Science and Policy, SUNY/ALBANY, Draper 113, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222

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WORKED AT: Battelle; Itek; Yale; SUNY-Albany

OTHER INFORMATION: Lipetz worked at: Brookhaven Lab, Upton, NY 1948-50; Research associate, History of Science Department, Cornell 1951-52; Research assistant, Lab of Nuclear Studies, 1952; Assistant chief, Information Management Division, Battelle 1953-59; Head, Systems Applications Section, Itek Corporation 1959-62; Counsul on Information Management and Research, Carlisle Mass. 1962-66; Head Research Department, Yale Library 1966-?; Editor of Information Science Abstracts. He was a professor at SUNY-Albany

He developed the concept of continuity index based on citation indexing but added a code to indicate by code the reason why a reference had been made. Lipetz was engaged in major study of catalog use in 1960s. He published a work on the nature of scientific discoveries.

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LOCATION #1 Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520; search under: Yale University Library Systems Office records, YRG 32-I, 1965-1974.

PAPERS DATES: 1965-1974 (inclusive)

SIZE: 27 linear feet

INCLUDES: The records include the office files of Frederick G. Kilgour and Ben-Ami Lipetz. This collection forms part of the Yale Record Group 32 (YRG 32), Yale University Library Records.

FINDING AID: Unpublished preliminary inventory is available in the repository.

SOURCE: RLIN

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LOCATION #2

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INCLUDES: Most of his personal papers are still in his possession. No decision has been made regarding deposit.

FINDING AID:

SOURCE: E-mail correspondence with Lipetz, 6/96.

VIEW IMAGES OF BEN-AMI LIPETZ

         1962

         1970

         Oct. 1998 Conference on the History and Heritage of Science Information Systems