Charles H. Stevens

Life

1924-?

Relevant Employment

• Purdue
• MIT

Contributions

Stevens was involved with INTREX Pathfinders. His interests included: computer techniques, administration, space and building planning, and information transfer. He believed information was a natural resource and was committed to information resource sharing via a national network.

He worked at: UNC library 1951-52; Librarian, US Air-Ground Operations School in NC 1952-54; Librarian, Aeronautical Engineering, Purdue 1954-56; Asst. professor., School of Mechanical Engineering 1957-59; Director of library service, Lincoln Labs, MIT 1959-65; Director of library and publications, MIT, 1962-65; Associate Director of Intrex project 1965-72; Documentation consultant 1957-59; Executive director, SOLINET 1974. He began the series of Pathfinders.

Offices

• SLA Chairman Science and Technology Division, 1965-66
• NCLIS (first) Executive Director, 1972-74

Papers

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