Herbert Ohlman papers 1955-2002.

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Herbert Ohlman papers 1955-2002.

Collection contains the professional papers of Herbert Ohlman. Materials include publications, talks, correspondence, technical papers and audiovisual materials documenting his career in the computer and communications fields, as well as his development of permuterm indexing.

3 boxes (1.6 cubic feet).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7308194

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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American Society for Information Science. Annual Meeting

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Professional association which creates, organizes, disseminates, and applies knowledge regarding information and its transfer. ASIS was preceded by the American Documentation Institute (ADI), which was founded in 1937 with the goal of acquiring and indexing the knowledge of the world. In 1968, the organization's name was changed to reflect the evolution of its range of activities and the emergence of information science as an identifiable discipline. From the description of ASIS reco...

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Ohlman, Herbert Marvin.

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Herbert Marvin Ohlman was born on 6 March 1927 in New York City. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1944. After spending two years in the U.S. Army, he enrolled at Syracuse University, earning a B.S. in physics in 1950. After a year of graduate work at the University of Minnesota in physics, Ohlman held various positions at the National Bureau of Standards, Engineering and Research Corporation, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Carrier Corporation and Battelle Memori...

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