Oral history interview with Helga Schmid, 2000 June 14.

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Schmid, Helga, 1941-. Oral history interview with Helga Schmid, 2000 June 14.

Oral history interview with Helga Schmid, 2000 June 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/712066069

Helga Schmid begins the interview by discussing the growth of her interest in the world of information. While attending the Vienna University, she studied mathematics and physics and also worked on gaining her teaching certification. However, after meeting her husband, she relocated to Belgium and worked for Euratom [European Atomic Energy Community], where she began training to be a computer programmer. In 1969 she and her family moved back to Vienna and she joined the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA]. While there, under the direction of Giampaolo Del Bigio, Schmid helped publish the first INIS [International Nuclear Information System] Atomindex. In 1975, she moved on to AGRIS [International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology] where she worked with varying software and helped the fledgling organization to organize and evolve its technological programs. In 2000, she retired, after rising through the organization to become the head of AGRIS Processing. Schmid concludes the interview by discussing briefly her knowledge of AGRIS in its present state and sharing some of the positive experiences she had throughout her career as a computer analyst.

Sound files ; digital, mp3 fileTranscript : (27 leaves) ; 29 cm.

Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History