| NAME: | Allen Kent |
| DATES: | 1921- |
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| WORKED AT: | MIT; WRU; University of Pittsburgh (School of LIS) |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | Concerned with free-field searching; Realized need for vocabulary control
especially when dealing with automated functions; Began developing a semantic
code dictionary in 1951; 1953-55 worked on the telegraph abstract; Helped
establish the Mark I Information Retrieval Service (based on the WRU System)
1960; Involved in pilot program to study the feasibility of a mechanized
information service for educational research materials - led to development
of ERIC; Established the Knowledge Availability Systems Center; 1971-1974
Chairman of Board of Trustees of EDUCOM; Co-editor of Encyclopedia of
Library and Information Science.
(With Perry) associated with the discovery and pioneering of information science; 1955 went to WRU Center for Documentation and Communication Research with Perry; Worked on an elaborate coding system which involved "telegraphic abstracts;" This system included rules to aid in retrieval. |
| AWARDS: | 1977 Award of Merit(ASIS); 1980 Best Information Science Book(ASIS) |
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| PAPERS AT:
LOCATION #1 |
University of Michigan, Rare books; search under: Warden, Margaret (Smith), 1917-. |
| PAPERS DATES: | 1944-1987; bulk 1966-1985 |
| SIZE: | Total collection: 1.9 feet (ca.685 items) |
| INCLUDES: | Kent is mentioned in the papers of Margaret (Smith) Warden; She served as commissioner of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (1979-1984); Member of the Advisory committee, White House Conference on Library and Information Services (1975-1979); Member of ALS and National Secretary and Legislative Chairman of the Montana Library Association. |
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| SOURCE: | RLIN |
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