Re: Famous leaders in the library field

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

I don't know if she 'invented' MARC, but she was probably one of
the prime developers. This is the first book in a bibliography about
MARC on the LC site:

Avram, Henriette D.
    MARC, its history and implications / by Henriette D. Avram. -
    Washington : Library of Congress, 1975. -- iii, 49 p. ; 23 cm.
    -- ISBN 0-8444-0176-5.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On 16 Feb 00, at 12:31, Doyle_Tony wrote:

> Wasn't the MaRC record invented by a woman named Avram?  Where would we by
> without MaRC?  One of my professors used to say that it stood for Mother
> Avram's Remarkable Creation.
>
> --
> Tony Doyle, Librarian
> Livingston HS, Livingston, CA
> tdoyle@muhsd.k12.ca.us
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
> Today I received a memo from our National Honors Society and Student =
> Council outlining their plan to promote leadership.  Their idea is to
> give =
> descriptions of famous people in each "academic field" and sponsor a =
> contest for students to search to identify the leaders.
>
>

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=
All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law.
To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to:
listserv@listserv.syr.edu   In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST
4) SET LM_NET MAIL  * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv.
For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/
Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=