NAME: Joseph Becker
DATES: 1923-1995
ADDRESS: deceased
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WORKED AT: Becker & Hayes, Inc.; CIA.
OTHER INFORMATION: President, Becker & Hayes, Inc.; Lilley-Trice consider him a networking specialist, and that his principal contribution was his work toward a national information network; Designed Library/USA for the 1964 World's Fair [both at the Seattle and NY World's Fairs, which included pioneering computer search system demonstrations for the visitor]; 1966-1969 Vice-Pres. and later Pres. of EDUCOM; Co-authored "Information Storage and Retrieval" with Robert Hayes; "Defined information science as the study of how people 'create, use and communicate information'" (Tefko Saracevic); Believe worked on information retrieval at CIA on other security agencies--secret projects; Very influential in the early federal efforts to develop and implement advanced data processing to large and complex information systems, including traditional libraries; A major library consultant; Agreed to serve as Editor-In-Chief of The Information Society Journal, which deals with the broad social issues created by the information age; Took the lead in establishing an advisory board and an editorial board for the journal; The editorial board consisted of well known computer, information, and social scientists; Arranged to have the journal published by the publishing house of Crane and Rusack; The first issue appeared in 1981 and TIS is now in its 12th volume; For additional information see the obituary notice in JASIS, June 1996. (All information concerning Becker's work with The Information Society Journal was taken from the ISI homepage http://www.isnet.com/about/ aboutisi.html)
AWARDS: 1984 Award of Merit(ASIS); 1992 Achievement Award(ALA).
OFFICES: ASIS Pres. 1969

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INCLUDES: According to Robert Hayes, plans are for the Becker family to deposit his personal/professional papers with the UCLA Special Collections Division; Becker & Hayes Co. files will also be deposited there.
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SOURCE: Conversation with Robert Hayes, 9/95.


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