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	NAME:	Ben-Ami Lipetz
	DATES:	1927-
	ADDRESS:	School of Information Science and Policy, SUNY/ALBANY, Draper 113, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
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	WORKED AT:	Battelle; Itek; Yale; SUNY-Albany
	OTHER INFORMATION:	Lipetz worked at: Brookhaven Lab, Upton, NY 1948-50; Research associate, History of Science Department, Cornell 1951-52; Research assistant, Lab of Nuclear Studies, 1952; Assistant chief, Information Management Division, Battelle 1953-59; Head, Systems Applications Section, Itek Corporation 1959-62; Counsul on Information Management and Research, Carlisle Mass. 1962-66; Head Research Department, Yale Library 1966-?; Editor of Information Science Abstracts. He was a professor at SUNY-Albany He developed the concept of continuity index based on citation indexing but added a code to indicate by code the reason why a reference had been made. Lipetz was engaged in major study of catalog use in 1960s. He published a work on the nature of scientific discoveries.
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	PAPERS AT: LOCATION #1	Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, Box 1603A Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520; search under: Yale University Library Systems Office records, YRG 32-I, 1965-1974.
	PAPERS DATES:	1965-1974 (inclusive)
	SIZE:	27 linear feet
	INCLUDES:	The records include the office files of Frederick G. Kilgour and Ben-Ami Lipetz. This collection forms part of the Yale Record Group 32 (YRG 32), Yale University Library Records.
	FINDING AID:	Unpublished preliminary inventory is available in the repository.
SOURCE:	RLIN



	PAPERS AT: LOCATION #2
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	INCLUDES:	Most of his personal papers are still in his possession. No decision has been made regarding deposit.
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SOURCE:	E-mail correspondence with Lipetz, 6/96.