Draft:Ben-Ami Lipetz
American information scientist
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Ben-Ami Lipetz (March 14, 1927 - October 9, 2019) Was a researcher and professor of information science. Ben-Ami was born in Fargo, North Dakota and grew up in New York City.[1] He attended the Bronx High School of Science.[1] His research focused on information science, specifically relating to citation indexing. He was involved in the information science field helping to established doctoral programs and a foundation to further the field.
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Career and Education
Education
Lipetz attended Cornell University on a scholarship and studied mechanical engineering, graduating in 1948 after serving in the navy for a year in 1945.[2] Lipetz got his graduate degree in public administration and research administration at Cornell in 1953 with his PhD being awarded in 1959.[2] He would go on to work on several projects at various institutions on the creation of indexes including the Science Citation Index now known as the Science Citation Index Expanded.[1]
Teaching
In 1966 Ben-Ami Lipetz worked at Yale University Library working on integrating computers into the library system. Lipetz began his work as a professor after being hired by the University at Albany to be a professor and director of the School of Library Science, While there he founded an information science Doctoral program.[3] He retired in 1995 but continued to stay active by serving as a board member on the Friends of the Libraries at University at Albany.[4][3]
Legacy
Ben-Ami Lipetz ‘s estate donated a 1.15 million endowment to support the annual Ben-Ami Lipetz Conference: New Trends in informatics Research (NTIR) which is an annual conference held at University at Albany focused on promoting and discussing issues in the information science community.[3] In the years preceding his death, Lipetz also established the non-profit called The Foundation for Information Resources, Science, and Technology focusing on supporting and funding publication of research.[2]
Notable Works
- Covert and Overt: Recollecting and Connecting Intelligence Service and Information Science by Robert W. William and Ben-Ami Lipetz[5]
- "Improvement of the selectivity of citation indexes to science literature through inclusion of citation relationship indicators." in American Documentation by Ben-Ami Lipetz[6]
- "User Requirements in Identifying Desired Works in Large Library" by Ben-Ami Lipetz
- "Aspects of JASIS authorship through five decades" in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science by Ben-Ami Lipetz