Seymour Lubetzky 209913 199183096 2008-03-18T21:25:40Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Removing category American_polyglots per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 March 13]]. [[Image:lubetzky.png|thumb|right| Seymour Lubetzky]] '''Seymour Lubetzky''' ([[April 28]], [[1898]]-[[April 5]], [[2003]]) was a major [[cataloging]] theorist and a prominent librarian. Born in [[Belarus]] as '''Shmaryahu Lubetzky''', he worked for years at the [[Library of Congress]]. He worked as a teacher before he immigrated to the United States in [[1927]]. He earned his BA from [[UCLA]] in 1931, and his MA from [[UC Berkeley]] in [[1932]].[http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/archives/O/b/ucl1940.shtml] Lubetzky also taught at the [[UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies]], then the School of Library Service. Fluent in six languages, Lubetzky published three groundbreaking books that greatly advanced the discipline of cataloging, the organization of knowledge, and modern research methods, still influential in areas of [[information technology]]. [[Librarianship]] in particular and [[information science]] in general had not been revolutionized as much since the likes of [[Antonio Panizzi]], [[Charles Ammi Cutter]] or [[Paul Otlet]]. ''Cataloging Rules and Principles'' and ''Principles of Cataloging'', as well as several periodical articles, solidified Lubetzky as one of the most significant influences in his field. Lubetzky's theory of cataloging went far beyond the [[Dewey Decimal System]]. He developed a rationalized approach to catalog code design, one that is even more relevant today as current cataloging principles are revisited and revised for a digital environment. His unfinished book, ''Code of Cataloging Rules... unfinished draft'' ([[1960]]), was the basis for modern cataloging adopted by the first International Conference on Cataloging Principles ([[1961]]) held in [[Paris]], [[France]], called the "Paris Principles." The code which eventually emerged from the conference was a landmark in the history of [[universal bibliographic control]]. In [[1967]] it developed into the [[Anglo-American Cataloging Rules]], which subsequently has been revised over the years. He was immortalized in two books, entitled ''Seymour Lubetzky: Writings on the Classical Art of Cataloging'' and ''Future of Cataloging: The Lubetzky Symposium''. Just before his 104th birthday, the [[American Library Association]] awarded Lubetzky its highest honor, an honorary lifetime membership. ==See also== *[[List of famous librarians]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Lubetzky, Seymour}} [[Category:Librarians at the Library of Congress]] [[Category:American librarians]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:1898 births]] [[Category:2003 deaths]] [[Category:People from Belarus]] [[Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni]] [[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]] [[Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty]] [[Category:American Library Association]]