Seymour lubetzky biography definition
Seymour lubetzky biography definition
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Seymour Lubetzky
American librarian (–)
Seymour Lubetzky[a] (April 28, – April 5, , born Shmaryahu Lubetzky)[b] was a major cataloging theorist and a prominent librarian.
Biography
Born in the Russian Empire in what is now modern-day Belarus, Lubetzky worked as a teacher before he immigrated to the United States in He earned his BA from UCLA in , and his MA from UC Berkeley in [1] Lubetzky also taught at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, then the School of Library Service.
He eventually began working at the Library of Congress where he was employed for years.[2]
He was fluent in six languages,[3] a fact that made him valuable both as a cataloger and a speaker at library conferences.[2]
Influence on Cataloging
Lubetzky published three books that influenced the discipline of cataloging, and that are still influential in area of information technology.
Librarianship in particular