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Hafter, Ruth Anne was born on April 18, 1935 in New York City.
( Hafter examines the increasingly accepted assumption th...)
Hafter examines the increasingly accepted assumption that the development of a huge online catalog, accessible by telecommunications to all member institutions, will only result in a vast saving of catalogers' time without the dilution of quality inherent in most mass production activities. She describes comparative changes in actual library and network practice and shows how the new realities of library performance, standards, and evaluation practice have impacted prevailing theories and beliefs about the work of library and information professional and their management of technological change. Her research is based on sixty-eight in-depth interviews with affected catalogers, administrators, and network personnel at six West Coast academic libraries.
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Hafter, Ruth Anne was born on April 18, 1935 in New York City.
Bachelor in History and Economics cum laude, Brandeis University, 1956. Certified Business Administration, Harvard-Radcliffe University, 1957. Master of Library Science, Columbia University, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy in Library and Information Studies, University California, Berkeley, 1984.
Supervisor school libraries, Halifax County, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1965-1966;
assistant education library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968;
university library, St. Mary's U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1969-1975;
library director, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 1978-1986;
library director, San Jose (California) State University, 1986-1991;
professor division library and information science, San Jose (California) State University, since 1987. Instructor St. Mary's U., 1972-1975, Sonoma State University, 1982-1985, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-1978, 85-86. Consultant Ministry of State Urban Affairs, Canada,1975, Sonoma County History Records, 1979-1980.
Coordinator Geysers Information Project., 1980-1981. Project humanist California Council for Humanities, 1981-1983. Director Indochinese Cultures project National Endowment for Humanities, 1983-1984, Videodisc Work Shop California State University, since 1987, Online Public Catalog Implementation, 1989.
President Beethoven Center San Jose State University, 1987-1988.
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Member Mayor Feinstein's commission on Teaching of Holocaust, San Francisco, 1986, advising committee Foothill College Library. Technology Assistant Program, since 1987, San Jose Public Library. Foundation, since 1987, Board of Governors 1987-1989, Executive Board Friends of San Jose Public Library., since 1989, California State Library.
Networking Task Force, since 1989, advisory board directors Frances Gullard Child Development Center, since 1990. President alumni board School Library. and Information Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1993-1994. Member American Library Association (commission on accreditation, field site visiting board since 1982, library career resource network since 1987, program committee reference and adult services division since 1989), Cooperative Library.
Agency Systems and Superior vena cava syndrome (Board of Governors since 1988, acad.librs. representative), California Academy and Research Libraries (president 1983-1984), California Library. Association (legislation network since 1988, chair continuing education committee 1997), North Bay Cooperative Association (Executive Committee 1984-1985), Phi Kappa Phi.