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Re: Hugh Atkinson (was: webcasting "50 Years of Public Computing at U of Illinois")

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Bernie,

I have to agree. During my consulting era I had the opportunity to work 
with many academic library leaders. Hugh Atkinson was outstanding for both 
his vision and his spirit.

-paul


NEW EMAIL: [log in to unmask]  please use this from now on,
Paul B. Kantor, Rutgers. (v)732.932.7500x8216  (FX)732.932.1504
Office: Cecilia Gal 732 932 7500 x8220. Details: http://scils.rutgers.edu/~kantor

On Sun, 18 Apr 2010, B.G. Sloan wrote:

>
>  
> Yes indeedy. LCS was developed by IBM for OSU in the late 1960s, under Hugh Atkinson's guidance. When Hugh came to UIUC, we (UIUC) bought the OSU LCS software for $2,000. Under Hugh's direction LCS became a different animal in Illinois than it was in Ohio. Public access, resource sharing, etc., etc. LCS in Illinois was very different from LCS in Ohio, due to Hugh's amazing vision.
>  
> Hugh Atkinson was a major influence on my career. Even though we often had our disagreements (he was the UIUC Dean of Libraries...I was a young 30-year-old manager working for the university's administrative computing department), I have always considered Hugh to be my mentor. When the Illinois Library Association gave me their Hugh Atkinson Award in 1995, I was overwhelmed.
>  
> Tragically, Hugh Atkinson's life ended prematurely in 1986. As I recall, it was a heart attack just as he seemed to be coming back from lung cancer surgery. I think he was only maybe 54 years old. His loss was really sobering to me. I worked for LCS/ILCSO/CARLI for 20 years after Hugh's death, and I was always influenced by Hugh's principles and philosophy as I made decisions.
>  
> Anyone who is interested in more details about LCS, ILCSO, Hugh Atkinson, etc., should check out the bibliography I compiled in 2003:
>  
> Alphabetically, by author: http://bit.ly/aYtPgJ
>  
> Historically, in reverse chronological order: http://bit.ly/c6UO3J
>  
> Bernie Sloan
>
>
> --- On Sat, 4/17/10, Malinconico, Michael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> From: Malinconico, Michael <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: webcasting "50 Years of Public Computing at U of Illinois"
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 6:39 PM
>
>
> Yes indeed.  LCS was developed at OSU.  It was a project promoted and supported (and probably shaped) by OSU's legendary director, Hugh Atkinson.
>
> __________________
> S.Michael Malinconico
> Professor Emeritus
> The University of Alabama
> [log in to unmask]
> Fax:  +1(205) 339.5954
>
> "But to live outside the law, you must be honest ..."  R.Zimmerman
> ________________________________________
> From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Crowley, Bill [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 4:24 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: webcasting "50 Years of Public Computing at U of Illinois"
>
> Didn't LCS get its start at Ohio State University? I seem to recall that LCS migrated from OSU to the U of I.
>
> Bill Crowley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Open Lib/Info Sci Education Forum on behalf of B.G. Sloan
> Sent: Fri 4/16/2010 6:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: webcasting "50 Years of Public Computing at U of Illinois"
>
>
> Kate Williams said:
>
> "From PLATO (1960), Project Gutenberg (1971), up through Wolfram Alpha (2009), there have been 11+ public computing projects invented in Champaign-Urbana, many with leadership from libraries and library schools."
>
> I was kind of disappointed to see no mention of a major Champaign-Urbana "public computing project" that was developed "with leadership from libraries". The project I am referring to started out as the Library Computer System (LCS) at the UIUC Library in the late 1970s. It then expanded into the Statewide LCS network in 1980, which became the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO) in 1986. The organization is now called the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (http://www.carli.illinois.edu/).
>
> LCS pioneered a lot of concepts back in the early days...there was public access from the very beginning, with public access terminals in the libraries, as well as public dial access. The public could search millions of records for items held by dozens of libraries to find the location of a given item, and in some cases a library patron affiliated with an LCS member library could directly request that the item be shipped to his/her library via a statewide delivery system. In the early 1990s ILCSO implemented a statewide dial access network that allowed the state's 4,000+ libraries (public, school, academic and special) to request items for their patrons from 40+ college and university libraries. At one point these local libraries were requesting more than 120,000 items a year for their patrons.
>
> I could go on and on about this (I've published a couple dozen papers on the topic). But I won't bore you all with additional details...although I can provide a bibliography on the remote chance that someone might be interested. :-)
>
> Kate Williams also said: "Interested to hear about similar history on other campuses.  We need to draw these lines for all to see." I'm hoping that the U of Illinois will consider mentioning LCS/ILCSO/CARLI in subsequent events.
>
>
> Bernie Sloan
>
> --- On Wed, 4/14/10, Kate Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> From: Kate Williams <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: webcasting "50 Years of Public Computing at U of Illinois"
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 1:59 PM
>
>
> From PLATO (1960), Project Gutenberg (1971), up through Wolfram Alpha (2009), there have been 11+ public computing projects invented in Champaign-Urbana, many with leadership from libraries and library schools.  Thursday and Friday we will be hearing from founders and others.  We're aiming to help the next 50 years be at least as innovative.  Public computing is as basic as public education, mass literacy ... and public libraries... have been for a democratic and sustainable society.
>
> http://go.illinois.edu/50years -- will be webcast
>
> Interested to hear about similar history on other campuses.  We need to draw these lines for all to see.
>
> all best,
>
> kate
>
> ---
> http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~katewill
>

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