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In Memory of Henriette Avram, 1919-2006

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

The MCDU Project is dedicated to Henriette D. Avram, fondly known as the Mother of MARC. During the 1960s, Henriette let a team of librarians at the Library of Congress in a development effort that resulted in the Machine-Readable Catalog record. An obituary from the New York Times provides a wonderful portrayal of this amazing librarian and information scientist.