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Henriette Davidson Avram, née le 7 octobre 1919 et morte le 22 avril 2006, est une ingénieure informaticienne, programmatrice et analyste système américaine, qui est à l'origine des formats MARC, qui constituent les normes internationales de description informatisée des ressources des bibliothèques.

Le développement des formats MARC à la fin des années 1960 et au début des années 1970 par Henriette Avram à la Bibliothèque du Congrès a eu un effet révolutionnaire sur les pratiques bibliothéconomiques, permettant l'automatisation de la plupart des fonctions de la bibliothèque et rendant possible le partage d'informations électroniques entre les bibliothèques utilisant d'autres standards.

Née à New York, elle fait ses études au Hunter College en préparation à des études médicales. En 1942, elle épouse Herbert Avram , qui travaillait pour la National Security Agency et la Central Intelligence Agency . En 1952, son mari l'aide à trouver un emploi à la NSA, où elle passe sept ans comme programmatrice et analyste de données. Elle se forme largement de manière autodidacte, tout en étudiant les mathématiques avancées à l'université George Washington.

Après un bref passage dans le secteur privé, Henriette Avram rejoint en 1965 la bibliothèque du Congrès, où elle est chargée de mettre en place un format de catalogage électronique. C'est la naissance du projet MARC qui s'achève en 1968.

Henriette Avram supervise les développements successifs du format MARC et dirige le département chargé de l'informatisation et des réseaux, qui emploie jusqu'à 1 700 personnes. Elle prend sa retraite en 1992 et meurt le 22 avril 2006 à l'âge de 86 ans. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. octobre 1919 – 22. avril 2006
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Henriette Avram: Citations en anglais

“As I advanced in my career in librarianship, I have been a woman in a man’s world. However, this issue has not been an important factor in my thinking.”

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Source: MARC her Words: An Interview with Henriette Avram, 1989, p.861

“I believe the Internet is a great technical achievement. However, when it comes to the organization of information so that we can locate, select, and distinguish among bibliographic items for serious research, the Internet has a long way to go.”

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Source: They Won! And did it ALA’s Way, 1997, p.76

“In my opinion, libraries and librarians are needed more than ever, and the literature is noting this more often. In the development of MARC, it was clear to me that we needed two talents, i. e., computer expertise and library expertise. Neither talent could have succeeded alone. We need this more than ever today. Librarians must become computer literate so that they can understand the relationship between the technology applied and the discipline of their profession.”

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Source: They Won! And did it ALA’s Way, 1997, p.77

““In the early days of MARC, there was a small team of people dedicated to one thing—getting the MARC Pilot Project underway. It was a team spirit that I shall never forget….”

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Source: MARC her Words: An Interview with Henriette Avram, 1989, p.860

“From the beginning…you (the ALA) have welcomed and supported me. Tonight you have gone one step further—you have adopted me.” She later explained, “It was at that moment, and ever after, that I regarded myself as a librarian.”

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(p.860.)
At the acceptance of the Margaret Mann Citation
MARC her Words: An Interview with Henriette Avram, 1989

“It’s an honor. ALA has been one of the closest organizations I’ve been involved with; I’ve worked with people at ALA since day one. ALA has been a great supporter and a big help to me. People were the most rewarding part, all the people I got to know, the support from people around the world. I couldn’t have done it all myself without all that help.”

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On receiving life membership to ALA
Source: They Won! And did it ALA’s Way, 1997, p.73

“Yes, I noted that there were hardly any or no women in certain high level positions. But as time passed, I, along with others, did attain, and with pride for managing to do so, a series of positions in the ladder.”

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Source: They Won! And did it ALA’s Way, 1997, p.75-76

“From the beginning…you (the ALA) have welcomed and supported me. Tonight you have gone one step further—you have adopted me.”

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She later explained, “It was at that moment, and ever after, that I regarded myself as a librarian.
At the acceptance of the Margaret Mann Citation
Source: MARC her Words: An Interview with Henriette Avram, 1989, p.860.

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