Description
Robert Mayo Hayes pioneered in the development of digital data storage and retrieval, information transfer, systems analysis
and design research. His work has had a major impact on information policy and the economics of library operations. Spanning
two decades (1955-1976), the collection documents Hayes' activities as an international consultant to corporations, academic
and public libraries, as well as government organizations. The material reflects the scope of Hayes' intellectual pursuits:
the economics of information transfer; copyright; measurement of productivity in libraries; coding applications; the relationship
between information services and products; remote storage; and preservation.
Background
Hayes was born in New York City on December 3, 1926; married Alice Peters, 1952; received BA (1947), MA (1949), and PhD (1952)
in mathematics at UCLA; mathematician, National Bureau of Standards, Washington and Los Angeles, 1949-52; member, technical
staff, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1952-54; head of applications group, National Cash Register Company, 1954-55; head, business
systems group, Magnavox Company, 1955-60; Vice President and Science Director, Electrada Corporation, Los Angeles, 1960-64;
President, Advanced Information Systems Incorporated, Los Angeles, 1960-64; lecturer, Math Department, UCLA, 1952-64; Director,
Institute of Library Research, 1965-70; professor (1964-91) and Dean (1974-89), then Dean emeritus (1989) and professor emeritus
(1991), UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science; visiting lecturer at a number of national and international
institutions; co-author of various publications dealing with information storage and retrieval; author, Strategic Management for Academic Libraries (1993).Robert Mayo Hayes, formally trained in mathematics, contributed significantly to a number of advances in library and information
sciences. Hayes pioneered the development of digital data storage and retrieval, information transfer, systems analysis and
design research, and international consultation vis-à-vis library networks. His work has had a major impact on information
policy and the economics of research library operations.
Restrictions
Copyright to portions of this collection has been assigned to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. The library
can grant permission to publish for materials to which it holds the copyright. All requests for permission to publish or quote
must be submitted in writing to
the Manuscripts Librarian, Department of Special Collections.] Credit shall be given as follows: © The Regents of the University
of California on behalf of the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections.