Talk:Seymour Lubetzky
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His death date has been listed as both April 5th and (according to the nonagenarians & centenarians site at www.tech.org/~cleary/NNC/nncmain.html) April 12th as well. This was probably due to the fact that the New York Times stated that Lubetzky died "last Saturday." Coming across this today (Sunday April 13) I assumed that meant the 12th. I therefore presume that the article and the author of this Wikipedia entry to be correct and I subsequently wish that the New York Times' website would actually state the date of death rather than saying just the day of the week so that a number and specific time can be attached to them. -- Katagelophobia
I think the following paragraph is wrong. Should anyone correct it? "Lubetzky's theory of cataloging went far beyond the Dewey Decimal System. He divised a colorful yet tactful way of identifying but ordering books where even the most simple person could find it." cat wizard --220.234.84.172 14:31, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
He had an effect on cataloging even quite recently. Svenonius' 2000 book acknolwedgements says "I feel particulalry fortunate for the recent conversations I have had with Seymour Lubetzky, whose principled thinking, even at age 100, is remarkable to behold."(p xv Svenonius, Elaine (2000-04-18). The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization, 1, The MIT Press, 264. ISBN 0262194333. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 03:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)