Pauline Atherton Cochrane: Weaving Value from the Past.

Cochrane, Pauline Atherton, 1929-2012; Women information scientists; Teachers; Subject access in online library catalogs; Syracuse University

A biography of Pauline Atherton Cochrane, a researcher and teacher in the field of library and information science (LIS), is presented. She was born in 1929 and studied at Illinois College, Rosary College, and the University of Chicago. She later worked for the Documentation Research Project (DRP) at the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and as a teacher and researcher at Syracuse University. Particular focus is given to her research on subject access.