Elin Törnudd

Elin Törnudd (22 April 1924–18 August 2008), was a Finnish chief librarian and professor

Elin Törnudd
Born22 April 1924
Helsinki
Died18 August 2008
Espoo

Biography

Elin Maria Törnudd was born in Helsinki in 1924. She graduated with a degree in chemistry, completing a master in 1950 from Helsinki University of Technology. She went on to complete a masters in library science from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh in 1953. Törnudd began as an information specialist before becoming the chief librarian in the Helsinki University of Technology Library. She worked there from 1968 to 1991, in 1982 she was made a professor. Törnudd also held a number of positions within organisations. Secretary General of NORDFORSK and Chair or Vice Chair of OECD Scientific and Technical Information Policy Group, and NORDINFO. She also chaired the International Council of the UNESCO General Information Program.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Törnudd was the President of the International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries (IATUL) from 1990 to 1992 and remains an honorary member of the Association.[1][2][3][7][6]

References and sources
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  3. Rayward, W.B.; Bowden, M.E. (2004). The History and Heritage of Scientific and Technological Information Systems: Proceedings of the 2002 Conference. ASIST monograph series. American Society of Information Science and Technology and the Chemical Heritage Foundation. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-57387-229-4. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. "Muistot: Elin Törnudd". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  5. "Sök". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  6. Sleeman, E. (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. International Who's Who of Women. Taylor & Francis Group. p. 578. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
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gollark: This is ***evil*** code.
gollark: Not my code.
gollark: This literally says "pay attention to what you run", *but actually warns you twice*.
gollark: ```lua --Error screen term.clear() term.setCursorPos(1,1) print("ERROR!!!") sleep(0.1) print("ERROR CODE: ERR_OS_CORRUPT") sleep(0.1) print("Detailed information for diagnostics follow:") sleep(0.1) print("0x00000001 0x00000002 0x00000010") sleep(0.1) print("0x00000101 0x00120000 0x01000300") sleep(0.1) print("0x00000000 0x00001040 0x0000000F") sleep(0.1) print("0x00010506 0x01200040 0x00000003") sleep(0.1) term.setCursorPos(1,10) sleep(0.3) print("If you installed any new hardware or software,") sleep(0.1) print("try removing them before restarting.") sleep(0.1) print("If the problem still persists, bring your computer") sleep(0.1) print("to a technician.") sleep(0.2) print("Error program left a message: Pay attention to what you run next time ;)") sleep(0.1) term.setCursorPos(1,17) sleep(0.3) print("You will lose all unsaved work.") sleep(2) print("This computer has been terminated.")```
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