People in the News

Ann-Christe Galloway

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Mary Edwards, of the Health Science Center Libraries at the University of Florida, has been awarded the Medical Library Association’s 2018 Lucretia W. McClure Excellence In Education Award, honoring her achievements in education and her work in the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Appointments

Erin Conor is now head of the Music Library at the University of Washington Libraries.

Heather Cyre has been appointed head of public services/research and instruction librarian at the University of Washington Libraries-Bothell.

Christopher Duffy joined Seton Hall University Libraries as associate dean and founding director of the Health Sciences Library and Information Commons.

Elnora Kelly Tayag is now the director of Learning Commons at the College of San Mateo Library in San Mateo, California.

Erik T. Mitchell has been appointed university librarian at the University of California (UC)-San Diego. Mitchell served as associate university librarian of Digital Initiatives and Collaborative Services and associate chief information officer at UC-Berkeley. Prior to joining UC-Berkeley, Mitchell served as an assistant professor and senior research fellow with the Information Policy and Access Center at the University of Maryland-College Park, and as an assistant director for Technology Services at Wake Forest University’s Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Mitchell is the author of two books, Metadata Standards and Web Services in Libraries, Archives, and Museums and Cloud-Based Services for Your Library: A LITA Guide. He has served as a columnist for the Journal of Web Librarianship and Technical Services Quarterly, and has published and presented on library IT, metadata use, and pedagogical approaches.

Laurie A. Neider has been named executive director of the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) at the Library of Congress.

Sarah Ponichtera has joined Seton Hall University Libraries assistant dean for special collections and the gallery.

Stephen Appel has been appointed GIS specialist in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries’ American Geographical Society Library.

Elizabeth Bedford has been named scholarly publishing outreach librarian at the University of Washington Libraries.

Crystal Bustillos has been named budget and finance manager at the University of Colorado-Denver’s Auraria Library.

Bridget M. Cain is now technical services and systems librarian at the Otto F. Linn Library at Warner Pacific University in Portland, Oregon.

Andrew Dudash has been named librarian for political science, policy studies, and governmental information in the Social Sciences Library at Penn State’s University Park campus.

Adebola Fabiku has been appointed head of Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services at the University of Washington Libraries.

Maryam Fakouri is now scholarly publishing outreach librarian at the University of Washington Libraries.

Philip Gaddis was appointed ILL and acquisitions coordinator at the University of Colorado-Denver’s Auraria Library.

Lorelle Gianelli was appointed serials and stacks coordinator at the University of Colorado-Denver’s Auraria Library.

Amanda Hawk has been appointed Louisiana State University Libraries faculty as special collections head of public and research services.

Matthew Montgomery is now the cataloging and technical services librarian at the College of San Mateo Library in San Mateo, California.

Michael Moore was appointed grants administration and special projects librarian at the University of Washington Libraries Health Sciences Library.

Michael Mungin has been named research and instruction librarian at the University of Washington Libraries-Bothell.

Sally Pine has been appointed biological sciences librarian at the University of Washington Libraries.

Caitlin Rizzo has accepted the position of head of collections management for the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at the Penn State University Park campus.

Joe Ryan has been appointed department head of information and educational technology services at the University of Colorado-Denver’s Auraria Library.

Carrie Wade has joined the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries as health sciences librarian.

Stefani Wiest is now circulation services specialist at the University of Colorado-Denver’s Auraria Library.

Retirements

Bonnie MacEwan, dean of libraries at Auburn University Libraries (AUL), has retired after 13 years at AUL and 36 years in the library profession. MacEwan was instrumental in the development and transformation of the Auburn libraries into a one-stop destination for users to research, study, and get academic assistance across a wide variety of departments. She guided AUL through renovations of the Library of Architecture Design and Construction and the expansion of the university’s main library. Prior to her arrival at Auburn, MacEwan was assistant dean for collections at Penn State University for a decade before being promoted to the scholarly communication position designed to explore new technology-driven publishing ventures in collaboration with the Penn State University Press; art, archaeology, and music librarian at the University of Missouri, Columbia; and Humanities librarian at Central Missouri State University. MacEwan has served as a member of the Association of Research Libraries Board; elected to the Association of Southeast Research Libraries Board three times as president, member-at-large, and secretary/treasurer; member of the Network of Alabama Academics Libraries Board and serving a term as president; and chair of the Collection Management and Development Section of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Division of ALA.

Deaths

Scott Alan Smith, long-time representative to academic libraries for a number of vendors, including Blackwell North America and Blackwell’s, has died. Smith served for several years as director for the Langlois (Oregon) Public Library and later as a volunteer at public libraries. He was a founding member of the planning committees for the Feather River Institute and the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge and his work contributed significantly to advances in library acquisitions and the development of a community of practice.