People in the News

Ann-Christe Galloway

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Marta Deyrup, professor and cohead of technical services at Seton Hall’s University Libraries, has received the 2018–19 Albert B. Hakim Faculty Service Medal for her outstanding service to the Seton Hall University community.

Appointments

Paula Adams is the now director of the reference and instruction unit at Kennesaw State University.

Nerea A. Llamas has been named associate university librarian for collections strategy and services at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Jackie Watkins is now electronic resources collection development librarian at Kennesaw State University.

Retirements

Yongli Ma, librarian at Kennesaw State University (KSU) before the consolidation with Southern Polytechnic State University, has retired. In total, she has served 24 years in many capacities over the years at KSU, including positions of acquisitions librarian, associate director for technical services, and head of access services.

Elisabeth Shields, Kennesaw State University (KSU) graduate librarian for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2011, has retired. Prior to joining KSU, Shields worked at Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute for ten years.

Rita Spisak has retired after 33 years of service with the Kennesaw State University Libraries. She has worked in the serials, access services, reference, and instruction units. Spisak’s positions ranged from library associate, librarian, and interim director of two departments.

Deaths

Claudia J. Morner, emerita dean of the University of New Hampshire (UNH) Library, has died. Before joining UNH, Morner served as director of the Osterville Free Library, associate librarian at Cape Cod Community College, and university librarian at Boston College. During her 17-year tenure as dean of the UNH University Library, Morner directed technological and building enhancements, including a $19 million renovation project for Dimond Library which added 500 seats, 350 computer stations, a new map room, a data center, and $400,000 worth of electronic resources. The library won a number of excellence awards, including the Library Building Award from the American Institute of Architects. Morner worked tirelessly for consensus—in planning a library renovation to fit everyone’s needs, in spearheading the UNH effort to become a member of the Boston Library Consortium, and, later, in presiding over the Consortium’s efforts to help individual libraries recognize and share their individual strengths.