People in the News

Ann-Christe Galloway

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Appointments

Barry Brown has been appointed interim dean of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library at the University of Montana.

Dawn Behrend is now instruction and outreach librarian at Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Rudisill Library in Hickory, North Carolina.

Jolene Beiser has been appointed archivist for special collections at the University of California-Irvine Libraries.

Kathleen Bell was named head, assessment and planning at George Mason University Libraries.

Lara Bushallow was appointed director, digital technologies and services at George Mason University Libraries.

Will Dean is now research and data services librarian at Temple University Libraries’ Ginsburg Health Sciences Library.

Emily Drabinski has joined The Graduate Center at the City University of New York in the role of critical pedagogy librarian.

Bridget Euliano was appointed assistant librarian for access and resource management at George Mason University Libraries.

Alyssa Fahringer has been appointed digital scholarship consultant at George Mason University Libraries.

Lauri Fennell is now public health and social sciences librarian in the Learning and Research Services Business, Social Sciences, and Education unit at Temple University Libraries.

Tom Ipri has been named head of the Arts, Humanities, and Media for Learning and Research Services at Temple University Libraries.

Kelsey Kim was appointed project archivist at George Mason University Libraries.

Jocelyn Lewis was appointed head of resource acquisition at George Mason University Libraries.

Monica Maher has been appointed online learning and education librarian at the University of Nebraska-Omaha Libraries.

Aaron McCollough was appointed director of Mason Publishing Group at George Mason University Libraries.

Joyce Neujahr has been appointed assistant dean of library services at the University of Nebraska-Omaha Libraries.

Wendy “Sophie” Rondeau has been appointed assessment and e-resources program analyst for the Virtual Library of Virginia at George Mason University Libraries.

Caitlin Shanley was named librarian and coordinator of learning and student success at Temple University Libraries.

Jackie Sipes is now user experience librarian at Temple University Libraries.

Amy Sullivan has been named head of preservation services at George Mason University Libraries.

Natalie Tagge is now head librarian at Temple University Libraries’ Charles E. Krausz Library of Podiatric Medicine.

Stephanie Westcott is now open and sustainable learning coordinator for the Virtual Library of Virginia at George Mason University Libraries.

Retirements

Marilyn R. Pukkila, research and instruction librarian for Social Sciences and Humanities will be retiring in June 2019, after a 40-year career in academic librarianship, with the last 35 years spent at Colby College. Pukkila has been a reference and research librarian during her entire career, beginning at Fairfield University in Connecticut. After three years at Fairfield, she spent a year at the University College of Wales-Aberystwyth. Upon returning to the United States, Pukkila took a job at Colby College, where she had multiple responsibilities over time, including supervision of interlibrary loans, head of instructional services, reference supervision, and circulation/reserves supervision. She also worked for a sabbatical year at the York Minster Library and Archives in England. Pukkila published her book The Skill of a Seeker: Rowling, Religion, and Gen 9/11 in 2015, and has published numerous articles, including several for C&RL News, CHOICE book reviews, and essays on topics as diverse as pedagogy, assessment, contemporary witchcraft, and qualitative library research.

Deaths

William (Bill) Gosling, former director of the University of Michigan (UM) Library, has died. He entered the Library of Congress internship program in 1966. Drafted into the Army, he served for a year in Vietnam, where he was commended for Soldier of the Month in May 1968 and later received a Bronze Star for his service. Upon returning to the Library of Congress, Gosling worked in the MARC Development Office and ran the Cataloging in Publication Program. In 1976 he served as head of technical services at Duke University Library until 1986, when he took the same position at the UM Library. In 1997 Gosling served as interim director of the UM Library, and, in 1998, he was chosen to take on the job permanently. His lasting legacy includes committing the library to the Google Books Project, which later grew into HathiTrust Digital Library. After having heart surgery, in 2005 he decided to step down from the director position, and he worked for three years as curator of Children’s Literature in the Special Collections Library, which he had helped grow by donating his extensive pop-up book collection. After retiring, he continued selecting children’s books for the UM libraries in Ann Arbor and Dearborn.

Arlene E. Luchsinger, academic librarian for 50 years before retiring as assistant director for Branch Libraries and head of the Science Library at the University of Georgia (UGA) Libraries, has died. Her career included working as an academic librarian at the duPont Library, University of the South (Sewanee Tennessee, 1965–67 and 1970–73), the Pullen Library, Georgia State University (Atlanta, 1975–76), and the UGA Libraries (Athens, 1976–97). During her tenure at UGA, the collection of science books and journals grew from about 250,000 volumes to more than 750,000 volumes. As a professional librarian, she was active within ALA, with memberships, and committee work in ACRL and LAMA. She wrote numerous essays, book reviews, and articles for both agricultural and professional academic library publications. She was the coauthor of Smith’s Guide to the Literature of the Life Sciences (1980) with R. C. Smith and W. M. Reid. She was also the coauthor of Plant Systematics with Sam Jones (1979; 2nd edition 1986). She is survived by her daughter, Caroline L. Gilson, associate dean of libraries, and coordinator, Prevo Science Library, DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana).