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College & Research Libraries News

Personnel

Mr. Barkey

The recently appointed director of libraries of the University of Toledo, Patrick T. Barkey, assumes his new position July 1 with the confidence of his colleagues that he is more than equal to this his newest challenge.

Mr. Barkey begins his work at the university by immediately stepping into the problems of a building program. Such problems, if headache promised, are not new to him, for he has recently sweated into construction the new library building of his most recent two-year headship, Texas A.&I. College. He comes well equipped for his Toledo directorship because of his successful tenure and innovations at A.&I. Although a respector of the traditional methods of the profession, he appreciated the advantages inherent in contemporary technological processes. Conversion of the circulation and serial routines to electronic data processing, changing of acquisitions to computer based operation, reorganization of administrative structure, and the adoption of some of his procedures by other Texas colleges testifies to his imaginative administrative ability.

Preceding his service at A.&I., Mr. Barkey held a variety of positions in as many institutions. Beginning his professional career in 1955 at Flint public library (Michigan) at the usual desk assignments in reader services, he was rapidly promoted to head of the library’s first audio-visual service whereupon he received widespread recognization for his work in building a unique collection. In 1957 he accepted the position of head of circulation, University of Notre Dame, and, in 1960, the headship of the circulation and reserve departments at Eastern Illinois University. In the latter position he assumed the preliminary responsibility of inaugurating the program of electronic data processing which was to prove very beneficial to his subsequent Texas institution.

Mr. Barkey received his BA at Pomona College, Claremont, California, and his MA in library science at the University of Michigan. He is a member of ALA and Southwestern Library Association. He has been particularly active in the Texas Library Association, the Coastal Bend Library Association, and the Texas Council of State College Librarians, holding various offices and speaking responsibilities in each. In addition he has been very active in the administration of his former institution, serving as federal liaison person. His activities contributed to the activation of several federally supported projects—Upward Bound, Teacher Corps, and Migrant Worker.

Mr. Butler

Pat Barkey has not resided overly long in South Texas, but his residence has been sufficient to recognize his abilities as librarian and for his colleagues to realize a sense of loss at his leave-taking. The University of Toledo is fortunate in gaining the services of Barkey in this important stage of library expansion and development.—Leslie M. Gower.

To the position of university librarian and professor of bibliography at Oakland University, W. Royce Butler brings qualities of understanding, acuity, and drive to satisfy the complex needs which modern scholarly communities expect their directors to serve. A range of interests and experience supporting concentrated practice of administration is a qualification too rarely available. His achievement in a profession, practiced for a little less than a decade, has been notable. He is a Canadian whose talents bring distinction to two countries.

Alumnus of the University of British Columbia, he did graduate work in English at the universities of Toronto, Denver, and Colorado. First Class Honors, a University Prize, a Fellowship in English, university teaching at Denver and Toronto suggest his cultivation in the humanities and arts, and in bibliography, all kept active in practice. His sense of history and of the quality of the moment are steadily applied to the crucial tasks of building collections. Scholars and teachers at Oakland will find in him an informed sympathy and the balanced direction urgently needed for enduring work in academic librarianship.

For special problems of administration and management, Mr. Butler’s career reveals a concentration of relevant experience not easily matched. After a decade of directing and managing the Marine Lumber Company in Vancouver, he took the MLS at the University of California in Berkeley in 1959, and then headed the order department at Honnold library of the Associated Colleges at Claremont, the acquisitions division of the Boston University libraries, and the division of technical services of the University of Denver libraries. He comes to Oakland from the associate directorship at York University and a teaching post on the graduate faculty of Toronto’s school of library science.

Mr. Glens

Mr. Butler is a member of ALA and of the American Association of University Professors. Former member of the Canadian Library Association and of regional ones in Canada and this country, he was for two years the founding editor of The Colorado Academic Library and contributes to it and other journals.—Julian G. Michel.

Ronald V. Glens, newly appointed director of library services at Brandeis University brings to this position many characteristics calculated to ensure success. His varied experience, his boundless energy, his enthusiasm and his wide view of library matters will all be called upon as he faces the task of developing major library resources and facilities at an emerging university.

A native of Des Moines, he graduated from Kansas State University, Manhattan in 1952 with a degree in industrial journalism and immediately entered the Armed Forces where he served as an information specialist at Eta Jima, Japan, from 1952-55. During that time he served for two years as editor of the camp newspaper bunka sai, On his release from service he undertook graduate study in English and participated in the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference at Middlebury College. He then attended Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia and took an MS in library science in 1956. For another year he served as an instructor in the AV department at Kansas State Teachers, and then became general librarian at the University of Idaho from 1957-60. While in this position he gained much experience that would prove to be of value, in particular, his participation in the early phases of the Washington State University/University of Idaho mechanized union list of serials. Ron left Idaho to become executive secretary of the Reference Services Division of ALA from 1960-63, where, among other things, he served as ALA staff liaison with the director of Library 21 at the Seattle Worlds Fair during the feasibility study, design, and fund raising stages.

I first came to know Ronald Glens during his tenure as director of libraries at Elmira College (1963-date). As one of the main forces in that spirited group of librarians heading the member libraries of the College Center of the Finger Lakes he called on me as a consultant to assist them in designing and implementing a practical mechanized processing center. I became impressed with his drive and his vision at that time and since have had no reason to change my mind. That the College Center of the Finger Lakes is moving ahead and even now seeking a director for its library processing center, is, I suspect, due in large measure to his interest and inspiration.

During all these years Ron has continued his editorial and writing interests, serving as editor of the A/V Newsletter at Kansas State Teachers College during 1956-59, as assistant editor of the Bookman, at the University of Idaho library during 1957-60, as Idaho editor of the Pacific Northwest Annual Bibliography for 1959 and 1960, as publication officer for RQ during 1962/63, and as joint editor, Union List of U.S. Documents in the Finger Lakes Area, a project presently underway. He has also been active in other professional areas, most recently in designing and operating jointly with the A/V director at Elmira College, an experimental library/learning resources center for teacher preparation and continuing education. The results of this experiment are to be utilized in the design of the new college library and perhaps in a reorganization of the methods of instruction at Elmira College. As a member of ALA and of various state library associations, he has been an active professional, serving on numerous committees, often as chairman. He is also a member of the Bibliographical Society of America and the American Documentation Institute. Along with all of this, he continues his interests in matters bibliographical with emphasis on Western Americana, the writings of LCP and the first editions of E. M. Forster. —Carl Jackson.

On May 15, Pearce S. Grove, assistant director of libraries at Kansas State University for the past two years, became library director and chairman, department of library science, at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales. It is both a personal and professional pleasure to welcome someone with Mr. Grove’s talents, energies, and enthusiasm to the Southwest. In one of those strange twists of fate, Grove now comes to head a library which offered him another unusual opportunity upon his graduation from library school. New Mexico’s initial loss (he turned them down the first time) was my gain, and for almost two years Pearce worked with me as assistant education, philosophy, and psychology librarian at the University of Illinois. He brought to that position many qualities which make a good reference librarian: inquisitive mind, outgoing personality, and a keen sense of helpfulness to faculty engaged in research. His academic background had also prepared him well for that position: both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education from the University of Florida and a master’s degree in library science from the University of Illinois.

Mr. Grove

From Champaign-Urbana, Mr. Grove transferred to the Chicago undergraduate division of Illinois (now the Chicago Circle campus) as acquisitions and serials librarian. His brief stay at Chicago gave him broader experience and helped prepare him for the move to Colorado Woman’s College at Denver as head librarian, where he served from 1961 to 1965.

At Denver, as was true elsewhere, he had further opportunity to exercise his professional skill and aggressive leadership. Colorado Woman’s College was then beginning an accelerated acquisitions program and staff expansion as well as planning a new library building. Mr. Grove planned the building, saw its completion, and the library functioning well prior to his departure for Manhattan, Kansas, in 1965. The C.W.C. building is both attractive and serviceable, reflecting his strongly held concept of the library as a learning resources center for the total educational program of the college.

While in Denver he also became active in the Colorado Library Association and was one of the sparkplugs behind the publication of Colorado Academic Libraries. His interest in and support of professional associations suggest that his services will immediately be called upon by his colleagues in the Southwest.

For the past two years he has been engaged in revamping and reorganizing the public service departments and in establishing an audiovisual department in the library at Kansas State. In addition to his professional interests, Mr. Grove is active in the U.S. Naval Reserve and a variety of social, church, and community activities. Eastern New Mexico is certainly fortunate to have secured Pearce Grove as its library director at this particular stage in Mr. Grove’s professional development.— Edward G. Holley.

APPOINTMENTS

Hugh C. Atkinson has been appointed assistant director of libraries, Ohio State University.

Mrs. Evelyn S. Baker is now senior cataloger and assistant reviser, Ohio State University libraries.

Rexford S. Beckham is now head of technical services, University of California library, Santa Cruz.

William Berkhof has joined the Western Michigan University library cataloging staff.

Ward Blanchard is now director of library services at the new Fremont-Newark Junior College, Newark, Calif.

Nancy Bock has been awarded a Library of Congress internship.

Irene A. Braden is now librarian for general administrative research, Ohio University libraries.

Mrs. Norma Bruce has accepted the position of Slavic cataloger in Ohio State University libraries.

Solena V. Bryant will coordinate the Paul Klapper library’s intensive program to build up holdings of Latin American materials at Queens College of the City University of New York.

Arthur Aldrich Charpentier has been appointed librarian of the Yale law school.

Charles D. Churchwell has been named assistant director for public services in the University of Houston library.

Mrs. Constance C. Cobes has accepted a position as browsing room librarian, Ohio State University.

J. Isaac Copeland, for fifteen years librarian of the George Peabody College division of the Joint University libraries, becomes professor of history and curator of the Southern Historical collections in the University of North Carolina on Sept. 1.

John H. Deardorff is now head of the documents division of Ohio State University libraries.

John T. Demos is head of department libraries, Ohio State University.

Paul Donovan has accepted the position of assistant reference librarian at the University of South Florida library.

Henk Edelman, who was for many years with the firm of Nijhoff in the Hague, becomes University Center bibliographer with the Joint University libraries, Nashville, on Aug. 1.

Lita Fine is a specialist in British literature and the literature of romance languages in Paul Klapper library, Queens College of the City University of New York.

George Freedley became consulting curator of the theatre collection in New York public library on May 1.

Rodney Geiben j'oins the cataloging staff of State University College library, Fredonia, N.Y., on July 1.

Joseph Glenn Gremillion became systems analyst in Louisiana State University libraries on April 1.

John M. M. Grey-Theriot is now university librarian of Ahmadu Bello University at Zaria, Nigeria.

Mrs. Virginia B. Hall is now head of the pharmacy-microbiology library in Ohio State University.

Alice Hammond is reference librarian in the botany and zoology library, Ohio State University.

Mrs. Marjorie Herrin joins the University of South Florida library on July 17, as assistant acquisitions librarian.

William Emerson Hinchcliff is librariandirector, Illinois Central College.

Alfred J. Hodina has been named assistant director for technical services, University of Houston library.

Mrs. Evelyn F. Jadot has been appointed to the position of architecture librarian in Texas A&M University.

Mrs. Olive C. James is now education librarian in the Paul Klapper library of Queens College, City University of New York.

David Kaser, director of the Joint University Libraries and editor of CRL, will be on sabbatical leave for the last six months of 1967. He will be in the Orient on a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Yurii Kyogoku is now serials cataloger in Ohio State University libraries.

Judith Landry joined the University of South Florida library staff on Mar. 1, as assistant cataloger.

Maurice E. Lapierre is now head of the acquisitions department in Ohio State University libraries.

John Linford, Jr., is information systems librarian in Ohio State University libraries.

Lois Lipner is circulation desk and bookstack librarian in Ohio State University libraries.

Ilze B. Long is a cataloger in Ohio State University libraries.

Gerard B. McCabe becomes assistant director for planning and development in the University of South Florida library on July 1.

John P. McGowan returned to Northwestern University libraries on Sept. 1, as associate librarian and director of the science and engineering library.

Catherine Yan-tung Ming was appointed a cataloger in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute library on Jan. 16.

David J. Netz has been selected library intern for 1967/68, in the Ohio State University libraries.

Zelda Leigh Osborne becomes assistant director for development of collections in University of Houston library on Sept. 1.

Joseph Palmer has assumed the duties of science librarian in Queens College, City University of New York.

Patricia M. Pate is now reference librarian in Ohio State University.

Rosario Poli is reference librarian in the education library of Ohio State University.

Mrs. Mary Jane Reed has been named head of cataloging at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute library.

John Saulitis becomes acquisitions librarian at State University College, Fredonia, N.Y. on July 1.

Elmo S. Saunders is now reference librarian in Ohio State University libraries.

Mildred L. Saunders has been named librarian of Bradford Junior College.

Dorothy Schiwetz has joined the library staff of Texas A&M University as a cataloger.

James Skipper has been named associate librarian of Princeton University. Mr. Skipper has been executive secretary of ARL since January 1963, and before that had been librarian of the University of Connecticut, Storrs from 1959 to 1963.

Cahl M. Spaulding has been named systems specialist on the Council of Library Resources staff.

Robert Thorson is assistant to the head of department libraries, Ohio State University.

Joyce P. Webb is reference librarian in the health center library, Ohio State University.

Adelaide Weir is now Anglo-American bibliographer, Ohio State University libraries.

James M. Whitehead was appointed head of circulation and director of stacks at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute library on March 1.

Don E. Wood is now head of the math library in Ohio State University.

Charles Yen has been appointed assistant documents cataloger in Ohio State University libraries.

RETIREMENTS

Mrs. Ruth Wikoff, associate director of libraries in the University of Houston, retires on May 31 after thirty-four years of service.

NECROLOGY

Paul North Rice, president of ALA in 1947/48, died on April 16. ■■

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