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StuahtA. Stiffler has been appointed to the position of director of library services at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Stiffler began his library career at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore in 1958. Two years later he moved to Hiram College, where he was assistant and associate librarian. From 1968 to 1973 he was library director at Findlay (Ohio) College. He moved to the library directorship at Behrend College, Pennsylvania State University (Erie), in 1973.

Stiffler received his bachelor of arts degree at Hiram College where he later returned and was instrumental in developing long-range collection planning and participated in a building program and then moved on to Findlay College to develop the collection, reorganize services, and introduce the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) system.

He sees the Cornell library as basically strong but requiring development of both collections and services to improve its position among other prestigious colleges of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest Consortium. The college has a strong tradition of experimental, selfdirected, off-campus, and independent study and offers an innovative challenge to the organization of supporting library services. Closer cooperative programs with nearby Coe and other Iowa colleges also is an open possibility.

Stiffler was chairperson, Nominating Committee for the Trustees Election, OCLC (1972); was a board member of the Ohio Library Association, College and University Round Table (1969-71); and has been chairperson of the Northwest Interlibrary Cooperative of Pennsylvania since 1975. He has published in the area of college library book selection and is presently a member of the Pennsylvania and the American Library associations.

HarRy R. Skalleruphas been named director of libraries at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. He comes to FAU from the U.S. Naval Academy library, where from 1969 to September 1977 he had been associate librarian and also head of readers’ services, 1967-69. During this time Skallerup was active in all phases of the planning, furnishing, and the eventual operation of a new 225,000- square-foot library facility, the administrative reorganization and consolidation of the library, and the upgrading of the library’s collections. Prior to his association with the Naval Academy, Skallerup was on the staff of the University of Iowa Libraries as chief of the catalog department, 1964-67, and head of the engineering library, 1962-64. Before that, he worked as an assistant manager at Walter J. Johnson, Inc., an international antiquarian book firm in New York City, and as science librarian at Southern Illinois University. His first full-time library position was physics librarian at the University of Illinois.

Skallerup received his M.A. in library science from the University of Minnesota, where he held an H. W. Wilson scholarship, in 1954. He also previously earned degrees from the University of Illinois and Washington University, St. Louis. Skallerup is the author of Books Afloat ir Ashore (Archon, 1974), a history of books, libraries, and reading in the early maritime environment; and he has contributed to several library, scientific, and scholarly publications, among them Science, the Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, and the second edition of Books for College Libraries. He is a lifetime member of the American Library Association, ACRL, and is a member of the Bibliographical Society of America, the Federal Library and Information Network executive steering committee, Nautical Research Guild, Sigma Xi, and Beta Phi Mu.

David Lewis Inceof New Mexico State University has been named director of the library and associate professor of library science at Valdosta State College. The appointment became effective July 1 by action of the board of regents of the university system of Georgia at its May meeting in Atlanta.

Ince succeeds Thera Hambrick, who retired July 1 after a thirty-one-year career as a Valdosta State librarian and director of the library since 1971.

Since 1974, Ince has been assistant professor of library science and assistant director of technical services at the New Mexico State University Library, where he joined the faculty as an instructor in 1972.

From 1968-72, he was employed at the University of Texas Library at Austin. He was employed by the Gonzales, Texas, Independent School District as an English and speech teacher and a drama coach from 1965-68 and by the Riviera, Texas, Independent School District as a teacher of English, chemistry, and physics in 1964-65.

A 1960 graduate of Gonzales High School, Ince received the B.A. degree from Texas A&I University in 1964 and the master of library science from the University of Texas at Austin in 1970. He has done further graduate work at Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos.

He is a member of the American Library Association, the Southwestern Library Association, and the New Mexico Library Association. At the University of New Mexico, he served on the executive committee of the Division of Computing and Information Science of the College of Arts and Sciences. He is also a member of the Border Regional Library Association.

A consulting editor for Newspaper Indexing Program of Southwest Microfilm Inc., he is series co-editor of Current Topics in Library Science.

Fr. Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J., president of Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, has announced the appointment of Robert L. Burr as director of the university’s Cros- by Library. Burr, a graduate of Canisius College, Buffalo, New York, holds the M.L.S. with a concentration in Management from Case Western Reserve University. Prior to the Gonzaga appoint- ment Burr held execu- tive positions with several aerospace and electronics manufac- turing firms and served as circulation librarian at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.

Robert L. Burr

Burr’s contributions to the literature have appeared in such journals as Libri and College and Research Libraries. His 1975 paper was selected as a winning entry in the National Research Competition sponsored by ALA’s Library Research Roundtable and was read at the 1975 ALA Conference. His book reviews appear regularly in Library Journal, The National Librarian, and College and Research Libraries.

A founding member, formerly national secretary, and currently a member of the Executive Board of the National Librarians Association, Burr is also an active member of the American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Library Research Roundtable, Southeastern Library Association, Virginia Library Association, American Association of University Professors, and Beta Phi Mu.

Crosby Library, a gift to Gonzaga of alumnus Harry L. “Bing” Crosby, houses approximately 200,000 volumes, serving an academic community of about 3,500 students and faculty. In addition to its Crosbyana collection, including gold records, Oscars, and other memorabilia of Bing Crosby, the library houses a notable collection of materials relating to the Jesuit poet Gerard Manly Hopkins. Other separate collections include the 30,000-volume Scholasticate Library as well as the archives of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus. The archives are particularly rich in materials related to the Indians of the Pacific Northwest.

JamesE. Gaines, Jr., has been appointed head librarian at Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia. A native of Georgia, Gaines has a B.A. in English, an M.L. from Emory University, and a Ph.D. from Florida State University. His professional background includes the following positions: assistant to the head of public services, University of Cincinnati, 1964-65; assistant librarian for technical services, Antioch College, 1965-68; and director of the library, Birmingham-Southern College, 1968-74. Gaines has several publications to his credit and holds a lifetime membership in ALA.

Commenting on his appointment, Gaines said, “The position here is loaded with challenges—to make the most of the 1939 fortress of a building and its 1972 addition, to build a professional staff, to retool the library’s one- hour credit bibliography courses (offered since 1961), and to establish appropriate services. There are exciting opportunities for interlibrary cooperation here, since Lexington is exceptionally well endowed with academic and research libraries. Our campus adjoins Washington and Lee University, which has an extremely fine undergraduate collection and a law library. Also, the George C. Marshall Research Library, privately supported and administered, is located on our campus.”

Fred Peterson,associate chairman of the university’s Department of Library and Information Science, has been appointed acting director of libraries at the Catholic University of America for one year. He succeeds Lloyd F. Wagner, director of libraries for the last ten years, who announced his resignation in July. Wagner came to the university in January 1967 from the position of chief of the Library Services Division at the Federal Aviation Agency. A native of Dubuque, Iowa, he is a graduate of Lafayette College and holds a master’s degree in library science from Catholic University.

Peterson holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Minnesota and a doctorate from Indiana University. He was a member of the faculty of Iowa State University while serving in various administrative capacities in the library there from 1961 to 1970. He is a native of Minneapolis.

A search committee will be appointed by Clarence C. Walton, president of The Catholic University of America, to nominate candidates for the position of director.

Libraries at The Catholic University of America house collections numbering some one million volumes, the largest university collection in Washington, D.C.

JoanneR. Euster assumed on July 1 the position of library director at Loyola University, New Orleans, succeeding James G. Volney, li- brary director since 1966. Volney has moved to a new posi- tion as director of the library at Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana. Euster re- ceived her M.L.S. de- gree from the School of Librarianship, Uni- versity of Washing- ton, Seattle, and has been at Edmonds Community College, Washington, since 1968, where she was most recently director of the library-media cen- ter. She received the M.B.A. degree in Opera- tions and Systems Analysis from the University of Washington in 1977. Active in organization and operation of the (Washington) Community College Library Cooperative since 1972, Euster further studied interlibrary cooperation for her M.B.A. thesis, titled Community College Li- brary Cooperation: A Behavioral and Dynamic Model.

Joanne R. Euster

In 1973 she served as coordinator for a model library project sponsored by the Mexican government on behalf of an agricultural cooperative in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Recent activities include work in cable television, serving as producer and host for live local television coverage.

APPOINTMENTS

Fawzi A. Abdulrazak—Arabic specialist, Harvard College Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harriet Alexander—reference librarian— Memphis State University, Tennessee.

Robert A. Almony—assistant to the librarian/reference librarian—Oberlin College, Ohio.

Harry Boonstra—director of libraries— Hope College, Holland, Michigan.

Ann Campion—assistant catalog librarian— New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.

Bill Clintworth—drug literature specialist, Norris Medical Library—University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus, Los Angeles.

HeatherE. Cole—librarian of the Hilles and Lamont Libraries—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

RobertE. Danford—head cataloger— Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.

Westwell Daniels—acquisitions librarian, Law Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

William J. Demo—coordinator of library services—Allegany Community College, Cumberland, Maryland.

Martha Dukas—head librarian, Middle East Collection—University of Texas at Austin.

KayM. Elliott—head of technical services —Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.

Donna Epps—assistant serials librarian— New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.

Sally Evans—music librarian, Vincent Morgan Music Library—Amherst College, Massachusetts.

Ann Farrens—acquisitions librarian—St. Norbert College—DePere, Wisconsin.

Linda Fidler—conservatory librarian for reader services—Oberlin College, Ohio.

Kaye Gapen—assistant professor and assistant director for technical services—Iowa State University, Ames.

PaulM. Gherman—assistant professor and assistant director for administrative services— Iowa State University, Ames.

George Gibbs—assistant head for cataloging —University or California, Los Angeles.

Patricia Greig—library co-ordinator of public services—University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

Anne A. Hahn—assistant reference librarian —Virginia Military Institute, Lexington.

Stephen S. Hahn—assistant reference and public service librarian—Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia.

Mary Harding—reference librarian—Ford Foundation, New York, New York.

George Harris—serials cataloger—University of Texas at Austin.

Robert C. Hersch—visiting director—Tus- CULUM College, Greeneville, Tennessee.

Sharon Hood—systems librarian—University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

Vera Hrynyk—catalog librarian, Bapst Library—Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Phyllis J. Hughes—instructional services librarian—Berea College, Kentucky.

Carolyn R. Hust—cataloger—Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.

Wanda Johnston—head, audio visual department—Oberlin College, Ohio.

Norman Jung—director of the library/ media center—State University College, Old Westbury, New York.

Aleta Kading—assistant reference librarian —New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.

Michael S. Kaplan—cataloger, Harvard College Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Stephen Kirkpatrick—serials librarian—

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State University College,Old Westbury, New York.

Ruth Krug—assistant catalog librarian— New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.

John Lancaster—special collections librarian and archivist—Amherst College, Massachusetts.

Donna Lipinski—assistant to the librarian/ catalog librarian—Oberlin College, Ohio.

EleanorA. Maass—science librarian— State University of New York at Binghamton.

Mary Mancuso—humanities librarian in charge of library instruction—University of Evansville, Indiana.

Douglas O. Michael—director of learning resources—Allegany Community College, Cumberland, Maryland.

ElaineN. Miller—assistant reference librarian—Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

JuliaV. Miller—assistant archivist—• Berea Collece, Kentucky.

MarieE. Miller—reference librarian, Norris Medical Library—University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus, Los Angeles.

Marilyn Munsell—librarian and manuscripts curator, Clarke Historical Library— Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant.

Terri Nelson—catalog librarian—Oberlin College, Ohio.

SusanT. Newman—librarian—Ford Foundation, New York, New York.

AssuntaS. Pisani—specialist in book selection, Harvard College Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sharon Pugsley—special collections archivist and manuscript cataloger—University of California, Irvine.

Lucinda Ray—assistant reference librarian —New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.

Thomas T. Rogero—science-engineering librarian—University of Miami, Florida.

Michael Roughton—instructor and serials cataloger—Iowa State University, Ames.

Nancy J. Schmidt—librarian of the Tozzer Library of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sheila Seaman—reference librarian—University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.

Christine Barcus Shellabarger—assistant training co-ordinator—SOLINET, Atlanta, Georgia.

Dale B. Stansfield—cataloger, Harvard College Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Alva Stewart—head of reference department—-Memphis State University, Tennessee.

Marsha Jane Thomas—catalog librarian, Boston College Law School—Boston College, Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

Donald K. Thompson—head of the reference department—University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Robert B. Thompson—assistant to the librarian, Business Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Cornelia Jo Trubey—assistant law librarian, Boston College Law School Library—Boston College, Newton Centre, Massachusetts.

Allen B. Veaner—head librarian—University of California, Santa Barbara.

Robin E. Wagner—reference librarian, Norris Medical Library—University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus, Los Angeles.

Pamela Walker—serials cataloger—University of Texas at Austin.

Scott D. Ward—rare book cataloger, Houghton Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Catherine W. Watson—technical services and reference librarian—Berea College, Kentucky.

Kenneth Whiteway—reader services librarian, Law Library—University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

Saundra Williams—engineering librarian— Memphis State University, Tennessee.

RETIREMENTS

Mabel Bartlett,head of technical services at the Brooklyn Center of Long Island University, retired September 1, 1977.

Dorrice Bratcher,head of the reference department at Memphis State University, Tennessee, retired September 30, 1977.

Jean Challman,chief librarian at Metropolitan Community College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, retired in June 1977.

MildredC. Straka, head of the catalog department at Smith College, retired June 30, 1977, after twenty-five years of service.

Alex Vittands,librarian in the Clarke Historical Library at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, has retired after eighteen years of service. ■ ■