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Dora Biblarzhas been appointed associate university librarian for collection development at the Arizona State University Libraries, effective August 1. Biblarz has been head of collection and acquisition services at Arizona State since 1980.

She came to ASU from the University of New Mexico where she was acting assistant dean for library collections in 1979-1980 and head of acquisitions in 1978. She was acquisitions librarian and assistant head of the department at the University of California, Davis, from 1972 to 1978.

Biblarz received an MLS and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s in French literature from the University of California, Davis. She is active in RTSD and the Arizona State Library Association, and is a member of the University Microfilms International Customer Advisory Council. Her writings have appeared in College & Research Libraries, Shaping Library Collections for the 1980s, and Library Leadership: Visualizing the Future.

David H. Brunellhas been named executive director of the Bibliographical Center for Research, Denver. He succeeds JoAn Segal, ACRL’s new executive director, effective October 1.

As assistant network coordinator of LC’s Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK), Brunell has served as the administrative and technical officer for their training and automated services program, and was promoted to that position following three years as network librarian at FEDLINK. He was previously employed by BCR in 1977-1979 as systems specialist, providing training and technical assistance on both the OCLC and RLIN systems. His other professional assistance includes work as Ibero-American cataloger at the University of New Mexico, and as research assistant for the Early Modern English Dictionary at the University of Michigan.

Brunell received his MLS degree from the University of Michigan and holds a master’s degree in European history and a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of New Mexico.

The current chair of the LIT A Legislation and Regulation Committee, Brunell is also Federal Librarian’s Round Table representative to the RTSD Cataloging, Description and Access Committee.

He has served on the steering committee of the OCLC Inter-Network Quality Control Council for two years and on the OCLC ILL Subsystem Advisory Committee for three years. He currently represents FEDLINK on the OCLC Serials Control Subsystem Advisory Committee.

William Dejohn

William DeJohnhas been appointed director of the Minnesota Interlibrary Telecommunications Exchange (MINITEX), effective June 13. Heconies from the University of Washington, where he was head of its resource sharing program. Previously De-John was director of the Pacific Northwest Bibliographic Center. MINITEX, located at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Libraries, has a mission to facilitate resource sharing among libraries in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Before assuming his duties as director of PNBC in 1977, Dejohn was senior consultant in library cooperation for the Illinois State Library (1974-1977) and coordinator of statewide loan services at the Missouri State Library (1968-1974). Previously Dejohn served as community affairs librarian at the Missouri State Library and as reference librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. A graduate of the University of Missouri, Dejohn holds an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

A very active member of ALA, Dejohn has served two terms on ALA Council and was the first coordinator of ALA’s Social Responsibilities Round Table. He has chaired the ALA Committee on Program Evaluation and Support (COPES) and its Division Interest Special Committee. He is currently a member of the ALA Planning Committee, the ALA Nominating Committee, the ALA Task Force on Excellence in Education, and the LITA Telecommunications Committee. He has served as president of the Association of State Library Agencies, and as consultant to the Center for Research Libraries on issues related to interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing.

Mary Sue Farrell

Mary Sue Farrellhas been appointed Faxor Company sales representative for the Mountain/ Plains states. Prior to joining Faxon, Farrell was director of the Learning Resources Center at Western Nevada Community College, Carson City.

Farrell was president of the Nevada Library Association in 1983, and served as chair in 1983-1984 of ACRL’s Community and Junior College Libraries Section. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Nevada, an MLS from the University of Kentucky, and an MRA from Golden Gate University.

Farrell will be headquartered in Carson City and will be responsible for Faxon’s client relations within the states of Colorado, Idaho, Montana. Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.

BruceM. Manzer has been appointed chief of the New York Public Library’s Science and Technology Research Center, effective August 13. Manzer was most recently visiting professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

Prior to that he served as head librarian and associate professor of library science at the University of Bahrain (1981-1983), and science librarian at Illinois State University. He has also held positions at Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, Ohio, the Glidden Company in Baltimore, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore, California, and has served as editor of the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index.

In addition to visiting appointments at the University of Denver and the University of Washington, Menzer has held a Fulbright professorship at the University of Cairo (1978-1979), where he taught courses in modern technology in libraries and information resources in science and technol ogy. He has also served as a consultant to the Minis try of Education in Bahrain, the U.S. Agency for International Development in Cairo, and the Arab Organization for Industrialization, Cairo.

Among other publications, Manzer is the author of The Abstract Journal, 1790-1920: Origin, De velopment, and Diffusion (Scarecrow, 1977).

A graduate of Union College, Schenectady Manzer received his MLS from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is a member of Beta Phi Mu and the Fulbright Alumni Association.

Cynthia Steinke

Cynthia Steinkehas been appointed director of the Institute of Technology Libraries at the University of Minnesota, effective September 1. She comes to Minnesota from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she has served as head of the Science Library since 1972.

Prior to her present responsibilities, Steinke served as a reference librarian at the John Crerar Library, chief of student reference services at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and assistant science librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

A graduate of the Michigan State University, Steinke also holds a certificate from the Institute de Phonetique at the Sorbonne. She received her MLS from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and has taught at the Graduate School of Library Science at Rosary College. She has delivered papers on science and technology reference services and science librarianship as a career.

Steinke has served as chair of the Science-Technology Division of the Special Libraries Association (1981-1982) and chair of the Sci-Tech Subject Interest Group of the Illinois State Library (1978-1980).

PaulaN. Warnken has been appointed director of libraries at Xavier University, Cincinnati. She was formerly acting director and head of reader services at Xavier.

Warnken received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her MLS from Kent State University. She is currently completing work at Xavier on a master’s degree in personnel training, education and development.

Warnken serves as vice-president/presidentelect of the Academic Library Association of Ohio, ACRL’s Ohio Chapter.

People in the News

Shonnie Finnegan,university archivist at the State University of New York at Buffalo, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Society of American Archivists. An active member of SAA, Finnegan has served on SAA Council, the SAA Executive Committee, and the National Archives Advisory Council.

EdwardG. Holley has returned to full-time teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Library Science. He had requested to be relieved of his responsibilities as dean effective June 30. Holley has been dean of the School since 1972. He will be taking a leave during academic year 1985-86 to complete his biography of Charles Harvey Brown (1875-1960) and work on other research projects.

RobertB. Palmer has been awarded the first Fulbright grant as a librarian to the People’s Republic of China for 1984-85. He is now a consultant, teacher, and coordinator of seminars and workshops at Wuhan University. Palmer served previously as Fulbright librarian in Katmandu, Nepal, and Kabul, Afghanistan. His previous U.S. experience has included the posts of director of Barnard College Library and assistant to the director of Columbia University Libraries.

Appointments

(Appointment notices are taken from library newsletters, letters from personnel offices and appointees, and other sources. To ensure that your appointment appears, write to the Editor, ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795.)

JudithM. Amory has been appointed cataloger in the Harvard College Library.

Jaia Barretthas been appointed program officer at the Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.

Cynthia Marie Baueris now reference and interlibrary loan librarian at Indiana University, Bloomington.

BarbaraM. Billey has been appointed reference librarian at San Juan College, Farmington, New Mexico.

RichardI. Blue has been appointed assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin School of Library and Information Science, Milwaukee.

Lisa Brainardhas been appointed chemistry librarian at Swain Chemistry Library, Stanford University.

Hope Breezehas been promoted to cataloger at the Duke University Law Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Catherine Brownhas been appointed reference librarian in the Education and Psychology Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

JamesC. Cain has been selected deputy chief of the Reference Services Division at the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.

Rhonda Carlsonis now head of bibliographic services for Fred B. Rothman & Co., Littleton, Colorado.

DeborahA. Carverhas been appointed associate librarian for public services at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina.

JerryV. Caswell has been named head of library systems at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Sarah Churneyhas joined the Catalog Department at the Tulane University School of Law Library, New Orleans.

Diane Claushas been appointed assistant librarian at Willamette University Library, Salem, Oregon.

MaryE. Clayton has been appointed acting law librarian at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

ChristineL. Conroy has been appointed MARC specialist librarian at the Harvard University Library.

Daniel Dabneyhas been appointed reference librarian at the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas, Austin.

Wes Danielshas been named librarian at the University of Miami Law Library, Coral Gables.

Sharon Davishas been appointed information services librarian at the Vanderbilt University Central Library, Nashville.

Carol Drosthas been appointed assistant librarian at Willamette University Library, Salem, Oregon.

David Everetthas been appointed reference and interlibrary loan librarian at Colgate Úniversity, Hamilton, New York.

MargaretS. Fallon has been appointed reference librarian at the Villanova University Law Library, Pennsylvania.

MauryD. Feld has been named acting librarian of Harvard’s Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine Library, Washington, D.C.

Gretchen Feltesis the new conservation/reference librarian at the New York University Law Library.

Claire Germainhas been named assistant librarian for information services at the Duke University Law Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Raquel Germanhas been appointed reference librarian in Harvard’s Countway Library of Medicine, Boston.

Sara Heitshuhas been appointed assistant university librarian for technical services at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Jeffrey Heynenhas been appointed program officer at the Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.

RichardW. Hines has been appointed assistant engineering librarian for electrical engineering and computer science in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Barker Library.

Gladys Hodapphas been appointed associate librarian at the College of Insurance, New York.

JanetS. Holly is now assistant reference librarian at the Virginia Military Institute, Lexington.

Van Houlsonis the new computer assisted reference service librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie.

A. Ashley Jackson has been appointed head of the Newspapers and Microforms Department, Duke University Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Susan Jurowhas been named training program specialist at the Office of Management Studies, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.

Joan Kaplowitzis now assistant librarian in the Education and Psychology Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Les Karpinskihas accepted the position of West European bibliographer at the University of British Columbia Library, Vancouver.

Lois D. Kristjanson has been appointed Scandinavian cataloger at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Ann Laeuchlihas been named associate librarian at Yale University Law Library, New Haven, Connecticut.

Roman Legedzahas been appointed history and political science cataloger at Wichita State University, Kansas.

Linda Legerhas been appointed collections development librarian at the University of Waterloo, Ontario.

LindaL. Lester has been appointed director of reference services at the Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

JohnK. McAskill has been appointed head of the Catalog Department at Montana State University, Bozeman.

EllenJ. McDonald has been appointed assistant librarian for reference in the Dewey Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Neil McElroyhas been appointed head of the Access/Circulation Department at Cornell University’s Olin Library, Ithaca, New York.

Thomas Mannhas joined the firm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., San Francisco, as a senior consultant.

TeresaM. Manthey has been appointed reference librarian at the University of Southern California Norris Medical Library, Los Angeles.

Phyllis Marionhas been appointed head of technical services at the William Mitchell College of Law Library, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Mary Meredithhas been appointed literature cataloger at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

SheilaA. Milam has been appointed cataloger in the Harvard College Library.

SherryL. Montgomery has been appointed literature resource associate at the Merck Institute Library, Rahway, New Jersey.

Patricia Ann Muirjoined the staff of the Edward G. Miner Library, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, as cataloger.

Kathryn Nesbithas been appointed reference librarian at the Edward G. Miner Library, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York.

RichardW. Newman has been named corporate vice president of Data Phase Corporation, Shawnee Mission, Kansas.

Arlene Noblehas been appointed assistant head of the Original Monographs Cataloging Department, Columbia University.

Christopher Nolanhas been appointed reference/instruction librarian in the College Undergraduate Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Dennis Olsonhas been named reference/educational materials center librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie.

CharlesG. Palm has been named archivist of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

DavidL. Pribyl has been appointed head of cataloging at Roosevelt University, Chicago.

Wendy Riceis now reference librarian at the University of Southern California Norris Medical Library, Los Angeles.

Lorraine Rodichis the new reference and circulation librarian at the University of Santa Clara Law Library, California.

Beverly Rosignolohas been named chief librarian of the College of Insurance, New York.

Rebecca Schreinerhas been appointed humanities librarian at Wichita State University, Kansas.

DorisT. Shockley has been appointed assistant head of the Newspapers and Microforms Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Brian Schottlaenderhas been appointed head of the Monographic Cataloging Section at the University of California, Los Angeles.

BethJ. Shapiro has been appointed associate director of libraries, Michigan State University, East Lansing.

JohnA. Sherlock has been appointed assistant librarian in the Biological and Agricultural Sciences Department, University of California, Davis.

J. Lynne Sinclair is now ORION user services librarian at the University of California, Los Angeles.

CarolC. Spencer has been appointed administrative librarian in the Office of the Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.

Stuart Sporehas been appointed cataloging librarian at New York University Law Library.

Ramona Steffeyhas been appointed information services librarian in the Vanderbilt University Science Library, Nashville.

William Taylorhas been appointed information services librarian in Vanderbilt University’s Walker Management Library, Nashville.

Kristi Tournquisthas been appointed library automation specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie.

DavidM. Turkalo has joined the Providence Public Library staff as reference librarian in the Business Industry Science Department.

William Vargahas been appointed public services law librarian at the University of Tulsa College of Law Library.

Bob Veenstrahas been appointed veterinary medical librarian at Auburn University, Alabama.

ThomasC. Volkening is now engineering librarian at Michigan State University, East Lansing.

EdwardM. Waller has been named head of technical services at the Duke Law Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Mary Jane Walshis the new reference and bibliographic instruction librarian at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York.

LouiseG. Wandel has been appointed cataloger in the Tozzer Library, Harvard University.

Shirlene Wardhas been appointed fine arts/ humanities cataloger at Wichita State University, Kansas.

R. Lee Warthen has been appointed associate law librarian at Washington and Lee University Law School Library, Lexington, Virginia.

LaurenS. Williams was appointed assistant head of the Public Documents and Maps Department, Duke University Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Michael Wofseyis now cataloger in Harvard’s Littauer Library.

Loretta Yalleris a new reference librarian at the Villanova University Law Library, Pennsylvania.

Retirements

FrederickE. Bauer retired as associate librarian of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, on August 31, after 14 years of service to the Society.

Sol Beharhas retired as humanities librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, effective August 3.

LucyB. Campbell, head of the Periodicals Department at the Hampton Institute, Virginia, retired August 31 after 21 years of service.

RichardL. Darling has announced that he will retire at the end of next June as dean of the Columbia University School of Library Service. He plans to enter the seminary as an Episcopal priest. Darling, a former president of ALA’s American Association of School Librarians and the Freedom to Read Foundation, began as Columbia’s dean in 1970 after several years as director of the Department of Educational Media at the Montgomery County (Md.) Public Schools.

Eugenia Eatonretired as head of the Public Affairs Service in the University of California, Los Angeles, Research Library. She was also foreign documents librarian at UCLA until 1979 and worked in Cataloging from 1942 to 1946.

MyraB. Kolitsch retired on July 31 as inservice training coordinator at the University of California, Berkeley, General Library.

Violet Menoherretired on August 31 as documents librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, after 19 years of service.

Estelle Rebec,head of the Manuscripts Division at the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, retired on August 31 after 29 years of service.

Harold Wooster,special assistant for program development at the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, retired at the end of May after more than 25 years of Federal service.

Deaths

Henry Muller Brimm,retired librarian and emeritus professor of bibliography at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, died on August 1. Brimm was librarian of Presbyterian College in 1923-1925, and assistant librarian of the University of South Carolina in 1928-1930 before becoming librarian in 1930 and professor of bibliography in 1940 at Union Theological Seminary. The Henry Muller Brimm Chair of Bibliography was established in his honor at the Seminary. He was a charter member and early president of the American Theological Library Association.

Carol Riggs Holbrook,director of the University of Michigan Business Administration Library, died on July 19.

Maudie Linn Nesbitt,former director for 27 years of the Andrews Library at the College of Wooster, Ohio, died on July 3. A graduate of Wooster, class of 1925, she received her professional library training at Western Reserve University. During her tenure as director (1944-1971), Nesbitt was actively involved in the construction of Andrews Library (completed 1962) and was a principal figure in upgrading the library’s collection. She was also active in library committees of the Ohio College Association during the 1950s which helped set the stage for the growth of OCLC.