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Johnson Named Editor of CRL

Richard D. Johnson, director of libraries at the State University College in Oneonta, New York, has been named editor of College & Research Libraries. Johnson succeeds Richard M. Dougherty, university librarian at the University of California at Berkeley, who had served as editor since 1969. The appointment is effective immediately.

Johnson brings to the editorship of CRL a wide background in library publishing: he has served as editor of the California Librarian, of the Stanford Library Bulletin, and of the Honnold Library Record. During his term as editor, the California Librarian received the H. W. Wilson Library Periodicals Award for editorship.

Johnson received a B.A. from Yale University and master’s degrees in international relations and library science from the University of Chicago. Prior to his present position in Oneonta, Johnson was director of libraries at the Claremont Colleges. He has served on the staff of the Stanford University libraries and of the National Opinion Research Center. He holds membership in the American Library Association, Special Libraries Association, American Society for Information Science, New York Library Association, and Beta Phi Mu. In 1972 he served as president of the California Library Association.

Richard D. Johnson