ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

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Vice-president/President-elect

Tyrone H. Cannonis dean of University Libraries at the University of San Francisco, a position he has held since 1995. From 1991 to 1995, he was senior associate university librarian at Boston College, where he also served as head of the Reference Department (1989-91). He was head of the Social Sciences Division at Oklahoma State University (1988-89).

Among his ACRL activities are service on its Appointments Committee (2000-01); CHOICE editorial board (1995-99); Nominations Committee (1998); ULS Policy and Planning Committee (1989-92); and on the Ninth National Conference Invited Papers Subcommittee (1997-99).

Cannon has been a member of the Black Caucus of ALA since 1981. He has also served ALA on the Standing Council on Minority Concerns and Cultural Diversity (1993-95) and on the Membership Committee (1997-99).

Cannon has also been active at the state and regional level, serving as treasurer of the ACRL New England Board (1995), the ACRL New England Program Planning Committee (1991-92), and on the NELINET Reference Advisory Committee (1993-95). In California, he was on the CAI/PALS Executive Board (1995- 99) and on the Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium Executive Board (2001- 01).

Cannon’s other professional memberships include EDUCAUSE (1995-present); American Association for Higher Education (1998- present); National Association of Social Workers (1975-82 and 1999-present); and the Academy of Certified Social Workers (1977-82 and 1999-present).

He was awarded a Title IIB Fellowship in 1980.

Tyrone H. Cannon

John Popko

Cannon earned a bachelor’s of science and a master’s of social work from the University of Connecticut, and a master’s of library science from the University of Pittsburgh.

John Popkohas been university librarian at Seattle University since 1994. Prior to his current position, he was assistant director for technical services at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (1985-94); project director of the Missouri Newspaper Project (1987-93); and head of cataloging at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (1983-85).

His activities in ALA divisions include service on the ACRL Board of Directors and Executive Committee (1999-01), and membership on the ACRL Budget and Finance Committee, where he was chair from 1999 to 2001. Popko was also a member of the Budget and Finance Committee of LAMA’s Library and Organization Management section (1988-92). In LITA, he served on the Board of Directors (1991-92), and was a member of the Program Planning Committee (1992-96) and the Bylaws and Organization Committee (1988- 92), serving as chair from 1991 to 1992.

In state and regional associations, Popko has been Northwest Academic netLibrary Collection co-manager (2000-present). He was president of the Northwest Association of Private Colleges and Universities—Libraries (1996- 97); member of the Steering, Administrative, and Executive Committees of the Washington Statewide Database Licensing Project (1997- present); Pacific Northwest FirstSearch Consortium section coordinator (1997-present); and chair of the Missouri LCSA Advisory Committee (1989-92).

Popko is also a member of OCLC Users Council, where he has served as president (1992-93) and on the Executive and Finance Committees. He was president of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Library Directors Conference (1999-00), and was part of the Missouri State Delegation to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (1991).

Popko’s honors and awards include Beta Phi Mu (1979); Haggin Fellowship at the University of Kentucky (1977-78); and Phi Kappa Phi (1970). His publications include “Product pricing: A view from technical services administration,” Music OCLC Users Group Newsletter (August 1994); and “Achievement at the Intersection of Libraries and Technology: the OCLC Users Council,” NFAIS Newsletter (October 1993).

Popko received his bachelor of arts from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and his master’s of science in library science from the University of Kentucky.

ACRL Board of Directors

Director-at-large: Lynne King,associate director of libraries, the Sage Colleges; Bede Mitchell, dean of the library, Georgia Southern University.

Director-at-large: Rita Jones,dean of library and learning resources, City College of San Francisco; Susan Maltese, cataloging librarian, Oakton Community College.

African American Studies Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Grace Jackson- Brown,African American Studies bibliographer and Campus Library head of the African American Cultural Center Library Indiana University; Lisa Pillow, assistant reference librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago. Secretary: Joyce Thornton, director of Specialized and Distance Library Services, Texas A&M University.

Member-at-large: AslakuBerhanu,catalog and reference librarian, Charles L. Blockson Afro- American Collection, Temple University; Bennie Robinson, reference librarian/Pan African Studies Bibliographer, University of Akron.

Anthropology and Sociology Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: James Haug,reference librarian, John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution; William Wheeler, coordinator of Collection Development, Yale University Social Science Libraries and Information Services, librarian for Anthropology and International Affairs. Member-at-large: Stephen Fowlkes, reference librarian and bibliographer for Sociology, Social Work, and General Reference, Howard-Tilton Library, Tulane University; Lynn C. Hattendorf- Westney‚ associate professor, assistant reference librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago.

ARTS Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Elizabeth Kerr,collection development and reference librarian, Undergraduate Library, University of Texas at Austin; Edward Teague, head, Architecture and Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon.

Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: R. N. Sharma,director of library, West Virginia State College.

College Libraries Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Marilyn Dunn,college librarian, director of Information Resources, Hartwick College; Susan Richards, university librarian, Lawrence University of Wisconsin.

Secretary: Christopher Millson-Martula,director of the library, Lynchburg College; Kristen Senecal, librarian, Waidner-Spahr Library, Dickinson College.

Member-at-large: Rosemary Arneson,director of Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo; Melinda Dermody, Access Services coordinator, St. Cloud State University.

Community and Junior College Libraries Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Janet Key,director of library services, Tarrant County College Southeast Campus; Jules Tate, director of library services, Nunez Community College.

Secretary: Christine Godin,director of Learning Resources, Northwest Vista College; Mary S. Konkle, head of Technical Services, College of DuPage.

Distance Learning Section

Vice-chair/Chair-election: Kathy Conely,head, General Reference and Documents, Illinois State University.

Secretary: Joyce Rumery,acting director, University of Maine Libraries, Johanna Tunon, head of Distance and Instructional Library Services, Nova Southeastern University.

Member-at-large: Nicole Campbell,reference librarian, Washington State University Vancouver; Cheryl Smith, Psychology/ Education reference librarian, University of Notre Dame.

Education and Behavioral Sciences Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Mary;Jane Brustman,bibliographer for Social Welfare and Criminal Justice, Dewey Library, University at Albany Libraries; Scott Walter, head, George B. Brain Education Library, Washington State University.

Member-at-large: Jeannie Kamerman,director of the Curriculum Materials Library, University of West Florida;/julie Tharp, reference librarian, University of North Texas.

Instruction Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Keith Gresham,reference/instruction librarian, University of Colorado at Boulder; Rebecca Jackson, head, Social Sciences and Humanities Department, Iowa State University Library.

Secretary: Colleen Bell,library instruction coordinator, University of Oregon; Alexius Smith-Macklin, User Instruction librarian, Purdue University.

Member-at-large: Elizabeth H. Park,head, Reference Department, the University of Memphis Libraries; Deborah Tenofsky, coordinator of Instructional Services and Programs, University of Michigan.

Law and Political Science Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: MadisonMosley,director, Stetson University College of Law Library; Susan Parker, associate dean, University Library, California State University, Northridge.

Member-at-large: Michael G. Jackson,Social Sciences librarian, Brown University.

Literatures in English Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Steven R. Harris,English Literature librarian (and subject librarian for Theatre and Cinema), University Tennessee, Knoxville; Jeanne Pavy, reference librarian/ bibliographer for English and Foreign Languages, University of New Orleans.

Secretary: Todd Seacrist Gilman,librarian for Literature in English, Yale University; Susan Hunter, reference librarian/English Language & Literature, Creative Writing, and Linguistics bibliographer, Hayden Library, Arizona State University; Robert S. Means, English and American Literature librarian; Timothy Shipe, Arts and Literature bibliographer, University of Iowa Libraries.

Member-at-large: Laura Sue Fuderer,subject librarian for English and French Literature, University of Notre Dame; Susanne Van Sant, collection management librarian for Literature and Linguistics, University of Maryland-College Park.

Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Margaret Nichols,head of Technical Services, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library; MaminJ. Taylor, director, Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.

Member-at-large: Isaac Gewirtz,curator, Berg Collection, the New York Public Library (NYC); Gerald R. Wager, head of Reference and Reader Services, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress.

Science and Technology Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jill Newby,science librarian, Weber State University; Rocco Piccinino, coordinator of Branch Library Services and Science Librarian, Smith College.

Secretary/Member-at-large: Victoria S. Mitchell,head, Science Library, University of Oregon; Catherine Soehner, head, Science and Engineering Library, University of California Santa Cruz.

Slavic and East European Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Terri Tickle Miller,Slavic, East European, and Central Asian bibliographer, Michigan State University Library; Marek Sroka, Slavic cataloger, University of Illinois Slavic and East European Library.

Member-at-large: Marta Deyrup,librarian, catalog coordinator, Seton Hall University; Inna Gudanets, Original Slavic Monograph, Serials and Rare Books cataloger, Stanford University Libraries, Catalog Department.

University Libraries Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Bruce Henson,acting head, Reference Department and reference librarian, Georgia Institute of Technology; Gillian McCombs, Central University librarian, Southern Methodist University.

Member-at-large: Najit Brar,assistant dean, Access and Bibliographic Services, and Library Systems, California Polytechnic State University; Lynn S. Cline, head, Collection Development and Acquisitions, Southwest Missouri State University Libraries; Frank Mols, assistant director for Technical Services, State University of New York at Binghamton, Libraries; Peter Watson-Boone, library director, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Western European Studies Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Katalin Radies,West- European bibliographer, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California Los Angeles; Ann P. Snoeyenbos, librarian for West European Social Science, New York University.

Secretary: Candace Y. Miller,reference librarian, James Madison University; Louis Reith, rare book cataloger, Georgetown University.

Member-at-large: Laura Dale Bischof,librarian for Western European History and Social Sciences, University of Minnesota; Bryan Skib, coordinator of Graduate Library Collections, University of Michigan.

Women's Studies Section

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Laura Micham,head of Public Services, Special Collections and Archives Division, Emory University; Sandra A. River, current periodicals/microforms librarian with dual appointment in Information Services (liaison to English, Philosophy, and Women’s Studies).

Secretary: Cynthia A. Johnson,reference and collection development, Barnard College; Martha Henn McCormick, Women’s Studies and English librarian and program director, Information Resources Unit of the Center for Teaching and Learning, University Library of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

Member-at-large: Jennifer R. Gilley,assistant librarian, Penn State New Kensington; Kelly B. Hoυendick, reference librarian, Sociology and Women’s Studies Specialist, Syracuse University, E. S. Bird Library. ■