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Ralph E. McCoy

Ralph E. McCoy has accepted an appointment as interim executive director of the Association of Research Libraries for the period January 7-June 30, 1980. He will suc- ceed John G. Lorenz, who will retire as executive director of ARL at the end of 1979.

McCoy, a native of St. Louis, is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University and the Uni- versity of Illinois. He was librarian and assis- tant professor of indus- trial relations at the In- stitute of Labor and In- dustrial Relations from 1949 to 1955. In 1955 he became director of libraries at Southern Illi- nois University and served in that position until 1971, when he became dean of library affairs. McCoy retired from Southern Illinois University in 1976. From July 1978 to July 1979 he was interim director at the University of Georgia Li- braries.

He is a past president of the Association of Col- lege and Research Libraries.

Robert Maloy

Robert Maloy of New York City has been ap- pointed director of Smithsonian Institution Li- braries following a two-year search to fill the position, vacant since Rus- sell Shank became di- rector of libraries at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Maloy, who began work August 27, over- sees the operations of the central library, in- cluding the Dibner Li- brary and the rare book collection, ten bureau libraries, and six major branch libraries. He also works in close cooperation with the independent libraries of the institution s four art bureaus. Smithsonian library facilities are located in Washington, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, and Panama.

Maloy goes to Washington from Union Theological Seminary, where he served as director of the library and professor of history for four years. During his tenure, the seminary library was automated, its buildings were renovated, and its collections were expanded. Maloy went to the seminary from the School of Theology and the Claremont Graduate School at Claremont, California, where he served for three years.

A native of Cleveland, Maloy completed undergraduate work at the University of Dayton in 1956 and received a master’s degree from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago in 1961. He earned his doctorate from the University of Freiburg, Switzerland, in 1966 and continued postdoctoral studies at several European universities.

Maloy is a specialist in Western medieval man- uscripts, with a particular interest in the conser- vation problems that confront research libraries.

T. John Metz

T. John Metz has been named college librar- ian and adjunct associate professor of library sci- ence at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Metz has been director of the Midwest Region Library Net- work (MIDLNET) since 1975. Before that he served for nine years as director of the library at the University of Wis- consin-Green Bay, where he planned and supervised construction of the UW-Green Bay library building and personally purchased the first 60,000 vol- umes.

A graduate of Heidelberg College, Ohio, Metz earned the M.A. in music at Miami University in Ohio and the master’s in library science at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, where he was a library science scholar and fellow. An accomplished violinist, he has performed regularly with the Green Bay Symphony since 1967.

APPOINTMENTS

Thomas Alexander has been appointed head of the Public Health Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Emily J. Alward is reference librarian, Purdue University Libraries and Audio-Visual Center.

Rebecca Batson has been appointed to the position of circulation librarian, William J. Clark Library, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia.

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Pam Baxter has been named interlibrary loan librarian, Milne Library, State University of New York, College at Geneseo.

Janice Beaudin is public services librarian, Undergraduate Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Stanton F. Biddle has been appointed associate director of University Libraries, State University of New York at Buffalo.

H. Joseph Bourneuf has been appointed serials cataloger, Cabot Science Library, Harvard University.

Walter Brem, Jr., has been appointed reference librarian/Latin American area specialist, Arizona State University Library, Tempe.

Deborah Broadwater is assistant catalog librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Library.

Carol Burroughs has been appointed head of public services, Crosby Library, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.

Herbert Canales has been appointed materials center librarian, Texas A&I University, Kingsville.

Dale Canelas, assistant director of collections and developments, has been promoted to associate director, Stanford University Libraries.

Bessie Carrington has been appointed reference librarian, Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Rhoda Channing is now librarian, Boston College School of Management Library, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Robert Chipok has been appointed to the position of cataloger in Original Monographs Cataloging, Columbia University Libraries, New York City.

Joseph Collins has been appointed Germanic languages cataloger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library.

Nicola Daval has assumed the position of information officer, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.

Bonnie M. Davis has become interlibrary cooperation consultant, Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Champaign, Illinois.

Catherine M. Delnore is assistant librarian, Hilles Library, Radcliffe College, Harvard University.

Barbara Doyle is staff assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Library.

Ray English has been appointed head reference librarian, Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, Ohio.

Eleanor Fairbanks has been appointed science librarian, Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, Ohio.

Elizabeth A. Falsey is manuscripts cataloger, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Lorena A. Filosa has been appointed cataloger, Swarthmore College Library, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Barbara Ford, formerly assistant documents librarian, has been appointed documents librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.

Katherine A. Frohmberg has been appointed systems librarian, Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, Ohio.

Elizabeth Gamble is assistant cataloger, Milne Library, State University of New York, College at Geneseo.

Judy E. Ginsberg has been named head of the Cataloging Department, Library of Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Downsview, Ontario.

Leslie K. Greer has been named head, Audio Listening Room, Temple University Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Peter Haikalis has been appointed head, Reference Services Department, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University.

Sharon Hamby has been appointed law librarian, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Jaia Heymann will join the staff of Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, as head of public documents on January 7, 1980.

John Hostage is assistant catalog librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Library.

Robert D. Ibach, Jr., has been named director of the Billy Graham Library, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.

Susan Jurist has been appointed to the position of cataloger in Original Monographs Cataloging, Columbia University Libraries, New York City.

Connie L. Keller has been named assistant catalog/reference librarian at the Iris Holt McEwen Library, Elon College, North Carolina.

Jan Kennedy, director of Steenbock Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has accepted an appointment as chief of the Lending Branch, National Agricultural Library, Technical Information Systems, Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland.

Helen Smit Kirchen has been named assistant public services librarian, Iris Holt McEwen Library, Elon College, North Carolina.

Susan Klimley has been appointed geological sciences librarian, Columbia University Libraries, New York City.

Karen Kopec is assistant documents librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Library.

Sandra L. Krchmar is the new administrative assistant, Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Champaign, Illinois.

Vicki R. Kreimeyer has been appointed assistant director of public services, Aubrey R. Watzek Library, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon.

Elizabeth Ann Lange has been named assistant director of libraries for technical services, University of South Carolina, Thomas Cooper Library.

Emmett Langley has been appointed southern regional sales manager, F. W. Faxon Company, Westwood, Massachusetts.

Douglas K. Lehman has been appointed government documents librarian, Library of the Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.

Paul MacLean is head of circulation, Milne Library, State University of New York, College of Geneseo.

Bill Maina has joined the staff of the Library of the University of Texas Health Science Center, Dallas, as assistant director for public services.

James Maloney is assistant catalog librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Library.

Jacqueline Mancall has joined the faculty of the School of Library and Information Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as assistant professor.

George D. McKee has been named fine arts bibliographer, Glenn G. Bartle Library, State University of New York at Binghamton.

Joyce McKibben has been named librarian, Memphis State University Libraries, Memphis, Tennessee.

Dorothy J. McKowen is serials cataloger, Purdue University Libraries and Audio-Visual Center, Lafayette, Indiana.

Charles McMorris is serials cataloger, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Libraries.

Vivian Moreau is now reference librarian, Boston College School of Social Work Library, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Paul Mosher, assistant director of public services, has been promoted to associate director, Stanford University Libraries.

Eleanor Munn has been appointed to the position of principal cataloger in technical services, Case Western Reserve University Libraries, Cleveland, Ohio.

Roxanne L. Nilan has been appointed university archivist, Stanford University Libraries.

Sydney Owens has been appointed associate science librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Cheryl Payne has been appointed reference librarian, Texas A&I University, Kingsville.

Lorraine Pazder has been appointed assistant reference librarian, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington.

W. W. Pennington has joined the faculty of the Mervyn H. Sterne Library, University of Alabama, Birmingham, as circulation supervisor/ information analyst.

Georgia Portundo is Spanish/Portuguese cataloger, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Libraries.

Nancy O. Press has been appointed coordinator, Document Delivery/Extension Services, New England Regional Medical Library Service, Countway Library, Harvard University.

Becky Presti has been appointed temporary catalog librarian, Obërlin College Library, Ober- lin, Ohio.

Martha L. Richardson has been appointed head, Interlibrary Loan Section, Iowa State University Library, Ames.

Norma Janell Rudolph has been named reference librarian, Memphis State University Libraries, Memphis, Tennessee.

Mollie Sandock is assistant reference librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Library.

Deborah Schaffer is assistant science librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Library.

Bruce Schueneman has been appointed government documents librarian, Texas A&I University, Kingsville.

Lois Schultz has been appointed music cataloger, Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Nancy Skipper has been appointed temporary reference librarian, Oberlin College Library, Oberlin, Ohio.

Cheryl Spiese is reference librarian, Glenn G. Bartle Library, State University of New York at Binghamton.

Patricia K. Swanson has been named head of reference services, Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago.

Bruce M. Trumble is cataloger, College Library, Harvard University.

John M. Tucker is reference librarian for the Purdue University Libraries and Audio-Visual Center, Lafayette, Indiana.

Sandra R. Weaver has been appointed to the position of head, MARC Processing Division in the Catalog Department, and RLIN coordinator, General Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Wendell A. Yeatts, Jr., is serials cataloger, Purdue University Libraries and Audio-Visual Center, Lafayette, Indiana.

RETIREMENTS

Bertha Jones, science cataloger, Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, retired September 30 after thirty-two years of service.

Lachlan MacRae, special adviser to the National Librarian of Canada, has retired after forty years of work in public, university, and research libraries.

Pattie B. McIntyre retired from the staff of the Reference Department, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Library after forty years of service.

Gertrude Merritt, associate university librarian for collection development, Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, retired August 31 after forty-eight years of service.

Yuri Nakata retired from her position of documents librarian, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle Library, on August 31 after thirteen years of service.

Helen Turner, head, Government Documents Department, Memphis State University Libraries, retired on October 1. She began her service at the Memphis State University Libraries in 1966 and had previously worked at Memphis and Shelby County Public Library and Information Center and at the Library of Congress.

DEATHS

Marie E. Angelotti, until recently the assistant director for library services at Florida Atlantic University, died October 17 in Boca Raton, Florida.

Ford Curtis, professor emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh, died on September 24. In 1960 Curtis and his wife donated to the University Libraries the Ford and Harriet Curtis Theatre Collection, composed of books, programs, and memorabilia collected over many years of avid theatergoing. Curtis served as curator from 1961 to 1975, during which time he undertook an expansion of the collection by donations from numerous theatrical sources.

Barbara Elaine Nicholson, assistant director of libraries at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and president-elect of the Academic Library Association of Ohio, died on August 31 in Hamilton, Ohio. She had served as physics-astronomy librarian at the University of Texas at Austin, 1968-70; head science librarian at Miami University, 1970-72; and assistant director of libraries at Miami University, 1972-79. Memorial contributions in her name may be made to Miami University’s Women s Resource Center, c/o Miami University Fund, Murstein Alumni Center, Oxford, Ohio. ■■