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ShirleyB. Hesslein has been appointed head of the Lockwood Memorial Library at the State University of New York at Buffalo, effective April 1. Hesslein, who attended Wellesley and Barnard College to earn a bachelor’s degree, also holds a master’s from Columbia Teachers College and an MLS from Rutgers University. She joined the SUNY-Buffalo library faculty in 1969 as head of the reference department of the Health Sciences Library and was promoted to associate director in 1971, a position which she has maintained since.

As associate director she has coordinated the information services department of the library, served as chief bibliographer, coordinated collection development, and supervised the acquisitions and serials departments as well as the History of Medicine Collection. Prior to this, she worked as librarian for the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration and the Nassau County Department of Health.

Hesslein is also an adjunct professor of bibliography in the School of Dentistry and adjunct professor in the School of Information and Library Studies.

Harvey Varnet

Harvey Varnethas been appointed director of the library learning center and chair of the Library Science Department at Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro, effective July 1. Prior to his appointment Varnet served as assistant director of public services, 1977-1981, for the Learning Resources Center at Bristol Community College, Fall River, Massachusetts. He also served as coordinator of administrative and technical services for the Learning Resources Center from 1971 to 1977. Earlier he had been head librarian for the Norton Company’s Research and Development Department, Worcester, Massachusetts.

From 1979 to 1980 Varnet was Fulbright professor in educational technology and consultant for the design of the Audiovisual Centre at the University of Calabar, Nigeria. An active ACRL member, he is now serving a term as secretary of the Community and Junior College Libraries Section, and he has been appointed to a two year term (1981-83) on the Standards and Accreditation Committee.

Varnet holds a doctorate in library administration from Simmons College, an MLS from Simmons, and a master of education in instructional education degree from Bridgewater State College.

Laurence Himelfarb,formerly librarian at the Metropolitan Council of Governments, Washington, D C., has been named director of the Learning Resources Center at Southeastern University, Washington, effective April 6.

Himelfarb received a bachelor’s degree in history from George Washington University and a master’s degree in library science from the Catholic University of America in 1978. He is a board member of both the District of Columbia Library Association and the Washington-Baltimore Interlibrary Users Association, a consortium of nearly seventy area libraries.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

WilliamM. Borodacz was recently awarded the Golden Cross of Merit from the Polish government in exile for his outstanding accomplishments in building and maintaining the Polish Room Collection at Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo, where he has been curator of the collection since 1972. Now consisting of approximately 7,000 volumes, the collection was established in 1955 at the initiative of the Polish Art Club in Buffalo. It includes basic reference sources on Poland and valuable manuscripts, the most famous being the Polish Royal Letters. Borodacz earned an LL. D. from the University of Lwow, Poland, and an MLS from the University of Toronto.

Dale Carrison,dean of the library, Mankato State University, has been chosen Librarian of the Year by the Minnesota Library Association at its annual conference in Minneapolis. The honor was bestowed for his development of the Minnesota State University System Project for Automated Library System online catalog, and for his leadership in the area of multi-type library cooperation.

Peter Spyers-Duran,director of the library at California State University, Long Beach, has been elected to a five-year term on the “University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries” Standing Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). The committee undertakes broad-based projects studying the evaluation of university library services, the effects of library automation, the standards for academic libraries, and the status of librarians within universities. Results of these investigations are published in the IFLA Journal.

THE DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS REFERENCE SYSTEM, 1975-1981

THE ANNUAL COLLECTIONS, 1975-1981

The Annual Collections are complete through 1980 and comprise approximately 11,000 Declassified Documents, contained on 665 microfiche, abstracted on a total of 1,536 pages of quarterly abstracts, and fully indexed in annual subject volumes. The documents, released primarily by the CIA, NSC, State and Defense Departments, and the White House, provide major coverage of the following areas:

-the Vietnam and Korean Wars, US-Iranian relations (1940’s through 1960’s), the 1965 coup in Indonesia, and China’s cultural revolution;

-defense and national security planning, including estimates of Soviet capabilities and intentions through the 1960’s;

-the Bay of Pigs and Cuban missile crisis, the overthrow of Brazil’s Joao Goulart, and the Dominican civil war;

-the mid-1960’s gold crisis and US balance of payments programs;

-French withdrawal from NATO, the economic situation in the UK, and US policy towards Berlin and Germany;

-the Kennedy assassination investigation;

-Zaire after independence, the Suez Canal crisis, South African apartheid, and the war in Algeria;

- chemical warfare and CIA and Army drug research programs.

THE RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTION

-The full texts of 8,032 Declassified Documents are contained on 1,008 microfiche.

- Original abstracts of the documents appear in two hardcover Abstract volumes, arranged chronologically under names of issuing agencies.

- A single-alphabet Cumulative Subject Index to both the Retrospective and the 1975 Annual Collections is contained in one hardcover volume.

Included for the first time in the Retrospective Collection are special groups of documents on Alger Hiss, the Rosenbergs, and Lee Harvey Oswald (including the diary he kept while in the U.S.S.R.). Also included are declassified documents from the papers of several presidential aides and advisors such as Chester Bowles, Clark Clifford, C.D. Jackson, General Lucius Clay and others. The Retrospective Collection also contains a number of technical and scientific documents.

It is important to note that none of the abstracts or microfiche copies of the documents contained in the Annual Collections are included in the Retrospective Collection. However, all entries from the 1975 Cumulative Subject Index have been merged into a combined Cumulative Subject Index in the Retrospective set in order to provide a single source of subject access for both sets of documents.

DDRS WAS CO-WINNER OF THE INFORMATION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION’S 1978 “PRODUCT OF THE YEAR” AWARD

HERE ARE EXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS OF THE DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS REFERENCE SYSTEM

-JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY ASIA, v. 8, no. 4 (1978). Reviewed by G. Kolko, Department of History, York University, Toronto, Canada, “Superior to the State Department’s Foreign Relations series, the System is best compared to the Pentagon Papers, the four most important and hitherto unavailable volumes of which are found reproduced here for the first time. But since no equivalent of the Pentagon Papers for Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, Malaysia, Korea, Cuba, or India has been issued, in fact it is a major new source for these nations as well as China and Japan. Asian questions and nations are probably the most extensively covered, but anyone working seriously on Latin America, Africa, or European studies will also be required to consult the System’s documents.”

- RQ, Reference and Adult Services Division, ALA, v. 15, no. 4, Summer 1976, pp. 353-355. Michael O. Shannon of the Herbert Lehman College, Bronx, New York wrote a comprehensive review of the DDRS in which he stated, “The entire system is characterized by remarkable simplicity of arrangement and ease of searching, and one hopes that it may grow in size and extent.”… “This is a major research tool to basically archival-type material and should be worth the price for any major research institution that wishes to provide first rate coverage in the fields of recent government, foreign affairs, and politics.”

-CHOICE, Association of College and Research Libraries, ALA, v. 13, no. 8 (October 1976) unsigned, p. 956. “The catalog and separately available microfiche of the documents themselves form a complete system of information not available elsewhere, neither indexed in the Monthly Catalog nor published by the G.P.O. The catalog, indexed by a former chief of C.I.A. indexing operations, is a unique source of information about formerly secret activities, and of great value to the researcher and the large academic or public library.”

-BOOKLIST, ALA, v. 72, no. 12 (February 15, 1976) “Reference and Subscription Books Reviews” (unsigned) pp. 875-6. “For large academic and public libraries whose patrons do extensive research in subjects in which the government may have a controlling interest, the Declassified Documents Quarterly Catalog and its Index will provide access to materials heretofore unavailable and even unknown, although their existence may have been assumed or suspected. In the expectation that future issues will appear and that coverage will expand, the Declassified Documents Quarterly Catalog with its Cumulative Subject Index is recommended for these large libraries or any library whose patrons require access to this type of information.”

-GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS REVIEW, v. 3, no. 2 (1976). The following was extracted from a review by Professor Robin Higham, Department of History, Kansas State University. Professor Higham is also author of Official Histories (1970) and an Editor of Military Affairs and Aerospace Historian. “The great advantage of what Carrollton Press is doing is that it provides the researcher and the librarian with one compact set of Declassified Documents complete with finding aids. The sooner the system is brought to the attention of scholars the better.”

-SERIALS REVIEW, July/September, 1975, p. 51. Quoted below are excerpts from a review by Bernard A. Block, Documents Librarian at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. “The Carrollton Press has made a strong beginning toward developing a good collection of declassified documents, well cataloged, abstracted, and indexed. The importance of such material for historians, political scientists, and other researchers cannot be overestimated. The Declassified Documents microfiche collection and related catalogs and indexes are highly recommended for academic and public research libraries.”

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APPOINTMENTS

Judi Alexanderhas been appointed science cataloger at the University of Washington Library, Seattle.

Scott Bennetthas been appointed assistant university librarian for collection management at Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois.

SylviaC. Bennett was appointed serials cataloger at Duke University Library, Durham, North Carolina.

RexfordR. Bross, Jr., became assistant head of the Serials Department at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Janis Fukasawa Brownhas been appointed community pharmacy librarian at the University of Southern California’s Norris Medical Library, Los Angeles.

Eleanor Chasehas been appointed head of the Government Publications Division at the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle.

DebraJ. Clay has joined the staff of the Getty Oil Research Center, Houston, as technical literature search librarian.

Bartley Dobbhas been appointed state and local documents librarian in the Government Publications Division of the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle.

WandaV. Dole has been appointed assistant director for collection development at the University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

Michael Elmore,formerly librarian at Harvard’s Countway Library, has joined the staff of Northeastern University Libraries, Boston, as serials catalog librarian.

Terrence Erdtwas appointed reference librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois.

Linda Espenshade-Heinemannhas been appointed head of bibliographic searching at the State University of New York at Binghamton Library.

John Edward Evansis now head of the reference department at Memphis State University Libraries, Tennessee.

EllenG. Gartrell has been appointed assistant curator for reader services in the Manuscript Department, Duke University Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Karen Gillhas been appointed Arizona and special collections cataloger at the University of Arizona Library, Tucson, where she had been temporary science cataloger.

DavidP. Godinc has been appointed head librarian of Sears Library, Case Western Reserve University Libraries, Cleveland, Ohio.

Jan Goldsmithis now assistant librarian in the University of California, Los Angeles, Law Library.

Mary Lou Goodyear,formerly reference librarian at Stephens College, has been appointed head of reference at Wichita State University, Kansas.

Dorothy Grayhas been appointed assistant librarian in the Education and Psychology Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Nancy Greenis the new catalog librarian at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

AnitaK. Head, director of the University of Kansas Law Library, has accepted the position of director of the National Law Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Janet Heineckhas been appointed Near East cataloger at the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle.

Jane Hryshkois the new reader services librarian at Bard College, Annadale-on-Hudson, New York.

Joseph Jerzhas been appointed assistant to the director of libraries for personnel at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Rita Kanehas been named associate university librarian for public service at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mary Kayaianhas been appointed bindery librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois.

Sook-Hyun Kimhas been appointed serials cataloger at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

KerryL. Kresse is the new reference librarian at Iowa State University, Ames.

SusanH. Kuykendall has been appointed periodicals librarian at Guggenheim Memorial Library, Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey.

David Maackassumed the position of international foreign documents librarian at the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle.

Judy Ting Mahwas appointed cataloger for the East Asian Serials Project, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle.

Stephanie Martinhas been appointed catalog librarian at the Northeastern University Libraries, Boston.

Lenore Muskettis now head of acquisitions and receiving units at the State University of New York at Binghamton Library.

Robert Nevillehas joined the staff of the College of Charleston Library, South Carolina, as head cataloger.

RuthA. Pagell is the new business reference librarian at the Lippincott Library, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Meg Panzarellais now reference librarian at the Northwestern University Medical Library, Chicago.

Kenneth Parkerhas been appointed head of the reference department in Green Library, Stanford University, California.

Phyllis Peachhas been appointed manager of cataloguing services at the University of Toronto Library Automation Systems (UTLAS).

Norman Pearsonhas been appointed head of the serials department at the University of Delaware Library, Newark.

Carol Salsmanis the new director of the Learning Resources Center at Northeastern Junior College, Sterling, Colorado.

Byron Stewartis now reference librarian with specialization in social sciences and government documents, University of Tennessee Library, Knoxville.

Susan Suhadolnikhas been appointed reference librarian at Vanderbilt University, Nashville.

RogerS. Tachuk has been named head of the Northwestern University Medical Library, Chicago.

Sue Tyneris the new assistant university librarian for technical services at the University of Arizona Library, Tucson.

RichardH, Werking has been appointed collection development librarian at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

Faye Williamsonis now head of the serials department at the University of California, Berkeley, Library.

RETIREMENTS

Olive Branch,collection development librarian at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is retiring at the end of June after 33 years of service to the university and the library. With the cooperation of faculty and library colleagues, she skillfully guided the building of library resources as acquisitions librarian from 1949 to 1974 and as collection development librarian thereafter.

Elliott Gatner

ElliottS. M. Gatner, director of libraries and professor of history at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Center, has retired after 45 years of service. Gatner has been assistant to the dean of Richard L. Conolly College, assistant provost of the Brooklyn campus, and successively assistant, associate, and director of libraries at the Brooklyn Center. He has also served as a member of the LIU University Senate, as editor of official publications, as consultant for the establishment of the Southampton College Library, and as director of exhibitions and director of the LIU Press.

JamesF. Geraghty will retire as assistant head of original cataloging at the University of Southwestern Louisiana Libraries, Lafayette, effective June 30.

J. Norman Heard is retiring as collections officer of the University of Southwestern Louisiana Libraries, Lafayette, effective June 30. Heard, who joined the USL Library faculty in 1969, will retire after more than 23 years in Louisiana higher education.

DEATHS

MargaretL. Chapman, retired librarian of Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina, died in Tampa, Florida, on March 28. She had previously served on library staffs of the University of North Carolina, Florida State University, the University of Florida, and the University of South Florida. She was executive secretary of the Florida Historical Society from 1960 to 1971.

Benjamin Edward Powell,librarian emeritus of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, died on March 11. He served as head of the circulation department there from 1930 to 1937, during which time he obtained a degree in library science from Columbia University and began work on a Ph D. at the University of Chicago. In 1946 Powell returned to Duke as university librarian after a term as library director at the University of Missouri from 1937 to 1946.

Benjamin Powell

Powell served as president of ACRL in 1948-1949 and as president of ALA in 1959-1960. He was acting chairman of the Southeastern Library Association in 1951- 1952, a member of the advisory committee of the Association of Research Libraries from 1950 to 1955, and a member of the executive board of the North Carolina Library Association.

During his administration at Duke University the library greatly expanded both in collections and in space. The library was enlarged twice, more than tripling the space of the original building. When Powell retired in 1975 the collection totaled over 2 million volumes and 4.5 million manuscripts.—Erma P. Whittington, Librarian, Manuscript Department, Duke University Library.

WilliamH. Stokes, assistant professor at the University of Denver Library School, died January 7 at his home. He had taught at Denver since 1964.

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STONY BROOK WORKSHOP

The Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of ACRL holds its workshop on midcareer assessment and strategies for advancement on the campus of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Saturday, June 13. The program was designed to help mid-career academic librarians develop their capacities for realistic self-appraisal and worklife planning. Presentations are by Jean Whalen, personnel librarian, State University of New York at Albany; Carol Learmont, associate dean, Columbia University School of Library Service; and Betty-Carol Sellen, editor of What Else Can You Do with a Library Degree? All focus on such critical issues as staff development, continuing education, and career alternatives. After lunch, workshop attendees have an opportunity to view the film “Goodbye to Gutenberg,” tour the SUNY at Stony Brook library, or participate in a career development discussion group led by Kathleen Weibel. For information on Long Island activities of the Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of ACRL, contact Harold B. Schleifer, W1512 Melville Library, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794; (516) 246-5650