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Jay K. Lucker

Jay K. Lucker, associate university librarian at Princeton University, has been appointed new director of libraries at the Massachusetts

Institute of Technolo- gy. Mr. Lucker will succeed Miss Natalie N. Nicholson, whose retirement from more than thirty years of administrative library work becomes effec- tive next July. Miss Nicholson, who came to M.I.T. in 1954 as a reference librarian, served as associate di- rector of libraries at M.I.T. from 1958 to 1972, when she was appointed acting director upon retirement of the then director of libraries, Professor William N. Locke. She was named director in March, 1973, while the national search for her successor continued. M.I.T.’s library system, comprising some 1.5 million volumes and periodicals and an operating budget of just under $3 million, also comprehends all school and departmental libraries, reading rooms, and document rooms associated with M.I.T.’s interdepartmental laboratories and centers.

Mr. Lucker, a native of New York City, received the A.B. degree in 1951 from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and the M.S. degree in 1952 from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Library Service. From 1955-57, he undertook additional graduate work in public administration at New York University. He began his career as a student assistant in the Reference Department of the Brooklyn College Library, where he went on to become a Fellow in the Acquisitions Department.

In 1954, after serving as an instructor in the Eighth Army Specialist School in Eta Jima, Japan, he joined the staff of the New York Public Library as chief of the Procurement Branch in the Acquisitions Division. From 1957-59 he was first assistant and then acting chief of that library’s Science and Technology Division. Mr. Lucker went to Princeton in 1959 as assistant university librarian for science and technology with the rank of associate professor. He held that rank until 1968, when he was appointed to his current position with the rank of professor.

As associate university librarian his primary responsibilities have included development of a budget, space planning, personnel, and the overall internal management of the library.

Most notable among his service positions with various regional and national organizations are the following: chairman of the board of directors of the CAPTAIN Library Services Corp, of New Jersey, chairman of Subject Specialists’ Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, and member of the Interlibrary Loan Committee of the Association of Research Libraries. Mr. Lucker has also held various positions in the Special Libraries Association and the New Jersey Library Association.

In accepting his new appointment, he said, “I consider it a tremendous honor to hold a responsible position in an institution having the worldwide reputation of M.I.T., and I intend to see that M.I.T. maintains a library system worthy of its position.” During his tenure as director of libraries at M.I.T., Mr. Lucker is expected to address himself to several important problems raised during the past year by a special M.I.T. task force on the future of the M.I.T. library system, which is chaired by Joel Orlen, assistant to the provost.

APPOINTMENTS

Shirley Baker—assistant undergraduate services librarian—Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Joan R. Berman—reference librarian— Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.

Susan T. Burton—reference librarian, Undergraduate Library—-University of Texas, Austin.

John Caldwell—director, Denkmann Memorial Library—Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

John F. Camp—assistant circulation librarian—Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Margaretta P. Childs—archivist—College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina.

Richard Coward—director general, bibliographic services division—British Library, London.

Mary E. Crimmins—education technology librarian, educational materials center—Northern Illinois University, De Kalb.

Adele Dendy—media librarian—Indiana University, Bloomington.

Gretchen Dihoff—assistant librarian, Bio- Agricultural Library—University of California, Riverside.

Daphne Goren—reference librarian, Norris Medical Library—University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus, Los Angeles.

Carolyn Kacena—head catalog librarian— University of Arizona, Tucson.

Elfriede M. Kayser—serials librarian— Northern Illinois University, De Kalb.

Andrew Kolesar—gift and exchange librarian—Colorado State University, Fort Collins.

Judy Labovitz—reference librarian, Medical Sciences Library—University of California, Irvine.

Mildred Levine—serials librarian—Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts.

Elaine Livermore—head acquisitions librarian—University of Arizona, Tucson.

Ross McLachlan—special collections librarian—University of Arizona, Tucson.

April McLean—sciences bibliographer— University of California, Irvine.

Margaret E. Moore—music librarian, Audio Score Library—Northern Illinois University, De Kalb.

Elyse T. Murphy—reference librarian— Northern Illinois University, De Kalb.

Dorothy Olson—assistant librarian, Schaffner Library—Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Shelley Phipps—orientation librarian—

University of Arizona, Tucson.

Linda Pletzke—assistant acquisitions librarian—Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Thelma J. Potts—assistant reference librarian—Colorado State University, Fort Collins.

John J. Regazzi—systems and planning librarian—Northern Illinois University, De Kalb.

Sally Roggia—reference librarian and cata- loger—Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.

Bernard J. Segel—coordinator of library analysis—Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Sarah Sherman—reference librarian, special collections department—Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Andrea Singer—affiliate librarian, documents—Indiana University, Bloomington.

Judith Singleton—cataloger of rare books and special collections, Lilly Library—Indiana University, Bloomington.

Elizabeth Sloan Smith—reference/circulation librarian, Management Library—Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.

Michele Strange—assistant government publications librarian—Northwestern University Library, Chicago, Illinois.

Saundra Taylor—curator of manuscripts, Lilly Library—Indiana University, Bloomington.

David Vidor—catalog librarian—University of Arizona, Tucson.

Mary Van Winkle—cataloger—Salem

State College, Salem, Massachusetts.

RETIREMENTS

Lewis A. Pryor has retired after fifteen years of service as serials librarian at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.

Bernice W. Schubach, catalog librarian at Northern Illinois Universty Libraries, has retired after six years of service in the Cataloging and Reference departments and three years of teaching in the Library Science Department.

Dorothy H. Stauffer has retired after seven years of service at the Northern Illinois University Libraries as a cataloging and reclassification librarian.

DEATH

Lucien W. White, university librarian at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, passed away on March 6, 1975, after a brief illness. Dr. White, born November 16, 1914, in Hillsdale, Illinois, is survived by his wife, Lois, and two children, David and Elizabeth.

He held an A.B. in French from Augustana College, an M.A. and Ph.D. in French from the University of Illinois, and an M.S. from the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

At Augustana College he was modern language teacher from 1939 to 1953 and head librarian from 1954 to 1958. He came to the University of Illinois Library in Urbana-Champaign in 1958 as associate director for public service departments. He was named director for public services in 1965, associate dean of library administration in 1968, and university librarian in 1971, when he succeeded retiring Robert B. Downs.

Dr. White was very active in professional and related activities. He served on the Champaign Public Library Board, as president of the Illinois Library Association, as a member of the Illinois State Library Advisory Council, and frequently was called upon to serve as a library consultant for colleges and universities in the U.S.

Chancellor J. W. Peltason issued the following statement at the time of his death:

The University community suffered a major loss this morning with the death of Prof. Lucien White, University Librarian. The loss is both professional and personal. We have lost an outstanding academic leader. We have lost a good friend. Our hearts and thoughts are with his family in this time of grief.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, the University of Illinois Library Friends (in care of the University of Illinois Foundation), or the First Baptist Church Memorial Fund (Champaign, Illinois). ■ ■