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J. Gormly Miller

J. Gormly Miller has been elected director of the Cornell University Libraries System by the university’s Board of Trustees, effective February 1, 1975.

Miller, who from 1970 to February 1974 was deputy chief of the Central Library and Docu- mentation Branch of the United Nation’s International Labor Agency in Geneva, Switzerland, first came to Cornell in 1946 as librarian in the School of Industrial and La- bor Relations (ILR). He also taught under- graduate and gradu- ate courses in research methods in the ILR School, holding the titles of both librarian and professor before going to Geneva. He returned to Cornell in February of this year as a professor and librarian of the Martin P. Catherwood Library in the ILR School. In his new post Miller assumes responsibility for one of the nation’s largest and most outstanding research libraries in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, numbering more than four million books.

Miller received a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Rochester in 1936 and a bachelor of science degree in library service from Columbia University in 1938. Miller has had numerous consulting and special assignments in his field, including adviser, in 1961, to the Department of Labor Relations and Dean of Faculty of Economics of the University of Chile, Santiago, on plans for library program development, and consultant on plans for expanding library resources and reference and documentation services for the U.S. De-. partment of Labor from 1965 to 1970.

Miller said, “Although the period of rapid expansion and growth which the Cornell Libraries shared with other major institutions during the 1960s has slowed, there hopefully will not be slowing of development. Growth and development are not necessarily synonymous. I am confident that the staff of the University Libraries can easily mobilize itself to work out ways of dealing with the variety of serious problems we are being faced with and to examine new ideas and new approaches. I am very keenly looking forward to working with them in developing and using to the university’s best advantage the tremendous base of resources that was built up here at Cornell under the leadership of Steve McCarthy, Dave Kaser, and Giles Shepherd.”

Esther J. Walls

Ms. Esther J. Wallshas been appointed associate director of libraries at the State Uni- versity of New York in Stony Brook. Her previous experiences in- clude a variety of publishing and library positions, most recent- ly, head of the Teach- ers Central Labora- tory/Education Li-

brary at Hunter Col- lege of the City of New York. Prior to that, she held posi- tions as director of the U.S. Secretariat for International Book Year, 1972, and as program officer for Franklin Book Programs, Inc. She began her career in the New York Public Library, where she held various administrative and specialty service positions. Ms. Walls culminated her NYPL experience as director of the North Manhattan Library Project.

Out-going chairman of the ALA International Relations Committee, Ms. Walls was recently appointed to a two-year term as ALA representative on the United States Commission for UNESCO. She also serves as member of the Board of Directors and vice-president for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF.

When asked by the editor ot the News concerning her appointment, Ms. Walls responded as follows: “I hope to make a contribution in strengthening the human and bibliographic resources of the Stony Brook Libraries and to give special emphasis to the problems which relate to public relations and personnel. Since the Stony Brook Libraries are young in relationship to many other university libraries, the challenge here is unique. My reward is the opportunity to participate in the process of effecting change in a situation where one is not unduly restricted by tradition and historical prerogatives.”

APPOINTMENTS

Elaine K. Albin—librarian, interlibrary service—University of Texas, Austin.

Wanda R. Allen—librarian, serials records section—University of Texas, Austin.

NEW Up-To-Date Books From Noyes Data

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HARDCOVER BOOKS JANUARY 1975

PULP MILL PROCESSES—PULPING, BLEACHING, RECYCLING by M.G. Halpern:

Making paper pulp from wood requires vigorous chemical action which can produce extensive water and air pollution. The seriousness of such pollution can be reduced considerably by the novel processes described here, especially where recovery and regeneration of the spent liquors are integral processing steps. ISBN 0-81 55-0557-4; $36

FRAGRANCE TECHNOLOGY-SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL PERFUMES by R.W. James:Contains over 240 processes relating to all phases of the preparation or isolation of desirable odor-emitting substances. Synthetic perfumes are characterized by uniformity of composition, ready availability, and relatively low price. They are thus highly desirable and commercially important. ISBN 0-8155-0558-2: $36

BAKERY PRODUCTS—YEAST LEAVENED by D.J. De Renzo:Deals with commercial yeast leavened baked goods. Stresses economy with the aid of additives and special procedures, such as continuous breadmaking processes, fermentation methods, the use of pretreated flours and dough improvers. ISBN 0-8155-0559-0: $36

RECYCLING AND RECLAIMING OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES by F.R. Jackson:

Numerous alternate ways and means are presented, because local conditions vary widely, and no single line of approach is capable of meeting every community's needs. Preferential treatment centers on those recycling systems that permit reclamation of saleable materials from the town's refuse. ISBN 0-8155-0560-4: $24

NONWOVEN TEXTILES by M.S. Casper:The phenomenal demand for low cost fabrics that are not woven, knitted, or spun, but produced by the bonding of fibers, is mirrored by the large number of processes described in this book. Nonwovens are lower priced and can be engineered for specific end uses. Their greatest potentials are disposable goods, diapers, hospital gowns and sheets. ISBN 0-8155-0561-2; $36

ANTIOXIDANTS—SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS by J.C. Johnson:Antioxidants are needed to overcome the deleterious effects of heat and oxygen during the processing and use of plastics, elastomers, petroleum products, synthetic lubricants, soaps and cosmetics, pharmaceutical preparations and food products. About 250 processes relating to synthesis and application. ISBN 0-8155-0562-0; $36

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY by E.R. Berman:Describes the nature of the geothermal resources, their extent, and the available technology by which they can be exploited. Earth heat can be used where hot volcanic rocks are comparatively near the surface and circulating ground waters act as heat collectors. From the data given it appears that several thousand megawatts is the expectable order of magnitude for the world's exploitable geothermal energy resources. ISBN 0-8155-0563-9; $24

Susan B. Altan—browsing room librarian— Ohio State University, Columbus.

Marie Bednar—Slavic library program— Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

G. Koolemans Beynen—Slavic bibliographer—Ohio State University, Columbus.

Robert J. Bonner—director of libraries— Indiana University—Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Sally Bremner—head cataloger, learning resources center—Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary.

Margot Bronner—reference librarian— State University of New York College at Oneonta.

Carolyn F. Bucknall—assistant director for collection development—University of Texas, Austin.

Dwight Chambers—serial bibliographer— Ohio State University, Columbus.

Ruth R. Corrigan—director of university libraries—Carnegie-Mellon Universty, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Mina H. Daniels—head of cataloging department—Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Milimer Drazic—director of library and learning resources center—Castleton State College, Castleton, Vermont.

Anita W. Farber—serials cataloger—University of Texas, Austin.

Beverly Feldman—reference librarian— Pennsylvania State University, Abington Campus.

Nancy B. Fowler—head of humanities division—Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.

Sister Deborah Harmeling, O.S.B.—head librarian, Athenaeum of Ohio—Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary Library, Norwood, Ohio.

Joan B. Herring—information services and archives, Sandel Library—Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe.

Soon Duck Kim—cataloger—Ohio State University, Columbus.

Ake I. Koel—associate librarian for technical services—Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Carol Lagasse—head cataloger-—Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Larry D. Lahason—coordinator of technical services, Sandel Library—Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe.

Ronald G. Leach—director of the library— Lake Superior State College, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

Barbara B. McCorkle—senior reference librarian—Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Jean A. Major—head of undergraduate libraries office—Ohio State University, Columbus.

Lynn Murphy—reference librarian, Mansfield Regional Library—Ohio State University, Mansfield.

James N. Myers—assistant university librarian for technical services—University of Arizona, Tucson.

Ronald Nimmer—head, acquisition department—Ohio State University, Columbus.

Betsy Patterson—reference librarian—

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Marietta A. Plank—head of informational and instructional services, Undergraduate Library-—Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Frank Pozo—assistant librarian, reference services—State University of New York, Albany.

M. Jamil Qureshi—director, Learning Materials Center—El Paso Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

David Rosenfield—assistant librarian— State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College, Delhi.

Constance Ryan—assistant head of circulation services—State University of New York, Albany.

Glenn R. Scharfenohth—director of libraries—De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois.

Tom Skinner—head of technical services, learning resources center—Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary.

Martin A. Smith—librarian, Geological Services Library—University of Texas, Austin.

Martin B. Steffenson—health science information services librarian, Sandel Library— Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe.

Joan Sussler—curator of prints, Lewis Walpole Library—Yale University, Farmington, Connecticut.

Susan Thorpe—assistant engineering librarian—Purdue University Libraries and Audio-Visual Center, West Lafayette, Indiana.

George Vrooman—associate librarian for collection development—Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Mary E. Zobel—health science information services librarian, Sandel Library—Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe.

RETIREMENT

Nancy K. Birdretired August 31, 1974, from the Library of Florida State University, Tallahassee. She had been on the staff for twenty-eight years, serving as periodicals librarian and later as interlibrary loan librarian. For the past fourteen years she had been head of special collections.

DEATHS

Sister M. Denise Monahan, I.H.M.,cataloging librarian at the Marywood College library in Scranton, Pennsylvania, died on Saturday, September 21, 1974.

F. Bernice Fielddied on Monday, October 14, 1974, after a long illness. Ms. Field was a librarian at Yale University Library for thirty- six years, retiring June 30 as associate librarian for technical services. In 1966 Ms. Field was the recipient of the Margaret Mann Citation in Cataloging and Classification for her “Extraordinary contributions to Librarianship, particularly through her scholarly and practical leadership in the area of descriptive cataloging; for her influential continuous participation in national, regional, and local professional associations; and in recognition of her sustained, distinguished performance for the Yale University Libraries.” ■ ■

ACRL Membership

November 30, 1974	13,637
November 30, 1973	13,319
November 30, 1972	12,403