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Ann-Christe Young

Jane Block,architecture and art librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign CUIUC), has been appointed as an associate to the Center for Advanced Study (CAS) at UIUC. Associates are selected from distinguished tenured faculty on campus to pursue individual scholarly projects and interact with the CAS community for one semester. During her tenure, Block hopes to redefine the Neo-Impressionist movement of the late 19th century by focusing on a significant body of portraits created in France and Belgium.

Hal W. Hall,curator of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection at Texas A&M University Libraries, has been named the Irene B. Hoadley/Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library professor. Named for the former director of the Sterling C. Evans Library, the professorship is awarded to a librarian scholar for an outstanding research project. Hall’s project, “Marketing a Research Collection: Developing Scholarly Tools as a Method of Marketing Library Research Collections,” will create the first Web-based register of library collections of science fiction and fantasy and develop a register of individual author collections in libraries and of book manuscripts. Hall will continue to work on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database through 2003.

Bill Mitchell,librarian emeritus at the University of Kansas, has been honored by the Bibliographical Society of America with the creation of the William L. Mitchell Prize for Bibliographical or Documentary Work on Early British Periodicals or Newspapers. The prize honors Mitchell’s work as associate special collections librarian and curator of the Bond Periodical and Newspaper Collection at Spencer Research Library. The Mitchell Prize will be awarded for the first time in 2003 and will carry a cash award of $1,000.

Brendan A. Rapple,collection development librarian, and Barbara A. Mento, virtual data center and government information manager, at Boston College’s O’Neill Library, have been appointed Visiting Program Officers CVPO) for the Association of Research Libraries. The VPOs will focus on identifying the role of the academic library in support of data mining for research and describe any experiences research libraries and institutions might have with data mining technologies.

Laurie Stackpole,the Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) chief librarian, is the recipient of a Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award for her significant contributions to the naval library community. Because of her vision and leadership, librarians throughout the Navy are positioned to cooperatively advance digital information services in the sciences across the Department of the Navy, both in a state-of-the-art delivery system (TORPEDO Ultra) and in consortial licensing of content. Before joining NRL, Stackpole served in various positions of progressive management responsibility, culminating in her appointment as acting director of the library and information services division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Rockville, Maryland. She is the 1997 recipient of the NRL Commanding Officer’s Award for Achievement in Equal Employment Opportunity, the 1997 Special Libraries Association Information Today Award for Innovations in Technology in a Library Setting, and the 1997 ALA Federal Librarian’s Round Table Achievement Award. Stackpole is a member of a number of organizations, including ALA, ASIS, the DC Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association.

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Appointments

Constantia Constantinouhas been appointed library director of the Stephen B. Luce Library at SUNY Maritime College.

Irene M. H. Heroldhas been appointed director of the Mason Library at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire. She previously served as director of the Anne Bridge Baddour Library of Daniel Webster College in Nashua, New Hampshire, and as public services librarian of the Hewes Library of Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois.

Virginia Ahohas been named head of the D. S. Woods Education Library at the University of Manitoba.

Rachel Augellois now catalog librarian in the Wyllie Library at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.

Yehoshua Ben-Avrahamhas been appointed coordinator of member programs and services at the American Theological Library Association.

MaryL. Chutehas been appointed deputy director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services for Library Services.

Judith A. Downiehas been appointed humanities librarian at the California State University San Marcos Library.

Brian Erbis now reference librarian in the Wyllie Library at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.

Elizabeth Farleyhas been appointed Arlington Campus Library liaison and electronic resources librarian at George Mason University.

Gail Feigenbaumhas been named associate director of programs at the Getty Research Institute.

Mora Greggis now head of the William R. Newman Library at the University of Manitoba.

Donna Hughes-Oldenburghas accepted a position as head of bibliographic services at Old Dominion University Libraries.

Ernie Ingleshas been appointed 2002 visitor-in-residence at Dalhouise University.

Cindy Ingoldis now Women and Gender Resources librarian at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign.

Maureen Kellyhas been named the Oregon State University-Cascade campus librarian in Bend, Oregon.

Sharon Kerrhas joined George Mason University as coordinator of reference and instruction services in the Johnson Center Libraiy.

Thea Lindquisthas been named history and Germanic language and literature librarian at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Yvonne NalaniMeulemanshas been appointed science librarian at the California State University-San Marcos Library.

Setsuko Noguchihas been appointed Japanese Studies librarian at the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign.

Victoria Sheltonis now the science reference and instruction liaison librarian of the Prince William Campus Library at George Mason University.

Mark Stengelhas joined the California State University-San Marcos Library as collections/ acquisitions librarian.

Denise Stephenshas been named associate university librarian for public services at the Syracuse University Library.

Janet Thomis now coordinator of library access services at the Samuel Read Hall Library of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont.

Dane Wardhas been named associate dean of public services at Illinois State University.

Teressa Wittighas joined George Mason University as the head of collection development and preservation officer.

Amy Woodis now head of technical ser- vices at the Center for Research Libraries.

Patricia Yuhas been appointed Manitoba Health Information Network librarian in the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library at the University of Manitoba.

Retirements

Jack Lynn Calbert

Jack Lynn Calbert,bibliographer and ref- erence librarian at the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library of Tulane University, has retired. Calbert joined the library in 1991 and has assisted with the library’s collection de- velopment policies, approval plans, elec- tronic resources, and gifts program. Calbert taught history for many years at Middle Tennessee State University, the American University in Cairo (Egypt), and the University of Maryland’s Asian, Atlantic, and European Divisions.

Gloria Werner,university librarian at UCLA since 1990, has announced her retirement, effective June 30, 2002. Werner spent most of her early career at UCLA’s Louise M. Darling Biomedical Libraiy, serving in turn as reference librarian, head of reference, associate biomedical librarian for public services, and biomedical librarian. She also served as assistant dean of the School of Medicine and director of the Pacific Southwest Regional Medical Library Service. Werner then served as associate university librarian for technical services, with major administrative responsibility for the development of ORION, the UCLA Library’s original online information system. Werner was president of the Association of Research Libraries (1996-97) and served on the initial steering committee for ARL’s Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resource Coalition. She also edited the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (1979-83) and chaired the first policy committee of the national Coordination of Online Serials Program.

Deaths

Phyllis Danner

Phyllis Danner,associate professor of library administration at the University of Illinois Li- brary at Urbana-Champaign and archivist of the Sousa Archives for Band Research, has died. During her tenure, Danner provided biblio- graphic management for the collection of original papers by John Philip Sousa, American band- master and composer. She also secured a grant from the National En- dowment for the Hu- manities to preserve the collection, and she pub- lished the only complete annotated bibliography of Sousa’s papers. Danner’s interest in the papers began in 1984, when she was appointed as assistant to the director of University Bands. In 1994, she became official caretaker of the Sousa Archives when the collection was transferred from University Bands to the University Library. ■