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Personnel

PROFILES

Melville R. Spence

Effective July 1, 1970, Melville R. Spence, former Associate Director for Public Services at the University of Oklahoma, assumed the position of Director of Libraries at Bowling Green State University. His appointment ended a yearlong search by Bowling Green for a replacement for the former director, Dr. A. Robert Rogers, who resigned to accept an appointment as Professor of Library Science at Kent State University.

During his twelveyear tenure at the University of Oklahoma library, Mr. Spence filled many libraryrelated roles. He served as acquisitions librarian; assistant director, and later, associate director of public service; acting director from 1963 to 1964; and acting director of the School of Library Science from 1963 to 1965. His initial appointment at Oklahoma was preceded by a two-year graduate program at the University of Illinois from 1956 to 1958 to supplement his MSLS from Western Reserve University earned in 1951. Professionally, he has been involved extensively with national, regional, and state organizations. He is currently on the ALA Library Administration Division Budgeting, Accounting, and Costs Committee and is secretary of the Resources and Technical Services Division’s Reproduction of Library Materials Committee.

The problems he faces at Bowling Green are closely related to those found in many of the nation’s university libraries: faculty status, automation, and an acquisitions budget being steadily eroded by rising book costs and general inflation.

Peter Spyers-Duran

Peter Spyers-Duran has assumed the position of Director of Libraries and Professor of Library Science at Florida Atlantic University, replacing William Axford, who became director of libraries at Arizona State University.

As director of libraries at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Mr. Spyers-Duran was responsible for a large number of innovative programs. He supervised the reclassification from Dewey to LC of over 350,000 volumes, restructured the library management, and established the Southwestern Educational Library Project. The latter project established the Western Michigan University library as a Regional Resource Center to serve the needs of the smaller institutions in the surrounding area.

Before accepting the position at Western Michigan, he was associate director of libraries at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, where he was responsible for a vast number of significant accomplishments. These included an extensive reclassification project, an automated serials control system, and a speed cataloging system.

His contributions to the profession in general have been as extensive and innovative as his accomplishments in the libraries where he has been employed. He is responsible for the organization of the International Seminars on Approval and Gathering Plans for Academic Libraries, the third of which was held in West Palm Beach during February of this year. ALA committee assignments have been extensive and varied and include the chairmanship of the LAD-PAS, 1970-72, chairmanship of the RTSD-RLMS Nominating Committee, 1970, and membership on the ACRL Publications Committee, 1969-71.

His extensive publication record reflects the wide range of his interests and contributions. They include a large number of reviews, several articles on approaches utilized at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and at Western Michigan University, and the editorship of the proceedings of the first two seminars on Approval and Gathering Plans for Academic Libraries.

At Florida Atlantic, he finds a new library noted for innovative programs and an extensive commitment to automated procedures. With Mr. Spyers-Duran’s belief in experimentation and creative administration and the climate at the Florida Atlantic library, one can expect to hear reports on original solutions to many of the traditional library problems.

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APPOINTMENTS

Patrick Ashley is now gifts and exchange librarian in the library of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Brian H. Aveney is the new head of the Systems Planning Office in the University of Pennsylvania library, Philadelphia.

Robert Bates, formerly a library assistant at the University of California, Irvine, has returned to the library as a professional staff member.

Knid Bhaeddee is now Thai specialist, Southeast Asian collection, Yale University library, New Haven, Connecticut.

Robert W. Burkhart has been appointed assistant librarian in the department of special collections at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Elizabeth Butler is librarian in the reference department of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Mrs. Lenore McMullen Calfee has accepted a position in the engineering library, University of Florida, Gainesville, as assistant librarian.

Virginia Carleton is now an assistant catalog librarian in the library of East Texas State University, Commerce.

John M. Carter has accepted appointment to the position of librarian, Dacus Library, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Burton Leo Cesare has joined the staff of the University of Florida libraries, Gainesville, as assistant librarian in the circulation department.

Berta Lou Clarke has accepted a position as Latin American cataloger in the libraries of the University of Florida, Gainesville,

Laraine Correll is now assistant librarian in charge of dance-music-theatre archives at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Gwendolyn S. Cruzat has been appointed an assistant professor in the School of Library Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Mrs. Jane B. Davis has assumed the position of circulation librarian in the Library of Texas A & M University, College Station.

Pamela Dempsey has been appointed assistant librarian for personnel in the Yale University library, New Haven, Connecticut.

Mrs. Julie Duggan has joined the staff of the East Texas State University library, Commerce, as periodicals librarian.

Helena Enari has assumed the position of reference librarian, Medical Sciences Library, University of California, Irvine.

Mrs. Onuma Ezera has moved from the position of reference librarian at Michigan State University, East Lansing, to the position of African bibliographer.

Dwain Glenn has joined the staff of the Library Systems Analysis Office, University of California, Irvine.

Dr. William Goffman has been appointed dean of the School of Library Science at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Dorothy Graham has reported to the staff of the University of California, Irvine, library as the Latin American bibliographer.

Mrs. Marlene Harp has been appointed an assistant acquisitions librarian at the East Texas State University library, Commerce.

Michael Ho has assumed the position of assistant catalog librarian for the library of East Texas State University, Commerce.

Judith A. Hoffberg has accepted appointment to the position of director of the Brand Art Center library in Glendale, California.

Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson is the new coordinator of science departmental libraries at Michigan State University, East Lansing.

Mrs. Elizabeth G. Kelly is a new staff member of the acquisitions department at the University of Florida libraries, Gainesville, as assistant librarian.

David Kittelson has been appointed curator of the Hawaiian collection at the University of Hawaii’s Sinclair Library, Honolulu.

Sylvester Klinicke is a new staff member of the Technical Processes Division, University of California, Irvine, library.

Barbara Kocjan has been named librarian for selective dissemination of information at the Technological Institute Library of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Tillie Krieger has been appointed research associate, National Serials Pilot Project, Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Linda Suzanne Kropf has taken up duties of assistant librarian in the department of reference and bibliography, University of Florida libraries, Gainesville.

Diana Lane is now acquisitions librarian in the Medical Sciences Library of the University of California, Irvine.

Mrs. Phoebe Law is the new cataloger in the music library of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Jill C. Le Croissette, formerly assistant to the college librarian, California State College, Los Angeles, is now assistant college librarian (systems and planning).

Mrs. Diane Lloyd has accepted the position of librarian in the reference department of Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

Judith McAfee has received appointment to the position of African documents librarian for Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

Michael R. McKann has accepted appointment to the position of chairman of the acquisitions department in the libraries of the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Sophia Ann McMillen has received appointment to the position of assistant librarian in the catalog department of the University of Florida libraries, Gainesville.

Sheila Ann Mangum has been named assistant librarian, cataloging department, University of Florida libraries, Gainesville.

Thomas Mann has taken up duties as Slavic bibliographer in the library of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Mrs. Lynne Masters is now public services librarian at the Technological Institute Library of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Yasuko Matsudo has been named catalog librarian of the East Asian collection, Yale University library, New Haven, Connecticut.

Mrs. Ingrid Mifflin has assumed the position of catalog librarian, descriptive cataloging division, catalog department, Yale University library, New Haven, Connecticut.

Tsuyoshi Nakamori has joined the staff of the Yale University library as Japanese bibliographer, East Asian collection. He is on exchange from the National Diet library of Japan.

Anna Louise Price has joined the staff of the Montana State University library, Bozeman, as serials librarian.

Richard L. Puckett has taken up the duties of coordinator of public services at the Texas A & M University library, College Station. He will hold the faculty rank of assistant professor of library science.

James H. Renz has been named assistant director of readers services at the University of Florida, Gainesville, libraries.

Donna Rhein has been named head librarian in the circulation processing division, circulation department, Yale University library, New Haven, Connecticut.

James H. Rollins has taken up duties as social sciences bibliographer in the library of the University of California, Irvine.

Rita Runchock has been named catalog librarian in Kresge Library, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.

Roxanne Siefer has been appointed librarian in the special collections department, Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

Sigrid Slivka is now research associate with the National Serials Pilot Project of the Association of Research Libraries, Washington, D.C.

Patricia Smith has recently assumed the position of assistant acquisitions librarian in charge of the books section in the libraries of Colorado State University, Fort Collins.

Margaret Steel has assumed the position of head of bindery and general services department at Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

Carolyn Trezevant is the new business reference librarian in the library of East Texas State University, Commerce.

Mrs. Marina T. Utechin is the new Slavic cataloger in the Pennsylvania State University libraries, University Park.

Richard J. Vorwerk has accepted appointment to the position of director of university libraries, Governors State University, Park Forest South, Illinois.

Mrs. Mary Ward has accepted the position of an assistant acquisitions librarian in the library of East Texas State University, Commerce.

Edward A. Weinstein has taken up duties as head sciences librarian for the Simon Fraser University library, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

O. James Werner has joined the staff of the College of Law, University of Oklahoma, Norman, as law librarian and assistant professor of law.

Mrs. Barbara Jean Wittkopf has joined the staff of the libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, as assistant librarian in the department of reference and bibliography.

Peter R. Young has joined the staff of Fackenthal Library, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as head cataloger.

RETIREMENTS

Humphrey G. Bousfield, Chairman of the Library Department at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, will be on terminal leave beginning September 1, 1971, before retirement, February 1, 1972, after twenty-six years as chief librarian of the college.

Edward Geier Freehafer, director of the New York Public Library for the past sixteen years, retired from his post on January 1. Except for service from 1944 to 1945 as assistant librarian at Brown University, Mr. Freehafer has been with the library since 1932 when he began as a reference assistant in the main reading room.

Evelyn Fritz ended a librarian’s career of almost forty years at the University of Georgia when she retired December 31, 1970. At the time of her retirement she was serving as associate director of libraries. Miss Fritz’s first job with the university was that of assistant librarian at what was then Georgia State Teacher’s College in Athens. She has served the main campus library as assistant cataloger, head of the order department, and acting director of libraries.

Mrs. Jean Orth Godfrey retired January 1 from her post as chief of branch libraries of the New York Public Library, a top position among public library administrators in the United States. As chief librarian, Mrs. Godfrey has been responsible for the planning, development, and direction of the country’s largest branch library system. The eighty branches operated by the New York Public Library in Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx are staffed by 1,100—including 547 librarians—and annually lend more than 12 million volumes from a combined collection of about 5 million.

Mary E. Oemisch, head of the interlibrary loan and photoduplication sections of the University of Rochester Rush Rhees library, has retired after forty-two years as a member of the UR libraries staff. ■ ■