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James R. Bennhas been appointed research associate at the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, D.C. Benn comes to the Commission from the Connecticut State Library, where he was director of the Department of Planning and Network Services. In this role, he developed a reorganization plan for the Division of Library Services, an automation plan for the Division, conducted a statewide needs assessment of the state interlibrary delivery system, and served as liaison between the agency and six regional library cooperatives. From 1978 to 1988, Benn was executive director of the Southeastern Connecticut Library Association. He has taught in the School of Library Science and Instructional Technology at the Southern Connecticut State University. Benn is a member of the American Library Association and the Connecticut Library Association. He has served on numerous committees, both within professional associations and in his community. He has published in the professional literature, primarily in the areas of legislation and library administration. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Benn received his MLS from Southern Connecticut State University. The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science is a permanent, independent agency of the Federal Government charged with advising both Congress and the President on matters relating to national library and information policies and plans, and local libraiy needs and services.

Howard Dillonhas been named director of academic information services at Columbia University Libraries, New York. Dillon comes to Columbia from the University of Chicago Library, where he was associate director for public services. Dillon’s responsibilities include the development and provision of library services to members of the academic community in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science and Engineering, as well as coordination of service activities for the Avery Architectural Library and the Starr East Asian Library. As associate director of public services at the University of Chicago Library, Dillon was responsible for library-wide planning and policy formation, as well as for collection development, preservation, reference and circulation, and resource sharing. Prior to association with the University of Chicago, Dillon worked for Sangamon State (Illinois), Harvard, and Ohio State University. He received his MLS (1961) from Indiana University in Bloomington, and a bachelor’s degree in music and philosophy (1959) from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.

Charles L. Gilreathhas been named assistant director for public services at North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh. Gilreath was the head of the Central Reference Department at the University of Arizona where he was responsible for the operation and development of a 45,000- volume reference department providing online literature searching, bibliographic instruction, and reference services in the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences. From 1977 to 1984 he was head of the automated information retrieval service at Texas A&M University Library where he developed a computer literature program from a three-person operation to one involving virtually all reference staff and providing service to all segments of the university community. Gilreath worked as an assistant social sciences librarian at Texas A&M University from 1973 to 1977. He received both his BA and MA in English from the University of Texas at Austin and his MLS from the Graduate Library School there. He is active in the Science and Technology Section of ACRL serving on several of its committees and as its chairman in 1982-1983. He is also active in the College and Universities Libraries Division of the Texas Library Association serving as chairman of its legislative committee in 1980-82. In the Arizona State Library Association he was vice-president of the College and University Division and member of the Conference Program Committee in 1987, and president of the Division in 1988. He has been a consultant for the National Agricultural Library (1975-1984), the Texas Energy and Natural Resources Advisory Council (1980-1981), and the Arizona Department of Libraries, Archives, and Public Records (1988). His many publications include: Computer Literature Searching: Research Strategies and Databases, 1984; AGRICOLA User ’s Guide, revised edition, 1984; Comparison of Two End User Operated Search Systems: Final Report, 1985; and “Directories of Publishing Opportunities,” Reference Books Bulletin, 1983.

Charles L. Gilreath

BarbaraE. Kemp has been appointed Lehman Librarian at the Columbia University Libraries, New York. Kemp’s new responsibilities include planning and developing programs, policies, and procedures for intellectual and physical access to the Lehman/Social Work collections. Kemp comes to Columbia from Washington State University Libraries, where she was head of Humanities/Social Sciences Public Services. She was responsible for administering all public service units of the Humanities/Social Sciences division, including reference, collection development, interlibrary loan, microforms, serial records, and circulation. She has also served on a number of library-related committees and published several articles in library journals. Prior to her position at Washington State, Kemp worked at the University of Michigan Undergraduate Library. She received her MLS (1968) from the University of Michigan and her bachelor’s degree in French (1966) from Northwestern University.

Natalie A. Loganhas been named executive director of the Catholic Library Association, Haverford, Pennsylvania. Logan received a bachelor’s degree from West Chester State University, Pennsylvania, in 1974 and an MLS from Drexel University’s College of Information Studies in 1981. Her previous experience includes assignments at the Institute for Scientific Information, the Atwater Kent Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Logan has been editor of The Catholic Periodical and Literature Index since February of 1985. In July 1987 she was appointed assistant to the executive director and convention coordinator. In April 1989 Logan was appointed acting executive director, replacing John T. Corrigan, CFX, who had taken a medical leave. She will continue her duties as editor until a replacement is found.

Her free time is spent as a volunteer historian at Springton Manor Farm, a National Register Property in Glenmore, Pennsylvania. Her activities there include writing A Brief History of Springton Manor Farm and Its Owners. Her next project is a biography, entitled Abraham Robinson Mcllvaine of Springton Manor Farm. Logan also offers advice on the care and preservation of the documents and books and other artifacts at the farm.

Sanford G. Thatcher

Sanford G. Thatcherhas been named director of the Penn State Press, University Park, Pennsylvania, the scholarly publishing unit of Pennsylvania State University. He comes to Penn State from Princeton University, where he was editor-in-chief of Princeton University Press. At Princeton University Press, Thatcher acquired books in history, philosophy and religion, and most of the social sciences, concentrating in recent years on Latin American studies, political science, and philosophy. He sponsored 600 books for publication there, 45 of which won prizes. His other accomplishments included helping launch the journal “Philosophy & Public Affairs” and a series of books called “Studies in Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy.” After graduating from Princeton in 1965 with highest honors in philosophy, Thatcher pursued graduate work at Columbia University and Princeton before joining Princeton University Press in 1967 as manuscript editor. In 1969 he became social science editor and in 1977 assistant director. He was named editor-inchief in 1985. He is the chairman of the Copyright Committee of the Association of American University Presses, a member of the Copyright Committee of the Association of American Publishers, a member of the Optical Disk Project Advisory Committee of the Library of Congress and a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Copyright Enforcement.

People in the news

Marilyn Guin,Oregon State University Library’s Hatfield Marine Science Center librarian, received the Beaver Champion Award at the University Day ceremonies held in September in Corvallis. Guin is the first librarian to receive the coveted President’s Award, a cast-bronze statue depicting a swimming beaver, the official Oregon State University mascot. Guin has managed Hatfield Marine Science Center Library in Newport, Oregon, a branch of OSU Libraries, for 13 years.

Elinor M. Hashim,OCLC program director, Special Libraries, Dublin, Ohio, received the first Emerson Greenaway Distinguished Service Award for Librarianship from the New England Library Association (NELA) at its annual conference in Springfield, Massachusetts. Hashim was nominated by NELA members and selected by its executive board for the award, named in honor of Emerson Greenaway, former director of the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore, Maryland.

Prior to coming to OCLC in 1985, Hashim was supervisor of reference and technical services at the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut. She was appointed to the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science by President Ronald Reagan in 1981; served as its chairman from 1982 to 1986, and currently serves as chairman emeritus. She also served on and chaired the Connecticut State Library Board, and serves on the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’ Standing Committee on Science and Technology Libraries. Hashim is a member of the American Library Association, and the Special Libraries Association. She has been a member of the American Society for Information Science, the Connecticut Library Association, and the New England Library Association, and has served on numerous committees of these associations. She has received the Connecticut Library Association’s Librarian of the Year Award, the Southern Connecticut State University’s Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Special Libraries Association’s Fellows Award.

Glenn Hoetkeris the recipient of the LITA/ CLSI Scholarship award. The scholarship is made to a beginning student on the master’s level in an ALA accredited program in library and information science with emphasis on library automation. The scholarship is supported by a contribution from CLSI, Inc., Newtonville, Massachusetts and is administered by the Education Committee of LITA. Hoetker worked as a student assistant in the Reference Department of the Library at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and Japanese studies. Following a year of studying library automation in the Far East, Hoetker is now enrolled at the University of Illinois-Urbana, where he is studying for his master’s degree in library science.

John David Marshallof Todd Library, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri. The board has a membership of 15, including Sir Winston Churchill’s daughter, Lady Mary Soames DBE, and his granddaughter, Edwina Sandys (Mrs. Richard Kaplan). Marshall has been a Churchill Fellow of Westminster College since 1982.

Ron Miller,a administrator with an extensive background in library automation and networks, has been chosen to lead the Western Library Network (WLN) into the private sector. Since 1977, Miller has been executive director of the Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Service (CLASS) in San Jose, California. Miller said he has three mairi immediate priorities for WLN: 1) conducting the organization into its new status as a private, non-profit corporation; 2) becoming more familiar with the capabilities ofWLN’s people and its system; and 3) become acquainted with WLN customers’ needs through onsite visits and examination of market studies. Miller will also begin working on future opportunities for WLN.

Ravindra N. Sharma,director of libraries at the University of Evansville, Indiana, and editor of Library Times International, has been appointed chair of the Country Resource Committee for India. This appointment was made by the Standing Committee on Library Education of the American Library Association.

John B. Thomashas been named recipient of the North Carolina Library Association’s 1989 Significant Contribution Award for his work in preserving the Bienenstock Furniture Library collection. Thomas, who is dean of learning resources at Davidson County Community College, received the award at the NCLA’s biennial conference held October 11-13 in Charlotte. In addition to the honor, Thomas will receive a $250 cash award. The award is presented annually to a North Carolina librarian who has made a significant contribution to his or her institution or to the profession. The furniture project began in 1983 with a grant from the North Carolina General Assembly and has involved preserving the private collection of N. I. Bienenstock, founder and publisher of Furniture World-Furniture South. Since 1973 the collection has been housed in the Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library in High Point. For years, designers, scholars, and others who wished to use the books had to visit the library in order to do so and these rare books were being handled by increasing numbers of people. Thomas led DCCC in recognizing the value of these materials and actively pursuing the preservation of the collection. Through micropublication of the rarest and most representative volumes, the College and Readex have attempted to preserve the works and make the collection available to interested readers throughout the world. Today the microfiche collection, which retails for $9,450, includes approximately 600 titles relating to the history of furniture design, architecture, decoration, style, manufacture, furniture and cabinetmakers in Europe and America from the 1600s to the early 20th century. Thomas joined the DCCC staff in 1971. He is a 1964 graduate of Western Carolina University and a 1971 graduate of Emory University.

Herbert S. White,dean of the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), Indiana University, Bloomington, has announced that he will be resigning the deanship of the school effective September 1,1990, to return to a full time post as professor in the school. In making the announcement, Dean White stressed that this was in no way to be looked on as a retirement, just a change in emphasis. During the years of White’s term as dean, the school has grown both in size and in quality to become one of the top three or four schools in the country.

White is the recipient of three research publication awards from the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and his writings have also been recognized by the Library Research Round Table and the American Library Association (ALA) Resources and Technical Services Division. His study on the interaction between libraries and scholarly publishers was voted book of the year by the American Society for Information Science (ASIS). He has served as president of both SLA and ASIS, as well as treasurer of the International Federation for Documentation and a board member of the American Federation of Information Processing Societies. He currently serves as a nationally elected member of the ALA Council. He has recently been honored by SLA in being named a Fellow, by ASIS in being named a Pioneer, and by ALA in the receipt of the Melvil Dewey Medal for professional contributions. A recent study to identify perceived leaders in the library profession named him as one of 16 such individuals, and as the only educator in the group at the time of selection.

Appointments

Kari J. Andersonis now assistant librarian in the Reference Unit of the Bio-Medical Library at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Karen Baransonhas joined the Cataloging Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Cathy Barneshas been appointed reference librarian in the Scott Library at York University, Toronto.

Toby Bernsteinhas been promoted to principal cataloger, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Marilee Birchfieldhas been appointed instruction services librarian in the Reference Department at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Dana Bodenhas been appointed to the Branch Services Department of the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Martin Breenhas been appointed reference librarian at the Behrend College Library, Pennsylvania State University at Erie.

Deborah Burnshas joined the staff of the Baker Library Technical Services staff in the Acquisitions Department at the Harvard University Library.

David Buxtonhas been appointed assistant library director for automation services at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.

Suzanne Byronhas been appointed reference librarian at James Cabell Library of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Thomas Cesarzhas been promoted to head of access services, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Elaine Challacombeis now temporary curator of the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Hugo Chapa-Guzmanhas been appointed cataloger of the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas, Austin.

Stefan Christianhas joined the staff in the acquisitions section of the Andover-Harvard Theological Library.

Bryna R. Cooninhas been appointed assistant head of the Reference Department at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Linda A. Cranstonis now head of technical services at the University of New Hampshire, Durham.

Jinnie Y. Davishas been named assistant director for planning and development at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Patrick Dawsonhas been appointed Romance languages librarian at the University of California, Irvine.

James A. Dendyhas been promoted to reference services coordinator, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dottie Eakinhas been appointed director of the Medical Sciences Library and associate director of the Sterling Evans Library of Texas A&M University, College Station.

Hanna Fisherhas been appointed reference librarian in the Health Sciences Center Library, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Edward Fishwickhas been appointed history and geography bibliographer/government publications librarian at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Kennon Hopkins Garofalohas been appointed reference librarian at the Southwest Texas State University Library, San Marcos.

Ann Generhas been appointed curatorial assistant at the Rosenbach Library, Philadelphia.

Alicia Grantwas appointed minority intern, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Robin Gratzhas been named library director at Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana.

Philip T. Hamiltonhas been appointed research database analyst in Baker Library’s Research Services Department at the Harvard University Library.

Jeanne Hicklinghas been appointed reference librarian at Manchester College, North Manchester, Indiana.

Cheryl Hillmerhas been appointed head of the Acquisitions Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Phyllis H. Johnsonis now director of the J. Robert Van Pelt Library, Michigan Technological University, Houghton.

Lee W. Leightonhas been named head of cataloging at the University of California, Berkeley.

Erica Lillyhas been appointed science librarian at the Brill Science Library, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Poping Linhas been appointed bibliographic services librarian, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Stephen W. Littrellis now the map librarian in the Reference Department at the University of Texas, Austin.

Ciming Meihas been appointed serials and nonprint materials cataloger, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

William R. Millshas joined the staff of the New York Law School Library, New York City.

Sandra Molineis now head of the Science and Engineering Library Reference/Research Division at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Barbara Montanaryhas been appointed to a position in the Physical Sciences Libraiy at the University of California, Irvine.

Sheila O’Brienis now the interim East Asian librarian in the Humanities/Social Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Charles Owusuhas been appointed as a reference librarian at the Nassau Community College Library, Garden City, New York.

Margaret M. Ovitskyis now head of Information Management Education Services at the Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Linda Pierceis the new automated information access librarian at Crosby Library, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.

Margaret Reucrofthas been appointed head of the Dedham, Massachusetts, branch campus library, Northeastern University.

Derrie Roarkwas named dean of learning resources at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida.

M. Kathryn Robbinsis now assistant librarian in the Bio-Medical Library at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Michael Robinsonis now an information services librarian at the Library of Health Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.

Jane A. Rosenbergis now assistant director for the Reference Materials Program at the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C.

Joyce Saltalamachiahas been appointed to the Board of Governors of the Society of American Law Teachers, New York City.

James E. Satchellhas been appointed reference librarian at James Cabell Library of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Jean Sayrehas been appointed director and chief medical librarian at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown.

Jean E. Seitzerhas been appointed as a reference librarian at the Southwest Texas State University Library, San Marcos.

Diana Sheffieldhas been appointed reference and government documents librarian at the New York Law School Library, New York City.

Charles E. Shreevesis now the assistant university librarian for collection management at the University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.

Lois Smyresis now supervisor of the Circulation Department, University of Neveda, Reno.

Bryan Stackhas been appointed government documents/technical services librarian at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.

Suzy Stapenhorstis now supervisor of the Engineering Library, University of Neveda, Reno.

Elena Thomas-Hallhas been appointed as a reference librarian at the Nassau Community College Library, Garden City, New York.

Christine E. Thompsonhas been appointed to the School of Library and Information Science faculty at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Barbara R. Tysingeris now cataloger at the Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

John E. Ulmschneiderhas been named assistant director for library systems at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Charles M. Vance Jr.is now database management services librarian at the Southwest Texas State University Library, San Marcos.

Elizabeth Watsonhas been appointed reference librarian in the Government Documents/ Administrative Studies Library at York University, Toronto.

Karen Whittlesey-Firsthas been named head of Copy Cataloging and Data Base Management in the Law School Library at Harvard University.

Lydia K. Wongis now assistant documents librarian at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Karen Worleyhas been appointed reference librarian at Williams College, Willliamstown, Massachusetts.

Mary Lee C. Xancóhas been appointed collection development officer at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Susan Yateshas been promoted to head of the bibliographic services department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Christy Zlatoshas been appointed bibliographic services librarian, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

Retirements

Anne Cannonretired from the York University Libraries on November 30. She joined the Libraries in 1968 and held a number of positions in the Scott Library and the Government Documents/ Administrative Studies Library.

Charles C. Colby,associate librarian for the Boston Medical Library Services, retired this summer. Colby has served in this position since the library opened in 1964. Prior to that time, he had been librarian of the Boston Medical Library before it joined its collection and operations with the Harvard Medical Library to form the Countway Library. For the upcomingyear Colby will have the title of special consultant to the Boston Medical Library.

Nieves Farinhead of the Acquisitions Department, Northeastern University, Boston, retired recently after 22 years of service.

Kimiyo Hom,former head of the Astronomy/ Mathematics/Statistics Library at the University of California, Berkeley, retired September 30, after 26 years of service. Over the years she provided a strong advocacy role on behalf of the astronomy, mathematics, and statistics faculty and students and worked to develop collections in support of their needs.

Ethel Lee,head of the documents department, retired June 30, 1989. Lee, who first joined the Brown University Library staff in 1947 as a cataloger, has been in charge of the Library’s government documents for the past 21 years.

William C. Lowehas retired as assistant director for reference services at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. His career began in 1953 with his appointment as a physicist with the Xerox Corporation. In 1958 he assumed the responsibilities of librarian at Xerox and held that position until 1966 when he joined the NCSU Libraries to establish the Technical Information Center. In this position he developed a new program designed to assist North Carolina business in meeting their information needs; the libraries now enjoy strong relationships with their corporate supporters. In 1971 he was appointed to the newly established position of assistant director for reference services. F or the past 17 years, Lowe has served as part of the Libraries’ administrative team and has led reference services into the online environment.

Nellie L. Wältnerhas retired as assistant director for technical services and collection management' at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. Waltner came to the NCSU Libraries in 1956 and worked in the Circulation Department until 1962 when she left to enroll in the library science graduate program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After receiving her master’s degree, she rejoined the staff in 1969 as a cataloger. In 1971 she succeeded Cyrus King as head of the acquisitions department. She was appointed assistant director for technical services in 1984. In this position Waltner worked hard to lay the groundwork for the automation of the acquisitions and serials function. She leaves North Carolina State University after 25 years of service.

Deaths

Hester M. Black,librarian and noted scholar of modem Irish literature, died in late September. Black was brought to the University of Kansas Libraries, Lawrence, from Dublin in 1957 to catalog the W.B. Yeats Collection. After cataloging the collection, mounting a major exhibition, and writing a catalog of the exhibition, Hester returned home. She came back to Kansas later for a two-year term, which she spent cataloging English literature. While she was in the Catalog Department, Hester set the Libraries’ all-time record for original cataloging: over 700 titles in one month.

John T. Corrigan,CFX, executive director of the Catholic Library Association (CLA), died on August 12, 1989, in Louisville, Kentucky, after a long illness. Corrigan served CLA as executive director from July 1987, until April 1989. For 14 years prior to assuming the responsibilities of executive director, he was assistant to the executive director of CLA and editor of Catholic Library World, the official journal of the Catholic Library Association. His career of 25 years was devoted to the fields of education, communications, public affairs, and program management, including: program development with national and local professional associations; organization of support for national standards in library and information science and publishing; writing and editing books; and planning, designing, and editing of a national library journal.

Clare Francis,a cataloger in York University’s Scott Library since 1969, died on September 27.

Gerda H. Herritt,a member of the University of California, Santa Barbara Cataloging Department from 1965 to 1975, died at her home in Santa Barbara on September 20. Herritt, who came to the library from the UCSB Foreign Languages Department via UCLA and the Library of Congress, received her Ph.D. in Indology from the University of Kiel, Germany. Her wealth of foreign language expertise included Hindi, Sanskrit, Pali, and Tibetan, as well as her large variety of modern European languages. She cataloged Arabic language and Special Collections materials. She assisted in cataloging the Library’s Greek New Testament Collection, the foreign language portion of the Marie Stopes Collection, and completed the Spanish Inquisition Collection.

Robert C. Hersch,director of library services at the Mary Livermore Library of Pembroke State University, North Carolina, from 1980 to 1989, died on October 19. Prior to working at Pembroke he held a comparable position at Methodist College in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Eugene Holtman,associate professor emeritus at Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, died October 24 in Ann Arbor after a brief illness. He was 71. Holtman joined EMU in 1967 as assistant librarian and was assistant director of the Center for Educational Resources (now Learning Resources and Technologies) when he retired in 1983. Prior to EMU he worked at Ohio State University and at Southern Illinois University. His MLS was from the University of Michigan.

Lillian H. Smoke,librarian emerita of Gettysburg College, died July 1, 1989, after a short hospitalization. Smoke served as college librarian from 1959 to 1974.

Benjamin Whitten,former college librarian of Whittier College, died at the age of 82 on October 9. Whitten began his career at Whittier College as assistant librarian in 1933, becoming college librarian in 1940. He retired in 1974. During his time as college librarian he twice oversaw relocation of the library and reclassification from Dewey to Libraiy of Congress.

Stephen G. Wolff,senior assistant librarian at the University of Delaware Library, died on May5, 1989. Wolff served as a reference librarian with a specialty in business from September 1985 until September 1987 when he became too ill to continue working. He was active both in ACRL and in RASD. Before his position at Delaware, Steve worked as a reference librarian at Trinity College in Hartford, the Hartford Public Library, and the Connecticut State Library. He received his MLS from Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts, in May 1979.