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Ann-Christe Galloway

Bradley F. Baker,dean of libraries and learning resources at Northeastern Illinois University’s Ronald Williams Library, is the recipient of the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO) Distin- guished Contributor Award for his active role in ILCSO activities for the last 18 years. He currently serves as an elected member of the ILCSO Board of Directors, and has served as ILCSO vice president (1992-95) and president (1995-98). Baker has also played a number of instrumental roles in ILCSO governance, serving as chair of the Access to Databases Committee, chair of the Functional Specifications Task Force, and chair of the OCLC Connectivity Task Force. In addition to his ILCSO work, Baker is a member of the OCLC Board of Trust- ees, was president of the OCLC Users’ Council/Members’ Council, was on the Illinois State Library’s ILLINET Network Advisory Committee, and the Illinois Board of Higher Education’s IACRL/IBHE Liai- son Committee.

Nicholas C. Burckel,dean of libraries at Marquette University, has been named 2003 Librarian of the Year by the Wiscon- sin Library Associa- tion. Burckel was se- lected for his nation- ally recognized con- tributions to libraries and archives and his leadership in these fields. Nomination pa- pers described how Burckel has been deeply involved in promoting the value of libraries by building relationships with other Wisconsin libraries and developing a variety of professional organizations at the state, regional, and national levels since the 1970s. Burckel also supported the successful fundraising campaign for Marquette’s new John P. Raynor, S.J., Library, which opened in 2003-

Nicholas C. Burckel

Lizabeth (Betsy) A. Wilson,director of university libraries at the University of Washington (UW) since 2001, has been elected chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees. Wilson served as OCLC Members Council president from 1999 to 2000 and has served as a member of the OCLC Board of Trustees since 2000. Before her cur- rent position, Wilson was associate director of libraries for research and instructional services at UW (1992-2001) and assistant director of libraries for undergraduate and instructional services at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has held leadership positions in ALA and ACRL, including serving as a member of ALA Council and ACRL president and helping to establish the ACRL Institute for Information Literacy. She is currently chair of the Board of Directors of the Greater Western Library Alliance; a member of the Executive Committee of the Orbis Cascade Alliance; and a Board member of the Association of Research Libraries.

Lizabeth (Betsy) A. Wilson

Appointments

Joe Clarkhas joined the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery faculty as digital and audiovisual media librarian at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Jenny Garciahas been appointed medical reference/fee-based service librarian at the University of Wyoming Libraries.

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Dennis Gooleris now associate professor at Dominican University’s Graduate Library School, where he will be focusing on electronic technology and reference work.

Nick Grahamis head of public services of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

John Heintzhas been named business reference librarian at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis.

Elizabeth Huntoonis now visiting instructor at Dominican University’s Graduate Library School.

William La Moyhas been appointed curator of rare books and printed materials at Syracuse University Library.

Marvel Maringis now humanities/ fine arts reference librarian at the University of Nebraska-Omaha Library.

Vickie Mixhas been appointed reference librarian/instructor in the Hilton M. Briggs Library at South Dakota State University.

Miriam Pollackis now a visiting instructor at Dominican University’s Graduate Library School,

Jason Tomberlinis now special projects librarian of the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Tim Westhas been named manuscripts curator and director of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Retirements

Dennis L. Richards,documents librarian at the University of Mon- tana (UM)-Missoula, retired on December 31, 2003, after a 40- year career in aca- demic librarianship. Richards began his professional career at Indiana State Univer- sity in 1963, and in 1968 he moved to Missoula to become documents librarian. During his 35-year tenure at UM, he brought many honors to the campus, including consistently positive reviews about UM’s regional depository operation. In 2003, Richards received the Montana Library Association’s Honorary Lifetime Membership Award.

Dennis L. Richards

Deaths

Helen Lightfoot-Fried,98, died on October 8, 2003. She was known as “Miss Lightfoot” for the close to 30 years during which she served as head of the Indiana University Libraries’ Documents Department. She began work as an “apprentice” at the Iowa State Library after graduating from high school and began her lifelong devotion to and expertise in government publications. She was involved in every aspect of acquiring, recording, and organizing Indiana University Libraries’ outstanding collections of documents, but guiding students and faculty about their use and interpretation was the clear and central purpose of all those activities. In 1989, Lightfoot-Fried was awarded the William Evans Jenkins Librarian’s Award. ■