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Arden Alpaugh has accepted a position as reference librarian at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Mrs. Suzette Bell has been named assistant librarian, the School of Library Service library, Columbia University.

Mrs. Sandra Beth has joined the catalog service of the Northern Arizona University library, Flagstaff.

Joanne H. Boelke has been appointed reference librarian, Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

John P. Buzas is now assistant catalog librarian at the University of Illinois library, Chicago Circle.

Mrs. Merle L. Canfield has been appointed to the position of assistant cataloger, with the rank of instructor, at Oklahoma State University library, Stillwater.

Dr. John H. M. Chen has been named associate librarian and head of the Pennsylvania State University’s Capitol Campus library, University Park.

Thomas A. Childers is joining the faculty of the Graduate School of Library Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, as assistant professor.

Cecilia Ching-Chu Lo has assumed the duties of catalog librarian, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.

John W. Church has been appointed curator of photographic archives and assistant prolessor of photography, University of Louisville library, Kentucky.

Dan O. Clemmer, Jr., has been appointed to the position of assistant to the director of libraries, Smithsonian Institution libraries, Washington, D.C.

Georgia R. Coffin has been appointed associate librarian and chief catalog librarian, Pennsylvania State University library, University Park.

Ruth K. Collier is now administrative assistant in the Medical Information Service Center at the Medical Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Martin Colverd has been appointed assistant to the associate director of technical services, Columbia University library.

Richard W. Cruce has assumed the position of assistant reference librarian at the University of Illinois library, Chicago Circle.

James M. Deay has assumed the position of head of acquisitions service, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.

Marilyn DeGeus is now the head librarian of the college library, Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery.

Mrs. Cynthia D. Dobson is joining the Iowa State University library staff, Ames, as instructor.

Richard Dougherty is joining the faculty of the Syracuse University School of Library Science, Syracuse, New York.

Rudolph Ellenbogen has been appointed assistant librarian of the college library, Columbia University.

Marilyn Elves is cataloger for the social sciences section, Cameron Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

James E. Fall has been named head of the processing department, Columbia University library.

John Felbinger received appointment to a cataloging position, Columbia University library.

William T. Ford is now serials cataloger in the catalog department, Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

Mrs. Marta G. Franco has been appointed as an instructor, serving as serials librarian, at York College library, Flushing, New York.

Elizabeth Frisz has been appointed science librarian, Idaho State University library, Pocatello.

Richard K. Gardner has been appointed director of the ecole de bibliothēconomie, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Mrs. Esther F. Geller has been appointed catalog librarian, Hofstra University library, Hempstead, New York.

Marie Gosebrink has been appointed assistant director of libraries for Undergraduate Library Services, University of Washington libraries, Seattle.

Mrs. Linda Griffin has joined the staff of the University of Kansas libraries, Lawrence, as assistant cataloging librarian.

Carol Lynda Hall is now a member of the Medical Library staff at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Carlotta Harvey is now with the reference section of the Medical Library, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Mrs. Jean C. Hawks is now head serial librarian, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.

Mrs. Fay Jackson Henderson has been appointed assistant cataloger, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia.

Toni M. Henderson has been appointed head of the mechanization department and junior instructor at the Medical Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Mrs. Judith Herschman was appointed Burgess-Carpenter librarian, Columbia University library.

Mrs. Deborah H. R. Huang is joining the catalog department, Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

Lee Hubbard has been appointed to the position of map librarian, University of Washington libraries, Seattle.

Eldon L. Jones is the new assistant librarian, circulation department, Columbia University library.

Mrs. Eugene M. Jones is joining the library staff, Oklahoma State University library, Stillwater, as assistant cataloger.

Mrs. Ethel Kates has been promoted to assistant head catalog librarian of the Hofstra University library, Hempstead, New York.

Edward G. Kehde III has been appointed as acting assistant regional history librarian at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.

Erle P. Kemp has been promoted to associate director for technical services, Columbia University library.

Mrs. Brigitte L. Kenney is joining the faculty of the graduate school of library science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, as assistant professor.

Mrs. Lorna Lee Kent has been appointed reference librarian, instructor in library administration, University of Oregon, Eugene.

Kenneth L. Knapp is now in the search department, Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

Edith G. Knepper has been appointed interim director of libraries at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.

Jeanne Kocsis is joining the reference staff, University of Massachusetts library, Amherst.

Mrs. Myrla Koenderink has accepted a position in technical services at the University of Calgary library, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Gregory Koster has assumed a position in serials cataloging, Columbia University library.

Yuk-Ying Kwan has been appointed assistant acquisitions librarian, State University of New York, Stony Brook library, Long Island.

Robert S. Lamb II is the head of the circulation department, Cunningham Memorial library, Indiana State University, Terre Haute.

Chik-fong Lee has assumed the position of Chinese cataloger in the Far Eastern library, University of Washington libraries, Seattle.

Mrs. Margaret S. Le Sourd has been appointed assistant documents reference librarian, Pennsylvania State University library, University Park.

Janet Lowsley has joined the original cataloging department, Elizabeth Defoe Library, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Kathleen M. McAdam received appointment as social science librarian, instructor in library administration, University of Oregon, Eugene.

Jane McCabe has assumed the position of chemistry librarian, Columbia University library.

Mrs. Elizabeth McCorkle is joining the staff of the Oklahoma State University library, Stillwater, as fine arts and media librarian.

Mrs. Valerie McDougall has been appointed to the staff of the Maxwell Macodrum Library, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Jean McIntyre has been named documents librarian, Idaho State University library, Pocatello.

Gail Anne McShane is assistant catalog librarian at the University of Illinois library, Chicago Circle.

Mrs. Lucienne G. Maillet was appointed as an instructor, serving as audiovisual and curriculum material librarian, York College library, CUNY.

Joseph Marconi has been appointed head of the social science department, Syracuse University libraries, Syracuse, New York.

Alfred Di Marino has been named assistant librarian. Circulation Department, Columbia University.

Gladys Markoff-Sotomayer is now Latin- American cataloger, Columbia University library.

Olive Meining has accepted a reference position, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.

Pauline F. Micciche has assumed the position of serials librarian charged with the design of a serials program at the State University of New York, Stony Brook library, Long Island.

Virginia Neilsen is now a member of the technical services department at the Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Mrs. Helen S. Nordberg has assumed the position of cataloger, Smithsonian Institution libraries, Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Gloria Novak is now a bibliographer in the acquisitions department, Cameron Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

LeRoy D. Ortopan has been appointed head of the catalog department, University of California, Berkeley, general library.

Ann F. Painter is joining the faculty of Drexel University, Philadelphia, as associate professor in the graduate school of library science.

Leland M. Park has been promoted to assistant director of the Davidson College library, Davidson, North Carolina.

Albert M. Perdue has been appointed instructor and social sciences bibliographer, Iowa State University library, Ames.

Mrs. Judy Perdue is joining the Iowa State University library staff, Ames, as instructor and cataloger.

Mrs. Gail Persky has been appointed Slavic cataloger, Columbia University library.

George I. Pike is joining the Oklahoma State University library staff, Stillwater, as social sciences librarian.

Mrs. Ann M. Pogany has been appointed catalog librarian, Kresge Library, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.

Mrs. Cynthia Preibish has been appointed to the staff of the reference department, Syracuse University libraries, Syracuse, New York.

Elsa Resnick is joining the reference staff, University of Massachusetts library, Amherst.

Mrs. Katherine Anne Richardson is joining the Iowa State University library staff, Ames, as instructor and serials librarian.

Mrs. Glenora Edwards Rossell has been appointed director of the University of Pittsburgh libraries.

Mrs. Eleanor Sanders has accepted a position as assistant cataloger, Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery library.

Edward A. Scott has joined the faculty at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he will be teaching library science.

Linda E. Seckelson is the newly appointed poetry collection librarian, Northwestern University library, Evanston, Illinois.

Violet Shatzko is cataloger of Slavic language books at the Cameron Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Thomas J. Snyder is now an assistant reference librarian at the Brooklyn Center library of Long Island University.

Karol Sokol has assumed the position of assistant reference librarian in the law library, Columbia University.

Charles L. Stahl has returned to Northern Arizona University library, Flagstaff, as a reference librarian.

Ruth A. Steele has been named assistant librarian at Pennsylvania State’s Beaver Campus in Monaca.

Mrs. Margaret Swanson is in readers’ services, Medical Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Richard Talbot is now associate director for technical services, University of Massachusetts library, Amherst.

Norma Taniguchi has been appointed to the technical services staff, Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

Charles E. Thomas has been appointed instructor and cataloger, Iowa State University library, Ames.

Mrs. Susan Thompson is joining the reference staff, University of Massachusetts library, Amherst.

Chin Tieh-peng is now senior librarian assigned to the catalog department, Cunningham Memorial Library, Indiana State University, Terre Haute.

Mrs. Shirley Ting has joined the staff of the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery library as cataloger.

Mrs. Alice Vestal has been appointed manuscripts processor in the George Arents Research Library at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

Walter W. Walker is now director, Medical Information Service Center, and assistant professor at the Medical Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.

Mrs. Suzanne Ward has joined the University of Louisville library staff as part-time reference librarian and instructor in library science, Louisville, Kentucky.

Joyce C. Werner is now associate reference librarian at the University of Illinois library, Chicago Circle.

R. Max Willocks has been appointed assistant director in charge of supporting services and personnel, Syracuse University libraries, Syracuse, New York.

Bruce Worden is cataloger of history and political science at the Cameron Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

RETIREMENTS

• Marianne von Dobeneck, head of the binding department at the Columbia University libraries and a member of the Columbia library staff for thirty-six years, retired June 30, 1970. In 1966 she was a recipient of the Library Binding Institute’s Silver Book Award, presented in recognition of the inaugurating of a book conservation program at Columbia which has become a prototype for programs for other large library systems.

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