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Ruth J. Person

Ruth J. Person has been named dean of the Col- lege of Library Science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, effective September 15, 1986.

Since 1979 Person has held several appoint- ments at the Catholic University of America, asssociate dean of the School of Library and Information Science (1983-1986) and assis- tant professor (1979- 1983). Prior to then she served as a lecturer at the University of Michi- gan, where she held a joint appointment with the School of Library Science and the Extension Service as Coordinator of Library Science Continuing Education, and also served as the project director of the Public Library Energy Education Project. From 1969 to 1971 she was a reference librarian in the Burton Historical Collection at the Detroit Public Library, and from 1971 to 1974 she served as head of reference at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia.

Person has written research articles and reviews for Advances in Library Administration and Organization, College and Research Libraries, Library Trends, Community and Junior College Libraries, and Reference Rooks Bulletin. She is the editor of The Management Process: A Selection of Readings for Librarians (ALA, 1983), and has had additional articles published in the LAMA publications Staff Developmen t in Libraries (1984) and Training Issues in Changing Technology (1986). Active in state and national library and educational associations, Person currently serves as chair of the ALISE Continuing Education Committee and on the Manuscript Review Committee of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors.

She currently serves as chair of the ACRL Publications Committee, and was chair of the ACRL Professional Education Committee from 1984 to 1986, as well as a member of the Editorial Board of Reference Books Bulletin from 1981 to 1985. Per- son is a member of numerous societies, and was a Rackham Fellow at the University of Michigan in 1976. In 1986 she served as chair of the Anne Arun- del County (Maryland) Commission for Women and was named a “Washington Woman of the Year” by Washington Woman Magazine.

Person earned a bachelor’s degree from Gettys- burg College in 1967, a Master of Science in Ad- ministration from George Washington University in 1974, and an MLS and Ph.D. from the Univer- sity of Michigan.

Hannelore B. Rader

Hannelore B. Rader, director of the Library Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin- Parkside and current president of the Association of

College and Research Libraries, has been named director of libraries at Cleveland State University, effective March 1.

Before coming to UW–Parkside in 1980, Rader served as coordinator of the Educa- tion/Psychology Division (1976-1980), orientation librarian (1970-1976), and assistant humanities librarian (1968-1970) at Eastern Michigan University. She holds a master’s degree in German literature (1971), an MLS (1968), and a bachelor’s degree in Russian and Spanish (1960) from the University of Michigan, and a specialist certificate in educational leadership from Eastern Michigan University (1978).

As ACRL president, Rader presides over the ACRL Board of Directors and the ACRL Executive Committee, chairs the ACRL Conference Program Planning Committee for the 1987 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, and will plan ACRL’s President’s Program at the conference. She has also served on the ALA Council in 1980-1984, was chair of the ACRL Education and Behavioral Sciences Section in 1978-1979, and is now chair of the ALA International Relations Committee and International Relations Round Table.

Rader received a Council on Library Resources fellowship in 1975-1976 to study ten academic library instruction programs in the United States and Canada. In 1979 she was presented the Walter H. Kaiser Memorial Award by the Michigan Library Association, and in 1984 she won a Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Michigan School of Library and Information Science. She recently received an invitation by the German Library Institute in Berlin to go on a 3- week lecture tour to major universities and library schools in Germany in May 1987.

People in the News

Charmaine Boyd, coordinator of user services at Prince George’s Community College, Largo, Maryland, was honored by a resolution passed late last year by the District of Columbia Board of Library Trustees. Boyd was the originator of Citizen Advocates for Libraries (CAL), a district group dedicated to the improvement of library programs and services. Through CAL and other library groups, she coordinated visits to Capitol Hill offices in support of larger library budgets. In 1985-1986 Boyd was chair of the Publicity Committee for ACRL’s Fourth National Conference in Baltimore.

Michael Ochs, librarian of the Edna Kuhn Loeb Music Library of Harvard University, has been appointed the ninth editor of the Music Library Association’s journal, Notes. Ochs, who holds a doctorate in library administration from Simmons College, has published and lectured extensively in the areas of music librarianship and music bibliography. He has been actively involved in the administrative structures of the International Association of Music Libraries and the Research Libraries Group, as well as the Music Library Association. Ochs succeeds Susan T. Sommer as editor.

Appointments

(Appointment notices are taken from library newsletters, letters from personnel offices and appointees, and other sources. To ensure that your appointment appears, write to the Editor, ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795.)

Gordon J. Aamot has been appointed assistant business administration librarian in the Business Administration Library at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Patricia Bare has joined the staff of the Reference Department at the University of Virginia Law Library, Charlottesville.

Lori A. Barela has been appointed serials catalog librarian at the University of Denver, Colorado.

Karen Blank has been appointed head of access services at the University of California, Davis, effective February 15.

Rorert M. Braude has been named head librarian at the Samuel J. Wood Medical Library of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Richard D. BuRRANKhas been appointed music catalog coordinator at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Mary Burgett has been appointed NOTIS marketing librarian at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Loretta Caren is now head of the reference department at the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.

David H. Carlson has been named director of library systems at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

Ilze Choi is now evening reference librarian in the Social Science Department at the University of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Fredrika Clement has been appointed library development co-officer at Stanford University, California.

Donald Daidone has been appointed social sciences bibliographer at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Christopher C. Dorrs has been appointed government publications librarian at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Laurel M. Downing has been appointed general reference librarian at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Dane E. Evans has been appointed music and fine arts librarian at the University of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Morel Fry has been appointed management services librarian at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Betty Furlong has been appointed coordinator of library automation procedures at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Susan Gangl has been appointed reference librarian in the Humanities/Social Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Sharon Gause has been appointed head of the Engineering Library at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Linda J. Goff is now library instruction librarian at California State University, Sacramento.

Kathleen Gorman has been appointed assistant to the university librarian at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Crystal Graham has been appointed Latin American monographs cataloger at the University of California, San Diego.

Janette J. Griffin is the new catalog librarian at the University of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Sharon Hackney has been appointed head of the Media/Curriculum Libraries of the Pickier Memorial Library at Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville.

Celia Hayles has been appointed reference librarian in the Humanities/Social Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Donna Hirst has been appointed acting project director for automated library systems at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Jean Houghton has been appointed assistant director for technical services at the University of Detroit, Michigan.

Rebecca R. House is now assistant professor of library science at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana.

Frank Immler is the new head of the collection development division in the Humanities/Social Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Thomas Izbicki has been appointed historical and political studies librarian at Wichita State University, Kansas.

Bruce Jones has been appointed director of administrative services at Stanford University, California.

Carolyn Kacena has been appointed director of the Library Automation Program at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

Kathleen Kenny has been appointed science reference librarian at the Auraria Library, Denver, Colorado.

Pamela C. Kessinger is now reader services librarian at Danville Area Community College, Illinois.

Mary Koenig has been appointed reference librarian in the Humanities/Social Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Rrigitte Kueppers has been appointed head of the Theater Arts Library at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Cheryl M. La Guardia has been appointed interlibrary loan librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Susan La Paro has been appointed systems/auto- mation librarian at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Brenda Larison is now head librarian at the Illinois Legislative Research Unit, Springfield.

Erika M. McCaffrey is now senior reference librarian in the Baker Library of the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston.

Marilyn McClaskey has been appointed head of cataloging at the St. Paul Campus Libraries at the University of Minnesota.

Janet McCue is now head of technical services at the Mann Library of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Betty Maroscher is the new Learning Resources Center coordinator at St. Philip’s College, San Antonio, Texas.

Janice H. Masud has been appointed general reference librarian at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Susan E. Mayes has been appointed cataloger at Belmont Abbey College, Belmont, North Carolina.

Oscar Metzger is now chairman of the new Learning Resources Department at San Antonio College, Texas.

Gay L. Monaco has been appointed general reference librarian at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Eugene T. Neely has been named dean of libraries at Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.

David J. Nutty has been appointed audiovisual services librarian at Loyola University, Chicago.

Kathleen Prendergast has been appointed manager of information services at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Gayle Reeves is now management reference librarian at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Frances Ellis Rice is now reference/evening circulation librarian in the Garbrecht Law Library at the University of Maine, Portland.

Caitlin Robinson has been appointed technical services librarian at the University of Iowa Law Library, Iowa City.

David Rosenblatt is now assistant archivist at Auburn University, Alabama.

Gerald Schafer has been appointed coordinator of collection development at the Auraria Library, Denver, Colorado.

Benjamin Hall Shapiro has been appointed NOTIS user services librarian at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Mackenzie Smith has been appointed systems librarian at Harvard University.

Randall J. Snyder is now associate librarian for administration at the Burns Law Library of George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Charles Spetland has been appointed reference librarian in the Humanities/Social Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Mara Sprain is now reference librarian in the Science and Engineering Library at the University of California, San Diego.

Tim Tamminga has been appointed NOTIS marketing librarian at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

Kimberly Tolman is now senior reference librarian in the Underwood Law Library at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.

William W. Wells has been appointed law librarian at the University of Maine School of Law, Portland.

Steve Wrede has been appointed head of circulation at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Marie Wright is now manager of information services with Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing.

Retirements

Wilnora Arnold, coordinator of the Library Technology program at San Antonio College, Texas, retired December 20, 1986. A member of the library faculty since 1961, Arnold taught various courses in the Library Technology program for the past 18 years.

Georgene Bias, library director at St. Philip’s College, San Antonio, Texas, since 1974, retired in December with the title of Professor Emeritus. A member of the staff of St. Philip’s for 26 years, Bias was honored by the Alamo Community College Board of Trustees with a public citation for distinguished and dedicated service.

Giêert J. Clausman, librarian at the New York University Medical Center, New York City, retired January 1 after more than 31 years of service.

Myron J. Jacobstein, director of the Law Library at Stanford University since 1963, has announced his retirement effective August 31 of this year.

Tung King Ng, head of the Asian Studies Library at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, for 25 years, retired in December.

Margaret Oaksford, librarian of the Hotel Administration Library at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, retired after a 25 years of service. Oaks- ford’s time at Cornell was interrupted by several years during which she earned her MLS from the Catholic University School of Library Science and worked at the University of Maryland Library. She began at Cornell in 1961 as a searcher in the Acquisition Department, serving subsequently as catalog librarian, reference librarian on special assignment for the South Central Research Library Council, reference librarian in the Uris Library, and, since 1978, hotel administration librarian. Oaksford was chief librarian of the former College Center of the Finger Lakes, and functioned as a senior reference librarian in the Tompkins County Public Library. She also established and ran her own inn in Groton, New York.

Carl H. Sachtleben, director of libraries at Western Michigan University since 1971, retired January 5. Sachtleben began his career at Valparaiso University in 1946. From 1950 to 1957 he was librarian at the St. Louis Lutheran High School, and from 1958 to 1964 he worked in various capacities at St. Louis University, becoming assistant to the director of libraries. In 1964 he became director of libraries at Valparaiso, and was later named library director at Western Michigan. An ALA member and a member of the Michigan Library Association, Sachtleben has served on numerous committees, and has been active in Beta Phi Mu, the Lutheran Academy for Scholarship, as well as the Rotary Club and the Lutheran Church.

Deaths

Allen Asaf, cataloger in the Grolier Club Library, New York City, died suddenly November 28, 1986, at the age of 28. Asaf had been with the Club since 1982 and had developed a wide acquaintance among the membership. He compiled complete lists of the Club’s publications and exhibitions for the 1984 centennial and was co-compiler of a centennial membership list.

Willie Mae Dawkins, coordinator of reference services at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, died November 23, 1986, in Milwaukee. She was 39. Dawkins joined the library in 1981 as a reference-instruction librarian after receiving her MLS from the University of Maryland (1979). From 1969 to 1977, following graduation from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College, she was a researcher for Howard University, and worked in local and network radio and taught school as a substitute. Dawkins served as a member of the ALA Black Caucus and Junior Members’ Round Table Minority Recruitment Committee. She served as co-chair of the ACRL Black Studies Librarianship Committee and on the Copyright Committee, and was a member of the Wisconsin Library Association and the Wisconsin Association of Academic Libraries. Deeply involved in campus minority affairs at UW–Parkside, Dawkins was also active in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Robert Hammond Haynes, who retired as assistant librarian of Harvard College in 1963, died December 6, 1986, the day after his 90th birthday. Haynes received his bachelor’s degree from Bow- doin College in 1919, and studied at the graduate level at Harvard from 1919 to 1922, returning in 1928 as assistant in reference and circulation in the College Library. In 1931 he became superintendent of circulation and was appointed assistant librarian in 1937. Haynes assumed additional responsibilities as curator of the Theodore Roosevelt Collection in 1956, and took special interest in the Winsor Memorial Map Room. For many years he was chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Public Library, and was part owner of the Old Farmers’ Almanac.

Martha P. Lawry, assistant professor emeritus of the Ohio State University Libraries, died December 16,1986, at her home in Columbus. Lawry held several positions during a decade of service at Ohio State, including head of the Women’s Studies Library (1979-80) and head of the Catalog Department (1982-86). Lawry was an active member of many professional organizations and was a member of the Executive Board of the Academic Library Association of Ohio and of the Board of Directors of the Ohio Library Foundation. She was co-editor and later editor (1979-80) of Women’s Studies Review. A strong advocate for the involvement of technical services librarians in library user education, Lawry held a bachelor’s degree (with distinction) from the College of Wooster, a master’s in speech from Northwestern University, and an MLS from Case Western Reserve University, and was a member of several honor societies including Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Phi Mu.

Gloria Lyerla, head of interlibrary loan at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, died suddenly December 15, 1986. Lyerla’s career at Texas Tech spanned more than 30 years. She served as reserve, periodicals, and reference librarian before assuming her position in Interlibrary Loan in 1973, and was instrumental in establishing interlibrary loan services in the Southwest region.

Kate McKay, copyright reference librarian at the New York University Law Library, New York City, since 1978, died October 11, 1986. McKay was a longtime member of the American Association of Law Libraries and served on its Copyright Committee.

Toshio Sasaki, professor at the University of Library and Information Science in Tsukuba, Japan, died November 7,1986, at the age of 62. The doyen of Japanese agricultural librarians, Sasaki was chosen in 1961-62 to study at the School of Library Service at Columbia University. Returning to Japan, he developed new library services at the University of Tokyo, remaining as associate librarian (in Japanese terms the head librarian) for 20 years, during which he introduced modern library methods and services to faculty and students. He assumed his position in Tsukuba in 1983. Together with a few leaders in the field of Japanese agricultural libraries, Sasaki founded the Japan Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documental- ists (JAALD) in 1966 and had served on its board of directors since that time, becoming vice president in 1980.

Muriel Spaulding, a former librarian at the University of California, Davis, died December 1, 1986. Spaulding came to UC-Davis in 1949 following service in World War II and was a catalog librarian, serving briefly as head of the Catalog Department. From 1950 to 1960 she worked in the Reference Department before returning to the Catalog Department. Spaulding retired in 1971.

Marjorie Stone, retired librarian- bibliographer in the former Grey Herbarium of Harvard University, died August 19, 1986. Stone came to Harvard in 1931 as bibliographer of the Gray Card Index, the index to new names and new combinations of vascular plants native to the New World. In 1950-51 she became librarian, retiring in 1954, the year the Grey Herbarium and Arnold Arboretum libraries were combined.

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