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Stephanie Rogers Bangert has been appointed library director at Saint Mary’s College, Moraga, California.

Bangert came to Saint Mary’s in 1983 as special services librarian responsible for developing and directing information services for off-campus programs. She was named assistant director for information services in 1985. Her previous positions have included online reference services librarian at San Jose State University (1978-1982) and head of the Bibliographic Retrieval Unit (BAKER) at the University of California, Berkeley (1973-1978). She holds bachelor’s (1975) and MLS (1977) degrees from UC–Berkeley.

Active in numerous professional organizations, she was elected to the boards of the Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services (CLASS) and the Bay Area Library and Information Network (BALIN) in 1985. She was elected chair of BALIN in 1986.

Bangert’s most recent publication is “Academic Librarians in the Field: Library Service to Off- Campus Students,” published in The Off-Campus Library Services Conference Proceedings (Central Michigan University Press, 1986).

John Montag

John Montag, the state librarian of Iowa, has been appointed director of the library at Witten- berg University, Springfield, Ohio, effective July 1.

As head of the State Library of Iowa, he su- pervised a staff of more than 40 persons with a budget in excess of $2 million. Before assum- ing his current position,

Montag was assistant professor of libraries at the University of Ne- braska in Lincoln and reference and liaison li- brarian and instructor of library science at Concordia College in

Minnesota. He is a graduate of Midland Lutheran College in Nebraska and holds an MLS from the University of Iowa.

In his new position Montag will administer Thomas Library, a facility built for $6 million and dedicated in 1982.

Susan K. Nutter

Susan K. Nutter has been named director of li- braries at North Carolina State University, Ra- leigh, effective August 1. Nutter will replace Isaac T. Littleton, who is retiring after directing NCSU’s libraries for more than two decades.

Nutter, associate di- rector for collection management and tech- nical services at the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, has 20 years of experi- ence in research library work. In her new job she will be responsible for NCSU’s 1.2 million- volume collection, the university’s D.H. Hill Library and five branch libraries, and the 165 employees who work in the NCSU libraries.

Nutter has been a member of the MIT libraries staff for more than 17 years. At MIT she has served as associate head of the engineering libraries, as resources and technical services librarian and in three positions with Project INTREX, a pioneering experiment in information transfer and library automation. She also spent a year on leave from MIT as a Council on Library Resources academic library management intern at UNC–Chapel Hill during 1979-1980.

Nutter received her bachelor’s degree from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She earned her MLS at Simmons College in Boston and a certificate from the administrative development program in MIT’s Alfred P. Sloan School of Management. Additional studies include the graduate program in management at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

A member of ALA, Nutter also holds memberships or committee assignments with the Association of Research Libraries, and the American Society for Information Science.

Joan R. Giesecke has been appointed assistant dean of automation and technical services at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, effective April 6.

Giesecke had been at George Mason University from 1978 in different capacities, including administrator for the North Campus Branch Library, the administrator for collection management, and associate librarian. Prior to this experience, she was business reference librarian and assistant department head for adult services at Prince George’s County Memorial Library System.

Giesecke has a bachelor’s degree in economics from SUNY-Buffalo (1973), an MLS from the University of Maryland (1973), a master’s degree in management from Central Michigan University (1979), and is nearing completion of a doctorate in public administration from George Mason University.

She has served as a consultant on staff development issues and has presented several papers on library automation. She has been active in local, state, and national library organizations.

People in the news

E. Dale Cluff, director of the Texas Tech University Libraries, Lubbock, has been named chair of the AMIGOS Board of Trustees for 1987-88. With a $10 million budget, AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, Inc., Dallas, provides computerized library services to more than 300 members in the Southwest, including access to OCLC, DIALOG, and BRS.

Kathy Faust, technical services librarian at Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, left for New Zealand in mid–June for a seven-month job exchange. Her exchange partner is James Cor- das, deputy director of the Cataloging Department at the University of Otago Library.

Warren James Haas, president of the Council on Library Resources since 1978, was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the Indiana University commencement ceremony on May 9. Haas, a former director of libraries at the University of Pennsylvania and, later, Columbia University, was responsible for the establishment of the National Commission on Preservation and Access and was instrumental in the organization of the Research Libraries Group. An internationally recognized expert and consultant in library preservation and education, Haas was the recipient of ALA’s Melvil E. Dewey Award in 1984.

Beverly P. Lynch, university librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1971 and past president of ALA, was awarded the first Distinguished Alumnus Award at commencement ceremonies May 24 at the Urbana-Champaign campus. Lynch received her MLS from Illinois in 1959 and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1972. In addition to ALA, Lynch has also served on the board of directors of the Center for Research Libraries and the executive committee of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. She was named ACRL Academic Librarian of the Year in 1981.

P. Grady Morein, director of libraries at the University of West Florida, Pensacola, has been selected as the first Outstanding Alumnus of the Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science. Morein earned his MLS in 1966 and a Ph.D. in management in 1975. He was formerly director of libraries at the University of Evansville.

Boris Raymond, is the principal investigator in a project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to study the impact of computer-based communication technologies upon the library profession. A two-year renewable grant of $18,000 for this purpose has been awarded to Raymond, a professor at the School of Library and Information Science at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and his co-investigator, Richard Apostle.

Appointments

(Appointments 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.)

Elizabeth Ader is now head of access services at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Nancy A. Armstrong has been appointed reference librarian in the Law Library at Villanova University, Pennsylvania.

Ralph Andrew Barnes is now head of the Cataloging Department in the Law Library at the University of Texas, Austin.

William Bearden has been appointed assistant director for technical services at Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey.

Barbara Beaton is now reference librarian at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Lonnie P. Beene is now head of the Cataloging Department at West Texas State University, Canyon.

Betsey Belkin has been named director of the library at Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio.

Susan Benner is the new assistant acquisitions librarian in the Law Library at Loyola University, Chicago.

Mark Bernstein has been appointed reference librarian in the Law Library at Columbia University, New York City.

Deb Biggs is now librarian at the Center for Continuing Education of Women at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

James Bird has joined the staff of the Reference Department at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Carlene M. Bogle has been appointed life sciences/general reference librarian at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

D. Scott Brandt is the new physics and geosciences librarian at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Gloria Chawla has been appointed reference librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Madeline Copp is the new humanities librarian in the Reference Department at the University of California, Irvine.

John T. Corrigan, has been named executive director of the Catholic Library Association, Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Sherre H. Dryden has been appointed bibliographic instruction coordinator at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, effective August 3.

Richard Ducey has been appointed director of the Law Library at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Nelda Elder has been appointed chair of collection quality enhancement at Kansas State University, Manhattan.

Virginia Eskridge has been appointed head of public services at the West Virginia College of Law, Morgantown.

Daniel Ferrer has been appointed systems librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Ron Fingerson has joined the faculty of the School of Library Science at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Mark Folmsbee is the new reader services librarian in the Law Library at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington.

Paula Gabbard has been appointed indexer/re- ference librarian for the Avery Index in the Avery Library at Columbia University, New York City.

James Goodridge has joined the reference staff of the Law Library at Loyola University, Chicago.

Robert Grover has joined the faculty of the School of Librarianship at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Debra B. Hackleman has been appointed head of the Cataloging Department at Oregon State University, Corvallis.

Charles Haddix is now specialist for the Sound Archive at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Vickie Hanawalt has been named director of the library at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, effective August 1.

Patricia Harper is assistant director for public services at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Amy Heinrich is now head of reference and resource services in the East Asian Library at Columbia University, New York City.

John B. Hillis is the new head of Special Collections at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton.

Alan Holoch has been named director of the Law Library at Ohio State University, Columbus.

Carol Ann Klink is now acquisitions librarian in the Law Library at Loyola University, Chicago.

Paul Koda has been appointed head of the newly developed Preservation Department at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Betty A. Lawrence has been appointed liaison librarian for the Broward Tower Campus at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton.

Judith Levy has been appointed library coordinator for AIDS information and awareness at the University of California, Berkeley.

Lucretia McCulley is now general reference librarian at the University of Richmond, Virginia.

Bertrum MacDonald has been appointed assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at Dalhousie University, Plalifax, Nova Scotia.

Betsy McKenzie has been appointed reader services librarian in the Law Library at St. Louis University, Missouri.

Betty McNeal has been named director of the library at the Old College School of Law, Nevada.

Mary MacQuirren is now editor of the PAIS Bulletin, published by the Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., New York City.

Mary D. Mahoney is the new head of public services in the Law Library at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Paula A. Markes has been appointed systems librarian at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Patricia Davitt Maughan is the new head of the Science Libraries Department at the University of California, Berkeley.

Rorert L. Migneault has been named dean of library services at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Virginia F. Moreland has been appointed head of the Reference Department at Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Judith Morgan has been named director of the Law Library at Oklahoma City University.

Joe D. Mount has been appointed history bibliographer at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Karen Muller has been appointed executive director of the Resources and Technical Services Division of ALA.

J. Larry Murdock has been appointed documents coordinator and reference librarian at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Harold D. Neikirk has been named director of the library at Western Maryland College, Westminster.

Mary Ann Nelson is the new associate director of the Law Library at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Christopher W. Nolan is now reference services librarian at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

Douglas D. Oleson has been named director of the library at Eastern Oregon State College, La- Grande.

Jill Parchuk has been appointed head of the Original Monographs Cataloging Department at Columbia University, New York City.

Thomas A. Peters has been appointed humanities reference librarian at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Kenneth E. Quinn has been appointed engi- neering/physical sciences/general reference librarian at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Kathy Rod is now reference librarian at Grinnell College, Iowa.

Jane Rosenberg has been appointed program officer, access category, in the Division of Research Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C.

Carol Rudisell has joined the reference staff at the University of Delaware, Newark.

Gerald Saxon is now assistant director for special collections at the University of Texas at Arlington.

Ann Scott has been appointed associate dean for research and information services at Kansas State University, Manhattan.

Lindy Siegert has been reappointed assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Kay F. Smith has been appointed assistant management and economics librarian at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Elizabeth Ann Snyder has been appointed coordinator of the New England Library Consortium in the Law School Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Catherine Thomas has been appointed serials cataloger/recon supervisor in the Serials Cataloging Department at Columbia University, New York City.

Danny Wait,ace is now assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Lawrence J. Woods is now assistant executive director of the Public Affairs Information Service, Inc., New York City.

Gregory K. Youngen has been appointed assistant engineering librarian at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Anne E. Zald has been appointed reference librarian at Oberlin College, Ohio.

Retirements

Dorothy Cox, acquisitions librarian in the Law Library at Loyola University of Chicago, retired recently after 34 years of service.

Finn Henriksen, a senior legal specialist in the European Law Division of the Law Library at the Library of Congress, retired May 1 after 16 years of service. Born in Copenhagen, Henriksen was a lawyer in Denmark before emigrating to the United States in 1958. Pie earned an MLS in 1960 from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor degree in 1965 from the St. Louis University School of Law. In 1970 he became a citizen of the United States and was admitted to the bar in the State of Missouri. Before coming to the Library of Congress, where he was a specialist in the legal systems of the Scandinavian countries, Henriksen served on the School of Law faculties at St. Louis University, Harvard, Kansas University, and Washington University in St. Louis.

Deaths

Zdislava Kohak, former librarian of the University of Maryland’s Munich, Germany, campus, died March 18 in Hanson, Massachusetts. She had been retired since the early 1970s. Born in Czechoslovakia, Kohak majored in English and philosophy and studied abroad in Angoulême, France, and at Rockford College in Illinois, where she was one of the first exchange students. After earning a doctorate at Charles Prague University in Czechoslovakia, she taught at various gymnasiums. Her career was interrupted by the Second World War, when she spent eight months in Gestapo prisons for involvement in underground resistance activities. After settling in the United States, Kohak earned an MLS at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and worked in the Specialized Divisions at the Queensborough Public Library before coming to Maryland.

Elva Leonore Krogh, retired assistant chief of the Dewey Decimal Classification System at the Library of Congress, died May 3 at age 88. Krogh entered government service in 1936 as principal research assistant at the Works Progress Administration in Washington, D.C. She joined the Library of Congress in 1939 as a Dewey Decimal System classifier and became head of the Office in 1964. She retired in 1968. Krogh received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in library science from the University of Illinois and was a high school teacher in Nebraska and Iowa before entering the library profession.

Judith K. Mowery, assistant director of the library at the University of Akron, Ohio, died suddenly at her home March 2 at the age of 43. A lifelong resident of Akron, Mowery earned a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University (1964), an MLS from Case Western Reserve University (1966), and a doctorate in library science from Indiana University (1986). She had been at the University of Akron since 1967 and worked previously at the Akron Public Library. A member of ACRL, Mowery was currently serving as director of the board of the Ohio Library Association.

Irene Roberts, subject cataloger in the Social Sciences II Section of the Subject Cataloging Division at the Library of Congress, died April 27 in Alexandria, Virginia. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Roberts grew up in York, Pennsylvania, and began her career at the Library of Congress in 1965 as a library assistant in the Exchange and Gifts Division while a student at the American University in Washington, D.C. She was awarded a bachelor’s degree in 1967 while working on the Cyrillic Bibliographic Project. Roberts joined the staff of the Subject Cataloging Division in 1968 as a member of the Humanities Section and transferred to the Social Sciences Section in 1975, then to the Social Sciences II Section in 1979. ■ ■