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MichaelB. Binderhas been appointed director of libraries at Western Kentucky University, Bowl- ing Green. For the past eight years he served as director of Messier Library at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Rutherford, New Jersey campus.

Michael B. Binder

His professional ca- reer also includes library director positions at Clinch Valley College of the University of Vir- ginia and the University of Pittsburgh at Brad- ford.

In 1979-81 he co- founded and served as President of the New

Jersey Chapter of ACRL; and from 1984-85 he was President of the Council of New Jersey College and University Librarians. From 1979 to 1984 he served on the statewide planning group of the New Jersey State Library.

A graduate of New York University, Binder received his MLS from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in library and information sciences from the University of Pittsburgh.

He is the author of Videotex and Teletext: New Online Resources for Libraries, published by JAI Press in 1985, and has frequently contributed to the professional literature.

C. Edwin Dowlinhas been appointed director of the Golden Library at Eastern New Mexico University, Portales. Dowlin began his career as a public librarian in Provo, Utah, and moved into state library administrative work in 1967 when he joined the staff of the State Library of Ohio.

After a year as head of the Ohio Catalog Center, he was named head of library development for the state. In 1977 Dowlin was named State Librarian of New Mexico, and was a chief architect of the Coordinated Library Systems Plan of New Mexico.

Dowlin then entered the Ph.D. program at the University of Pittsburgh and in 1980 was named director of the Library Science Department at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.

NicholasB. Burckelhas been appointed direc- tor of public services and collection development at the Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, effective January 1.

Burckel joins Wash- ington University with a professional back- ground that includes ca- reers as an historian, teacher, archivist, li- brarian and university administrator.

He received a bache- lor’s degree in history from Georgetown Uni- versity in 1965, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in history from the Univer- sity of Wisconsin, Madison in 1967 and 1971, respectively, and an MLS degree from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, in 1983.

Nicholas B. Burckel

Most of Burckel’s professional experience has been with the Wisconsin university system. In 1971, he was named assistant archivist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and served for 10 years as director of the Archives and Area Research Center at the University’s Parkside institution. During most of this period, Burckel also served as executive assistant to the chancellor.

In 1982, he became associate director of the University of Wisconsin, Parkside, Library Learning Center and was subsequently appointed assistant vice chancellor.

Prior to accepting this position at Washington University, Burckel took a year’s leave of absence to accept an Academic Library Management Internship at the University of Chicago.

In addition to these positions, Burckel has taught various courses in U.S. History, and has been an active scholar. His contributions to scholarship include the co-authoring or co-editing of seven books. He has had more than 15 articles and 60 reviews published in historical, archival and library publications, as well as having been listed as contributor to several indexes, encyclopedias and reference books.

Currently, Burckel serves on the ACRL’s Publications Committee (1982-86); is a member of the

Feis Award Committee of the American Historical Association (1985-87); is Program Committee chair for the Society of American Archivists (1986-87); and is book review editor of the American Archivist (1984-87). In 1981-82, he was a member of the history panel for the American Book Awards.

Other noteworthy achievements include awards from the Council for Wisconsin Writers, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and the American Association for State and Local History. In 1985 he was elected Fellow of the Society of American Archivists.

Leigh Estabrook

Leigh Stewart Estabrook has been named dean of the Graduate School of Library and Infor- mation Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana, effective January

2. She holds the rank of professor.

Prior to her appoint- ment at Illinois, Esta- brook was an associate professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University.

Before joining the Syra- cuse faculty in 1978, she taught in the School of Library Science at Sim- mons College, Boston, 1971-77. Earlier, she was a community information specialist in South Bend, Indiana,1970-71, and a Soviet and East European bibliographer at the University of Notre Dame, 1969-70.

Estabrook holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Northwestern University, an MLS from Sim- mons and a doctorate in sociology from Boston University.

She has served as a consultant on systems and in- formation management to several cities and educa- tional institutions.

Barbara Buckner Higgenbotham has been appointed chief librarian at Brooklyn College. She joins Brooklyn from Columbia University were she held a number of positions from 1977 to 1985, including head of access services, head of original monographs cataloging and assistant head of original monographs cataloging.

Prior to that Higginbotham also held technical services positions at the U.S. Customs Service Library, U.S. Department of Transportation Library and Rhode Island College Library, and was children’s department director at the Lakeview Branch of the Chicago Public Library.

Higginbotham received her bachelor’s degree from Centenary College of Louisiana, an MLS from Columbia University, and is presently completing her DLS at Columbia.

Higginbotham is a member of the METRO

Board of Trustees, the New York Technical Services Librarians, and the New York Library Club.

She has taught library science courses at Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and at Columbia. Her research interests include preservation and library history. She is a frequent speaker on professional topics ranging from cataloging government documents to RLIN and faculty status.

AnneJ. Mathewshas been appointed director of library programs of the Office of Educational Re- search and Improvement by Secretary of Education William J. Bennett.

Mathews will direct the federal government’s program to improve public library services and construction, post- secondary library re- sources, interlibrary co- operation, training and education in librarian- ship, library research, and library services for American Indians.

Mathews, a professor at the University of Den- ver’s Graduate School of

Librarianship and Information Management, has been a member of the University of Denver faculty since 1970.

Anne J. Mathews

For the past year she has served as a consultant to the United States Information Agency (USIA), reviewing USIA library programs in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Earlier, Mathews was the program director of the Central Colorado Library System, Denver. She has been a consultant on library systems for the U.S. Department of Education and the United States Agency for International Development (AID).

She received her bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College in 1949, an MLS from the University of Denver in 1965, and a doctorate in speech communication from the University of Denver in 1977.

Marietta Plank has been apppointed associate director for technical services at the University of Maryland, College Park, Libraries, where she had served as acting associate director for technical services since 1984.

In her new position, Plank will be responsible for planning, directing, and administering the operations and activities of the division.

Plank joined the UMCP Libaries with experience gained in the position of senior librarian with Costabile Associates, Inc. There she provided staff support in project planning and administration of library and information contracts. Plank also served as project manager for numerous federal and private library and information related contracts.

Prior to her experience with Costabile Associates, Plank was the head of informational and instructional services at Pennsylvania State University and had held a position as head reference librarian at Georgetown University.

Plank received a bachelor’s degree in Art History and an MLS at the University of Michigan.

Peter R. Young

PeterR. Younghas been appointed chief of the Cataloging Division at the Library of Congress Copyright Office, effective October 23. In his new post, Young is responsible for directing online cataloging operations for copyright registra- tions. The division has a staff of 107 and proc- esses more than 550,000 copyright registrations each year.

Young had been assis- tant chief of the LC MARC Editorial Divi- sion, Processing Services Department, since 1984. His prior LC ser- vice includes customer services officer of the Cataloging Distribution Service, a position he held from 1980 until 1984.

Before joining the Library of Congress, Young served in several technical and managerial positions in university, college, and public libraries, as well as working in private industry.

A 1966 graduate of the College of Wooster, Ohio, Young received an MLS from Columbia University in 1968. Following service in the U.S. Army in Vietnam 1969-70, he held positions in the American University Library, Franklin and Marshall College Library, Rice University Library, and the Grand Rapids Public Library.

From 1976 to 1980, Young was a library systems analyst with CLSI, in Newton, Massachusetts, specializing in the development of automated library systems applications.

Young’s professional activities include membership on various ALA committees in LAMA, and service as the LITA liaison to the RTSD Cataloging and Classification Section’s Description and Access Committee.

People in the News

NicholasC. Burckel,director of public services and collection development at Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, has been elected a fellow of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), that organization’s highest honor. Burckel was awarded the distinction based on his many professional contributions, superior publishing record and strong committment to innovative and outstanding archival work.

Stuart Kolner, a librarian and associate professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine for eight years until his enrollment last fall in medical school, has won the fourth annual Data Courier Award. The award, given yearly to the author of the best article published in online and database journals, includes a $1,000 prize. Kölner received the award for his five-part series titled “The IBM PC as an Online Search Machine,” which appeared in the January, March, May, July, and September, 1985, issues of Online. It discusses in detail the features of the various components of the IBM PC as well as electronic delivery of search results to end users and other applications. Kolner’s MLS is from Case Western Reserve University.

Susan Taylor, curator of manuscripts in the Lilly Library at the Indiana University, has been elected president of the Society of Indiana Archivists. The term of office is one year.

ElaineF. Sloane,dean of the Indiana University Libraries, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association of Reaserach Libraries (ARL). She will serve a three-year term on the board.

Velma Veneziano, librarian at Northwestern University, and James Aagaard, computer systems analyst at Northwestern University, have receieved the Library and Information Technology Associa- tion/Gaylord Award for Achievement in Library and Information Technology last July 7. The two were cited for their early vision of an integrated online library system that evolved into NOTIS, the Northwestern Online Total Integrated System.

Anne Woodsworth, associate provost for libraries at the University of Pittsburgh, is the new president of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Woodsworth succeeds Richard J. Talbot, director of libraries at the University of Massachusetts, who had served as ARL president since October, 1984.

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.)

John Arbott has been appointed head of the Forest Resources Library at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Lisa Abbott has been appointed documents librarian at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Ronald Allen has been appointed head of the library at the Graduate School of Business Administration at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Gwendolynne Arthur has been appointed reference/social services librarian at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ChristineS. Babcockhas been appointed reference librarian at the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

Jane Baldwin has been appointed serials acquisitions librarian at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Jane Barnwell has been appointed reference librarian at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

LowellT. Berenguerhas joined the reference services department at Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama.

Margaret Bielefeld has been appointed assistant librarian in the Poetry/Rare Books Department at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

RickJ. Blockhas been appointed assistant cata- loger for science at Marquette University Libraries, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

LOUIS W.Bookheimhas been appointed reference librarian at California Western School of Law, San Diego.

Axel Borg has been appointed science reference librarian at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Henry William Brands has been appointed oral historian at the Tarlton Law Library at the University of Texas at Austin.

KeithR. Brehmerhas been appointed director of the library at Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California.

LyndaM. Bronaughhas been appointed reference librarian at the Naval War College, Newport.

Kathleen Brown has been appointed assistant department head in the Monographic Cataloging Department at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Caroline Carlton has been appointed head of the Design Library at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Min-Chih Chou has been appointed curator of the Wason Collection at the Olin Library at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Roxane Combs has been appointed assistant in special collections at the Museum of Comparative Zoology Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Kathleen Connors has been appointed reference librarian at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

Anita Cook has been promoted to chair of the General Services Department at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Judith Copler has been appointed head of the Interlibrary Services Department at Indiana University Libraries, Bloomington.

Kathy Cunningham has been appointed support services librarian at the NOTIS Office at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

H. Scott Davishas been appointed head of the Library Instruction and Orientation Program at Indiana State University, Terre Haute.

Jinnie Davis has been appointed assistant to the director for planning at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Dorothy Hamilton DeSimone has been appointed cataloger at the Harvard College Library.

Tamsen Emerson has been appointed senior assistant librarian in the Documents Department at the University of Wyoming Library, Laramie.

MaggieS. Fernandezhas been appointed cataloger for Portuguese and Spanish Materials at the Harvard College Library, Cambridge.

JeromeB. Frobomhas been appointed head of government documents at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Victoria Frowine has been appointed assistant to the director of libraries at Temple University, Philadelphia.

Frank Gallegos has been appointed assistant catalog librarian at Whittier College School of Law, Los Angeles, California.

Sue Smith Glaze has been appointed monographic cataloger at Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama.

EdwinR. Harrishas been appointed coordinator of information systems and operations at Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama.

Harold Isadore has been promoted to associate librarian and supervisor of reference and circulation at the Southern University Law Library, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Dennis Isbell has been appointed assistant reference librarian at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

JeffreyS. Jacksonhas been appointed head of Social Sciences/Humanities Reference at Michigan State University, East Lansing.

William Joyce has been appointed associate university librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University Library, Princeton, New Jersey.

BarbaraM. Kellyhas been appointed curator of the Long Island Studies Institute and Special Collections at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.

JosephT. Kinghas been appointed reference librarian at the Norris Medical Library at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

David Kohl has been appointed assistant director of public services at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Cynthia Levine has been appointed humanities reference librarian at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

CarolineC. Longhas been appointed science subject specialist/reference librarian at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Katherine Malmquist has been appointed head of circulation at the University of Virginia College of Law, Charlottesville.

Melbarose Manuel has been promoted to law librarian at Southern University Law Library, Baton Rouge.

Jim Meyer has been appointed monographic cat- aloger for Africana in the Catalog Department at Northwesteren University Library, Evanston.

Sheila Milam has been appointed Ibero- American cataloger at Arizona State University, Tempe.

PatriciaS. Neffhas been appointed coordinator of cataloging and bibliographic control activities at Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama.

Vivian Olsen has been appointed cataloger at the Sibley Music Library at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

Anne Ostrye has been appointed head of reference at the University of Wyoming Library, Laramie.

DarleneA. PODOLEYhas been appointed reference librarian at Florida Atlantic University, Roca Raton.

Catherine Pollari has been appointed reference librarian at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia.

Alvin Roche has been promoted to associate librarian at the Southern University Law Library, Baton Rouge.

Gloria Rogers has been appointed senior assistant librarian in the Catalog Division at the University of San Diego, California.

Barbara Sargen has been appointed reference/ instruction librarian at Temple University, Philadelphia.

TerriO. Sayehas been appointed catalog librarian at the Law Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Jean Skipp has been appointed rare book biblio- grapher/cataloger at Temple University, Philadelphia.

JaneS. Staffierhas been appointed acquisitions librarian at the Naval War College, Newport.

Larry Stallings has been appointed coordinator of learning resources at Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida.

ScottD. Stebelmanhas been appointed reference librarian and coordinator for bibliographic instruction at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Sandra Thompson has been appointed assistant librarian at the Ambler Campus Library of Temple University, Ambler, Pennsylvania.

AlphonseN. Vinhhas been appointed acquisitions librarian at Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts.

Michael James Waldo has joined the reference department at Auburn University, Montgomery, Alabama.

Ann Baker Ward has been appointed head of Interlibrary Loan at North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Shirlene Ward has been appointed recorded sound services librarian in the Music Library at Northwestern University, Evanston.

VirginiaW. Weathershas been appointed assistant reference librarian at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

David Weinberg has been appointed assistant curator of urban archives at Temple University, Philadelphia.

Mary Frances White has been appointed fine arts and humanities reference librarian at Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.

Vivian White has been appointed technical services librarian at Mobile College Library, Mobile, Alabama.

ElizabethH. Woodhas been appointed reference librarian at the Norris Medical Library at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Retirements

Freda Bailey, deputy head of the Catalog Records Division at the University of British Columbia, retired in October after 20 years of service.

CharlesF. Gosnell,chairman of the Board of Trustees of Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), retired in November. Gosnell had been a member of the board since 1948, and had chaired it since 1976. He was instrumental in securing a charter from the Regents of the University of the State of New York that established PAIS, a publisher of bibliographical indexes, as a not-for-profit organization. Gosnell is an active ALA member, and has served as a member of the Executive Board, chair of the Committee on Library Cooperation with Latin America, and as president of the Administration Division. In 1974 he retired as director of libraries at New York University, becoming emeritus professor of library administration.

Bill Horner, head of Library Systems at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, retired December 31. Horner joined the library in 1970 as a systems librarian.

Frances Reece Kepner, cataloger of rare books and special collections at Indiana State University, retired July 1. Her career also included positions at the University of Michigan, Ohio State University, and Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania.

Mike MacInnes, assistant university librarian for personnel at the University of California, Irvine, retired February 1. A retired Navy captain with 26 years of service, MacInnes joined the UCI library in 1970.

Ann Smith, head of Interlibrary Loan at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, retired in June after 15 years of service. Smith joined the library in 1970 as an assistant catalog librarian.

Deaths

PaulD. Barton Jr.,fine arts librarian at the University of Arizona since 1970, died December 12. Barton was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (London). He was a founding member of the University of Arizona Campus Library Council and the Library Faculty Assembly, and served the latter as chairman for three terms.

DonaldL. Leavitt,chief of the Library of Congress Music Division from 1978 until his retirement in October due to ill health, died November 28. Leavitt’s 29 years of LC service included work as a music reference librarian, as head of the Recorded Sound Section (then part of the Music Division), as assistant chief of the Music Division, and as acting chief of the division until his appointment as chief in 1978. Leavitt is credited with inaugurating numerous innovative series, including the “Concerts from the Collections” series.

LillianJ. Lee,former Geology librarian at Northwestern University, died July 14 after a long illness.

David Arnold Peele, periodicals librarian at the College of Staten Island, died November 9 of a heart attack. ■■