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Ann-Christe Young

Brenda Bailey-Haner,director of Networking and Resource Sharing for the Colorado State Library, has been named Librarian of the Year by the Colorado Library Association. Bailey-Haner was cited for her vision of outstanding access to library resources for all libraries and residents in the state. Other achievements under her direction have been service to help libraries find new integrated library systems, a statewide license to full- text databases for schools and libraries, implementation of national grants dealing with Internet access, and leadership of her team of staff and advisory committees.

Stephen Enniss,curator of literary collections at Emory University, has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Fellowship to conduct research in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London during the 2002-03 academic year. The award funds fellows for a nine- or ten-month research residency at the school, while they pursue an independent research project. Enniss will be working on a critical study of the contemporary Irish poet Derek Mahon.

Bruce R. Schatz,University of Illinois at Ur- bana-Champaign’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science researcher, has been elected as a 2001 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Schatz was honored for work on supercomputing for information retrieval, particularly semantic analysis of scientific terminology, and for developing the Telesophy system, which inspired Mosaic software.

Anne Tannerhas resigned as associate dean after nearly 21 years of service to Drexel University’s College of Information Science and Technology (1ST). Tanner has held positions of associate and assistant deans since 1986. During her tenure, she introduced innovative recruitment techniques and communications that resulted in a steady increase in enrollment; tripled the number of graduate inquiries; and was instrumental in establishing the 1ST Web site. She also led significant changes in college processes through the Knowledge Process Task Force and worked with faculty to launch a Women in Informa- tion Systems organization for 1ST students. Tanner joined the college in 1981 as manag- ing editor of the Drexel Library Quarterly, and in 1983 she became publications editor. Prior to these positions, she was librarian at the Eastern Regional Research Center of the USDA and at Beaver College.

Arlene G. Taylor,professor of library and information science (LIS) at the University of Pittsburgh, has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant to Suranaree University of Technology in Thailand. She will spend three weeks leading workshops on online catalog- ing and on how to teach LIS distance educa- tion courses via the Web. Taylor also will give a seminar on major trends in LIS education. She joined the university in 1993 as an asso- ciate professor in the School of Information Science Department of Library and Informa- tion Science.

Appointments

Tobeylynn Birch

Tobeylynn Birchhas been appointed univer- sity librarian at Alliant International University.

From 1976 to 1979, she worked in the UCLA Graduate School of Management Library.

Prior to this position, she was Los Angeles campus libraiy director at the California School of Professional Psychology from 1981 to 2001. She is a member of ACRL, LAMA, LIRT (past- president), the Association of Mental Health Librarians (past-president), and California Academic and Research Libraries. In 1990, Birch won the ALA World Book Award.

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Jennifer Gilleyis the new head of the Elisabeth S. Blissell Library at Pennsylvania State, New Kensington.

Shirley Hallbladehas become the sixth college libraian at Occidental College’s Mary Norton Clapp Library in 89 years. Hallblade, who was director of the J. Hugh Jackson Library at Stanford University’s business school, has held several administrative positions at Vanderbilt University, including the associate director of libraries post, which she held for a decade. She also taught library management, information science, and computer applications at the University of Mississippi’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

Karla Blockhas been appointed head of access and outreach services at the Bio-Medi- cal Library at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Randy Brandthas been named principal cataloger at the University of California, Berkeley.

Su Chenis now East Asian librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Leslie Czechowskihas been appointed archivist of the Minnesota Orchestra Collection at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Joan Dalrympleis now head of access services at the Sidney Silverman Library of Bergen Community College.

Virginia Dudleyhas been named MINITEX bibliographic and technical services coordinator at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Cecilia Genereuxis now serials cataloger at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Jennifer Gilleyis the new head of the Elisabeth S. Blissell Library, at Pennsylvania State University, New Kensington.

Mark Goochhas been appointed visiting technical services librarian at the College of Wooster, Ohio.

Rebecca Henninghas been appointed cataloger at Amherst College Library.

Val Houlsonhas been appointed assistant business librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Annemarie Mascarenharasis now reference librarian at the Sidney Silverman Library of Bergen Community College.

Janet Mirandahas been named MINITEX contract cataloger at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Michael E. Mounceis now reference/instructional services librarian at Delta State University.

Deborah Powellhas accepted the position of cataloguing services librarian at the Old Dominion University Libraries.

Gloria Rhodeshas accepted the position of outreach/community resources librarian at San Diego State University.

Cynthia Robinsonis now associate director of the Bio-Medical Libraiy at the University of Minnesota.

Lynn Schotthas been appointed reference librarian at the Sidney Silverman Library of Bergen Community College.

MacKenzie Smithhas been appointed associate director for technology in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries.

Jim Stemperis now electronic resources librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Rong Wanghas been named coordinator for technical systems and media services at the Sidney Silverman Libraiy of Bergen Community College.

Antonella Wardhas been appointed electronic resources/reference librarian at Angelo State University in Texas.

Nanette J. Weltonis now head of information resources in the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Retirements

Frank Q. Helmshas retired as director of the West Chester University Library after 35 years of service. During his tenure, the library collection grew from 50,000 to 500,000 volumes and the library expanded to include a six-story addition. Helms was instrumental in developing the library’s endowment in excess of $1.5 million. He has served as chair of the Library Directors Board of the State System of Higher Education of Pennsylvania and fulfilled many leadership positions in the Delaware Valley Chapter of ACRL and the Tri-State College Library Cooperative.

Frank Q. Helms and Mary E. Nehlig

Mary E. Nehlighas retired as assistant director of the West Chester University Library. Since joining West Chester in 1967, Nehlig has managed the public services division of the library as it embraced new technologies and expanded services. Nehlig has been active on campus and at regional and state levels with issues related to staff development.

Bill Roberts,university archivist at the University of California, Berkeley, has retired. He started in the Bancroft Library as a student assistant in 1964, while doing graduate work in French. He became a library assistant in Bancroft’s old manuscript division in 1966 and was appointed assistant librarian in 1971. Roberts has worked in all areas of Bancroft—technical services, public services, and, since 1984, as university archivist, only the fourth since the university’s foundation. During the mid-1990s, he served as acting curator of pictorial collections and of the His- tory of Science and Technology Program— essentially holding three full-time jobs at once. Roberts has served on numerous librarywide and LAUC-B committees; he received LAUC- B’s Distinguished Librarian Award (1997-98).

Bella Shirman,circulation supervisor and operations manager in the astronomy/math- ematics/statistics library since 1990, has re- tired from the University of California, Ber- keley.

James C. Thompson,university librarian at the University of California, Riverside, has retired after 15 years of service. Under Thompson’s stewardship, the science library was completed in 1998 and the Rivera Li- brary renovation was completed in 2001, modernizing and doubling the space avail- able for collections and services to 301,032 square feet. Thompson was also responsible for reorganizing the management of the li- braries and streamlining and automating li- brary operations.

Deaths

Ed. note:In the January 2002 issue of C&RL News, the photo of George D. Terry was in- correctly identified as Dan Foley. The editors regret the error.

George D. Terry

George D. Terry,vice provost and dean of libraries at the University of South Carolina (1991-2001), died Octo- ber 20, 2001. Before as- suming the position of dean, Terry served as director of the uni- versity’s McKissick Mu- seum and administrator for special projects, in- cluding development of an online library system to link the university’s nine campuses. Terry excelled in facilitating the acquisition of no- table materials for the libraries’ special col- lection department. ■