ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

Personnel

David E. Sparks

PROFILES

Larger academic libraries seem to desire similar qualities in individuals they consider for director positions. Experience in building design, proven organizational ability, a creative bent in problem-solving, and some sort of ability to cope with automation all weigh heavily in a candidate’s favor. A respect for and perhaps training in a humanistic field will also find favor on most campuses. The administration of Notre Dame seems to have found such a man in David E. Sparks, new Director of Libraries.

Mr. Sparks comes to Notre Dame from Yale University where he was Associate Librarian for Public Services. While at Yale, he played a major role in the $3 million addition to the Sterling Memorial Library, was responsible for the reorganization of the circulation, reference, reserve book, and photographic departments, and played a central role in the organization of the Yale “intensive use” collection.

From early 1965 until September of 1967 when he attended Yale he was Head, Reference and Library Services Section, Science and Technology Division, in the Library of Congress. While serving in this position he was closely involved with the serials data program and the MARC program as the latter pertained to the Science Reading Room Collection.

His educational background includes an A.B. and an M.A. in romance language and linguistics and library science training at Catholic University.

His commitment to libraries in general can be seen by his professional activities, which include memberships in ALA, SLA, ASIS, and ALTA. Particularly commendable is his role as a trustee for the Lucios Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, Massachusetts, and for the B. C. Scranton Memorial Library in Madison, Connecticut.

APPOINTMENTS

Thomas E. Albright has been appointed as assistant director of libraries at Michigan State University, E. Lansing, effective July 1, 1971.

George M. Bailey has been named associate director of libraries for the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.

James E. Buck is now librarian of St. Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, Indiana.

William H. Calhoon, Jr., has joined the staff of the University of Delaware library, Newark, as an assistant reference librarian.

Allen Cohen is now senior assistant librarian in the cataloging department of the Pennsylvania State University library at University Park. He will be responsible for cataloging instruction.

Earle E. Coleman is the new university archivist at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.

Mrs. Nola Crawford has recently assumed the position of assistant reference librarian at the University of Delaware library, Newark.

Mrs. Sarah Crews is now associate director for technical services, James Branch Cabell Library, Academic Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Wilford Devine has been appointed associate librarian I in the Acquisitions Department of the University of Maryland library, College Park.

Herman Elstein has been appointed assistant director for reader services, Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey.

Laurence Feldman is now the physical sciences librarian at the University of Massachusetts library, Amherst.

George Gibbs has been named assistant to the head, original cataloging, technical services, Columbia University libraries.

Alan V. Gould is to be the new senior assistant librarian, science and technology division of the University of Nebraska libraries, Lincoln.

Molly Haarhoff has been appointed associate librarian I in the humanities reference room of the University of Maryland Library, College Park.

Donald D. Hendricks will become director of the library for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas.

Michele A. Huntley is to be senior assistant librarian in the acquisitions department of the University of Nebraska libraries, Lincoln.

Donald B. Imrie has joined the University of Toronto library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as director of library administrative services.

Eugene B. Jackson has accepted a dual position on the staff of the University of Texas at Austin as professor of library science and consultant on library automation for the university libraries.

John R. James is now a cataloger in the information processing department at the University of Massachusetts library, Amherst.

Vicke Faye Keating has joined the staff of the University of Nebraska Libraries, Lincoln, as assistant librarian in the science and technology division.

Charles King has accepted an appointment with the Columbia University libraries as medical reference librarian.

Robert P. Lang has been named associate university librarian, University of California, Riverside campus.

William J. Leiblein has been appointed assistant director for nonprint services, Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey.

George Lowy has accepted an appointment in the Columbia University libraries as librarian, International Affairs Library.

Beverly Lusey has been appointed associate librarian I in the technology and science reference room of the University of Maryland library, College Park.

Janet Kay McNeil has been appointed assistant reference librarian at the James Branch Cabell Library, Academic Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Jess A. Martin has received appointment as director of libraries at the University of Tennessee Medical Units in Memphis.

Mrs. Barbara N. May is now an assistant reference librarian at the University of Delaware library, Newark.

Everet Minett is now director of library automation systems at the University of Toronto library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Marcia Parsons has been appointed head librarian of Sears Library of the Case Western Reserve University libraries, Cleveland, Ohio.

Gary Norman Paul has accepted appointment to the position of head librarian at the University of Hawaii’s Hilo College in Hilo, Hawaii.

Miss Janice J. Poplau has accepted the position of cataloger in the library of Birmingham- Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama.

Theodore Rauch is now serials librarian, serials and documents acquisitions, Columbia University libraries.

Mrs. Pamela Ross is now assistant circulation librarian with the Columbia University libraries.

Martha Rudyk has been appointed head catalog librarian, Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey.

Stanley A. Shabowich has been appointed acquisitions librarian and instructor in library science at Purdue University, Calumet campus, Hammond, Indiana.

Mrs. Joanne Simonds is now assistant fine arts librarian with the Columbia University libraries.

Frederick E. Smith has been appointed as head of the Circulation Department at Michigan State University Libraries, E. Lansing, effective July 1, 1971.

Ormond Somervill is now assistant librarian in the humanities division of the University of Nebraska libraries, Lincoln.

Mrs. Jean Stefancic has joined the library staff at Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, as periodicals librarian.

F. William Summers has accepted a position as assistant dean of the University of South Carolina’s new Graduate Library School at Columbia.

Ronald Swanson is now senior assistant librarian in the humanities division of the University of Nebraska Library, Lincoln.

John B. Thomas is the new director, Learning Resource Library, Davidson County Community College, Lexington, North Carolina.

Phillip Tilghman is joining Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, as assistant librarian.

Christina Wagner has been appointed associate librarian I in the reserve book room of the University of Maryland Library, College Park.

Mrs. Marjorie F. Wallace has been appointed reader services librarian, Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey.

Marqua E. Weathers has been appointed technical services librarian and assistant professor of library science at Purdue University, Calumet campus, Hammond, Indiana.

Hans H. Weber is now head of the serials department at the University of California, Riverside campus, library.

Dr. John G. Williamson has joined the staff of the University of Delaware Library, Newark, as an assistant acquisitions librarian.

Patrick Wilson is the new dean of the school of librarianship at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mrs. Katharine M. Wood has been named reference librarian at the University of Delaware Library, Newark.

RETIREMENTS

Mrs. Myrtle Chaney, an assistant professor in the library education department, has retired from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.

Mrs. Irene Cunningham has retired from her position as library cataloger at Oklahoma State University library, Stillwater. She served in her position as cataloger for fifteen years.

Dr. Luther H. Evans retired as director of international collections, Columbia University libraries, on June 30, 1971. Dr. Evans had been with Columbia since 1962 and was actively engaged in developing the university’s international collections as well as assisting in developing the library program of the Graduate School of International Affairs. Dr. Evans had served as Librarian of Congress from 1945-1953 and Director General of UNESCO from 1953-1958.