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Bill Coons, current awareness services librarian at Cornell University’s Albert R. Mann Library, presented a paper at “Software Solutions,” the 2nd Annual Computer Symposium and Software Fair, sponsored by the Forest Resources Systems Institute and the Forest Products Research Society and held in Louisville, Kentucky, April 22-24, 1985. The paper, titled “Online Searching of Bibliographic Databases: Microcomputer Access to National Information Systems,” described the range and capabilities of the various information databases available to technicians, researchers and managers employed in forestry and the forest products industry.

Lenore Coral, librarian of the Cornell University Music Library, has been elected vice president/president-elect of the Music Library Association. Coral will begin her term as president in February 1987.

Holly Ann Gardinier, music librarian at the Butler Center Library at Mansfield University, Pennsylvania, has been awarded the first annual Walter Gerboth Award by the Music Library Asso- cation. The award will provide financial assistance for her bibliographic and historical research into a 350-volume collection of 18th to 20th century French music and theater almanacs held in the Sibley Music Library at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, New York. The award was established in memory of a professor of music and former head of the Brooklyn College Music Library who was active in ML A.

JohnR. Paynehas concluded a 16-year career with the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin to concentrate on his library appraisal and consulting service. Payne has served in positions ranging from associate librarian to acting director at the Ransom Center and was previously a Lilly Fellow in Rare Books at the Lilly Library at Indiana University .

CharlesR. Schultz,university archivist at Texas A&M University, has won the 1985 Prize Article Contest of the Log of Mystic Seaport, the quarterly journal of the Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., in Mystic, Connecticut. The $500 prize, in its fifth year, was awarded to Schultz’s manuscript, titled “A Forty-Niner Fourth of July.” The article will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal.

Robert Berring

Profiles

RobertC. Berringhas been named dean of the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Berring has served as professor of law and law librarian at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall Law School since 1982.

Prior to his service at UC Berkeley, Berring held positions at the law libraries of the Univer- sity of Washington,

Harvard University, the University of Texas, and the University of Illi- nois. He h as taught courses in legal bibliog- raphy at the library schools of the University of Illinois, the University of Texas, Simmons College, the University of Washington, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Berring received both a law degree and an MLS from Berkeley. He is the editor of Legal Reference Services Quarterly and is president of the American Association of Law Librarians (1985-86).

GeorgeR. Parkshas been appointed librarian of the University of Southern Maine. Parks was librarian at Colgate University for five years prior to accepting the post at USM.

George Parks

Prior to his position at Colgate, Parks was dean of libraries at the Uni- versity of Rhode Island, 1969-80. He has also served as chief adminis- trator and acting direc- tor of libraries (1968- 69), and assistant librar- ian for administration (1966-68) at the Univer- sity of Rochester.

Parks received a bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire and an MLS from the University of Michigan. He is a past president of the New England Chapter of ACRL (1975).

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.)

Mary Adams has been named reference librarian at the Columbia University Health Sciences Library, New York.

Priscilla Andre has been appointed head of the Acquisitions Department at Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois.

David Arthur has been named curator of the Jenks Collection of Adventual Materials at Aurora University, Illinois.

Mary Alice Ball is now NOTIS support services librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Zarin Bengali has joined the staff as evening and weekend reference librarian at the Villanova University School of Law Library, Pennsylvania.

Mary Ellen Benz-Voelkl has been appointed reference librarian at the New York Law School Library, New York.

JamesE. Bobickis now associate director of university libraries at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.

Mary Brady has been appointed assistant head of the Acquisitions Department and head of the Search Section at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Edward Brennan is the new reference librarian at the Law Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Nelda Burroughs has been appointed reference librarian at the Health Sciences Center at the University of Tennessee, Memphis.

KatherineL. Calhounhas joined the staff of the Research Information Services Department at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

Angela Carreno has joined the staff as reference librarian for Latin American studies at New York University, New York.

Mary Case is now head of the Serials Department at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Marsha Clark has been appointed reference librarian for psychology and social work at New York University, New York.

Sheila Corman is now acquisitions librarian at the Northwestern University Medical Library, Chicago.

ElizabethJ. Cousinsis the new cataloger at the Francis A. Countway Medical Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Katherine Cunningham has been appointed NOTIS support services librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Ree DeDonato has joined the staff as head of the reference and circulation units at New York University, New York.

Claire DeMandy has been appointed chief of the catalog division at Lehman College of the City University of New York, Bronx, New York.

Mel Dodd is now coordinator of microcomputer instruction services at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Grace Easterbrook has joined the staff as cataloging librarian at the School of Medicine and Dentistry Library at the University of Rochester, New York.

MildredG. Emmonsis now assistant director for technical services and collection development at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

Tina-Karen Forman is now associate librarian in the Technical Services Department at the University of California, Los Angeles.

RichardM. Franksis the new assistant librarian at Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska.

JosephJ. Franzellohas joined the staff as search analyst at the Strughold Aeromedical Librarv at the United States Air Force School of Aero- •/ space Medicine, San Antonio, Texas.

MichaelF. Fryhas been appointed manuscript librarian at Rice University, Houston, Texas.

Tara Fulton is now reference and interlibrary loan librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Robert Galbreath has been named History, Philosophy and Social Sciences librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Diane Garcia is the new catalog librarian at the Kratter Law Library at the University of San Diego, California.

John Garralda has joined the staff of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Denver.

Paul George has been appointed reference librarian at the Law Center Library at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

StephenL. Gerhardtis now the associate dean of the Learning Resource Center at Cerritos College, Norwalk, California.

KathleenA. Greenhas been named assistant librarian for social sciences and management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

Richard Griscom is the. new technical services librarian in the Music Library at Northwestern University, Evanston.

Sylvelin Gronquist has joined the Reference Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

KennethW. Hedmanhas been appointed associate librarian at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

Katherine Henderson has joined the staff as law librarian at the McGeorge School of Law Library at the University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California.

Thomas Holberg is now coordinator of access services at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Mary Holland is the new assistant to the director of libraries for development at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Deborah Jakubs has been appointed Ibero- American general bibliographer at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

KristinM. Johnsonis the new serials librarian in the Slavic Department at the Harvard College Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

PamelaS. Jones-Grauehas been appointed cataloger at the Sibley Music Library of the University of Rochester, New York.

Monice Kaczorowski has joined the staff as assistant librarian for cataloging and reference at the DePaul University Law Library, Chicago.

Vicki Killon is now information services librarian at the Health Sciences Library at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Joseph King is the new reference librarian at the Norris Medical Library at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Ted Koppel has joined the staff of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries, Denver.

SueW. Lithgohas been appointed cataloger at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

GlennR. Lowryis the new associate director for library systems at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Thomas McGinn has been appointed NOTIS support services librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Renee McHenry has joined the staff as information services and cataloging librarian at the Transportation Library at Northwestern University, Evanston.

MarilynG. McSweeneyis now associate head of the Acquisitions Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.

LOIS Marriotthas been appointed library services coordinator at the California Community Colleges. Sacramento.

James Meyers is now monographic cataloger of Africana at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Salvador Miranda is the new assistant director for collection development at Florida International University, Miami.

Janet Mowry has joined the staff as interlibrary loan librarian at the Strughold Aeromedical Library at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio.

HarryR. Murphyhas been appointed assistant circulation librarian in the Circulation Division at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Angela Murphy-Walters has been appointed assistant catalog librarian for non-book and special collections at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Donna Nerboso is the new reference librarian for career resources and business at the Graduate Library of Business Administration at New York University, New York.

Jim O’Donnell has been appointed geology and planetary sciences librarian at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

Kathryn Otto is now serials cataloger at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.

JO Lynne Paynehas been named head of the LC Cataloging/Retrospective Conversion Section of the Catalog Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Library, Cambridge.

CharlesR. Pennellis the new head of cataloging and bibliographic control at Villanova University, Pennsylvania.

DanielF. Phelanhas been appointed librarian of the Media Library at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ontario.

LindaL. Phillipsis now head of the Science and Technology Library at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Nancy Powell is the new collections development librarian at Oregon State University, Corvallis.

Martha Renick has been appointed assistant law librarian for public services at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

DanielR. Rubeyis the new reference librarian at Lehman College of the City University of New York, Bronx.

Barbara Salvage has joined the staff as catalog maintenance and retrospective conversion librarian at New York University, New York.

Clifford Scott has been appointed media librarian at the Northwestern University Medical Library, Chicago.

Sarah Sherman has joined the staff as government publications librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Susan Shiroma has been appointed reference librarian and documents specialist at New York University, New York.

Robert Sink is now archivist and records manager at the New York Public Library, New York.

S. Gail Sissonis the new reference librarian at the University of Houston Law Library.

Janet Smith has joined the staff as reference librarian at the Health Sciences Center Library at the University of Tennessee, Memphis.

Bob Snyders has been appointed public services and reference librarian at the Logan College of Chiropractic, Chesterfield, Missouri.

KristinaI. Starkusis the new assistant Slavic librarian in the Slavic and East European Section at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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

John Tessner has joined the staff as catalog librarian at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock/Pulaski County Law Library.

Jonathan Thomas is now reference librarian at the Harvard University Law School Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Thompson has been named reference librarian at the Graduate Library of Business Administration at New York University, New York.

Shirley Ward has been named recorded sound services librarian at Northwestern University Library, Evanston.

Sarah Watstein is now head of the Reference Division at Hunter College Library, New York.

David Wilt is the new head of circulation in the Engineering and Physical Sciences Library at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Helen Yakalis has been appointed supervisor of serials acquisitions in the Acquisitions Unit at New York University, New York.

Susan Zappen has been appointed acquisitions librarian at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Retirement

Edward Kemp, collection development librarian at the University of Oregon, Eugene, retired December 31 after 30 years of service. Kemp began his career at Oregon in 1955. His service there has included positions as acquisitions librarian, head of the Gifts and Exchange Section, and head of the Acquisitions Department. Kemp received his MLS at the University of California, Berkeley.

Deaths

Daniel Raposo Cordeiro, Latin American librarian at Syracuse University, New York, died February 27 in Syracuse after a long illness. Cordeiro had been Latin American librarian at Syracuse since 1973. Prior to his service at Syracuse, Cordeiro was bibliographer for Latin America, Spain and Portugal at the University of Kansas. He held a bachelor’s degree in education from Bridgewater State College, a master’s in Latin American History from New York University, and an MLS from Columbia University. He was an active member of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM), and edited A Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies: Social Sciences and Humanities.

FredB. Oxtoby, former descriptive cataloger at the Library of Congress, died January 1 in Washington. Oxtoby retired from his position at the Library of Congress in 1981 after 14 years of service. Prior to his service at LC, he was chief of the Catalog Department at the John Crerar Library, Chicago. Oxtoby’s previous professional posts included work as head cataloger at the Illinois Institute of Technology and as a cataloger at the University of Illinois. He earned a bachelor’s and master’s in library science from the University of Illinois.

MaryL. Woodworth,assistant director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Library and Information Studies, died suddenly March 2 in Madison. Woodworth had been a faculty member at UW since 1964 and had received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree there. ■ ■