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John K. Amrhein

JohnK. Amrhein has been appointed director of the library at California State College, Stanislaus, effective August 1. Currently he is university librarian at Kutztown University, Pennsylvania.

Before coming to Kutztown in 1971, he was circulation librarian at Kent State University, Ohio. His other experience includes three years at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries as periodicals librarian and as assistant librarian for Commonwealth campuses and continuing education. During his 13 years at Kutztown University, the library collection tripled in size, interlibrary loan increased by 1400 %, and a comprehensive bibliographic instruction program was developed.

Amrhein holds a bachelor’s degree from Duquesne University, an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh, and a master’s in philosophy from Pennsylvania State University. He contributed the philosophy chapter to the second and third editions of Bill Katz’s Magazines for Libraries (1972 & 1978).

Ellen Hoffman

Ellen Hoffmanhas been named director of libraries at York University, Downsview, Ontario, effective May 1. She was assistant director for public services at York and had served as acting director since 1,983.

Her previous experience includes positions as reference librarian (1975-1978), head of the Reference Department (1973-1975), and Atkinson and undergraduate librarian (1971-1973) at York. From 1966 to 1971 she worked at Yale University Library. She holds bachelor’s (1965) and MLS (1966) degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Hoffman is currently a member of the ACRL Membership Committee and the LAMA Statistics for College and University Libraries Committee, and has been a member of the ALA Reference and Subscription Books Review Committee. In 1982-1983 she was a participant in the ARL/OMS Consultant Training Program. Hoffman has served as chair of the Ontario Geac User Group and is a member of the Canadian Library Association.

StantonF. Biddle, associate director for planning and development at the State University of New York at Buffalo, has been named chief librarian at Baruch College of the City University of New York, effective April 30. Biddle was awarded the first ACRL/ISI Dissertation Fellowship in 1983 for his dissertation proposal on planning in university libraries. He is currently working on the completion of his doctorate through the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.

Biddle also holds a master’s degree in public administration from New York University, an MLS from Atlanta University, and a bachelor’s degree from Howard University. He interned at the University of California, Berkeley, under the Council on Library Resources Academic Library Management Program.

As associate director at SUNY-Buffalo, Biddle chaired the automated circulation system selection committee, the Task Force on the Research Libraries Group, and the Faculty and Professional Staff Development Committee.

RonaldE. Wyllys has been named dean of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He has been serving as acting dean since September 1982, when Dean Claud Glenn Sparks resigned to return to full-time teaching. A specialist in research methods emphasizing statistics, systems analysis, library automation and operations research, Wyllys joined the UT faculty in 1972.

He received a Ph.D. degree in information science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1974 and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Arizona State University in 1950. His other professional experience includes positions as lecturer in the computer sciences department at the University of Wisconsin (1966-1972) and chief systems analyst for the University of Wisconsin Libraries (1966-1969); computer systems specialist for System Development Corporation (1961-1966); and associate in information retrieval for Planning Research Corporation (1959-1961).

Articles by Wyllys have appeared in such publications as Collection Management, Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery, and Library Trends. He is co-author of a book on national document-handling systems.

People in the News

Michael Gorman,director of the Division of General Services at the University of Illinois Library, Urbana, has joined the faculty of the University of Chicago Graduate Library School as a visiting professor for the Spring and Summer 1984 terms. Pie is teaching a course in bibliographic utilities and networks, an advanced seminar on academic and research libraries, and an eight-session continuing education course in the summer.

Norman Horrocks,director of the Dalhousie University School of Library Service, Nova Scotia, has been elected vice-president/president-elect of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE).

Norman Nelson, assistant university librarian at Oklahoma State University, will assume the office of president of the Oklahoma Library Association on July 1.

BarbaraJ. Pinzelik, associate humanities and general services librarian at Purdue University, was presented the 1984 John H. Moriarty Award for Excellence in Library Service by the President of the University on April 26.

Dennis Reynolds,head of OCLC services at the Bibliographic Center for Research, Denver, will teach a course in library automation at the University of Chicago Graduate Library School this summer. He will also teach a ten-session continuing education course of a more general nature on the same topic.

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.)

Asano Albertsonhas been appointed acting head of the Acquisitions Department, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

AnthonyJ. Amodeo has been appointed assistant reference librarian with responsibility for reli_: gion and the classics at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.

Carolyn Andersonhas been appointed head of the State Services Section, Dykes Library, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.

Gary Bertchumehas been appointed cataloger at Columbia University, New York.

Mary Biggshas joined the faculty of the Graduate Library School, University of Chicago, as assistant professor and editor of the Library Quarterly.

MichaelR. Blake has been appointed reference librarian in the Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University.

Julianne Bobayis the new instruction librarian at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Deborah Brownhas been appointed collection management coordinator at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Jimmie Brownhas been appointed data processing librarian at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.

Robin Carlawis now curatorial associate in the Harvard University Archives.

Brigitte Carnochanhas been appointed library development officer at Stanford University, California.

Joseph Cavanaughhas been appointed library systems/planning officer at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Barbara Celonehas been named head of the Cubberley Education Library, Stanford University, California.

Leroy Chadwickjoined the staff of the University of Washington Health Sciences Library, Seattle, as serials librarian.

SharonE. Clark has been appointed automated systems librarian at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

WilliamA. Clintworth has been appointed public services librarian at the University of Southern California’s Norris Medical Library, Los Angeles.

CathleenH. Conroy is now serials conversion project coordinator in the Harvard University Library, Cambridge.

Dean Covingtonhas been named head of General Reference at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Daniel Dabneyhas joined the reference staff of the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas, Austin.

JudithM. Downey has been appointed manuscripts librarian at the Whaling Museum Library, Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, Massachusetts.

DeborahG. Duchala has been appointed library personnel officer at the State University of New York at Albany.

EdwardM. Dzierzak has been named director of the Health Sciences Library, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntingdon, West Virginia.

Charles James Edwardshas been appointed head of the Media Center, Odegaard Undergraduate Library, at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Kathy Farrellhas been appointed assistant catalog librarian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Chuck Forbeshas been named head of the combined Humanities and Social Sciences Division, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Connie Fosteris now serials supervisor, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green.

PaulM. Graham has joined the faculty of Rutgers University Libraries, New Brunswick, New Jersey, as cataloger in Central Technical Services.

Dorothy Gregoris the new chief of the Shared Cataloging Division, Library of Congress.

Nancy Gwinnhas been appointed assistant director for collections management at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, D.C.

Donald Haggertyhas been named university archivist at the State University of New York at Albany.

StuartC. Hancock is now reference and library instruction librarian at Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Charlie Heaberlinis now serials librarian at American University Law Library, Washington, D.C.

Shelley Heatonhas been appointed reference librarian and bibliographer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

ConstanceW. Holt has been appointed public services coordinator at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.

Elizabeth Hoodhas been appointed serials cataloger at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

Ron Johnsonhas been named director of the library at Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon.

Elizabeth Kellyhas been appointed director of the Biddle Law Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

MelodyS. Kelly is the new government documents librarian at North Texas State University, Denton.

Marjorie Knittelhas been appointed education/psychology librarian in the Social Sciences/Humanities Reference Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis.

WilliamE. McElhaney is now librarian of the Mercy College Libraries’ Yonkers Extension, Westchester County, New York.

Bonnie MacEwanhas been named art, archaeology and music librarian at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Izzora Maynardhas been appointed reference librarian at Harvard’s Widener Library.

Otis Midgetthas been appointed reference librarian at the State University of New York at Albany.

Rita Millicanis the new head of technical services at the Louisiana State University Law Library, Baton Rouge.

Patrice Moskowhas been promoted to head of reference services in the Gutman Library, Harvard University.

KurtR. Murphy is now head of library systems analysis at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

Ellen Naglehas been named director of the Dana Medical Library, University of Vermont, Burlington.

Michael Newmanhas been appointed reference librarian at Lane Medical Library, Stanford University, California.

Paula Nielsonhas been appointed cataloger at Princeton University Library, New Jersey.

Sheila Keil Osheroffis now working on a retrospective conversion project as serials cataloger at Oregon State University, Corvallis.

Louis Pitschmannhas assumed new duties as Icelandic librarian for Special Collections and deputy collections librarian for Collection Development at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Richard Reebhas been appointed assistant head of the Catalog Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Marie Reidelbachhas been promoted to head of reference at the McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

Margaret Rohdyhas been appointed assistant head of the Cataloging Department, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

J, David Rudmanhas been appointed Scandinavian cataloger at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Rochelle Sagerhas been appointed associate dean for public services, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York.

Sam Sayreis now reference and interlibrary loan librarian at Reed College, Portland.

Brian Schottlaenderis the new head of the Monographic Cataloging Section at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Paula Sennetthas been appointed documents/reference librarian at the Loyola University of Chicago Law School Library.

Susan Severtsonhas been appointed vice president, marketing and sales, for Carrollton Press, Arlington, Virginia.

WilliamR. Smith has been appointed serials cataloger at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

M. Christina Sokolhas been appointed monographs cataloger at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.

Raymond Sotohas been appointed assistant to the university librarian, University of California, Los Angeles.

JoAnneL. Sparks has been appointed external degree program librarian at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant.

Tom Staveis now temporary personnel librarian at the University of Oregon, Eugene.

Winston Tabbhas been appointed chief of the Information and Reference Division in the Library of Congress Copyright Office.

WilliamE. Tydeman has been named head of the Special Collections Department at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Allan Urbanichas been appointed Slavic serials conversion librarian in the Harvard College Library.

O. F. Van Jepmond has been appointed executive director of the Washington Library Network, Olympia.

Marilyn Ventis now assistant cataloger at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Margie Waitis the new circulation librarian at the University of Oklahoma Law Library, Norman.

Margaret Wellshas been appointed information services librarian at the State University College at Buffalo, New York.

Anne Whipplehas been appointed library microfilm assistant at the State University of New York at Albany.

Dorothy Willishas been appointed regional development coordinator at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.

Retirements

Tung-Chu Chen,Nesbitt and Evening College librarian at Drexel University, Philadelphia, retired on March 30.

Jean Hudson,general reference librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, retired in March after 27 years of service.

Scott Kennedy,head of the Physical Sciences Library at the University of California, Davis, since 1975, retired on January 6.

Claire Meyer,reference librarian at the University of Oregon, Eugene, will retire on June 30. She has been at Oregon since 1961, having served as head of circulation, head of interlibrary loan, and catalog information service librarian.

Dave Schacht,science and technology librarian at Oregon State University, Corvallis, retired on January 1.

Enid Waterman,collections research librarian at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, retired at the end of April after 21 years of service.

Deaths

Kathleen Eads,librarian in the Humanities Library at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, died on February 9. She had been at Carbondale 23 years.

DonaldA. Osborne, head of acquisitions at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, died on February 25.

CharlesW. David, former director of libraries and professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, died on April 2 at the age of 99. The author of several scholarly works in medieval history, David also played a major role during the 1940s and 1950s in the development of the Union Library Catalog of Pennsylvania and the revitalization and expansion of the University of Pennsvlvania Libraries.

CharlesW. David

David earned a bachelor’s degree from Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 1911 and a doctorate from Harvard in 1918. He taught history at the University of Washington for three years and at Bryn Mawr College from 1918 to 1940. In the 1930s he joined historian Conyers Read to become one of the principal architects of the Union Library Catalog of Pennsylvania.

In 1940 David became professor of history and the first full-time director of libraries at the University of Pennsylvania. For the next 15 years until he retired in 1955, lie worked to achieve a remarkable renaissance of the University’s neglected libraries. He also served a five-year term as executive secretary of the Association of Research Libraries, and played a major role in the Farmington Plan and rebuilding the war-ravaged libraries of Europe.

After his retirement from Penn at the age of 70, David went on to plan and establish the Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, a major research collection for American business and industrial history, at Longwood, Delaware. Then he established the Maritime Library at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut. During these “retirement” years he also served as chairman of the Board of Trustees at West Chester State Teachers College and guided it through a difficult transition.— Richard De Gennaro, University of Pennsylvania.

JohnM. Sekerak, former agricultural sciences librarian at the University of California, Davis, died on April 2 in Sacramento. He previously held positions at Modesto Junior College and American River College, and also undertook foreign assignments for the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Sudan and Bangledesh. His subject bibliography, Grapes, Viticulture, Wine and Wine Making, was sponsored in 1975 by the American Society of Enologists.

CarolineM. Shillaber, former librarian of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, died on March 22. She had been associated with Harvard since 1931, when she became assistant librarian of what was then the library of the Departments of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning. In 1951 she moved to MIT, where she served until 1963 as librarian of the Rotch Library of Architecture and Urban Planning. In that year she returned to Harvard as librarian of the Graduate School of Design.

JolanG. SzENDREY, of the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Rutgers University, died on April 12. She had been with the Rutgers libraries for 33 years and was well known for her work as agricultural librarian at the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science. She also worked as associate librarian at the Library of Science and Medicine.