ACRL College & Research Libraries News

College & Research Libraries News

Personnel

PROFILES

Stephen R. Salmon, thirty-eight, president of Xerox BiblioGraphics, Washington, D.C., was appointed director of the University of

Houston libraries effec- tive January 1, 1972.

Salmon, also with the Library of Congress for about seven years, will replace Dr. Edward G. Holley, who has left the University of Houston to accept a post as professor and dean of the School of Library Science at the University of North Caro- lina.

Stephen R. Salmon

The appointment was made by President Philip G. Hoffman and is subject to approval by the University of Houston Board of Regents. A University of Houston library committee recommended Salmon for the post.

Salmon has been with Xerox Corporation since September 1909, and served as president of Xerox BiblioGraphics from April 1970. Prior to that post, he served as president and general manager of two Xerox subsidiaries, Library Journal Cards, Inc., New York, and Professional Library Service, Santa Ana, California.

Salmon was with the Library of Congress August 1966-September 1969, first as executive officer of the Processing Department, and later as assistant director for Processing Services. Salmon was assistant director of libraries for Washington University in St. Louis April 1964-July 1966. He served as administrative assistant of the Processing Department and assistant chief of Photoduplication Service at the Library of Congress December 1961-March 1964. Salmon was also librarian of George Mason College of the University of Virginia at Fairfax August 1959-December 1961. He served as cataloger, reference librarian, and intern in the Library of Congress September 1958-April 1959 and assistant for Mechanized Information Retrieval Study from April 1959. With the St. Louis Public School Library June 1958-August 1958, Salmon was also assistant librarian at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland October 1957-June 1958.

Salmon received his A.B. with honors from the University of California at Berkeley in 1957 and his M.L.S. in 1958. He also attended the University of California at Los Angeles and Austin College in Sherman, Texas.

From 1966 to 1967, Salmon was instrumental in founding the Information Science and Automation Division of the American Library Association, and served as chairman of the organizing committee and as its first president.

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College & Research Libraries recently added two new members to the board of editors; Dr. H. Joanne Harrar, associate director of libraries at the University of Georgia, and Dr. Ann Painter, associate professor in the Graduate School of Library Science at Drexel University.

Dr. Harrar has held a variety of positions of steadily increasing responsibility since she received her doctorate from Rutgers in 1962. Her first position was with Columbia University libraries, where she was first research assistant, and later assistant to the director. Leaving Columbia in 1963 after two years, she became librarian and professor of library science at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina. During her seven years at Winthrop she was responsible for the programming, planning, and move into a new $2.25 million building completed in 1969. She joined the staff of the University of Georgia as associate director of libraries in January 1971.

Her professional activities have shown a concern for state, regional, and national library problems. She has served with ACRL’s Audio- Visual Committee, the membership committee, and as a consultant for the ACRL Grants Committee in 1967 and 1968 as well as a member of the United States Office of Education’s Advisory Committee on Library Research and Training Projects 1968-1971.

Dr. Painter comes to the board of editors with a somewhat different background. Though she too received her doctorate from Rutgers, her first position was with the National Bureau of Standards as a systems analyst. From this position she moved to the National Agricultural Library as a staff assistant in technical services, a position she held 1964—1965.

Her commitment since leaving the National Agricultural Library has been to library education, first at Indiana University 1965-1970, and next at Drexel University where she is now an associate professor in the Graduate School of Library Science.

Her publishing and professional activities have shown a strong orientation to the field of information science and its problems. She has served on numerous committees in ALA, The American Society for Information Science, and the American National Standards Institute.

Their wide experience and diverse backgrounds should add much to the board of editors in a time when there is a continuing thrust toward making library publications more meaningful to their readers.

APPOINTMENTS

Ilona Bicsakhas been appointed cataloger, serials cataloging, Columbia University libraries.

KeithC. Blean is now assistant university librarian and head of technical processes division at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Josephine Buffingtonhas been appointed reference librarian at David Lipscomb College, Nashville, Tennessee.

Grace Callahanis now head of the catalog department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Monique C. Clelandhas accepted the position of selection officer at Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, New Hampshire.

J. M. Edelstein will become chief librarian of the National Gallery of Art, July 1, 1972, in Washington, D.C.

LutherH. Evans is visiting professor and Thomas E. Benner lecturer at the Graduate School of Librarianship, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Renee Evansis now Oil Spill Information Center coordinator in the sciences-engineering library at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

LouiseA. Fachilla has been appointed librarian of the Emory and Henry College library, Emory, Virginia.

Judy Hughes Fairhas accepted the position of chief reference librarian, The George Washington University library, Washington, D.C.

Alex Gonzaleshas been named as reference librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

ShirleyJ. Grainger has assumed the duties of librarian of the Dana Biomedical Library at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Dennis Hamiltonhas accepted the position of serials cataloger at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Laura Helene Henninghas joined the Stanislaus State College library as reference librarian, Turlock, California.

Louis A. Jacob has been appointed head of the Southern Asia Section of the Orientalia Division in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Jovian Langis presently serving as assistant professor of the library science-audiovisual education department at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Mirla M. Liscanohas been appointed as a librarian on the staff of the catalog department,

The George Washington University library, Washington, D.C.

Edward H. Liszewskihas been appointed special assistant to the director of libraries, The George Washington University library, Washington, D.C.

DavidC. Marshall has been appointed head librarian at the Venango campus of Clarion State College, Oil City, Pennsylvania.

ColleenM. Neil is now a librarian in the Health Sciences Library at the University of Washington, Seattle.

RochelleL. Orloff has been named assistant to the head of the reserve books department of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Martha H. Petersonhas been appointed associate university librarian at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with duties in collection development.

DonaldM. Ralston has been named assistant university librarian for administrative services at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

HansJ. Raum, Jr., has been appointed assistant professor and assistant librarian in charge of public services at Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont.

John Henry Richterhas joined the staff of the serials division, cataloging section, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Gail Schlachterhas joined the faculty of the University of Southern California, School of Library Science, Los Angeles.

TeresaF. StrozIc has been appointed assistant director of libraries for processing and computer-based systems at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.

Betsy Robb Tabashas accepted the position of assistant to the head of the pre-catalog department of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Beth Thorstenberghas been appointed as assistant professor of the library science-audiovisual education department at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

GloriaF. Watterson has joined the reference staff of the D. H. Hill library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Bella Weinberghas accepted the position of assistant librarian at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York City.

Edna L. Williamshas accepted responsibilities as a member of the Reference Staff in the University of Pennsylvania library, Philadelphia.

DanielC. Williamson has joined the staff of the catalog department of Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Michael Zackheimhas been appointed circulation librarian of the State University College library, New Paltz, New York.

NECROLOGY

RobertE. Birkhimeh, order librarian at Morris Library and assistant professor at Southern Illinois University, was accidently killed January 23, 1972, in Carbondale, Illinois.

Edna Hanley Byers,librarian at Agnes Scott College for thirty-seven years until her retirement in 1969, died February 16, 1972, at her home in Decatur, Georgia after a long illness.

Margaret Norah Joan O’Rourke,chief of the Resources Development Division, Research and Planning Branch, National Library of Canada, died August 8, 1971.

Darold Earl Rude,director of Library Technical Services at Indiana State University, died January 26, 1972, following a short illness.