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Richard W. Boss

Richard W. Boss,director of libraries of the University of Tennessee, will succeed William S. Dix on July 1 as the Princeton University librarian. Princeton’s President William G. Bowen announced that the appointment of Mr. Boss conclud- ed a wide search over the past seven months for the person best qualified to direct one of the nation’s fore- most teaching and re- search libraries. Mr. Dix will retire as li- brarian and member of the faculty, Mr. Bowen said, “After more than two decades of building the resources of the Princeton library system and serving the larger library and scholarly community in countless ways, including a recent term as president of the American Library Association.

At Princeton Mr. Boss will direct one of the largest open-stack libraries, with more than 2,200,000 volumes in the main Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library and with sixteen special subject libraries and two residential hall libraries within the university system. The library staff numbers about 300.

Mr. Boss, a 37-year-old native of Arnhem, Netherlands, and a U.S. citizen, received a B.A. degree from the University of Utah. He earned an M.A. in library science at the University of Washington and completed his Ph.D. course work at Utah.

He served in various capacities in the University of Utah Library, becoming its associate director and later acting director, before moving to the University of Tennessee in 1970 as director of libraries. He has also taught at the Universities of Utah, Iowa, and Tennessee and Western Michigan University and provided consultative services for a number of other institutions.

His service at the University of Tennessee has included membership on the Cultural Affairs Board, the Research Council, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, the Faculty Senate Transition and By-Laws Committee, the Undergraduate Council, and Board of Deans. He also served on the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Library Advisory Committee and the Advisory Council on Libraries of the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Mr. Boss, a former president of the board of the Bibliographical Center for Research, Denver, is a member of the American Library Association, the Southeastern Library Association, the Tennessee Library Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Kappa Alpha, the American Association of University Professors, the American Society for Information Science, and the Association of Research Libraries Commission on Access. He is president of Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Tennessee and regional secretary of Phi Beta Kappa.

Articles and publications by Mr. Boss include: ACRL Seminar on “The Changing Role of Directors of University Libraries,” Association of College and Research Libraries audiocassette, 1973; “View from the Middle: Selling Ideas Down the Organization,” American Library Association audiocassette, 1974; “Cataloging Cost Studies,” Utah Academy of Sciences Proceedings; “Cost Studies and Performance Standards,” American Library Association Staff Development Round Table; “Automation and Approval Plans,” Advances in Understanding Approval and Gathering Plans in Academic Libraries, Western Michigan University; “Audio Materials in Academic Research Libraries,” College & Research Libraries; and “Coexistence with the Cult of the Audiovisual,” Utah Academy of Science Proceedings.

Mr. Ross said, “The Princeton University Library enjoys a unique environment: its alumni and friends are library-oriented and generous with their support, and the faculty and student body make extraordinary use of library resources and services. It will be quite a challenge to develop a fine library in such an environment into an even finer one.”

APPOINTMENTS

Beverly Anders—reference services, McKeldin Library—University of Maryland, College Park.

Phyllis Andrews—reference librarian— University of Rochester, New York.

Jeanne Baker—serials department—University of Maryland, College Park.

Martha Baker—research librarian, Research Development Unit—Purdue University Library, West Lafayette, Indiana.

H. Gordon Bechanan—director of libraries, Carol M. Newman Library—Virginia Tech, Blacksburg.

Eileen Bloch—marine resources librarian, Grice Marine Biological Laboratory—The College of Charleston, South Carolina.

Doris Bolef—assistant dean for learning resources—East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.

Richard P. Bradberry—humanities librarian—Auburn University, Alabama.

Elizabeth Ann Breedlove—assistant in academic and research libraries—Bureau of Academic and Research Libraries, New York State Education Department, Albany.

Winifred C. Campbell—cataloger, Andover-Harvard Theological Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Katherine Shen Chiang—reference department—The George Washington University Library, Washington, D.C.

Susan Cipar—cataloger—State University of New York, Binghamton.

Virginia Clark—editor for the reference, religion, philosophy, and communication and performing arts section of Choice.

Mary Crowe—head of the circulation department, Mugar Memorial Library—Boston University, Massachusetts.

Jinnie Y. Davis—order librarian—Auburn University, Alabama.

Joseph J. Derbyshire—librarian—Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.

Rebecca D. Dixon—chief librarian—Boys- town Center for the Study of Youth Development, Omaha, Nebraska.

J. Michael DonnellY—reference services, McKeldin Library—University of Maryland, College Park.

Margaret F. Elliot—assistant librarian, Blazer Library—Kentucky State University, Frankfort.

Frances Flynn—librarian, Center for Community Health and Medical Care—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Elaine F riedman—assistant librarian— State University of New York, Binghamton.

Jeanne Goldberg—head, division of public services, Raymond H. Folger Library—University of Maine, Orono.

Gayle Hardy—head, circulation department —State University of New York, Buffalo.

Charles B. Lowry—coordinator of reference and bibliographic services in the social sciences, Atkins Library—University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Donald W. Lyons—associate librarian, Blazer Library—Kentucky State University, Frankfort.

Barbara Maxwell—chief reference librarian—The George Washington University Library, Washington, D.C.

Carolyn Anne Murray—reference librarian, Elizabeth Dafoe Library—University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Joe I. Myers—director, duPont-Ball Library—Stetson University, DeLand, Florida.

Zuzana Nagy—Slavic cataloger, Harvard College Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Thomas Evans Nisonger—cataloger, Elizabeth Dafoe Library—University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

Claude C. Noyes—head, collection development and acquisitions department—University of Rochester, New York.

Elizabeth P. Nyanc—reference services, Undergraduate Library—University of Maryland, College Park.

Olivia Opello—assistant librarian, reference services—State University of New York, Albany.

Auriel Pilgrim—head of technical services, Andover-Harvard Theological Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Susan Polakof—catalog maintenance librarian—State University of New York, Albany.

Angie del Cueto Quiros—Mexican American Studies Librarian—University of Texas Austin.

Daniel Sadowitz—head of serials department, Robert F. Kennedy Library—University of Guam.

Marianne Scott—director of university libraries—McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Rebecca Sherrill—assistant librarian, Rentschler Library—Miami University, Hamilton, Ohio.

Sherrilynne Shirley—head of reference section, Norris Medical Library—University of Southern California Health Sciences Campus, Los Angeles.

Hinda F. Sklar—cataloger, Design School Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Marilynn U. Smith—reference bibliographer for the humanities, Mervyn H. Sterne Library—University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Mickey Sparkman—head of circulation services—Miami University Libraries, Oxford, Ohio.

Richard Syracuse—cataloger, Robert Scott Small Library, The College of Charleston, South Carolina.

Doug Trail—head of media production, Robert F. Kennedy Library—University of Guam.

Betty Wasson—librarian at the Western College—Miami University Libraries, Oxford, Ohio.

Anthony Weiner—assistant science librarian—Miami University Libraries, Oxford, Ohio.

Charles Willett—head, acquisitions department—State University of New York, Buffalo.

Robert Wilson—head of public services, Learning Resources Centre—Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary.

Maria Woodman—cataloger, Littauer Library—Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dennis Wujcik—catalog librarian—Miami University Libraries, Oxford, Ohio.

Harold C. Young—assistant director for public services—University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Peter Young—assistant librarian for public services—Rice University, Houston, Texas.

RETIREMENTS

Robert F. Beachrecently retired from his position as librarian of Union Theological Seminary in New York. Mr. Beach had served as librarian of Union for the past twenty-three years, following earlier periods of service at the libraries of Yale University, Berea College, and Ganett Biblical Institute.

Olga Kayrecently retired as head of the Catalog Department at Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University.

George R. Luckett,librarian of the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California has retired after forty years of service.

Foster M. Palmer,associate university librarian at the Harvard University Library has retired after thirty-six years of service.

Freemont (Giles) Shepherd,associate director of libraries at Cornell University retired December 31, 1974.

Elizabeth Tarverretired on December 1, 1974 after having served more than twenty years as chief of the catalog division at the library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

DEATH

The Rev. Valentine J. Koehler, O.S.B., 69, former research cataloger at St. Vincent College and Archabbey Libraries, Latrobe, Pa., died December 15, 1974.