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Morell D. Boone

Morell D. Boone,dean of learning resources at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was appointed director of the Center of Educational

Resources at Eastern

Michigan University by the board of regents.

Boone replaces Fred Blum who stepped down to take a position as reference librarian in the EMU library.

A native of London- derry, Northern Ire- land, Boone earned a B.S. degree in educa- tion from Kutztown State College, Pennsyl- vania, an MLS from Syracuse University in 1968, and he expects to receive a Ph.D. in educational management later this year, also from Syracuse.

Boone was university librarian at Bridgeport from 1973 to 1976 and then spent a year as a visiting assistant professor in the College of Education at Syracuse. From 1977 to 1979 he served as dean of library services at Bridgeport and has been dean of learning resources there since Februar)', 1979.

Boone is a member of ACRL, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, and the Connecticut Library Association. In 1976-77 he served as a consultant in educational technology to National Iranian Radio and Television in Tehran, a project which was sponsored by the University Consortium for Instructional Development and Technology.

Rowland C.W. Brownhas been selected by the Board of Trustees of OCLC, Inc., to succeed Frederick G. Kilgour as president. Brown, a business executive and attorney, will become OCLC s second president in December.

Brown was president and chief executive officer of Buckeye International, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, from 1970. He received the J.D. degree from Harvard Law School and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management.

Brown has also been president of Dorr-Oliver, Inc., in Stamford, Connecticut; counsel and staff director of international operations for Machinery and Allied Products Institute, Washington, D.C.; and industrial materials counsel in the U.S. Office of Economic Stabilization.

Michael Stuart Freemanhas been named director of library services at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio, effective December 1. He was formerly chief of reference services at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Freeman received an MLS in 1971 and a master's degree in history in 1970 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Freeman has previously served as head of reference services at Dartmouth and as social sciences librarian at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington.

Active in professional associations, Freeman has served as chair of the Academic Librarians of New Hampshire, vice-chair of the New England College Librarians, and as 1978 delegate to the New Hampshire Conference on Libraries and Information Science. He is currently a member of the RASD Goals and Objectives Committee for Planning.

Among Freeman’s recent publications are “Published Study Guides: What They Say about Libraries,” in the November 1979 Journal of Academic Librarianship, and a reference tool for historians, the Guide to Newspaper Indexes in New England, which he co-authored with three other members of the Bibliography Committee of the New England Library Association in 1978.

Laurence Millerhas been appointed director of libraries at Florida International University, Miami, effective January 1. Miller has been director of the University Library at East Texas State University, Commerce, since September, 1974. During that time he served as vice-chair, chair-elect of the Texas Council of State University Librarians, and twice served as chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the Texas Library Association.

Miller received his Ph.D. in library science from Florida State University in 1971, and received master’s and advanced master’s degrees from the same institution in 1963 and 1970. He was appointed area director of libraries at the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico, San German, in 1966, and after obtaining his doctorate went to California State College, in California, Pennsylvania, where he served as director of library services for three years.

Miller’s articles have appeared in Library Journal, Texas Library Journal, RQ, and College & Research Libraries. He is currently secretary of ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Round Table and a member of the Intellectual Freedom Committee.

Miller has a special interest in twentieth century maritime and naval history and has written a column on travel cruises for the Dallas Times- Herald.

Edward T. O’Neill

Edward T. O’Neillhas succeeded Conrad H. Rawski as dean of the School of Library Science at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.

O Neill assumed his post on September 1.

He comes to Case Western from the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he has been an associate professor at the School of Information and Li- brary Studies and ad- junct associate professor of industrial engineer- ing and higher educa- tion for the past ten vears.

O’ Neill has successfully wedded his interest in operations research and statistics to librarianship with his achievements in the field of computer applications of information science. In addition to many articles in professional journals, O’Neill has co-authored two recent monographs published by OCLC: A Machine Method for Correction of Errors in Subject Headings and Subject Heading Patterns in OCLC Monographic Records. He is currently completing a textbook on library operations research.

In 1978-79 O’Neill was a visiting distinguished scholar at the Research and Development Division of OCLC in Columbus, Ohio, where he conducted a study on providing subject access to very large bibliographic data bases.

He is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the American Association of Library Schools, the Operations Research Society of America, as well as ACRL, and is chair-elect of the Special Interest Group for Education of the American Society of Information Science.

JoAn S. Segal

JoAn S. Segalhas been appointed interim director of the Bibliographical Center for Re- search, Denver, where she has served as acting executive director since

June. Segal has been a member of the BCR staff since October, 1978, in the capacity of manager of the Re- source Sharing Program and later as director of the Resource Sharing Division. She received a Ph.D. degree in com- munication from the University ol Colorado in 1978. Her MLS is from Columbia Uni- versity, and she is a graduate of Douglass College, Rutgers University.

Segal’s professional library experience has included work in special, academic, and government libraries, including: the Surgery Department of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Fairleigh Dickinson University, the Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, and the United States Department of Agriculture Library.

She has also been consultant to the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems in adult and continuing education.

Segal has published in the fields of adult and continuing education, group development in theater casts, library development, and needs assessment. She is also active in the Special Libraries Association.

James E. Skipper

James E. Skipperhas been appointed executive director of the Midwest Region Library Network (MIDLNET) effective October 1, 1980. Skipper has been active in almost every phase of librarianship for over 30 years, having attained an MLS degree from the University of Michi- gan in 1949 and a PhD. in 1960. He comes to MIDLNET af- ter serving as president and vice president of the Research Libraries Group for six years.

Among his many acti- vities Skipper has been a member of the Connecticut Governor’s Committee on Libraries, the ALA Council, the ALA Panel on UNESCO, and has served as a delegate to the Anglo-American Conference on the Mechanization of Library Services, and as a delegate for ARL to the International Federation of Library Associations.

His many publications have appeared in professional journals, and he has served as a consultant on administration and library buildings to fifteen institutions.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Marcus A. McCorison,director and librarian of the American Antiquarian Society, has been presented with the first annual award of the Ephemera Society. The award, known as the Samuel Pepys medal in honor of the seventeenth century English diarist, was made in recognition of MeCorison’s outstanding furtherance of ephemera studies.

Elizabeth Salzer,chief librarian of the J. Henry Meyer Memorial Library since 1975, has been appointed to Stanford University’s first endowed librarianship. The position is named the

Olga Meyer and Alice Meyer Buck Librarianship and was effected by funds from the bequest of the late Alice Meyer Buck, Menlo Park, who with her sister, Olga Meyer, presented Stanford with the gift that enabled the construction of Meyer Library.

APPOINTMENTS

Adrienne Adanhas been appointed head of technical processes in the law library of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Anne Locke Alachwas named assistant manager of CLIMBS (Countway Library Medical Bibliographic Service) at Harvard University.

Robert Alanis a new assistant librarian in the catalog department. University of California, San Diego.

Dennis Andersenhas been appointed serials cataloger at the Melville Library, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Janet Louise Arcandhas been appointed instructor and serials cataloger at Iowa State University, Ames.

Noreen C. Barnesis curatorial associate for the Harvard University Theatre Collection.

J aye Bausserhas been named head of postcataloging operations, Monographic Cataloging Department, at Duke University Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Linda BeauprÉhas been appointed associate director for public services, University of Texas at Austin.

Joan M. Bechtelhas been elected to serve a three-year term as chair of the Department of Library Resources, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Margaret Benetzis the new circulation librarian at the Loyola University Law Library in New Orleans.

Bruce Bergmanhas been named library director for the New York City campus of Pace University.

John Berryhas assumed the position of general reference librarian in the University Libraries, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.

Pamela Bluhhas joined the staff of the University of Maryland Law School Library, Baltimore, as head of technical services.

Reed A. Bolandwas appointed rare book bibliographer in the Museum of Comparative Zoology Library, Harvard University.

Lisa Boslerhas been appointed assistant librarian in the Health Sciences Library, State University of New York, Buffalo.

William A. Bourqueis now head of technical services at the Cabot Science Library, Harvard University.

Louisa Bowenis the new curator of manuscripts at Southern Illinois University Library, Carbondale.

Merry D. Bowerhas been appointed assistant librarian in the cataloging department, Kansas State University Libraries, Manhattan.

Catherine Tyler Brody,formerly acting chief librarian, has been appointed chief librarian and department chair at New York City Technical College, City University of New York.

Stanley W. Brownhas been appointed chief of special collections and curator of rare books at Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Jennifer Brownlowhas been named administrative assistant and graduate coordinator at the School of Library Service, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Charles W. Brownsonis now reference librarian and English subject specialist at Arizona State University Library, Tempe.

Harry A. Butlerhas been named assistant humanities librarian, North Texas State University Libraries, Denton.

Thomas Carteris the new director of the Learning Resource Services at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

J. Wesley Cochranis now reference librarian at the Loyola University Law Library, New Orleans.

Carolyn Coxwas promoted to systems analyst and head of the Systems Department at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Charlotte Derksenhas assumed responsibility as branch librarian and bibliographer of Bran- ner Earth Sciences Library, Stanford University, California.

Adrienne De Vergiehas been appointed cataloger at the Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas at Austin.

Ellen Dolehas been appointed drug literature specialist for the Office Education Project at the University of Southern California’s Norris Medical Library, Los Angeles.

Miriam A. Drakehas been named research associate at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Carolyn Dusenburyhas been named head of reference service, Arizona State University Library, Tempe.

Blanche Ebeling-Koningis now acquisitions bibliographer at the Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Paula Elliot,formerly in cataloging, is now

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Joline Ridlon Ezzellhas been appointed head of serials, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

John Fadellhas been appointed reference bibliographer in European languages at the University of Houston library.

Joyce L. Farrishas been named head of the Original Cataloging Section, Duke University Library, Durham.

Keith P. Fleemanjoined the Universal Serials and Book Exchange staff as manager of collections and services. He was formerly head of the Periodicals Department at Frostburg State College, Maryland.

Mary S. Floriohas been appointed reference librarian at the College Library, Suffolk University, Boston.

Michael J. Freemanis now assistant reference librarian at the University of South Carolina library, Columbia.

Deborah Friedmanhas been appointed science cataloger at the Melville Library, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Larry Fryehas been selected as associate professor and head librarian, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. He was formerly library director at Bethany College, West Virginia.

Samuel Y. Fustukjianhas been appointed librarian at the University of South Florida, St.

Petersburg campus.

Margaret Gallowayis now associate director of technical services, North Texas State University Libraries, Denton.

Sonja W. Garciais now reference librarian at the University of South Florida Library, Tampa.

Virginia A. Gilberthas been appointed bibliographer, collection development, at the Duke University Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Ann Glennhas been appointed half-time assistant science cluster librarian at Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb.

Lydia Golehas joined the staff of the Dickinson College Library, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, as serials librarian.

Karla P. Gooldhas assumed the position of university science librarian at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana.

Esther Grassianis the new curator of the California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction collection housed in the College Library Building of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Howard Graveshas been appointed chair of the Catalog Department of Hofstra University Library, Hempstead, New York.

Jim S. Gray, Jr.,has been appointed circulation librarian at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Barbara Greenejoined the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio library staff as learning resources center coordinator.

Kathleen A. Haeflingerhas been named acting head of the Music Library, University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Susan Halpertis now assistant reference librarian at the Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Gary Hartmanhas been appointed assistant librarian at the University of Arkansas School of Law Library, Fayetteville.

Janice Heckelmanwas appointed cataloger in the Harvard Law School Library.

Jennie Meyer Howardwas appointed technical services librarian in the Kennedy School of Government Library, Harvard University.

Anne C. Hugheswas appointed Slavic preservation specialist in the Harvard University Library.

Nancy Hulingis now head of reference services, University of California, Biverside.

Phyllis E. Jayneshas been promoted to director of user services, Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Jacqueline Jeffersonhas been appointed reference librarian at New York City Technical College, City University of New York.

Althea McEwen Jenkinshas been named librarian of the University of South Florida Library, Sarasota campus.

Cicely R. Joycehas been appointed librarian/ external degree program in Troy, Michigan, at

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant.

Gail Junionhas been appointed associate professor and head of the Original Cataloging Unit, Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Stephen Justais the new media specialist and coordinator of the Education Resource Center at Virginia Union University, Richmond.

Patricia Kantnerhas been appointed catalog librarian at Miami University Library, Oxford, Ohio.

Ruth M. Katzhas assumed the position of associate director of the East Carolina University Library, Greenville, North Carolina. She formerly directed the Libran' Services and Continuation Act program at the Colorado State Library.

Patricia Kelleyhas been named head of undergraduate services in the University Libraries, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.

Mary Ellen Kennedyjoined the Department of Library Science at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, as assistant professor.

Sandra Kerbelis the new reference librarian in the Graduate School of Business Library, University of Pittsburgh.

Robert W. Klapthorhas been appointed science librarian at Kansas State University Library, Manhattan.

Margaret Klinkowhas been appointed reference librarian at New York City Technical College, City University of New York.

Paul G. Knight, Jr.,has been appointed catalog librarian at Wichita State University, Kansas.

David Kohlis the new Undergraduate Library librarian, University of Illinois, Champaign.

Annette LeClairhas been appointed catalog/ reference librarian, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Anne M. Leiboldis now humanities collection development librarian at Arizona State University Library, Tempe.

Gerald Leibowitzis now audiovisual librarian at the Mercy College Libraries, Westchester County, New York.

Frank YiningLiu has been named librarian at Duquesne University’s School of Law Library, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Jim Lockwoodhas been appointed assistant chair to the Oregon State System of Higher Education, Library Council, at the Oregon State University campus, Corvallis.

Joan Loslois the new cataloging librarian at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa.

Richard Luxnerhas been appointed reference librarian at New York City Technical College, City University of New York.

Mary McCallumhas been appointed reference librarian at the Melville Library, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Kathleen McCloryhas been appointed acting reference librarian at Virginia Union University, Richmond.

Colin McCurdyis the new systems librarian in the Boston College Libraries.

Mary Malloryhas been appointed documents librarian and visiting assistant professor of library administration at the University of Illinois Library, Champaign.

James P. Markiewiczhas joined the Cornell University Libraries staff as assistant reference librarian in the Albert R. Mann Library.

Albert Matehas been appointed university librarian at the University of Windsor, Ontario.

Alfred J. Maupinhas joined the staff of the Tusculum College Library, Greeneville, Tennessee, as instructional/public services librarian.

Marilyn Milleris now assistant librarian in general reference and science at Kansas State University Library, Manhattan.

Heike Mitchellhas been appointed catalog librarian at Miami University Library, Oxford, Ohio.

Nancy Moeckelis the new assistant science librarian at Miami University Library, Oxford, Ohio.

Peter S. Moonwas appointed reference librarian in the Countway Library, Harvard University.

Laura R. Nautawas appointed assistant librarian in general reference and cataloging, Kansas State University Library, Manhattan.

Leroy Nellishas been named assistant director for administrative services at the University of Texas at Austin General Libraries.

Ann Nevillis the new health sciences librarian at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Sue Normanhas been appointed catalog/refer- ence librarian, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Nestor L. Osoriois now reference librarian at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Jenni Parrishhas been named director of the School of Law Library, University of Pittsburgh.

Gail B. Peckhas been named project manager of WEBNET (Western Pennsylvania Buhl Network), a project conducted by the Office of Communications at the University of Pittsburgh.

Thomas C. Phelpshas been appointed head of the Libraries Humanities Projects program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Katharine Pooleis now learning resources librarian at the Design School Library, Harvard University.

Katherine R. Porterhas been appointed chemistry librarian at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Anne Powershas joined the staff of the University of California Library, Santa Barbara, as Black studies librarian.

Joan Y. Pursellhas been appointed assistant librarian in the Government Publications Department, University of California Library, Santa Barbara.

Jutta R. Reedis the new director of collection and bibliographic control for the Dartmouth College Library System, Hanover, New Hampshire.

Worley Reynoldswas appointed coordinator of library/media services at New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell.

Sharon A. Rorertshas been appointed assistant librarian in cataloging at Kansas State University Library, Manhattan.

Tim Robsonhas been appointed music librarian at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland.

Ruth Reinstein Rogerswas appointed curator of the Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University.

Robert F. Roseis now head of the College of Business Administration Library, Arizona State University, Tempe.

Myra Saundershas been appointed reference librarian at Boalt Hall Law School Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

Esther Schandorffhas been appointed director of learning services at Point Loma College, San Diego.

Marion Schoonhas been named head of reference in the Harvard College Library.

Joan Shrevehas been named assistant professor of library administration and director of the library, Kent State University, East Liverpool campus, Ohio.

Eric Smithis now engineering librarian at Duke University Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Martha Marshall Smithhas been appointed cataloger for the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalogue for North America, Middleton Library, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

Nathan Snyderis the new Hebrew cataloger- bibliographer with the General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin.

Julia F. Sollenbergerhas joined the staff of the Edward G. Miner Library, University of Rochester, New York, as head of information services.

Judith Stanleywas appointed reference/cir- culation librarian at the School of Law Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Janet Steinshas been appointed microforms librarian in the reference department of the Melville Library, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Jana Stevenshas been named assistant head of the acquisitions department, Duke University Library, Durham, North Carolina.

Alva W. Stewarthas been appointed reference librarian at F.D. Bluford Library, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro.

Mark Sullivanwas appointed reference librarian in the Harvard Law School Library.

Robert Sullivanis the new public services librarian at the Robert Morris College Library, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

Sharon A. Sullivanis the new personnel librarian at the Ohio State University Libraries,

Columbus.

Richard Swedburchas been appointed cataloger at the Harvard College Library.

Phyllis M. Tayloris now reference librarian at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Sonya R. Thelinhas been named head of the Public Services Department, Robert Morris College Library, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.

Beverly A. Thompsonwas appointed assistant chief of bibliographic operations in the Harvard University Library Union Catalog Services Office.

Bo-Gay Tonghas been appointed assistant librarian in the catalog department, University of California, San Diego.

Ralph Wagnerhas joined the staff of Northern Illinois University Libraries, DeKalb, as business/ economics subject cluster librarian.

William B. Wartman IIIis now director for library and media services at Alderson-Broaddus College, Philippi, West Virginia.

Patrice Wehnerhas been appointed serials cataloger for the Benson Latin American Collection Materials, University of Texas at Austin.

Katherine M. Weir is now head of the Architecture Library, Arizona State University, Tempe.

Christie Wilburis the new assistant head of cataloging, Harvard College Library.

Margaret Winchellhas been appointed halftime Slavic librarian at the University of Kansas Library, Lawrence.

Virginia Wisehas been appointed assistant librarian for public services at the Harvard Law School Library.

Diane E. Woodis the new reference librarian at the Joseph E. England Library. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science.

Deborah Lee Yerkeshas been named assistant documents librarian at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Glenn A. Zimmermanhas been named associate librarian for management at the Library of Congress.

Phyllis Zuckeris now library instruction librarian and assistant head of reference at the Mercy College Libraries, Westchester County, New York.

RETIREMENTS

Edmond L. Applebaum,associate librarian for management at the Library of Congress, retired on July 30 after thirty years of service.

Jonel Condronretired as library science librarian, North Texas State University, Denton, on August 31 after fourteen years of service.

Palmer E. Cone,head of the Chemistry/Phy- sics Library at the University of Notre Dame, retired on June 30.

Madelyn A. Davisretired as serials librarian, Point Loma College, San Diego, on August 30 alter thirteen years of service.

Connie Dunlap

Connie Dunlapis retiring at the end of this month from the position of university librarian at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Dun- lap has been librarian since she came to Duke in 1975.

Dunlap has been ac- tive in ACRL and ALA throughout her career.

She was president of ACRL from 1976 to 1977, and has served as chair of ACRL’s Plan- ning Committee (1975- 76) and Conference Program Committee (1975-77). In 1972-73 she held the post of president of the ALA

Resources and Technical Services Division, and she currently is a member of the ALA Executive Board.

Dunlap obtained her MLb trom the University of Michigan in 1952 and remained there to pursue her library career, becoming head of the graduate library in 1967 and deputy associate director in 1972. She serves on the board of directors of the Association of Research Libraries, and has been a technical advisor to the National Center for the Humanities.

She has written frequently for journals, including College b Research Libraries and Library Resources and Technical Services, and is a popular speaker at library conferences around the country.

Peggy Harper,associate librarian, Louisiana State University Law Library, Baton Rouge, retired on June 30 after 36 years of service.

Eli M. Oboler

Eli M. Obolerwill retire December 31 as uni- versity librarian at Idaho State University, Pocatello, after nearly 32 years in that post.

Oboler has been ac- tive in the field of intel- lectual freedom for many years, and in 1976 he was presented with the Robert B.

Downs Award for Intel- lectual Freedom. He is currently chair of the ALA Intellectual Free- dom Roundtable and served as vice-president of the Freedom to Read Foundation in 1979-80.

In 1981 he will be lec- turing on intellectual freedom and modern library technology in library schools from Wisconsin to Florida.

Oboler has over 300 articles and reviews to his credit, as well as several recent books: Defending Intellectual Freedom: The Library and the Censors (Greenwood, 1980); Ideas and the University Library: Essays of an Unorthodox Academic Librarian (Greenwood, 1977); and The Fear of the Word: Censorship and Sex (Scarecrow, 1977)

He has also edited three professional journals, the PNLA Quarterly (published by the Pacific Northwest Library Association and for which he received the H.W. Wilson Company Library Periodical Award in 1964), the Idaho Librarian, and the Library Periodicals Round Table Newsletter. During his library career Oboler also broadcast a weekly radio program, “Books and You,” on a local Pocatello radio station for 26 years, and produced and participated in a weekly news-comment television program on PBS station KBGL.

Oboler is a graduate of the University of Chicago and Columbia University. In 1963-64 he served as chair of ACRL’s College Libraries Section.

Rolland Stevens,professor emeritus of library science at the Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has retired after a 17-year teaching career in the GSLS. Stevens received both an MLS and a Ph.D. from Illinois.

Prior to his tenure at GSLS, Stevens was head of reference and assistant to the director, University of Rochester Library, 1946-48; head of acquisitions, Ohio State University, 1950-53; assistant director of technical processes, Ohio State, 1953-60; and associate director, Ohio State, 1960-63.

At the University of Illinois, his particular teaching and research interests have included book selection, collection development, reference in the social sciences and humanities, history of books and libraries, and the resources of research libraries.

Ruth Schweickart,catalog librarian at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, retired in August after 33 years of service.

Thomas Tullos,assistant professor and senior acquisitions bibliographer, retired from the Memphis State University Libraries on August 29.

Rose Vainstein,Margaret Mann professor of library science, has taken an early retirement from the faculty of the Univerity of Michigan with the close of the 1979-80 academic year.

Gordon Williams

Gordon Williamshas retired after 21 years as the director of the Center for Research Libraries, Chicago. When he assumed the position in 1959, the organization was known as the Midwest Inter-Library Center and its membership consisted of twenty Midwestern institu- tions. The collection contained approximate- ly 1.5 million volumes.

When Williams retired June 30, there were 114 full members and 67 associate members throughout the United States and Canada.

Prior to his position at the Center, Williams was assistant university librarian at the University of California at Los Angeles for seven years. He received his master's degree from the Graduate Library School at the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University.

Williams is the author of many articles in the literature of librarianship. He has also authored two books: Fantasy in a Woodblock, published by the Caxton Club in 1972, and Beu›ick to Doves- ton—Letters 1824-1828, published by Nattali and Maurice in 1968.

Williams also serves on the board of trustees of the Illinois Regional Library Council and Biological Abstracts.

Walter W. Wright,chief of special collections and curator of rare books at Dartmouth College since 1968, retired on July 1.

DEATHS

Lyle E. Bamber,former biology librarian and professor of library administration at the University of Illinois Library, Urbana-Champaign, died on Wednesday, October 15, following a short illness.

Bamber served as a librarian at Illinois from 1940 to 1971. He was a contributor in the field of biology to the University of Illinois publication, Bibliography: Current State and Future Trends, in 1967.

Rita Benton,music librarian and professor in the School of Music at the University of Iowa, died in Paris, France, on March 23, 1980.

Dorothy Laughlin,former head of the Cataloging Department at the University of Notre Dame library, died on August 20. She had retired in 1976 after 32 years of service as a librarian.

Ellen Butler Stutsman,head of the Catalog Department at the University of Kentucky library from 1932-67, died on August 13 after a long illness.

Maurice F. Tauber,an internationally recognized authority on library science and for 32 years a Columbia University professor, died Sunday, September 21, in the New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Center after a brief illness. He was 72 years old and lived in Manhattan.

Tauber’s prolific writings (M. C. Szigethy’s Maurice Falcolm Tauber: A Biobibliography 1934-1973, Scarecrow, 1974, lists over 500 works by or about him) were instrumental in establishing his national and international reputation as one of America’s foremost authorities in cataloging, classification, and technical processes in general.

He was equally well known as a surveyor of American and foreign libraries. His surveys of the libraries of the University of South Carolina (1946), Cornell University (1948) and the Columbia University self-survey (1958) are considered landmarks. His monumental survey of Australian library resources, conducted at the request of the Australian Advisory Council on Bibliographical Services while he was in Australia as a Fulbright scholar, worn him international acclaim.

Tauber came to Columbia in 1944 as assistant director of the University Libraries and assistant professor of Columbia’s School of Library Service. He was named associate professor in 1946 and full professor in 1949. In 1954 he was appointed to the Melvil Dewey Professorship at the school, and on his retirement in 1976 he was named Dewey professor emeritus.

While earning a master’s degree in sociology at Temple University, Tauber worked in the library and became head of the cataloging department in 1934. He was research assistant at the University of Chicago in 1939, and was named chief of that library’s catalog department and preparations division in 1941, the same year he was awarded his Ph.D. from Chicago’s Graduate Library School.

The Tauber family has established a memorial fund at the School of Library Service, Columbia University, in his memory. ■■

RESEARCH LIBRARIES TO ADVISE OCLC

Directors of eleven research libraries that are members of OCLC have announced plans to establish a Research Libraries Advisory Committee to OCLC. The group of directors will hold a series of regional caucuses around the country to meet with other research library directors whose libraries are OCLC members. The participants will then select priorities to be communicated to the advisory committee.

The eleven directors have met three times since April, 1980, to establish such a committee. According to Harold Billings, director of libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and acting chair of the group, a meeting of the advisory committee is being planned to coincide with ALA’s 1981 Midwinter Conference. A new publication, Research Libraries in OCLC: A Quarterly, will also make its debut at ALA Midwinter.

Members of the group are: Harold W. Billings, University of Texas at Austin; Richard E. Chapin, Michigan State University; James F. Govan, University of North Carolina; Roger K. Hanson, University of Utah; Gustave A. Harrer, University of Florida; W. David Laird, University of Arizona; Jay K. Lucker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Peter Paulsen, New York State Library; Saktidas Roy, State University of New York at Buffalo; Kenneth E. Toombs, University of South Carolina; and Joesph H. Treyz, Jr., University of Wisconsin. ■■