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People in the News

Ann-Christe Galloway

Liz Burnette,assistant head of the North Carolina State University Libraries’ Acquisitions Department, has been selected by the Association of Research Libraries to participate in its Leadership and Career Development Program (LCDP). Created in 1997, LCDP is an ARL initiative focused on preparing emerging leaders from undeirepresented groups for demanding and visible roles in academic and research libraries.

Judith L. Klavans,director of Columbia University’s Center of Research on Information Access, has been nominated to President George W. Bush’s Infomiation and Technology Advisoiy Committee (PITAC). Klavans is one of 25 nominees to PITAC representing the leading IT experts in industry and academia. Klavans will provide the president with expert, independent advice on advanced infomiation technologies and national IT infrastructure, such as high-performance computing, large-scale networking, and high-assurance software and systems design.

Appointments

Deanna Marcumis now associate librarian for library services for the Library of Congress. She previously served as director of public service and collection management at the Library of Congress (1993-95). In 1995 she was appointed president of the Council on Library Resources and president of the Commission on Preservation and Access. She oversaw the merger of these two organizations into the Council on Library and Information Resources in 1997 and has served as its president since that time. She was dean of the School of Library and Information Science (1989-92) at the Catholic University of America and vice-president of the Council on Library Resources (1981–89). Marcum is the author of several books and reports, including Development of Digital Libraries: An American Perspective (as editor and contributing author), Good Books in a Country Home: The Public Library as Cultural Force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920, and Online Acquisitions for Libraries.

David Orensteinhas joined the Westchester Community College faculty as chair of the library department. A library manager for more than 15 years, Orenstein has spoken at national and local conferences regarding information access and library services. He has served on the faculty at Queens College-CUNY and most recently served as the manager of libraries at Montgomeiy College in Maryland. Orenstein is active in several local and national library organizations and was recently selected by Library Journal as a Mover and Shaker for his work on behalf of pay equity for library workers.

Shawn Tonnerhas been appointed director of the Hill Freeman Library/Spniill Learning Center at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Georgia.

Susan V. Wawrzaszekhas been appointed acting university librarian for Brandeis University Libraries. Prior to this appointment, Wawrzaszek was associate university librarian for administrative services and information systems at Brandeis, responsible for personnel administration, budget management, and technology development. Before joining Brandeis, Wawrzaszek was director of corporate and foundation relations at Utica College of Syracuse University.

Michael C. Alewinehas joined the staff of the Sampson-Livemiore Libraiy at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke as outreach/distance education librarian.

Kurt A. Bodlinghas been appointed the liaison for the county archives project at the Lancaster County Historical Society in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Sayeed Choudhuryhas been promoted to the new position of associate director for library digital programs at Johns Hopkins Ubraries while continuing to serve as Hodson director of the Digital Knowledge Center.

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Melanie Chuis the new outreach/ multicultural librarian at California State University-San Marcos.

Cheryl Goldensteinhas been named reference librarian at the University of Wyoming Libraries.

Sue Goodsonis now science librarian in the reference, instruction, and collection development department at the Oregon State University Libraries.

Barbara A. Gushrowskihas joined the staff of the Sampson-Livermore Library at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke as serials librarian.

Chad Kahlis now coordinator for library instruction and infomiation literacy at Illinois State University’s Milner Library.

Merinda McClurehas joined the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library faculty as a reference librarian at the University of Montana-Missoula.

Margaret Mellingerhas joined die Oregon State University Libraries faculty as the business and engineering librarian.

Paula Munozis now science reference librarian at the University of Wyoming Libraries.

Lori J. Phillipshas been appointed associate dean of the University of Wyoming Libraries.

Sandy Rowhas joined Illinois State University’s Milner Library as a serials librarian.

Deborah Slingluffhas been promoted to associate director for library services at the Johns Hopkins Libraries.

Gregory A. Smithhas been named dean of the Integrated Learning Resource Center at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Retirements

Barbara Brownhas retired after 23 years of service to Washington and Lee University (WLU).

During her 18-year tenure as the university’s librarian, Brown oversaw the introduction of automation through the integrated library system known as Annie, enhanced Leybum Library’s collection through an ever-increasing number of electronic resources, and was instrumental in the creation of WLU’s Science Library. Brown joined WLU’s library and faculty in 1971, leaving Cornell University libraries to become head of the reference and public services library section. She has been a member of numerous regional and national professional associations and committees, including SOLINET and the College Libraries Section of ACRL, and currently serves on the infomiation fluency project steering committee of the Associated Colleges of the South.

Barbara Brown

Roland Personhas retired from Morris Library at Southern Illinois University. He joined the library faculty in 1970 as the assistant undergraduate librarian. During the late 1980s he served as a half-time administrative services intern and special projects librarian in the office of the dean of library affairs. In 1992, Person was appointed half-time assistant science librarian while serving half-time in die undergraduate library. A year later he became full-time assistant science librarian. Throughout his career, Person has been active in Library Affairs and university and ALA committees. He received the Library Affairs Outstanding Faculty Award in 1999.

Thyra K. Russell,associate dean for personnel and technical services at Soutìiem Illinois University, has retired. She began as assistant order librarian in 1972 at Morris Library and assumed her current position in 1997. In 1994 she published the monograph Job Sharing: An Annotated Bibliography (Scarecrow Press). In addition to being active in the Illinois Library Association, Russell has been active in ALA and LAMA, having served on the Poster Sessions Committee (1986-94), and, more recenüy, on LAMA’s Human Resources Section Staff Development Committee. She chaired LAMA’s HRS Supervisory Skills Committee (1997-99).

Deaths

Rhoda Charming,61, director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, has died. She was formerly the assistant university librarian at the O’Neill Library of Boston College. Prior to that, she served in various positions in the libraries of the University of Kentucky and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Charming served in leadership positions in many professional associations and organizations, including ACRL, LAMA, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, Southeastern Libraiy Network, Inc., Online Computer Library Center Inc., State Historical Records Advisory Board, North Carolina Preservation Consortium, North Carolina Libraries Association, and North Carolina Libraries for Virtual Education. She had numerous articles and chapters published in the library and higher-education professional literature.

Rhoda K. Channing

Joan K. Marshall,73, retired head of technical services at Brooklyn College, has died. She began her career at Brooklyn College in 1966 and retired in 1988. Active in intellectual freedom and gender-related causes, Marshall wrote On Equal Terms: A Thesaurus for Nonsexist Indexing and Cataloging. She also edited Serials for Libraries and wrote many articles and book chapters. She served on numerous ALA and local committees. Marshall received ALA’s Ralph Shaw award for Libraiy Literature in 1979.

Lara J. Moore,32, history librarian at Princeton University Library since 2000, has died. In addition to collection development, faculty liaison, and library instruction responsibilities at Princeton in the fields of History and History of Science, she was also an active member of ACRL’s Western European Studies Section; the American Historical Association; the History of Science Society; the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing; and the Bibliographical Society of America, as a member of the publications committee.

Lara Moore

Marilyn L. Norstedt,67, former head of serials cataloging and, most recently, a reference and liaison librarian at Virginia Tech, has died. She joined the Newman Library at Virginia Tech as a library assistant in 1972; she later played a significant role in the development of the computerized catalog at Newman Library and was active with ALA. Her knowledge and experience with libraiy automation took her abroad as an exchange librarian to Massie University in Palmerston North, New Zealand, and the National Agricultural Library in Tirana, Albania.

Marilyn Norstedt

Doyle C. Pickett,72, has died. For several decades he worked for Baker & Taylor in a variety of positions, including vice president, and later as president of Unipub, a Xerox company. He was well known and liked among academic librarians for his extensive knowledge of approval plans.

Ellen Coolman Rappaport,58, head of technical services at Albany Law School, died on May 12, 2003. She had been employed as a librarian at Syracuse University and later was employed in the same capacity at the State University College-Cortland. She also worked for SUNY/OCLC Library Network and was later employed by OCLC in Albany. Rappaport had also been employed by the Ameritech Information Systems, and she was employed by the Albany Law School (1993 to March 2003) as a technical services librarian, later becoming head of technical services. ■