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Toni Carbo Bearman

Toni Carbo Bearmanhas been selected as ex- ecutive director of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). Bear man is currently special projects consultant for strategic planning and new product develop- ment at the Institute of Electrical Engineers in London. She will as- sume her new responsi- bilities with NCLIS upon completion of her present assignment.

A graduate of Brown University, Bearman went on to receive a master’s degree from the Drexel University

School of Library and Information Science, and a Ph.D. in the management of information re- sources in 1977.

In addition to her library education and experience, Bearman served as consultant to the National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services (NFAIS) and was executive director of NFAIS from 1974 to 1979, when she developed cooperative projects with other sectors in the li- brary/information community. In part through her efforts, the Federation became more involved in national networking, gaining representation on the Network Advisory Committee of the Library of Congress and the Council on Library Resources.

Bearman has been a member of the boards of the American Society of Indexers, the Association of Information and Dissemination Centers, and the Center for Literacy. She has also chaired committees of the Special Libraries Association and the American Society for Information Science, and is currently serving on the ASIS council.

John T. Gillespiehas been appointed dean of the Palmer Graduate Library School on the C.W. Post Center campus of Long Island University, Greenvale, New York. He is replacing Ralph Fol- carelli who resumed his fulltime teaching position at the school in September. Gillespie had previously served as dean of the school from 1971- 1976.'

Gillespie was born in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, and completed his undergraduate work at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He graduated from Columbia University with an MLS in 1956 and received his

Ph.D. from New York University in 1968.

In 1962 he joined the fulltime faculty of the

Palmer Graduate Library School. Among the dozen books he has written or collaborated on are: Creating a School Media Program, Junior- plots, Paperback Books for Young People, and Best Books for Children. He has been active in many professional associations and has served in such executive roles as president of the Nassau Suffolk School Library Association and president of the School Library Section of the New York Library Association.

George R. Parks

George R. Parkshas been appointed univer- sity librarian at the Everett Needham Case Li- brary, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, effective September 1.

Parks succeeds Bruce Brown, librarian since 1963, who has taken on the responsibilities of collections librarian.

Parks has been dean of university libraries at the University of Rhode Island since 1974, and university librarian since 1969. He also served as librarian at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore and as assistant librarian and chief administrator at the University of Rochester Libraries. He received his MLS degree at the University of Michigan and did Ph.D. course work at Johns Hopkins.

Among other activities, Parks served as a member of the steering committee of the Rhode Island Governor’s Conference on Libraries and was an official observer at the White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services in 1979. He was also chair of ACRL’s first national conference in Boston in 1978.

Hannelore B. Rader,formerly associate professor and coordinator of the education/psycholo- gy division of the Center of Educational Resources at Eastern Michigan University, has been named director of the Library/Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. She will also administer the staff and services of the library, the media production and audio-visual division, and the Archives and Area Research Center.

Rader’s ebullience and commitment to user service made her a popular speaker at national library conferences and workshops, and she has written extensively on bibliographic instruction in professional publications. She has also been an officer of the Reference and Academic Sections of the Michigan Library Association and of the Eastern Michigan University Women’s Association, and has recently been elected to the ALA Council.

Rader earned three degrees from the University of Michigan: master of library science in 1968, master of arts in German literature in 1971, and a bachelor of arts in Russian/Spanish in 1960. She completed a specialist program in educational leadership in 1978 from Eastern Michigan University.

From 1970-1976 she served as orientation librarian and head of the orientation program. That position included administration of a College Library Resources Program grant to Eastern Michigan University, which contributed to the establishment of the national LOEX clearinghouse for information on bibliographic instruction and a national conference on that topic held annually on the Eastern Michigan University campus.—Carolyn Kirkendall, Director, LOEX Clearinghouse, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti.

Gary E. Strong

Gary E. Strongwas appointed California state librarian on September 10. He served as deputy state librarian at the Washington State Library,

Olvmpia, from June 1979.

Strong is a past presi- dent of both the Ore- gon Library Association and the Pacific North- west Library Associa- tion. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Northwest Bibliographic Center and the Task Force of the Pacific Northwest Regional Health Sci- ences Library, both in Seattle.

Strong earned his MLS degree at the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in education at the University of Idaho. As director of the Everett Public Library in Washington, he produced and hosted community access television talk show programs and election coverage for Snohomish County.

Michael M. Reynoldshas been appointed acting dean of the College of Library and Information Services at the University of Maryland, College Park, effective August 1. He has been appointed for a two-year term.

Reynolds received his Ph.D. in library science from the University of Michigan, and he holds a master’s degree in public administration from American University, an MLS from Columbia

University, and a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College.

Since 1969 Reynolds has been associated with the library school at Maryland aś associate dean, acting dean, and for the last ten years as professor. He has served as chair of three of the major committees of the school: Admissions, Curriculum, and Doctoral.

Reynolds was the director of the Institute on Cooperative Relationships between Libraries in 1973 which was sponsored by the Maryland Division of Library Development and Services, and he helped organize and direct the Institute on Legal Reference sponsored by the University of Maryland in 1976 and 1978.

Herbert S. White

Herbert S. White,a member of the Indiana University library science faculty since 1975 and nationally recognized consultant on library plan ning and information storage and retrieval technology, was named dean of the Indiana Graduate Library School effective July 1.

White succeeds Ber- nard M. Fry, the first full-time dean of the 13-year-old school, who is retiring from admi- nistrative duties.

The new dean holds the faculty rank of pro- fessor of library science, and for the last five years has been director of the school’s Research Center for Library and Information Science. Under White’s leadership the center has directed a number of major library research projects funded by the National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Nation- al Enquiry into Scholarly Communication, and Commission on New Technological Uses of In- formation.

White has served by appointment of both Presidents Johnson and Nixon on the President’s Advisory Committee to Commissioner of Education on College and University Library Resources. He also has been president of the American Society for Information Science and the Special Libraries Association.

Before coming to Indiana in 1975 the new dean was president of Stechert-Macmillan, an international acquisitions agency for books and periodicals.

James F. Wyatthas been appointed director of university libraries at the University of Rochester, effective July 1. Wyatt, who had served as a

James F. Wyatt

pilot in the Coast Guard for five years, has been dean of uni- versity libraries at the University of Alabama since 1973. He holds a master’s degree in li- brary science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a PhD. in library science from Florida State University at Tallahassee.

Active in professional organizations, Wyatt is a member of the board of directors of the Association of Research Libraries, treasurer of the Association of Southeaste'rn Research Libraries, and former chair of the Literary Awards Committee of the Alabama Library Association and the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the North Carolina Library Association.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Sharon C. Bonk,head of acquisitions at the library at SUNY-Albany, is the first U.S. librarian to receive the Nancy Stirling Lambert Scholarship endowed by Blackwell’s, the Oxford booksellers. During 1980-81 she will study the impact of electronic communications on library acquisitions policies and procedures.

Mary Ellen Glass,head of the Oral History Project at the University of Nevada-Reno Library, has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Nevada State Museum for her contributions to the oral history of the state.

James Krikelas,associate professor in the Library School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship. During 1980-81 he will lecture on the development of library facilities and services and librarian training programs through staff seminars at Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Roy Mersky,law librarian at the University of Texas, has been elected vice president and president-elect of the National Librarians Association. He will become president of the 1,000-member group next summer at its meeting in San Francisco. The association is concerned with the professional role of librarians in society.

Patricia G. Oyler,associate professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College, has received a Swedish Bicentennial Fund Award for 1980. These grants are awarded to “persons who are in a position to influence public opinion and contribute to the development of their society in areas of current concern.” Oyler will spend this autumn in Sweden investigating automated cataloging and circulation systems in academic, public, and special libraries.

Virginia Seiser,Portland State University, has taken over as chairperson of the Oregon ACRL chapter at its autumn meeting. Elizabeth Bruce, Lewis and Clark College, is the outgoing chairperson.

Michael O. Shannon,librarian at the Herbert Lehman College Library, City University of New York, has received a $2,500 grant from the City University Research Foundation for the preparation of a book-length bibliography on modern Ireland.

Jane A. Snider,librarian of the Herron School of Art at Indiana University has been awarded the Richard Blackwell Memorial Scholarship for 1980-81. She will study the development of the art book as a form of publication at the College of Librarianship, Aberystwyth, Wales.

Norman Tanis,director of university libraries at California State University in Northridge and a former president of ACRL, is the president of the National Librarians Association for 1980/81.

APPOINTMENTS

Peter Allisonhas been named documents librarian and coordinator of the Social/Documents Center, New York University Libraries.

Barry Bakerhas been appointed assistant director for technical services at the University of Georgia Libraries, Athens.

Jane Bartlettis the new serials librarian, Old Dominion University Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Leah A. Bartletthas been appointed science librarian at Wichita State University, Kansas.

Marifran Baushas been appointed reference librarian, physical sciences, at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Lucy M. Camprellis the new medical resources librarian at the University of Georgia Libraries, Athens.

Camila Chavezhas joined the Graduate School of Library and Information Management at the University of Denver, Colorado, as assistant to the dean and instructor.

Joan Cheneyhas been appointed systems analyst/automation librarian at Old Dominion University Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Janet Chismanis the new readers’ services librarian at Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon.

Allen Cohenhas been appointed head of the catalog department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

David Corsonis now coordinator of collection development in the Olin Library, Cornell University.

Rowland Craighas been appointed head catalog librarian at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Lucy Cruzhas been appointed assistant librarian in the periodicals department and instructor in library science at New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas.

Arthur Curleyhas been appointed deputy director of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library.

Bill Darcyis the new base librarian at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Peccy E. Daubhas accepted the position of assistant music librarian at Yale University Music Library for a one-year term.

Roger Davidsonhas joined the staff of the Library of Congress as a senior specialist in American national government and public administration in the Congressional Research Service.

Richard A. V. Dienerhas been appointed assistant professor at the Division of Library and Information Science, St. John’s University, Jamaica, New York.

Carol Ditzleris now librarian, Reference Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.

Ronald Dowhas been named director of the Graduate Library of Business Administration, New York’ University Libraries.

Jacqueline Driscollhas been appointed so- cial science reference librarian, Waldo Library, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.

Patricia M. Duckhas been appointed serials cataloger in the Hillman Library, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Don Etheringtonis the new assistant director and chief conservation officer of the Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin.

Peccy Fackrehas been appointed librarian at the Engineering, Mathematics and Science Library, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Carol Falcionehas been named reference librarian, business and economics, at the New York University Libraries.

Leon Ferderhas been appointed Slavic and East European bibliographer at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Suzanne Frankie,formerly associate executive director of the Association of Research Libraries, has been named director of public services, New York University Libraries.

Mary W. Georgeis now head of the Reference Division, Princeton University Library.

Catherine HartleyGetson recently became library consultant at Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Champaign, Illinois.

Mary Grecohas assumed the duties of Western European bibliographer at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dora Guerrais now special collections librarian at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

William L. Haineshas joined the staff of the Stephen B. Luce Library, SUNY Maritime College, Bronx, as assistant librarian for reference and special collections.

Robert Hill,reference librarian at California State University in Fullerton, has been appointed acting medical librarian at the Savitt Medical Library, University of Nevada, Reno.

Francis Hopkinsis now coordinator of reference services at Temple University, Philadelphia.

Charlotte R. Howardhas been appointed reference-bibliographer and assistant professor, University of Mississippi, University.

Lisa Howorthhas been appointed reference- bibliographer and instructor, University of Mississippi, University.

Judy L. Inglishas been appointed extension librarian for the Medical Library, University of Manitoba Libraries, Winnipeg.

Olive C. Jameshas been appointed chief of the Library of Congress Loan Division.

Althea H. Jenkinshas been named librarian for the University of South Florida at Sarasota.

Judy Josephis the new catalog librarian at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Edward Kazlauskashas been appointed associate dean of the School of Library Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

Wanda D. Kemphas been appointed manager, Information Services Department, Special Libraries Association, New York.

Martin Kesselmanhas been named science librarian at the New York University Libraries.

Linda Kudrickhas been named chief of the Materials Utilization Branch of the National Medical Audiovisual Center, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland.

Mary Leatherwoodis now reference librarian and assistant professor of library science at Zollars Memorial Library, Phillips University, Enid, Oklahoma.

Judith Levyhas been appointed half-time assistant librarian of the Health Sciences Information Service, University of California, Berkeley.

Suzanne H. Mahmoodiis the new president of the Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange (CLENE), Inc., Washington, D.C.

Sharon A. Maleckihas been appointed visiting assistant librarian in the Reference Department of the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Buck- nell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Guida Manhas been appointed librarian, Arts Library Reference and Collection Development Department, University of Waterloo, Ontario.

Thomas H. Martinhas been appointed associate professor in the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, New York.

J. W. Mauckerhas been named interim director of the School of Library Science, Emporia State University, Kansas.

Terry G. Menschhas been appointed assistant librarian in the Reference Department of the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.

Veronica Milleris now assistant librarian for resources at Temple University’s Ambler Campus Library, Ambler, Pennsylvania.

Katharine D. Mortonhas been appointed assistant to the head of the Manuscripts and Archives Division, Yale University Library.

T. Brian Nielsenhas been appointed head of the reference department at Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois.

Judy Orrhas been named reference librarian at Vanderbilt University Medical Center Library, Nashville, Tennessee.

Mary Joyce Picketthas been appointed head of public services at Denkmann Memorial Library, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

Bill Potterhas been appointed assistant automated records librarian at the University of Illinois Library, Urbana-Champaign.

Patricia Radiganhas been appointed reference librarian, Graduate Library of Business Administration, New York University Libraries.

Gail Reeseis now reference librarian at Freiberger Library, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Charlene Rennerhas begun a one-year Council on Library Resources intern assignment with the University of California, Berkeley.

Sharon J. Rogershas been appointed director of public services at Bowling Green State University Libraries, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Kathy Scardellatois the new assistant head of the Serials Division, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

David E. Schoonoverhas become the curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Yale University.

Martha L. Smalleyhas been appointed archivist at the Yale University Divinity Library.

Fritz Snyderis the new reader services/cir- culation librarian at the University of Kansas Law Library, Lawrence.

Clifford E. Solomonhas been appointed coordinator of the Learning Resources Center at the University of Southern California Norris Medical Library, Los Angeles.

Dale Steeleis now map collection reference librarian at the University of Arizona, Tucson.

Janet Elaine Steinerhas been appointed executive director of the South Central Research Library Council, Ithaca, New York.

Gary L. Strawnhas been appointed head cat- aloger at the McDonald Memorial Library, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Richard Swedberghas been appointed cat- aloger in the Harvard College Library.

Ed Teagueis the new humanities reference bibliographer at the J. Murrey Atkins Library, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

David Edmond Thirlwallhas been appointed reference librarian of the Education Library, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Ann Thompsonhas become assistant director for collection development and technical services, University of Texas at San Antonio Library.

Linda L. Thompsonis now head of the Catalog- ing Department, Wichita State University, Kansas.

Gregory H. Thorntonhas been appointed cataloger at Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.

Kari A. Tilleyhas been appointed readers services librarian (reference) at the E. Lee Trinkle Library, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Don L. Tolliverhas been named assistant director for planning and budget at the University of Michigan Library, Ann Arbor.

William Treathas been appointed director of technical services and systems at Bowling Green State University Libraries, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Theresa K. Trosthas been appointed reference and documents librarian at Texas Tech University Library, Lubbock.

Susan Varcahas been appointed to the staff of the Reference Department at the University of Georgia Libraries, Athens.

Enith E. Vardamanhas been appointed Slavic cataloger in the Harvard College Library.

Christie Wilburwas appointed assistant head of the Cataloging Division in the Harvard College Library.

Patrick Willoughbyis now the assistant head in the Catalogue Products Division of the University of British Columbia Library, Vancouver.

RETIREMENTS

Bernard Fryretired on June 30 after thirteen years as the first fulltime dean of the Graduate Library School, Indiana University, Bloomington. He will remain to teach, conduct research, and continue to edit the international research journals, Information Processing and Management and Government Publications Review.

Richard Larsonretired as assistant to the library planning and budget officer and reference librarian at the University of California, Berkeley.

Oliver W. Maynor,reference specialist in the Anglo-American Law Reading Room of the Library of Congress, retired from the library effective June 30 following 38 years of federal service.

Carmen Perryhas retired after six years of service as special collections librarian at the University of Texas at San Antonio Library and 24 years in other area libraries.

Conrad Rawski,who retired as dean of the School of Library Science at Case Western Reserve University on July 1, has been named dean emeritus of the school. Rawski became a fulltime associate professor at the school in 1962 and was responsible for developing the school’s basic research program leading to the Ph.D. degree in library and information science. Since becoming dean in 1977, Rawski has overseen the development of an information resources laboratory, expanded the school’s funded research into a number of practical, applied areas, and established a systematic development effort aimed at securing the endowment necessary to keep the school on sound financial footing.

Rae F. Robinson,assistant professor and head cataloger at Hunter College, City University of New York, retired on September 1 after more than thirty years of service.

Virginia M. Speidenhas retired as head of technical services at Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.

Dixie Whittington, associate professor at the Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, retired on June 30 after twelve years of service on the staff of the library.

DEATHS

John Clifford,social studies librarian and associate professor, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, died on July 7.

Anna S. Stump,head of the Preliminary Cataloging Section of the Library of Congress since 1973, died on July 20 in Washington after a prolonged illness.

Jessie Whitehead,librarian in the Harvard University Libraries from 1925 until her retirement in 1959, died in July. ■■