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Ann-Christe Galloway

Duncan Aldrich,manager of Data Works (which provides data access and management services for the University of Nevada-Reno Libraries), has been appointed to a three-year term on the Depository Library Council by Public Printer Bruce R. James. The council advises the Government Printing Office on issues related to public access to government information products through the Federal Depository Library Program.

Richard Bleiler,reference librarian at the University of Connecticut’s Homer Babbidge Library, has been honored by the New York Public Library for his book Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror.

Donnice Cochenour,associate professor and serials librarian at Colorado State University Libraries, has been awarded the 2003 Colorado State University Libraries’ Faculty Award for Excellence. The award, which is given by library faculty, recognizes a colleague’s outstanding accomplishments in librarianship, service, research, and creative activities. During her 13-year tenure, Cochenour has been visionary in implementing new user-friendly services. Cochenour played a key role in SFX implementation and the rapid transition from print to electronic serials after a devastating flood.

Randy Dykhuis,executive director of the Michigan Library Consortium in Lansing, has been named the Library and Information Science Program at Wayne State University 2003 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. He has worked with the Library of Michigan to bring more than $3.6 million in electronic resources to libraries and the citizens of Michigan. Dykhuis previously served as director of OCLC Services for OHIONET, senior marketing representatives for OCLC, a reference librarian at Grand Rapids Public Library and Grace A. Dow Memorial Library, and a teacher.

Ann Masnik,University of Maryland (UM)-College Park Libraries’ diversity coordinator, has been awarded the John W. King Staff Disabil- ity Achievement Award. The UM President’s Commission on Disability Issues honored four campus individuals “who have made sig- nificant contributions to the quality of life for persons with disabilities at the University of Maryland.” Masnik was cited for promoting a better understanding of diversity through ef- forts, such as her “Sea- son of Lights” program. She also played a key role in the produc- tion of “Writers Block: Disability on Campus,” a video that promotes awareness of the expe- riences of disabled students on a college cam- pus. She is working with the libraries’ diver- sity committee and other campus units to plan a campus event for November 2003 that will highlight disabilities in the arts.

Ann Masnik

Pat Steele,head of customer and access services and head of main library public services at Indi- ana University (IU) Libraries-Bloomington, is the 2003 recipient of the William Evans Jenkins Librarian Award, an honor bestowed by the IU-Bloomington Library Faculty Council to honor a librarian’s professional contributions. Steele is president of the Indiana Library Federation and president of the board of trustees of the Monroe County Public Library. The award is named for IUs chief librarian (1904-32).

Pat Steele

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Pat Wand,university librarian at American Uni- versity, has received the District of Columbia Li- brary Association’s (DCLA) 2003 Distinguished Ser- vice Award for her long history of leadership positions in DCLA, including president (1996–97) and cur- rently as chair of the District of Columbia delega- tion to National Legislative Day. Wand serves on the ACRL Board of Directors as councilor.

Herbert S. White,former dean of the Indiana University (IU) School of Information and Li- brary Science, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at IU’s spring commencement.

Appointments

Herbert J. Hartsookhas been appointed direc- tor of the South Caroliniana Library at the Univer- sity of South Carolina-Columbia. Hartsook began his professional career in 1979 as an archivist at the

South Carolina Depart- ment of Archives, joined the staff of the South Caroliniana Library in 1983 as curator of manu- scripts, and became the library’s curator of mod- ern political collections in 1991. While in this posi- tion, Hartsook inaugu- rated the Ernest F. Hollings papers project and identified and negotiated the acquisition of many significant collections, including the papers of Butler Derrick, James Edwards, Lindsey Gra- ham, Richard Riley, Mark Sanford, and John West. He also directed an extensive oral history program to document government and politics in South Carolina and participated in outreach efforts to encourage the scholarly study of the Modern Po- litical Collections’ holdings. Hartsook is the au- thor of a number of scholarly articles about ar- chival work and politics in South Carolina.

Herbert J. Hartsook

Deborah Sibleyhas been named deputy university librarian at the Scott Library of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She previously served as associate director for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Regional Office based at the University of Massachusetts.

Charles Simpsonhas been named dean of libraries at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. He was formerly the deputy director of libraries at SUNY Stony brook and held previous positions at the University of Illinois-Chicago, Northwestern University, and the Chicago Public Library.

Tomaro Taylor

Tomaro Taylorhas been appointed the Uni- versity of South Florida’s first Henrietta M. Smith Resident. The program was established to increase diversity of professional staff at the library and to en- courage the involvement of underrep-resented racial and ethnic minorities in academic librarianship.

Sandy Ballaschhas been appointed permanent coordinator of access services at the University of Iowa Libraries.

Nigel Butterwickis now associate director for user services at the University of Notre Dame.

Cesar Caballerohas been named associate university librarian at California State University-Los Angeles.

Jane Curriehas been appointed humanities instruction/reference librarian at the Hope College Van Wylen Library in Holland, Michigan.

Jane Gorjevskyhas joined the Rare Book and Manuscript Library as curator of the Carnegie Collections at Columbia University Libraries.

Eileen M. Llonahas been appointed international studies computer services librarian at the University of Washington Libraries.

Jin Mais now electronic resources cataloging librarian in cataloging services at Pennsylvania State University.

Eugene Neelyhas been appointed university archivist and special collections librarian at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.

Richard Robisonhas been named instruction and public services librarian in the University Library at Sonoma State University in California.

Robyn Rosenbergis the new reference librarian at the Pennsylvania State University Great Valley Library.

Thomas J. Roskois now head of institute archives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries.

Steven Savagehas joined San Diego State University Library and Information Access as the head of monographs cataloging.

Flora G. Shrodeis now head of reference services at Utah State University Libraries

Geoffrey Skinnerhas been appointed technical services librarian in the university library at Sonoma State University in California.

John Smallis now university library services director at DeVry University, with additional responsibilities as director of graduate libraries at the Keller Graduate School of Management.

Stephen Strattonhas joined California State University-Channel Islands as head of collection development and technical services.

Gregory Tonghas been appointed senior assistant librarian in the Arts and Sciences Libraries at the University at Buffalo (SUNY) as business librarian.

Amy Wallaceis now head of public services at California State University-Channel Islands.

Paula Lenor Webbhas joined the Roberts-LaForge Library at Delta State University as serials/interlibrary loan librarian.

Jim Wilson,one of the founding partners of Dynix, has returned to the company to serve as senior library advisor.

Retirements

Allan J. Dysonhas retired from the University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC), after 24 years of service as university librarian. Dyson guided a substantial growth in collection and staff size, as the campus doubled in enrollment during his tenure. He oversaw the construction of the ALA/ ALA award-winning Science and Engineering Library, and has successfully lobbied for a $74-million project to expand and renovate the main library, formal planning for which will begin this year. He is responsible for a number of innovative services, including organizing one of the first academic library multicultural outreach programs, and he started the library’s subject endowment program, which has raised more than $2 million for library collections in the past decade. Dyson joined UCSC after eight years as the director of the Moffìtt Undergraduate Library at UC Berkeley, during which time he was elected president of the Librarians Association of the University of California. Dyson chaired the Editorial Advisory Board of American Libraries, edited C&RL News, served as chair of the Editorial Board of Choice magazine, chaired committees within LAMA’s Fund-Raising and Financial Development Section, and chaired the ALA Publishing Committees Grants Subcommittee.

Ruth K. Seidman,communications coordinator for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries, has retired. She served as head of MIT’s Engineering and Science Libraries (1988–99) and previously held positions as director of the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory Research Library and Region I librarian for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She is the author of the 1993 Special Libraries Association (SLA) monograph Building Global Partnerships for Library Cooperation and was editor of the Haworth Press, Inc. quarterly Science & Technology Libraries (1994–2001). Seidman was SLA president from 1990 to 1991.

Allen H. Stokes Jr.,after a 36-year association with the University of South Carolina-Columbia, including 31 years as a faculty member at the South Caroliniana Library (SCL), has retired. In 1972, he began work at SCL as manuscripts librarian, moving into the position of director in 1984. He was also named university librarian for special collections in 1992, where he was responsible for SCL programs, as well as Thomas Cooper Library’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections and the Map and Music Libraries.

Ryoko Toyamahas announced her retirement after 13 years of leadership at the Rutgers University Libraries. She was appointed director of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Libraries at Rutgers in 1990 and in 1997 assumed the newly created post of director of the New Brunswick Libraries at Rutgers. In the new post, Toyama oversaw the successful integra- tion of 14 distinct library units into one cooperative system and the creation of a number of functional groups to coordinate sys- tem-wide services. During Toyama’s tenure, the New Brunswick Libraries cre- ated a Scholarly Commu- nications Center, initiated a major renovation of the Douglass Library, and added instructional com- puting labs to all the major campus libraries.

Ryoko Toyama

Deaths

Bryce L. Allen,54, retired associate professor in the School of Information Science and Learn- ing Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has died. Prior to this position, he was library and information science faculty member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Allen also held positions at the Regina Public Li- brary in Saskatchewan, the University of New Brunswick, and Lake-head University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He won the 2003 Association for Library and Information Science Education Award for Teaching Excellence in the Field of Li- brary and Information Science. His book Infor- mation Tasks: Toward a User-Centered Approach to Information Systems (Academic Press, 1996) was selected for the 1997 ASIS Best Information Sci- ence Book Award.

Bryce L. Allen

Margaret Jean Lokke,retired librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, died May 17, 2003. She was first employed by the UIUC Library (1938–39) as a student assistant in the cataloging department. Her first professional position was as assistant binding librarian (1947-55). She also held positions in the Ulini Union Browsing Room and as the assistant circulation librarian. In 1965 Lokke was appointed the physical education librarian and was promoted to associate professor in 1969. In 1975, her title changed to applied life studies librarian. Lokke retired from the university library in 1980 with emeritus status.

Seymour Lubetzky,professor emeritus at UCLA, has died of heart failure at the age of 104. Lubetzky was most renowned for his prolific contributions to cataloging theory and his influence in the development of the “Paris Principles” and the 1967 Anglo-American Cataloging Rules. In 1943 Lubetzky joined the Library of Congress as a cataloger. In 1960 he became a teacher at UCLA’s newly formed School of Library Service, which became the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. After retiring in 1967, he continued to consult on cataloging problems and speak at national and international conferences. Three of his best-known works, Cataloging Rules and Principles, Code of Cataloging Rules, and Principles of Cataloging, are widely used in library schools throughout the world. Lubetzky received many honors and awards during his career, including ALA’s Honorary Membership in 2002.

Leslie Troutman,former music librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Music Library, passed away in May. Troutman spent her entire career as a music librar- ian at UIUC, where she was appointed to the library faculty in 1987. In her position as user services coordinator, she built a national reputa- tion for the Music Library’s reference service, and she served as a men- tor to dozens of music li- brarians. She held many positions in the Music Li- brary Association (MLA) and most recently com- pleted a term as member-at-large (2000-02) on the Board of Directors. From 1993 to 1995, she was chair of the MLA Midwest Chapter. At UIUC, she was serving a second term on the University Library Faculty Executive Committee, and she chaired the faculty’s Promotion and Tenure Advi- sory Committee (2000-01). She published articles in Notes (1994, 2000), Fontesartis musicae (1995), and Music Reference Services Qitarterly (2001), as well as contributions to the ALA Guide to Infor- mation Access (1994), and Advances in Online Pub- lic Access Catalogs (1992). ■

Leslie Troutman