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Peter G. Watson

Profiles

Peter G. Watson, assistant university librarian at California State University, Chico, since 1985, has been named university librarian at Idaho State University, Pocatello.

Watson, a native of Oldham, England, re- ceived his MLS with dis- tinction from the Uni- versity of California, Los Angeles, in 1969. His undergraduate work was done in English and philosophy at the University of Manchester, and he holds a master’s degree in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Watson worked at the UCLA Library from 1969 to 1976, when he joined the Meriam Library at California State University, Chico, as reference librarian and data services coordinator. In 1984 he was named head of the Access Services Division, and one year later was named assistant university librarian for programs and services.

A member of the Idaho Library Association and ALA, Watson has been active in ACRL, LAMA,

Charles Palm

LITA, LRRT, RTSD, and RASD, where he cur- rently chairs the Steering Committee of the Collec- tion Development and Evaluation Section. He has to his credit 16 monographs, 34 articles, and 16 book reviews.

Charles Palm, head librarian and archivist at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, has been appointed associate director of the Hoover Institution. He succeeds John B. Dunlop, who will devote his time to research and writing.

A graduate of Stanford University, Palm was appointed archivist in 1984 and head librarian in 1986, and has been a member of the Institution staff since 1971. He holds graduate degrees in history and library science from the University of Wyoming and the University of Oregon. He was an archivist intern at the U.S. National Archives from 1970 to 1971.

Palm has played a leading role in both national and state professional associations. A past president of the Society of California Archivists (SAA), he has served as chairman of the Society of American Archivists Committee on Goals and Priorities and as chairman of its Awards Committee. As a member of the SAA Task Force on National Information Systems, he helped set national bibliographic and format standards for archival information.

Palm is co-author of the Guide to the Hoover Institution Archives and Herbert Hoover: A Register of His Papers at the Hoover Institution.

People in the news

Brenda Bailey, public services librarian at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, has been selected to serve as editor of Colorado Libraries beginning in January. Colorado Libraries is a quarterly journal published by the Colorado Library Association that features articles of interest to librarians throughout the United States.

Richard D. Johnson, director of libraries at State University College, Oneonta, New York, is serving as the college’s loaned executive to the United Way of Greater Oneonta during Fall Semester 1987.

Pat Molholt, associate director of libraries at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has taken a sabbatical leave to spend five months working with Anne Mathews, director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Library Programs. Molholt will work with the National Science Foundation, EDUCOM, regional networks, and state library personnel on the role of libraries in regional and national network environments, especially with regard to issues of standards, governance, and access.

Appointments

(Appointments are taken from library newsletters, letters from personnel offices and appointees, and other sources. To ensure that your appointment appears, write to the Editor, ACRL, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795.)

Susan M. Agent has been appointed retrospective conversion librarian in the Bibliographic Control Department at the University of Delaware, Newark.

Barbara Alexander has been appointed humanities reference librarian at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Frances Ott Allen is the new German cata- loger at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Patti Ashby has joined the serials staff in the Science Library at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Judy Avery is the new head of the Reference Service Department in the Graduate Library at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Carolyn Baber has been appointed humanities reference librarian in the General Reference Division at San Diego State University, California.

Leeta Bailey has been appointed interlibrary loan/assistant reference librarian at Amherst College, Massachusetts.

Deborah Barlow has been appointed art librarian at Queens College, Flushing, New York.

Ann Bekins has been appointed serials catalog librarian at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Candace Benefiel has been appointed humanities reference librarian at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Sidney E. Berger is the new curator of printed books at the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Molly S. Bernard has been appointed information services librarian in the Health Sciences Library and Information Center at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Gary Bertchume has been promoted to bibliographic analyst in the Library Systems Office at Columbia University, New York City.

Shirley A. Bigna is the new assistant director of the library at the University of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Hsi-Chu Huang Bolick has been appointed catalog librarian at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Laura Boyer has been appointed reference librarian at California State University-Stanislaus, Turlock.

Alice Brendel has been appointed shared resources coordinator at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Bruce Brinkley is now reference librarian at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Lisa Browar has been appointed assistant director for rare books and manuscripts at the New York Public Library, Manhattan.

J. Michael Bruer has been appointed associate director for preparation services at the Research Libraries, New York Public Library.

Nancy Butkovich is now science reference librarian at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Linda Beaupre Cain has been named university librarian at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio.

Jo Calk is now authorities librarian in the Catalog Management Department at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Robert Carande has been appointed science reference librarian in the Science Division at San Diego State University, California.

Sherry J. Carrillo is the new assistant director for reader services at Florida International University, Miami.

Susan Case has joined the staff of the Clenden- ning History of Medicine Library at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City.

Susan Charles has been appointed science and technology reference librarian at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Michele Cloonan has been appointed preservation librarian at Brown University.

Catherine L. Crohan has been appointed serials librarian at Siena College, Loudonville, New York.

Tony Cucchiara is now archivist and head of special collections at Brooklyn College, New York.

Lori N. Curtis has been appointed assistant curator of special collections at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Kathy Darcy has been named director of the library at Donnelly College, Kansas City, Kansas.

Patrick Dawson is now cataloger at the University of California, Riverside.

Miriam Deutch has been appointed substitute access services librarian at Brooklyn College, New York.

Diane DiMartino has been appointed reference librarian at Baruch College, New York City.

Ann Morgan Dodge has been appointed conservator of library materials at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Patricia A. FitzGerald is now assistant director for public services at Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Charlotte B. Ford is now government documents librarian at the North Miami Campus of Florida International University.

Denise Fox has been appointed substitute se- rials/reference librarian at LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, New York.

Sally Ann Fry has been appointed information services librarian at Iowa State University, Ames.

Monica Fusich has been appointed bibliographic instruction coordinator and reference librarian at the University of California, Riverside.

Joni Gomez is now monographs cataloger at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Suzanne Griffiths is now assistant director of departmental library services for humanities libraries at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign.

Elaine Griner is now technical services/serials control librarian at Brenau College, Gainesville, Georgia.

Christine H. Guyonneau has been appointed reference librarian/head of circulation and interlibrary loan at the University of Indianapolis, Indiana.

John Haar has been appointed head of collection management at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Gordon Hendrickson is the new Iowa State Archivist at the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City.

Kate Herzog is the new head of the Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Library at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Gretchen Holten has joined the staff of the Central Reference Services Department at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Michael Johnson has been appointed assistant to the director for library systems at Brooklyn College, New York.

Nancy Rucker Johnson is now special programs librarian at the Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas.

Kay Jones has been appointed assistant university librarian for administration at California State University, Sacramento.

Joanna Katsune has been appointed catalog librarian at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.

Linda J. Kimsey is the new assistant catalog librarian at West Texas State University, Canyon.

Jackie Sue Kinder is now assistant reference librarian at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Jennifer Kolmes is the new music cataloger in the Sound Recording Archives at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Florence Landon has been appointed associate librarian for administrative services at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.

Roman Legedza has been appointed to the Cataloging Department at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Linda Leger has been appointed coordinator of user education at the University of Waterloo, Ontario.

Lisa Livingston is now chief of the Audio- Visual Division at City College, City University of New York, Manhattan.

Sean P. Maloney has been appointed interlibrary loan librarian at Siena College, Loudonville, New York.

Jonathan Marner has been appointed cataloger for the Goldsmiths’–Kress microfilm project at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Susan Martin has been appointed education reference librarian at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Paul Mastrangelo has been appointed technical services coordinator at the New York Law School, New York City.

Lawrence Maxted is now head of the Periodicals Department at Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania.

Pamela D. Morgan has been appointed serials librarian at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Charles Owusu has been appointed evening/weekend reference librarian at LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, New York.

Bernardine Pachta is now circulation and reserves librarian in the Lamont Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Donald Pady has been appointed history of medicine librarian at the Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.

Sally Patrick has been named director of the library at the Peabody Institute, Danvers, Massachusetts.

Richard T. Paustenbaugh has been appointed assistant librarian for reference in the Business/ SPEA Library at Indiana University, Bloomington.

Martha N. Payne has been appointed coordinator of technical services and automation at Haver- ford College, Pennsylvania.

Laurie A. Potter has been named public services and science reference librarian at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York.

Mary Franklin Johnson Raisch has been appointed lawyer/librarian at the New York Law School, New York City.

Honora Raphael is now music librarian at Brooklyn College, New York.

Alice Rhoades has been appointed reclassification cataloger at Amherst College, Massachusetts.

Katherine Robie is now cataloger at Amherst College, Massachusetts.

Charlotte Ross is now Texas state documents librarian at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Tracy C. Russell has been appointed information services librarian at Iowa State University, Ames.

Ann Schaffner has been appointed assistant director of the Science Library at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Cecilia Schmitz has been appointed microforms cataloger at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Martin Max Schreiner is now head of the Morse Music Library in the Hilles Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Jean Shady has been appointed serials project librarian in the Law School Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Linda S. Shaw has been appointed head of the Cataloging Department at the University of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Bradley Short has been appointed assistant creative arts librarian at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Sandra Shropshire has been appointed catalog librarian at Idaho State University, Pocatello.

Althea M. Silvera has been appointed university archivist and head of special collections at the University Park Campus of Florida International University, Miami.

Robert Strauss has been named executive director of the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jean-Jacques Strayer has been appointed inter- library loan librarian at Hunter College, New York City.

Gwo–hwa Nancy Sun has been appointed cata- loger/systems coordinator at the North Miami Campus of Florida International University.

Vitus Tang has been appointed head of the Copy Cataloging Section at Stanford University, California.

Lorelei Tanji has been appointed reference librarian at the University of California, Riverside.

Carol M. Tobin has been appointed head of the Reference Department at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Sandra Tucker has been appointed social sciences reference librarian at Texas A&M University, College Station.

Mary Anne Uitto has been appointed humanities reference librarian at the University of Delaware, Newark.

Michael Walker has been appointed reference librarian for university library services at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Sigrid N. Wells has been appointed reference librarian for social sciences at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

Deborah West has been appointed gift books librarian at Gannon University, Erie, Pennsylvania.

Craig A. Wilson is the new assistant director of libraries for collection development at Oregon State University, Corvallis.

Christina Woo has been appointed head of the General Reference Division at San Diego State University, California.

Robert Wolven is now assistant director of bibliographic control at Columbia University Law Library, New York City.

Joel Zucker has been appointed government documents/reference librarian at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Retirements

Jeanne Briner, acquisitions librarian at the University of Arizona, will retire in February 1988. Briner completed her MLS at Columbia University and then worked for New York University and the American Museum of Natural History. She first worked at the University of Arizona in the early 1960s when she came to Tucson to pursue graduate studies, and worked as head catalog librarian at Wittenberg University in 1966-1967 before assuming her present position at Arizona.

Mary Anna Krause retired in September after 26 years of service in the Harvard Law School Library. She first held the title of acquisitions librarian, then from 1981, was selector for Anglo- American law. She was an active member of professional law librarian associations and served on the University Library’s Communications and Orientation Committee.

Robert J. Starring, head of the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections at the University of Michigan since 1984, has retired after more than 20 years of service. Starring has held a variety of administrative posts at the University of Michigan: head of book purchasing and receiving (1967-1969), assistant head of circulation at the Graduate Library (1969-1972), assistant head of the Graduate Library (1972-1975), acting head of the Graduate Library (1975-1976), assistant to the associate director for public services (1976-1981), and coordinator of the Social Sciences and Humanities Libraries (1981-1984). Before coming to Michigan, Starring was district manager for Doubleday Book Shops in the Detroit area.

Elizabeth Thompson, non-print materials specialist at the University of the District of Columbia, retired at the end of September. A graduate of Douglass College with an MLS from the Catholic University of America, she had been on the UDC library and media staff for 16 years. Thompson joined the staff as a librarian at the D.C. Teachers College in 1971 and moved into the Media Services Department of the University’s Learning Resources system in 1978.

Deaths

Howard W. Cordell, former director of libraries at Florida International University, died on October 21 in Gainesville.

Hans Moldenhauer, honorary curator of 20th- century music in the Harvard College Library since 1984, died at his home in Spokane, Washington, the week of October 19th. Moldenhauer was the founder and director of the Moldenhauer Archives, a collection of primary musical sources from the Renaissance to the present. In addition to his achievements as a collector, he was noted as a concert pianist, teacher, author, and lecturer. ■ ■