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Pam Spiegel

Sharon Bonk,director of the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library at Queens College, has been appointed by the New York State Board of Re- gents to serve a three-year term on the Library Services and Construction Act Advi- sory Council.

Virginia Holtz,director of Middleton Health Sciences Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded a Medical Library Association Fellowship. The organization cited her achievements in establishing six state- wide health sciences library consortia in the 1970s and in defining standards for health sci- ences libraries.

Margaret A. Irwin,special collections librarian in the Historical Research Center of the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, has been awarded the 1994 AMIGOS Fellowship by the AMIGOS Bibliographical Council, Inc. Irwin’s proposal, “Acquiring an Education in the Area of Photographic Preservation,” was chosen for its significance to library cooperation and automation. The fellowship will cover her tuition for the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Preservation of Photographs seminar.

Four academic research librarians have joined the INFORMA Steering Committee. They are: William Gray Potter, director of libraries at the University of Georgia; Sharon J. Rogers, associate vice president for academic affairs at George Washington University; Terry Ryan, assistant university librarian for systems at the University of California, Los Angeles; and William Walker, associate director for the Science, Industry, and Business Library at the New York

Public Library. INFORMA is a forum for users of IBM technology in libraries.

Trish Ridgeway,director of the Handley Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia, has been named Business- woman of the Year by the Winchester Business and Professional Women’s Orga- nization. She was chosen for her community and civic involvement, advancement in career, and steps taken to further women’s equity issues.

Robert Singerman,University of Florida librarian, was honored by the Association for Jewish Libraries as winner of the 1994 Best Bibliography Award for his book Spanish and PortugueseJewry: A Classified Bibliography (Greenwood Press). Singerman is the only author to win this award twice. His book Judaica Americana won the award in 1990.

Roger Wyatt,associate professor of library and information management at Emporia State University, was recently chosen to receive a Creative Achievement Award from the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA), an interdisciplinary association that explores multimedia issues. The award is given to members who are actively involved in ongoing creative work that substantially furthers the cause of visual literacy. Wyatt’s current project, “Songs of Steel,” uses digital cinema to recreate the fall of the Roman Empire during the fifth century.

Ed note: Entries in this column are taken from library newsletters, letters from personnel offices, individuals, and other sources. To ensure that your personnel news is considered for publication, write to Pam Spiegel, Assistant Editor,C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: pam.spiegel@ala.org.

Appointments

Arthur W. Hafnerhas been appointed director of the College of Staten Island Library, City College of New York.

Bart Harloe,former assistant director for collection management at the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges, has recently been appointed university librarian at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York. Harloe has previously held positions as acting dean at the Uni- versity of the Pacific and head of collection man- agement at New Mexico State University. Active in ALA, ACRL, and ALCTS/ CMDS, Harloe edited the Guide to Cooperative Col- lection Development published by ALA in 1994.

Bart Harloe

Deanna B. Marcum,director of public service and collection management at the Library of Congress, has been named president of the Council on Library Resources (CLR). Marcum previously served as dean of the School of Li- brary and Information Science at the Catholic University of America; assistant director for public services and personnel at Vanderbilt Uni- versity; and in various technical services posi- tions at the University of Kentucky. She is well known to CLR, having served as its vice-president from 1984 to 1989.

Laverna M. Saundershas been appointed dean of the library, instructional and learning support at Salem State College, Massachusetts. Saunders previously served as assistant uni- versity librarian for tech- nical services at the Uni- versity of Nevada, Las Vegas; head of technical services at DePauw Uni- versity; director of the Learning Resource Cen- ter at Union College, Kentucky; and cataloger at Drew University. Active in ACRL, she edited the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section's Newsletter (1991-93). She also edits the “Inter- net Librarian” section in Computers in Libraries magazine.

Laverna Saunders

David Atkinshas been named reference librarian at Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge.

Brian J. Bairdis the new preservation librarian at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.

Nicholas Barkerhas been named consulting curator at the Rosenbach Museum and Library, Philadelphia.

Patricia Battinhas been appointed director of the planning project for the virtual library at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Terry W. Brandsmais now reference/library instruction librarian at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina.

Helen “Cassie” Chamberlainis now generalist librarian at East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma.

Margaret Cianfarinihas been appointed serials librarian in the Law School Library at Harvard University, Cambridge.

Elizabeth Cooleyis now veterinary medical librarian/branch facilities department head at Iowa State University.

Pamela J. Dutcherhas joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as electronic services/reference librarian.

Gad Engleris now reference librarian at Louisiana State University and A&M College, Baton Rouge.

Joanne Evanoffhas been appointed science/reference librarian at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Davis B. Hansonis now generalist librarian at East Central University, Ada, Oklahoma.

Bettie Jean Hardenis the new music cataloger at the University of North Texas, Denton.

Eric Holzenberghas been named cataloger of the Grolier Club, New York City.

William P. Kaneis now associate director for public services at the University of Detroit Mercy Libraries/Media Services.

Jennifer A. Keachhas joined Eggleston Library at Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia, as public services librarian.

Fiona Leehas joined the staff at Benedictine College, Kansas, as technical services librarian.

Patrick Mahoneyhas been appointed business/reference librarian at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Chris Neuhaushas been named reference librarian and bibliographer at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.

Ellen N. Sayedhas been named nursing information access librarian at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Tompkins-McCaw Library, Richmond.

Mary Ann Sheblehas been appointed associate director for technical services and systems at the University of Detroit Mercy Libraries/Media Services.

Xiao-Yan Shenis now engineering reference librarian/electronic information resources coordinator at Santa Clara University, California.

Brad Shorthas been appointed music librarian at Washington University, St. Louis.

Regina Silvestrihas been appointed archivist/public services librarian at LaGuardia Community College, New York.

Cheryl Kem-Simirenkohas been named associate dean of libraries and director of public services and collections at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Corinne Stevenshas joined the Williams College Library as technical services librarian.

Patricia Thurstonis the new research associate in the Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign.

Nancy Washingtonhas been named director of publications and reference librarian at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

Lucie Yassais the new head of access services at the University of California, Riverside.

Mary L. Younghas been named librarian of the Native American Studies Library at the University of California, Berkeley.

Retirements

Brother William Balconi, S.J.,recently retired as reference librarian at John Carroll University, Cleveland.

Solena Bryantrecently retired from her position as reference librarian at Queens College, City College of New York.

Fran McArthur,assistant to the dean of Auburn University (AU) Libraries, retired recently after 25 years with AU. McArthur served for 14 years in the School of Human Sciences before joining the library staff for 11 years.

Joan Neumann,director of the New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO), a cooperative of over 250 libraries and library systems in the metropolitan New York area, will retire in February after twelve years as director and 15 years at the agency. Before joining METRO, Neumann served at the Brooklyn Public Library as special projects assistant to the director, branch librarian, community coordinator in outreach, and in the Central Library. She is currently di- rector-at-large of ALA’s Association of Special- ized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), has served as chair of the New York Library Association’s (NYLA) Legislative Committee, and served as the first treasurer of NYLA.

Lyle R. Schreiner,professor and vice-chair of branch services in the University Libraries at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), re- tired at the end of 1993 after more than 36 years of service. Schreiner be- gan his career in the Agriculture Library at UNL in 1958, after receiving his B.S. in zoology and botany from UNL and his MLS from the University of Oklahoma. He held the positions of chair of the Sciences and Technology Division at UNL (1965–86) and director of the Thompson Li- brary at UNL (1981–91).

Lyle Schreiner

Mary Kay Sweenyrecently retired as coordinator of reference at John Carroll University, Cleveland.

Dora Ziaretired last summer as head of the Veterinary Medical Library at North Carolina State University. For the past four years Zia has directed the libraries’ programs at the College of Veterinary Medicine, first as interim head of the library then as branch head. Zia also served as head of the library at Becton, Dickinson and Co., library consultant with the State Library of Noith Carolina, and acting head of the Tobacco Literature Service and chemistry librarian at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Deaths

Steven Dudley Peckdied recently at the age of 34. A poet, librarian, and board member of the Carrboro (NC) Library Group, Peck had served as librarian at Franklin College in Indiana, head librarian of the Covington City Library in Virginia, and assistant librarian at Elon College in North Carolina. ■