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Patti Holt has been named operations manager at the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI).

Christina Riehman-Murphy, the Sally W. Kalin Librarian for Learning Innovations and open and affordable educational resources librarian at the Penn State University Libraries, has been named visiting program officer for open educational leadership at the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).

Stephanie Stillo is the new chief of the Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

Retirements

Nancy Campbell, associate professor of library services at the Northern Kentucky University (NKU) Steely Library, is retiring at the end of 2023 after 45 years of service. Her responsibilities at NKU have included reference, collections, and space planning.

Mary Todd Chesnut, professor of library education and teaching and learning Librarian at the NKU W. Frank Steely Library is retiring at the end of 2023 after 21 years of service as an academic librarian. Steely served in several roles including coordinator of instruction and lead faculty member for NKU’s library informatics bachelor’s degree program. During her tenure at Steely Library, she was awarded NKU’s Adult Learner Faculty of the Year for 2020, NKU’s Friends of Student Affairs Faculty Award for 2017, and NKU’s Online Faculty Member of the Year for 2012.

Lois Hamill, head of the special collections and university archives department and professor at NKU’s Steely Library is retiring in December 2023 after 25 years as a practicing archivist. She was professionally active in the New England Archivists serving on many committees and as treasurer (1993–2007); active in the Midwest Archives Conference (2007–23), serving as a newsletter column editor and co-editor for six years; and served on the Kentucky Council on Archives board (2008–10). Hamill is the award-winning author of three books, Archives for the Lay Person: A Guide to Managing Cultural Collections, Archival Arrangement and Description: Analog to Digital, and Archives 101. She presented at the first Global Conference on Digital Memories in Salzburg, Austria; spoke at national and regional conferences on diverse archival, history, and library topics; and was a successful grant writer.

Lois Schultz, professor and associate dean of collections at NKU, is retiring at the end of 2023 after 49 years of library service. She previously worked at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Thomas More College in Kentucky.

Laura Sullivan, associate professor of library services at the NKU W. Frank Steely Library is retiring at the end of 2023 after 39 years of service. Her roles included reference librarian, head of public services, head of reference, and grants coordinator.