Appointments

Lori Mestre has accepted the position of head of the undergraduate library of the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mestre was the digital learning librarian at the University Library, an associate professor of library administration, and an adjunct associate professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Prior to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mestre spent more than 12 years working at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. She has been awarded several grants, written dozens of articles, book chapters, proceedings, and book reviews, and given presentations on topics ranging from digital literacy to diverse online teaching strategies. Mestre is currently writing a book titled Librarians Serving Diverse Populations: Challenges and Opportunities.

Christopher Schipper has been named interim director of the San Juan College Library.

Doreen Bradley has been named director of user education initiatives at the University of Michigan’s University Library.

Ash Brown is now electronic resources cataloger at the University of Michigan’s University Library.

Martha Conway has been appointed associate director of the Special Collections Library at the University of Michigan.

Karen Downing is now university learning community librarian at the University of Michigan’s University Library.

Karen Jordan has accepted the position of exchange and outreach librarian at the University of Michigan’s University Library.

Molly Kleinman is now special assistant to the dean of libraries at the University of Michigan’s University Library.

Melissa Levine has been named lead copyright officer for the University Library at the University of Michigan.

Kristin Nielsen is now the interim head of reference at the University of Georgia Libraries.

Linda Seguin has been named systems librarian for the Information Technology Division at the University of Maryland.

John Weise has been appointed head of digital library production service at the University of Michigan’s University Library.

Retirements

Susan Curtis, head of reference at the University of Georgia Libraries has retired after 30 years of service.

Louise Hoffmann has retired as the San Juan College Library director.

Deaths

Edward Connery Lathem, 82, Dartmouth College librarian (1968–78) and dean of libraries, emeritus, has died. Lathem was editor of works by Robert Frost and others, and an author. From 1976 to 1977, he served as president of the Association of Research Libraries; he was a member of the Overseers Committee to Visit the Harvard University Library (1978–84); and from 1980 to 1993, he was a member of the American Trust for the British Library. From 1985 until the time of his death, Lathem was a trustee of the Dr. Seuss Foundation.