Appointments

James K. Bracken has been named dean of Kent State University’s University Libraries, effective August 1. Bracken replaces Mark Weber, who is retiring. Bracken currently serves as the assistant director for collections, instruction, and public services at Ohio State University Libraries, a position he has held since 2005. At Ohio State, he also has served in the positions of assistant director for collections, instruction, and main library research and reference services; head of Second Floor Main Library Information Services; professor in the University Libraries; and adjunct professor in the English department. Bracken is active with many professional organizations. He serves as reviewer-consultant for Choice and reviewer and assistant editor for CBQ: Communication Booknotes Quarterly. He also is a member of ALA.

Melissa Trevvett, vice president and director of programs and services at the Center for Research Libraries, has been named the executive director of the Boston Library Consortium (BLC), starting September 7. With a background in consortium and library program management, Trevvett brings a portfolio of experience to BLC. At the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), a consortium of more than 250 academic libraries, she initiated and expanded the digitization of collections and digital delivery of research material, improved the information technology environment, and was successful in attracting grants from public sources. Prior to CRL, Trevvett was associate dean for libraries at Loyola University-Chicago; associate director, Information and Research Services, DePaul University Libraries; and head of reference services, University of Chicago Library.

Jill Anderson is the new history librarian at the Georgia State University Library.

Laura Carscaddon has been appointed business librarian at the Georgia State University Library.

Amy Edwards has joined the University of South Carolina Libraries as reference librarian with responsibilities for the health sciences.

Renee Ettinger is the new reference and instruction librarian at the Cofrin Library at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay.

Amanda Swygart-Hobaugh has been appointed sociology librarian at the Georgia State University Library.

Tom Lamb has been appointed cataloging and metadata librarian at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

James (Cliff) Landis is the new Web services librarian at the Georgia State University Library.

Jamie Lausch has accepted the position of North Quad program coordinator for the University Library at the University of Michigan for two years. Lausch will develop, manage and present innovative exhibit and events program for the shared spaces in North Quad, a new internationally themed residential and academic complex.

Jeffrey Makala has been named librarian for special collections education and outreach, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, at the University of South Carolina Libraries.

Heidi Nance has been appointed head of interlibrary loan and document delivery services at University of Washington-Seattle’s University of Washington Libraries.

Elizabeth Sudduth has been named associate director, Irvin Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, at the University of South Carolina Libraries.

Nat Wilson has been named the digital archivist and library technology coordinator at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Kelly Jo Woodside is now head of reference and information literacy services at Emmanuel d’Alzon Library at Assumption College.

Eric Young has been appointed assistant dean of the Law Library and Information Technology Center and assistant professor of law at the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University.

Retirements

Dwight Gardner will be retiring from his position as head business librarian of the Springs Business Library at the University of South Carolina (USC) Libraries-Columbia with the title librarian emeritus after joining USC in 1976.

Gerald Gordon, collection development librarian at Radford University in Radford, Virginia, has retired after 30 years of service to Radford’s McConnell Library.

Dave Hayes, university librarian at Radford University in Radford, Virginia, has retired after 34 years of working in libraries. He worked at Radford’s McConnell Library for the last 30 years, holding positions including reference librarian and head of public services. At Radford, he served on many committees within the library and the university, as well as library advisory council member with the State Council on Higher Education, and comprehensive university representative for VIVA’s Steering Committee, public services forum chair for Virginia Library Association (VLA) and VLA council member. Hayes will retire as a professor emeritus of the library.

Sara Heitshu, librarian, retired on Jan. 15, 2010, after 26 years of service to the university libraries at the University of Arizona (UA). She was subject liaison to Anthropology, American Indian Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, and Communication. In 2006 she received an Award for Distinguished Service from UA’s department of American Indian Studies.

John P. Kondelik has retired as the director of libraries at the Stockwell-Mudd Library of Albion College after 17 years as director and 44 years in the profession. Kondelik began his career at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1966 and served as library director at Olivet College (1974–83), Butler University (1984–93), and Albion College (1994–2010). He has held leadership roles in many associations including the Florida Library Association, the Indiana Library Federation, and the Michigan Library Association.

Connie Kearns McCarthy has retired as dean of university libraries at the College of William & Mary (W&M). She served the profession in a number of leadership positions in ACRL, RTSD, ALCTS, ASERL, VIVA, and SOLINET. She participated in the UCLA Senior Fellows Program, was an adjunct faculty member at Catholic University, and directed a W&M summer program in Galway, Ireland. Before coming to W&M, McCarthy was associate university librarian at Duke University, assistant university librarian and acting university librarian at George Washington University, and a cataloger at The Folger Shakespeare Library.

Connie Kearns McCarthy

Martha McPhail retired from San Diego State University (SDSU) Library after 22 years of service. She served as catalog librarian and as bibliographer for Spanish, Portuguese, women’s studies, and linguistics. She also served as special collections librarian for six years. She was selected twice as a Fulbright Scholar, teaching and consulting in Honduras and El Salvador. SDSU named her as Outstanding Faculty in 2002, and Greensboro College gave her its Outstanding Alumni Award in 2000. Her first professional position was extension librarian at the Medical University of South Carolina, then she worked at several sci/tech special libraries in San Diego. She has been active in SLA and IFLA.

Gail Kern Paster, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library since 2002, has announced her decision to retire July 1, 2011. As Director—only the fifth in the Folger’s 78-year history—Paster first encountered the Folger collection as a doctoral student researching her thesis. Under Paster there have been more than 14,000 new acquisitions to the collection, including a 16th-century manuscript on magic that completed a grimoire already in the collection; a copy of Martial’s epigrams (Paris, 1617), owned and annotated by Ben Jonson; the only known 1849 broadside about the Astor Place Riots; James Northcote’s 18th-century painting, Romeo and Juliet, act V, scene III: Monument Belonging to the Capulets; and two watercolor costume designs for Derek Jarman’s 1979 film, The Tempest. Paster, who taught English at The George Washington University for 28 years, has also formed the library’s first programs for college undergraduates, a semester-long seminar on the history of the book that uses the Folger collection as a resource. Paster continues to pursue her scholarly interests in the cultural history of the body and the emotions. She is the author of numerous scholarly articles and books. She has been a trustee of the Shakespeare Association of America and its President in 2003. Until July 2009, she served as editor of Shake-speare Quarterly, a joint publication of the Folger and GWU, where she was a Professor of English from 1974–2002.

Atifa Rawan, librarian, retired on March 13, 2010, after 25 years of service to the university libraries at the University of Arizona. A native of Afghanistan, Rawan has taken a leadership role in rebuilding Afghan libraries that were decimated under Taliban rule. She was honored in 2005 with the ALA Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award.

Bonnie Travers, associate librarian, retired April 2, 2010, after 31 years of service to the University of Arizona. Travers retired as associate librarian in special collection where her collaborative skills brought nationally renowned exhibits, including the “Arctic Spirit: Inuit Art from the Albrecht Collection at the Heard Museum,” and recognized lecture series, including the well-received “Early Book Lecture Series,” to Special Collections. In addition, Travers curated and co-curated numerous exhibits on Southwest history, culture, and tradition.

Nancy H. Washington will be retiring from her position as director of publications at the University of South Carolina (USC) Libraries in Columbia with the title distinguished librarian emerita. Washington came to USC in 1986 after holding professional positions at the University of Southwestern Louisiana and the University of West Florida.