Appointments

April Anderson has been named university archivist for the Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives at Illinois State University. Anderson was previously senior archivist and adjunct instructor in History at the University of Central Florida.

Ana Dubnjakovik is the new head of the Music Library at the University of South Carolina.

Gale Etschmaier has been appointed dean, library and information access, at San Diego State University.

Marna Hostetler has been appointed associate dean and director of Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina Libraries.

James Rettig has been appointed library director and associate dean for information services at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA). He is currently university librarian at Boatwright Memorial Library at the University of Richmond and will begin at USNA in August 2011.

Brent Appling has been named reference librarian at the Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina.

Veronica Arellano is now reference and instruction librarian at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.

Seangill Bae has been appointed head of delivery services in access services at Columbia University.

Mark Baggett has been named systems development librarian at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries.

Michala Biondi is now project archivist at the Burke Library of Columbia University.

Jennie Burroughs is now department director for arts and humanities at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

Jennifer Comins has been appointed project archivist for the Albert Ellis Papers in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University.

Kate Contakos has been named head of preservation at Stanford University Libraries.

Aimée deChambeau has been appointed head of electronic services at the University of Akron.

Anthony Elia is now public services librarian at Columbia University’s Burke Theological Library.

Nancy Fawley has been appointed head of Gorgas Information Services at the University of Alabama Libraries.

Linda Galloway has been appointed biology, chemistry, and forensic sciences librarian at Syracuse University.

Shelley Hayreh is the new archivist for Drawings and Archives at Columbia University’s Avery Library.

Jim Holmes is now technology and media resources librarian at Reed College.

Andrea Jarratt has been named reference librarian at the Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina.

Jonathan Koffel has been appointed liaison/information specialist in the Health Sciences Libraries at the University of Minnesota.

Mary Miller has joined the University of Minnesota Libraries as collection management and preservation strategist.

Nick Patterson is now music librarian at Columbia University.

Roy Patterson has been appointed associate librarian at the A. Pierre Guillermin Library of Liberty University.

Rachel Radom is now instructional services librarian for undergraduate programs at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries.

Kathy Snediker is now reference librarian at the Thomas Cooper Library at the University of South Carolina.

David Stern has been appointed associate dean for public services at Illinois State University.

Retirements

Christine Kubiak retired from Illinois State University library after serving 20 years as the university’s music librarian.

Karmen Crowther has retired as professor and business librarian at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries and is now professor emerita.

Beth Schobernd retired as the associate dean for technical services and facilities from Illinois State University library after 22 years of service. Schobernd served as head of the library’s preservation department prior to working in administration.

Deaths

Elizabeth (Betty) Meehan-Black, head of order management and assistant head of the Monographic Services Department at the University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill Library has died. Meehan-Black joined the UNC Library staff in 1986 as head of bibliographic searching. She held a number of increasingly responsible management positions in acquisitions and technical services at the library. In recognition of her contributions to the library and the profession, Meehan-Black was named an honorable mention for the Library’s Outstanding Employee of 2010 award. Meehan-Black was deeply involved in the work of many professional associations. She was a member of the executive committee of the North Carolina Library Association and the association’s elected representative to the Southeastern Library Association; president of the Librarians’ Association at UNC-Chapel Hill (2001–02); and a member or leader of numerous committees for those and other professional organizations.