Appointments

Marilia Antunez is now liaison librarian in the Albertsons Library at Boise State University.

Mary Aquila has joined Athens State University as reference and instruction librarian.

Anna Craft has been appointed metadata cataloger at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

Erin Lawrimore has been appointed university archivist at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

Anne Liebst has been appointed director of technical services and technology at the Ottenheimer Library of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock.

Kelly McElroy has been appointed undergraduate services librarian in the Reference and library instruction department of the University of Iowa Libraries.

Carrie Moore is now reference and instruction librarian in Albertsons Library at Boise State University.

Steven Sowell has joined Oregon State University Libraries as head of the collections and resource sharing department.

Susan Turkel has been named psychology and sociology librarian in the University of Michigan Library’s Graduate Library reference department.

Retirements

Christine Crowley, dean of learning resources at Northwest Vista College in San Antonio, has retired after nearly 14 years. She was the founding library director of the college in 1997.

Sul H. Lee, who has served as dean of University Libraries at the University of Oklahoma (OU) for more than 30 years, has retired. During Lee’s tenure, OU Libraries’ collections— including those in the Architecture, Engineering, Fine Arts, and Physics and Astronomy branches, as well as the Laurence S. Youngblood Energy Library—have grown from 1.7 million to 5.5 million volumes and from more than 14,000 to 70,000 serials. During Lee’s tenure, the library’s endowment also achieved significant growth, from less than $300,000 to more than $25 million. Lee also played a key role in launching the Books that Inspire exhibition in collaboration with the OU Athletics Department as a way to celebrate reading and recognize National Library Week in 2001. Before joining OU, Lee was dean of library services and professor of library science at Indiana State University.

Sul H. Lee

Kenji Niki, librarian, has retired from the University Library at the University of Michigan (UM). He served as the Japanese librarian at St. John’s University Library (1979–83), Japanese curator at the East Asia Library of Columbia University (1986–92), and Asian Collection librarian at St. John’s University Library (1992–99). In June 1999, Niki joined the Asia Library in the University Library system as the curator of the Japanese Collection and coordinator for Acquisition Operation. He was promoted to the rank of full librarian in 2006. After the former head of Asia Library retired, he served as interim coadministrator from 2003 to 2008. With his expertise in Japanese language and culture, Niki selected thousands of Japanese materials each year to support the relevant academic programs on UM campus, which has been a national center for Japanese Studies since World War II. He served as a member of several national professional organizations and groups, such as the Council on East Asian Libraries and its executive committee, Japan Foundation Library Support Advisory Group, and National Coordinating Committee for Japanese Library Resources. He has published articles related to library science, given presentations to a number of professional conferences, and coauthored the National Union List of Current Japanese Serials in North America.

Deirdre C. Stam has retired from her position as director of the Rare Book and Special Collections program at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at Long Island University. Prior to joining the Palmer School in 2003, Stam served as chief executive for the Bibliographical Society of America and for the Museum Computer Network, and as director with Drew University Library. Her earlier appointments included curatorial positions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Richard Hume Werking has retired from the U.S. Naval Academy, after serving as library director and professor of history since 1991. His previous library positions include reference librarian at Lawrence University in Wisconsin, head of reference and acting director at the University of Mississippi, and head of collection development and library director at Trinity University in Texas. Active in ACRL, Werking chaired the College Libraries Section as well as ACRL’s continuing education and publications committees. He also chaired OCLC’s Advisory Committee on College and University Libraries and was a founding member of the Oberlin Group of Liberal Arts College Library Directors. His publications in librarianship reflect especially his continuing interest in collection development and library user education.