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A p p o i n t m e n t s

Jason Casden has been appointed head 
of software development at the University 
of North Carolina Libraries. In this position, 
Casden will lead a software development 
group of 12 full-time employees. Most re-
cently, Casden worked as the associate head 
of Digital Library Initiatives at North Caroli-
na State University (NCSU) Libraries. He was 
previously lead librarian for Digital Services 
Development and digital technologies de-
velopment librarian, both at NCSU Libraries. 

Sarah Barbara Watstein, university librar-
ian and university accreditation coordinator at 
the University of North Carolina (UNC)-Wilm-
ington, has been named the new dean of the 
Lemieux Library at Seattle University. Watstein 
brings to her new role nearly four decades of 
experience in public and private institutions on 
both coasts, including the University of Cali-
fornia-Los Angeles, Virginia Commonwealth 
University, Hunter College, and California State 
University-Long Beach. Watstein has more than 
50 publications, including refereed journal ar-
ticles, monographs, reports, and books. Her 
primary areas of scholarship include AIDS and 
infectious diseases, information technology, 
and reference services and sources.

Kimberly Shotick is now assistant dean 
for user services and outreach at Illinois In-
stitute of Technology.  

Retirements

Jim Rettig, library director at the U.S. Naval 
Academy, retired May 31, 2017, concluding 

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a career of more than 40 years. He served as 
university librarian at the University of Rich-
mond and in administrative positions at the 
College of William and Mary and the University 
of Illinois-Chicago, and as a reference librarian 
at the University of Dayton and Murray State 
University. His reference book review column 
ran in the Wilson Library Bulletin and online for 
18 years. His Distinguished Classics of Reference 
Publishing received the G. K. Hall Award in 
1993, and he received other awards for contribu-
tions to reference service and reviewing. He has 
chaired a number of ALA committees, served as 
president of ALA’s Reference and Adult Services 
Division and as ALA president (2008-09), and 
was named distinguished alumnus of the year 
by the University of Wisconsin-Madison SLIS.

Deaths

Thomas Martine, assistant order librarian at 
Princeton University Library in New Jersey, has 
died. Martine had worked at the library for 41 
years.

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