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Personnel
On July 1 R o y  L. K i d m a n  makes a cross­

country move to becom e university librarian at 
Rutgers— The State University o f New Jersey, 

leaving a similar post 
at the University of 
California, Riverside.

Roy Kidman’s pro­
fessional career in­
cludes positions in the 
law library at UCLA, 
science librarian at the 
University o f Kansas, 
acting director and as­
sistant librarian at Tu­
lane University, and 
biomedical librarian at 

Mr. Kidman UCSD. At Kansas he 
brought together a 

group o f subject libraries, welded them into a 
smoothly functioning unit, and consolidated 
book selection in the science library— all with 
the enthusiastic support o f the faculty. At Tu­
lane he was responsible for reader services and 
helped develop the library’s organizational pat­
tern. At UCSD he put life into a wishful hope 
for a viable biomedical library, planning collec­
tions and building with equal skill.

In his two years at UCR, he has had a strong 
hand in campus planning for accelerating ad­
vanced graduate programs and in spelling out 
the library development necessary to implement 
those plans. That the aggressive expansion tak­
ing place at Rutgers has lured him across the 
continent is unfortunate for California, but eas­
ily understandable.

He has been highly successful in every posi­
tion he has held, demonstrating strong adminis­
trative ability but losing none of his enthusiasm 
for books. The scholars’ and students’ require­
ments for books and library services always re­
main uppermost. He is a leader in adapting data 
processing methods and equipment to library 
use.

At Rutgers he will b e  managing a complex 
library system o f nearly a million and a half 
volumes, including the graduate research li­
brary, three undergraduate libraries, the library 
o f science and medicine, two law libraries and 
a number o f smaller subject units.

Roy Kidman is a graduate of U CLA and had 
his professional training at USC. He is active in 
library association activities, having held im­
portant committee assignments for the Medical 
Library Association and serving as chairman of 
the Agricultural and Biological Subsection of 
AC RL in 1966/67.

That welcom ing challenge is a family char­
acteristic with the Kidmans is evident in Mari­
lyn Kidman’s comment in writing about their

pending move, “ Life with Roy is so interesting.” 
— Melvin J. Voigt, University of California, San 
Diego.

The appointment o f D e a n  F. R i t z m a n  as di­
rector o f the Upsala College library has been an­
nounced. A native of Gratz, Penn., Prof. Ritzman 
came to Upsala in 1949 
as a member o f the 
department o f history.
H e received his BA 
degree at Franklin and 
Marshall College in 
1948, and M A in 1949 
from the University of 
Chicago. In 1967 after 
a year’s leave o f ab­
sence, Prof. Ritzman 
received the MS de­
gree in library science, 
with honors, from C o­ Mr. Ritzman
lumbia University.

Prof. Ritzman was the recipient o f a Martin 
Luther Fellowship for graduate study from the 
Lutheran Brotherhood in 1958. In 1962 he was 
awarded the Service Award b y  the Upsala 
Alumni Association for “ outstanding service to 
the college,”  and in 1965 he received the Dis­
tinguished Teaching Award from the Lindback 
Foundation.

H e is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi 
Alpha Theta, the American Library Association, 
American Historical Association, Organization 
o f American Historians, American Association 
o f University Professors, and the Southern His­
torical Association. He was the founder and 
first president o f the Civil W ar Round Table of 
Northern N ew  Jersey and received a Citation 
o f Merit from the Civil W ar Centennial Com ­
mission. He has published numerous book re­
views and articles in historical journals and is a 
regular contributor to Cross Flags, the publi­
cation of the Civil W ar Round Table.

E d w a b d  C. L a t h e m  has been appointed li­
brarian o f Dartmouth College effective July 1,
1968.

Dr. Lathem, associate librarian at Dartmouth 
since 1960, joined the staff in 1952, following 
the receipt o f a master’s degree in library ser­
vice from Columbia University. He had taken 
his bachelor’s degree at Dartmouth in 1951, 
and in 1961 he earned a doctorate o f philos­
ophy from Oxford University.

A productive scholar as well as an ad­
ministrative librarian, Dr. Lathem has done 
several volumes relating to Robert Frost and 
has been instrumental in building up within 
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o f Frost manuscri pt materials. Among the works 
on Frost written or edited b y  him are: Inter­
views with Robert Frost (H olt, Rinehart and 
Winston, 19 66 ); Selected Prose of Robert Frost‚ 
with Hyde Cox (H olt, Rinehart and Winston, 
19 66 ); Robert Frost and the Lawrence, Massa­
chusetts, ‘High School Bulletin,’ with Lawrance 
Thompson (T h e  Grolier Club, 19 66 ); and 
Robert Frost: Farm-Poultryman (Dartmouth 
Publications, 1963), also done in collaboration 
with Professor Thompson.

Mr. Lathem has also written on subjects as­
sociated with local history and the careers of 
both Daniel Webster and Calvin Coolidge. He 
is a trustee o f the New Hampshire Historical 
Society and a member of the American An­
tiquarian Society. Through his efforts the per­
sonal papers o f a number o f distinguished fig­
ures have in recent years com e to the Dart­
mouth library.

His w ife is Dr. E. Elizabeth French, daugh­
ter o f one o f the founders o f the Hitchcock 
Clinic in Hanover, New Hampshire, and herself 
at present a senior member o f that Clinic.— 
Richard W . Morin, Dartmouth College.

A P P O I N T M E N T S

M a r y  C. A d k i s o n  is  now head, social work 
and home economics libraries in Ohio State 
University libraries.

R o b e r t  M. A g a r d  assumed duties as head 
librarian at Bennington College in January.

M r s . E l l e n  C. A n d e s  is now technical serv­
ices librarian in the University o f Pennsylvania 
medical school library.

R a l p h  A r c a r i  is now documents reference 
librarian at the Trinity College library, Hart­
ford, Conn.

M a r y  B a l m e r  is head of the periodicals de­
partment, Rutgers University library.

E m i l  B a s i u k  has been appointed librarian of 
Loyola University’s dental school, Chicago.

R i c h a r d  F. B e n e d i c t  has been appointed 
chief, systems division, Air University library.

P a h l  B e r r i s f o r d  has been promoted to a 
newly established position in University o f Min­
nesota libraries—that o f assistant director for 
processing. His responsibilities will include cat­
aloging, all operations in processing having to 
do with budgeting, expenditures, accounting, 
bindery preparation, and records o f library ma­
terials.

M r s . S h i r l e y  W . B o l l e s  has been appointed 
head o f the new community services depart­
ment, Rutgers University library.

M r s . D o r o t h y  W . B o w e r s  is the new assist­
ant reference librarian in Dickinson College.

S a n d r a  H. B o y d  has been promoted to head, 
journalism library in Ohio State University li­
braries.

G e o r g e  M i c h a e l  B r i c h  is head o f technical 
services in Norwich University library.

C a t h e r i n e  M a r i e  B r π › y  is a newly-appoint­
ed cataloging staff member in Lippincott li­
brary, University of Pennsylvania.

L o w e l l  J. B r o s e  has accepted the position 
o f general cataloger in Ohio State University 
libraries.

A n n a  Su e  B r o w n  has joined the library staff 
o f Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, as 
head catalog librarian.

M r s . L o is  B . B u r d i c k  is periodicals cataloger 
in Florida State University library.

O r v i l l e  T. C h a m b e r s  has returned to Air 
University library as an indexer-analyst.

P a u l i n e  P a o - C h i h  C h i e n  has been appoint­
ed a cataloger in the Virginia Polytechnic Insti­
tute library, effective Oct. 1.

R a y m o n d  R . C o t t e r , J r . started as reference 
librarian at SUNY Maritime College, Bronx, 
N.Y. on January 2.

M r s . L i l l y  C r a n e  has been appointed assist­
ant education librarian, Southern Illinois Uni­
versity, Carbondale.

T h o m a s  D e n g l e r  has been named period­
icals librarian at the Lewis Towers library, 
Loyola University, Chicago.

J o s e p h  D e r b y s h i r e  has been appointed head 
o f the catalog department in Bowdoin’s Nathan­
iel Hawthorne-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
library.

M r s . M e r i s  E g g e r t  is assistant catalog li­
brarian, Southern Illinois University, Carbon­
dale.

R o l p h  E r i c k s o n  has been appointed admin­
istrative assistant to the university librarian, 
Northwestern University.

M r s . L o u i s e  F r a d k i n  is assistant in the 
Trenton State College library.

M r s . M a r c e l l a  L . F r e y m a n  is now a cata­
loger in Temple University’s College o f Allied 
Health Professions library, Philadelphia.

R o y  F r y  has been promoted from assistant 
reference librarian to reference librarian at 
Cudahy memorial library, Loyola University, 
Chicago.

A n n  G a u t h i e r  is assistant order librarian, 
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

J o a n  G i l b e r t  is geology librarian in Butler 
library, Columbia University.

D w a i n  E . G l e n n  has been appointed auto­
mation librarian, Morris library, Southern Illi­
nois University, Carbondale.

S a n d r a  G o l u b  has been appointed assistant 
reference librarian at Loyola University’s Lewis 
Towers library, Chicago.

L i l l i a n  B. G o o d h a r t , formerly head o f the 
Periodicals department, is now administrative 
assistant, Rutgers University library.

M r s . J o s e p h i n e  H a m p s o n  is general librarian 
in W est Chester State College (P a .).

M r s . J e a n  H a n s o n  is now a cataloger at the 
Franklin and Marshall College library.

R o g e r  K. H a n s o n  is chief o f a newly-organ­
ized department of reference services in Uni­



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Library Journal says: “… the 'reference gap' for 
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manner."

"The 1450 signed articles are comprehensive in 
scope and treatm ent."

H ow  reliable is it?
Library Journal says: "The roster o f 500 contributors 
from  24 countries reads like an international who's 
who of philosophy and cultural history.”

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Library Journal says: "O rie ntal philosophy is cov­
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Is it both sch o larly and stim u latin g ?
Library Journal says: “ The manner o f presentation 
is orderly, logical and authoritative.”
“ …  the Encyclopedia o f Philosophy is characterized 
by a lively style and large attractive print that should

delight public library patrons as much as university
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Is  it sim p le to u s e ?
Library Journal says: "A  detailed, easy-to-use sub­
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set fo r nonspecialists.”

D o e s it do justice to “bord erline” s u b je c ts?
Library Journal says: “ …  students of science will 
find references to technical articles … ”
“ Reference librarians w ill welcom e the exhaustive 
article on 'Philosophical Dictionaries and Encyclo­
p e dia s'… and another on 'Philosophical Journals'… ”  

W ho sh o u ld  u se The E n c y clo p e d ia  of P h ilo s o p h y ? 
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versity of Minnesota libraries. The new depart­
ment will incorporate reference, documents, in­
terlibrary loan, map, newspaper and periodicals 
divisions; Mr. Hanson will also continue to 
function as assistant to the director.

M b s . M a r y  H . H a r b a c h  is now a cataloger 
in Franklin and Marshall College library.

M r s . H a z e l  H u b b a b d  has been appointed 
head o f the architectural library, Virginia Poly­
technic Institute.

J u d i t h  I. H y m e s  has been appointed acqui­
sitions librarian in Inter-American University 
in San German, Puerto Rico.

M a r g a r e t  L. J o h n s o n  is a cataloger in the 
University of Arizona library, Tucson.

M r s . O. R o c h e l l e  Jo h n s o n  has joined the 
staff of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute library 
as a cataloger, effective Oct. 1.

D a v i d  E. J o n e s  is a new member o f the 
Montgomery County Community College (P a .) 
library staff.

M a r c i a  J o n e s  has been appointed an assist­
ant order librarian at Cudahy memorial library, 
Loyola University, Chicago.

E l e a n o r  K e n n e d y  has been appointed cur­
riculum librarian at Loyola University’s Lewis 
Towers library, Chicago.

M y u n g  S o o k  K i m  has been appointed an 
assistant order librarian at Loyola University’s 
Cudahy memorial library, Chicago.

Ja m e s  K i n g s l e y  has been named to the 
newly-established position o f assistant director 
for resources in the University o f Minnesota 
libraries, with responsibility for selection activ­
ities, acquisitions operation and special bibliog­
raphers.

M a r y  A n n  K n o t t s  is assistant in the Uni­
versity o f Alabama medical school library, Bir­
mingham.

M r s . V e l m a  L. K o l e s z a r  has joined the 
library staff o f Peirce Junior College, Philadel­
phia.

R o s e  M a r g a r e t  L a p p i n  is now a reference 
librarian in Penniman library o f the University 
o f Pennsylvania.

W i l l i a m  H. L e d g a r d  is a descriptive cata­
loger in Princeton University library.

Y o u n g  J a  L e e  is assistant circulation librarian 
in Swarthmore College library.

L i l i a n e  L e v y  on D ec. 1 became head, 
foreign and international law sections at North­
western University law library.

M r s . E l s a  R. L i c h t e n b e b g  has joined the 
catalog staff o f Johns Hopkins University library 
in Bologna, Italy.

J o h n  L e e  McD ill has been appointed assist­
ant professor and cataloger at Montana State 
University library, to supervise the change-over 
o f our present collection from Dewey to LC 
classification.

M e r c e d e s  M a n t i l l a  has been appointed 
assistant cataloger at Cudahy memorial library, 
Loyola University, Chicago.

L u c i a  A n g e l a  M a r i n o  is now a reference li­
brarian in University o f Iowa libraries.

M r s . C a r o l y n  S. M a t e e r  is the new assist­
ant librarian in the Harrisburg (P a .) Commu­
nity College.

F a d i l  I. M e r h e m i c  is now head, botany and 
zoology library in Ohio State University li­
braries.

M a r t i n  M o l n a b  has been appointed librar­
ian o f Loyola University’s Center for Liberal 
Arts, Rome.

Jo h n  H. M u l h o l l a n d  has been named head 
librarian o f Charles County Community C ol­
lege, La Plata, M d .

M a r g a r e t  M y e r s  is a new member o f the 
catalog staff in Temple University library.

M a r i l y n  M y e r s  has been appointed to the 
acquisitions department staff, Wichita State 
University library.

K a r e n  E. N e l s o n  is assistant librarian in the 
Tem ple University school of pharmacy library.

D a n i e l  L. N u t t e r  joined the faculty of 
East Texas Baptist College of Marshall as 
acting librarian, Sept. 1.

B i r u t a  Z. O sis  has accepted the position of 
general cataloger in Ohio State University 
libraries.

M a r y  E l l e n  P a g e  is now assistant to the 
acting head, department libraries, in Ohio State 
University libraries.

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M r s . A n t o i n e t t e  A .  P a s l e s  has been 
named assistant circulation-reference librarian 
in Temple University school of law library.

W a l t e r  O . P e a r s o n  is now assistant cata­
loger in the library of the State University of 
New York College at Binghamton.

W i l l i a m  J. R e c o r d  joined the staff o f the 
New York University Medical Center library 
as archivist on Jan. 1.

T e r r y  L. R i c h a r t z  has joined the circula­
tion staff in Temple University library.

D e b o r a h  Ross has accepted a position of 
cataloger in Ohio State University libraries.

C. J a m e s  S c h m i d t  has accepted the position
o f head, undergraduate libraries and instructor 
o f library administration, Ohio State University 
libraries.

S t a n l e y  S c h m i d t  has been appointed as­
sistant reference librarian at Cudahy memorial 
library, Loyola University, Chicago.

R i c h a b d  S e r e n a  is now assistant librarian 
o f Middlebury College.

M u r r a y  C. S h e p h e r d  has been appointed 
chief cataloger at the Regina Campus o f the 
University o f Saskatchewan.

S t u a r t  C. S h e r m a n  has been appointed 
librarian o f the John Hay library at Brown 
University.

M a u r e e n  S m i t h  has joined the Tem ple Uni­
versity school o f medicine library staff as 
cataloger.

R a l p h  E. S t i e r w a l t  has assumed the duties 
of coordinator o f technical services, Wichita 
State University library.

M r s . D o n n a  F o s t e r  S t r i c k m a n  is now a 
cataloger in Cumberland County College, Vine­
land, N.J.

Y u n g  S o o k  S u h  is assistant cataloger in the 
Temple University library.

T h o b u r n  T a g g a r t , Jr . has been promoted 
to the newly created position o f coordinator 
of public services, W ichita State University 
library.

P h y l l i s  T a t a r s k y  has joined the circulation 
staff in the University o f Pennsylvania school 
o f social work library.

C h a r l e s  T h a r p  is assistant catalog librarian, 
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

M b s . S y l v i a  R. W a l s h  has been appointed 
mathematics bibliographer, Rutgers University 
library.

Ja m e s  W .  W a b d l e  has been appointed as­
sistant catalog librarian in Morris library, 
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

M r s . R u t h  I. W e i d n e r  is  m u s i c  l i b r a r i a n  in  
W est Chester State College (P a.)

M r s . T i n a  G. W e i n e r  is assistant cataloger, 
La Salle College, Philadelphia.

L o r e t t a  A. W e n t z  was appointed law 
librarian of the department library, Department 
of Health, Education, and Welfare, beginning 
Nov. 27.

 

M r s . V i r g i n i a  W h i t n e y  is now librarian of 
Douglass College.

M r s . M a r g a r e t  M . W i l l i a m s o n  has been 
promoted to catalog librarian with the rank 
o f assistant professor in the University of 
Houston libraries.

W i l l i a m  R o b e r t  W o e r n e r  has been ap­
pointed social sciences bibliographer, Rutgers 
University library.

M r s . Ju d i t h  A n n  Y e l l i n  is slide curator in 
University o f Delaware library.

D e v o n  J. Y o d e r  is assistant librarian, Goshen 
College.

R E T I R E M E N T S

R a l p h  B . B a k e r , librarian for research and 
development in the American Viscose Division 
o f FM C Corporation, has retired after twenty- 
eight years o f service with the division.

M a r y  S. H o p k i n s , librarian at Bennington 
College since 1956, is retiring.

Ja n i e  N e a r  retired on June 3 0  from her 
position as searchroom librarian, Georgia D e­
partment o f Archives and History.

D r . G e o r g e  B. V a n  S c h a a c k , since 1958 
librarian o f the Missouri Botanical Garden, 
retired on Oct. 1. He has recently accepted 
the position of bibliographic consultant to the 
Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois.

HARLOW CITED

An honorary doctors degree was conferred 
upon Dean Neal Harlow o f the Rutgers Uni­
versity Graduate School o f Library Service at 
a library dedication convocation at Moravian 
College on October 19. The citation read in 
part as follows:

The distinguished career of M i. Harlow in the 
library profession has extended over a third of a 
century and has included his service to the Bancroft 
Library at the University of California at Berkeley, 
the California State Library, and the Library of the 
University of California at Los Angeles. Before coming 
to Rutgers in 1 9 6 1  Mr. Harlow was for a decade, 
head of the rapidly expanding library of the University 
of British Colum bia at Vancouver where he also laid 
the foundation for a new graduate library school.

A  past president of the Canadian Library Association, 
and of the Association o f College and Research 
Libraries, his influence has been felt through numerous 
library professional committees, International in scope 
as well as Canadian and American.

A  scholarly contributer to journals o f W e s t Coast 
history and author of a valued study of the early 
maps of San Francisco Bay, Mr. Harlow’s numerous 
articles on Librarianship reflect the rich background 
of administrative experience, scholarly research, critical 
thought, keen insight, and human understanding which 
he has brought to his special concern for the pro­
fessional education o f Librarians.

As librarian, as scholar and man of letters, and 
as leader in library education, I present Mr. Harlow 
for the degree of Doctor of Humanities.