ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


454 / C&RL News ■ June 2002

P e o p l e i n  t h e  N e w s Ann-Christe Young

W illia m  B aker, professor in the Northern 
Illinois University Libraries and professor in 
the Departm ent of English, has been awarded 
a National Endow m ent for the Humanities 
Senior Fellowship to conduct full-time re­
search during the 2002-03 academ ic year. 
He will be w orking on three m ore volumes 
o f the unpublished letters of the Victorian 
novelist, dram atist, a n d  journalist Wilkie 
Collins (1824-89).

T a m ik a  B a r n e s, of the North Carolina State 
University Libraries, has w on the 2002 Hori­
zon Award from the North Carolina Chapter 
of the Special Libraries Association (SLA). The 
aw ard goes to librarians w ho show  a po ten ­
tial to be leaders in the library profession. 
She received the aw ard based on her ac­
com plishm ents as a student, SLA Scholarship 
w i n n e r , ALA S p e c tr u m  S c h o la r, a n d  
Pilkington Intern, as well as for her w ork as 
chair of the SLA’s Diversity Leadership Com­
mittee.

The Federal Library and Information Center 
Committee has announced several national 
aw ards for federal librarianship: P a m e la  
D a w e s , director of the Haskell Library at 
Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, 
Kansas, and L y n n e  C. T o b in , chief of the 
reference library at the National Imagery and 
Mapping Agency in Bethesda, Maiyland, tied 
for the Federal Libraiy and Information Cen­
ter Committee’s 2001 Federal Librarian of the 
Year award. L eslie Y ea k ley , libraiy techni­
cian at the Defense Technical Information 
Center, has been  nam ed 2001 Federal Libraiy 
Technician of the Year.

K err y  A n n  G ard ner, librarian at El Paso 
Community College’s Valle Verde Libraiy, has 
b e e n  nam ed the Border Regional Library 
Association’s Librarian of the Year.

Tw o N ortheastern University librarians—  
J o a n  D . K rizack , university archivist and 
head  of special collections, and C h r istin e  
O ka, bibliographic instruction coordinator—

h a v e  re c e iv e d  n a tio n a l re c o g n itio n  for 
achievem ents in the field. Krizack received 
the Society of Georgia Archivists’ (SGA) David 
B. Gracy II Award for the article she coau­
thored, “Preserving the History o f Boston’s 
Diversity,” in the SAG’s annual publication 
Provenance. Oka was featured by Library 
J o u r n a l as one of the top 50 libraiy “Movers 
and Shakers” from across the United States.

B ria n  M cL au gh lin , acquisitions supervisor, 
m onographs departm ent, bibliographic ser­
vice division at the Syracuse University (SU) 
Libraiy, has received an Individual Exem­
plary Achievem ent Award from SU.

H aid ar M ou k d ad , professor in Dalhousie 
University’s Master of Libraiy and Informa­
tion Studies program , w on O nline In fo r m a ­
tion RevieuJs “Outstanding Paper” in the 2001 
volum e for his paper, “Designing and D e­
veloping Multimedia CD-ROMS: Lessons from 
the Treasures of Islam.” The p a p e r (coau­
thored with Jam shid Beheshti and Andrew 
Large) was selected for its “new  and useful 
inform ation w hich will benefit readers” and 
its “appropriate presentation and style that 
allows easy access to concepts and data.

A n d r e w  K. P ace, head 
o f the North Carolina 
State University Librar­
ie s ’ System s D e p a rt­
m ent, w as nam ed Li­
brarian of the Year at 
the 15th Annual Data 
R ese a rc h  A sso ciates, 
Inc. User’s Conference, 
a national libraiy tech­
nology conference. Andrew  K. Pace

Ed. n o te : To ensure th a t y o u r  p e rs o n n e l news is 
c o n s id e re d  f o r  p u b lic a tio n , w r ite  to  A n n -C h ris te  
Young, p ro d u c tio n  editor, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron 
S t, Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-m ail: ayoung@ ala.org; 
fax: (312) 280-2520.

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J e r r y  S aye, professor at the University of 
North Carolina-Chapell Hill’s School of In­
form ation and Library Science, has received 
the Association for Library and Information 
Science Education’s Award for Excellence in 
Teaching.

D a v id  II. S iam , senior scholar in the history 
departm ent and university' librarian emeritus 
at Syracuse University, edited and published 
the International Dictionary o f  Library His­
tories (Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001). The 
dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions 
from around the world, including the w orld’s 
most important research libraries and other 
libraries with globally or regionally notable 
collections, innovative traditions, and signifi­
cant and interesting histories. Stam served as 
university librarian at Syracuse University from 
1986 to 1998, following earlier library admin­
istrative positions at Marlboro College, the 
Newberry Library, Johns Llopkins University, 
and the New York Public Library.

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

P a u lT . A d a lia n jr ., has been appointed the 
first university librarian at California State Uni­
versity (CSU) at Channel Island. Adalian was 
assistant dean of information and instructional 
services at California Polytechnic State Uni­
versity, San Luis Obispo, w here he had spent 
24 years managing every' aspect of library ser­
vices. Adalian will also assist with planning 
CSU Channel Islands new John Spoor Broome 
Libraiy.

O tis D . A le x a n d e r  has been appointed di­
rector of the Randolph E. Meyer Memorial 
Libraiy at Southeastern University in Wash­
ington, D.C. He was the assistant librarian at 
Cuttington University College in Liberia and 
head librarian for the Bureau of Libraries, 
Museums, and Archaeological Services in Saint 
Croix, Virgin Islands.

R ic k e y  B est has been nam ed dean of the 
library at Auburn University in Montgomery, 
Alabama.

G ail K e r n  P aster, professor of English at 
George Washington University (GWU), will

take office as director 
of the Folger Shakes- "

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lished by the Folger Gail Kern Paster
Shakespeare Library in as­
sociation with GWU. She has w on many na­
tional fellowships and awards and is the au­
thor of numerous scholarly articles and books. 
A trustee of the Shakespeare Association of 
America, Paster w as recently elected vice 
president and will succeed to its presidency 
in 2003. She has served two terms as a public 
m em ber of the Folger Shakespeare Library 
committee.

J a n e  B. T rea d w e ll has been appointed uni­
versity librarian and dean of library instruc­
tional services at the University of Illinois at 
Springfield. Treadwell has been director of 
the Office of Program Assessment and Coor­
dination at Emory' University since 2001. Her 
14-year career at Emory' began as director of 
collection m anagem ent in 1988 and she was 
nam ed director of collections and technical 
services in 1990. B efore joining Emory, 
Treadwell was head of the Resource Devel­
opm ent Division of the Sterling C. Evans Li­
braiy at Texas A&M University. She also spent 
six years at University of Florida Libraries in 
positions pertaining to m onograph acquisi­
tions and cataloging. She is the author of a 
chapter in a nationally acclaimed library text­
book and contributor of articles to well-re­
garded journals such as the Acquisitions Li­
brarian and College & Research Libraries.

K aren W ie lh o r sk i has been appointed ex­
ecutive director of the Alfred R. Neumann Li­
brary at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

P a u l A. W illis has been nam ed dean of li­
braries at the University of South Carolina 
(USC) in Columbia. He is leaving a post as 
director of libraries at the University' of Ken­
tucky (UK) and will begin work at LISC in 
July. He has been at UK both as a professor 
and a librarian since 1967. During his career,

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Willis has been active in a num ber of law 
and library organizations, published articles 
and book chapters, and served as a consult­
ant. His next published work will be a chap­
ter entitled “Building a Major Gifts Program” 
in a m onograph to be published by the Asso­
ciation of Research Libraries.

M artha A n n  B ace has been appointed 
catalog librarian at the University of Alabama 
Libraries.

C h eryl Ballard is now Web services coor­
dinator at the University of Alabama Libraries.

R ich ard  J e a n  B a zile is now  director of 
library information systems and technical sys­
tems at Chicago State University.

C h ris B eck ett has been prom oted to vice 
president of library services at Ingenta.

T am m y B o b r o w sk y  has been appointed 
assistant librarian to the resident program at 
the University of Minnesota Libraries.

D avid  Carter has joined the Media Union 
Library at the University of Michigan as engi­
neering librarian and liaison to the electrical 
engineering and computer science department.

B eau  D a v id  C ase has been  appointed 
field librarian for classical studies at the Uni­
versity of Michigan’s Harlan Hatcher Gradu­
ate Library.

Advertiser index
Academic Press 443
ACRL 451
American Chemical Society Cover 3 
American Theological 429

Library Association 
Annual Reviews 460
Benchmark 410
CHOICE 448
EBSCO 417
Elsevier Science Cover 2
Endeavor Information Systems 440 
Faxon Library Sendees 407
IEEE 446
ISI 449
Libraries Unlimited 459
OCLC 430
Optical Society of America 421
Powell’s Books 4 l6
ScienceDirect 422
Swets/Blackwell 435
TechBooks 453
West Group Cover 4

M u riel C a u th en  has accepted the posi­
tion of cataloging services librarian at South­
eastern University in Washington, D.C.

K a th erin e C h ew  is now  reference librar­
ian in the Bio-Medical Library at the Univer­
sity of Minnesota Libraries.

T h o r o lf C h r is te n s e n  has joined the Uni­
versity of Michigan’s university library as as­
sistant archivist in papyrology.

P au l J. C o n sta n tin e  has been appointed 
associate director of libraries for research and 
instructional services, University of Washing­
ton Libraries, at the University of Washing­
ton, Seattle.

Catherine C onw ay is now reference librar­
ian at Pennsylvania State Great Valley Library.

M e lissa  D a ily  is now  reference librarian 
at Pennsylvania State Beaver Library.

K a th le e n  D e g n a n  has been appointed 
assistant to the director of public services at 
Chicago State University.

C h ery l E w in g  has been prom oted to di­
rector of the Health Sciences Library at Ohio 
University.

J a n  F iga has joined the University of 
Michigan’s Shapiro Science Library as m ath/ 
physics librarian.

P riscilla  F in le y  has been appointed pub­
lic services librarian in the Lied Library at the 
University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

K a th le e n  H a eflig er has been appointed 
music and performing arts librarian at Chi­
cago State University.

A n n ette H ain es is now field librarian for 
the School of Art and Design at the University 
of Michigan’s Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library.

A n d rea  H a lv e r so n  has been nam ed ref­
erence services librarian in the Science and 
Engineering Library at the University of Min­
nesota Libraries.

W illia m  W. (B ill) H a rd esty  is now  ar­
chivist, Paredes Collection, B enson Latin 
American Collection, General Libraries at the 
University of Texas at Austin, a half-time ap­
pointm ent for 2002.

R ob ert H e r r m a n n  has been appointed 
Library (Aleph) Systems Analyst at the Uni­
versity of Minnesota Libraries.

D o r e e n  H o c k e n b e r r y  has b e e n  p ro ­
m oted to head of governm ent documents at 
Ohio University.

C alvin  H su  has joined the University of 
Michigan’s Asia Library as coordinator of pub­
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A b b y  K a s o w itz -S c h e e r  is no w  h e a d  of 
instructional programs at Syracuse University.

J a n  H . K e m p  has b e e n  nam ed associate 
director for collection m anagem ent, organi­
zation, and preservation in the special collec­
tions, acquisitions, cataloging, and preserva­
tion departm ents at North Carolina State Uni­
versity.

D o n n e lly  L a n c a ster has be e n  appointed 
archival access coordinator in the Hoole Spe­
cial Collections Library at the University of 
Alabama.

J e n n i f e r  M c C lu r e  has b e e n  a p p o in te d  
re fe re n c e  lib ra ria n /in fo rm a tio n  c o n su lta n t 
in G orgas Library at th e  U niversity o f Ala­
bam a.

C h a r le s R e y n o ld s  is no w  head  of the 
music library at the University of Michigan.

G loria R h o d e s has been nam ed outreach/ 
com m unity resources librarian at the San Di­
ego State University Library a n d  Information 
Access.

A m y  R o b b  has joined the staff of the 
Harlan H atcher G raduate Library at the Uni­
versity o f M ichigan as field lib rarian  for 
w o m e n ’s studies.

L in d s e y  E. S c h e ll has b e e n  nam ed En­
glish literature bibliographer, Collections and 
Inform ation Resources Division, at the Uni­
versity of Texas at Austin.

S te v e n  D . S m ith  is the new  preservation 
librarian at Wellesley College Library.

L y n n  S u tto n  has b e e n  appointed associ­
ate dean  of the Wayne State University Li­
brary System.

F e lix  E m e U n a e z e  is now  director of p u b ­
lic services at Chicago State University.

H y o k y o u n g  Lee Y i has b e e n  appointed 
Korean studies librarian, East Asia Library, 
University of W ashington Libraries, at the 
University of Washington, Seattle.

R e t i r e m e n t s

K a ren  D r ie s s e n , after nearly 30 years with 
the library a n d  instructional m edia services 
at th e  U niversity o f M ontana (UM), retire d  
o n  April 1, 2002. D riessen b e g a n  h e r ca ­
re e r at UM as a m ed ia ca ta lo g e r a n d  later 
b e c am e  d ire c to r o f th e M ansfield Library’s 
In stru ctio n al M edia Services division. Un­
d e r h e r lea d e rsh ip , a n u m b e r o f m ultim e­

dia classroom s w e re  c o n stru c te d  o n  cam ­
p u s. A m ong h e r o th e r a cco m p lish m en ts at 
UM w as th e  d e v e lo p m e n t o f th e  lib rary ’s 
significant c o llectio n  o f n o n p rin t m ate ri­
als. D riessen se rv e d  o n  a n u m b e r o f cam ­
p u s, library, a n d  system w ide com m ittees. 
She w as active in th e M ontana Library As­
so c ia tio n  a n d  c o n trib u te d  at th e  n a tio n a l 
level w ith  a p p o in tm e n ts  to  co m m ittees of 
th e  C onsortium  o f C ollege a n d  U niversity 
M edia C enters. In 2000, sh e  w as se le c te d  
by  th e  M ontana Library A ssociation as Li­
b rarian  o f th e  Year.

D o n n a  K o e p p , h e a d  o f th e T. R. Smith 
M ap C ollection a n d  G eoM edia Services at 
th e  U niversity o f K ansas (KU), has retired. 
H ow ever, she has a c c e p te d  a p osition w ith 
H arvard U niversity as h e a d  o f g o v e rn m e n t 
d o c u m e n ts a n d  m icroform s a n d  c o o rd in a ­
to r o f re fe re n c e  a n d  in stru ctio n  for th e so ­
cial scien ces p rogram . K o e p p  jo in e d  th e 
KU Libraries in 1985 as h e a d  o f th e  m ap 
library. In 1986, sh e  w as a p p o in te d  h e a d  
o f th e g o v e rn m e n t d o c u m e n ts a n d  m ap  li­
brary. U nder h e r lea d e rsh ip , in 1987, the 
first o f several successful gran t p ro p o sa ls 
w ere subm itted to the National E ndow m ent 
for th e H um anities to c o m p le te  a project 
to in d ex  a n d  p rese rv e  historical m aps c o n ­
ta in e d  in th e  U.S. C ongressional Serial Set 
(1789-1969). She e arn ed  tenure in 1990 and 
w as g ra n te d  a sab b atical leave in 1994. In 
1992, K o ep p  se rv e d  as a visiting p ro g ram  
officer w ith th e  A ssociation of R esearch Li­
b raries (ARL) to  w o rk  o n  th e ARL GIS Lit­
eracy Project, a n d  in 1998-2001, she served 
o n  th e  D e p o sito ry  Library Council to th e 
Public Printer.

D a v id  G r a y  R e m i n g t o n  h a s e n d e d  42 
y ears o f library service after 4 years as in ­
fo rm a tio n  lib rarian , g u id e, a n d  sc o u t at 
N orth Id ah o  C o lleg e’s M olstead Library in 
C oeur d ’Alene. Form erly d e p u ty  W ashing­
to n  State librarian, c h ief o f C ataloging Dis­
trib u tio n  Service a n d  assistant ch ie f o f th e 
su b ject cataloging division at th e Library 
o f C ongress, R em ington also se rv e d  tw ice 
as d ire c to r o f th e  P e n d  O reille C ounty Li­
brary  district, d ire c to r o f p ro fessio n al se r­
vices for Bro-Dart Com pany in Williamsport, 
Pennsylvania, and as an independent library 
consultant.



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D e a t h s

D o n a l d  T. S m it h , fo rm e r h e a d  o f b u d g e t 
a n d  p la n n in g  at th e  U niversity o f O re g o n  
Library, d ie d  o f p a n c re a tic  c a n c e r o n  April 
15, 2002. H e w o r k e d  as a lib r a ria n  at 
Clarkson College a n d  W agner College, b o th  
lo c a te d  in N ew  Y ork, a n d  later at B oston 
U niversity. H e w o rk e d  as a n  a d m in istra to r 
at th e  U niversity o f O re g o n  from  1963 u n ­
til his retirem en t in 1987. Smith w as a m em ­
b e r o f several p hilatelic societies a n d  a life­
tim e m e m b e r o f ALA. H e se rv e d  o n  th e  
b o a rd  o f th e  Lane C ou n ty  H istorical Soci­
ety  for 15 years.

L y n n  W e s le y  W a lk e r, 73, library director 
em eritus o f the University o f Central Florida 
(UCF) Library, d ied  March 13 o f pulm onary

fibrosis. Walker w orked 
first at the University of 
T ennessee a n d  later at 
t h e  U n iv e r s ity  o f  
Florida, heading its En­
gineering a n d  Physics 
Library. In 1966, Walker 
w as selected to create 
the library system  for a 
brand new  university in 
O rla n d o , th e n  c a lle d  Lynn Wesley Walker
Florida T echnological 
University. He w as the fourth em ployee of 
UCF, hired tw o years before it o p e n e d  to stu­
dents. There he served as the library director 
for 17 years a n d  was a nationally recognized 
innovator, with the UCF Library being o n e of 
the first nationally to have its card catalog 
accessible via computer. Walker served as presi­
dent of the Florida Library Association.

Sharon Hogan, 1945-2002

S h a r o n  H o g a n , 57, 
university librarian at the 
University of Illinois at 
Chicago (UIC) since 
1990, has died follow­
ing a brief illness.

A c h am p io n  of 
copyright, free speech, 
privacy, and other leg­
islative issues affecting li­
braries and information 

Sharon Hogan systems, Hogan testified 
before the Senate Committee on Governmental 
Affairs on tire E-Government Act of 2001 regard­
ing technology and access issues.

“Sharon Hogan was a pivotal figure in the 
rebirth of the modem library in the digital age,” 
said UIC University Chancellor Sylvia Manning.

In 2000, Hogan received top national hon­
ors when she was named ACRL’s Academic/ 
Research Librarian of the Year. Last year she 
received the Intellectual Freedom Award from 
the Illinois Libraiy Association. “Libraries play 
a very important role in safeguarding every 
citizen’s right to read or hear diverse viewpoints 
and to make up his or her own mind about 
issues,” Hogan said at the time of her award.

Her other major honors included the Chi­
nese American Librarians Association Presi­
dential Recognition Award (1995), the Miriam

Dudley Bibliographic Instniction Librarian of the 
Year Award (1988), and tire Distinguished Alumni 
Award of tire School of Information and libraiy 
Studies at tire University of Michigan (1987).

Prior to her appointment at UIC, Hogan 
was the director of libraries at Louisiana State 
University and held positions at the University7 
of Michigan and at Temple University.

She was an active member of ACRL, serv­
ing as the association’s president and chair of 
the Bibliographic Instruction Section. She was 
on the Board of Directors twice and a mem­
ber of the task force on strategic planning and 
the budget and finance committee. She served 
ALA as councilor-at-large, was on the Execu­
tive Board, and chaired the Task Force on Core 
Competencies for Librarians.

She was also a member of the National As­
sociation of State Universities and Land Grant 
Colleges Commission on Information Tech­
nologies and the Depository Library Council. 
She sew ed on the boards of such groups as 
the Higher Education Consortium, the Com­
mittee on Institutional Cooperation, the Chi­
cago Library7 System, and the ILLINET Network 
Advisory7 Council.

Hogan coauthored Learning the Library 
(Bowker, 1982), a landmark book in biblio­
graphic instruction, and was founding editor 
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