ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ June 2000 / 539

ro le  in th e  d e v e lo p m e n t, re n e w a l, a n d  
fu n d in g  o f k e y  lib rary  le g isla tio n , in c lu d ­
in g  th e  L ibrary S ervices a n d  C o n stru c tio n  
Act, th e  H ig h e r E d u catio n  Act, th e  E le m e n ­
ta ry  a n d  S e c o n d a ry  E d u c a tio n  Act, th e  
M edical L ibrary A ssistan ce Act, th e  C o p y ­
rig h t R evision Act, a n d  th e  e s ta b lis h m e n t 
o f th e  N a tio n a l C o m m issio n  o n  L ibraries 
a n d  In f o r m a tio n  S c ie n c e . P rio r to  ALA, 
C o o k e w o rk e d  at th e  M in n e a p o lis P u b lic 
L ibrary, first as a b o o k m o b i le  lib ra ria n  
(1 9 5 7 -6 2 ) an d  th e n  as p u b lic  re la tio n s s p e ­
cialist a n d  h o sp ita l lib rarian  (1 9 5 8 -6 3 ). She 
to o k  a le a v e  o f  a b s e n c e  to  w o r k  as a 
b r a n c h  lib ra ria n  in th e  Q u e e n s b o r o u g h  
(N ew  Y ork) P u b lic Library b e fo r e  r e t u r n ­
in g  to  M in n e a p o lis. C o o k e  w a s th e  first 
fe m a le  p r e s id e n t o f th e  J o in t C o u n cil o n  
E d u c a t i o n a l  T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s  a n d  
se rv e d  o n  th e  b o a rd s  o f se v e ra l W a sh in g ­
to n , D .C .-b a se d  o rg a n iz a tio n s . S he w a s a 
m e m b e r o f  th e  W o m e n ’s J o in t C o n g re s ­
sio n al C o m m ittee a n d  th e  S chool o f Library 
a n d  In fo rm a tio n  S cien ce B o a rd  o f V isitors 
at C ath o lic U niversity.

K e n n e t h  J . L aB u d d e, 80, d ie d  in  M arch. 
H e w a s b riefly  o n  th e  sta ff o f th e  M ilw au­
k e e  P u b lic  L ibrary b e fo r e  e n lis tin g  in th e  
A rm y d u rin g  W orld W ar II. In 1950 h e  b e ­

c a m e  d i r e c t o r  o f  li­
b ra rie s at th e  U n iv er­
s ity  o f  K a n s a s  C ity. 
A fter 35 y e a rs , h e  r e ­
tire d  fro m  th e  U n iv e r­
sity o f  M isso u ri-K a n ­
sas City a n d  w as a p ­
p o i n t e d  p r o f e s s o r  
e m e r itu s . H e c o n ti n ­
u e d  to  w o rk  as a c u ­
r a t o r  o f  c o ll e c ti o n s . 

Kenneth J. LaBudde
L aB u d d e w a s o n e  o f

th e  f o u n d e r s  o f th e  K an sas City M e tro p o li­
ta n  L ibrary N e tw o rk , s u p p o r te d  n e tw o r k ­
ing in itiativ es a c ro s s M issouri, s e r v e d  as a 
le a d e r in  th e  M issouri Library A sso ciatio n , 
a n d  p la y e d  a p iv o ta l ro le  in th e  a c h ie v e ­
m e n t o f a c a d e m ic  s ta tu s fo r lib ra ria n s at 
th e  U n iv ersity  o f M issouri. H e w a s a life 
m e m b e r o f ALA, O rg a n iz a tio n  o f A m eri­
c a n  H isto ria n s, A m erican  S tu d ies A sso cia­
tio n , th e  S o ciety  o f A rc h ite c tu ra l H isto ri­
an s, th e  M issouri Library A sso c ia tio n , a n d  
se v e ra l a lu m n i a ss o c ia tio n s.

J a c k  E d w a r d  P o n t iu s , 59, c o m m u n ic a ­
tio n s lib ra ria n  a n d  h e a d  o f th e  P e rio d ic a ls 
a n d  M icroform s d e p a rtm e n ts  at P e n n s y l­
v a n ia  State U n iv ersity  L ibraries, d ie d  A pril 
5. P o n tiu s w a s n a tio n a lly  k n o w n  fo r e x ­
p e rtis e  in m ic ro p u b lis h in g  a n d  w a s c o m ­
m itte d  to  im p ro v in g  a c c e ss to  in fo rm a tio n , 
in c lu d in g  th e  a p p lic a tio n  o f  in fo rm a tio n  
tech n o lo g ies. A m ong his acco m p lish m en ts, 
h e  d e v e lo p e d  M ass M edia In d e x , a W eb- 
b a s e d  in d e x  to  jo u rn a ls  in m ass m e d ia —  
o rig in a lly  c re a te d  fo r P e n n  State s tu d e n ts  
a n d  fa c u lty  b u t n o w  u s e d  w o rld w id e . H e 
w a s activ e in ALA a n d  h e ld  a v a rie ty  o f 
c o m m itte e  p o s itio n s  a n d  c h a ir m a n s h ip s  in 
th e  A sso c ia tio n  fo r Library C o lle c tio n s a n d  
T e c h n ic a l S ervices a n d  th e  L ibrary In fo r­
m a tio n  a n d  T e c h n o lo g y  A sso ciatio n . ■

Advertiser index

ACRL 495, 518
ACRL/ARL/SPARC 514
ALIBRIS 465
A m erican C hem ical Society 513
A m erican Institute o f

C hem ical Engineers 466
American Psychological Assn. 530
A m erican Theological

Library A ssociation 470
B lackw ell's B ook Services 533
CHOICE 505, 529
D ialog C orporation C over 3
EBSCO 502
E ndeavor Info. Systems 498
ESRI C over 4
G ale G roup 487
InfoUSA 492
ISI 497
IEEE 534
Jo h n s H opkins Univ. Press 482
LJ A cadem ic N ew sw ire 496
Libraries U nlim ited 522
netLibrary 477
OCLC 467, 526
Primary Source Microfilm 506
R ow ecom 481
S cienceD irect C over 2
SPARC 540
Swets & Zeitlinger 520
Swets Blackwell 525