ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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P R O F IL E S

Dr. H. Joanne H arrar assumed the post 
of director of libraries at the University of 
Maryland at College Park early in September.

Dr. Harrar succeeds 
H ow ard R ovelstad, 
who retired in June 
after a thirty-five-year 
association with the 
University of Mary­
land. Dr. Harrar re­
ceived her B.A. from 
Oberlin College and 
M .L .S . a n d  P h .D . 
from Rutgers Uni­
versity, and brings to 
her new position a 
wealth of experience. 
She was assistant to 

H. Joanne Harrar the director, Colum­
bia University Library,

from 1961 to 1963. From 1963 to 1970, Dr. 
Harrar was professor of library science at 
Winthrop College, Rockhill, South Carolina. 
In 1971 she was appointed associate director 
of libraries at the University of Georgia.

Dr. Harrar is a member of the Southeastern 
Library Association and has served as editor 
of the Southeastern Librarian since 1972. She 
is a member of the ACRL Board of Directors 
and of ALA Council and was for several years 
on the Editorial Board of College & Research 
Libraries.

Pamela W. Reeves has been appointed as­
sociate director of the Center of Educational 
Resources, Eastern Michigan University, effec­

tive June 2, 1975.
Since 1965, Ms. 

Reeves has been on 
the library staff at 
Cuyahoga Communi­
ty College, Metropol­
itan Campus, in Cleve­
land, Ohio, where she 
attained the rank of 
associate librarian for 
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n  and 
served for a time as 
acting campus librari­
an. Her duties have 

Pamela Reeves included readers’ ser­ W. 
vices, book selection,

development and monitoring of automated pro­
cedures, and administration.

During a sabbatical leave in 1971/72, she

conducted an extensive survey of community 
college library practices resulting in the publi­
cation of “Junior College Libraries Enter the 
Seventies” in College & Research Libraries 
(January 1973).

Ms. Reeves came into the library field via in­
formation retrieval, having worked with the 
Western Reserve University Center for Docu­
mentation and Communication Research dur­
ing the early 1960s. While at WRU she was the 
principal author of The Library of Tomorrow—  
Today; An Information Service of Educational 
Research Materials (Center for Documenta­
tion and Communication Research, Western 
Reserve University, 1962), an Office of Educa­
tion-sponsored study which generated ERIC. 
She is also the author of a chapter on “Analy­
sis and Searching of Education Research Lit­
erature” in Information Retrieval in Action 
(WRU Press, 1963).

Ms. Reeves has a B.A. degree from Smith 
College, an M.A. in history from Western Re­
serve University, and an M.S.L.S. from West­
ern Reserve. Her M.A. thesis on Lake Erie his­
tory was published in Inland Seas, the quarter­
ly journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society, 
during 1958/59.

A member of ALA, SLA, and the Council on 
Library Technology, she served as an SLA 
chapter officer in 1973/74. She has also been 
active in local politics and in various campus 
organizations.

A P P O IN T M E N T S

Carolyn Q. Asquith—head of technical ser­
vices, Cowles Library—D rake University, 
Des Moines, Iowa.

D avid P. Bacher—assistant curator of print­
ing and graphic arts— Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

D onna L. Baggley—reference librarian— 
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Harriet Jane Baldwin—cataloger, Museum 
of Comparative Zoology Library—Harvard 
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Kei T. Befu—head librarian— St. Patrick’s 
College, Mountain View, California.

John Bidwell—assistant to the librarian, 
Chapin Library—W illiams College, Wil­
liamstown, Massachusetts.

H. E. “Chuck” Broadbent—librarian— 
Urinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania.

F rank G. Butorac—chairman, library ser­
vices department—Mercer County Communi­
ty College, Trenton, New Jersey.

H olly W. Chase—serials librarian, Sawyer



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Library—W illiams College, Williamstown, 
Massachusetts.

Chester D avis—bibliographer/circulation li­
brarian— University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Clarice C. Dawson—head of Undergradu­
ate Library— Michigan State University, 
East Lansing.

Lavina D eNood—rare book cataloger for 
printing and graphic arts, Harvard College Li­
brary—Harvard University, Cambridge, Mas­
sachusetts.

Gabriele Divay—cataloger— University of 
Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Judith Carol Divinsky—reference librarian 
— University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Charlotte F olk—cataloger, serials catalog­
ing department— Columbia University, New 
York City.

Sandy F razier—assistant director for public 
services— Ramapo College, Mahwah, New 
Jersey.

Mary Grush—information specialist, office 
of system development and operations— Bibli­
ographical Center for Research, Denver, 
Colorado.

L inda L. H ardcastle—assistant cataloging 
librarian— Idaho State University, Pocatello.

Jennie M. H arreld—technical services li­
brarian, Cabot Science Library— H arvard Uni­
versity, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Marilyn M. H ouseman—college librarian— 
Rio Hondo Community College, Whittier, 
California.

Joan Sigrid Johnson—librarian, special col­
lections— University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.

H wa—W ei L ee—associate director of librar­
ies—Colorado State University, Fort Col­
lins.

D eborah L uck—serials librarian, Z. Smith 
Reynolds Library—W ake F orest University, 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Julia McCarthy—reference/bibliographer— 
Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey.

Joseph McDonald—educational materials 
administrator—Triton College, River Grove, 
Illinois.

Ruth G. Miller—director of library ser­
vices, W. B. Roberts Library—D elta State 
University, Cleveland, Mississippi.

Barbara Moore—assistant catalog librarian 
— University of Wisconsin, Whitewater.

Patrick F inbarr O’D wyer—computer- 
based cataloger, Harvard College Library— 
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu­
setts.

L inda R. O’Rourke—acquisitions librarian— 
Oklahoma City University.

P aula J. P erry—indexer, Tozzer Library 
of the Peabody Museum— Harvard Universi­
ty, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

J oseph J. P etraitis—head, reference depart­

ment—State University of New York, Col­
lege at Old W estbury.

Bonnie B. Salt—curatorial associate, ar­
chives— Harvard U niversity, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.

E lizabeth M. Salzer—head, J. Henry 
Meyer Memorial (U ndergraduate) Library— 
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

L eslie W. Sheridan—director of university 
libraries— University of Toledo, Ohio.

Alanna Siegfried—cataloger, original cata­
loging department— Columbia University, 
New York City.

L ucia W. Snowhill—assistant reference li­
brarian— Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio.

James Stickman—assistant catalog librarian 
— Colorado State University, Fort Collins.

Karen T urko—cataloger— University of 
Manitoba, Winnipeg.

Charlotte M. Uthoff—cataloger—George 
W ashington University, Washington, D.C.

P aul Wiens—assistant director of libraries 
(adm inistration)— University of Manitoba, 
Winnipeg.

Mary L ee Xanco—acquisitions librarian, 
John M. Oliv Library— Cornell University, 
Ithaca, New York.

David S. Zeidberg—curator of special col­
lections— George W ashington University, 
Washington, D.C.

R E T IR E M E N T S

On June 30, five long-term members holding 
major positions retired from the library of the 
University of North Carolina at Chapel 
Hill. They are Dr. Berta Becerra, Latin 
American bibliographer; Dr. H arry Bergholz, 
chief bibliographer; Dr. I saac Copeland, di­
rector, Southern Historical Collection and Man­
uscripts Division; Dr. Lawrence L ondon, cu­
rator of rare books; and Charles Schliecker, 
assistant university librarian for management.

F red F olmer, University Library at the 
University of T exas, Austin has retired after 
thirty years of service.

Thomas S. H arding retired on June 30 after 
nine years as college librarian at W ashburn 
University of T opeka, Kansas.

After forty-four years of service, Robert T. 
L entz, librarian and professor of medical bib­
liography and library science at T homas Jef­
ferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvan­
ia, retired on June 12.

D orothy S. Rowley, periodicals librarian 
since 1956 at Z. Smith Reynolds Library, W ake 
F orest University, Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina, retired June 30, 1975.

L ucy K. Rumble, assistant director, Colo­
rado State University Libraries, Fort Col­
lins, has retired effective June 30, 1975.

Jean R. T omko retired on July 1, 1975, after



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fourteen years of service as reference librarian 
(head of teaching aids) at Albert S. Cook Li­
brary, T owson State College, Baltimore, 
Maryland.

Carlton P. W est, librarian since 1946 at 
Z. Smith Reynolds Library, W ake F orest 
University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 
retired June 30, 1975.

D E A T H S
Gladys D oolittle, who retired from Stan­

ford University libraries in 1967, died on 
June 18 in La Jolla, California.

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For sale to the highest bidder: various editions o f the 
L. C. CATALOG OF BOOKS AND NATIONAL UNION 
CATALOGS. Complete listing provided upon request. 
Director o f Libraries, University of Maine, Orono, ME 
04473.

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SCIENCE CONFERENCE. The proceedings of this inter­
national conference, held at the University o f Alaska 
in August 1973 have now been published as a hardcover 
book. It contains 55 papers in two parts and II sections. 
PART I: The Changing Climate. Evidence of past 
climates; Clim atic fluctuations during the 20th century; 
Empirical theories of clim atic change; Numerical models 
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hydrological cycle; The frozen oceans; Moving towards 
a systematic study of the A rctic climate. 436 pages— 
price $10.00. Send orders and remittance to: Business 
Office, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fair­
banks, AL 99701.

F rederick F reedman, forty-five, music li­
brarian for the Case W estern Reserve Uni­
versity libraries, in Cleveland, died suddenly 
on July 12.

M erle Pincus, until recently head of cata­
loging for T em ple University libraries, died 
in Los Angeles on July 8 after a prolonged ill­
ness. She had previously been on the staff of 
the University of Michigan Libraries.

H unter Stedman, forty-seven, reference li­
brarian at Case W estern Reserve University 
libraries passed away suddenly on June 26. ■ ■

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