ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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People 
in the 
Hews

Marianna Tax Choldin, 
M o rten so n  d istin gu ish ed  
professor for international 
library programs and direc­
tor o f the University Library’s 
Mortenson Center for Inter­
national Library Programs, 
University o f Illinois, Urbana-
C h a m p a ig n , has b e e n  
elected vice-president/presi­
dent-elect o f the American 
Association for the Advance­
ment o f  Slavic Studies. She 
w ill serve as vice-president 
during the 1994 calendar 
year, president during 1995, and immediate
past-president during 1996.

Donald C. Davidson, director o f the library at
the University o f California, Santa Barbara, from
1947 until his retirement in 1977, was honored
in September w h en the university’s board o f
regents voted to name the library the Donald
C. D a v id s o n  Library. D u rin g his tenu re, 
Donaldson planned and oversaw the construc­
tion o f m ore than 260,000 square feet o f library
space, and took the library from  50,000 v o l­
umes to more than 1.3 million. He continues 
to reside in Santa Barbara today.

Charles H. Davis, dean o f the Graduate School 
o f Library and Information Science at the Uni­
versity o f Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from 1979 
to 1986, was named professor emeritus on 
O ctober 1. Davis w ill continue in his current 
position as visiting scholar and adjunct profes­
sor at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Trudy Huskamp Peterson, acting archivist o f
the United States, was elected president o f the 
International Conference o f the Round Table 
on Archives (C ITR A) at its 29th meeting, held 
in M exico City in September. Peterson is both 
the first American and the first wom an to hold 
that post. As president she w ill preside over
round tables in G reece (1994) and the U.S. 
(1995) and w ill serve on the executive com ­
mittee o f  the International Council on Archives 
(ICA). Peterson has served as acting archivist 
since March 1993 and has been with the Na­
tional Archives since 1968. She also served as 
president o f  the Society for American Archi­

 

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

vists from  1990-1991.

M. Rocky Ralebipi, direc­
tor o f library and audiovisual 
services at the College o f St. 
Catherine, St. Mary’s Cam­
pus, St. Paul, Minnesota, has 
been elected to the board o f 
directors for the James J. Hill 
Reference Library in St. Paul. 
An independent, privately 
e n d o w e d  institution, the 
James J. Hill Reference Li­
brary provides business in­
fo rm a tio n  to  th e p u b lic  
through its collections, in­
c lu d in g  th e n a tio n a lly  

known James J. Hill and Louis W. Hill papers. 
Ralebipi w ill serve a three-year term on the 25-
member board.

Appointments
Jean Willoughby Ashton, director o f the New-
Y ork Historical Society Library, became direc­
tor o f the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at 
Columbia University at .

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e lle . She g ra d u a te d  Jean W. Ashton
from the University o f 
Michigan in 1959, earned a master’s in English 
literature at Harvard University in 1961, and a 
Ph.D. in American literature at Columbia in 
1970. She is the author o f  Harriet Beecher Stowe: 
A Reference Guide (G. K. Hall: 1976).

John S. Clouston has been appointed chief 
librarian o f  the Lester A. W em ple Library at 
King’s College, London, Canada, which is af­
filiated with the University o f Western Ontario.

Tina C. Fu is the new  director o f  library ser­
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Willimantic. B efore joining Eastern, Fu served 
for 24 years in various capacities at the Univer­
sity o f  Wisconsin-Oshkosh: as reference librar
ian, p u b lic service li­
brarian, collection  d e ­
velopm ent officer, assis­
tant director o f  public 
services, and full profes­
sor o f  library informa­
tion studies. She holds 
a B.A. in English from  
Nation al T a iw a n  N o r­
mal University, an M.A. 
in E nglish fro m  M ar­
quette University, and Tina C. Fu
an MLS and Ph.D. in li­
brary science from  the University o f  W iscon
sin-Madison.

Paul M. Gherman recently assumed duties as 
director o f  libraries at K en yon  C ollege in Gam ­
bler, Ohio. Gherman is the form er special as­
sistant to the vice-president at Virginia P oly­
technic Institute and State University w’here he 
w o rk ed  on  the Blacksburg Electronic Village 
Project. H e had earlier served as director o f 
libraries at Virginia Tech, as assistant director 
for administrative services at Iow a  State Uni­
versity, and as personnel officer at Pennsylva­
nia State University. A  board m em ber o f  the 
Online Com puter Library Center, Gherman sits 
on A L A ’s Telecom m unications Subcommittee, 
and has served as chair o f  the Library Adminis­
tration and Managem ent Association’s Library 
Organization and Managem ent Section and o f 
the Association o f  Research Libraries Scholarly 
Communications Committee. H e received his 
B.A. from  W ayn e State University and his MLS 
from  from  the University o f  Michigan.

Michael Keller has been named director o f 
the Stanford University Libraries, California. 
K eller has been associate university librarian 
for collection developm en t at Y a le University 
since 1986. B efore that he served as music li­
brarian and senior lecturer in m usicology at 
Cornell University from  1973-81 and head o f 
the Music Library at the University o f  Califor
n ia -B erk eley fro m  1981-86. K e lle r h old s a 
bachelor’s degree from  Hamilton C ollege and 
an M.A. and MLS from  the State Universities o f  
N e w  Y o rk  at Buffalo and G eneseo respectively. 
H e is coauthor w ith the late Vincent Duckies 
o f the 4th edition o f  Music Reference and Re­
search Materials (Schirmer/Macmillan, 1988).

John Kondelik is the n ew  director o f libraries 
at A lb io n  C o lle g e , A lb io n , M ichigan. A fter 
receiveing his bachelor’s and master’s degrees 
from  the University o f Florida and Florida State 
University, K on delik w o rk ed  at Eckerd C ollege 
Library for eight years. H e then becam e direc­
tor o f  libraries at O livet C ollege from  1974– 81, 
and the dean o f  libraries there from  1981– 83. 
In 1984 he was named director o f  the Irwin 
Library System at Butler University. A  m em ber 
o f  ALA, ACRL, and the Association for the Study 
o f  Higher Education, Kondelik received his doc­
torate from  the University o f  Michigan in 1993.

J. Philip Mulvaney has been named director 
o f  libraries at Northern State University, A ber­
deen, South Dakota. H e previously served as 
adjunct associate p ro ­
fessor o f  library science 
at Catholic University o f 
America, collection d e­
v e lo p m e n t and m an ­
agement services librar­
ian at Mary Washington 
C ollege, and in library-
related positions at the 
University o f  W isco n
sin-Whitewater, Juniata 
College, and St. John’s 

J. Philip Mulvaney
University. A  member o f 
A LA  and the Association for Library and Infor­
mation Science Education, Mulvaney earned his 
bachelor’s degree from  St. John’s University, 
his master’s from  the University o f  Toronto, his 
MLS from  Rutgers University, and his doctorate 
from  the University o f  Pittsburgh.

Lance Query, assistant university librarian for 
planning and administration, is n o w  dean o f 
the University Libraries at Western Michigan 
University, Kalam azoo. Q uery also serves as 
professor o f  library science and teaches Latin-
Am erican history. He began his n e w  duties at 
the end o f  August.

Trish Ridgeway, head o f technical services at 
the Handley Library in Winchester, Virginia, has

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been appointed director there. Before joining 
the Handley Library, Ridgeway was reference 
librarian and coordinator o f bibliographic in­
struction at the University o f Pennsylvania, and 
head o f the Reference Department and Public 
Services Division at the Winthrop College Li­
brary in Rock Hill, South Carolina. She earned 
her bachelor’s degree from Radford College, 
her MLS from Florida State University, and her 
master’s in English from  W inthrop College. 
Ridgeway is a member o f the Virginia Library 
Association, ALA, and ACRL. She is the editor 
o f  Improving Teaching and Training in Librar­
ies and Improving Reference Management.

Helena Rodrigues has been named dean o f 
libraries at Johnson & Wales University in Provi­
dence, Rhode Island. Rodrigues has served as 
bibliographic control li­
brarian at R oger W il­
liams University, cata­
log librarian at Brown 
University, technical ser­
vices librarian at Rhode 
Island State Library, and 
preliminary cataloger at 
the Library o f Congress.
She received her B.A. in 
Spanish/education from 
Salve Regina University Helena Rodrigues
and her M.S. and D.A. 
in library information science from Simmons 
College. She is a member o f ALA, the N ew  En­
gland Library Association, and the American 
Society for Information Science.

Clarence Toomer, director o f library services 
at Greensboro College 
since 1988, has been 
nam ed director o f  li­
brary services at Pem­
broke State University 
in  P e m b ro k e , N orth  
Carolina. T o o m e r re­
ceived his B.A. in soci­
o lo gy from Livingstone 
College, his MLS from 
North Carolina Central 
University, and his doc­ Clarence Toomer
to ra te  in ad u lt and 
higher education from  North Carolina State 
University at Raleigh.

Thomas Wilding has been appointed direc­
tor o f libraries at the University o f Texas at Arlington.

 Currently senior associate director o f 
the Massachusetts Institute o f Technology Li­
braries, Cambridge, W ilding has also served as 
administrative librarian and assistant to the di­
rector at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 
Washington. He holds an A.B. in English litera­
ture from Georgetow n University and an MLS 
from Simmons College. Professionally active, 
W ilding was recently elected section chair o f 
an ALA division and was appointed to a Li­
brary Administration Management Association 
Task Force on Leadership Strategies.

Karin Wittenborg, associate university librar­
ian for collection developm ent at the Univer­
sity o f California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been 
appointed university librarian at the University 
o f Virginia’s Alderman Library, Charlottesville. 
At UCLA Wittenborg also had responsibility for 
the special collections program and the East 
Asia Library. Before that, she held positions as 
chief reference librarian and curator o f the so­
cial sciences collection at Stanford University. 
She received her MLS from the State University 
o f N ew  Y ork at Buffalo and her B.A. from 
Brown University.

Rebecca Alexander has been appointed a 
librarian at the University o f  Kansas Libraries, 
Lawrence.

Anthony M. Angiletta has been appointed 
director o f collections for the Stanford Univer­
sity Libraries, California.

Marilee Birchfield is now  reference librar­
ian at the Thomas Cooper Library, University 
o f South Carolina, Columbia.

Susie Bock has been appointed cataloging 
supervisor for special collections at the Uni­
versity o f Colorado at Boulder Libraries.

Scott Brandt is n o w  technology training 
librarian at Purdue University, Indiana.

Linda Brown has been appointed coordi­
nator o f collection developm ent at B owling 
Green State University Libraries, Ohio.

Stephanie Buck has been named reference 
librarian at the Thomas Cooper Library, Uni­
versity o f South Carolina, Columbia.

Jo Butterworth has been named interim 
managing librarian o f the Astronomy-Mathemat
ics-Statistics Library at the University o f Cali­
fornia, Berkeley.

John Cuthbert has been named director o f 
the permanent art collection and associate cu­
rator for the arts at West Virginia University, 
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Rick Dyson has been appointed head o f 
reference services at Wabash College, Craw-
fordsville, Indiana.

Donna Dziedzic has received a temporary 
appointment as senior program director at the 
American Library Association, Chicago.

Ronald Edwards has been named head li­
brarian o f  the Curriculum Resource Center at 
B owling Green State University Libraries, Ohio.

Emily Epstein has been named cataloger 
for special collections at the University o f  C olo­
rado at Boulder Libraries.

Rebecca Feind joined the staff o f the T h o­
mas C ooper Library at the University o f South 
Carolina, Columbia, as a reference librarian.

Kathy Green is n o w  head o f reference at 
North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

Keith Gresham is n o w  reference librarian/ 
undergraduate collections bibliographer at the 
University o f  Colorado at Boulder Libraries.

Sujata Gupta is n ow  automation librarian 
for the Systems Department o f the Smithsonian 
Institution Libraries, Washington, D.C.

Jill Holman joined the staff o f the Thomas 
Cooper Library at the University o f South Caro­
lina, Columbia, as a reference librarian.

Kristin Jacobsen joined the Northwestern 
University staff as a management reference li­
brarian.

Debbie Jan has been named assistant li­
brarian in the Kresge Engineering Library at 
the University o f California, Berkeley.

Carl Jones is n o w  systems librarian at W elle­
sley C ollege, Massachusetts.

Robert Krapohl has been named reference 
librarian at the Jesse H. Jones Library, Baylor 
University, W aco, Texas.

Judith Lesso is n ow  interim head o f refer­
ence services at W est Virginia Univewrsity, 
Morgantown.

Wei Luo is the n ew  assistant technical ser­
vices librarian at the Southern Illinois Univer­
sity Law Library, Carbondale.

Ed McGuigan is n o w  head o f  the Research 
and Instructional Technologies Support Group 
at Stanford University Libraries, California.

Patrice R. Merritt has accepted appoint­
ment as assistant dean for external affairs at 
W ayne State University Library, Detroit.

Michael Newman is now  head librarian and 
bibliographer o f  Falconer B iology Library at 
Stanford University, California.

Robin Rider has been appointed Frances 
and Charles Field curator o f special collections 
at the Stanford University Libraries, California.

David Rodgers has been appointed assis­
tant acquisitions librarian at M oo dy Memorial 
Library, Baylor University, W aco, Texas.

Ellen Sayed has been appointed interim 
head o f access services at West Virginia Uni­
versity, Morgantown.

Ryan Schulz is n o w  electronic services li­
brarian at the University o f  Manitoba Libraries, 
W innipeg.

Alison Scott is n o w  head librarian o f the 
Popular Culture Library at Bow lin g Green State 
University Libraries, Ohio.

David G. Sherwood has joined the staff o f 
the Reference Department at the Reinert/Alumni 
Library, C reighton University, Omaha, N e ­
braska.

Lynne U. Turman has b een  appoin ted 
manager o f information and instructional ser­
vices at Virginia Com m onw ealth University, 
Richmond.

Teri Weil has been appointed visiting mi­
nority librarian at the State University o f  N ew  
Y ork at Buffalo.

Jean Whelan has been appointed engineer­
ing librarian at the University o f Colorado at 
Boulder Libraries.

Song Yang is no w  circulation and computer 
services librarian at W h eelock College, Boston.

Retirements
Robert N. Broadus retired as professor o f  li­
brary and information science at the University 
o f North Carolina (U N C ) at Chapel Hill in late 
June. Broadus joined the faculty o f UNC in 1976. 
Before that he taught at Northern Illinois Uni­
versity, and held posts as librarian at Sperry 
Rand Corporation, David Lipscomb College, and 
Pepperdine College. H e was editor o f ALA’s 
The Role o f the Humanities in the Public Library 
(1979), author o f  Selecting Materials fo r  Librar­
ies, and co-editor o f The Short Story: Ideas and 
Backgrounds.

Mary Dimmick recently retired as database 
services/reference librarian at the University o f 
Pittsburgh Libraries.

Kenneth A. Lohf, director o f  the Rare Book 
and Manuscript Library at Columbia University, 
N e w  York, retired in June after a 40-year ca­
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Florence McKenna recently retired as head 
o f the GSPIA/economics librarian at the Uni­
versity o f Pittsburgh Libraries.

Eleanor Pinkham retired July 31 after almost 
30 years o f  service at Kalamazoo College (KC), 
Michigan. Pinkham joined KC in 1964 and was 
named library director 
in 1971. In 1982 she 
becam e director o f  li­
brary and m edia ser­
vices. She also served as 
c u ra to r o f  th e A.M . 
Todd Rare Book Room 
‘and o f  the college’s art 
collection. Pinkham re­
ceived the Michigan Li­
brary Consortium’s Dis­
tin g u is h e d  S e rv ic e  Eleanor Pinkham
A w a rd  in 1982; w as 
elected president o f the Michigan Library Asso­
ciation in 1984; was recognized as Michigan’s 
Librarian o f the Year in 1986; and was elected 
chair o f ACRL’s College Libraries Section in 1987.

Donald L. Saporito, director o f the Univer­
sity o f Southwestern Louisiana (USL) Libraries, 
retired O ctober 1, 1993. He joined USL in 1978 
from Dartmouth College, w here he was chief 
o f processing and automation services. Under 
his leadership, the USL Libraries implemented 
an online integrated library automation system 
(DOBIS), acquired a CD-ROM network, added 
a third floor to the Dupre Library, and under­
went an extensive library expansion project.

Dale Winkels has retired as Slavic materials 
cataloging librarian at the University o f Pitts­
burgh Libraries.

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Lisa Woo has retired as East Asian librarian at 
the University o f Pittsburgh Libraries.

Deaths
Jane W. Johnson, academic librarian at Vir­
ginia Com m onwealth University, Richmond, 
died last April at her home in Richmond. John­
son was an active member o f ACRL’s Educa­
tion and Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS) and 
its Social Work/Social W elfare Committee, and 
worked on the section’s publications. M em o­
rial contributions can be made to: The Cathe­
dral o f the Sacred Heart, 823 Park Ave., Rich­
mond, V A  23220.

W. Porter Kellam, director emeritus o f the 
University o f Georgia (U G ) Libraries, Athens, 
died on August 29. H e was 87 years old. Kellam 
earned a bachelor’s degree from Duke Univer­
sity in 1928, and an MLS from Emory Univer­
sity in 1931. He began his career as a librarian 
at the University o f  North Carolina and served 
as the head librarian at North Carolina State 
University, West Virginia University, and the 
University o f South Carolina. Follow ing gradu­
ate study at the University o f Illinois, Kellam 
was appointed director o f libraries at UG in 
1950 and stayed in that position until his retire­
ment in 1973. Professionally active, Kellam 
served as editor o f Southeastern Librarian, and 
president o f the Southeastern Library Associa­
tion, the West Virginia Library Association, and 
the Georgia Library Association.

Orlin C. Spicer, former librarian at J. Sterling 
Morton High School and Junior College, Cicero 
and Berwyn, Illinois, died September 8 at the 
age o f 83. Spicer began his career in 1942 at 
the University o f  Missouri (U M ), served as li­
brarian at Monticello College from 1943-45, and 
returned to UM as assistant to the librarian and 
head o f  circulation from  1945—47. He was li­
brarian at Illinois W esleyan University from  
1947– 51, then served as librarian at Morton for 
20 years. A  life member o f ALA, Spicer was 
treasurer o f  the Illinois Library Association and 
taught as a guest faculty member at the G eorge 
Peabody and North Carolina Library schools. A  
graduate o f Whitworth College, he also held 
degrees from Gonzaga University and G eorge 
Peabody College. ■