ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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

V a ler ie D a r st, director of library services at 
M oberly Area Community College (MACC), 
has b e e n  elected chair o f the MOBIUS Li­
brary Consortium, a statew ide organization 
that provides library information services in 
Missouri academ ic libraries by em ploying an 
autom ated library com m on platform  system 
enabling faculty and students to access the 
collections of academ ic libraries across the 
state and to place borrow ing requests online. 
Darst has b e e n  active in the MOBIUS organi­
zation since its creation in 1997, and she has 
b e e n  with the MACC library for 18 years.

A r th u r  F r ie d m a n , of the Nassau Com m u­
nity College Library, w as selected as the 2002 
vice president o f the Long Island Library Re­
sources Council Board of Trustees.

A lisa  Rata, cataloger in the William and Gayle 
Cook Music Library at Indiana University (IU), 
has received an aw ard from  the Margaret I. 
Rufsvold G raduate Fellowship Fund. The fel­
low ship awards $2,000 each year to a stu­
den t w h o  show s exceptional prom ise as a 
library/inform ation professional. Rata is pur­
suing a dual MLS/MA Musicology degree at 
IU with a specialization in music librarianship.

J o h n  V. R ic h a r d s o n  Jr., professor in the De­
p artm en t of Inform a­
t io n  S tu d ie s  in  th e  
G r a d u a te  S c h o o l o f 
E ducation a n d  Infor­
m a t io n  S tu d ie s  a t 
UCLA, will be a presi­
dential scholar of vir­
tual reference services 
at Library Systems and 
S e r v ic e s  L.L.C. in  
G e rm a n to w n , M ary­

John V. Richardson Jr. land, during his sabbati-

E d . n o t e : To ensure th a t  y o u r  p e rs o n n e l ne w s 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. H uron 
St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-m ail: ayoung@ ala.org; 
fax: (312) 280-2520.

cal leave. Richardson will be working on as­
pects of virtual question answering, notably 
the measurement and evaluation of virtual ques­
tion answering, benchm ark data, and statisti­
cal profiles. He will continue editing Library 
Quarterly.

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

N a n c y  C ott has b e e n  ap pointed the Carl and 
Lily Pforzheim er Foundation director of the 
Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute 
for Advanced Study.

D a n ie l G r e e n s t e in  has accepted the posi­
tion of university librarian and executive di­
rector of the California Digital Library; he is 
expected to begin May 2002. G reenstein is 
currently director of the Digital Library Fed­
eration in W ashington, D.C., a position he 
has held since 1999. His academ ic career has 
included appointm ents in m odern history at 
Glasgow University, director of the Glasgow 
University Arts Faculty Computing Facility, and 
founding director of the Arts a n d  Hum anities 
Data Service o f the United Kingdom, w here 
h e  led the strategic and operational d evelop­
m ent of a digital information service to su p ­
port arts and hum anities research and teach­
ing at higher education institutions in the 
United Kingdom. Building o n  this success, 
G reenstein was nam ed founding codirector 
of the UK Resource Discovery N etwork in 
1998.

S u sa n  H e r r in g  has b e e n  appo in ted  director 
o f th e School of Library a n d  Inform ation 
Science’s doctoral program  in inform ation 
science at Indiana University.

C h a r le s R. H ild r e th  has b e e n  nam ed direc­
tor of the doctoral program  at the Palmer 
School of Library and Information Science, 
based at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Is­
land University in Brookville, New York. The 
New York State-chartered program—the only

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doctoral program  in information studies in the 
New York metropolitan area—prepares stu­
dents for leadership positions in research, 
teaching, and business. Prior to being named 
to this position, Hildreth had been  associate 
professor in the Palmer School since 1998. He 
also served as assistant professor at the School 
of Library and Information Studies at the Uni­
versity of Oklahoma and as a visiting lecturer 
at the University of W ashington G raduate 
School of Library and Information Science. He 
had served in a similar capacity at the Gradu­
ate School of Library and Information Science 
at th e  U n iv ersity  o f Illin o is at U rb a n a - 
Champaign, and the School of Library Science 
at Kent State University. Hildreth is also the 
ow ner and chief consulting scientist for READ, 
a firm that provides consulting services for li­
brary operations and information systems.

J o a n  R o c a  has b e e n  appointed dean of li­
brary services at M innesota State University 
(MSU), Mankato, effective June 2002. Roca 

has served as interim 
d e a n  s in c e  A u g u s t 
2000. He m ost recently 
h e ld  th e  p o s itio n  o f 
ten u re d  professor/co- 
ordinator of library sys­
tems at the MSU library. 
As automation librarian 
with MSUS/PALS (1982- 
94), he contributed to 
the developm ent of the 

Jo a n  Roca
internationally reco g ­

nized PALS integrated library system. He is an 
active m em ber of ACRE, the American Society 
for Information Science and Technology, and 
a mem ber and past chair of the Academic Re­
search Libraries Division of the Minnesota Li­
brary Association. Roca also represents the 
MINITEX regional network at the OCLC Mem­
bers Council.

K ate B e c k e r  has been  ap pointed conser­
vation technician at Harvard College Library’s 
Cabot Science Library.

D o r o t h e a  B u r n s has been  nam ed H elen 
H. Glaser conservator at Harvard’s Weissman 
Preservation Center.

A m a n d a  C a in  has b e e n  appointed infor­
mation literacy/humanities reference librarian 
at West Chester University in West Chester, 
Pennsylvania.

D o u g la s  C a m p b e ll is now  cataloger in 
the Spanish/Portuguese Division of Harvard 
College Library.

K a t h r y n  C o y le  has b e e n  n a m e d  s p e ­
cial m aterials cataloging lib rarian  at West 
C hester University in West Chester, Pennsyl­
vania.

E m a le e  Craft is now  systems librarian at 
the University of W ashington Libraries in Se­
attle.

Luc D e c le r c k  has b e e n  nam ed associate 
university librarian of technology and techni­
cal services at the University of California, San 
Diego.

M ic h a e l D o y le n  has been appointed ar­
chivist in Marquette University’s Departm ent 
of Special Collections and University Archives.

C r istin a  F avretto is now  director of spe­
cial collections a n d  university archives at San 
Diego State University.

G r e g o r y  D. G o e s s m a n  is now  the sci- 
ence/reference librarian at the University of 
Nebraska at O m aha’s university library.

B r ia n  K e o u g h  is n o w  h e a d  o f th e  
M. E. G renander D epartm ent of Special Col­
lections a n d  Archives at the University at Al­
bany, SUNY.

C la y to n  K irk in g  has been nam ed chief of 
art information resources at the Humanities and 
Social Sciences Library of the Research Li­
braries at the N ew York Public Library.

S u z a n n e  K r ie g sm a n  has been appointed 
Library Digital Initiative Grant Projects m an­
ager at Harvard University Library.

J e a n  L e n v ille  is n o w  h e a d  o f serials 
records in the W idener Library at the Harvard 
College Library.

R ic h a r d  L o p e z has b e e n  appointed as­
sistant head of stacks division in W idener Li­
brary at the Harvard College Library.

M ary M a y e r -H e n n e lly  is the new  asso­
ciate dean  of learning resources at Tidewater 
Community College in Virginia.

J o s e p h  P. M ika will serve as interim di­
rector of the Library a n d  Information Science 
Program at Wayne State University.

J in d r a  M ille r  is n o w  technical services 
librarian in th e Cabot Science Library at the 
Harvard College Library.

M ic h e lle  M ille t has b e e n  hired as the 
reference librarian a n d  outreach coordina­
tor for th e M aureen a n d  Mike Mansfield Li­
b r a r y  at th e  U n iv e rs ity  o f  M o n ta n a  in 
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H u m b e r to  O liv eira  has been appointed 
preservation assistant in the Tozzer Library at 
the Harvard College Library.

D e b b ie  P a u lso n  is now  director of public 
services at W estern Carolina University in 
Cullowhee, North Carolina.

T im o th y  P yatt has been nam ed university 
archivist at Duke University.

Steven R iel is now preservation cataloger and 
projects managers at the Weissman Preservation 
Center in the Harvard University Library.

A n d r e a  S c h u lm a n  is the collection devel­
opm ent librarian at the Baker Library in the 
Harvard Business School.

B arbara T aran to has been nam ed direc­
tor of the Digital Library Program at the New 
York Public Library.

K im b e r le y  V assiliad is has joined the Uni­
versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library 
as the instructional projects librarian.

J e n n ife r  Ward is now systems librarian at 
the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle.

N a n c y  W estrick  has been  nam ed Web co­
ordinator for the General Libraries of Emory 
University.

R e t i r e m e n t s

M argaret H o w e ll, head of special collections 
at th e  U niversity o f M issouri-C olum bia’s 
(UMC) Ellis Libraiy, has retired after 27 years 
of service in that position. U nder her direc­
tion, the special collections have grow n to 
include such rarities as the Comic Art Collec­
tion and the W einberg Journalists in Fiction 
Collection. Howell w as responsible for the 
recent Directory o f  Special Collections a t the 
University o f  M issouri-C olum bia Libraries, 
published at UMC.

D a r r e ll L. J e n k in s , head  of the social sci­
ences division of Morris Library at Southern 
Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), has re­
tired after 24 years of service. Prior to joining 
the SIUC faculty, Jenkins was a librarian at 
New Mexico State University for five years. 
He has b e e n  actively involved in comm ittee 
w ork on  the university cam pus as well as the 
Illinois Library and ALA, m ost recently serv­
ing as chair of ACRL’s Research Discussion 
G roup. He was also involved with ACRL’s 
EBSS and various comm ittees within LAMA.

Jenkins served on the OCLC Users Council 
(1988-91) a n d  served o n  the Policy Council 
of the Illinois Library Com puter System Or­
ganization (1984-91). In 2000, Jenkins re­
ceived the O utstanding Library Affairs Fac­
ulty Award.

D e a t h s

T o m  O w e n s , director of im plem entation at 
Endeavor Inform ation Systems, has died. He 
had m ore than 30 years of library industry 
experience, w hich he gained at Ohio State 
University, University of Arizona, Geac Com­
puters, a n d  the M assachusetts Institute of 
Technology. O w ens first joined Endeavor in 
1996 as the m anager of im plem entation and 
data migration. He served as director of cus­
tom er services at Ovid Technologies in 1999 
before returning to Endeavor.

E lizabeth  W. Ston e, 83, dean emerita of Catho­
lic University’s School of Library and Informa­
tion Science, has died. Stone was dean of the 
school from 1981 to 1983, having joined the 
faculty in 1961. She was also librarian and ar­
chivist at the National Presbyterian Church. Her 
awards include the Joseph W. Lippincott Award 
for Notable Achievement in Librarianship, the 
Presidential Medal for Distinguished Service to 
Catholic University, a n d  the CUA Alumni 
Achievement Award for library science. Stone 
had authored several publications and served 
as president of the District of Columbia Library 
Association, president of the Association of 
American Library Schools, and president of ALA 
(1981, 1982). ■

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