ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


People
PROFILES

R obert G. Anderl is the new associate director 
for autom ation and coordinator for technical ser­
vices a t M cFarlin L ibrary, th e University of Tulsa, 
O klahom a. T he position 
has responsibility for de­
signing and im plem ent­
ing a fully integrated au­
tom ation system w hich 
will include online c ata­
log, circulation, and ac­
quisitions systems.

A n d e rl fo r m e rly  
w orked in various posi­
tio n s a t th e  S y racu se 
U n iv e rs ity  L ib r a r y , 
New York, and for the 
past 15 years as assistant 
d ir e c to r  fo r te c h n ic a l 

R obert G. A nderlservices a t th e  U niver­
sity of N evada, Las Vegas. He has edited several 
N evada lists of serials and in 1978 edited the Inter­
m ountain Union L ist o f Serials. Anderl was Ne­
v ad a representative to th e  M ountain-P lains L i­
brary  Association B oard of Trustees in 1980-81, 
and in 1977 received a N evada State L ibrary C er­
tificate of Merit and a Nevada L ib rary  Association 
Special C itation.

D arrell L. Jenkins has been appointed director 
of library services at Southern Illinois University, 
C arbondale. Jenkins has responsibility for ten de­
partm ents and divisions 
w ith in  th e  u n iv ersity ’s 
Morris L ibrary.

Jenkins has been ad ­
m inistrative services li­
b ra r ia n  a t SIUC since 
1977. Previously he was 
on th e  lib ra ry  sta ff at 
New Mexico State U ni­
versity (1972-77) w here 
he served as head of the 
Reference D epartm ent, 
E d u c a tio n /P sy c h o lo g y  
Division librarian, and 
other positions in acqui­

Darrell Jenkinssitions, cataloging, and 
serials. Jenkins received his MLS from the Univer­
sity of O klahom a and a m aster’s in public adm inis­
tratio n  from New Mexico State University.

He has been active in professional associations 
including ALA, ASIS, and the New Mexico and Il­
linois L ibrary Associations. He currently chairs the 
LAMA L ib rary  O rganization an d  M anagem ent 
Section’s Planning and E valuation of L ibrary Ser­
vices Com m ittee.

Jenkins has c o n trib u ted  num erous articles to 
professional journals including th e Journal of L i­
brary A dm inistration and th e Journal o f A cadem ic 
L ibrarianship.

Richard W . McC oy has been nam ed president 
of th e Research L ibraries G roup. He assumes his 
new post on Jan u ary  17 a t R LG ’s central offices in 
Stanford, C alifornia. McCoy’s appointm ent con­
cludes a four m onths’ nationw ide search conducted 
by an international firm  engaged to w ork w ith a 
search com m ittee appointed by the Board of Gov­
ernors.

McCoy comes to RLG w ith substantial expertise 
in th e field of inform ation systems and d ata pro­
cessing m anagem ent at th e University of Wiscon­
sin, in the Wisconsin state governm ent, and in the 
federal governm ent. Most recently he has served as 
director of th e State Office of Inform ation Systems 
M anagem ent in the Wisconsin D epartm ent of Ad­
m inistration, and in a staff assignment for the Sec­
retary of th a t departm ent.

His past appointm ents include: coordinator of 
com puting activities, O ffice of A dm inistration, 
Executive O ffice of th e  P resident of th e  U nited 
States; assistant to th e Secretary, Wisconsin D e­
p artm en t of H ealth an d  Social Services; director of 
adm inistrative d ata processing and director of aca­
demic com puting at th e University of Wisconsin.

McCoy holds bachelor’s, m aster’s, and P h.D . 
degrees in engineering, m anagem ent, and applied 
com puting from the University of Wisconsin.

Jacquelyn M. Morris has been appointed asso­
ciate director of libraries at the University of the 
Pacific, Stockton, C alifornia, effective August 15, 
1982. She was formerly 
h ead  of th e  R eference 
Division at the A lbert R. 
M ann L ibrary, Cornell 
University. Prior to her 
p o sitio n  a t C o rn e ll, 
Morris was coordinator 
o f p u b lic  services a t 
SUNY College of E nvi­
ro n m en tal Science and 
F o re s try  in  S y racu se, 
New York. She has also 
se rv e d  as a n  a d ju n c t 
p ro fe sso r a t S y racu se 
University School of In ­

Jacquelyn Morrisform ation Studies.
Morris has been active in ACRL, currently serv­

ing as ch air of th e Ad Hoc College L ibrary Stan­
dards C om m ittee. She is also chair of the Biblio­
graphic Instruction Section’s Research C om m ittee 
and ACRL liaison to the A m erican Association for 
th e A dvancem ent of Science.

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Morris received her MLS from Syracuse Univer­
sity in 1972 and has authored several publications, 
including Library Searching: Resources and Strat­
egies (co-authored w ith Elizabeth Elkins). She was 
aw arded the SUNY C hancellor’s A ward for Excel­
lence in Librarianship.

D onald R. Smith has been appointed associate 
director for public services and collection develop­
m ent at th e University of T ulsa’s M cFarlin L i­
b ra ry . F o rm e rly  h ead  
ed u catio n  lib ra ria n  at 
S o u th ern  Illinois U n i­
versity, E dw ardsville, 
Smith has extensive ex­
perience in microforms 
and related equipm ent, 
o n lin e  li te r a tu r e  
searches, and database 
formation. His previous 
positions include library 
in s tru c tio n  li b r a r i a n  
and general studies ad­
visor at Southern Illinois 
University.

D onald R. SmithSmith holds m aster’s 
degrees in history and instructional technology 
from Southern Illinois University and an MLS from

the University of Missouri. He has several profes­
sional publications to his credit, including the 1978 
ERIC docum ent, Newspaper Indexing Handbook 
fo r Small Libraries.

Louella Vine W etherbee has been appointed 
director of libraries at George Mason University, 
Fairfax, Virginia, effective July 1, 1982.

W e th e rb e e  e a rn e d  
both a bachelor’s (1967) 
and an MLS (1969) at 
the University of Texas, 
A u stin . H er p rev io u s 
professional experience 
in c lu d e s sev eral p o si­
tio n s a t th e  A M IG O S 
B ibliographic C ouncil 
where she served as asso­
ciate director of member 
services (1978-1980) 
and assistant to the di­
re c to r (1 9 7 7 -7 8 ). 
W etherbee also held sev­
eral positions at the Uni­ Louella Wetherbee
versity of Texas including cataloger of the L atin 
American Collection (1970-1974), bibliographic 
control librarian (1974-1976), and L atin Ameri­
can projects coordinator (1976-1977).

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She w as principal o£ th e Southwest Inform ation 
Associates, a consulting firm (1976-1978) and has 
also consulted on library autom ation projects in 
Mexico, Costa Rica, Colom bia, and Venezuela. 
W etherbee served as th e  executive secretary of the 
Sem inar on L a tin  A m erican L ib ra ry  M aterials 
(1976-1977), an d  has contributed articles to The 
Serials Librarian and Revista Interam ericana de 
Bibliotecologia. She is active in ALA and serves on 
its In tern atio n al Relations C om m ittee.

C harlene Renner has been appointed assistant 
director for technical services a t th e  Iow a State 
University L ibrary, Ames, before coming to Iow a 
S tate, R enner was assistant director for autom ated 
reference service at th e  University of Illinois.

Renner began her career in th e Serials D e p a rt­
m ent a t Ohio State University L ibraries in 1959. 
A fter receiv in g  h e r g ra d u a te  d eg ree from  th e  
Drexel Institute of Technology in 1964, she served 
as reference lib rarian  an d  catalog lib rarian  at th e 
F ree L ib rary  of P hiladelphia. In  1965 she w en t to 
the University of Illinois w here she has w orked as 
cataloger, head of catalog m aintenance, English 
language and literatu re librarian, and acting head 
of bibliographic records.

R enner was an academ ic library m anagem ent 
in tern  a t th e University of C alifornia, Rerkeley in 
1980-81.

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Anne K. Beaubien, m anager and coordinator of 
th e University of M ichigan’s M ichigan Inform ation 
T ransfer Source, has been honored by the Ann Ar­
bor Business and Professional W om an’s C lub as 
Ann A rbor’s W om an of th e  Year. T he aw ard , pre­
sented last fall by th e  m ayor of Ann A rbor, cites 
B eaubien for “outstanding achievements and con­
trib u tio n s, both professionally an d  p ersonally.” 
Beaubien currently serves as ch air of th e ACRL 
B ibliographic In stru ctio n  Section’s C o n tin u in g  
E ducation C om m ittee.

J ohn C . Blair, Jr., head of com puter applica­
tions at th e  Medical Sciences L ibrary, Texas A&M 
University, College Station, has w on th e 1982 D ata 
C o u rier A w ard for his article, “C reatin g  Your 
O w n D atab ase,” in th e August 1982 issue of D ata­
base. T he article was selected for excellence in p u b ­
lished papers on th e online industry. A plaque and 
a check for $1,000 w ere presented to Blair by D ata 
C ourier president Loene T rubkin at the O nline ’82 
m eetin g  in A tla n ta  on N ovem ber 2. B lair also 
writes a regular colum n on microcom puters in O n­
line m agazine entitled “Micro M agic.”

E linor M. H ashim has been nam ed by President 
Reagan as chairm an of the N ational Commission 
on Libraries and Inform ation Science (NCLIS). 
She was sw orn in at th e Connecticut State Library, 
H artfo rd , on N ovem ber 18 by Judge R aym ond E. 
B aldw in. H ashim  currently serves as supervisor of 
Reference and Technical Services at the Perkin-

E lm er C orporate L ibrary, N orw alk, C onnecticut. 
H er term  of office on th e  Commission expires in 
July, 1986.

D avid Kaser, professor of library and inform a­
tion science at In d ian a University, recently tra v ­
eled to Saudi A rabia, C an ad a, and T aiw an  to con­
sult on the design of academ ic lib rary  buildings.

APPOINTM ENTS

(A ppointm ent notices are taken from  lib rary  
newsletters, letters from personnel offices and ap­
pointees, an d  other sources. To ensure th a t your 
appointm ent appears, w rite to th e E d ito r, ACRL, 
50 E. H uron St., C hicago, IL  60611.)

R. C hristopher Asch has been appointed ca ta ­
loger at Queens College of the C ity University of 
New York, Flushing.

Irene Avens has been appointed a rt lib rarian  at 
Q ueens C ollege of th e  C ity  U niversity of N ew  
York, Flushing.

E ulalie Brown has been appointed docum ents 
lib rarian  at th e University of New Mexico, Albu­
querque.

J udith A. Bushnell is now  evening reference 
specialist at the State University College of Arts 
and Science, Geneseo, New York.

Anne M arie C asey has been appointed general 
reference lib rarian  at th e University of Southw est­
ern L ouisiana, L afayette.

C arol D ickerson has been appointed collec­
tions lib ra ria n  in  th e  W alk e r M anagem ent L i­
brary, V anderbilt U niversity, Nashville, Tennes­
see.

Sandy L . F olsom has joined th e staff of the O ld 
D om inion University L ibrary, Norfolk, Virginia, 
as serials/general cataloger.

J anet F r e d e r ic k  has been a p p o in te d  a u to ­
m ated  processing lib ra ria n  at th e  U niversity of 
New Mexico, A lbuquerque.

G ary D . G eer has joined th e staff of th e  U niver­
sity of South C arolina Libraries, C olum bia, as as­
sistant reference lib rarian  for collection m anage­
m ent.

Shirley G regory is the new lib rarian  at Wilson 
C ounty Technical Institute, W ilson, N orth C aro­
lina.

W ilma R. G ulstad has been appointed health 
sciences cataloger at th e University of Missouri, 
Colum bia.

Betsy H abich has been appointed Reserve Book 
L ib rarian  at N ortheastern University Libraries, 
Boston.

Randy B. H ensley has been appointed reference 
lib rarian  a t th e O degaard U ndergraduate L ibrary 
at the University of W ashington, Seattle.

L inda H offman is now head of the G overnm ent 
Docum ents D ep artm en t, University of C alifornia, 
Davis.

J ames H . H utson has been nam ed chief of the 
M anuscript Division of th e  L ibrary of Congress.

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