ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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J e a n  C a r g ill, reference li­
b rarian at th e  B otany Librar­
ies o f H arvard University, is 
a n ew  m em ber o f th e C oun­
cil o f Biology Editors. She re­
c e n tly  c o m p le te d  h e r first 
y e a r as e d ito r - in - c h ie f  of 
M yco-taxon, an international 
jo u rn a l th a t p u b lis h e s  a r ­
ticles o n  th e taxonom y an d  
n o m en clatu re o f fungi an d  
lichens.

F re d  H ay, reference and 
acquisitions librarian at Tozzer Library, Harvard 
University, w as recently app o in ted  to the Com­
mission on D ocum entation o f the International 
U nion o f A nthropological an d  Ethnological Sci­
ences, the primary international organization 
for anthropologists.

B e tty  J o  I r v in e , head of th e Fine Arts Li­
brary at Indiana University, w as inaugurated 
as president o f the Art Libraries Society o f North 
America (ARLIS/NA) during its 20th A nnual 
Conference in Chicago in February. In addi­
tion to delivering the p resident’s address at the 
meeting, Irvine also chaired the post-confer­
ence Executive B oard m eetings, an d  chaired 
the ASK ARLIS/NA panel o n  the recent publi­
cation Facilities Standards f o r  A rt Libraries a n d  
Visual Resources Collections.

P e te r  L ym an , university librarian an d  dean  
o f the University Libraries at the University of 
Southern California, has b e e n  nam ed chairm an

New  AV guide 
available
ALA’s Association for Library Collections & 
Technical Services (ALCTS) has published a 
revised version o f the “G uidelines for Sub­
ject Analysis o f Audiovisual Materials.” The 
guidelines discuss m ajor considerations in 
providing subject access to  library materials 
a s w e ll a s  p r i n c i p l e s  f o r  t h e i r  a p - 
plication.Single copies are available by send­
ing a stam ped SASE to ALCTS, 50 E. H uron 
St., Chicago, IL 60611.

P eo p le  
in th e  
N ew s

o f the b o ard  o f the Faxon 
Institute for Advanced Stud­
ies in Scholarly and Scien­
tific Communication. In this 
p o sitio n  Lyman will p ro ­
vide g u id an ce, direction, 
and leadership in moving 
the Faxon Institute forward 
in its mission to  im prove 
the quality an d  effective­
ness of the scholarly com­
m u n i c a ti o n s  p r o c e s s . 
Lyman has served as exter­
nal co n su ltan t on library 

and inform ation planning for Carleton College, 
Case W estern Reserve University, Arizona State 
University, O hio Library Information Systems, 
M aricopa C om m unity C ollege District, an d  
Antioch College. H e is an advisory bo ard  m em ­
b e r for NeXT C om puter, Sun Microsystems, 
A pple Computer, an d  Claris Software. H e cur­
rently leads the w orking group o n  Transfor­
m ation o f Scholarly C om m unication for the 
Coalition for N etw orked Information (CNI).

T o n i  O ls h a n , h e a d  o f collection d ev elo p ­
m ent, special collections an d  archives, at the 
H errick M em orial Library, Alfred University, 
has b e e n  ch o sen  ch airp erso n  o f th e  E duca­
tio n  for Librarianship C om m ittee for th e Re­
search  L ibrary C ouncil. T he S outh C entral 
R esearch Library Council is b a se d  in Ithaca, 
N ew  York, an d  serves the reference an d  re­
search n e e d s o f libraries in a n u m b er o f New 
Y ork counties.

D e ir d r e  C. S ia m , associate professor at the 
School o f Library an d  Information Science at 
Catholic University, is the new ly elected vice- 
p resid en t/p resid en t-elect o f the Art Libraries 
Society o f North America (ARLIS/NA). Stam has 
held m any positions in art librarianship includ­
ing librarian, slide curator, library school ed u ­
cator, a n d  m u se u m  org an izatio n  executive. 
From 1988-90 she w as executive director o f 
the M useum C om puter Network, an d  she has 
published articles in several journals. She is a 
graduate o f Colum bia University, Catholic Uni­
versity, Jo h n s H opkins University, New York 
University Institute of Fine Arts, an d  Radcliffe 
College.

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(People cont. fro m  page 278)
D a n i e l  Z a g e r , c o n se rv a to ry  lib rarian  at 

O b erlin  College, h as b e e n  n am ed  ed ito r o f 
NOTES, the Music Library Association’s prem iere 
publication. His appointm ent is effective w ith 
th e Septem ber issue.

Appointments
(A ppointm ent notices are taken from library 

new sletters, letters from personnel offices and 
appointees, an d  o ther sources. To ensure that 
your appointm ent appears, w rite to the Editor, 
C&RLNews, 50 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 6O 6ll- 
2795.)

S h e r r ie  S, B e r g m a n , college librarian at 
W h e a to n  C o lleg e, N o rto n , M a ssa c h u se tts, 
sincel975, has b een  nam ed librarian at Bowdoin 
C o lle g e , B r u n s w ic k , 
Maine, effective in mid- 
August. Bergman began  
h e r  lib ra ry  c a r e e r  at  
Q ueens B orough Pub-  
lie Library a n d  at th e  
N ew  School for Social  
R e se a rc h , N ew  Y o rk   
City. She h as also di-  
r e c te d  th e  lib ra ry  at 
Roger Williams College. 
A graduate o f Brooklyn Sherrie Bergman
C ollege, sh e  receiv ed
h e r MLS from Columbia University. Active in 
the academic library community, she is currently 
a m em ber o f ACRL’s N ational C onference Ex­
ecutive Committee. H er previous professional 
offices include president o f the N ew  England 
ACRL chapter, chairperson o f the ACRL Col­
lege Libraries Section, an d  chairperson o f the 
ACRL B udget and Finance Committee. She also 
co-founded the W om en Administrators’ Discus­
sion G roup o f ALA’s Library Administration and 
M anagem ent Association, a n d  has served o n  
th e Executive Comm ittee of the N ew  England 
Library and Inform ation N etw ork (NELINET).

R ev. K u rt A. B o d lin g  has b e e n  appointed 
director o f library services at Concordia Col­
lege, Bronxville, N ew  York. Bodling is a 1988 
graduate o f the G raduate School of Library and 
Inform ation Science at the University o f Illinois, 
U rbana-Cham paign, an d  holds theological d e­

grees from  C oncordia Seminary in St. Louis, 
Missouri. He w as an associate librarian at the 
H enry Francis du P ont W interthur M useum in 
Delaware, w orking in the Jo sep h  D ow ns Col­
lection o f Manuscripts an d  Printed Ephemera. 
From 1981-87 Bodling w as at the Concordia 
Historical Institute in St. Louis, w here his last 
position w as assistant director o f reference and 
inform ation services.

D a v id  C o b b , m ap an d  geography librarian 
at the University o f Illinois, U rbana-Cham paign 
(UIUC), w here he has served since 1973, has 
b e e n  nam ed h ead  o f th e Map Collection in the 
College Library at H arvard University. Cobb 
earn ed  an M.A. in geography from th e Univer­
sity o f Verm ont an d  an MLA from  Indiana Uni­
versity. For tw o years he served as adm inistra­
tor for the Special Collections Libraries at UIUC, 
including the Illinois Historical Survey, N ews­
p a p e r Library, Rare Book Room, an d  the Uni­
versity Archives. Earlier Cobb served as m ap 
librarian at th e University o f Indiana (1970-73) 
an d  at th e University o f Verm ont (1969-70). 
H e w o rk ed  in the Summ er Cooperative Pro­
gram  o f th e G eography an d  Map Division of 
the Library o f Congress in 1968,1969, an d  1971. 
A m em ber of various groups w ithin ALA, in­
cluding th e  G overnm ent D ocum ents R ound 
Table, C obb w as instrum ental in forming the 
Map an d  G eography R ound Table an d  its new  
journal M eridian. He w as chair o f the U.S. Gov­
ern m e n t P rinting O ffice D e p o sito ry  Library 
Council (1990—91), and was recently appointed 
to the International Federation of Library Associa­
tions Standing Committee on Geography and Maps.

J u d ith  S e s s io n s , dean  an d  university librar­
ian at Miami University o f O hio, has b een  a p ­
p o in ted  additionally as th e interim  head  o f Mi­
am i C o m p u te r S ervices. H e r c h a rg e  is to 
integrate the Administrative C om puting Center 
and Academic Computer Services into a single, func­
tional computing organization for the campus.

B e t s y  W ils o n , assistant director o f libraries 
for undergraduate and instructional services and 
h ead  of the U ndergraduate Library at the Uni­
versity o f Illinois at Urbana-Cham paign (UIUC), 
has b een  n am ed  associate director o f libraries 
for public services at th e University o f W ash­
ington, Seattle, effective in May. A 1977 gradu­
ate o f N orthw estern University in art history 
an d  Germ an, W ilson received h e r MLS from 
UIUC in 1978. Since 1987 she has b e e n  the



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executive director o f th e L eopoldo Cicognara 
program  s p o n s o re d  by th e  U niversity o f Illi­
nois an d  Vatican Librar­
ies, a n d  h a s  b e e n  a 
mem ber, since 1990, o f 
the UIUC Athletic Board 
of Control. She is the re­
cipient o f tw o  U n d e r­
g rad u ate In s tru c tio n a l 
Awards (1982 an d  1991) 
and the Amoco F ounda­
tio n  A w a rd  f o r  I m ­
p ro v e m e n t in  U n d e r­
g r a d u a t e  E d u c a ti o n . Betsy Wilson
Widely p u b lish ed  in the 
areas o f bibliographic instruction, art histori­
ography, a n d  library autom ation, W ilson is also 
past-chair o f ACRL’s B ibliographic Instruction 
Section.

M a r y le n e  A l t ie r i has b e e n  n a m e d  assistant 
acquisitions librarian fo r gifts a n d  MIT publica­
tions at th e  M assachusetts Institute o f T echnol­
ogy Libraries.

F r a n c ie  B a u e r  h as b e e n  n a m e d  reference 
librarian in th e  Science Library at V anderbilt 
University, Nashville, T ennessee.

C a th y  B r o w n  is n o w  a reference librarian 
in the College Library at the U niversity o f Cali­
fornia, Los Angeles.

M a r ia n n e  B u r k e  has b e e n  n a m e d  assistant 
librarian for technical services at th e  C ountw ay 
Library o f M edicine, H arvard University.

M e lis s a  M. C a in  has b e e n  n a m e d  director 
of d ev elo p m en t fo r th e  School o f Inform ation 
and Library Science at th e  U niversity o f N orth 
Carolina-C hapel Hill.

H e l e n  C h o w  has b e e n  a p p o in te d  reference 
librarian in  th e  W o o d w ard  Library at th e  U ni­
versity o f British C olum bia, Vancouver, Canada.

R en ata C oates is now  assistant head o f refer­
ence services, Research Services Department at the 
University o f California, San Diego, Library.

R a lp h  C o u r tn e y  has been appointed reference 
librarian/bibliographer at the Chester Fritz Library, 
University o f North Dakota, Grand Forks.

G illia n  M, D e b r e c z e n y  has b e e n  ap p o in ted  
librarian o f th e  School o f Inform ation a n d  Li­
brary Science Library at th e U niversity o f N orth 
Carolina-C hapel Hill.

B a r b a r a  D u k e  is n o w  a reference librarian 
at th e U niversity R esearch Library at th e  Uni­
versity o f California, Los Angeles.

C a r o l F a lc i o n e  h as b e e n  n a m e d  director 
of reference an d  inform ation services at N ew

Y ork University.
A i d a  A . G e r d e s  h a s  b e e n  n a m e d  Latin 

A m erican catalog librarian at th e  A rizona State 
U niversity, T em pe.

J e a n n i e  G e x  has b e e n  a p p o in te d  assistant 
librarian at th e  State U niversity o f N ew  at Buf­
falo.

S u s a n  G r e a v e s  has b e e n  n a m e d  m a p  li­
b rarian at O lin Library, Cornell University.

K a t h e r i n e  H a r t has b e e n  a p p o in te d  origi­
nal cataloger at Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas 
A&M University, College Station.

B o  C. H a r tfo r d  has b e e n  n a m e d  archivist 
in  th e Elwyn B. R obinson D ep artm en t o f Spe­
cial C ollections at th e  C h ester Fritz Library, 
U niversity o f N orth D akota, G rand Forks.

J e f f r e y  H o l l a n d  is n o w  serials cataloger at 
the U niversity o f Nevada, Reno.

J o a n  K a p l o w i t z  is n o w  reference librarian/ 
p sy c h o lo g y  b ib lio g ra p h e r in th e  B iom edical 
Library, U niversity o f California, Los Angeles.

C h e r y l  K u g le r  has b e e n  n am ed  assistant 
d irecto r for collections in th e  Central a n d  Sci­
en c e  Libraries at V anderbilt University, N ash­
ville, T ennessee.

S h e i l a  L e a h y  is n o w  chief o f database m ain­
te n a n c e  a n d  catalog o p eratio n s at th e U niver­
sity o f S outhw estern Louisiana, Lafayette.

D e b o r a h  J . L e s lie  is n o w  rare b o o k  cata­
loger at th e  Library C om pany o f Philadelphia.

S t e v e n  M. L o c y  has jo in ed  th e  O klahom a 
State U niversity Libraries as assistant science 
librarian.

J o y c e  P e l l e r a n o  L u d m e r  has b e e n  n am ed  
hum anities b ib lio g rap h er at th e U niversity of 
California, Los Angeles.

P h y l l i s  M ir s k y  h as b e e n  n a m e d  acting u n i­
versity librarian at th e  U niversity o f California, 
San D iego, Library.

D a v i d  N e l s o n  has b e e n  a p p o in te d  h e a d  of 
th e  O riginal C ataloging D ep artm en t at Sterling 
C. Evans Library, T exas A&M University, Col­
lege Station.

S u z a n n e  N im it z  has b e e n  n a m e d  science 
reference librarian at Sterling C. Evans Library, 
T exas A&M U niversity, College Station.

L isa  O b e r g  is n o w  inform ation services an d  
e d u c a tio n  librarian at the U niversity o f W ash­
in g to n  H ealth Sciences Library an d  Inform ation 
C enter, Seattle.

S u s a n  O t t ig n o n  h as b e e n  a p p o in te d  refer­
e n c e  librarian at th e  Falvey M em orial Library, 
V illanova University, Pennsylvania.

D i a n e  P e z z u lo  has b e e n  n a m e d  reference 
lib rarian /ed u catio n  b ib lio g rap h er in  th e  U ni­



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versity Research Library at the University of 
California, Los Angeles.

K ath ry n  P ud lock  has joined the staff of 
the Biomedical Library Reference Department 
at the University o f California, Irvine.

J o h a n n  v a n  R een en  has been named head 
o f the Woodward Library at the University of 
British Columbia, Vancouver.

K evin  Sim ons has b een appointed busi­
ness reference librarian at Sterling C. Evans Li­
brary, Texas A&M University, College Station.

R ich ard  J .  Sm ith is now  assistant director 
for technical services at the University o f South­
western Louisiana, Lafayette.

S teven E. Sm ith  is now instructional ser­
vices librarian at Sterling C. Evans Library, Texas 
A&M University, College Station.

V irginia Steel has been  named acting as­
sistant university librarian, public services at 
the University o f California, San Diego, Library.

R ich ard  Stringer-H ye has been named sci­
ence reference librarian at Sterling C. Evans 
Library, Texas A&M University, College Station.

T am ara W ein trau b  is now head o f cata­
loging in the Biomedical Library at the Univer­
sity o f California, San Diego.

S ara R. W illiam s has been appointed pres­
ervation librarian at the University o f Colorado 
at Boulder Libraries.

M ary L. Y o u n g  has been appointed head 
librarian at the Institute o f American Indian Arts, 
Santa Fe, New Mexico.

A b raham  Y u  has been appointed head of 
the new East Asian Section in the Catalog D e­
partment at the University o f California, Irvine.

Retirements
V irginia B o u c h e r recently retired as head 

o f interlibrary loan at the University o f Colo­
rado at Boulder. She received the Colorado Li­
brary Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award 
in O ctober 1991.

Virginia C h u rch , assistant director for tech­
nical services at Rochester Institute o f Technol­
ogy, retired in February after 18 years o f ser­
vice. Church had been instrumental in the early 
days o f the catalog conversion from Dewey to 
LC; from a locally developed database system 
to DataPhase to Innovacq/Innopac; and from 
bibliographic utilities BNA to UTLAS to OCLC.

A nn e J o rd a n , rare books librarian in the 
B enson Latin American Collection at the Uni­
versity o f Texas at Austin, retired in January 
after 17 years o f service.

Deaths
F a y  Nowell, former cataloger in the His­

tory Library and Art and Architecture Library at 
the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 
died recently in Fresno, California.

Jo e  Park, retired University of Arizona, Tuc­
son, microforms librarian, died on January 17,1992.

F ra n k  L. Schick, first dean of the Univer­
sity o f Wisconsin-Milwaukee School o f Library 
and Information Science, died February 7 at 
the age o f 74. B om  in Vienna, Schick came to 
this country in 1938 and served with the U.S. 
Army in World War II. He graduated from 
Wayne State University, received his master’s 
in public administration from the University of 
Chicago, and his Ph.D. in library science from 
the University o f Michigan. He taught library 
science courses at Wayne State, Columbia Uni­
versity, and the University o f North Carolina. 
In 1970 he becam e director o f the Library Sur­
veys Branch o f the National Center for Educa­
tion Statistics. A consulting editor for the B o w k er 
A n n u a l, Schick was the author o f statistical 
handbooks on aging and on Hispanics. He also 
wrote R ecord s o f  th e P resid en cy  and The P a ­
p e r b a c k  B o o k  in  A m erica. ■

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