ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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A P P O IN T M E N T S

Arthur J. Anderson will join the faculty 
of the school of library science, Simmons Col­
lege, on a full-time basis beginning with the 
summer session of 1969.

Marguerite Barrett is now director of the 
Eastern Iowa Community College library, Clin­
ton, Iowa.

Mary Susan Baumbach is a new member 
of the reference division, University of W ash­
ington libraries.

E dwin B. Bronner has been named librarian 
at Philadelphia’s Haverford College.

Robert K. Bruce has been appointed col­
lege librarian and associate professor at Carle­
ton College, beginning with the 1969-1970 ac­
ademic year.

James E. Buck has been appointed assistant 
librarian of Washburn University of Topeka, 
beginning July 1.

Mrs. Mitsuko Collver has joined the staff of 
the SUNY, Stony Brook, library as an assistant 
cataloger.

Lawrence E. Doyle has been appointed 
reference librarian, humanities, at the Uni­
versity of Arizona.

Clark A. E lliott will join the faculty of 
the school of library science, Simmons College, 
in September 1969.

Barbara Gates is now assistant librarian and 
head of technical services at Oberlin College.

Mrs. Virginia B. H arris has joined the staff 
of Oberlin College as a reference librarian.

Roy Liebman has been appointed chief, ac­
quisitions services in the library at California 
State College, Los Angeles.

James M. Matarazzo will join the faculty 
of the school of library science, Simmons Col­
lege, in September 1969.

Stephen Miller is now acquisitions librarian 
at Howard Colman library, Rockford College, 
Rockford, Illinois.

Sandra Peterson has joined the staff of 
Oberlin College as a reference librarian.

Mrs. W ilma E lizabeth Pfeifer has joined 
the staff of the reference division. University 
of Washington libraries.

Dr. Roberto M. Ravelo has been ap­
pointed a senior cataloger in the library at the 
SUNY, Stony Brook.

Harris M. Richard has been appointed 
serials cataloger at the University of Arizona 
library.

Dr. a . Robert Rogers has resigned as di­
rector of the Bowling Green State University 
library to accept the position of professor of 
library science at Kent State University.

Harold B. Schell has been appointed as­
sociate director of libraries. Southern Methodist 
University.

Yukihisa Suzuki, formerly head of the Asia

library at the University of Michigan, is now 
professor of library studies in the University of 
Hawaii.

N E C R O L O G Y

Dr. Sanford V. Larkey, director of the 
medical library at Johns Hopkins University 
Medical School from 1935 until his retirement 
in 1963, died April 16 at his Baltimore home.

R ETIREM ENTS

Sadie Hall, associate librarian of Washburn 
University of Topeka for twenty-three years 
will retire on June 30.

Jens Nyholm, university librarian at North­
western University since 1944, retired on Sep­
tember 1, 1968. From 1939 to 1944, Mr. Ny­
holm was assistant librarian at the University 
of California, Berkeley, and from 1938 to 1939 
he was head of the catalog department there. 
He holds degrees in library science from Co­
lumbia and from the Danish State Library 
School. ■ ■

AWARDS TO BE GIVEN 
AT CON EERENCE

Beta Phi Mu Award. An annual award con­
sisting of $50 and a citation, administered 
by the Library Education Division, made 
to an individual for distinguished service to 
education for librarianship.

Melvil Dewey Medal. An engraved medal and 
a citation presented annually to an individual 
or a group for recent creative professional 
achievement of a high order, particularly 
in those fields in which Melvil Dewey was 
actively interested, notably library manage­
ment, library training, cataloging and classi­
fication, and the tools and techniques of 
librarianship. Donated by Forest Press, Inc.

Hammond Incorporated Library Award. An 
annual award of $500 and a citation to a 
librarian who has effectively encouraged the 
use of maps and atlases or promoted an in­
terest in cartography. The award is presented 
only in those years when an appropriate 
recipient is found. Established in 1962. 
Donor: Hammond, Inc.

Joseph W. Lippincott Award. An award con­
sisting of $1,000, an engraved medal, and 
a special citation made annually to a li­
brarian for distinguished service in the pro­
fession of librarianship, such service to in­
clude outstanding participation in the ac­
tivities of professional library associations, 
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other significant activity in behalf of the 
profession and its aims. Donated by Joseph 
W. Lippincott. Administered by the ALA 
Awards Committee.

Margaret Mann Citation. An annual citation, 
awarded by the Cataloging and Classifica­
tion Section of the Resources and Technical 
Services Division, made to a cataloger and/­
or classifier, not necessarily an American, for 
his outstanding professional achievement in 
the areas of cataloging and classification, 
either through publication of significant pro­
fessional literature, participation in profes­
sional cataloging associations, introduction 
of new techniques of recognized importance, 
or outstanding work in the area of teaching 
within the past five years.

Isadora Gilbert Madge Citation. A citation to 
be given at the annual conference of the 
ALA to a person who has made a distin­
guished contribution to reference librarianship. 
This contribution may take the form of an 
imaginative and constructive program in a 
particular library; the writing of a significant 
book or articles in the reference field; crea­
tive and inspirational teaching of reference 
service; or other noteworthy activities which 
stimulate reference librarians to more dis­
tinguished performance.

Eunice Rockwell Oberly Memorial Award. A 
biennial award given in odd-numbered years, 
consisting of a citation and a cash award 
of the income of the Oberly Memorial Fund, 
made to the American citizen who compiles 
the best bibliography in the field of agricul­
ture or one of the related sciences in the 
two-year period preceding the year in which 
the award is made. Made possible by a fund 
established by colleagues in memory of 
Eunice Rockwell Oberly. Administered by 
ACRL Agriculture and Hiological Sciences 
Subsection.

Esther J. Piercy Award. An award, established 
in 1968, in the form of a citation given to 
recognize the contribution to librarianship 
in the field of the technical services by 
younger members of the profession. The 
recipient will be a librarian with not more 
than ten years of professional experience 
who has shown outstanding promise for 
continuing contributions and leadership in 
any of the fields comprising technical serv­
ices by such means as; (a ) leadership in 
professional associations at local, state, re­
gional or national levels; (b ) contributions 
to the development, application, or utiliza­
tion of new or improved methods, tech­
niques, and routines; ( c ) a significant con­
tribution to professional literature; and (d) 
conduct of studies or research in the tech­
nical services. The award shall be given to

an individual each year in which the Jury 
believes there to be a qualified recipient.

Scarecrow Press Award for Library Literature. 
An award of $500 and a citation made to 
an American librarian to recognize an out­
standing contribution to library literature 
issued during the calendar year preceding 
the presentation. Donated by the Scarecrow 
Press. Administered by ALA Awards Com­
mittee.

CONCERNED LIBRARIANS 
PLAN M EETINC

“Who Speaks for the Academic Librarian?” 
is the topic announced by the Librarians Con­
cerned About Academic Status in requesting 
meeting space during ALA’s Atlantic City Con­
ference, Co-chairmen Mrs. Fay M. Blake and 
Evert Volkersz announced. Librarians Con­
cerned About Academic Status, a national 
grass roots committee of academic librarians, 
invites all librarians concerned with the prob­
lems of status, academic freedom, representa­
tion, and voice to attend this open meeting. 
Date and place will be announced when the 
information becomes available. After brief pre­
sentations have been made on specific issues of 
academic librarianship ( speakers to be an­
nounced), the committee hopes to open the 
floor to a general discussion of needs, re­
sponsibilities, programs, and machinery to 
achieve the highest aspirations of academic li- 
brarianhip. ■ ■

COM M ITTEE ON
NON-WESTERN RESOURCES

Need help in acquiring Asian and African 
materials? The Committee on Non-Western 
Resources wishes to assist librarians who are 
developing collections or who have specific 
problems. Perhaps the individual and com­
bined experience of this group can be of as­
sistance to you. Address inquiries to the Chair­
man or Committee members: Sister Elizabeth 
O’Connor, Manhattanville College, Purchase, 
N.Y. 10577; Miss Dorothy Drake, Scripps Col­
lege, Claremont, Cal. 91711; Miss Ann E d­
monds, Mount Holyoke College, South Had­
ley, Mass. 01075; Mr. Kenneth H. LaBudde, 
University of Missouri at Kansas City, 5100 
Rockhill Road, Kansas City, Mo. 64110; 
Mrs. Lillian Smoke, Gettysburg College, Get­
tysburg, Pa. 17325. ■ ■