ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ N o v e m b e r 2003 /  685

P e o p l e  i n  t h e  N e w s Ann-Christe Galloway

R ich ard  W. C lem ent, special collections 
librarian at the University of Kansas, is the 
recipient of the Gretchen and Gene A. Budig 
Distinguished Librarian Award for 2003. Clem­
ent joined the university faculty as assistant 
special collections librarian in 1986. He was 
named special collections librarian in 2001 
and was promoted to librarian III in 2002. 
He is an elected member of the Grolier Club 
(an international bibliophilic society) and is 
editor of ACRL’s RBM: A J o u r n a l o f  R a re 
B ooks, Manuscripts, a n d  Cultural Heritage.

V ictoria A. H orst, public services librar­
ian at Newberry College in Newberry, South 
Carolina, has returned to the United States 
after a one-year stint as library director at 
Iringa University College in Iringa, Tanza­
nia.

C a th e r in e  A. L e e , lib rary  d ire cto r at 
Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, has 
been selected as a Georgia Governor’s Teach­
ing Fellow (GTF) for the 2003-2004 academic 
year. Lee will participate in the GTF Aca­
demic Year Symposia Program, where she 
will attend a number of three-day symposia 
on the University of Georgia campus while 
also engaging in instructional improvement 
projects at Wesleyan. Participants in the GTF 
Program are selected based on their teach­
ing experience, interest in continuing instruc­
tional and professional development, ability 
to have an impact on their own campus, 
and a strong commitment by their home in­
stitution for release time and other forms of 
support for the duration of their participa­
tion in the program. Lee is the first librarian 
accepted into the GTF program.

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

Ew a B arczyk  has been appointed interim 
director of the University of Wisconsin-Mil­
waukee Libraries, where she has served as 
associate director since 1998.

P a tric ia  D e n h o lm  has b een  appointed 
director of the Sidney Silverman Library at 
Bergen Community College. Denholm, who 
joined the Bergen Community College in 1999 
as assistant director of 
the Sidney Silverman 
Library and served as 
interim director for the 
past year, brings to 
Bergen nearly 15 years 
of library experience.
She served as the head 
of acquisitions at Essex 
County College Library 
and the records man­

Patricia Denholm
ager for the William T.
Grant Foundation. She is a member of the 
ACRL Bylaws Committee, the Virtual Aca­
demic Library Environment Shared Informa­
tion Literacy Committee, the New Jersey Li­
brary Association, and Beta Phi MU, Theta 
Chapter— the national library honor society.

H e c t o r  M a y m i-S u g r a ñ e s  has jo in e d  
Shippensburg University as the new associ­
ate vice president of information technolo­
gies and services/dean of library and media 
services.

David J . Nutty is now director of university 
libraries at the University of Southern Maine 
in Portland. Prior to this appointment, he was 
dean of library and technology services at 
Richmond American International University 
in London, associate university librarian for 
user services and technology at George Wash­
ington University in Washington, D.C., and 
assistant university librarian for public ser­
vices at Loyola University Chicago. He has 
been active in ACRL legislative issues and 
served as Chair of the Government Relations 
Committee.

Ed. note: To e nsu re  t h a t  y o u r  p e rs o n n e l n ew s is 
c o n s id e re d  f o r  p u b lic a tio n , w r it e  to  A n n -C h ris te  
Gallow ay, p ro d u c tio n  e dito r, C&RL News, 50 E. H uro n  
St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-m ail: agallow ay@ ala.org; 
fa x: (312) 280-2520.

mailto:agalloway@ala.org


686 / C&RL News ■ N ovem ber 2003

Taylor Ruhl has been named university li­
brarian for the University of La Verne’s Wil­

son Library. Ruhl has 
spent nearly 30 years as 
an academic librarian, 
and the last four as di­
rector of library and 
media services for the 
Community College of 
B a ltim o re  County 
(CCBC) in Essex, Mary­
land. Prior to his ten­
ure at CCBC, Ruhl op­

Taylor Ruhl
erated an information 

services consulting practice (1996-99) and was 
dean of university libraries at Regent Univer­
sity in Virginia Beach, Virginia (1994-97).

In n ocen t Afuh is now the science librar­
ian in the Magrath Library at the University 
of Minnesota.

Douglas A nderson is now systems of­
ficer at the University of Alabama Libraries.

Gordon A nderson has been appointed 
the Scandinavian area studies/Western Eu­
ropean social sciences librarian in Wilson 
Library at the University of Minnesota Librar­
ies.

M ichael A rth ur is now acquisitions and 
serials librarian at the Old Dominion Uni­
versity Libraries.

Michelle Baildon has been appointed 
scholarly communications reference librar­
ian at Boston College.

C h arles W. B ailey J r . has b een ap­
pointed assistant dean for digital libraiy plan­
ning and development at the University of 
Houston Libraries.

Laura C. B arrett is now the reference 
and instruction/mass communications and 
technology librarian at Cascadia Community 
College and University o f Washington, 
Bothell Collocated Campus.

Rob B ehary has joined the staff of the 
Gumberg Library at Duquesne University in 
Pittsburgh as reference librarian and subject 
specialist for art history and classics.

Gerald Benoit has been appointed to the 
faculty at Simmons College’s Graduate School 
of Library Information Science, specializing 
in information management.

Lynne Bisko has been named nonprint 
librarian at Elon University in North Caro­
lina.

J i m  B lan sett is now information re­
sources librarian in the McLure Education 
Libraiy at the University of Alabama Librar­
ies.

Ja m es C apobianco has been appointed 
coordinator of Web development/reference 
librarian at Emerson College Library in Bos­
ton.

Lisa C arro ll has joined the California 
Maritime Academy Library as information flu­
ency librarian.

B ry an  C arso n  has been named elec­
tronic services/reference and instruction li­
brarian at Middlebury College Libraries.

Heeja H. Chung is now serials librarian 
for the H. W. Wilson Company.

N ancy DuPree has been named infor­
mation resources librarian in the McLure 
Education Library at the University of Ala­
bama.

Linda Eells has been appointed social 
sciences/science librarian at Magrath Library 
at the University of Minnesota.

Tim E ricso n  has joined the faculty of 
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Li­
braries’ School of Information Studies.

M ary B eth  F accioli has been named 
reference and instructional services librar­
ian at the McCain Library at Agnes Scott Col­
lege.

Christine Ferguson has been appointed 
electro n ic resources/serials librarian at 
Furman University.

J a n  Marie Fo rtier is now director of the 
Learning R esource Center at Mt. Hood 
Community College in Gresham, Oregon.

J i m  G albraith has been promoted to 
assistant director for collection development 
at the Columbia University Libraries.

Gary Geisler has been appointed a fac­
ulty member specializing in information 
management at Simmons College’s Gradu­
ate School of Library and Information Sci­
ence.

Kristin Gerhard has been promoted to 
associate dean for collections and technical 
services at the Iowa State University Library.

Philip H erold has been appointed head 
of the Forestry Library at the University of 
Minnesota Libraries.

R achel Hollis has been appointed bib­
liograp hic serv ices co o rd in ato r at the 
Monterey Bay Library at California State Uni­
versity.



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M arna H ostetler has been named head 
of the interlibrary loan department at the 
University of South Carolina-Columbia’s Tho­
mas Cooper Library.

Lauren Ayn Kata has joined Georgia State 
University’s Pullen Library as archivist for the 
Southern Labor Archives.

Maura Kenny has joined the Archives and 
Special Collections Department at the New 
Mexico State University Library as process­
ing archivist

Debbie Landi has been named special 
collections librarian and university archivist 
at Furman University.

Mark Leach has been appointed assistant 
music librarian at the University of South 
Carolina’s School of Music Library in Colum­
bia.

Jo n a th a n  Lill has been appointed project 
archivist/surveyor in the Rare B ook and 
Manuscript Library at the Columbia Univer­
sity Libraries.

A lan  May has b een  appointed catalog 
librarian at the University o f Alabama Li­
braries.

Kevin M essner has been appointed sci­
ence librarian jointly in Magrath and the 
Bio-Medical Libraries at the University of 
Minnesota.

Susan M etcalf is the new social sciences 
reference librarian in the Reference and 
Research Department at the New Mexico State 
University Library.

H. Clark Nall has joined Georgia State 
University’s Pullen Library as instruction/ref- 
erence librarian.

Ju stin  Otto has been named economics 
librarian for General Libraries o f Emory 
University.

George I. Paganelis is now the inaugu­
ral curator of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Col­
lection at California State University-Sacra- 
mento.

Daille P ettit has been named acquisi­
tion/collections librarian at James Madison 
University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

C in d y  P ie r a r d  is the new  head o f the 
re fe re n ce  and research  services d ep art­
ment at the New Mexico State University 
Library.

J a n e t Pine has joined the staff of the 
Iowa State University Library as a science 
and technology librarian.

Steve Posti has been appointed access 
services librarian at Duquesne University’s 
Gumberg Library.

Anna Salyer has been named reference 
librarian in the Tacoma Library at University 
of Washington.

S co tt S alzm an  has rejo in ed  Furman 
University as systems librarian.

M ichelle S ears is now electronic re­
sources acquisitions librarian at the Univer­
sity of Alabama Libraries.

H ilary Seo has joined the staff o f the 
Iowa State University Library as the head of 
preservation.

Eileen Smith is now a catalog librarian
II on the Rare Book Team of the Yale Uni­
versity Library.

D o ro th y  Tao has been named associ­
ate librarian in the Arts and Sciences Librar­
ies at the University of Buffalo.

J o e  T o th  has b een named collection 
development librarian at Middlebury College 
Libraries.

J e r e m ia h  T rin id ad -C h ristian sen  has
joined the Columbia University Libraries as 
GIS/map librarian in the Social Sciences Di­
vision.

Scott Vine is now reference services li­
brarian at Franklin & Marshall College.

Ju stin  M. W adland has been appointed 
reference librarian in the Tacoma Library at 
University of Washington.

M ary W eber has been appointed head 
of biomedical information service in the Bio- 
Medical Libraiy at the University of Minne­
sota.

Sally W ym an is now senior reference 
librarian/bibliographer for chemistry and 
physics at Boston College Libraries.

Y e X u  has been appointed Chinese stud­
ies librarian at the University of Washington 
Libraries.

Song Y u  has b een  named chemistry 
librarian in the Science and Engineering 
Division o f the Columbia University Li­
braries.

R e t i r e m e n t s

Marie M orris Nitschke has retired after 35 
years in the General Libraries o f Emory 
University. N itschke b eg an  w orking at



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Em ory as d ocu m en ts librarian , m oving on 
to re fe re n c e  and resea rch  services for m ost 
o f  h e r career. She sp ecialized  in A m eri­
c a n  H istory as a p art o f  h e r c o lle c tio n  
m an agem en t resp o n sib ilities.

Jo h n  Schacht, referen ce librarian in R e­
search and Information Services at the Uni­
versity o f Iow a Libraries, has retired.

Peter Watson-Boone has retired from the 
University o f W isconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), 
after 13 years o f service as director o f librar­
ies. During W atson-Boone’s tenure, the UWM 
Libraries added 1.5 million items, a 43 per­
cent increase in holdings; implemented a new 
online catalog; established a digitization unit;

and inaugurated ser­
v ic e s , s u c h  as E -re- 
serve, docum ent deliv­
ery, electronic full-text, 
and digital spatial data. 
W atson-Boone led the 
planning for the Stage 
IV e x p a n sio n  o f  the 
G o ld a  M eir L ib ra ry  
building and substan­
tially strengthened the 

Peter Watson-Boone L ib r a r ie s ’ A r c h iv e s , 
S p e c ia l C o lle c tio n s , 

and American Geographical Society Library 
(AGSL). In 1999, the libraries received  a m a­
jo r funding com m itm ent from  the Univer­
sity o f W isconsin System Administration to 
r e c a t a lo g  th e  A G SL ’s v a st c o ll e c t i o n s . 
W atson-Boone has b een active locally, re­
gionally, and nationally in library organiza­
tions, m ost recently serving on  the E xecu­
tive Committee o f ACRL’s University Librar­
ies Section. A cofounder o f two RASD sec ­
tions (CODES and MARS), h e received ALA’s 
Isadore Gilbert Mudge Citation in 1991 for 
d istin g u ish ed  c o n trib u tio n s to' re fe re n c e  
librarianship. W atson-Boone was university 
librarian at Idaho State University from 1987 
to 1990; before that, he held various library 
positions at California State University, Chico 
and UCLA. He served on the editorial boards 
o f Reference Seivices Review, B ehavioral an d  
Social Sciences Librarian, Jo u r n a l o f  A ca­
dem ic Librarianship, and Jo u rn a l o f  Access 
Services, and has authored over 75 publi­
cations, including m onographs, chapters, ar­
ticles, tech nical reports, and b o o k  reviews.

D e a t h s

G ertrude “Trudy” Ja c o b so n , 8 3 , w h o
retired from Iow a State University in 1986 
after serving many years in library instruc­
tion, has died. In 1983, Ja c o b so n  coauthored 
“Motivation via Videotape: Key to Under­
graduate Library Instruction in the Research 
L ib r a r y ” in  th e  J o u r n a l  o f  A c a d e m ic  
Librarianship. She also coauthored “Ninety 
Years o f Library Instruction” in the 1981 ALA 
Yearbook.

Gerald Jahoda, 77, professor emeritus o f 
the Florida State U niversity Sch o o l o f In ­
fo rm atio n  Studies, has died. Ja h o d a  b e ­
gan his library c a re e r as th e chem istry li­
brarian at the U niversity o f W isco n sin  and 
la ter d irec te d  th e te c h n ic a l in fo rm a tio n  
cen ters at C olgate-P alm oliv e and  the E sso 
R e s ea rch  and E n g in e e rin g  C om pany. In 
1963, h e jo in e d  the facu lty at Florida State 
University. He dealt with a progressive fail­
ure o f  his v ision  b y  in corp o ratin g  assistive 
te c h n o lo g y  in to his ow n w o rk  e n v iro n ­
m en t and b y  b e co m in g  an ad vo cate for 
blin d  and  p hysically h an d icap p ed  students 
and library p atro n s. H e a p p lied  his r e ­
search  skills to d evelop in g n ew  tech n iq u es 
fo r au d ible ind exing, w h ile con tin u in g  his 
w ork in im proving in form ation  a c c e s s  to 
sighted  sch o lars and  students. He w as a 
prolific au th or and  active con su ltan t.

Elizabeth A. W indsor, 94, retired  head 
o f the reference department at Iowa State 
University Library, has died. She began her 
career at Iowa State in 1954 and retired in 
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