ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


C&RL News ■ July/August 1998 / 541

Vang Vang has been appointed reference 
librarian in the Henry Madden Library at Cali­

fornia State University in Fresno.

Alex Wade has been appointed systems 
librarian at the University of Washington in 

Seattle.

Linda Yamamoto is the new head librarian 
and bibliographer of Mathematical and Com­

puter Sciences Library at Stanford University.

R e t ir e m e n t s

Marvin E. Monsma, library director for the 
Hekman Library, will retire in August after 33 

years (28 as library director) of service to Calvin 

College and Calvin Theological Seminary in 

Grand Rapids, Michigan. īn his earlier years at 

Calvin, Monsma taught 

undergraduate-level 

courses in library sci­

ence, served as a library 

consultant to Christian 

schools in Michigan, Il­

linois, and Indiana, and 

taught graduate-level li­

brary science courses for 

the University of Michi­

gan and Western Michi­M arvin E. Monsma
gan University at their 

Grand Rapids Extension Centers. He was part 

of the group that formed the Michigan Library 

Consortium and served on its Executive Coun­

cil. Prior to his career as a librarian, Monsma 

taught English and speech at the secondary 

level for eight years. He received a B.A. from 

Calvin College, an M.A. in Education from 

Michigan State University, and an MLS from 

the University of Michigan.

Robert Wedgeworth, university librarian at 
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

(UIUC) Library, has announced his plan to re­

tire in August 1999- Wedgeworth was ap­

pointed interim university librarian in Septem­

ber 1992 and was appointed university librar­

ian in November 1993- During his tenure, the 

library completed development of a compre­

hensive technology infrastructure and has pro­

pelled its Mortenson Center for International 

Library Programs into the forefront of interna­

tional foreign exchange programs. 

Wedgeworth is a graduate of Wabash College

and received his MLS 

from UIUC’s School of 

Library Science in 1961. 

He was executive direc­

tor of the ALA (1972— 

1985) and dean of Co­

lumbia University’s 

School of Library Sci­

ence (1985-1992). He 

was elected president 

twice by the Interna­ Robert W e d g e w o rth

tional Federation of Li­

brary Associations and Institutions (1991-1995, 

1995-1997). Wedgeworth has received many 

awards, including the 1989 Joseph Lippincott 

Award, the 1997 Melvil Dewey Award (both 

from the ALA), and the 1991 Distinguished 

Alumnus Award from the UIUC Graduate 

School of Library and Information Science.

D e a th s

John Maxwell, retired reference librarian at 
the University of California, Riverside (UCR), 

died on March 29. He began his career at 

UCR in 1956, working in the acquisitions de­

partment of the Rivera Library and later join­

ing the reference department. He received a 

bachelor’s degree from the University of 

Rochester in 1933 and his MLS from the Uni­

versity of Southern California in 1960. He 

retired in 1972 after 17 years of service.

A d ve rtise r index

Academic Press 537

ACRL 520, 533, 534

American Institute of 

Chemical Engineers 506

American Psychological Cover 2

Blackwell’s Information 489
Services

Choice 531
Emery-Pratt 484

Graphics Press 481

John Minter & Associates 498

McGraw Hill 493
OCLC 511
Primary Source Media 526

Science Direct 521

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VTLS Cover 4