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

Appointments

Meaghan Alston is now project archivist in the 
Wilson Special Collections Library at the University 
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Emily Brassell is now associate head of the 
software development department at the university 
libraries at the University of North Carolina-Chapel 
Hill.

Rachael Elrod, head of the education library, 
has achieved tenure and promotion to associate 
university librarian at the University of Florida’s 
George A. Smathers Libraries. 

Rebecca Jefferson, curator of the Isser and 
Rae Price Library of Judaica in the Special and 
Area Studies Collections Department, has achieved 
promotion to university librarian at the University 
of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. 

John Nemmers, associate chair and head of 
collection services, curator of Architecture Archives 
and the Panama Canal Museum Collection in the 
Special and Area Studies Collections Department, 
has achieved promotion to university librarian for 
the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University 
of Florida. 

Flo Turcotte, literary collections archivist in the 
Special and Area Studies Collections Department, 
has achieved promotion to university librarian at the 
University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries.

R e t i r e m e n t s

Richard W. Clement has announced his retire-
ment as the dean of the College of the University 
Libraries and Learning Sciences (ULLS), after six 
years at the University of New Mexico (UNM). 
During his time, Clement oversaw the growth 
of the college in a variety of ways such as the 
integration of University of New Mexico Press 

into ULLS, continued de-
velopment and growth 
in the Organization, In-
formation, and Learning 
Sciences program, the 
development of the South 
Campus Repository, and 
significant fundraising for 
ULLS. Clement is complet-
ing a career of 35 years in 
libraries, 20 of which have 
been in administration. Prior to UNM, Clement 
served as dean at Utah State University from 2008 
to 2014. Prior to that he was at the University of 
Kansas for 22 years, eight as department head in 
Special Collections.

D e a t h s

Barbara Van Deventer, well-known in library 
circles from her careers at Stanford University 
and the University of Chicago, has died.  Van 
Deventer joined the Stanford University Librar-
ies in 1976 as personnel officer. She sequentially 
became government documents librarian, head 
of the Cubberley (Graduate School of Education) 
library, and Social Sciences curator, supervising 
other selectors collecting in social science disci-
plines. In 1988 she was hired by the University 
of Chicago as assistant director for collection de-
velopment. During her 11 years at Chicago, her 
duties were expanded to include Public Services 
for Humanities and Social Sciences.  

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