College & Research Libraries News vol. 83, no. 9 (October 2022)


October 2022 417C&RL News 

David Free P e o p l e  i n  t h e  N e w s

Ufuoma C. Abiola has been named the inaugural execu-
tive head and associate university librarian for Diversity, 
Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the Princeton University 
Library (PUL). In her role, Abiola will provide strategic vi-
sion, advice, and leadership for DEI initiatives across PUL. 
Reporting directly to University Librarian Anne Jarvis, 
Abiola will serve on the Library Strategy Council senior 
leadership team. With Abiola’s expertise and leadership, 
Jarvis and the staff of PUL look forward to strategically 
supporting PUL’s DEI statement and North Star state-
ments and to expanding and building on the PUL Racial 
Equity Action Plan, which includes numerous initiatives for 
fostering a culture of inclusiveness for both library staff and users.

John F. Kutsko, current executive director of the Society of Biblical Literature, will 
become Atla’s next executive director effective December 30, 2022. He succeeds Brenda 
Bailey-Hainer in the role.

Sarah Quigley has joined the University of Nevada-Las Vegas University Libraries as the 
new director of Special Collections and Archives. Quiqley brings 16 years of archives expe-
rience, and most recently served as the head of Collection Processing at the Stuart A. Rose 
Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. She began her career in 
archives at Abilene Christian University in Texas and worked at the Jesse Helms Center in 
Wingate, North Carolina, before moving to Emory University. In addition to her archives 
work, Quigley has taught classes on archives and collections care for the Foundation for the 
American Institute for Conservation and the Society of American Archivists and taught in 
the Master of Archival Studies Program at Clayton State University.

D e a t h s

James “Jim” Robert Rettig, former dean of libraries at the United States Naval Academy 
in Annapolis, Maryland, has died. Upon his retirement in 2017, Rettig returned to Wil-
liamsburg, Virginia, full-time and became a devoted student of the Osher Lifelong Learn-
ing Institute at the College of William and Mary, taking classes geared toward retirees that 
piqued his interest and sustained his insatiable lifelong desire to learn. In addition to his 
work at seven universities, Rettig spent his career as an active and involved member of ALA 
and ACRL, where he maintained deep and abiding relationships with his fellow librarians 
across the United States, working together to improve and expand the profession of librari-
anship and information services. He served on a variety of ALA committees from the early 
days of his career in 1979, eventually campaigning for and being elected to the presidency 
of the organization in 2008–2009. After his presidential term ended, his devotion to the 
ALA was evident in his willingness to continue to serve on high-level committees and task 
forces as an emeritus figure. 

Ufuoma C. Abiola