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ACRL
candidates
for
2006


A
look
at
who’s
running
for
offi
 
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Cynthia
Steinhoff



Vice-president/President-elect 
Cynthia Steinhoff
 is
 director
 of
 the
 Anne

Arundel
Community
College
library,
a
posi­

tion
she
has
held
since

2001.
 Since
 1983,
 she

has
 held
 numerous

positions
at
Anne
Arun­
del
 Community
 Col­
lege
 including
 acting

director
 of
 the
 library

(2000–01),
systems
and

collection
development

librarian
 (1994–2000),

collection
 develop­

ment
 librarian
 (1993–94),
 and
 acquisitions

librarian
(1983–93).
Steinhoff
also
served
as

assistant
librarian
at
the
Maryland
Department

of
Health
and
Mental
Hygiene
(1981–83).


Her
activities
in
ACRL
include
serving
as

cochair
 of
 the
 2007
 ACRL
 National
 Confer­
ence
Invited
Papers
Subcommittee
(2005–07)

and
 as
 a
 member
 of
 the
 Choice
 Editorial

Board
 (2003–07).
 Steinhoff
 is
 also
 chair
 of

the
 ACRL
 Community
 and
 Junior
 College

Library
Section
(CJCLS)
Nominations
Commit­
tee
(2005–06),
and
she
served
as
CJCLS
chair

(2002–03).
She
was
a
member
of
the
Excel­
lence
in
Academic
Libraries
Award
Selection

Committee
(2004–05),
was
active
on
the
CJ­
CLS
Ad
Hoc
Standards
Committee
(2000–03),

and
was
CJCLS
secretary
(1998–99).


Her
work
with
state
and
regional
library

associations
 has
 included
 membership
 in

the
 Maryland
 Library
 Association,
 with
 ser­
vice
as
chair
of
the
Strategic
Planning
Team

(2004–present),
president
(2000–01),
second

vice
president
and
annual
conference
chair

(1997–98),
 and
 secretary
 (1994–96).
 She


is
 involved
 with
 the
 Maryland
 Community

College
Library
Consortium
(1992–present),

and
she
is
currently
serving
a
term
as
chair

(2005–06).


Steinhoff
 is
 also
 active
 with
 Citizens

for
 Maryland
 Libraries
 (1999–present)
 and

Potomac
 Technical
 Processing
 Librarians

(1984–present)
and
was
involved
with
Mary­
land
Interlibrary
Loan
(1984–95).


Steinhoff
was
awarded
the
Anne
Arundel

Community
College
Board
of
Trustees
Pro­
fessional
 Development
 Award
 (2003),
 the

ACRL/CJCLS
Learning
Resources
Leadership

Award
(2002),
and
the
YWCA
of
Annapolis

and
Anne
Arundel
County
Tribute
to
Women

in
 Industry
 Award
 (1999).
 Anne
 Arundel

Community
 College
 Library
 was
 awarded

the
 ACRL
 Excellence
 in
 Academic
 Libraries

Award
(2002).


Her
publications
include
“Book
review,”

Community
 and
 Junior
 College
 Libraries,

spring
2000,
and
“The
coming
restructuring

of
 the
 library
 books
 vendor:
 A
 conference

program
report,”
Library
Collections,
Acquisi­
tions
and
Technical
Services,
fall
2000.


Steinhoff
received
her
BS
from
Edinboro

State
University,
her
MLS
from
Clarion
Uni­
versity
of
Pennsylvania,
and
her
MBA
from

the
University
of
Baltimore.


Julie Todaro
 is
 dean
 of
 library
 services
 at

Austin
 Community
 College,
 a
 position
 she

has
held
since
2001.
From
1984
to
2001,
she

was
head
librarian
at
the
Austin
Community

College
 Rio
 Grande
 Campus.
 Todaro
 also

served
 as
 assistant
 professor
 at
 the
 Univer­
sity
 of
 Michigan’s
 School
 of
 Information

(1980–84).


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Julie
Todaro



Her
 activities
 in
 ACRL
 include
 serv­
ing
 on
 the
 Grassroots
 Library
 Advocacy

Presidential
 Task
 Force
 (2004–06),
 as
 a

member
of
the
C&RL
News
Editorial
Board

(2002–06),
and
as
chair
of
the
Council
of

Liaisons
(2003–06),
of
which
she
was
also
a

member
(1988–90,
2000–03).
Todaro
served

as
cochair
of
the
National
Conference
In­
vited
Papers
Subcommittee
(2003–05),
and

as
cochair
of
the
Institute
for
Information

Literacy
(1997–99).


Todaro’s
 work
 with
 state
 and
 regional

associations
 has
 included
 membership
 in

the
 Texas
 Library
 Association
 (TLA),
 with


service
as
chair
of
the

Legislative
 Committee

(2003–05),
chair
of
the

College
 and
 Univer­
sity
 Library
 Division

(1992–94),
 member
 of

the
 Tall
 Texans
 Lead­
ership
 Committee
 on

Implementation
(1992–

94),
 and
 chair
 of
 the

President’s
 Committee


on
Committees
(2004).
She
also
served
a
term

as
TLA
president
(2000–01).


She
has
been
involved
with
the
Ameri­
can
 Association
 of
 Community
 Colleges

as
 a
 commission
 member
 (2001–05)
 and

was
 a
 Board
 member
 for
 Connections:
 A

Resource
 Center
 for
 Childcare
 Providers

and
 Parents
 Organization
 (1994–2004),

during
which
time
she
also
served
a
term

as
 president.
 Todaro
 was
 an
 advisory

commission
member
of
the
Austin
Public

Library
(1992–97),
and
served
on
the
Texas

State
 Library
 and
 Archives
 Committee
 as

a
 Library
 Services
 and
 Technology
 Act

Advisory
Board
member
(1989–92).
She
is

also
involved
with
the
Texas
Book
Festival

Advisory
Board
(1996–present).


Todaro
was
selected
as
one
of
the
“2005

Profiles
 in
 Power”
 by
 the
 Austin
 Business

Journal
(2005)
and
was
awarded
a
LAMA
Cer­
tificate
of
Recognition
for
her
column
“Truth

is
out
there”
(2004).
The
Austin
Community

College
Library
Services
Information
Literacy

Program
was
selected
as
an
ACRL
Institute
for


Information
Literacy
Best
Practice
(2002),
and

the
library
was
awarded
the
ACRL
Excellence

in
Academic
Libraries
Award
(2001).
Todaro

was
awarded
the
YWCA’s
Austin
Educator
of

the
 Year
 Award
 (1999),
 and
 she
 was
 TLA’s

Librarian
of
the
Year
(1996).


She
 is
 a
 columnist
 for
 LAMA
 Journal

(“The
 truth
 is
 out
 there,”
 1997–present)

and
Community
and
Junior
College
Librar­
ies
 (Haworth)
 (“Nothing
 but
 net,”
 1996–

present);
she
is
coauthor
of
Extraordinary

customer
 service
 (working
 title)
 (Neal­
Schuman,
2006).


Todaro
 received
 her
 MLS
 from
 the
 Uni­
versity
of
Texas­Austin
and
her
Ph.D.
from

Columbia
 University’s
 School
 of
 Library

Service.


ACRL Board of Directors 
Director-at-Large: Mary
 Carr,
 dean,
 in­
structional
 services/director,
 collection
 de­
velopment,
 Spokane
 Community
 College;

Marianne
 Rough,
 professor/librarian,
 col­
lection
development,
Prince
George’s
Com­
munity
College.

Director-at-Large: Carl
 Bengston,
 dean
 of

library
 services,
 California
 State
 University­
Stanislaus;
 Debbie
 Malone,
 library
 director,

DeSales
University.


Asian, African, and Middle Eastern 
Studies Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Muhammad
 al­
Faruque,
 Middle
 East
 librarian/associate

professor,
 University
 of
 Illinois
 at
 Urbana­
Champaign.

Member-at-Large: Su
 Chen,
 head,
 East

Asian
 Library,
 University
 of
 Minnesota;

Wyoma
Rose
vanDuinkerken,
Middle
East­
ern/Islamic
 studies
 librarian,
 Texas
 A&M

University.


African American Studies Librarians 
Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Carmelita
 Pickett,

African
 American
 studies
 librarian/assistant

curator,
Emory
University;
Thomas
Weissinger,

Afro­American
studies
librarian,
University
of

Illinois
at
Urbana­Champaign.


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Secretary: Audrey
 Taylor,
 director,
 library

services
 for
 distance
 education,
 University

of
Houston;
Malaika
Grant,
African
and
Af­
rican
 American
 studies
 librarian,
 University

of
Minnesota;
Teri
Weil,
reference
librarian,

University
of
Maryland­Eastern
Shore.

Member-at-Large: Tiffeni
 Fontno,
 business

librarian
and
collection
manager,
Case
West­
ern
Reserve
University;
Grace
Jackson­Brown,

head,
 African
 American
 Cultural
 Center
 Li­
brary,
Indiana
University.


Anthropology and Sociology Section 
Vi c e - c h a i r / C h a i r- e l e c t :  K a t h a r i n e 
 A . 
 

Whitson,
 head,
 access
 services,
 University


of
 Washington­Bothell
 and
 Cascadia
 Com­
munity
College.


Member-at-Large: Elizabeth
 Cooper,
 An­
thropology
 librarian,
 Emory
 University;


Lisa
Yuro,
reference
librarian,
University
of


Alabama.



Arts Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Eric
A
Kidwell,
direc­
tor
of
the
library,
Huntingdon
College.

Secretary:
 Sara
 Harrington,
 art
 librarian,

Rutgers
University.


College Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Steven
 Bell,
 direc­
tor
 of
 the
 library,
 Philadelphia
 University;

David
 Wright,
 library
 director,
 Mississippi

College.

Secretary: Barbara
 Burd,
 library
 director,

College
 Misericordia;
 Kate
 Hickey,
 director

of
Belk
Library,
Elon
University.

Member-at-Large: Mary
 Ledoux,
 director

of
 library
 services,
 Franklin
 Pierce
 College;

Susan
Barnes
Whyte,
library
director,
Linfi
eld

College.


Community and Junior College 
Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Lora
 Mirza,
 as­
sociate
 dean,
 College
 of
 DuPage;
 Kenley

Neufeld,
technology
librarian,
Santa
Barbara

City
College.

Secretary: Shannon
Bennett­Manross,
direc­
tor
of
library
systems,
Oakland
Community


College;
 Elizabeth
 Burns,
 director
 of
 the

learning
resource
center,
Sauk
Valley
Com­
munity
College.


Distance Learning Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: William
 Denny,

distance
 learning/government
 documents

librarian,
 California
 University
 of
 Pennsyl­
vania.

Secretary/Archivist: Julie
 Planchon
 Wolf,

reference
 and
 instruction/nursing
 librarian,

University
 of
 Washington­Bothell
 and
 Cas­
cadia
 Community
 College;
 Anne
 Campion

Riley,
director,
technical
and
access
services,

Southern
Illinois
University­Edwardsville.

Member-at-Large: Jim
 Blansett,
 informa­
tion
resources
librarian,
University
of
Ala­
bama;
 Nan
 Schichtel,
 off­campus
 library

services
 coordinator,
 Grand
 Valley
 State

University.


Education and Behavioral Sciences 
Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Penny
 Beile,
 cur­
riculum
 materials
 center
 department
 head,

University
of
Central
Florida;
Natasha
Cooper,

reference
librarian,
Syracuse
University.

Member-at-Large: Jennifer
 Fabbi,
 head,

Curriculum
 Materials
 Library,
 University
 of

Nevada­Las
 Vegas;
 Jessica
 Albano,
 com­
munication
 studies
 librarian,
 University
 of

Washington.


Instruction Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jean
 S.
 Caspers,

reference
 and
 instruction
 librarian,
 Linfi
eld

College;
Scott
Walter,
assistant
dean
for
infor­
mation
and
instructional
services,
University

of
Kansas.

Secretary: Ellysa
 Stern
 Cahoy,
 information

literacy
librarian,
Pennsylvania
State
Univer­
sity­University
 Park;
 Chad
 M.
 Kahl,
 coordi­
nator
for
library
instruction
and
information

literacy,
Illinois
State
University.

Member-at-Large: Jennifer
 E.
 Knievel,

humanities
reference
and
instruction
librar­
ian,
University
of
Colorado­Boulder;
Lori
A.

DuBois,
 reference
 and
 instruction
 librarian,

Williams
College.


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Law and Political Science Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Lorena
 O’English,

social
 sciences
 reference
 and
 instruction

librarian,
Washington
State
University;
Kelly

Janousek,
 librarian,
 California
 State
 Univer­
sity­Long
Beach.

Member-at-Large: Cathy
Carpenter,
public
poli­
cy
and
law
librarian,
Georgia
Institute
of
Technol­
ogy;
Bruce
Pencek,
collegiate
librarian
for
social

sciences,
Virginia
Polytechnic
Institute.


Literatures in English Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Laura
 Fuder er,

subject
 librarian
 for
 English
 and
 French


literatures,
 University
 of
 Notre
 Dame;


Madeline
 Copp,
 research
 services
 librarian,
 

Johns
Hopkins
University.


Secretary: Michael
R.
Macan,
reference/bib­
liographer
 for
 English,
 United
 States
 Naval
 

Academy;
Karen
Munro,
literature
librarian,


University
of
Oregon.


Member-at-Large: Judy
Olson,
reference
and


publications
 librarian,
 Villanova
 University;
 

Vince
Graziano,
reference/subject
librarian,


English
and
theatre,
Concordia
University.



Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Christian
 Dupont,

director,
Albert
and
Shirley
Small
Special
Col­
lections
Library,
University
of
Virginia.

Member-at- L a r g e :  J u l i e 
 G r o b , 
 d i g i t a l 

projects
 and
 instruction
 librarian,
 Special

Collections,
University
of
Houston;
Hjordis

Halvorson,
director
of
reader
services,
New­
berry
Library.


Science and Technology Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Ibir onke
 Lawal,

engineering
 and
 science
 librarian,
 Vir­
ginia
 Commonwealth
 University;
 Barbara

MacAlpine,
science
librarian/assistant
profes­
sor,
Trinity
University.

Publicity Officer: Edward
 Lener,
 college

librarian
for
the
sciences,
Virginia
Tech;
Sue
A.

O’Dell,
science
librarian,
Bowdoin
College.


Slavic and Eastern European Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Beth
 Feinberg,

Slavic
and
Eastern
European
studies
librarian,


University
of
California­Los
Angeles;
George

Andrew
Spencer,
Slavic,
East
European
and

Central
 Asia
 bibliographer,
 University
 of

Wisconsin­Madison.


University Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect:
 John
 A.
 Lehner,

library
human
resources
director,
University

of
Houston;
Cheryl
Middleton,
assistant
head

reference
and
instruction,
associate
profes­
sor,
Oregon
State
University.

Member-at-Large: Paul
 Beavers,
 director,

information
 services,
 Wayne
 State
 Univer­
sity;
 Paul
 Constantine,
 Associate
 dean
 of

libraries,
 University
 of
 Washington;
 Mag­
gie
 Farrell,
 dean
 of
 libraries,
 University
 of

Wyoming.


Western European Studies Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Emily
 Stambaugh,

social
sciences
bibliographer/collection
ana­
lyst,
University
of
California­Riverside;
Sarah

G.
 Wenzel,
 head
 of
 reference
 programs,


Columbia
University.


Secretar y: Paula
 Mae
 Car ns,
 Spanish,


Italian
and
Portuguese
librarian,
University


of
 Illinois
 at
 Urbana­Champaign;
 Heather


Ward,
 humanities
 librarian,
 University
 of


Oregon.


Member-at-Large: Erika
 Banski,
 German/


Slavic
studies
librarian,
University
of
Alberta;


Pamela
 Harris,
 outreach
 and
 instruction


librarian,
Swarthmore
College.



Women’s Studies Section 
V i c e - c h a i r / C h a i r - e l e c t :  M a r c i a 
 B a r ­
rett,
 special
 collections
 cataloger,
 Uni­
v e r s i t y 
 o f 
 A l a b a m a ; 
 J e n n i f e r 
 G i l l e y , 
 

head
 librarian,
 Pennsylvania
 State­New


Kensington.


Secretary: Diana
 King,
 women’s
 studies


librarian,
 University
 of
 California­Davis;


Diane
Gwamanda,
head
of
access
services,


University
of
Houston.


Member-at-Large: Cynthia
 A.
 Johnson,

director
 of
 reader
 services,
 Pratt
 Institute;

Deborah
M.
LaFond,
social
sciences
bibliog­
rapher,
University
at
Albany­State
University

of
New
York.


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