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

Kristin Jacobi was elected vice­president/ 
president elect of the New England Library 
Association. 

Sharona Wachs, monographic cataloger and 
Judaic studies biographer at the University 
at Albany­State University of New York, was 
among the more than 235 recipients who 
received the 2007 State University of New 
York Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in 
Faculty Service, Librarianship, Professional 
Service, Scholarship and Creative Activities, 
and Teaching. 

Sandra G. Yee, dean of the Wayne State Uni­
versity Library System, will serve as the OCLC 
Members Council President for 2007–08. 

Gillian “Jill” Gremmels 

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

Gillian “Jill” Gremmels has been named 
only the fourth library director of Davidson 
College in the 100 years the position has ex­

isted. Gremmels began 
her work as the Leland 
M. Park director of the 
Davidson College Li­
brary on June 20. The 
title of her position hon­
ors her predecessor, 
who served as the E. 
H. Little library direc­
tor from 1975 until last 
year. Gremmels had 

previously worked at Wartburg College in 
Waverly, Iowa, where she served as director 
of its Vogel Library for 13 years. Gremmels’s 
proudest achievement at Wartburg was de­

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veloping and winning college­wide support for 
an information literacy project that is a model 
for helping academic libraries maintain their rel­
evance in a world where they no longer have 
a monopoly on information. She created the 
Wartburg information literacy program based 
on national standards that were being concur­
rently developed by ACRL. But Wartburg un­
veiled its initiative two years earlier, following 
five years of development. Gremmels worked 
at Wartburg Theological Seminary, DePauw 
University, and Monmouth College before ac­
cepting the directorship in 1994. 

Tim Gritten has been named head of library 
systems at Indiana State University Library. 

John Pollitz, former associate university 
librarian for public services and innovative 
technology at Oregon State University is now 
director of the libraries at the University of 
Wisconsin­Eau Claire 
(UW­Eau Claire). As 
UW­Eau Claire’s direc­
tor of libraries, Pollitz 
provides leadership 
and planning for UW­
Eau Claire’s library ser­
vices and information 
resources by working 
with academic depart­
ments, support units, 
and administrative offices. He also works 
with other UW System library directors to 
enhance the system’s delivery of collections 
and services. Pollitz previously served as 
director of O’Keefe Library at St. Ambrose 
University in Davenport, Iowa, and as an as­
sistant library director at Augustana College 
in Rock Island, Illinois. 

Shelley Denise Arvin has joined Indiana 
State University Library as the science/tech­
nology reference librarian. 

Joe Aufmuth, head of the Geographic 
Information Services Unit, has been promoted 

John Pollitz 

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to associate university librarian and awarded 
tenure at the University of Florida’s George 
A. Smathers Libraries. 

Mary Aycock has joined the University 
of Missouri­Columbia Libraries as digital re­
sources cataloger. 

Angela Bardeen has been appointed 
social sciences reference librarian at the Uni­
versity of North Carolina­Chapel Hill. 

Rebecca Belford has been appointed 
music librarian at the University of Oregon­
Eugene Libraries. 

Douglas M. Black has been appoint­
ed reference/interlibrary loan librarian at 
Amherst College. 

Alison Bobal has been appointed veteri­
nary medicine and health sciences librarian 
at Oregon State University Libraries. 

Laurie Bridges is the business and eco­
nomics librarian at Oregon State University 
Libraries. 

Sandy Ludig Brooke is now librarian of 
the Marquand Library of Art and Archaeology 
at Princeton University. 

Dorothy Carner has joined the University 
of Missouri­Columbia Libraries as head of 
journalism libraries. 

Dave Cassens is now assistant university 
librarian for administration and director of 
the Pius XII Memorial Library at Saint Louis 
University. 

Sayeed Choudhur y, associate director 
of library digital programs at Johns Hopkins 
Sheridan Libraries, has been appointed a 
research fellow at the University of Illinois 
at Urbana­Champaign Graduate School of 
Library and Information Science. 

Sarah Cron has joined the University 
of Missouri­Columbia Libraries as assistant 
director for user services. 

Gabriel Duque has been appointed 
residency program reference librarian at the 
University of Iowa Libraries. 

Karen Estlund has been appointed digital 
collections coordinator at the University of 
Oregon­Eugene Libraries. 

Nancy Fallg r en is now an original 
cataloger at Johns Hopkins Sheridan Li­
braries. 

James Galbraith has been named head 
of collection development at the University 
of California­Irvine. 

Daniel Gall has been appointed coordi­
nator of library services for distance educa­
tion at the University of Iowa Libraries. 

Melissa S. Gomis joined the University 
Library at Indiana University­(IU) Purdue 
University Indianapolis as liaison to the IU 
instructional technology librarian. 

Patricia Gregory is now assistant univer­
sity librarian for research and assessment at 
the Pius XII Memorial Library at Saint Louis 
University. 

Timothy Hackman has been appointed 
librarian for English and Linguistics at the 
University of Maryland Libraries. 

David Hickey, head of the Asian Stud­
ies Collection at the University of Florida’s 
George A. Smathers Libraries, has been 
awarded tenure. 

Jaena M. Hollingswor th joined Uni­
versity Library at Indiana University (IU)­
Purdue University Indianapolis as liaison to 
the department of English in the IU School 
of Liberal Arts. 

Tracey Hughes is the new dental instruc­
tional resources librarian/reference librarian 
at the University of Missouri­Kansas City. 

Robert Johnson has joined the Univer­
sity of California­Irvine as research librarian 
for nursing and allied health. 

Polly D. Boruff-Jones has been appoint­
ed associate dean for teaching, learning, 
and research at Indiana University­Purdue 
University Indianapolis. 

Anthony K aiser has been appointed 
head of the reference department at Indiana 
State University Library. 

Michele Kimpton has been appointed 
executive director of the DSpace Founda­
tion, a new nonprofit organization that will 
provide support to the growing community 
of DSpace users worldwide. 

Andr ea Knowlton is now assistant 
conservator for special collections at the 
University of North Carolina­Chapel Hill. 

Odelia Levanovsky has been appointed 
access services librarian at Amherst College. 

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Heather Lewin has been named assis­
tant professor in the Science and Technology 
Department at Iowa State University. 

Matthew Loving is the new romance lan­
guages and area studies librarian at the Univer­
sity of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. 

Jennifer Lowe has been appointed rare 
books librarian in the Department of Special 
Collections in the Pius XII Memorial Library 
at Saint Louis University. 

Mary Manning has been named assistant 
university archivist and special collections 
librarian at Adelphi University. 

Steve McMinn has been appointed assis­
tant professor in the Science and Technology 
Department at Iowa State University. 

Alan Napier is now library human re­
sources officer at Princeton University. 

Patricia R. Patterson has been named 
associate library director at the U.S. Naval 
Academy’s Nimitz Library. 

Amy Pennington has been appointed 
catalog librarian in the Pius XII Memorial 
Library at Saint Louis University. 

Nancy M. Poehlmann is the new head 
of the humanities and special collections 
cataloging unit at the University of Florida’s 
George A. Smathers Libraries. 

Sarah Pomerantz is now acquisitions 
librarian at Adelphi University. 

Barbara Pralle has joined Johns Hopkins 
Sheridan Libraries as manager of the Entre­
preneurial Library Program. 

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Hannah Rempel has joined the Oregon 
State University Libraries as biosciences 
librarian. 

Rob Van Rennes has been appointed 
acquisitions librarian at the University of 
Iowa. 

Ann Campion Riley has joined the 
University of Missouri­Columbia Libraries as 
assistant director for technical services. 

Edward Sanchez has been named co­
ordinator of library information technology 
at Marquette University’s Raynor Memorial 
Libraries. 

Mark C. Scott has been hired as reference 
librarian at the University of Pittsburgh. 

Melissa Shoop is now outreach and 
instruction librarian at the University of 
Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. 

Olga Snaider has been appointed univer­
sity systems librarian for the City University 
of New York. 

Emily R. Symonds has joined Indiana 
State University Library as a metadata and 
digital initiatives librarian. 

Laurie Taylor is now digital projects 
technology librarian at the University of 
Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. 

Sydney Walden has been appointed 
reference librarian at Duquesne University’s 
Gumberg Library. 

Andrew White is now associate dean of 
libraries for technical and automated services 
at Adelphi University. 

Andrea Wirth has been appointed geo­
sciences librarian at Oregon State University 
Libraries. 

Laura Woodruff is now outreach and 
instruction librarian at the University of 
Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries. 

Vonzell Yeager has been named refer­
ence Librarian at the University of Iowa 
Libraries. 

Retirements 

Berna L. Heyman, associate dean of uni­
versity libraries at the College of William 

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and Mary, retired July 1, after 40 years of 
service to the profession. Heyman started 
her career at the Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology and also 
worked at the Uni­
versity of Missouri­St. 
Louis, but most of her 
career was spent in 
various positions at 
the College of William 
and Mary. She was ac­
tive in ALA and served 
as the chair of the fi rst 
LITA National Confer­

ence, and chair of the Regional Conference 
Committee, the Bylaws and Organization 
Committee, and the LITA/Gaylord Award 
Committee. Heyman was elected secretary 
of ACRL’s University Libraries Section and 
served on various ACRL committees. She 
chaired both the SIRSI International Us­
ers’ Group and the VTLS Users’ Group. 
Heyman represented SOLINET on the 

Berna L. Heyman 

OCLC Users Council for two terms and 
was twice elected to its Executive Com­
mittee. She served as a member of the 3M 
Library Systems Advisory Council. In addi­
tion, Heyman was active in the Virginia Li­
brary Association, chairing its College and 
University Section. She received the Irwin 
McGraw­Hill Innovation in Entrepreneur­
ship Pedagogy Award from the Academy 
of Management in 2000 for the work she 
did in conjunction with a William and 
Mary faculty member. She also received, 
on behalf of the College of William and 
Mary, the John Cotton Dana Public Re­
lations Award from ALA in 1994 for the 
library’s role in the college’s tercentenary 
celebration. 

George Lupone has retired as associate di­
rector of Cleveland State University, follow­
ing 26 years of service. He worked previ­
ously at the University of California­Santa 
Barbara and Wayne State University. 

September 2007  543 C&RL News