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

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

Miriam Bridges has been named busi­
ness reference librarian at Old Dominion 
University. 

Sarah Brown has joined the University 
of Houston as reference and instruction 
librarian. 

Nora Dethloff has been appointed co­
ordinator of interlibrary loan services at the 
University of Houston. 

Ana Dubnjakovic is now performing 
arts librarian and college librarian for liberal 
arts and human sciences at Virginia Tech. 

Josh Finnell has been named assistant 
professor of library science and reference 
librarian at McNeese State University in Lake 
Charles, Louisiana. 

Kelli Getz has joined the University of 
Houston as assistant head of acquisitions. 

Lee Hilyer has been appointed director 
of the research and reference service pro­
gram at the University of Houston. 

Barbara E. Kemp has joined the Nimitz 
Library at the U.S. Naval Academy as the 
head of reference and instruction. 

Helice Koffler has been appointed 
manuscripts and special collection materi­
als cataloging librarian at the University of 
Washington­Seattle. 

Kuang-Hwei “Janet” Lee-Smeltzer has 
been appointed head of cataloging and 
metadata services at the University of Ala­
bama Libraries. 

Coleen Martin has been appointed 
coordinator of outreach services librarian 
at California State University­Northridge’s 
Oviatt Library. 

Aaron D. Purcell has been appointed 
the head of special collections and archives 
at Virginia Tech. 

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Galloway, production editor, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron 
St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e -mail: agalloway@ 
ala.org; fax: (312) 280-2520. 

Judith Trump has accepted the position 
of social science reference librarian at Old 
Dominion University. 

Rachel Vacek is now the Web services 
coordinator at the University of Houston. 

Edward Wladas has been named sci­
ence reference librarian at Old Dominion 
University. 

R e t i r e m e n t s  

Laura B. Cohen has retired from her po­
sition as Web support librarian at the Uni­
versity at Albany after 14 years of service. 
Prior to her appointment to the library fac­
ulty, she served as a speech pathologist in 
various settings in New York and Vermont. 
During her Albany career, Cohen was an 
active member of a variety of professional 
organizations, chief among which is ALA 
and its divisions. Through her writings and 
contributions, Cohen has been an infl uential 
voice for the library community on the im­
plications of Web technology on library op­
erations and services. She has served on the 
Editorial Board of Information Technology 
and Libraries. She has been a guest editor of 

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Reference Librarian. Her essays and treatises 
have appeared in many of the pre­eminent 
print journals in librarianship, as well as in 
online publications. She has frequently been 
called upon to lecture and present nationally 
and internationally. Her thoughtful and well 
received work on “Issues in URL Management 
in Digital Collections,” her series on “A Two­
Tiered Model for Analyzing Web Site Usage 
Statistics,” “Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic 
Libraries,” “A Manifesto for Our Times,” and 
“Yahoo! and the Abdication of Judgment” has 
helped shape national discussions on the role 
of the Web and libraries. In 1996 she received 
the NBNSoft Content Award for “The Virtual 
Library” portion of the University Libraries 
Web site. She was inducted into the Internet 
Hall of Fame in 2001. Her development of 
a popular series of Internet tutorials for li­
brary users earned her a Webopeida Award. 
In 2001 she earned high praise from Library 
Journal for her editorship of volume 56 of 
Reference Librarian, and that same year she 
was awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s and 
University at Albany President’s Award for 
Excellence in Librarianship. 

Barbara Via has retired from her position as 
assistant director for the University at Albany 

Correction
In the December 2007 “Grants and Ac­
qusitions,” Brown University omitted the 
Fleet Library of the Rhode Island School of 
Design as a collaborator in the project for 
which they were awarded an IMLS grant. 

Graduate and Science Library and Circula­
tion Services Division. During her tenure 
at the University at Albany, she has been 
an active member of a number of profes­
sional groups, chief among the Eastern New 
York Chapter of the Association of College 
Research Libraries (ENY/ACRL) which she 
served as president. She was also very active 
in the State University of New York Librar­
ians Association for many years, and served 
as president of that organization. She has 
published several articles and book chapters 
focusing on journal publishing in the fi eld of 
library and information science. She has fre­
quently taught as an adjunct instructor in the 
Department of Information Studies, College 
of Computing and Information. In 2006, she 
was promoted to the rank of librarian. Fol­
lowing her retirement, she will return to the 
library on a temporary, part­time basis. 

In memory of Donald E. Riggs 

Donald E. Riggs, former vice president for 
information services and university librarian 
at Nova Southeastern University 
(NSU), died Tuesday, February 19, 
2008. 

He was president of the Library 
Administration and Management 
Association (LAMA) from 1994 
to 1995 and was instrumental in 
moving the division forward on a 
number of fronts. 

“Don was a valued colleague,” 
said Ray Ferrero Jr., president of 
NSU. 

“Don will be remembered as 
the ‘architect’ of NSU’s Alvin Sherman Li­
brary, Research and Information Technology 

Donald E. Riggs 

Center joint­use agreement with Broward 
County, the only such arrangement between 

a private university and a public li­
brary system in the United States. 

“He was instrumental in plan­
ning the Sherman Library after he 
joined NSU in 1997. 

“Just last year, the university 
and community celebrated the 
Sherman Library’s fi fth anniver­
sary with Don—and I can truly say 
that this was one of the proudest 
moments in his distinguished 
career.” 

When he retired December 
2007 due to poor health, NSU established 
the Donald E. Riggs Scholarship Fund. 

April 2008  239 C&RL News