sept08c.indd Ann-Christe Galloway P e o p l e i n t h e N e w s Patti Schifter Caravello, director of the UCLA Information Literacy Program, has been named Librarian of the Year by the Librarians Associa­ tion of the University of California­Los Angeles (UCLA). This annual award recognizes excel­ lence in librarianship, particularly as it furthers the teaching and research mission of UCLA and meets the intellectual, informational, and cultural needs of the university community. Under Caravello’s leadership, the UCLA Library Information Literacy Program has fl ourished, gaining momentum and establishing itself firmly within the UCLA community. Informa­ tion literacy instruction and standards have traditionally focused on undergraduates. Along with this focus, Caravello also championed the importance of recognizing the information literacy needs of graduate students. On the national front, Caravello has played a signifi ­ cant role within the ACRL’s Anthropology and Sociology Section’s (ANSS) Instruction and In­ formation Literacy Task Force on Information Literacy Standards. A p p o i n t m e n t s Robert Cagna is now library director of West Virginia University’s Health Science Cen­ ter Library, Charleston Division. Cagna was previously department head of access and document delivery services at the University of Pennsylvania’s Biomedical Library in Phila­ delphia. Before that he was senior research information specialist at the AARP Research Information Center in Washington, D.C. Jane A. Carlin has been appointed director of the Collins Memorial Library at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. Ed. note: To ensure that your personnel news is considered for publication, write to Ann-Christe Galloway, production editor, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e -mail: agalloway@ ala.org; fax: (312) 280-2520. Marianne Gaunt has been promoted to vice president for information services and university librarian at Rutgers University Li­ braries. Gaunt is president of the Association of Research Libraries; serves on the board of the regional library network, PALINET; and is founding chair of the statewide academic library consortium, the Virtual Academic Library Environment (VALE). She was president of the board of trustees of PALCI, the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc., and previously served as a board member of the Center for Research Libraries. She also served as a member of the research libraries advisory board of OCLC and is a member of the board of directors of the New Jersey Center for the Book. In April 2000, Gaunt received the Distinguished Service award from the College and Uni­ versity Section of the New Jersey Library Association. Terry B. Hill has been named assistant to the vice provost and director of the North Carolina State University Libraries (NCSU). Hill previously worked for the NCSU Librar­ ies as collection manager for management and social sciences. Most recently, Hill taught at the University of North Carolina­ Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central Uni­ versity graduate library schools, while also holding a position as librarian at Hope Val­ ley Elementary School. He has also worked in the private sector as a customer service representative for Harrassowitz, a major in­ ternational book and serials vendor for the academic and research community. Hill has presented and published on issues in col­ lection management, including an upcoming presentation for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, Social Science Libraries Section, entitled “Keeping Up With the Joneses: New Models to Support Developing Needs.” In his new role, Hill will coordinate communications and internal and external relations for the C&RL News September 2008 502 vice provost and director of libraries, and will oversee management of the administra­ tive functions of the Office of the Director. By researching topics in the field of librarian­ ship and higher education, he will contribute to administrative studies, presentations, and the preparation of grant proposals related to the planning and development of library programs. Rosita Hopper has been named dean of libraries at Johnson and Wales University. She was promoted from the position of director. Hopper’s new responsibilities will combine leadership of the Providence Campus’ two library locations. Hopper has been with the university for 17 years, starting as catalog librarian, then head of Library Technical Ser­ vices. She was promoted to director of the Providence Campus libraries in 2004, where she was responsible for the administration of library services at the Downcity and Harbor­ side campuses. She has been instrumental in implementing many significant changes that have occurred in library services over the past decade, in particular the automation of circula­ tion services at the Harborside Campus facility. She has chaired several standing committees for the Higher Education Library Network, for which she was also appointed facilitator for a major organizational summit. In 2006, she served on a NEASC site evaluation team, and also cowrote and published an article in the Journal of Academic Librarianship. Kelly Gordon Jacobsma is now director of the Van Wylen Library at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. She has been with the Van Wylen Library since 1988 and served as director of public services since 1990. Jeff Kosokoff has joined the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University as director of the Edwin Ginn Library and Information Technology. Laura Barrett has been appointed direc­ tor of education and outreach at Dartmouth College Library. Tina Breitbach has been appointed research librarian for education and out­ reach at the University of California­Irvine Libraries. Kate Brooks is now assistant librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Kelly Broughton has been appointed assistant dean of libraries for research and education at Ohio University. John Butler is now associate university librarian for information technology at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Carolyn Carpan is now director of pub­ lic services at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Martha Conway has been appointed to an 18­month appointment as collection analysis librarian at the University of Michi­ gan Library. Jody L. DeRidder has been named head of digital services at the University of Alabama. Kerri Goergen-Doll has joined Oregon State University Libraries as the head of in­ terlibrary loan and document delivery. Kristine Ferry has been appointed di­ rector of Web services at the University of California­Irvine Libraries. Collette Ford is now head of access services at the University of California­Irvine Libraries. Jennifer Foster has been named busi­ ness librarian at the West Campus Library of Texas A&M University Libraries. Megan Gaffney has been appointed coordinator of interlibrary loan and docu­ ment delivery services at the University of Delaware Library. Kelly Giles has been appointed ap­ plied sciences librarian at James Madison University. Denise D. Green is now electronic re­ sources/technical services coordinator and instruction librarian at Staley Library at Mil­ likin University in Decatur, Illinois. Melissa Guy has joined Fletcher Library at Arizona State University as History, Women’s Studies, and Spanish liaison librarian. September 2008 503 C&RL News Ann Hanlon is now digital projects librarian at Marquette University’s Raynor Memorial Libraries. Conrad Helms has joined the St. Mary’s College of Maryland Library as patron ser­ vices librarian. Rae Helton has been named coordinator of the Learning Commons at the University of Louisville Libraries. Uta Hussong has joined Oregon State University Libraries as the physical and mathematical sciences librarian. Jon Jeffryes is now assistant librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries Yoko Kudo is now general cataloger at Texas A&M University. Holly Ledvina has joined the faculty at the College of Lake County (Illinois) as tech­ nical services librarian and will also teach in the Library Technical Assistant Program. Danya Leebaw has been appointed ref­ erence and instruction librarian at Carleton College in Northfi eld, Minnesota. Melissa Levine is the new exhibits/outreach librarian at the University of Michigan Library. Adriene Lim has been appointed associate university librarian at Portland State University. John Lovett is now promoted to cura­ tor of the Western History Collection at the University of Oklahoma. Barbara MacAdam has been named as­ sociate university librarian for public services at the University of Michigan. Advertisers Annual Reviews 493 Association of Research Libraries 469, cover 3 Chemical Abstracts Service 434, 479 Choice 501 Gale/Cengage Learning 433 John Wiley 485 Nature Publishing Group cover 2 Optical Society of America 463 Perry Dean Architects 457 Plunkett Research insert Rittenhouse Book Distributors 437 SiteScripter Library Intranet Svcs. 490 Springer cover 4 Jennifer MacDonald is now coordinator of special collections cataloging and pro­ cessing unit at the University of Delaware Library. Carole McEwan has been appointed principal serials cataloger at the University of California­Irvine Libraries. Mary Page is now assistant university librarian for technical services at the Uni­ versity of California­Davis. Erin Passehl has been appointed ar­ chivist/librarian at Boise State University­ Albertsons Library. Rebecca Pernell is the new head of access services department for the Stanford University Libraries. Kate Peterson is now assistant librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Camelita Pickett has been named head of collection development operations at Texas A&M University. Toccara Porter has joined the University of Louisville Libraries in the diversity resi­ dency position. James Procell II has been appointed music librarian at the University of Lou­ isville Libraries Nicole Scholtz is the new social sci­ ences and spatial data librarian, a two­year term appointment within the University of Michigan Library’s Spatial and Numeric Data Service unit. Lindley C. Shedd has been named me­ dia services coordinator at the University of Alabama. Steven D. Shelton has been appointed digital/learning special projects resident at Kansas State University. Mark J. Siciliano is now business reference librarian at the University of Alabama. Daniel J. Slive has been named head of special collections in the Bridwell Library of the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. Sonja Sutherland has been appointed reference librarian and instructor of library science at Valdosta State University’s Odum Library. C&RL News September 2008 504 Emily Symonds has been appointed metadata librarian at University of Louisville Libraries. Joel Thornton is business librarian at the West Campus Library at Texas A&M University. Mark (Uri) Toch has joined the faculty at the College of Lake County (Illinois) as a reference/instruction librarian. Stacie Traill is now assistant librarian at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Adriana Trujillo has been appointed instructional services librarian at Texas A&M University. Jaymie Turner has been named seri­ als and electronic resources librarian at the University of Oklahoma. Stefanie Warlick has joined James Madi­ son University as health sciences librarian. Marlo Welshons is now communica­ tions director at the University of Minnesota Libraries. Elaine Westbrooks has been named associate dean for the university libraries at the University of Nebraska­Lincoln. Jidong Yang has been appointed head of the Asia Library at the University of Michigan. R e t i r e m e n t s Florence Kell Doksansky has retired as associate university librarian at Brown University, where she has held various positions, including associate university li­ brarian for public services and collection development (1983 to 2003). She served the university as interim librarian from June 2004 through August 2005, after which she returned to being associate librarian. Doksansky began her career at MIT in the Rotch Architecture and Urban Planning Li­ brary (1968 to 1979). Philip Hoehn has retired after 38 years as a map librarian at the University of Califor­ nia (UC)­Berkeley. During his career, he was head of the Earth Sciences and Map Li­ brary at UC­Berkeley and map librarian for the Bancroft Library, map bibliographer at the Stanford University Libraries, and librar­ ian for the online David Rumsey Collection. Hoehn served as chair of ALA’s Map and Geography Round Table, president of the Western Association of Map Libraries, and president of the University Council­Ameri­ can Federation of Teachers (AFL­CIO). (“Two years ...” continues from page 478) Mexico group of faculty senate presidents, we learned a lot about what issues others were dealing with, were able to provide some support to each other, and developed ideas to improve our own situations. Most important was the bond we were able to forge with the secretary of higher education; our meetings with the secretary provided a chance to present faculty concerns and often to reinforce the concerns of our administra­ tions, as well. Finally, enjoy your term and have the con­ fidence that as a librarian you can both make significant contributions to your academic community as a whole and build new respect for the librarians in that community. Note 1. Throughout this article, the terms “fac­ ulty senate” and “chair” are used while rec­ ognizing that different academic institutions use varying names for their faculty legislative body and their head. (“Reviews” continues from page 497) There is excellent information available in abundance at the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Web site. The articles are well­writ­ ten and readable, the information is current, and the site is constantly updated. However, September 2008 the blinking ads, polls, quizzes, and links to merchandise for purchase are major distrac­ tions and could cause potential users to give up before they satisfy their information needs. —Maureen James Barnes, University of Ar- kansas-Little Rock, mejames@ualr.edu 505 C&RL News mailto:mejames@ualr.edu