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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  

Connie Vinita Dowell joined the Jean and 
Alexander Heard Library system at Vander­
bilt University as its first dean of libraries in 
March. As San Diego State University’s dean 
of library and information access for the past 
ten years, Dowell led fundraising campaigns 
and expanded library services during a pe­
riod of great technological change. Prior to 
this position, she served as vice president 
for information services and librarian at Con­
necticut College. She is a three­time recipient 
of ALA’s John Cotton Dana Public Relations 
Award. In 2008 she received the SirsiDynix­
ALA­APA Award for Outstanding Achieve­
ment in Promoting Salaries and Status for 
Library Workers. Under Dowell’s leadership, 
Vanderbilt will initiate a comprehensive study 
of the Heard Library system, with a view to­
ward launching a major library enhancement 
effort. 

Sarah Clatterbuck has been appoint­
ed systems librarian at Menlo College in 
Atherton, California. 

Cheryl Collins has been appointed tech­
nical services librarian at Menlo College in 
Atherton, California. 

Rebecca Dowson has been appointed 
liaison librarian for English and History at 
Fraser University Library in Burnaby, British 
Columbia, Canada. 

Holly Hendrigan is now liaison librarian 
for education and the faculty of arts and social 
sciences at Simon Fraser University (Surrey 
Campus) in British Columbia, Canada. 

Anne Linvill has been appointed access 
services librarian at Menlo College in Ather­
ton, California. 

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Kathy A. Parsons has been named head 
of the stacks and media department at Iowa 
State University Library. 

D e a t h s  

Teresa F. Strozik, retired director of techni­
cal services at Hamilton College (1989–2001), 
has died. Strozik began her library science 
career at Syracuse University, where she 
served in a variety of positions, leading to her 
last role there as assistant director of techni­
cal services. During her ten years at Syracuse 
University, she was most proud of her work 
implementing the new state­of­the art “on­
line” library system at the new Bird Library. 
In 1974 she became the associate director for 
Library Services of the State University of New 
York. Strozik served (often as chair) on more 
than a dozen state and national committees, 
task forces, commissions, and councils. She 
was a guest lecturer/instructor at numerous 
universities throughout North America and 
a frequent invited speaker at professional li­
brary association conferences. Upon special 
invitation by the Polish Academy of Sciences, 
Strozik traveled to Poland to consult and as­
sist with the implementation of academic li­
brary networks in the four university centers 
at Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan, and Wroclaw.  

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In memory of Evan Ira Farber 
Evan Ira Farber, 

l i b r a r y  d i r e c t o r  

emeritus of Earlham 

College, has died. 

Farber developed 

a new concept of 

college libraries and 

college librarianship 

in the 60s, 70s, and 

80s and encouraged 

hundreds of college students to enter the library 

profession. Farber’s first professional position was 

at Livingston State Teachers College in Alabama 

(1953–55), followed by a seven­year tour as serials 

librarian at Emory University, where he worked for his 

mentor, Guy R. Lyle, himself a nationally recognized 

librarian. It was as college librarian at Earlham College 

(1962–94), that Farber made his mark. Hundreds of 

academic leaders and librarians studied the model 

college library program he created at Earlham. Per­

haps his most famous thesis, that “the library is not 

the heart of the college, the teaching­learning process 

is,” not only rankled his peers, but also caused them 

to rethink their professional roles and the services 

offered by their libraries. Farber’s contributions are 

well documented in the collection of his writings titled 

College Libraries and the Teaching/Learning Process 

(Richmond, IN.: Earlham College Press, 2007). He also 

advanced the academic library profession through his 

involvement with ACRL, which he served as president 

in 1977. He was a member of the ALA Council and a 

member and chair of numerous ALA and ACRL com­

mittees, including cochair of the conference planning 

committee for the 1989 ACRL National Conference in 

Cincinnati. To honor his many contributions, ACRL 

named Farber Academic/Research Librarian of the 

Year in 1980. He also received the Miriam Dudley 

Instruction Librarian Award in 1987, three honorary 

doctorates (St. Lawrence University, Susquehanna Uni­

versity, and Indiana University), and a Distinguished 

Alumnus Award from the University of North Carolina 

School of Library and Information Science. 

April 2009  249 C&RL News