apr14_b.indd C&RL News April 2014 220 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. vices department at George Mason University Libraries. Jonathan O. Cain has been appointed gov- ernment information librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries, effective August 11, 2014. Tim Carstens has been appointed associate dean at Western Carolina University’s Hunter Library. Rachael Cohen is now discovery user ex- perience librarian with the Indiana University -Bloomington Libraries. Lisa Cruces has been named the Uni- versity of Houston Libraries first Hispanic Collections archivist. Sarah Daub is now public services librar- ian at the Paul J. Gutman Library of Philadel- phia University. Teresa Edge has been appointed educa- tion and outreach coordinator/librarian at the Paul J. Gutman Library of Philadelphia University. Jeff Eller has joined Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University as head of acquisitions and description. Michael English was appointed assistant head of access services at George Mason University Libraries. Sarah Espinosa is now serving a two-year position as residency librarian for diversity and innovation (2013–15) at Towson University’s Albert S. Cook Library. Karen Farrell has been named South Asian Studies librarian with the Indiana University-Bloomington Libraries. Christal Ferrance has been named in- structional design librarian in the Gateway Services department at George Mason Uni- versity Libraries. Lydia Fletcher has been appointed re- search librarian for Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Classics at the University of California-Irvine Libraries. Wenli Gao is now communication, so- ciology, and anthropology librarian at the University of Houston Libraries. Heidi Lerner, metadata librarian for Hebraica and Judaica at Stanford University Libraries, is the recipient of the Association of Jewish Li- braries (AJL) Life Membership Award. The AJL award is granted in recognition of outstanding leadership and professional contributions to the association and to the profession of Jew- ish librarianship. The awards committee noted Lerner’s longtime involvement in the profession as well as the many important contributions on Hebraica/Judaica cataloging matters. Appointments Nancy Colyar has been named library direc- tor at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia. Louis F. Morgan has been appointed director of library services at Lee University in Cleve- land, Tennessee. Morgan began working at Lee University in 1995, when he was hired as a part-time student assistant. He became full-time staff in January 1999, faculty librarian in August 2003, tenured associate professor in 2009, and library assistant director in 2010. Kathrine C. Aydelott has been named instruction librarian at the University of New Hampshire. Jessica Bowdoin was appointed as head of access services at George Mason University Libraries. Margaret A. (Megan) Browndorf is now research and instruction librarian with a spe- cialization in history at Towson University’s Albert S. Cook Library. Jason Byrd has been named learning technologies librarian in the Gateway Ser- P e o p l e i n t h e N e w sAnn-Christe Galloway April 2014 221 C&RL News Advertisers American Psychological 161 Association Annual Reviews cover 3 Archival Products 181 Choice Reviews Online 201 Gale/Cengage Learning cover 2 Northwestern University School 162 of Continuing Studies Philosophy Documentation cover 4 Center Project Muse 176 Rittenhouse Book Distributors 165 Hollie Gardner is now user experience librarian at Southern Methodist University’s Fondren Library. Mary Hollerich has been named assis- tant dean, Scholarly Resources and Research Services, at Southern Methodist University’s Fondren Library. Korey Jackson has been appointed the new Gray Family Chair for Innovative Library Services at Oregon State University Libraries and Press. Thai Jones is now the Lehman curator for American History at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services. James Kessenides has been named scholarly communication and humanities research librarian at Southern Methodist University’s Fondren Library. Elizabeth Killingsworth is now head of research services at Southern Methodist University’s Fondren Library. Drew Krewer has been named digitiza- tion operations librarian at the University of Houston Libraries. Jessica Lee has joined the faculty of Valdo- sta State University Odum Library, in Valdosta, Georgia, as electronic resources/serials librarian. Meredith Levin has been appointed research collection and services librarian for Philosophy and Western European History and Literature at Columbia University Librar- ies/Information Services. Ashley Lierman is now instructional design librarian at the University of Houston Libraries. Rebecca Lubas has been appointed the first associate dean of the Claremont Col- leges Library. Valrie Minson has been named chair of the Marston Science Library, George A. Smathers Libraries, at the University of Florida. Michael Montalbano has been named American Public University System’s archivist and special collections manager. Scott Piepenburg has joined the faculty of Valdosta State University Odum Library in Valdosta, Georgia, as head of cataloging and metadata services. Maura Pierce is now processing archivist for C-SPAN Organizational Records and His- torical Archives at George Mason University Libraries. Taryn Resnick is now the electronic re- sources acquisitions librarian and head of the licensing resources unit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library. Simone Sacchi is the new research and scholarship initiatives manager at the Cen- ter for Digital Research and Scholarship at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services. Jesse Sharpe is now English librarian at the University of Houston Libraries. Shannon Tharp has been appointed collection development librarian at the Uni- versity of Wyoming Libraries. Santi Thompson is now head of digital repository services at the University of Hous- ton Libraries. Andrew Weidner has been appointed metadata librarian at the University of Hous- ton Libraries. Patricia West has been named head of Gateway Services at George Mason University Libraries. Mark Wilson is now the director of monographs processing services at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services. Wei Zheng has been appointed Chinese cataloger at the C.V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University Libraries/Information Services.