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

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

Diane Bruxvoort has been named dean of 
libraries and librarian of the University of 
North Texas. Most recently, Bruxvoort was 

special collections 
and museums uni-
versity librarian and 
director at the Uni-
versity of Aberdeen 
in Scotland. Prior 
to that, she served 
as senior associate 
dean at the Uni-
versity of Florida. 
Bruxvoort’s career 
accomplishments 

encompass a variety of other institutions, in-
cluding the University of Houston, the Hous-
ton Public Library, the Harris County Public 
Library, and the Newberry Library. Bruxvoort 
has several peer-reviewed articles and re-
views, two books, one book chapter, and has 
been a guest at many invited presentations.

Barbara J. (Barb) Mann is now dean of li-
brary services at the Daniel J. Kaufman Library 
and Learning Center at Georgia Gwinnett Col-
lege in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

Robert A. McInnes has been appointed ar-
chivist and special collections librarian at West-
minster Theological Seminary.

Lynly Beard is now research impact and 
social work librarian at the University of Wash-
ington Libraries Health Sciences Library.

Renée Chérie Clark is now acquisitions 
librarian at the University of Arkansas-Monticello 
Library. 

Ian Fowler has joined the New York 
Public Library as the geospatial librarian and 
map curator at the Stephen A. Schwarzman 
Building. 

Erin Grant has been named director of 
cataloging and metadata services at the Uni-
versity of Washington Libraries.

Amanda Hurford has been appointed 
scholarly communications director at the 
Private Academic Library Network of Indi-
ana Inc. 

Nathan Kelber has been named digital 
scholarship specialist at the University of 
North Carolina-Chapel Hill Library. 

Scott Libson has accepted the position of 
history librarian with the Indiana University- 
Bloomington Libraries.

R e t i r e m e n t s

Marcia Boosinger, associate dean for pub-
lic services of Auburn University Libraries 
(AUL), has retired 
after 32 years at 
AUL. Boosinger was 
instrumental in the 
continued develop-
ment of the libraries 
of Auburn Univer-
sity, including two 
building expansions 
of the main Ralph 
Brown Draughon 
Library and the re-
purposing of library 
spaces to make the Auburn libraries a 
one-stop study help location for students. 
During her tenure at AUL, Boosinger was 
awarded the Auburn University Women of 
Distinction Leadership Award for Faculty; 
Significant Contribution Award, Alabama 
Association of College and Research Librar-
ies; and the Blackwell North America Award 
for Research Promise in Librarianship. Boos-

Diane Bruxvoort

Marcia Boosinger

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inger began her career at Auburn University 
in 1986 as the first coordinator of biblio-
graphic instruction, a program that grew to 
offer more than 650 classes to more than 
14,000 students annually during her tenure. 
In 1998 she assumed the newly created po-
sition of head of reference and instruction 
services, consolidating all library reference 
services into a single operating unit within 
the libraries. Boosinger was appointed as-
sociate dean for public services in 2007. 
She has solely authored or contributed to 
numerous articles and various other pub-
lications, professional presentations, and 
posters. Boosinger has also been active in 
service to the university community as sec-
retary of the Auburn University Senate, the 
first librarian to serve on the University Pro-
motion and Tenure Committee, cochair of 
the University Writing Initiative Task Force, 
and founding and continuing member of 
the Auburn University Common Book Com-
mittee. She served as the university faculty 
athletics representative, chair of the Com-
mittee on Intercollegiate Athletics, member 
of the NCAA Academics/Eligibility Cabinet, 
and member of the Southeastern Confer-
ence Executive Committee. Boosinger’s 
professional organization service includes 
her election to four consecutive three-year 
terms as the Alabama chapter councilor, 
service on the ALA Executive Council, and 
as president of the Alabama Association of 
College and Research Libraries.

David Lewis, after 18 years at the helm 
of the IUPUI University Library, will retire 

in May 2018. While 
at IUPUI, Lewis ad-
vanced the conver-
sation about what a 
21st-century library 
should be. His vision 
is described in his 
2016 publication Rei-
magining the Aca-
demic Library (Row-
an & Littlefield). 
Lewis was named 

the 2018 ACRL Academic/Research Librarian 
of the Year. In his retirement, Lewis plans to 
continue his participation in the wider com-
munity of organizations focused sustainable 
models for scholarly publication, dissemina-
tion, and curation.

Deaths

Warren Boehm Kuhn dean of library ser-
vices emeritus of Iowa State University has 
died. His career spanned 45 years in library 
administration at 
Princeton, Stanford, 
New Mexico, Arizo-
na State, New York 
Public Library, and 
Iowa State, where 
he served from 1967 
until retirement in 
1989. He oversaw 
the construction of 
Stanford’s Meyer 
Undergraduate Li-
brary and became its first director. He also 
supervised the creation of the Julian Street 
Undergraduate Library at Princeton and his 
Street bibliography of holding was pub-
lished by R. R. Bowker. He served in the 
U.S. Army in World War II and during the 
Korean War, where he was awarded the 
Bronze Star. 

Warren Boehm Kuhn

David Lewis