ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ February 2004 / 103 loging, first in th e fo rm er Serials a n d Electronic R esources Unit, w h e re sh e h a n d le d serials a n d video catalogings, and, finally, since O ctober 1999, in th e MARC Unit, w h e re sh e h a s se rv e d as th e serials s u p p o rt c a ta lo g e rfo r all non-Slavic, n o n - H e b re w serial titles. C h a r lo tte D e r k s e n , h e a d o f the Branner library, h a s r e tir e d fro m S ta n fo rd U n iv ersity a fte r 23 y e a rs o f service. D e rk se n h a s b e e n v e ry active a n d play ed a leadership role in professional orga­ nizatio n s fo r earth sciences librarians, including th e G e o sc ie n c e Info rm atio n Society, A m erican G eo lo g ical Institute, GeoRef, G eological Soci­ e ty o f A m e ric a , C a rto g ra p h ic U sers A d v iso ry Council, ALA-Map an d G eography R ound Table, a n d th e R esearch Libraries G roup. She h a s p u b ­ lished o v er 20 articles o n collection developm ent a n d p u b lic service issues a n d has w o n th e b e st p a p e r fro m th e G eoscience Inform ation Society for th e p a st tw o years. By req u est from th e G eo ­ logical Society o f America, she de v elo p ed a W eb p a g e c a lle d “S elected W eb Sites fo r G e o sc ie n ­ tis ts .” D e r k s e n c o m p ile d in fo rm a tio n f o r th e m o n o g r a p h “U n io n List o f G eolo g ic F ield Trip G u id e b o o k s,” 5th ed. (1989)— a co re title th at is p u rc h a se d b y virtually all earth sciences libraries. J o h n J a x , a fte r 44 y e a rs (32 as d ire c to r), h a s re tire d fro m th e library at th e University o f W is­ c o n sin -S to u t. J a x first jo in e d th e lib ra ry as a n assistant librarian in 1959- In 1971, h e w as nam ed h e a d librarian a n d assistant d e a n for th e sch o o l o f learning resources. During his tenure, th e cam ­ p u s lib rary h a s g ro w n from a collection o f o v e r 7 5 ,0 0 0 v o lu m e s to o v e r 225,000. It w a s a lso d u r i n g h is te n u r e th a t, fo llo w in g th e c o n stru c ­ tio n o f a n e w $6.7 m il­ lio n facility, th e S tout li­ brary b ec a m e th e first in th e U n iv ersity o f W is­ consin System to have an in teg rated au to m a te d li­ b ra ry sy stem . In 1983, th e n e w fa c ility w a s n a m e d th e Library o f th e John Jax Y ear b y th e W isc o n sin Library A ssociation. Five years later, th e Library L earning C en ter w as h o n o re d as o n e o f 49 Cen­ te rs o f E x cellen ce in th e U niversity o f W isco n ­ sin System . J a x h a s se rv e d a s p r e s id e n t o f th e W isconsin Library Association, chair o f th e Con­ sortium o f H ospitality R esearch Inform ation Ser­ v ices, a n d c h a ir o f th e C o u n c il o f W is c o n s in Libraries, a n d w a s n a m e d Librarian o f th e Year b y th e W isc o n sin Library A sso ciatio n in 1986. F ro m 1979 to 1980, J a x s e r v e d a s a n a tio n a l delegate in Washington, D.C. for th e W hite H ouse C onference o n Library a n d Inform ation Services. A n n e R e e s retired from th e O ld D om inion Uni­ versity (O D U ) Libraries in D e cem b er 2003. Rees jo in e d O D U in 1978 a s a sc ie n c e re fe re n c e li­ brarian. B o n n i e H . S c h u s t e r , p ro fe s s o r o f lib rary ser­ v ices a n d system s librarian at th e U niversity o f M ontan a-M isso u la (UM), re tire d in D e c e m b e r 2003, a f te r a 3 5 -y e a r c a r e e r in a c a d e m ic librarianship. Schuster b e g a n h e r professional ca­ re e r as a re fe re n c e lib ra ria n a t Io w a State U ni­ versity in 1968, a n d assu m ed a similar position at W a sh in g to n State U n iv ersity in 1973- In 1979, sh e m o v e d to Missoula to b eco m e m o n o g rap h ic acq u isitio n s librarian a t th e UM’s M a u re e n a n d M ike M an sfield Library. In 1990, s h e b e c a m e UM’s in terim h e a d o f tech n ical services an d , in 1991, s h e w a s n a m e d system s librarian. D uring h e r te n u re a t UM, S chuster o v e rsa w th e im p le­ m entation o f tw o online library m anagem ent sys­ tem s a n d s h e b ro u g h t m a n y h o n o rs to cam pus, including bein g selected in 1985 to assist the Fred M eyer C haritable T ru st w ith its Library a n d In­ form ation Resources Program to im prove access to in fo rm a tio n re s o u rc e s in th e Pacific N o rth ­ w est. S chuster h a s b e e n active in m a n y p ro fe s­ sional library associations, including s a v in g m ul­ tiple term s o n th e b o ard s o f th e M ontana Library A sso ciatio n , th e Pacific N o rth w e st Library As­ sociation, th e M o u n tain Plains Library A ssocia­ tion, a n d th e u s e r g ro u p b o a rd s fo r e a c h library m an ag em en t system. ■ Advertiser index ACM C o v er 3 A n n u a l R ev iew s 99 A ssoc, o f R e se a rc h Libraries 98 ACRL/Univ. o f A rizo n a 97 Chem ical Abstracts Services Cover 2 C H O ICE 62 EBSCO Cover 4 J o h n W iley & Sons Inc. 77 O xford U niversity Press 9 1 ,1 0 4 P a ra te x t 69 S c ie n c e D ire ct 59