ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 36 / C8RL News ■ January 2002 College & Research Libraries news ACRL candidates for 2002 Learn w ho’s running for office Vice-president/President-elect T y r o n e H. C a n n o n is d ean of University Li­ braries at the University o f San Francisco, a position he has held since 1995. From 1991 to 1995, h e w as senior associate university librar­ ian at Boston College, w here he also served as head of the Reference D epartm ent (1989-91). He w as head of the Social Sciences Division at O klahom a State University (1988-89). A mong his ACRL activities are service on its A p p o in tm e n ts C o m m ittee (2 0 0 0 -0 1 ); CHOICE editorial b o ard (1995-99); N om ina­ tions Committee (1998); ULS Policy and Plan­ ning Comm ittee (1989-92); and on the Ninth N ational C onference Invited Papers Subcom ­ m ittee (1997-99). C annon has b een a m em ber of the Black Caucus o f ALA since 1981. He has also served ALA o n the Standing C ouncil o n Minority Concerns and Cultural Diversity (1993-95) and o n the M em bership C omm ittee (1997-99). C annon has also b een active at the state an d regional level, serving as treasurer o f the ACRL New England B oard (1995), the ACRL N ew England Program Planning Comm ittee (1991-92), and on the NELINET Reference Ad­ visory Comm ittee (1993-95). In California, he w as o n the CAVPALS Executive Board (1995­ 99) and on the Statewide California Electronic Library C onsortium Executive B oard (2001­ 01). C annon’s o ther professional m em berships include EDUCAUSE (1995-present); Ameri­ can Association for H igher Education (1998- present); National Association o f Social Work­ ers (1975-82 and 1999-present); and the Acad­ em y o f Certified Social Workers (1977-82 and 1999-present). H e w as aw arded a Title IIB Fellowship in 1980. Tyrone H. Cannon John Popko Cannon earned a bachelor’s o f science and a m aster’s o f social w ork from the University o f Connecticut, an d a m aster’s of library sci­ ence from the University of Pittsburgh. J o h n P o p k o has b een university librarian at Seattle University since 1994. Prior to his cur­ rent position, he w as assistant director for technical services at the University o f Mis­ souri, Kansas City (1985-94); project director of the Missouri N ew spaper Project (1987-93); an d h ead o f cataloging at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (1983-85). His activities in ALA divisions include ser­ vice o n the ACRL B oard o f Directors an d Ex­ ecutive C omm ittee (1999-01), and m em ber­ ship o n the ACRL B udget an d F inance Com­ mittee, w here he w as chair from 1999 to 2001. P opko w as also a m em ber o f the B udget and Finance C omm ittee o f LAMA’s Library and O rganization M anagem ent section (1988-92). In LITA, he served o n the B oard of Directors (1991-92), an d w as a m em ber o f the Pro­ gram Planning C omm ittee (1992-96) an d the Bylaws an d O rganization C omm ittee (1988­ 92), serving as chair from 1991 to 1992. In state an d regional associations, P opko has b e e n N orthw est A cadem ic netLibrary C&RL News ■ January 2002 / 37 Collection co-manager (2000-present). He was president o f the Northwest Association of Pri­ vate Colleges and Universities— Libraries (1996- 97); member o f the Steering, Administrative, and Executive Committees o f the Washington Statewide Database Licensing Project (1 9 9 7 - present); Pacific Northwest FirstSearch Consor­ tium section coordinator (1997-present); and chair o f the Missouri LCSA Advisory Commit­ tee (1989-92). Popko is also a member o f OCLC Users Council, where he has served as president (1992-93) and on the Executive and Finance Committees. He was president of the Associa­ tion of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Library Directors Conference (1999-00), and was part o f the Missouri State Delegation to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (1991). Popko’s honors and awards include Beta Phi Mu (1979); Haggin Fellowship at the Uni­ versity of Kentucky (1977-78); and Phi Kappa Phi (1970). His publications include “Product pricing: A view from technical services admin­ istration,” Music OCLC Users Group Newsletter (August 1994); and “Achievement at the Inter­ section o f Libraries and Technology: the OCLC Users Council,” NFAIS Newsletter (O ctober 1993). Popko received his bachelor o f arts from the University o f Missouri, Kansas City, and his master’s o f science in library science from the University o f Kentucky. A C R L Board o f Directors D ir e c to r -a t-la r g e : Lynn e King, associate director of libraries, the Sage Colleges; B ede Mitchell, dean of the library, Georgia Southern University. D irector-at-large: Rita Jones, dean of library and learning resources, City College of San Francisco; Susan Maltese, cataloging librarian, Oakton Community College. A frican A m erican Stu d ies Section V i c e - c h a i r /C h a i r - e l e c t : G ra c e J a c k s o n - Brown, African American Studies bibliographer and Campus Library head o f the African American Cultural Center Library Indiana University; Lisa Pillow, assistant reference librarian, University o f Illinois at Chicago. S e c r e t a r y : J o y c e T horn ton , d ir e c to r o f Specialized and Distance Library Services, Texas A&M University. Member-at-large: AslakuBerhanu, catalog and reference librarian, Charles L. Blockson Afro- American Collection, Temple University; Bennie Robinson, reference librarian/Pan African Studies Bibliographer, University of Akron. A n th ro p o lo g y and S o cio lo g y Section V i c e - c h a i r / C h a i r - e l e c t : J a m e s H au g, reference librarian, John Wesley Powell Library o f Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution; William Wh eeler, coordinator o f Collection Development, Yale University Social Science Libraries and Information Services, librarian for Anthropology and International Affairs. M em ber-at-large: Stephen Fowlkes, reference librarian and bibliographer for Sociology, Social Work, and General Reference, Howard-Tilton Library, Tulane University; Lynn C. Hattendorf- Westney‚ associate professor, assistant reference librarian, University o f Illinois at Chicago. ARTS Section V i c e - c h a i r /C h a i r - e l e c t : E liz a b e th Kerr, collection development and reference librarian, Undergraduate Library , University o f Texas at Austin; Edward Teague, head, Architecture and Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon. A sian , A frican , and M idd le Eastern Stu d ies Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: R. N. Sharma, director o f library, West Virginia State College. C o lle g e Lib rarie s Section V i c e - c h a i r /C h a i r - e l e c t : M arilyn D unn, colleg e librarian, director o f Inform ation Resources, Hartwick College; Susan Richards, university librarian, Lawrence University of Wisconsin. S e c r e t a r y : C h ristop h er M illson-M artula, director o f the library, Lynchburg College; Kristen S en ecal, librarian, W aidner-Spahr Library, Dickinson College. Member-at-large: Rosemary Arneson, director of Carmichael Library, University of Montevallo; Melinda Dermody, Access Services coordinator, St. Cloud State University. C o m m u n it y a n d J u n i o r C o lle g e Lib rarie s Section V ice-chair/C hair-elect: Ja n e t Key, director of library services, Tarrant County C ollege Southeast Campus; Jules Tate, director of library services, Nunez Community College. 38 / C&RL News ■ January 2002 S e c r e ta r y : C h ristin e G odin , d ir ec to r o f Learning Resources, Northwest Vista College; Mary S. Konkle, head o f Technical Services, College of DuPage. Distance Le a rn in g Section V ice -c h a ir/C h a ir-e le c tio n : K athy Conely, head, General Reference and Documents, Illinois State University. S e c r e ta ry : J o y c e Rumery, acting director, University o f Maine Libraries, J o h a n n a Tunon, head o f Distance and Instructional Library Services, Nova Southeastern University. M em ber-at-large: Nicole Campbell, reference lib r a ria n , W a s h in g to n S ta te U n iv e rsity V a n co u v e r; C h ery l Sm ith, P sy ch o lo g y / Education reference librarian, University of Notre Dame. E d u ca tio n and B e h a v io ra l Scie n ce s Section V ice-chair/C hair-elect: Mary;J a n e Brustman, bibliographer for Social Welfare and Criminal Justice, Dewey Library, University at Albany Libraries; Scott Walter, head, George B. Brain Education Library, Washington State University. M e m b e r - a t - l a r g e : J e a n n i e K a m e r m a n , director o f the Curriculum Materials Library, University of West Florida;/julie Tharp, reference librarian, University o f North Texas. In structio n Section V i c e - c h a i r /C h a i r - e l e c t : Keith G resham , reference/instruction librarian, University of Colorado at Boulder; R ebecca Jackson , head, Social Sciences and Humanities Department, Iowa State University Library. S e cre ta ry : Colleen Bell, library instruction coordinator, University o f Oregon; Alexius Smith-M acklin, User Instruction librarian, Purdue University. M em ber-at-large: Elizabeth H. Park, head, R eferen ce D epartm ent, the University o f Me mp h i s L ib r a rie s ; D e b o r a h T en ofsky, coordinator o f Instructional Services and Programs, University of Michigan. La w and P o litical Science Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: MadisonMosley, director, Stetson University College of Law Library; Susan Parker, associate dean, University Library, California State University, Northridge. M em ber-at-large: M ichael G. Jackson , Social Sciences librarian, Brown University. Literature s in E n g lish Section V ic e -c h a ir /C h a ir -e le c t: Steven R. Harris, English Literature librarian (and subject librarian for Theatre and Cinema), University Tennessee, Knoxville; Je a n n e Pavy, reference librarian/ b ib lio g r a p h e r fo r E n g lish an d F o r e ig n Languages, University o f New Orleans. S ecretary: Todd Seacri st Gilman, librarian for Literature in English, Yale University; Susan Hunter, reference librarian/English Language & Literature, Creative Writing, and Linguistics bibliographer, Hayden Library, Arizona State University; R obert S. M eans, English and American Literature librarian; Timothy Shipe, Arts and Literature bibliographer, University of Iowa Libraries. M em ber-at-large: Lau ra S u e Fuderer, subject librarian for English and French Literature, University o f Notre Dame; Susanne Van Sant, collection management librarian for Literature and Linguistics, University of Maryland-College Park. Rare Bo oks and M anuscripts Section V ic e -c h a ir /C h a ir-e le c t: M argaret Nichols, head o f Technical Services, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library; M am inJ. Taylor, director, Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University. M em ber-at-large: Isaac Gewirtz, curator, Berg Collection, the New York Public Library (NYC); Gerald R. Wager, head o f Reference and Reader Services, Rare B ook and Special Collections Division, Library o f Congress. Science and Te ch n o lo g y Section V ice-ch a ir/C h a ir-e le ct: Jill Newby, science librarian , W eber State U niversity; R occo P iccin in o, coord in ator o f B ran ch Library Services and Science Librarian, Smith College. S e c r e ta r y /M e m b e r -a t-la r g e : V ictoria S. Mitchell, head, Science Library, University of Oregon; Catherine Soehner, head, Science and Engineering Library, University o f California Santa Cruz. Sla v ic and East Euro p ean Section V ice -c h a ir/C h a ir-e le c t: Terri Tickle Miller, Slavic, East European, and Central Asian bibliographer, Michigan State University Library; M arek Sroka, Slavic cataloger, University of Illinois Slavic and East European Library. M em b er-at-large: Marta Deyrup, librarian, catalog coordinator, Seton Hall University; Inna Gudanets, Original Slavic Monograph, Serials C&RL News ■ January 2002 / 39 and Rare Books cataloger, Stanford University Libraries, Catalog Department. U niversity Lib rarie s Section V ice-chair/Chair-elect: Bruce Henson, acting head, Reference Department and reference librarian, Georgia Institute o f Technology; Gillian McCombs, Central University librarian, Southern Methodist University. M em ber-at-large: Najit Brar, assistant dean, Access and Bibliographic Services, and Library Systems, California Polytechnic State University; Lynn S. Cline, head, Collection Development and Acquisitions, Southwest Missouri State University Libraries; F ra n k Mols, assistant director for Technical Services, State University of New York at Binghamton, Libraries; Peter Watson-Boone, library director, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. W estern European Stu d ies Section Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Katalin Radies, West- European bibliographer, Charles E. Young Research Library, University o f California Los Angeles; A nn P. Snoeyenbos, librarian for West European Social Science, New York University. S e c r e t a r y : C a n d a c e Y. Miller, re fe re n c e librarian, James Madison University; Louis Reith, “Becom ing p a r t o f the course ” con t.from p a g e 13) E x te rn a l Lin ks The External Links area is used to reference W eb sites related to a course. Use this area to showcase a list of evaluated electronic ref­ erence materials that you have discovered. You can also use External Links in conjunc­ tion with the Discussion Board. Have stu­ dents send the URL o f one W eb site on their research topic to the Discussion Board and then post all the sites to the External Links page. Have students evaluate the W eb sites and discuss whether they would be worthy o f citation in their final bibliographies. As you can see, Blackboard and similar courseware packages offer librarians an op­ ( “Biography resources” con t.from p a g e 35) developed by students in the anthropology pro­ gram at the University of Minnesota, Mankato, as part o f an e-museum. The site is “by no means a comprehensive list,” but more names are added rare book cataloger, Georgetown University. M e m b e r -a t-la r g e : L a u r a D a le B isc h o f, librarian for Western European History and Social Sciences, University o f Minnesota; Bryan Skib, c o o r d in a to r o f G ra d u a te L ibrary Collections, University o f Michigan. W om en's Stu d ies Section V ice-chair/C h air-elect: Laura Micham, head o f Public Services, Special Collections and Archives Division, Emory University; Sandra A. River, curren t periodicals/m icroform s librarian with dual appointment in Information Services (liaison to English, Philosophy, and Women’s Studies). S ecretary: Cynthia A. Johnson, reference and collection developm ent, Barnard College; Martha Henn McCormick, Women’s Studies and English librarian and program director, Information Resources Unit o f the Center for Teaching and Learning, University Library of In d ia n a U n iv e rsity P u rd u e U n iv e rsity Indianapolis. M em ber-at-large: Je n n ife r R. Gilley, assistant librarian, Penn State New Kensington; Kelly B. Hoυendick, reference librarian, Sociology and Women’s Studies Specialist, Syracuse University, E. S. Bird Library. ■ portunity to participate more fully in the coursework o f our university’s students. Even if a one-hour session is all the class time a faculty member is willing to give us, we can be active members o f a course, answering questions, participating in discussions, direct­ ing students in the successful completion of their research. Notes 1. WPI currently uses Blackboard 5.5 Level 3. For more information, see Blackboard’s Web site at http://www.blackboard.com. 2. Nancy K. Getty, Barbara Burd, Sarah K. Burns, and Linda Piele. “Using Courseware to Deliver Library Instruction via the Web: Four Examples,” R eference Services Review 28 No. 4 (2000): 349-59. ■ each semester. The list, arranged alphabetically, contains almost 500 names o f people who have influenced anthropology. A very useful tool that is easy to navigate. A ccess: http:// emuseum.mnsu.edu/information/biography/. ■ http://www.blackboard.com