ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


People

P R O F IL E S
Kathryn S. Forrest, formerly head of the 

Science Division, Oregon State University Li­
brary, Corvallis, Oregon, has been appointed 

issociate director of 
h e  San Jose State 
University Library in 
San Jose, California. 
Mrs. Forrest, who re- 
?eived her MSLS de­
cree from the Univer­
sity of Southern Cali- 
ornia, has had exten­
sive experience in 
California academic li­
braries both in the 
;tate college and uni­
versity systems. She 

Kathryn S. Forrest served at the Univer­
sity of California, Riv­

erside, for ten years, first as the head of the 
Citrus Experiment Station library and later as 
assistant librarian in the university library. She 
brings to San Jose State University fifteen years 
of professional experience in technical process­
ing and public service with particular expertise 
in automation and SDI systems. She has been 
active in the Special Libraries Association and 
the California Library Association.

John Brewster Smith, director of libraries 
at Texas A&M University, joined the staff of the 
State University of New York at Stony Brook 
as director of libraries on March 4.

Mr. Smith has his undergraduate degree 
from Texas A&M, his library degree from Co­
lumbia University. In addition, he has studied 
law for two years. He has worked at the Co­
lumbia University Law Library and moved 
from there to become assistant director of pub­
lic services at Texas A&M. Subsequently he was 
named acting director of libraries at Texas 
A&M and in 1970 became director of libraries 
there.

He has been active in the American Library 
Association, American Association of Law Li­
braries, Texas Library Association, Southwest­
ern Library Association, and a number of other 
professional associations. He was selected as 
Librarian of the Year by the Texas Library As­
sociation and has worked on the Legislative 
Committee of the Texas Library Association.

A P P O IN T M E N T S
Virginia L. Algermissen—medical librarian

and assistant professor, School of Medicine— 
University of Missouri, Kansas City.

W anda I. Auerbach—reference librarian, 
Medical Library—Harvard University, Cam­
bridge, Massachusetts.

D avid L. Chapman—assistant university 
archivist, instructor of library science—Texas 
A&M University, College Station.

Julia R. D ’Andrea—instructor, general cata­
loged catalog department—Ohio State Uni­
versity, Columbus.

Rebecca J. D art—instructor, general cata­
loged catalog department—Ohio State Uni­
versity, Columbus.

Patricia B. D evlin—instructor, reference li­
brarian, West Campus Learning Resources 
Center—Ohio State University, Columbus.

Zena K. F riedman—reference librarian, 
Law Library—Harvard University, Cam­
bridge, Massachusetts.

Tamara U. Frost—serials cataloger, instruc­
tor of library science—T exas A&M University, 
College Station.

Dalal S. Greiss—instructor, Arabic bibliog­
rap h er/ cataloger, acquisition departm ent/cat- 
alog department—Ohio State University, Co­
lumbus.

Maria Grossmann—librarian for collection 
development, Harvard University Library— 
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu­
setts.

George C. H art—instructor, Latin Ameri­
can bibliographer, acquisition department— 
Ohio State University, Columbus.

H. G. Jones—curator of the North Carolina 
Collection—University of North Carolina, 
Chapel Hill.

Linda M. Lester—assistant librarian— 
State University of N ew York, Agricultural 
and Technical College at Cobleskill.

Charles R. Machovec—science librarian— 
University of Miami, Florida.

Ruth Murray—co-ordinator of public ser­
vices—University of Saskatchewan, Saska­
toon.

F r. D. F. Robertson—special collections li­
brarian—University of Saskatchewan, Sas­
katoon.

Cecilia H. Saxena—instructor, general cat­
aloger, catalog department—Ohio State Uni­
versity, Columbus.

Beatrice D. Simmons—director of learning 
resources—State University of New York, 
Agricultural and Technical College at Coble­
skill.

Grazyna T. Slanda—Slavic cataloged Har-

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vard College Library—H arvard U niversity, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Rose Ann Spaith—instructor, general cata­
loged catalog departm ent—Ohio State Un i­
versity, Columbus.

P erry R. Stahl—science librarian, instruc­
tor in library administration—U niversity of 
Oregon, Eugene.

Carolyn J. Stanley—assistant science li­
brarian—University of South Carolina Li­
brary, Columbia.

John Teskey—assistant to the librarian, ad­
ministration—University of Saskatchewan, 
Saskatoon.

T. Ph il ip Tompkins—associate director of 
libraries—U niversity of Missouri, Kansas 
City.

H erman L. T otten—dean, School of Li- 
brarianship—University of Oregon, Eugene.

Pamela W alton—microtext center librarian 
in special collections, instructor—Texas A&M 
University, College Station.

Caroline L. W ebb—vice-president—T he 
L ibrary Associates.

W illia m  H. W ebb—m anaging editor of 
Reference Book Guides—T he Library Asso­
ciates.

N ancy P. Zaphibis—serials cataloger, H ar­
vard College Library—H arvard University, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

R E T IR E M E N T S

D r. L ouise K. Kelly, senior assistant li­
brarian and curator for the Penn State Collec­
tion at the P ennsylvania State University 
libraries, retired on D ecem ber 31, 1973.

Seva J. Khawiec, senior assistant librarian 
and assistant to the head of the Slavic program 
at the Pennsylvania State U niversity li­
braries, University Park, retired on December 
31, 1973.

Stephen A. McCarthy, executive director 
of the Association of Research L ibraries, 
announced his retirem ent effective December 
31, 1974.

Joseph C. Shipman retired as director of 
the Linda H all Library on February 1. He 
assumed th e post of librarian emeritus, and will 
continue to work part-tim e as curator of the 
History of Science Collection.

D E A T H

Kenneth H. F agerhaugh, director of Car­
negie-Mellon University libraries, died sud­
denly, January 30, of an apparent heart attack. 
He was 59 years old. He was associated with 
Carnegie-Mellon since 1952 as librarian and as­
sociate professor. a a

Calendars of
American Literary 
Manuscripts

A  series of volumes designed to 
provide readily accessible lists of 
th e  a v a ila b le  p re - a n d  p o s t ­
publication m anuscript inscrip­
t i o n s  o f s e l e c t e d  A m e r i c a n  
authors.

. W ill save scholars and critics 
weeks of investigation. Academic 
and public libraries should collect 
this series.”— Library Journal.

N o w  available: T h e  L it e r a r y  
M a n u sc r ipts o f  H en r y D avid 
T h o r e a u , by W illiam L. How- 
a rth , 1974, illu s., $17.50; T h e  
L iterary M a n u sc r ipts o f  U p ­
t o n  S in c l a ir , by Ronald Gottes- 
m a n  a n d  C h a r le s  S ile t, 1973, 
illu s ., $12.50; T h e  L i t e r a r y  
M a n u sc r ipts o f  H art C r a n e, by 
K e n n e th  A. Lohf, 1907, illu s., 
$6.50.

F o r th c o m in g : T h e  L i t e r a r y  
M a n u s c r i p t s  o f  W i l l i a m  
F a u l k n e r , b y  Ja m e s B. M e ri­
w ether; T h e  L it e r a r y  M a n u ­
scripts o f  H arold F rederic, by 
Noel Polk; T h e  L iterary M a n u ­
s c r i p t s  o f  N a t h a n i e l  H a w ­
t h o r n e , by L. Neal Smith; T h e  
L i t e r a r y  M a n u s c r i p t s  o f  
S t e p h e n  C r a n e, by Richard M. 
W e a th e rf o rd ; T h e  L i t e r a r y  
M a n u s c r ip t s  o f  M a r k  T w a in , 
by Frederick Anderson; and T h e  
L iterary M a n u sc r ipts o f  T h e o ­
dore D reiser, by Ja ck  Salzman.

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