ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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P e o p l e  i n  t h e  N e w s Ann-Christe Young

R obert C urtis, head of the Maxwell Music 
Library at Tulane University in New Orleans, 
Louisiana, B o n n ie  J o  D o p p , curator of Spe­
cial Collections in Performing Arts for the 
Performing Arts Library at the University of 
Maryland in College Park, and N ed  Q uist, 
head librarian of the Arthur Friedheim Library 
at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, 
Maryland, have been elected members-at- 
large for the Music Library Association.

L eon ard  K n iffel, editor of the ALA publi­
cation Am erican Libraries, was named the 
recipient of the 1998 Distinguished Alumnus 
Award for Wayne State University’s Library 
and Information Science Program. Prior to 
assum ing the ed ito r’s duties in 1996, he 
served as Am erican Libraries acting editor, 
managing editor, and associate editor. Be­

fore joining Am erican 
L ibraries, K niffel 
w o rk e d  in th e  m ain 
branch and the Down­
town Business and For­
eign Language Collec­
tion of the Detroit Pub­
lic Library, w here he 
had experience in liter­
ary a n d  c o m m u n ity  
programming. He is a 

Leonard K n iffe l cofounder of the Poetry 
R e s o u rc e  C e n te r o f 

Michigan and edited its monthly Newsletter 
a n d  Calendar. Kniffel has also taught w ork­
shops and courses on writing at the Univer­
sity of Michigan, Oakland University, and 
Wayne State. In the 1970s he founded Fallen 
Angel Press, a small literary publisher.

D e b o r a h  H erm an -M organ , assistant head 
of the Allen Memorial Library at the Univer­
sity of Hartford, P h ilip  P o n e lla , head of 
public services for the Sibley Music Library 
at Eastman School of Music, and K ristin a  
S h a n to n , a librarian at the music library of 
the University of Illinois, received the Music 
Library Association’s (MLA) Walter Gerboth 
Award. The Gerboth Award is presented to

members of the MLA who are in the first five 
years of their professional library careers to 
assist research-in-progress in music or music 
librarianship.

A p p o in t m e n t s

R o b ert L. “J a y ” J o r d a n  has been nam ed 
president and chief executive officer of OCLC 
O nline C om puter Library Center, Inc. in 
Dublin, Ohio. He is the fourth president in 
OCLC’s 31-year history, succeeding K. Wayne 
Smith, w ho is stepping dow n after nearly ten 
years. Jordan previously served as president 
of new  business development for the Infor­
mation Handling Services (IHS) Group, an 
international publisher of electronic informa­
tion databases, in Englewood, Colorado. Jor­
dan has held several key positions during 
his 23-year career with IHS Group: vice presi­
dent of U.S. sales; executive vice president 
of sales and marketing worldwide; president 
of IHS Engineering; and most recently, presi­
dent of new business development and presi­
dent of software, standards and print prod­
ucts. Jordan has served as a director of the 
Association for Information and Image Man­
agement and is currently director of the In­
formation Technology Industry Council, the 
Information Industry Association, and the 
Colorado Center for the Book. He has also 
been active with the Standards Engineering 
Society, the Standards Publishing Advisory 
Board, and the 1991 White House Confer­
ence on Libraries and Information Services. 
Jordan graduated with a bachelor’s in En­
glish Literature from Colgate University in 
1966. He served as an officer in the U.S. Army 
from 1966 to 1969.

G lo ria n a  St. C lair has been appointed uni­
versity librarian at Carnegie Mellon Univer­
sity (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She 
joins CMU from Penn State University, where 
she served as interim dean of the university 
libraries. She also served as interim associate



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clean for planning and 
administrative services 
for the Paterno/Pattee 
Library and was asso­
ciate dean for informa­
tion access serv ices 
from 1990-96. St. Clair 
was also the assistant 
d ir e c to r  at O re g o n  
State U niversity and 

Gloriana St. Clair head of acquisitions at 
Texas A&M University.

Currently she is editor of the Journal o f A ca­
demic Librarianship; previously she served 
as editor of College a n d  Research Libraries, 
ACRL’s research journal. She was also a mem­
ber of the Publications Committee and the 
board of C&RL News. She currently serves on 
the ACRL Budget and Finance Committee and 
was a member of the Ad Hoc Task Force on 
Redefining Scholarship. She is the secretary/ 
treasurer of ALA’s Library Research Round 
Table. She was a board member of the Penn­
sylvania Academic Libraries Connection Ini­
tiative. St. Clair is the author of many articles 
and editorials.

A m ira A aron  has been appointed direc­
tor of academic services at The Faxon Com­
pany, Inc. in Westwood, Massachusetts.

D avid  A dam s has been appointed head 
of library systems at Southwest Missouri State 
University in Springfield.

R ick A n d e r so n  has been appointed ac­
quisitions librarian for the Walter Clinton Jack- 
son Library at the University of North Caro­
lina at Greensboro.

D r e w  B e is s w e n g e r  is the new music 
cataloger at Southwest Missouri State Uni­
versity in Springfield.

D ea B o rn em a n  has been appointed an 
assistant professor in the Acquisitions and Col­
lection Development Department of Southwest 
Missouri State University in Springfield.

B ev erly  B yl has been named director of 
university libraries development at Indiana 
University Libraries in Bloomington.

C h ristin a  E. Carter is now head of the 
reference department in the Zimmerman Li­
brary at the University of New Mexico in Al­
buquerque.

Susan Curtis has been named head of the 
science and main reference departments at the 
University of Georgia Libraries in Athens.

P aul R. D e m p s e y  has been appointed 
head of reference, Loop Campus Library, at 
the DePaul University Libraries in Chicago.

C h a rles E g le s to n  has been appointed 
cataloger of medieval and renaissance manu­
scripts at the Pierpont Morgan Libraiy in New 
York City.

D ia n e  G arn er has been appointed so­
cial sciences librarian in the Harvard College 
Library.

R obert J a m e s has been appointed circu­
lation librarian for the Walter Clinton Jack-

ACRL's Doctoral Dissertation Aw ard

J e a n in e  M. W illia m so n , a doctoral 
student in the University of North Caro- 

lin a -C h a p e l Hill 
(UNCCH) School of 
Information and Li­
brary Science, has 
been aw arded the 
1998 ACRL/ISI Doc­
to ral D isse rta tio n  
Fellowship for her 
d isse rta tio n  title d  
“Examining Literary 
Studies Articles for 

Jeanine M . Williamson th e  P o ssib ility  of 
Sentence Extraction: Term Occurrences 
and Sentence Functions.”

Bill Potter, chair of the award commit­
tee, said, “Williamson’s research promises 
to provide dramatic improvements in con­
necting students and scholars in the hu­
manities with the documents they need 
for their work. Ms. Williamson has dem ­
onstrated an outstanding scholarly record 
to date, and we are pleased to support 
her continuing efforts.”

Williamson is currently a reference stu­
dent assistant at UNCCH and received her 
MLS from the University of Alabama at 
Tuscaloosa in 1993.

The award, $1,500 and a plaque, is 
donated by the Institute for Scientific In­
formation (ISI) and will be presented at 
the ACRL Award Reception, Monday, June 
29, 1998, at 5 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt 
Constitution Ballrooms A and B during 
the ALA Annual Conference in Washing­
ton, D.C.



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son Library at the University of North Caro­
lina at Greensboro.

J u d y  K elly  has been appointed director 
of virtual library design and director of vir­
tual library development for the University 
of Georgia Libraries in Athens.

K aren  Letarte is the new cataloger at 
Southwest Missouri State University Librar­
ies in Springfield.

Maija M. Lutz has been appointed li­
brarian of the Tozzer Library at Harvard Uni­
versity.

Mary A n n  M a h o n ey  has been appointed 
chemistry librarian for the University of Cali­
fornia Library in Berkeley.

Patrick N ew e ll has been appointed spe­
cial assistant to the University Librarian for Stra­
tegic Projects at the California Digital Library.

J o h n  O b er joins the California Digital 
Library as the assistant director of education 
and communications.

M e lissa  J. O le e n  has been appointed 
assistant reference librarian at the Walter 
Clinton Jackson Library at the University of 
North Carolina at Greensboro.

T am m y Stew art has been appointed an 
assistant professor in the Government Docu­
ments D epartm ent of Southwest Missouri 
State University in Springfield.

Ed S u m m ers has accepted the position 
as electronic resources cataloger at Old Do­
minion University Library in Norfolk, Virginia.

H u gh  T. Terry is now serials librarian at 
the Mississippi Department of Archives and 
History.

M ich elle T u rvey has been named a cata­
loger at Southwest Missouri State University 
in Springfield.

J e r ily n  V eld o f has been appointed dis­
tance learning and instruction librarian and 
faculty liaison at the University of Minnesota 
Libraries.

J a n e  W illiam s has been appointed di­
rector of office planning, research and grants 
at the University of Maryland Libraries, Col­
lege Park.

R e t i r e m e n t s

E m m y  M ills is retiring from the Walter 
Clinton Jackson Library at the University of 
North Carolina at Greensboro after 30 years

of service. Mills first w orked in Jackson Li­
brary as a staff member in the circulation 
department before taking time off to earn 
her MLS at the University of Illinois, Urbana. 
She returned to Jackson Library in 1972 as a 
special collections librarian.

M artha R a n sley , head circulation librarian 
of the Walter Clinton Jackson Library at the 
University of North Carolina at Greensboro 
(UNCG), has retired after 32 years. She be­
gan her career as a library assistant in the 
circulation department, left to complete her 
MLS degree at University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill, returned as assistant catalog 
librarian in 1973, and became assistant cir­
culation librarian later that year. She was head 
circulation librarian from 1991 until her re­
tirement. She served as executive officer of 
the Academic Cabinet at UNCG from 1984— 
86.

D o n  E. W ood, director of systems and bud­
get services at the Morris Library at Southern 
Illinois University, Carbondale (SIUC), has 
retired after 28 years of services. Wood joined 
the SIUC Library as serials librarian in 1970. 
In 1994 he headed the systems department 
while continuing his duties as head of the 
serials department and liaison to the math­
ematics departm ent. In 1997, Wood was 
named director for systems and budget ser-

A d v e rtis e r inde x

ACRL 451
American Association of 

Cancer Research 408
American Psychological Cover 2
Blackwell’s Book Services 413
Blackwell's Information Services 447
CHOICE 404, 4l6
Emery-Pratt 446
Gale Research 417
Graphics Press 401
Haworth Press 419
InfoEN 412
Merck 426
John Minter Associates, Inc. 436
Primary Source Media 458
ScienceDirect Cover 3
SpaceSaver Corporation 448
VTLS Cover 4



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vices. Before joining 
SIUC he was head of 
the serial division, ac­
q u isitio n  d e p a rtm e n t 
at O hio State Univer­
sity Libraries. He has 
been actively involved 
w ith  th e  Illin o is Li­
brary C o m p u ter Sys- 

| te rn s O r g a n iz a tio n , 
Don E. W ood and he was the 1997 

recip ien t of SIUC Li­
brary Affairs O utstanding Faculty Award.

D e a t h s

R o b ert B. C r o n e b e r g e r , director of the 
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh since 1986, 
died in February due to complications fol­
lowing heart bypass surgery. Croneberger 
had served on the governing council of the 
ALA from 1984-88, the Intellectual Freedom 
Committee (1989-91), and Legislation Com­
mittee (1994-p resent) He was a past chair of 
the ALA Accreditation Committee and the Ur­
ban Libraries Council. During the challenge 
to the Communications Decency Act (CDA) 
of 1996, Croneberger testified as an expert 
witness on behalf of the ALA. Bruce Ennis, 
lead counsel for the ALA and the coalition of 
organizations that challenged the CDA, said 
Croneberger’s assistance was truly invaluable. 
Donations may be made to Beginning with 
Books, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; (412) 
662-5102.

F ra n ces P o v sic , retired head librarian of the 
Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) at Bowl­

ing Green State Univer­
sity (BGSU), has died. 
During her 17 years in 
the CRC, Povsic devel­
o p e d  collections and 
services, e sta b lish e d  
the organizational sys­
tem for the materials, 
and prepared the de­
tailed plans for expan­
sion of the physical fa­Frances Povsic
cilities in 1978. Her area 

of research was children’s and young adult’s 
literature of eastern European countries and

the former Soviet Union. She authored two 
books: Eastern Europe in C hildren’s Litera­
ture: A n  A nnotated Bibliography o f English- 
Language Books and The Soviet Union in Lit­
erature fo r  Children a n d  Young Adults: A n 
A nnotated Bibliography o f English-Language 
Books. She was prom oted to professor in 
1988, and in 1989 she received the Friends’ 
Staff Award for M eritorious Service to Li­
braries and Learning Resources at BGSU. 
Povsic retired in 1990.

J u n e  S. S tillm a n , 68, retired librarian for 
the University o f Central Florida (UCF) Li­
brary in Orlando, Florida, died March 10. She 
graduated with a bachelor’s in library sci­
ence from Florida State University in 1951. 
She b e g a n  h e r c a re e r as a lib rarian  in 
Williston, Florida, and 
later at a public school 
in Fort Lauderdale. She 
then accepted a posi­
tion with the Orlando 
Junior College as a li­
b ra rian , rece iv e d  an 
MLS in 1966, and later 
e a r n e d  a s e c o n d  
master’s in English Lit­
eratu re. She b ecam e June Stillm an
o n e  o f th e  c h a r te r  
members of the library staff at UCF (formerly 
Florida Technological University) in 1968. She 
was an active member for many years in the 
ALA, Florida Library Association, Southeast­
ern Library Association, and United Faculty 
of Florida. She was a member of Beta Phi 
Mu and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Soci­
eties, and received the UCF Excellence in 
Librarianship Award in 1984, and the Life­
time Service Award in 1996; she retired in 
December 1996. The June S. Stillman Memo­
rial Scholarship fund has been set up to honor 
her dedication to learning. Make checks pay­
able to UCF Foundation for the Ju n e S. 
Stillman Memorial Scholarship. Send dona­
tions to UCF Library, P.O. Box 162666, Or­
lan d o , FL 32816-2666, Attn.: K im berley 
Daniels.

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