ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries J u n e 1 9 9 3 / 3 4 9 Caroline M. C oughlin, di rector of the Drew Univer sity Library, Madison, New Jersey, receiv ed th e 1992 Distinguished Service Award from the College and Uni versity Section of the New Jersey Library Association. Coughlin was hon o red for h er n u m ero u s an d varied p ro fe s s io n a l a c c o m p lis h ments. She sp earh ead ed a grant en ab lin g 13 private colleges and universities to add 1.2 million retrospective entries to the OCLC database. She has served as president of the New Jersey College and Uni versity Section and been a speaker and panel ist at a num ber of state library conferences. This year she coauthored the fifth edition of Lyle’s Adm inistration o f the College Library. Sally W eimer, associate librarian at the Uni versity of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), has received the California Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) 1993 W omen in Education Award. Pre sented in recognition of a commitment to the rights of w om en in public education, the award honors Weimer for her scholarship and teach ing, notably in w om en’s studies, and her lead ership as the librarian’s representative to the UCSB Executive Board of the University Coun- cil-AFT. Weimer is a charter m em ber o f the W om en’s Studies Consortium and is currently the librarian representative on the UCSB Sen ate Affirmative Action Committee. Appointments (Appointment notices are taken from library newsletters, letters from personnel offices and appointees, and other sources. To ensure that your appointm ent appears, write to the Editor, C&RLNews, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6O6II- 2795.) C athleen Bourdon, deputy executive direc tor of ACRL, has been appointed executive di rector of the Reference and Adult Services Di vision (RASD) and the Association of Specialized P e o p le in th e News a n d C o o p e ra tiv e Library Agencies (ASCLA). She will assume her duties at RASD and ASCLA on June 7, 1993. In h e r n e w p o s t, Bourdon will serve as head of the 5,500-member RASD division and 1,200-member ASCLA division. Both are divisions of the American Li brary Association. “It is a great pleasure to look forward to a future in w hich Cathleen B ourdon’s leadership qualities, organi zational skills, and ability to work with a great variety o f people will be of service to RASD and ASCLA,” said Peggy Sullivan, ALA execu tive director. “She is a respected colleague at ALA headquarters and it is great that she has ac cepted this opportunity.” Bourdon previously served as acting direc tor of ACRL, library di rector at Alverno Col lege, Milwaukee, and as supervisor, cataloging department, and assis Cathleen Bourdon tant professor of library and information science at Alverno. Bourdon also served for three years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia teaching English as a sec ond language. Bourdon received her bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wis consin, Milwaukee, and a master’s degree in library science from the University of Wiscon sin, Madison. Bourdon succeeds Andrew Hansen w ho will serve as the RASD associate executive director until his retirement in March 1994. B obbie Cook J o h n s o n is the new director of library services at Big Bend Community Col lege in Moses Lake, Washington. She previously w orked at the Houston Public Library. C harles B. Lowry assum ed the position of university librarian at Carnegie Mellon Univer sity in September 1992. His previous positions include director of libraries at the University of 3 5 0 /C&RL News Texas at Arlington (1985-1992), director of li braries at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (1980-1985), head librarian and direc tor of learning resources at Elon College, North Carolina (1978-1980), social science reference bibliographer and head of reference at the Uni versity of North Caro lina at Charlotte (1974— 1978), and chairman of the Social Sciences Di vision at Faulkner State C o m m u n ity C ollege, Charles B. LowryBay Minette, Alabama (1965-1969)- Lowry re ceived his B.S. in history from Spring Hill Col lege, an M.A. in history from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, an MLS from the Univer sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. in history from th e U niversity o f Florida, Gainesville. He has published many articles and commentaries, and has served as a panelist at numerous meetings and conferences. Lowry is a 1992 recipient of the K. G. Saur Award for best article in C&RL. Lowry has served on the board of SOLINET (1983-1986) and the AMI GOS board of directors (1987-1992) which he chaired. He has also served on numerous com mittees of the American Library Association and state library associations. D en n is A. N orlin has been appointed direc tor of the Devereaux Library at the South Da kota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City. Norlin is a graduate of Augustana College (B.A.), Luther Theological Seminary (B.D.), the University of Iowa (Ph.D.), and the University of Illinois (MLS). After 14 years of teaching phi losophy and religion, he became media/micro- computer librarian at the University of Illinois’ Undergraduate Library. He is a member of the ACRL Audiovisual Committee, an intern on the ACRL Copyright Committee, and a member of the BIS Instruction for Diversified Populations Committee. Kathryn O’Gorman, head of the Acquisitions Department at the University of Cincinnati, has been named director of the Learning Resource Center at Cincinnati Technical College. In this position she will direct the operations and per sonnel of the Johnnie Mae Berry Library and the college’s media center. O ’Gorman has also served as head of the Serials and Acquisitions Departments at the Wright State University Li brary. She is chair of the Ohio-Kentucky Coop erating Libraries Union List of Serials Board, and a member of ALA, ACRL, and the Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium. She earned her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Uni versity of Vermont and master’s degrees in mathematics and library science from Indiana University. Sara R ichardson has been named director of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry Library, Philadelphia. She most recently served as di rector of the library at Methodist Hospital, and p re v io u s ly s e rv e d at T e m p le a n d H a h n e m a n n U n iv e rs itie s . Richardson received her B.A. in English from Blue Mountain College, Mississippi, her M.A. in history from the Univer sity of North Carolina, a n d h e r MLS fro m D re x e l U n iv e rsity . Sara Richardson W idely p u b lis h e d in professional journals, she also authored a book on the Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, and received the Lois Allen Publication Award from the Nurses Association for Teacher Edu cation and the Medical Library Association Achievement Award from the MLA’s Philadel phia Chapter. Patricia Suozzi has been named library direc tor at Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, Ver mont. She previously served as director of the C hatham C ollege Li b r a ry in P itts b u r g h (1989-1992), h ea d of the Forbes Quadrangle Libraries at the Univer sity of Pittsburgh (1987- 1989), adjunct assistant professor in the College o f Library Science at Clarion U niversity of P en n sy lv a n ia (1 9 8 7 - 1989), and head of the Economics Library and Patricia Suozzi eco n o m ics b ib lio g ra pher at the University of Pittsburgh (1982-1987). She is the author (with Sandra Kerbel) of “The J u n e 1 9 9 3 /3 5 1 Organizational Misfits” published in C&RL (No vember 1992), o f a num ber o f book reviews, and two National Science Foundation grants. She w as also associate ed ito r of Econom ic Books: Current Selections from 1982-1989. She received both her bachelor’s degree in English and her MLS from the Catholic University of America. T hom as A m os is now assistant librarian and assistant head of public services at Indiana University Libraries. D aniel Barkey has joined the Northwest ern University Gaiter Health Sciences Library, Chicago, as head o f information systems. C atherine A. B ell is how collections con servation librarian, preservation department, at the University o f Texas at Austin Libraries. Joan B ew ley has b een appointed reference librarian and liaison to the Psychology and Phi losophy Departments at Carnegie Mellon Uni versity Libraries, Pittsburgh. Karen Havill B ingham is the new coordi nator of collection management at Middle Ten nessee State University, Murfreesboro. J o h n Bloom berg-R issm an has b een ap pointed assistant director of the Center for Bib liographical Studies and Research at the Uni versity of California, Riverside, an d at the Huntington Library, San Marino. J. C assidy Chestnut, Jr. has b een nam ed humanities reference librarian at the Auburn University Libraries, Alabama. Lucinda D ailey has been nam ed catalog lib r a ria n a t th e U n iv e rs ity o f A lab am a, Tuscaloosa. Feature your collection on a cover of C&RL News If you have material in your library’s col lections that you think w ould m ake an at tractive C&RL News cover, please send us a photograph and a brief description of the item and the collection. Photos may be ei ther color or black and w hite and should be 8" x 10" or 4" x 5". Illustrations with a verti cal orientation work best. Materials submit ted will becom e the property o f C&RL News and cannot be acknowledged. Send to: C&RL NewsCovets, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 6O6ll. M aureen D aw ley has b een prom oted to reference librarian and liaison to the Art De partm ent at Carnegie Mellon University Librar ies, Pittsburgh. D o in a Farkas is now head of technical ser vices at the University of North Texas Librar ies, Denton. Alan D ale Gabehart has been appointed assistant director of the Noel Memorial Library at Louisiana State University, Shreveport. B lake G u m b rech t has b e e n ap p o in ted docum ents librarian at Temple University Li braries, Philadelphia. Catherine Hitti has joined the staff of the Davis Library Reference Department, Univer sity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Elizabeth H oagg has been nam ed director of the Torrington Regional Campus Library, Uni versity of Connecticut, Storrs. D o n n a H ogan has been appointed refer ence librarian at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Ting Jam es has b een nam ed catalog librar ian at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. R oger K elly is n ow h ead of the Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Information Cen ter at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. N ancy K line is now coordinator for the ref erence collection at the University of Connecti cut Libraries, Storrs. M elissa Lam ont has been nam ed reference librarian (documents) in the Research and In formation Services Department at the Univer sity of Connecticut, Storrs. H elen Lewis has been appointed coordi nator for instructional services at the Univer sity of Connecticut Libraries, Storrs. Susan M assey is now catalog librarian at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. Cinda A nn May has b een nam ed special co llectio n s/rare b ooks cataloger at Tem ple University Libraries, Philadelphia. Stacey A. N ick ell is now public services c o o rd in a to r a n d au d io v isu a l c a ta lo g e r at Paducah Community College Library, Kentucky. Kristan Norvig has joined the staff of the Brandeis University Library, Waltham, Massa chusetts, as microcomputer/network analyst, Todd C. Peters is now assistant documents and electronic information services librarian at the University of Texas at Austin Libraries. Benita Strand has been nam ed curriculum materials/education librarian at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. 3 5 2 /C&RL News J o h n L. Tofanelli has been named refer ence librarian and liaison to the English and M odern Languages D epartm ent at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Pittsburgh. Carol Trinchitella has been appointed se rials acquisitions librarian at Auburn University Libraries, Alabama. Patricia J. Vaught is now cataloger of Latin American/Iberian materials at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Retirements Norm an B. Brown, professor of library ad ministration at the University of Illinois (UI), Urbana-Champaign, retired August 21, 1992. During his 39-year career at UI he served as assistant reference librarian, documents bibli ographer, serials acquisitions librarian, assistant serials librarian, head of the Collection Devel opment Division of the Collection Development and Preservation Department, and assistant di rector for special collections and preservation. From 1962-1984 he was a major contributor to the annual serials price indexes published in Library Journal. A sgeir Ingibergsson, university librarian at Augustana University College, Alberta, Canada, will become librarian emeritus w hen he retires August 1. He will have been Augustana’s head librarian for 15 years. Ingibergsson holds two degrees from the Uni versity of Iceland, his native land; in Canada he earned an MLS from the University of Alberta. He spent 20 years as a p arish p a s to r (1 9 5 8 - 1978), half in Iceland and half in Canada, and Asgeir Ingibergsson m ost recently chaired the Alberta Private Colleges Librarians Group. Mary Mac Mosley, associate librarian and di rector of library services at Shorter College, Rome, Georgia, retired May 31 after 25 years of service. Mosley joined the Shorter staff in 1968 after earning her MLn from Emory Uni versity. She earned a B.S. from Auburn Univer sity and com pleted additional graduate-level studies at Athens College, West Georgia Col lege, the University of Georgia, and Georgia State University. Mosley has been a member of many organizations including ALA, the South eastern Library Association, the Georgia Library Association, and the National Education Asso ciation. She was listed in Who’s Who o f Am eri can Women, 1974; Who’s Who in South a n d Southwest; the Dictionary o f International Bio graphy, 1975; and W ho’s Who in A m erican Education, 1992. Deaths Carol B ondhus Fitzgerald, chief of readers’ services at the Graduate Center Library of the City University of New York, died December 22, 1992, after a six-month battle with cancer. A graduate of Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois, Fitzgerald held master’s degrees from New York and Columbia Universities. She joined the Mina Rees Library staff in 1969 and served as deputy chief, acting chief, and chief of readers’ services there. She also was series editor of several ongoing, multivolume bibli ographies including Bibliographies o f the Ameri can Presidents, Bibliographies o f the United States, and Bibliographies o f American Notables. Mary Louise Gladish, biomedical research ser vices librarian at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, died January 14 at the age of 73- Gladish chose librarianship as a second ca reer after medical problems forced her to stop teaching. She had served as a Swift Fellow in nutrition at Harvard and as associate professor of health education at East Tennessee State Uni versity. She earned a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina and another in education from the University o f Chicago. Her MLS was earned at Peabody College. J o h n K in g, ac tin g h e a d o f re fe re n c e at Hornbake Library, University of Maryland (UM) at College Park, died January 17 after a linger ing illness. He was 44 years old. King received a B.A. in speech pathology and audiology from Hampton Institute in 1970, then w ent on to earn his M.A. in speech science from the Uni versity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1971, June 1 9 9 3 /3 5 3 and his MLS from Catholic University in 1984. King’s career at UM began in 1985 w hen he joined the staff as an associate librarian in ref erence. Before that he served as an adjunct lec turer at Catholic University while serving there as information specialist, library operations manager, and then project specialist for the National Rehabilitation Information Center from 1982 to 1985. From 1975 to 1981 King was a speech and language clinician for the Baltimore City Public Schools. King was a member of ALA and its Black Caucus, the DC Library Associa tion, and the Association of Specialized and Co operative Library Agencies. Myra Jo M oon, preservation librarian at Colo rado State University Libraries, died after a brief illness on March 15. Moon joined the libraries in 1965 first as assistant catalog librarian, then as h ea d o f the P repara tions Department. She took on her most recent position in 1982. Moon was an active workshop presenter and consult a n t o n p r e s e rv a tio n problems in Colorado. A founding member of the Colorado Center for Myra Jo Moon the Book, the Colorado Preservation Alliance, and the Colorado Library Association Preserva tion Roundtable, she was currently the project director of an LSCA grant for a state preserva Advertiser index American Psychological cover 2 AMIGOS 335 Ballen 323 Blackwell 311 Book House cover 3 Congressional Quarterly 332 John Minter Associates 353 NOTĬS cover 4 OCLC 321 Springer-Verlag 354 University of Missouri 314 H.W. Wilson 330 tion action plan. Nationally, she was a member of the ALA PLMS Library Binding Institutes Plan ning Committee. H elen S. Olney, former librarian at the School of Public Health, Harvard University, died Janu ary 14. She worked at Harvard from 1935 until her retirement in 1970. D onald Charles Y elton died February 23 in Warwick, Rhode Island, at the age of 75. He had a long library career serving as head li brarian at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, from 1952-1965; head librarian at New York State College at Buffalo (1965-1967); and director of libraries at the State University of New York at Potsdam (1967-1972). Yelton graduated from H am ilton College in 1935 an d received a master’s degree from Georgetown University in 1950. He also received an MLS from Colum bia University in 1950 and was awarded his Ph.D. there in 1962. The author o f B rief Am eri can Lives: Four Studies in Collective Biography (Scarecrow Press, 1978), Yelton had recently been active in the affairs of the Westerly Public Library in Westerly, Rhode Island. ■