ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries May 1 9 9 6 /3 1 7 People in the N ew s Pa m Spiegel Margaret Harter, h ead of information services at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Repro­ duction, has b een aw arded the 1995-96 Herbert F. and Virginia White Professional Development Award by the Indiana University Libraries. The $2,500 aw ard will en ­ able Harter, w ho has been involved in online searching for 10 years, to lead a major revision and update o f the Kinsey Institute’s unique the­ saurus o f subject terms, the only com prehen­ sive thesaurus o f sexuality research. Herbert White was dean of the Indiana School o f Li­ brary and Information Science from 1980 to 1990. J o h n V. R ichardson Jr., associate professor in the Graduate School o f Education and Infor­ mation Studies at the University of California- Los Angeles, was one o f two fellows for the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Russia Project this spring. Richardson lectured at the Moscow Academy of Culture and the St. Petersburg Academy of Culture on the history and teaching of general reference work, the architectural logic of ques­ tion answering, and know ledge-based or ex­ pert systems. The other fellow was Barbara Moran, d ean o f the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Caro­ lina, w ho lectured on m anagem ent at the St. Petersburg Academy of Culture. C harles Schultz, professor and William P. Clements archivist at Texas A&M University, has b een nam ed the first recipient o f the Irene B. Hoadley professorship in academic librarian- ship there. An archivist w ho specializes in American maritime history, Schultz will use the $7,000 stipend to complete and publish a manu­ script about life on board ships during the 1849 gold rush. At Texas A&M Schultz has served as university archivist (1971– 1993) and as Clements archivist, charged with overseeing the papers of former Texas governor William P. Clements. The Hoadley professorship is nam ed to honor former library director Irene B. Hoadley’s two decades of service. M ic h a e l S h u m a te, c a ta ­ loger in the Special Collec­ tions Library at D uke Uni­ versity, was nam ed w inner o f the “Best of the Net 1995” aw ard by America O nline for the best literature site (am ateur division) o n the World Wide Web. Shumate maintains a site for hyper­ text fiction called “Hyperi- zo n s.” The aw ard citation describes the site as being “chock full of resources on postm odern fiction and its com puterized cousin, hypertext fiction.” You can explore the site at h ttp://w w w .duke.edu/ ~m shum ate/hyperfic.htm l. A ppointm ents R obin B. F ogel has been prom oted to library director at the State Uni­ v e rsity o f N ew Y ork, State College of O ptom ­ etry’s H arold Kohn Vi­ sion Science Library. She had served as assistant li­ brarian there since 1994. A g rad u a te o f Q u een s College, w here she re­ ceived h er MLS, Fogel is a su m m a c u m la u d e graduate of the Univer­ R o b in B. Fogel sity o f Connecticut. She formerly served as reference librarian at New York Medical College. Paul G herm an, director of libraries at Kenyon College, has b een nam ed university librarian at Vanderbilt University effective July 1. Gherman’s previous positions include special assistant to the president and director of libraries at Vir­ ginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and various positions at Iowa State University, Pennsylvania State University, and Wayne State University. “Paul G herm an is exceptionally know ledgeable about and committed to all as­ pects o f library development, from collections of major w orks to the most advanced uses of http://www.duke.edu/ 3 1 8 /C&RL News May 1 9 9 6 /3 1 9 information technology,” said Vanderbilt pro­ vost Thomas G. Burish. J o h n D. Gaboury, dean of libraries at Missis­ sippi State University (MSU), Starkville, has been appointed assistant vice- president for library ser­ vices an d inform ation te ch n o lo g y at William Paterson College in New Jersey. B efore joining MSU in 1991, Gaboury served as university li­ brarian at Radford Uni­ versity (1988– 1991) and at Northeastern Univer­ sity in Chicago (1985– J o h n D. G a b o u ry 1988). He also served in library positions at Niagara County Community College, Greenfield Community College, and the University of South Florida, among others. He was cochair of the Mississippi Libraries State­ wide Information Network Task Force, and was serving as president of the Mississippi Library Commission’s Advisory Committee w hen he accepted the position at William Paterson. Carol H am m ond has been appointed direc­ tor of the International Business Information Centre at the American Graduate School of Inter­ national Management in Glendale, Arizona. She p r e v io u s ly s e rv e d as head of technology sup­ port and development; head of library research, development, and exter­ nal relations; and head of research and informa­ tion access services at C a ro l H a m m o n d Arizona State University West. Before that she held positions at Gonzaga University and UCLA’s College Library. A fre­ quent contributor to library literature— includ­ Ed. note: Entries in this column are taken fro m library newsletters, letters fro m personnel offices, individuals using institutional letterhead, a n d other sources. To ensure that yo u r personnel news is considered fo r publication, write to Pam Spiegel, A ssistant Editor, C&RL News, 5 0 E. H uron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e-mail: pspiegel@ala. org. ing C&RL, C&RL News, and Research Strategies— Hamm ond currently serves on the Editorial Board of Reference Services Review. R. N. Sharma has been appointed director of the Drain Jordan Library at West Virginia State College. He previously served as director of the World Institute of Library and Information Science (U.S. office); director of libraries an d associate professor of history at the University of Evansville; assistant director for pub­ lic services and collec­ tion developm ent at the University of Wisconsin- R. N. S h a rm a Oshkosh; head librarian at Pennsylvania State University-Beaver Cam­ pus; reference librarian at Colgate University; and assistant librarian at the College of the Ozarks. An active professional, Sharma has chaired and served on many committees of ALA, ACRL, and the Asian/Pacific American Librar­ ians Association. He is editor of Library Times International, associate editor of International Leads, and serves on the editorial boards of other library journals. D aw n Bastian is now head of bibliographic record services at Northwestern University. Robert L. Byrd has been named acting uni­ versity librarian at Duke University. Carole Bell has been appointed head of se­ rials and acquisitions services at Northwestern University. Pam Burton is now head of the Systems Department at East Carolina University. D anielle Clarke is now public services li­ brarian at Ohio Wesleyan University. Laura C ohen has been named network ser­ vices librarian at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Joan E. C onger is now evening reference librarian at Southwest Texas State University. Ralph E. D alton has been nam ed docu­ ments librarian at Southwest Texas State Uni­ versity. Mary Karen D elm on t is now archivist and special collections librarian at Buffalo State College. Gary Flanagan has been appointed auto­ mation coordinator at Morehead State Univer­ sity in Morehead, Kentucky. 3 2 0 /C&RL News Kathryn B. H arnish has been appointed oordinator o f systems operations/reference li­ rarian at the University of Maryland Baltimore ounty. S tep h en M. H ayes has b een nam ed busi­ ess services librarian at the University of Notre ame. C hristoph er H. H oebeke is now informa­ ion delivery coordinator at the University of irginia Library. Mary H ollerich has been appointed inter- ibrary loan librarian at Northwestern Univer­ ity. P h ilip H ow ze is now head of reference at ichita State University. D avid J a ck so n recently becam e assistant urator for the Special Collections departm ent t the North Carolina State University Libraries. A lice Kirby has been appointed librarian or user services in the Science and Engineer­ ng Libraries at the University o f Virginia. J o h n A. Lambert has been nam ed library etw ork m anager at the University of Oregon, ugene. Gary K lein has been appointed the new anagem ent/business economics librarian at he Mark O. Hatfield Library at Willamette Uni­ ersity. D eb orah LaFond is now social sciences ibliographer at the University at Albany, State niversity of New York. N aom i Lederer has been nam ed reference ibrarian/instruction specialist at Colorado State niversity, Fort Collins. c b C n D t V l s W c a f i n E m t v b U l U M ich ael M cCaffrey is n ow governm ent publications/maps international state docum ent librarian at Northwestern University. Susan M albin has b een appointed refer­ en c e librarian at th e G o v ern o r T hom as E. D ew ey Graduate Library for Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, State Univer­ sity o f New York. Gail Munde is the new associate director o f academic library services at East Carolina University. Susan K. Nutter, director of the North Caro­ lina State University Libraries, has been given the additional title o f vice-provost. Laura M. O segueda has b een appointed head of the Veterinary Medical Library at North Carolina State University. Claudia A. Perry has b een nam ed assistant dean for educational information services at the State University of New York, State College of Optometry. D iane P erush ek has been appointed assis­ tant university librarian for collection manage­ ment at Northwestern University. Randy D. R alph is now systems and exten­ sion librarian at Guilford Technical Commu­ nity College in G reensboro, North Carolina. D eb orah R in derk nech t has been nam ed chair of the Central Reference Services Depart­ ment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. J o se p h Ross has b een appointed rare book cataloger at the University o f Notre Dame. Andrea C. Schwartz is now periodicals and microforms librarian at Southwest Texas State University. E. Ja cly n S hieh recently assumed the posi­ tion of original cataloger for electronic resources at the University o f Virginia. Scott Silet has joined the reference staff at the University of Virginia Library as instruction and information services librarian. Mary Ellen Spencer has been appointed docum ents librarian at North Carolina State University Libraries. Andrea Stam m is the new head of the Cata­ log Department at Northwestern University. K ristin Standaert is now government p u b ­ lications/maps librarian at Northwestern Uni­ versity. J o a n n e Tetrault recently becam e assistant head of access services at North Carolina State University Libraries. Scott Van Jacob has b een nam ed Iberian and Latin American studies librarian at the Uni­ versity o f Notre Dame. A d v ertise r in d e x Academic Press 308 American Psychological cover 2 Archival Products 285 Baker & Taylor 314 Bowker/Reed cover 3 Britannica Online 292 EBSCO-Host 303 Engineering Information 288 Haworth Press 300 IST 313, 322 Routledge 283 SIRSI cover 4, 3 Sociological Abstracts 296 UMI 273 University o f Missouri 276 WLN 318 11 May 1 9 9 6 /3 2 1 Sarah Watstein is now interim director of university computing services-academic cam­ pus at Virginia Commonwealth University. Sue Waterman is now resource services li­ brarian for German and Romance languages and literatures at Johns Hopkins University. Erwin Wodarczak has been named records analyst/archivist at the University o f British Columbia Libraries. Anna Wu has been appointed head of pub­ lic services at the Seeley G. Mudd Science and Engineering Library at Northwestern University. Patrick Yott has been named social science data services coordinator at the University of Virginia Library. Retirements Bruce K. Andrew, information services librar­ ian and head of readers’ services at Buffalo State College, recently retired after 30 years o f ser­ vice. Andrew was the 1990 recipient o f the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librari- anship. Miles M. Jackson retired in January after 21 years as professor and dean o f the School of Library and Information Studies at the Univer­ sity o f Hawaii at Manoa. Jackson previously served as library director at Hampton Univer­ sity, Atlanta University, and the Free Library of Philadelphia, and territorial librarian in Ameri­ can Samoa. A senior Fulbright professor at the University of Tehran in 1968-69, Jackson served as president o f the Association for Library and Information Science Education in 1989-90. Leszek Karpinski recently retired from the University o f British Columbia (UBC) Libraries after 26 years o f service. Karpinski joined UBC in 1969 as a cataloger, then moved to the Hu­ manities Division in 1971 to become reference librarian. In 1985 he assumed responsibility for Western European languages bibliography as well. Jocelyn Godolphin, humanities division head at UBC, called Karpinski “a package of talent that the UBC Library will not see again.” Sister Martin Joseph Jones has retired after 26 years of service to Buffalo State College. Jones established the Archives and Special Col­ lections area 20 years ago. In 1987 she received both the President’s and the Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Librarianship. Ann Stone has retired from the Duke Univer­ sity Libraiy after 36 years there, during which she served for 20 years as undergraduate li­ brarian, and 16 years as personnel librarian. An active participant and leader of library per­ sonnel groups in ALA, Stone also had a leading role in creating Duke’s Librarians Assembly in 1970, and served as its first president. Paul A. Zadner has retired as associate librar­ ian in the Information Services Department at Buffalo State College. During his 23 years at Butler Library, Zadner also served as head of public access. Deaths Maud D. Cole, retired keeper of rare books at the New York Public Library (NYPL), died March 8. Before joining the NYPL, Cole served for nine years at the Library of Congress, for one year in the Gifts and Exchanges Department, and thereafter as reference librarian and cata­ loger of atlases in the Map Division. Active in many professional organizations, including the Special Libraries Association (SLA) and the American Bibliographical Society, Cole served as secretary of ACRL’s Rare Books and Manu­ scripts Section from 1977 to 1979. Barbara Hycnar, associate university librar­ ian/head o f technical services at Northwestern University’s Law Library since 1980, died Janu­ ary 3. Active on libraiy committees, Hycnar served on the NOTIS Network Advisory Com­ mittee, the NOTIS Transition Team and its sub­ groups, and the Cataloging Policy Committee. Florence Klemm, retired librarian at the U.S. Air Force Academy Library in Colorado Springs, died in December at the age o f 53. A graduate of Harding College and the University of Den­ ver, Klemm served for 25 years as a reference librarian specializing in English, music, foreign languages, philosophy, and fine arts. After her health deteriorated, she was medically retired from government service in 1993, then was honored with the Department of the Air Force’s Award for Exemplary Civilian Service. ■ 3 2 2 / C&RL News