ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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People

PROFILES

M a r i l y n  J .  S h a r r o w  assumed the position 
o f associate d irecto r for p u blic services at the 
University o f Washington, Seattle, on January 1, 
1978. Sharrow holds a 
B .S . and an M .A .L .S . 
from the U niversity of 
M ichigan and is p re s­
e n tly  c o m p le tin g  a 
M .P .A . at the U niver­
sity o f Washington. She 
has held  p o sitio n s in 
several, libraries, includ­
ing the D etro it Public 
Library, Syracuse U ni­
v ersity  L ib ra rie s , and 
was d ir e c to r  o f  th e  
Roseville Public Library 
in Michigan from 1973 M arilyn J .  S h a rro w
to 1975.

Sharrow has been active in a variety o f organi­
zations and has serv ed  on nu m erou s lib rary  
committees. Currently her membership in ALA 
includes the A CRL and LAD divisions. She is a 
member o f the Resources Sharing Committee of 
the Washington Library Network and has been a 
regular reviewer for L ib r a r y  J o u r n a l for the past 
five years.

HAROLD L. E s p o  is the new program officer 
at the ACRL Headquarters. Before taking up his 
position with A C R L  on May 1, E sp o  was an 
In stru c tio n / R e fe re n c e  L ib r a r ia n  in th e  U ris 
Undergraduate Library at Cornell University in 
Ithaca, New York.

Espo began his library career at Earlham C ol­
lege as a reference librarian with a strong focus 
on bibliographic instru ctio n. H e then becam e 
head librarian at the D reiser Library, a part of 
the Indiana University Halls o f Residence Librar­
ies, and also spent time as the head librarian of 
the Living Learning C en te r at Indiana Univer­
sity. From Indiana he returned to Earlham C ol­
lege as assistant to the librarian during the period 
of time in which the librarian, Evan F arber, pur­
sued work under a Council o f Library Resources 
grant.

A regular contribu tor to the “ Periodicals for 
College Libraries” column in C H O IC E , he has 
also been involved in a nu m b er o f workshops 
dealing with bibliographic instruction.

Richard W. Couper, president o f the New York 
Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foun­
dations, is pleased to announce the appointment 
of D a v i d  H . ST AM to the position o f Andrew W.

Mellon D irecto r o f the research libraries. The 
new director will assume his office in the summer 
of 1978. Stam will have full responsibility for the 
New York Public Library’s twenty-two research 
libraries and special research collections.

Stam  has b e e n  lib r a r ia n  o f th e  M ilto n S. 
Eisenhower Library, the library o f the Arts and 
Sciences Division o f Johns Hopkins University, 
since 1973, where he also served as chairman o f 
the University L ibrary C ouncil. From  1967 to 
1973, Stam served on the staff of the Newberry 
Library, Chicago, as head of Technical Services 
until 1969, and as associate librarian thereafter. 
Prior to his service at the Newberry Library, he 
was librarian o f M arlb oro C o lle g e , M arlboro, 
Vermont, where he also taught.

From  1959 to 1964, Stam served in several 
capacities at the New York Public Library, among 
these as assistant editor of library publications, 
and in the library’s B erg Collection o f English 
and American Literature. It was at this time that 
he assisted Elton F. Henley in the preparation of 
W o r d sw o r th ia n  C r itic is m  1 9 4 5 -1 9 5 9 , published 
by the library. H e was the author with Elton 
Henley of a revised edition in 1965 and compiled 
the successive volume, W o rd sw o r th ia n  C riticism  
1964-1974 (NYPL, 1974).

Stam is a m ember o f several scholarly and pro­
fessional organizations and has written and edited 
a number o f articles for scholarly and academic 
journals. H e is the recent author o f “After the 
Ball is H ik ed : C r e a tiv ity  and C o n fo rm ity  in 
Academic Library Organization,” to be published 
in the P ro ceed in g s o f  th e S eco n d  A n n u al L ib ra r y  
M an ag em en t C o n fe r e n c e , Indiana State Univer­
sity.

Stam is currently completing his doctorate in 
English history at Northwestern University and 
has studied at Wheaton College, the City Univer­
sity of New York, and Rutgers University Gradu­
ate School o f Library Science, from which he re­
ceived his M .L .S . degree in 1962.

The appointment of An n e  W OODSW ORTH as 
director o f libraries at York University has been 
announced by Bertrand Gerstein, chairman of the 
university’s board o f governors. The appointment 
is effective April 1, 1978.

Woodsworth, currently personnel librarian at 
the Toronto Public Library, will replace William 
Newman, who has been acting director o f librar­
ies since July 1976. In her new position at York 
University, she will be responsible for a system of 
five libraries (including the Osgoode Hall Law 
School Library, the Steacie Science Library, and 
Glendon C o llege’s Leslie Frost Library) with a 
collection o f over a million volumes and a staff



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complement o f 220, including 41 librarians.
A professional librarian for the past thirteen 

years, Woodsworth brings to her position at York 
University a wealth of experience in general li­
brary administration with expertise in such areas 
as bu dget and fiscal m anagem ent, p erson nel 
management, collection organization and process­
ing, and measurement and evaluation.

Woodsworth is a graduate o f fine arts from the 
University o f Manitoba (1962). She received her 
B .L .S . d egree (1964) and h e r M .L .S . d egree 
(1969) from the University of Toronto.

Her career as a librarian commenced in 1964 as 
faculty librarian for the faculty of education at the 
U n iv ersity  o f M an ito b a. S in c e  th e n  sh e has 
served as re fe re n c e  librarian and librarian in 
charge of three branches of the Winnipeg Public 
Library (1965-67); reference librarian in the Sci­
ence and M edicine D epartm ent, University of 
Toronto Library (1967-68); medical librarian, To­
ronto W estern Hospital (1969-70); administrative 
assistant to the ch ief librarian and then head of 
the Reference Department, University o f Toronto 
Library (1970-74); information systems consultant 
for th e  U n iv e rsity  o f T oro nto  M ed ia C e n tre  
(1974); project officer in research and planning for 
the Ontario Educational Communications Author­
ity (1974-75); and personnel librarian for the To­
ronto Public Library from 1975 to the present.

In addition, Woodsworth has directed Informa­
tion Consultants, a private company she estab­
lished in 1974, that specializes in research and in­
formation needs; retrieval systems; and surveys 
for federal and provincial governments, libraries, 
business, and industry.

C ollege L ib ra ry  Stan dards

The ad hoc Committee to Review the 1975 
College Library Standards wants to learn of 
problems librarians may have had in applying 
the standards in order to determine areas in 
need o f revision. It would also be glad to 
learn o f recently com pleted or ongoing re­
search projects that might have application to 
college library standards.

Anyone with information or comments that 
might be useful to the committee is urged to 
write or contact a member of the committee: 
Arthur Monke, Librarian, Bowdoin College, 
Brunswick, M E 04011, (207) 7 2 5 -8731, Ext. 
281; Herbert F . Johnson, Librarian of Ober­
lin, O berlin C ollege L ibrary, O berlin, OH 
44074, (216) 7 7 5 -8 2 8 5 ; Patricia Ann Sacks, 
Director o f Libraries, Muhlenberg and Cedar 
Crest Colleges, Allentown, PA 18104, (215) 
437 4 4 7 1 ‚ Ext. 264; Jasper G. Schad, D irec­
tor, Library/Media Resources Center, Box 68, 
W ichita State University, Wichita, KS 67208, 
(316) 689-3586.

She is the author of some twenty articles and 
bibliographies including T he "Alternative Press” 
in C a n a d a : A C h eck list and W om en: A G u ide to 
B ib lio g ra p h ic Sou rces.

APPOINTMENTS

D a v i d  Al e x a n d e r — archivist, Regional His­
tory C e n te r — N O RTH ERN  IL L IN O IS  U N IV E R ­
SITY, DeKalb.

LYN DA M . B a r r e r — r e fe r e n c e  lib ra ria n , 
Cabot Science Library— HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

KEVIN P. B a r r y — industrial relations librar­
ian— PRINCETON UN IVERSITY, New Jersey.

E l i z a b e t h  G . B i s h a i — c a ta lo g e r—  
Ha r v a r d  U n i v e r s i t y , Cambridge, Massachu­
setts.

M a r g e r y  S. B l a k e — acting librarian, John
F. Kennedy School o f Government— HARVARD 
UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

JU L IE  M. B l ATTNER— librarian, International 
C enters— H a r v a r d  U n i v e r s i t y , Cam bridge, 
Massachusetts.

JON A. BOON E— head of the C ollection D e­
velopment Departm ent— NORTH ERN  ILLIN O IS 
Un i v e r s i t y , DeKalb.

RICHARD E . BOPP— assistant reference librar­
ian and assistant professor o f library adminis­
tratio n — U n i v e r s i t y  o f  I l l i n o i s  a t
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN.

G a y l o r d  B r y n o l f s o n — literature bibliog­
rapher— P r i n c e t o n  U n i v e r s i t y , New Jersey.

S t e v e n  C a m p b e l l — acq u isitio n s lib r a r ­
ian— K a n s a s  St a t e  U n i v e r s i t y , Manhattan.

B i l l y  S w e e r u s  C r a w f o r d — liason agent, 
Africana P r o je c t— N o r t h w e s t e r n  U n i v e r ­
s i t y , Evanston, Illinois.

An n e  G. D a v i e s — head of technical services, 
Edu cation L ib ra ry — HARVARD U N IV E R S IT Y , 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

P E T E R  D z w ONKOSKI— head of the D ep art­
m ent o f  R are B ooks, M an u scrip ts and A r­
ch iv es— U n i v e r s i t y  o f  R o c h e s t e r , New 
York.

Vi c t o r i a  E v a l d s — catalog librarian, Africana 
P r o je c t— N o r t h w e s t e r n  U n i v e r s i t y , 
Evanston, Illinois.

E l i z a b e t h  A. F a l s e y — curatorial associate,
Theological L ibrary— HARVARD U N IV E R SIT Y , 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

J .  M i c h a e l  F o s t e r — assistant music catalog 
librarian and assistant professor of library admin­
istratio n — U n i v e r s i t y  o f  I l l i n o i s  a t  
U r b a n a - C h a m p a i g n .

G l e n  A. G i l d e m e i s t e r — director, Regional 
H istory C e n te r — N O R T H ER N  IL L IN O IS  U N I­
VERSITY, DeKalb.

Sa n f o r d  W . GOIN , J r .— librarian, Yonkers 
Extension C en te r Library— M ER C Y  C O L L E G E , 
Dobbs Ferry, New York.



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P e t e r  D . H a i k a l i s — acting head o f general 
referen ce d iv isio n— P R IN C E T O N  U N IV E R S IT Y , 
New Jersey.

E l a i n e  H a r t — in s tr u c tio n  l ib r a r ­
ian—  D e P a u l  U n i v e r s i t y , Chicago, Illinois.

M ARY M . H u s t o n — assistant undergraduate 
librarian and assistant professor o f library admin­
is tra tio n — U n i v e r s i t y  o f  I l l i n o i s  a t  
U r b a n a - C h a m p a i g n .

L y n e t t e  FANNON J o h n s o n — data base ref­
e re n c e  lib ra ria n — U N IV E R S IT Y  O F  W A SH IN G ­
TON, Seattle.

P E T E R  T . JOHNSON— bibliographer for Latin 
America, Spain and Portugal— PRIN CETON  UNI­
V ER SIT Y , New Jersey.

S u s a n  A . K I E F E R — law  lib r a r ia n —  
U n i v e r s i t y  o f  O r e g o n , E u gene.

L y n n e  O . K i n g — reference librarian— S t a t e  
U n i v e r s i t y  C o l l e g e , Plattsburgh, New York.

B r e n d a  K u c h i n s k Y— cataloger, Theological 
Library— H ARVARD U N IV E R S IT Y , C am bridge, 
Massachusetts.

P a u l  J .  L A R S E N — s o c ia l s c i e n c e  c a t a l o g e r  
U N IV ER SIT Y  O F  P IT T SB U R G H , P en n sy lv a n ia .

A r l e e  M a y — director, New England Regional 
M edical L ib ra ry  S e rv ic e — H a r v a r d  U N IV E R ­
SITY, Cam bridge, Massachusetts.

R e b e c c a  N G — bu sin ess/ eco n o m ics lib r a r ­
ian— N o r t h e r n  I l l i n o i s  U n i v e r s i t y , D e ­
Kalb.

D a n u t a  A. N i t e c k i — c o o rd in a to r o f  Illin o is 
re s e a r c h  a n d  r e f e r e n c e  a c tiv it ie s  a n d  a s s is ta n t 
p rofessor o f  lib ra ry  a d m in istratio n — U N IV ER SITY
o f  I l l i n o i s  a t  U r b a n a -C h a m p a i g n .

M i c h a e l  O C H S— librarian, L o e b  Music L i­
b r a ry — H a r v a r d  U n i v e r s i t y , C a m b r id g e , 
Massachusetts.

H y e -OK P a r k — catalog librarian, Honnold Li­
brary— C l a r e m o n t  C o l l e g e s , California.

M a r c i a  J .  P e t e r s o n — re fe re n c e  librarian, 
E d u c a tio n  L ib r a r y — H a r v a r d  U N IV E R S IT Y , 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

S I EW -C H O O  P o h — health scien ces referen ce 
librarian— U N IV E R SIT Y  O F  W ASHINGTON, Seat­
tle.

CA PITO LA  W . P O R TE R — sta ff asso cia te, lib rary 
a d m in is tra tio n — U N IV E R SIT Y  O F  IL L IN O IS  AT 
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN.

G e o r g i a  A . P o r t u O N D O — c a ta lo g e r  and 
a ss is ta n t p r o fe s s o r  o f  lib r a r y  a d m in is tr a ­
tion— U n i v e r s i t y  o f  I l l i n o i s  a t  U r b a n a - 
C h a m p a i g n .

JO  R A T H G E B E R — librarian, Yorktown Heights 
Extension C e n te r Library— M E R C Y  C O L L E G E , 
Dobbs F erry , New York.

R i c h a r d  W . S h e l l m a n — s c i e n c e  b ib lio g ­
rapher— L o y o l a  U n i v e r s i t y  o f  C h i c a g o , I l ­
linois.

E a r l  S h u m a k e r — head o f the Governm ent 
Publications D epartm ent— N O RTH ERN  ILLIN O IS 
U n i v e r s i t y , DeK alb.

B r u c e  S t a r k — s p e c i a l  c o l l e c t i o n s  l i b r a r ian—

S t a t e  U n i v e r s i t y  C o l l e g e , P la tts ­
burgh, New York.

D O N  U H L — so cia l s c ie n c e  c a ta lo g  lib r a r ­
ian— N o r t h e r n  I l l i n o i s  U n i v e r s i t y , D e ­
Kalb.

H o w a r d  H . W a d e — law lib r a r ia n —  
U n i v e r s i t y  o f  O r e g o n , Eugene.

L i n d a  H o f f m a n  W a l l i h a n — assista n t g e n ­
e ra l r e f e r e n c e  lib r a r ia n — C A L IF O R N IA  S T A T E  
U n i v e r s i t y , S a cra m en to .

B a r b a r a  W e s t — field r e p re s e n ta tiv e , R e ­
gional H isto ry  C e n te r — N O R T H E R N  IL L IN O IS  
U n i v e r s i t y , DeKalb.

RETIREMENTS

GEO R G IA  C . HAUG H, curator o f rare books at 
the William L. C lem ents Library, U n i v e r s i t y  
O F M ICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, retired M arch 1.

DEATHS

H . R i c h a r d  Ar c h e r , retired librarian o f the 
C h ap in  L ib r a r y , W IL L IA M S  C O L L E G E , 
Williamstown, Massachusetts, died January 19.

W IL L IA M  S. D I X , retired university librarian 
at P r i n c e t o n  U n i v e r s i t y , New Je rse y , died 
F e b ru a ry  2 1 . H e was a past p re s id e n t o f the 
American Library Association and chairman o f the 
Association o f Research Libraries.