ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 237 People P R O F I L E S The Association of Research Libraries has an­ nounced the appointment of J o h n P . M c ­ D o n a l d , director of the University of Connecti­ cut Library, to the position of ARL ex­ ecutive director suc­ ceeding Dr. Stephen A. McCarthy, who will retire on D e­ cember 31, 1974. Mr. McDonald is a graduate of the Uni­ versity of Virginia and received his library degree from Drexel University. His professional li­ John P. McDonald brary experience in­ cludes positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Washington Uni­ versity (St. Louis), and the University of Con­ necticut, where he has served as director of the library since 1963. Long active in professional library associa­ tions, Mr. McDonald is a past-president of ARL and has served on a number of committees of the ARL and the American Library Association. Mr. McDonald is married to the former Jo ­ sephine Herring and has two sons. He will join the ARL staff in Washington on November 1. B a r b a r a G. S c o t t has been appointed di­ rector of the library and associate professor at Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama. For the past seven years she held the position of acqui­ sitions librarian at Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota, where she also served for a short time as acting direc­ tor. A native of Wash­ ington state, Miss Scott received her A.B. in history in 1964 and her M.Ln. Barbara G. Scott in 1967 from the Uni­ versity of Washing­ ton. She succeeds James E . Gaines, Jr., who re­ signed to enter the doctoral program in li­ brary science at Florida State University. Miss Scott was asked to comment on her new assignment. Some of her remarks follow: “My immediate concern at Birmingham-Southern College is twofold: to explore the ramifications of a new college campus on the library’s build­ ing program and to continue developing Read­ ers’ Services in the present facility to insure that present service is not neglected for antici­ pated future service. “I see the quality of the library’s collection as the base upon which service is built. A steadily growing concern of mine is that stan­ dard collection development policies of private liberal arts colleges often do not adequately re­ late to the multi-faceted information explosion. Within the confines of current economic reali­ ties, this situation assumes even greater signifi­ cance for the quality service we strive to pro­ vide.” Birmingham-Southern has traditionally been recognized as one of the South’s most progres­ sive liberal arts colleges. The library has per­ haps the best liberal arts collection in the state. A P P O I N T M E N T S H a r r i e t S. A l e x a n d e r — assistant reference librarian for special collections— O k l a h o m a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Stillwater. C h a r l e s R . A n d r e w s — university librarian — S o u t h e a s t e r n M a s s a c h u s e t t s U n i v e r s i t y , North Dartmouth. K e v o r k B a r d a k j i a n — American specialist, Harvard College Library— H a r v a r d U n i ­ v e r s i t y , Cambridge, Massachusetts. R o n a l d L. B e c k e r — assistant curator, spe­ cial collections, Alexander Library— R u t g e r s U n i v e r s i t y , New Brunswick, New Jersey. M a r y B. B e l l — circulation librarian— U n i ­ v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a , Charlottesville. M i c h e a l B i n d e r — head librarian, Clinch Valley College— U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a , Wise. J a m e s B r a d l e y — head of acquisitions— N o r t h e a s t e r n I l l i n o i s U n i v e r s i t y , Chicago. E l e a n o r B r o w n — reference librarian— N e w Y o r k C i t y C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e . J u d y B u c k l e — reference librarian— U n i v e r ­ s i t y o f S a s k a t c h e w a n , Saskatoon. S c o t t R . B u l l a r d — assistant acquisitions li­ brarian— C o l o r a d o S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Fort Collins. T h o m a s K . B u r g e s s — head, systems devel­ opment office— I n d i a n a U n i v e r s i t y Library, Bloomington. D w i g h t F. B u r l i n g a m e — university librari­ an— U n i v e r s i t y o f E v a n s v i l l e , Indiana. B e t t y C h a n — reference librarian and bib­ liographer for the sciences, Dana Library— 238 R u t g e r s U n i v e r s i t y , Newark, New Jersey. C h e r y l P. C h i l d r e s s — science services li brarian— U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a , Charlottes ville. R o b e r t C o l e —assistant to the dean of li braries— S o u t h e r n I l l i n o i s U n i v e r s i t y , Car bondale. R o b e r t C o s t e l l o —media specialist— G o l d e n W e s t C o m m u n i t y C o l l e g e , Huntington Beach, California. G e o r g e T. C r a f t s —original cataloger, Spanish and Portuguese materials— U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a , Charlottesville. W i l l i a m R. C u l l i s o n —curator of prints and drawings, special collections division— T u l a n e U n i v e r s i t y Library, New Orleans Louisiana. R o n a l d B. D a n i e l s —chief of public ser vices, Bertrand Library— B u c k n e l l U n i v e r s i ­ t y , Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. J o h n H. D i n s m o r e —coordinator of public services— U n i v e r s i t y o f M i s s o u r i , St. Louis. K a y J e a n D o m i n e —archivist, Swem Library — C o l l e g e o f W i l l i a m a n d M a r y , Williams­ burg, Virginia. C a r o l y n E. D r u m —periodicals cataloger— U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a , Charlottesville. L i d a J . D u n k e l b e r g e r —assistant docu­ ments librarian— U n i v e r s i t y o f V i r g i n i a Charlottesville. B r y n a S. E p s t e i n —Hebrew cataloger, Har­ vard College Library— H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , Cambridge, Massachusetts. J o h n E z e l l —curator, Western History Col­ lections— U n i v e r s i t y o f O k l a h o m a , Norman. J u d i t h A. Fox—chief, catalog department— W a s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y Libraries, St. Louis, Missouri. W i l l i a m M. G a r d n e r —director of li­ braries— M a r q u e t t e U n i v e r s i t y , Milwaukee, Wisconsin. R o b e r t D. G a u l t —director of libraries— N o r t h w e s t C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e , Eugene, Ore­ gon. M e l v i n R . G e o r g e —director of libraries— N o r t h e a s t e r n I l l i n o i s U n i v e r s i t y , Chicago. A n n S. G w y n —assistant head of special col­ lections— T u l a n e U n i v e r s i t y Library, New Orleans, Louisiana. C l a u d e t t e S. H a g l e —assistant reference li­ brarian for interlibrary loans and microforms— O k l a h o m a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Stillwater. F r e d W. H a n e s —director of libraries— The U n i v e r s i t y o f T e x a s , El Paso. J o h n F. H a r v e y —dean of library services— H o f s t r a U n i v e r s i t y , Hempstead, New York. S t r a t i s H a v i a r a s —curator of the Poetry and Farnsworth Rooms, Harvard College Li­ brary— H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , Cambridge, Massachusetts. M a r g a r e t H e w i t t —bibliographer— N o r t h ­ ­ w e s t C h r i s t i a n C o l l e g e , Eugene, Oregon. ­ E d i t h H o l m e s —assistant education librari­ an— U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h C a r o l i n a , Colum­ ­ bia. B a r b a r a L. K i t t l e —cataloger— I o w a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Ames. ­ R o b e r t a J . K o v a c —head of selection, cata­ loging, and information service, Audio Visual Center— P u r d u e U n i v e r s i t y , West Lafayette, Indiana. R o b e r t B. L a n e —director— A i r U n i v e r s i t y Library, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. F r e d L e r n e r —head, reference services unit —V e r m o n t D e p a r t m e n t o f L i b r a r i e s , Mont­ , pelier. A l l e n Y . L i a o —assistant head o f technical ­ services— N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y Medical Cen­ ter, New Y o rk City. G e r a l d M. L i n x w i l e r —reference librarian — C a l i f o r n i a S t a t e C o l l e g e , Bakersfield. N o r r i s K. M a x w e l l —assistant librarian— O k l a h o m a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Stillwater. W i l b u r E. M e n e r a y —manuscripts librari­ an, special collections division— T u l a n e U n i v e r s i t y Library, New Orleans, Louisiana. W i l l i a m A. M o f f e t t —director of libraries — S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w Y o r k , College at Potsdam. , M a r g o L. M u r p h e y —assistant librarian in physical sciences and engineering— O k l a h o m a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Stillwater. C a r l F. O l d s e n —assistant director, Nation­ al Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped— O h i o S t a t e U n i v e r ­ s i t y , Columbus. M a r i o n P e t e r s —reference librarian, Sprague Library— C l a r e m o n t C o l l e g e s , California. M . M i c h e l e R a n s i l —monographic cataloger — B r y n M a w r C o l l e g e Library, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. A n t o n i o R o d r i g u e z -B u c k i n g h a m —librarian, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnolo­ gy— H a r v a r d U n i v e r s i t y , Cambridge, Mas­ sachusetts. L o r r a i n e S c h u l t e —associate director, Nor­ ris Medical Library.—U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a , L o s Angeles. 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