ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries P E O P L E PROFILES F r a n c e s B e n h a m , director o f media/library sci­ ence education at D elta S ta te University, has been named director of the Leonard H. Axe L ib ra ry at Pittsburg State U niver­ sity, Pittsburg, Kansas, e ffe c tiv e Ju ly 1, 198 3 . Prior to com ing to D elta S ta te, Benham served as public services librarian and research assistant at Flo rid a State University (1 9 7 7 -1 9 8 0 ), library di­ rector o f the University o f H o u sto n V i c t o r i a C a m p u s ( 1 9 7 3 - 1 9 7 7 ) , head o f th e E d u catio n Division (1972) and as­ sistant social sciences li­ Frances Benham b ra ria n (1 9 6 9 -1 9 7 2 ) at the University o f Houston Lib rary. She holds a doctorate (1981) and an advanced M LS degree (1978) from Florid a Sta te University, an M LS from North Texas Sta te U niversity (1969), and a b a c h e lo r’s in seco n d ary ed u ca tio n from Texas T ech. Benham has w ritten several papers on library services for the blind and physically handicapped which are available in E R IC . W i l m a R e i d C i p o l l a has been appointed direc­ tor of the U ndergraduate L ib ra ry at the State Uni­ versity o f New York at Bu ffalo, effective February 1. She had been head of the Serials D epartm ent at SU N Y -B uffalo since 1978 and head o f Serial R ec o rd s fro m 1 9 7 4 to 1978. C ipolla holds an M LS fro m S U N Y -B u ffa lo (1974) and a m aster’s de­ gree in music literature an d p ia n o fro m th e E astm an School of Mu­ sic, University o f R och ­ e s te r ( 1 9 5 2 ) . H e r r e ­ s e a r c h in m u sic W ilm a R eid Cipolla literature has led to sev­ era l p u b lic a tio n s , in clu d in g A C a ta lo g o f th e W orks o f A rth u r Foote 1853-1937 (1980) and an a rticle on music subject headings in L ib ra ry R e­ sources an d Technical Services (1974). She serves as a m em ber-at-large on the E xecutive C om m ittee o f the R T S D Serials Section and as a m em ber o f th at section’s C om m ittee on Union Lists o f Serials. E r i c L . O r m s b y has been named director o f li­ b raries at the C a th o lic U niversity o f A m erica, W ashington, D .C . He succeeds Fred Peterson, di­ rector from 1977 to 1982, who is now university li­ b rarian at Illinois State University, N orm al. Since 1977 O rm sby has been cu rator o f Near East Collections at Princeton University. He holds an M LS from Rutgers University and a m aster’s de­ gree and doctorate in Near Eastern studies from Princeton. A n n K n i g h t R a n d a l l has been named ch ief li­ b rarian o f the C ity C ollege of the C ity University of New Y ork, effective N ovember 1 ,1 9 8 2 . H er im m e­ diate goals for C U N Y’s new N o rth A c a d e m ic C en ter complex include im plem enting a G E A C c irc u la tio n system , an o n lin e c a t a l o g , an d a c o lle c t io n assessm en t project. R andall was assistant university lib ra ria n for reference and collection developm ent at Brow n U n iversity sin ce 1977. She holds a bachelor’s in p o litic a l s c ie n c e from A n n K. R andall B arnard C ollege and an M L S and doctorate from the C olum bia University School o f L ib rary Service. She was a 1982 C L R Senior Fellow at U C L A , a 1982 A R L M anagem ent C onsultant trainee, and a 1 9 8 1 -8 2 m em ber o f the Brow n M anagem ent Development Program . She has held faculty positions in the Queens College and Brooklyn C ollege libraries, and has taught li­ brary science courses at C olum b ia, Rutgers, P ra tt, and the University of Rhode Island. Randall is an ALA councilor at large. She has served as ch a ir o f A C R L ’s Ed ucation and Behav­ ioral Sciences Section (1 9 8 0 -8 1 ) and the North At- A p r il 1983 / 121 la n t i c H e a lth S c ie n c e s L i b r a r i a n s A s s o c ia tio n (1 9 7 9 - 8 0 ). PEOPLE IN THE NEWS M a r i a n n a T a x C h o l d i n . assistant d irecto r for th e S lav ic and E a s t E u ro p e a n L ib r a ry a t th e U n i­ versity o f Illin o is, w as re cen tly aw ard ed a visiting g ra n t a t th e K en n an In stitu te fo r A dvanced Rus­ sian Studies o f th e W o o d ro w W ilso n In tern a tio n a l C e n te r for Sch o lars, W a sh in g to n , D .C . She and M a u rice F rie d b erg , c h a ir o f th e university’s D e ­ p a rtm e n t o f S la v ic L a n g u a g es an d L ite ra tu re s , h ave organized a c o n feren ce on Soviet censorship w h ich w ill tak e p la ce a t the In s titu te this spring. D u rin g h er s a b b a tic a l in W ash in g to n , C h o ld in has been app oin ted visiting scholar in th e C en ter for th e Book a t th e L ib r a ry o f Congress. A PPO IN TM EN TS (A p p o in tm en t n o tices a re ta k en from lib ra ry n ew sletters, letters from personnel offices and ap ­ pointees, and o th er sources. T o ensure th a t your ap p oin tm en t ap p ears, w rite to th e E d ito r, A C R L . 5 0 E . Huron S t ., C h ica g o , I L 6 0 6 1 1 ). A r n e A r n e s o n h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d h e a d o f t h e M u s i c L i b r a r y a t t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f W i s c o n s i n , M a d i s o n . R a g n h i l d B a i r n s f a t h e r has been appointed so­ cial sciences su b ject sp ecialist in th e D ew ey L i ­ b r a r y . M a ssa ch u setts I n s titu te o f T e c h n o lo g y , C am b rid g e. C a r l E . B e n g s t o n has been appointed user ser­ vices lib ra ria n in th e L ib ra ry System s O ffice o f the U niversity o f C a lifo rn ia , Berkeley. K a t h l e e n B e r g e n is a n ew in s tru c tio n / re ­ feren ce lib ra ria n a t th e U n d ergrad uate L ib ra ry of th e U niversity o f M ich igan , Ann A rbor. J o a n B i e i .l a has been appointed c a ta lo g er on the N ear E a s t C a ta lo g in g T e a m , P rinceto n U niversity L ib r a ry , New Jersey . P e t e r B l i s s has been appointed referen ce lib ra r­ ian at th e U niversity o f C a lifo rn ia . R iverside. L i­ b rary. M a r y J a n e B r u s t m a n has been appointed re fer­ en ce lib ra ria n in th e G ra d u a te L ib r a ry of P u b lic P olicy, S ta te U niversity o f N ew York at A lbany. G a r y B y r d has been nam ed lib ra ria n of th e U n i­ versity o f N orth C a ro lin a H ealth Scien ces L ib ra ry . C h ap el H ill. L e w i s C a r t e e has been appointed coord in ator o f circu la tio n services in the U niversity o f M a ry ­ land L ib ra rie s. C o llege Park. PlNGFENG C h i has been nam ed d irecto r of the C e n te r for C hinese R esearch M a teria ls at the Asso­ cia tio n o f R esearch L ib ra ries. W ash ing ton . W i l m a R e i d C i p o l l a has been nam ed director o f th e U n dergrad uate L ib r a ry , S ta te U niversity of N ew York at B u ffalo . J a m e s L . C OEN h a s b e e n a p p o i n t e d r e f e r e n c e l i ­ b ra ria n in the Business L ib r a ry o f C o lu m b ia U ni­ versity, N ew Y ork. K a t h r y n A . C r a w f o r d is now a ca ta lo g lib ra r­ ian at th e U niversity o f T ex a s a t D allas. K a t h l e e n F . C r o w e has been appointed lib ra r­ ia n o f th e O f f i c e o f C a r e e r S e rv ic e s a n d O ff - C am p us L e a rn in g at H arvard University. D o n n a C r u m p is now te ch n ica l services lib ra ria n at th e N ation al L ib r a ry of M ed icin e, Bethesd a. M ary lan d . L l o y d D a v i d s o n has been ap p o in ted life sci­ e n ces l i b r a r ia n a t th e S c ie n c e -E n g in e e r in g L i ­ b ra ry , N orthw estern U niversity, E v a n sto n , I l li ­ nois. A l m a D a w s o n has been appointed head o f the Sch o o l o f L ib r a r y and In fo rm a tio n S c ie n ce L i ­ b ra ry , L ou isia n a S ta te U niversity, B a to n R ouge. W a n d a D o l e has been ap p ointed N ortheastern regional sales m a n a g er for B lackw ell N orth A m er­ ic a , B lackw o o d , New Jersey . E i l e e n D u b i n has been nam ed d ir e c to r o f li­ b ra ry services a t W illia m R ainey H arp er C ollege, P ala tin e . Illin ois. E a r n s t e i n D u k e s has been appointed c a ta lo g li­ b ra ria n at th e.U n iversity o f Texas a t D allas. D o n a l d F a r r e n has been appointed associate d irecto r in th e Sp ecial C o llectio n s D ivision o f the U niversity o f M ary lan d L ib r a ry , C o llege Park. C a r o l e F u e n t e s is now a referen ce lib ra ria n in th e E n g in eerin g and M a th em a tica l Scien ces L i­ b ra ry , U niversity o f C a lifo rn ia at L o s Angeles. D a r l e n e G a e t a n o is th e new head o f te ch n ical services a t the U niversity o f Kansas M ed ical C en ter L ib r a ry , K ansas C ity . L a u r a G e w i s s l e r has been appointed ca ta lo g er on the S o cial Sciences C a ta lo g in g T e a m , Princeton U niversity L ib r a ry , N ew Jersey. E m i l y G i l l u l a has b een ap p o in ted m a n a g e­ m ent referen ce lib ra ria n at N orthw estern U niver­ sity, E v a n sto n , Illinois. A n d r e a S . G o l d s t e i n has been ap p ointed c a ta ­ lo ger a t T e m p le U n iversity L ib r a rie s , P h ila d e l­ phia. M a r i a n n e G o l d s t e i n has been appointed head o f reference and in terlib ra ry loan services in the L o ckw o o d L ib r a ry , S ta te U niversity o f New York at B u ffalo . S a l G u e r e n a has been appointed referen ce li­ b ra r ia n in c h a r g e o f th e C o le c c io n T lo q u e Na- huaque at th e U niversity o f C a lifo rn ia . Sa n ta B a r­ b ara. L a u r a H a r r i s is now head o f the R eal E s ta te In ­ stitute L ib r a ry , New York U niversity. R o b e r t H e l f e r has been ap p ointed ca ta lo g er for the Pascal Pia p ro je c t. V a n d erb ilt University. N ashville, Tennessee. S a n d r a K . H e s s is a new ca ta lo g er at T em p le U niversity L ib ra ries. P hiladelp hia. P a t r i c e H o l l i d a y has been appointed assistant s e a r c h l i b r a r i a n at N o rth w e s te rn U n iv e r s ity . Ev an sto n . Illinois. N a n c y H u n n has been ap p oin ted ca ta lo g er for 122 / C &R L N ew s the Pascal Pia project at V anderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. M i l e s M . J a c k s o n has been named dean of the G raduate School o f L ib rary Studies at the Univer­ sity o f H aw aii, Honolulu. S h i r l e y M . J o h n s o n has joined the staff of the C larion State College Carlson L ib ra ry , C larion, Pennsylvania, as assistant reference librarian for business. L i l y C h i a -j e n K e c s k e s is now reference lib rar­ ian and bibliographer for the East Asian Lib rary, Colum bia University, New York. M a r g a r e t K i m b a l l is the new project archivist o f the R L IN M anuscripts P roject, Stanford Univer­ sity, C alifornia. L i n d a K o s m i n has been named director of the R .E . Gibson Scientific and T echn ical L ibrary of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics L a b ­ oratory, Lau rel, M aryland. B r e n d a K u c h i n s k y has been appointed head of technical services in the John F . Kennedy School of Governm ent Lib rary, Harvard University. J i m L o c k w o o d has been appointed acting assis­ tant vice chancellor o f public affairs for the Oregon State System o f Higher Ed ucation, Eugene. B a r b a r a M a c A d a m is now instruction and refer­ ence lib rarian at the University o f M ichigan, Ann Arbor. J u d i t h M a c I n i s h has been appointed assistant head o f the H ornbake Undergraduate L ib rary R ef­ eren ce U n it, U n iversity o f M ary lan d , C o llege Park. S c o t t B . M a n d e r n a c k has been appointed ref­ erence librarian at Tem p le University, Philadel­ phia. E l i z a b e t h M a r c u t t i has been appointed public services lib ra ria n at the University o f V irgin ia, Charlottesville. M i l t o n M e G e e was named coordinator o f the F e d e r a l L i b r a r y and I n f o r m a tio n N etw o rk (F E D L IN K ), L ib rary of Congress. J a m e s M e y e r has been promoted to authorities librarian and cataloger at Northwestern Univer­ sity, Evanston, Illinois. J o a n n a M i t c h e l l has been appointed acquisi­ tions librarian at Northern M ichigan University, Marquette. B a r b a r a M o n t a n a r y is the new head of the Bio- A gricultural L ib ra ry , University o f C a lifo rn ia , Riverside. C h e r y l S . N e l s o n has been named library di­ rector at Nichols College, Dudley, Massachusetts. K a r e n N o v a k has been appointed assistant seri­ als librarian at the Science-Engineering Lib rary, N orthwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. L a r r y R . O b e r g has been appointed reference librarian at Lew is-C lark State College, Lewiston, Idaho. C a r o l y n n e P r e s s e r has been named associate li­ brarian for planning and systems at the University A p r il 1983 / 123 o f W a te rlo o , O n tario . J i l l R a w n s l e y has been appointed coordinator o f pu blic services at th e Jessie B a ll duPont L ib ra ry , U niversity of the Sou th , Sew anee, Tennessee. V i r g i n i a R a s b o l d has been appointed assistant serials lib ra ria n a t th e U niversity o f South C a ro ­ lin a , C o lu m b ia. J a m e s R e a r d o n - A n d e r s o n has been appointed E a st Asian L ib ra ria n at C o lu m b ia U niversity, New York. S t e p h a n i e R e y n o l d s has been appointed c a ta ­ loger in the U niversity o f Pennsylvania L ib raries, Philadelp hia. W i l l i a m R h i n e h a r t has joined th e C atalo g ing D ep a rtm en t o f th e O h io U niversity L ib raries, A th­ ens, to ca ta lo g special collections. S t e p h e n M . R o b e r t s has been appointed assis­ ta n t d irector o f university lib raries at th e S ta te U ni­ versity o f New York at B u ffalo. J a n e R o s o v has been appointed lib ra ria n in the B ib lio grap h ic Services D ivision, N ational L ib ra ry o f M edicine, Bethesd a, M aryland. P a t s y S. Ross has join ed the T ho m as Cooper L i­ b ra ry a t th e University of South C a ro lin a , C olum ­ b ia , as head of the Serials D ep artm en t. C i n d y S c h a t z is th e new reference lib ra ria n at th e N o rth w estern U n iv ersity M e d ic a l L ib r a r y , C h icag o. S h a r o n S . S c o t t has been prom oted to head c a t­ alog lib ra ria n at M oody M em orial L ib ra ry , Bay lor U niversity, W a c o , Texas. R o x a n n e S e l l b e r g has been appointed head of th e A utom ated Processing D ep a rtm en t, In d ian a U niversity L ib ra ries, Bloom ington. A l l i s o n S l e e m a n has been a p p oin ted serials conversion lib ra ria n a t T em p le U niversity, P h ila ­ delphia. M a r y L o u S t u r s a has been appointed govern­ m ent docum ents lib rarian at th e Steenbock Agri­ cu ltu re L ib ra ry , U niversity o f W isconsin, M adi­ son. M a u r e e n S u l l i v a n has been appointed head of th e Y ale University L ib ra ry Personnel O ffice. T h e i n S w e is now assistant director for collection m anagem en t at th e University o f M aryland , C o l­ lege Park. T e r r i e S y p o l t has been appointed head re fer­ ence lib ra ria n at Arkansas S ta te U niversity, Jo n es­ boro. J e a n T h o m p s o n has been appointed head o f ref­ erence at the University of W isconsin-M adison M e­ m orial L ib ra ry . W i l u a m M . T r e a t has been named assistant uni­ v e rsity lib r a r ia n fo r a d m in is tra tiv e services at D uke U niversity L ib ra ry , D u rh a m , North C a ro ­ lin a , effectiv e M ay 2. D e s i d o r V i k o r is th e new reference lib ra ria n in the H ornbake U ndergraduate L ib r a ry , University o f M arylan d , C ollege Park. B a r b a r a L . W a g n e r is now a reference lib ra ria n in th e S cien ce and Technology L ib r a ry , University o f W yom in g, L a ra m ie. M e l a n i e W e l c h has been appointed lib rarian in th e W a lk er M anagem ent L ib ra ry , V an d erbilt U niversity, Nashville. P h y l l i s M . Y o u n g has been appointed head of p u blic services in th e G en eral L ib ra ry B ranch of the V irgin ia S ta te L ib ra ry , Richm ond. RETIREMENTS H e l e n D r u l e y retired as head catalo g lib rarian at M iam i University L ib ra ries, O xford, O h io, on D ecem b er 31. A n n a D u a r t e has retired from her position as se­ rials lib ra ria n in the U niversity o f C a lifo rn ia , Los Angeles, L ib ra ry . R i c h a r d A . F a r l e y retired on F e bru ary 1 a fter 8 years as directo r o f th e N ational A gricultural L i­ b ra ry , B eltsville, M aryland. F a rle y began his c a ­ reer as assistant lib ra ria n at B eloit C ollege, W is­ consin, in 1941. R u t h H a r r o d . head o f in terlib rary loan at In d i­ ana U niversity-Purdue University at F o rt W ayn e since 197 0 , retired on F e b ru a ry 1. F r a n k M . M c G o w a n , director fo r acquisitions and overseas operations in the L ib ra ry o f Congress Processing D ep a rtm en t, retired on D ecem b er 30. L o r r a i n e M a t h i e s , head o f th e Ed u catio n and Psychology L ib ra ry a t th e U niversity o f C alifo rn ia , Los Angeles, since 1 9 6 4 , retired on D ecem b er 28 after m o re th an 31 years o f service. S y l v i a L y o n s R e n d e r , s p e c ia lis t in A fro - A m erican h istory and c u ltu re in th e L ib r a ry o f Congress M anuscript D ivision, retired on D ecem ­ ber 24 a fter m ore th an 16 years o f Federal service. L i n d a V i z b a r a s , serials catalo ger in the Serial R ecord D ivision o f th e L ib ra ry o f Congress, retired O cto b er 2 9 a fter m ore th an 21 years o f Fed era l ser­ vice. DEATHS M i l d r e d B a i n e A l g e e , professor em eritus o f the School o f L ib ra ry Scien ce, M emphis S ta te U niver­ sity, died on Ja n u a ry 22. K e n C . B a u m a n n , fo rm er catalo ger a t th e C o r­ nell U niversity L ib ra ries, died on Feb ru a ry 12. He was also founder and director o f th e Ith a c a O pera Association. D o n a l d J . L e h n u s , asso ciate p rofessor in the G ra d u a te L ib ra ry School o f L ib ra ry and In fo rm a ­ tion Scien ce a t the U niversity o f Mississippi, died on Ja n u a ry 8 in Lyons, Kansas. B e s s L o w r y , who retired in 1964 from th e U ni­ versity o f C a lifo rn ia , Berkeley, as head o f th e Hu­ m anities G rad u ate Service, died in Berkeley on Fe b ru a ry 2. M i l a d a S o u c k o v a , p o et, lite ra ry c r itic , and C zech and Slovak bibliograp h er in the H arvard C ollege L ib r a ry for over 2 5 years, died on F e b r u ­ ary 1 in C am bridge. Sh e tau ght at several universi­ ties including H arvard , the U niversity o f C h icag o , 124 / C &R L N ew s Discover af st, econom ical ways to keep up w ith current research in organic chem istry... at an ISI/CID FREE Seminar! 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W h eth er y o u ’re a cu rren t ISI/CID s u b s crib e r o r you’re learning about us for th e first tim e, at y o u r sem in ar w e'll focus o n y o u ‚ and h ow ISI/CID can h elp you lo c a te the ch e m ica l inform ation you need . To arrange fo r your FREE, half-day sem in ar fill o ut the co u p o n b e lo w and mail it today! 126 / C érR L N ew s and the University o f C a lifo rn ia , Berkeley. Souck- ova’s p u blications include tw elve volumes o f p o­ etry and fictio n , numerous scholarly articles, and several m ajo r works o f literary history. J e n s N y h o l m , university lib ra ria n at N orthw est­ ern University from 1944 to 196 8 , died on Ja n u a ry 27 in Sa n ta B a rb a ra at th e age o f 8 2 . Danish by b ir t h , N yholm studied philosophy and co m p ar­ a tiv e l i t e r a tu r e a t th e U niversity o f C o p enh a­ gen and lib rary science a t th e D anish S ta te L i­ b rary School. H e spent four years as a lib rarian in A alborg befo re em i­ g r a tin g to th e U n ite d States in 1927. W ith a b a ch elo r’s de­ g ree in lib ra ry s c ie n ce from C o lu m b ia U niver­ sity in 1928, he moved to Jens N y h o lm W a s h in g to n fo r n in e years as a ca talo ger at the L ib ra ry of Congress. In 1934 he com p leted a m aster's degree at G eorge W ashington U niversity in English and A m erican literature. Nyholm moved to Los Angeles in 1938 w h ere he worked as head o f th e U C L A L ib ra ry ’s C a talo g D ep a rtm en t fo r one year. D urin g W orld W a r I I he served as assistant lib ra ria n at the University of C a lifo rn ia , Berkeley. At Berkeley he m et and m ar­ ried Am y W ood, th en w orking in the C a ta lo g D e ­ p a rtm en t, w ho w as a pioneer in sep aratin g the d ic­ tionary ca ta lo g into au tho r-title sections. In 1944 Nyholm was nam ed university lib ra ria n a t N orth­ w estern, succeeding T heodore W esley Koch. H e publish ed tw o books o f p o etry , P ortal til A m e rik a (1953) and A m e rik a n sk e ste m m e r (1 9 6 8 ), and w rote m any articles for C ò R L ‚ L ib ra r y Jour­ nal, B o o km a n 's Y earbook, L ib ra ry Q uarterly, and th e W ilson L ib ra ry B ulletin. H e served on the edi­ torial boards of C & R L ‚ L ibri‚ and th e In te rn a ­ tional L ib ra ry R eview . N y h o lm w as a c t i v e in th e A m e r ic a n - Scandinavian Fou nd ation since 1927 w hen he re­ ceived a fellow ship, and he served for m any years on a bibliography c o m m ittee for th e Society for the Advancem ent o f Scan din avian Study as th eir D a n ­ ish specialist. In C h icag o he was active in the C a x ­ ton C lu b , serving as president for tw o term s, and he served on the board o f directors o f th e C en ter for Research L ib raries from 1949 to 1965, w ith one term as ch a ir in 1 9 5 5 -5 6 . 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