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C&RL News November 2021 490

P e o p l e  i n  t h e  N e w sAnn-Christe Galloway

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Appointments

Ben Goldman has been appointed university 
archivist in the Penn State University Eberly Fam-
ily Special Collections Library. Goldman served 
as archivist for curatorial services and strategy 
since May 2019 and as interim university archi-
vist since February 2021. Previously, he held the 
position of digital records archivist beginning in 
May 2012, achieving tenure and promotion to 
associate librarian in 2018. Prior to his arrival at 
Penn State, Goldman served as assistant archivist/
digital programs manager at the University of 
Wyoming American Heritage Center. Goldman 
has published and presented widely on topics 
related digital preservation, climate change and 
archives, and sustainability, and he is an active 
member of the Society of American Archivists.

Patrice Green has been named curator for African 
American Collections in the Eberly Family Special 
Collections Library at the Penn State University 
Libraries. Green had served as research and instruc-
tion librarian in the Special Collections Libraries at 
the University of Georgia since June 2019. 

Rebekah G. Hill is now Music and Performing 
Arts librarian in the George and Sherry Middlemas 
Arts and Humanities Library at the Penn State 
University Libraries. 

Margaret (Maggie) Mahoney has joined the 
Penn State University Libraries as business liaison 
librarian in the Schreyer Business Library and 
subject specialist and liaison for the Department 
of Accounting in the Smeal College of Business. 

Jamie McGarty has been appointed library 
software applications developer at the University 
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. 

Betsaida Reyes is now head of Humanities 
and Social Sciences at the Penn State University 
Libraries.

Denise A. Wetzel has been appointed Sci-
ence and Engineering librarian in the Physical 
and Mathematical Sciences Library at the Penn 
State University Libraries.

Retirements

John Lehner, associate dean for resource manage-
ment at University of Houston (UH) Libraries, has 
retired. Lehner joined UH Libraries in 1998 as the 
human resources director, overseeing searches for 
librarian positions and streamlining the search pro-

cess. In 2006, Lehner 
stepped into his role 
administering the 
budget, facilities, and 
business operations of 
the libraries, as well as 
directing library tech-
nology services, meta-
data and digitization 
services, library hu-
man resources, and as-
sessment and statistics. 

He was promoted to the rank of librarian in 2013, 
and two years later, was appointed to the Ambassa-
dor Kenneth R. Franzheim Endowed Professorship. 
Prior to joining UH Libraries, Lehner was chair of 
the Academic Program Support Division at the Ari-
zona State University West Library; and business, 
economics, and law bibliographer at the University 
at Albany-SUNY Libraries. Lehner’s prolific service 
to the profession of librarianship includes commit-
tee chair appointments within the Association of 
Research Libraries (ARL), the Association of Col-
lege and Research Libraries (ACRL), the American 
Library Association (ALA), Texas Library Associa-
tion (TLA), and other organizations. He has served 
on a number of university and library committees 
with charges related to personnel searches, strategic 
planning, and building projects. He has published 
and presented on research areas such as recruitment 
and retention in academic libraries, personnel selec-
tion, and emotional intelligence. 

John Lehner

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