jan05b.indd


ACRL
candidates
for
2005


A
look
at
who’s
running
for
offi
 
 ce 
 


Randy Burke Hensley 

Vice-president/President-elect 
Randy Burke Hensley
has
been
the
pub­
lic
 services
 division
 head
 at
 the
 University

of
Hawaii
at
Manoa
since
1998.
From
1994


to
1998,
he
worked
at

the
 University
 of
 Ha­
waii
 at
 Manoa
 where

he
 was
 the
 head
 of

central
 information

services/business
 in

the
 humanities
 and

social
sciences
depart­
ment
(1995–98)
and
a

social
 sciences
 librar­
ian
(1994–95).
In
addi­

tion,
Randy
held
numerous
positions
at
the

University
 of
 Washington
 where
 he
 served

as
assistant
head
(1992–94)
and
acting
head

(1991–92)
 of
 the
 Odegaard
 Undergraduate

Library
and
was
an
instructor
in
the
gradu­
ate
 school
 of
 library
 and
 information
 sci­
ence
(1983–92).
He
also
served
as
reference

services
head
(1989–91)
and
user
education

librarian
(1982–91)
Randy
served
as
the
so­
cial
science
librarian
and
instruction
coordi­
nator
at
California
State
University
at
Chico

(1973–82).


His
activities
in
ALA
divisions
include
ser­
vice
as
an
ACRL
Immersion
faculty
member

(1998­present)
and
as
chair
of
the
Effective

Practices
Committee
(2000–02).
Hensley
was

chair
of
the
Instruction
Section
(IS)
Nominat­
ing
 Committee
 (1999–2001)
 and
 served
 on

the
ACRL
Institute
For
Information
Literacy

Executive
 Committee
 (1999–2001).
 He
 was

also
chair
of
the
ACRL
Appointments
Com­
mittee
 (1999–2000)
 and
 served
 on
 the
 IS

Executive
 Committee
 (1996–99),
 where
 he

was
 chair
 (1997–98).
 Hensley
 was
 a
 mem­

ber
 of
 the
 IS
 Knowledge
 Base
 Task
 Force

(1992–96)
and
the
IS
Nominating
Committee

(1994–95)
and
served
as
chair
of
the
Biblio­
graphic
 Instruction
 Section
 (BIS)
 Teaching

Methods
Committee
(1991–95).
He
was
also

chair
of
the
BIS
Communication
Committee

(1990–91),
 was
 secretary
 of
 BIS
 (1989–90),

and
 was
 active
 on
 the
 BIS
 Communication

Committee
 (1984–89).
 In
 addition,
 Hensley

was
a
member
of
the
ACRL
President’s
Pro­
gram
Planning
Committee
(1989–91).


Hensley
 has
 also
 served
 on
 the
 SRRT/

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
 Book
 Awards
 Com­
mittee
(1995–97)
and
was
a
member
of
the

Instruction
in
the
Use
of
Libraries
Committee

(1987–89).
 In
 addition,
 he
 served
 as
 chair

of
 the
 Library
 Instruction
 Round
 Table/

Public
 Relations­Membership
 Committee

(1986–87).


His
activity
at
the
state
and
regional
level

includes
service
as
the
vice­president/presi­
dent­elect
of
the
Hawaii
Library
Consortium

Governing
 Board
 (2004–05).
 Hensley
 was

also
 active
 in
 the
 Washington
 Library
 As­
sociation
 where
 he
 served
 as
 president

(1993–94),
 president­elect
 (1991–93),
 and

vice­chair
of
the
Legislative
Planning
Commit­
tee
(1991–93).
He
also
served
as
chair
of
the

Pacific
Northwest
Library
Association
Library

Instruction
Interest
Group
(1985–87).


In
addition
to
ACRL,
Hensley
is
currently

a
member
of
the
Library
Administration
and

Management
 Association
 (LAMA)
 (2002–

present),
 the
 Hawaii
 Library
 Association

(2002–present),
and
the
National
Education

Association
(1994–present).


He
earned
his
bachelor
of
arts
degree
in

history
from
the
University
of
California­Santa

Barbara,
 and
 his
 master
 of
 library
 science


C&RL News January 2005  38 



Pamela Snelson 

from
the
University
of
California­Berkeley.
He

also
received
his
master’s
in
sociology
from

California
State
University
and
completed
the

University
of
Washington’s
certifi
cate
program

for
the
training
specialist.


Pamela Snelson
 is
 the
 college
 librar­
ian
 at
 Franklin
 &
 Marshall
 College,
 a
 posi­

tion
she
has
held
since

1998.
 From
 1976
 to

1998,
she
held
numer­
ous
positions
at
Drew

University,
 including

assistant
 director
 for

automation
and
public

services
(1990–98),
co­
ordinator
of
access
ser­
vices
 (1986–89),
 head


of
periodicals
(1978–85),

reference
 librarian
 (1977–78),
 and
 acquisi­
tions
librarian
(1976–77).


Her
 activities
 in
 ALA
 divisions
 include

serving
as
director­at­large
on
the
ACRL
Board

of
Directors
(2001–05),
as
a
member
of
the

Information
 Literacy
 Advisory
 Committee

(2002–05),
 and
 as
 a
 member
 of
 the
 ACRL

National
Conference
Committee
(1999–2001).

Snelson
was
also
active
on
the
ACRL
Budget

and
 Finance
 Committee
 (1999–2001),
 was

chair
of
the
College
Library
Section
(1996–97),

and
 was
 chair
 of
 the
 C&RL
 News
 Editorial

Board
 (1993–97).
 She
 has
 been
 a
 reviewer

for
CHOICE
since
1987.


Among
her
ALA
activities
are
service
on

the
 Gaver
 Scholarship
 Jury
 (2000–01)
 and

the
 Committee
 on
 the
 Status
 of
 Women
 in

Librarianship
(1994–96).


Snelson’s
activities
in
OCLC
include
Mem­
bers
Council
(2003–present)
and
the
Advisory

Committee
on
College
and
University
Librar­
ies
(2002–04).
She
was
also
involved
in
the

PALINET
Board
of
Trustees
(1995–2000)
and

served
as
Vice­President
(1998–99).


Her
work
with
state
and
regional
associa­
tions
has
included
membership
in
the
College

&
University
Section
of
the
New
Jersey
Library

Association,
with
service
as
Member­at­Large

on
the
Executive
Committee
(1986–88),
and

as
 the
 Automated
 Library
 Services
 Section

President
(1985–86).


She
 is
 also
 involved
 with
 the
 American

Association
 of
 University
 Professors
 (1976–

present).


Snelson
 was
 awarded
 the
 New
 Jersey

Library
 Association
 Research
 Award
 (1992)

and
the
McMinn
Prize
for
Best
MA
Thesis
in

Political
Science
(1980).


Her
publications
include
“Understanding

Remote
 Reference
 and
 Its
 Importance
 for

Reference
Services,”
The
Changing
Face
of

Reference
(JAI
Press),
1997;
“Remote
Users

of
OPACs:
Do
They
Differ
from
Library
Us­
ers,”
 Proceedings
of
the
Integrated
Online

Library
Systems
Conference
(Learned
Infor­
mation
Inc.),
1994;
“Relationships
Between

Access
 and
 Use
 in
 Information
 Systems,”

Proceedings
of
the
Annual
Meeting
of
ASIS

(Learned
 Information
 Inc.),
 1993;
 “Net­
working
 at
 Drew
 University,”
 Local
 Area

Networks
in
Libraries
(Meckler),
1992;
and

“Content
 Analysis
 of
 ACRL
 Conference

Papers,”
 co­author,
 College
 &
 Research

Libraries,
1991.


Snelson
received
her
bachelor
of
arts
from

Drew
University,
her
master
of
library
science

from
 Rutgers
 University,
 and
 her
 master
 of

political
science
from
Drew
University.
She

also
received
her
Ph.D.
in
information
and

library
studies
from
Rutgers
University.


ACRL Board of Directors 
Director-at-Large: Janis
Bandelin,
director

of
 libraries,
 Furman
 University;
 John
 Jaffe,

director
of
libraries
and
integrated
learning

resources,
Sweet
Briar
College.

Director-at-Large: Louise
S.
Sherby,
associ­
ate
dean
and
chief
librarian,
Hunter
College;

Karen
 Williams,
 associate
 university
 librar­
ian
 for
 academic
 programs,
 University
 of

Minnesota.


Asian, African, and Middle Eastern 
Studies Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Binh
 Le,
 associate

librarian,
the
Pennsylvania
State
University.

Secretary: Chengzhi
Wang,
Chinese
studies

librarian,
Columbia
University.

Member-at-Large: Rajwant
Chilana,
South

Asian
librarian,
University
of
Illinois.


January 2005  39 C&RL News 



African American Studies Librarians 
Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Akilah
S.
Nosakhere,

special
collections
librarian,
Auburn
Univer­
sity;
 Joyce
 K.
 Thornton,
 director
 of
 person­
nel,
Texas
A&M
University.

Secretary: Grace
 Jackson-Brown,
 African

American
 Cultural
 Center
 library
 head,
 In­
diana
University;
Rebecca
Hankins,
assistant

professor,
Texas
A&M
University.

Member-at-Large: Sibyl
E.
Moses,
reference

specialist,
African
American
History
and
Cul­
ture,
 Library
 of
 Congress;
 Aslaku
 Berhanu,

catalog
 and
 reference
 librarian,
 Charles
 L.

Blockson
Afro­American
Collection,
Temple

University;
 Leroy
 LaFleur,
 social
 sciences

bibliographer,
Cornell
University.


Anthropology and Sociology Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: JoAnn
 Jacoby,
 an­
thropology
and
sociology
subject
specialist,


University
 of
 Illinois­Urbana­Champaign;
 

Katharine
A.
Whitson,
head,
access
services,


University
of
Washington,
Bothell
and
Cas­
cadia
Community
College.


Secretary: Lynn
C.
Hattendorf
Westney,
as­
sistant
 reference
 librarian,
 University
 of
 Il­
linois­Chicago;
JoEllen
Broome,
Information


Services
Librarian,
Georgia
Southern
Univer­
sity.


Member-at-Large: Randal
 R.
 Hertzler,
 ref­
erence
 and
 anthropology
 subject
 librarian,
 

University
 of
 Washington;
 Susan
 Bennett
 

White,
 sociology/United
 Nations
 librarian,
 

Princeton
University.



ARTS Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Shannon
Van
Kirk,


head,
Wertz
Art
&
Architecture
Library,
Mi­
ami
University.


Secretary: Liza
 Vick,
 research
 librarian
 for
 

performing
 arts
 and
 German,
 University
 of
 

California­Irvine.



Community and Junior College 
Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Ellen
D.
Sutton,
as­
sociate
dean,
College
of
DuPage.

Secretary: Mary
 Ann
 Sheble,
 director,
 li­

brary
systems,
Oakland
Community
College;

Lisa
Ann
Beinhoff,
director
of
the
Learning

Resource
 Center,
 Sauk
 Valley
 Community

College.


College Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Lisabeth
 Chabot,


college
 librarian,
 Ithaca
 College;
 Christo-
pher
Millson-Martula,
director
of
the
library,


Lynchburg
College.


Secretary: Christopher
Barth,
director
of
in­
formation
resources,
Kenyon
College;
Can-
dice
Scott,
director
of
library
and
IT
services,


Schreiner
University.


Member-at-Large: Bart
 Harloe,
 university
 

librarian,
 St.
 Lawrence
 University;
 Dawn


Thistle,
director
of
library
services,
Assump­
tion
College.



Distance Learning Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Sherrill
 Weaver,

professor,
 library
 services,
 Oakton
 Com­
munity
 College;
 Johanna
 Tuñón,
 head
 of

distance
 and
 instructional
 library
 services,

Nova
Southeastern
University.

Secretary: Page
 Brannon,
 head,
 Arlington

Campus
Library,
George
Mason
University.

Member-at-Large: Anne
Haynes,
reference

librarian/distance
 library
 services
 coordina­
tor,
 Indiana
 University
 Library;
 David
 Bick-
ford,
director
of
university
learning
resourc­
es,
University
of
Phoenix.


Education and Behavioral Sciences 
Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Lisa
Romero,
head,


Communications
 Library,
 University
 of
 Illi­
nois­Urbana­Champaign;
 Lori
 Mestre,
 head,
 

research
 and
 instructional
 services,
 Univer­
sity
of
Massachusetts­Amherst.


Secretary: Helga
Visscher,
head,
education


library,
University
of
Alabama;
Sharon
Nay-

lor,
education
librarian,
Illinois
State
Univer­
sity.


Member-at-Large: Mary
 Jane
 Brustman,


bibliographer
for
social
welfare/criminal
jus­
tice,
 State
 University
 of
 New
 York­Albany;
 

Melissa
 Cast,
 reference/education
 librarian,
 

University
of
Nebraska­Omaha.



C&RL News January 2005  40 



Instruction Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Rebecca
 Jackson,

head,
 social
 sciences
 and
 humanities
 de­
partment,
 Iowa
 State
 University;
 Jennifer

Dorner,
 humanities
 and
 social
 sciences
 li­
brarian,
Portland
State
University.

Secretary: Melissa
 Koenig,
 coordinator
 of

suburban
 academic
 support
 services,
 De­
Paul
 University;
 Melissa
 Becher,
 reference/

instruction
librarian,
American
University.

Member-at-Large: Terry
 Taylor,
 coordina­
tor
of
library
instruction,
DePaul
University;

Mary
 MacDonald,
 reference
 and
 informa­
tion
 literacy
 librarian,
 University
 of
 Rhode

Island.


Literatures in English Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Kathy
 A.
 Johnson,

English
subject
specialist
librarian,
University

of
Nebraska­Lincoln;
Charlotte
M.
Droll,
hu­
manities
librarian,
Wright
State
University.

Secretary: Michael
 R.
 Macan,
 reference/

bibliographer
for
English,
United
States
Na­
val
Academy;
Sophie
Lesinska,
reference/in­
struction
 librarian,
 University
 of
 Southern

California.

Member-at-Large: Angela
 Courtney,
 bib­
liographer
 for
 English
 and
 American
 litera­
ture,
 Indiana
 University;
 Kathleen
 M.
 Klue-
gel,
English
librarian,
University
of
Illinois
at

Urbana­Champaign.


Law and Political Science Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Lisa
Norberg,
coor­
dinator
 of
 instructional
 services,
 University

of
North
Carolina­Chapel
Hill.

Secretary: Ann
 Marshall,
 political
 science

librarian,
University
of
Rochester.

Member-at-Large: Brian
 Coutts,
 head,
 de­
partment
of
library
public
services,
Western

Kentucky
 University;
 Lorena
 O’English,
 so­
cial
sciences
reference
and
instruction
librar­
ian,
Washington
State
University.


Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Henry
 F.
 Raine,

cataloger,
 Mellon
 Project,
 New
 York
 His­
torical
Society;
Edwin
C.
Schroeder,
head
of

technical
 services,
 Beinecke
 Rare
 Book
 &


Manuscript
Library,
Yale
University.


Secretary: Richenda
 Brim,
 head
 of
 collec­
tion
 maintenance,
 Getty
 Research
 Institute;
 

Danette
 R.
 Pachtner,
 film
 and
 video
 librar­
ian,
Duke
University.


Member-at-Large: Charlotte
 B.
 Brown,


university
archivist,
University
of
California­

Los
Angeles;
Laura
Micham,
director,
Sallie


Bingham
Center
for
Women’s
History,
Duke


University.



Slavic and Eastern European Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Inna
 Gudanets,

Slavic
 monograph
 and
 serials
 cataloger,

Stanford
 University;
 Brad
 Schaffner,
 head,

Slavic
 division,
 Harvard
 College
 Library,

Harvard
University.

Secretary: Jackie
 Byrd,
 head,
 area
 studies

cataloging
section,
Indiana
University.

Member-at-Large: Beth
 Feinberg,
 Slavic

and
East
European
studies
librarian,
Univer­
sity
of
California­Los
Angeles;
Kay
Sinnema,

Slavic
cataloger,
Library
of
Congress.


Science and Technology Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Julie
 Miran,
 sci­
ence
librarian,
Haverford
College;
Catherine

Soehner,
head,
Science
and
Engineering
Li­
brary,
University
of
California­Santa
Cruz.

Secretary: Randall
 Halverson,
 science
 ref­
erence
 librarian,
 Indiana
 University­Purdue

University
Indianapolis;
Beth
Thomsett-Scott,

science
reference
and
liaison
librarian,
Uni­
versity
of
North
Texas.


University Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Janice
 Simmons-
Welburn,
associate
dean
of
libraries,
Univer­
sity
of
Arizona;
John
Lehner,
library
human

resources
director,
University
of
Houston.

Secretary: Cheryl
Middleton,
assistant
head

of
 reference
 and
 instruction,
 Oregon
 State

University;
Betsy
Baker,
library
educator
and

consultant.

Member-at-Large: Bruce
Henson,
head,
in­
formation
 services
 department,
 Georgia
 In­
stitute
of
Technology;
Pamela
Wonsek,
dep­
uty
chief
librarian,
Hunter
College;
Timothy

Wherry,
library
director,
Penn
State
Altoona;


January 2005  41 C&RL News 



Leslie
 Madden,
 reference
 librarian,
 Georgia

Institute
of
Technology.


Western European Studies Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Sebastian
 Hierl,


bibliographer
 for
 English
 and
 romance
 Lit­
eratures,
University
of
Chicago;
Bryan
Skib,


coordinator
 of
 graduate
 library
 collections,
 

University
of
Michigan.


Secretary: Laura
Dale
Bischof,
librarian
for


German
and
Western
European
history,
Uni­
versity
of
Minnesota;
David
Lincove,
history,


political
 science
 and
 philosophy
 librarian,
 

Ohio
State
University.


Member-at-Large: Heather
Ward,
humani­
ties
 librarian,
 University
 of
 Oregon;
 Sarah



Wenzel,
 reference
 coordinator,
 Humanities

Library,
 Massachusetts
 Institute
 of
 Technol­
ogy.


Women’s Studies Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Kelly
Barrick
Hov-
endick,
 interim
 head,
 reference,
 Syracuse

University
Library.

Secretary: Cynthia
 Johnson,
 director
 of

reader
services,
Pratt
Institute;
Susan
Kane,

reference
librarian/women
studies
librarian,

University
of
Washington.

Member-at-Large: Pamela
Mann,
Mexican

American/Latino
studies
librarian,
University

of
Texas;
Diane
Gwamanda,
head
of
access

services,
University
of
Houston.


(“Recreation…”
continued
from
page
12)


Minnesota
 Wild
 are
 scheduled
 to
 play
 the

Detroit
Redwings
on
April
10th
at
the
Excel

Energy
Center
in
downtown
St.
Paul.


And
 the
 Minnesota
 Timberwolves,
 led

by
 last
 year’s
 NBA
 Most
 Valuable
 Player,

Kevin
Garnett,
play
the
Denver
Nuggets
in

basketball
at
the
Target
Center
in
downtown


Minneapolis
on
April
8th.

Whether
 you
 are
 interested
 in
 getting


some
exercise,
taking
a
stroll
down
the
river,

or
taking
in
world­class
sporting
events,
you

will
 find
 many
 attractions
 to
 keep
 you
 fi
t,

relaxed,
and
entertained.
Enjoy
your
time
in

the
fabulous
Twin
Cities!


(“RFID”
continued
from
page
16)


10.
Consumers
 Against
 Supermarket
 Pri­
vacy
 Invasion
 and
 Numbering,
 et
 al.,
 RFID

Position
Statement
of
Consumer
Privacy
and

Civil
Liberties
Organizations,
November
20,

2003,
 www.privacyrights.org/ar/RFIDposi­
tion.htm
(accessed
21
June
2004).


11.
 Electronic
 Frontier
 Foundation,
 EFF

Comments
 to
 San
 Francisco
 Public
 Librar-
ies,
 www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/

RFID/20031002_sfpl_comments.php
 (ac­
cessed
10
February
2004).


12.
 California
 Senate,
 Energy,
 Utilities

and
 Communications
 Committee,
 Subcom­
mittee
on
New
Technologies,
Informational

Hearing:
 RFID
 Technology
 and
 Pervasive

Computing
 (Sacramento,
 2003),
 www.sen.

ca.gov/ftp/SEN/COMMITTEE/STANDING/


ENERGY/_home/08­18­03agenda.htm
 (ac­
cessed
07
June
2004).


13.
 Beth
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