C&RL News June 2010 334 Ed. note: To ensure that your personnel news is considered for publication, write to Ann-Christe Galloway, production editor, C&RL News, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795; e -mail: agalloway@ ala.org; fax: (312) 280-2520. Services. The award, from the New England Technical Services Librarians, a section of the New England Library Association, recognizes and honors significant New England-based contributions to the field of library technical services. Christopher Prom, assistant university archivist and associate professor of library administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Fulbright Distin- guished Scholar and Research Fellow, is one of four winners of the third annual Movers and Shakers in Archives awards. Sponsored by the ArchivesNext blog, these awards rec- ognize people or organizations in the Unit- ed States who are innovative, creative, and making a difference in the archival world. Prom was nominated for the work he has been pursuing while on sabbatical at the Centre for Archive and Information Studies at the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. His project is titled “Practical Methods to Identify, Preserve, and Provide Access to Electronic Records.” Marsha Semmel, deputy director for muse- ums and director for strategic partnerships, will serve as acting director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), fol- lowing the departure of Anne-Imelda M. Ra- dice, whose term ended March 13. A p p o i n t m e n t s Karen Albert was appointed library direc- tor at Philadelphia University last fall. Kathleen M. Carney, associate university li- brarian at Boston College, has been named director of library services at the College of the Holy Cross. During more than two de- cades at Boston College, Carney has held positions of steadily increasing responsibility. Oralia Garza de Cortés and Susana Hinojosa have been selected as the 2010 Ar- nulfo D. Trejo Librarians of the Year. Garza de Cortés is a literacy consultant, writer, and Latino children’s literacy advocate in her posi- tion as a project manager for California Día. Garza de Cortés, whose career spans more than 30 years, has also worked as a children’s librarian for the San Antonio, Austin, and Houston public library systems. Hinojosa is a retired government documents, social sci- ences, and outreach librarian at University of California-Berkeley’s Doe Library, where she was employed for more than 38 years. Fred J. Hay has been named the Anne Belk Distinguished Professor at Appalachian State University. Hay serves the university as librar- ian of the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, coordinator of Special Collections, and profes- sor of Appalachian Studies. He has published numerous articles, books, and reviews in the fields of African Diaspora Studies, anthropol- ogy, Appalachian Studies, and librarianship. He coedited with Maggie Dittemore the ACRL monograph Documenting Cultural Diversity in the Resurgent American South: Collectors, Collecting and Collections (1997), winner of the American Folklore Society’s Brenda Mc- Callum Memorial Prize. He served as chair of the Anthropology and Sociology Section, was on the Editorial Board of College & Research Libraries (1993-2008) and as CRL’s Book Re- view Editor (1996-2008). Hay currently serves on the editorial board of Choice and the advi- sory board of Appalachian Journal. Margaret Lourie, educational services li- brarian at LYRASIS, has received the 2010 New England Technical Services Librarians Award for Excellence in Library Technical P e o p l e i n t h e N e w sAnn-Christe Galloway june10b.indd 334 5/27/2010 9:17:55 AM June 2010 335 C&RL News ing, learning, and research; transforming library learning spaces; establishing a state- of-the-art, off-site shelving facility; and par- ticipating in the creation of the Borrow Di- rect interlibrary lending service among seven Ivy League institutions. She also held library administrative positions at the University of Maryland-College Park, the University of Il- linois at Urbana-Champaign, and the Uni- versity of Tennessee-Knoxville. Nitecki has published more than 70 papers and articles, coauthored two books, coedited volumes of Advances in Librarianship, presented at international and national conferences, and currently serves on the editorial boards for The Journal of Academic Librarianship and Library and Information Science Research. Her dissertation was honored with awards from the ALISE, ACRL, and ISI; and her last book, Viewing Library Metrics from Different Perspectives: Inputs, Outputs, and Outcomes, coauthored with Robert E. Dugan and Peter Hernon (Libraries Unlimited, 2009) will be awarded the 2010 Greenwood Publishing Group Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. A life-member of ALA, Nitecki has served as a council member, president of RUSA [then RASD], chair of MARS, and has served on numerous committees. Barbara Alvarez has been appointed Spanish and Portuguese Language and Lit- erature librarian for the University Library at the University of Michigan for two years. Jennifer Bonnet has accepted the posi- tion of French Studies librarian for the Uni- versity Library at the University of Michigan for two years. Jeff Cordell has been appointed instruc- tional pedagogy librarian at the University of Michigan’s Shapiro Undergraduate Library for two years. Sigrid Cordell has accepted the position of history librarian for the University Library at the University of Michigan. Riva Feshbach has joined the Columbia College Chicago Library as outreach librarian. Jeffrey W. Gallant has joined the faculty of Valdosta State University’s Odum Library Most recently, her portfolio included research, instructional, and access services. In this role, she has supervised 26 professional librar- ians and more than 40 support staff. She also served as primary investigator for a $2 million grant from the National Archives/National Historical Publications and Records Commis- sion. Prior to joining Boston College, Carney was a librarian at Loyola University Chicago. She will direct the services and operations at the Holy Cross libraries, which include hold- ings of more than 630,000 books, periodicals and serials. Jim Cheng, director of the International Rela- tions and Pacific Studies Library/East Asia Col- lection at the University of California-San Di- ego (UCSD) since 2002, has been appointed director of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library at Columbia University, effective July 1, 2010. Prior to his current position, Cheng has held library positions at the University of Iowa, New York University, and the University of Washington. In 2008, he was named a “Mover and Shaker” by Library Journal for his work in building the UCSD Libraries’ Asian film col- lection, film festival, and symposium series. He received a 2009/2010 Fulbright Scholar Research Award to conduct research to com- plete his book An Annotated Bibliography for Taiwan Film Studies. Gretel Stock-Kupperman is now director of the Todd Wehr Memorial Library at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Daniel C. Mack has been named the first Tombros Librarian for Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries. Danuta A. Nitecki has joined Drexel Uni- versity as dean of libraries and professor in its College of Information Science and Tech- nology. Prior to joining Drexel, Nitecki was associate university librarian for public ser- vices at Yale University since 1996, where she led several innovative projects focused on improving the library’s support for teach- june10b.indd 335 5/27/2010 9:17:55 AM C&RL News June 2010 336 as instructor of library science and reference librarian. Jill Jascha has joined the University of Arkansas-Little Rock’s Ottenheimer Library as head of acquisitions. Aaron McCollough has accepted the position of English Language and Literature Librarian for the University Library at the University of Michigan. R e t i r e m e n t s Jo Ann Carr, director of Media, Education Resources and Information Technology (MERIT), is retiring after a 36-year career with the University of Wisconsin (UW)- Madison School of Education. She joined the staff of the school’s then-named Instruc- tional Materials Center (IMC) in 1974 as a cataloger, and rose to the position of IMC director in 1984. When IMC added comput- er labs and services in 1999, the unit be- came the Center on Instructional Materials and Computing (CIMC). Carr assumed the dual role in 2005 as director of both the CIMC and the Instructional Media Develop- ment Center (IMDC). In 2008, CIMC, IMDC, and the School of Education’s Information Technology unit merged into MERIT, under Carr’s leadership and direction. Carr has giv- en time and service to many state and na- tional professional organizations, including the American Association of School Librar- ians, ALA, Wisconsin Library Association, University of Wisconsin System Educational Media and Technology Association Council, and the Council of University of Wisconsin Libraries. Carr has received the Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Associa- tion’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010; the Wisconsin Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Leadership, 2007; “LIRT’s Top Twenty” Library Instruction Articles of 2003; ACRL’s Distinguished Education and Behav- ioral Sciences Librarian, 1999; Library Col- lection, Acquisitions, and Technical Services Research Award, 1999; and UW-Madison School of Education Dean’s Club Academic Staff Distinguished Service Award, October 1992. D e a t h s James Howard Thompson, 75, retired library director at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro (UNCG) from 1970 to 1988, died April 13, 2010. Thompson was on the faculty at Duke University (1963– 65), at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (1965–66), and at the University of Colorado (1966–68). He was director of the under- graduate library and professor of history at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (1968-70). In 1970, Thompson became di- rector of libraries and professor of history at the UNCG, where he retired in 1994. After retiring, Thompson taught in the History de- partment. He was also responsible for plan- ning and opening the Library Tower, which is now a prominent campus landmark. UNCG also adopted its fi rst online catalog during his tenure. Advertisers ACM 277 Allured Books 293 American Economic Association 298 American Psychological 317 Association American Scientifi c Publishers cover 2 American Society for Nutrition cover 3 American Society of Civil 329 Engineers Annual Reviews 314 Association of Research 326, cover 4 Libraries Choice 323 EBSCO 325 H. W. 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