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faculty member. Between 2006 and 2010 she 
taught “Introduction to Special Collections 
Librarianship,” “Donors and Libraries,” and 
“History of the Book, 200-1820.” Previously 
she was head of the Department of Special 
Collections, Young Research Library, UCLA; 
and director of Libraries and Media Services 
at Kalamazoo College from 1993 to 1997. 
Prior to 1993, she held several posts in the 
libraries of the Claremont Colleges, including 
head of special collections. Allen was chair 
of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Standing 
Committee of the International Federation 
of Library Associations. She also served on 
the Council of the Bibliographical Society of 
America, the board of the American Printing 
History Association, and the Board of Visitors 
and Governors of St. John’s College. Currently 
she serves on the boards of the Book Club 
of California and the Zamorano Club of Los 

Zhaohui Xue, Chinese Studies librarian at 
Stanford University’s East Asia Library, co-
edited Chinese Studies in North America: 
Research and Resource, published by Zhong-
hua Book Company. This one-stop reference 
tool for Chinese Studies scholars has more 
than 900 pages.

A p p o i n t m e n t s

Susan Macall Allen has been named director 
of the California Rare Book School (CalRBS), 
succeeding Beverly Lynch, CalRBS’s found-
ing director. Allen was chief librarian of the 
Research Library at the Getty from 1999 to 
2009. It was during this period that she be-
came involved in CalRBS, first as a member 
of the Advisory Committee and then as a 

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mation, and Data Services at the University 
of Michigan Library.  

Barbara Krupa has been named project 
manager for a newspaper collection project 
at Stanford University Libraries. 

Elizabeth McCraw has been appointed 
special projects cataloger at the University of 
North Carolina-Chapel Hill Library.

Diana Reid has joined the University of 
Louisville Libraries as serials/acquisitions 
librarian.  

Theresa R. Snyder has been appointed 
librarian of the College at Haverford Col-
lege. 

Vida Vaughn is now the hospital librar-
ian at the University of Louisville Libraries.  

John Vincler has been appointed rare 
book research librarian at the University of 
North Carolina-Chapel Hill Library.  

Angeles and on the Steering Committee of 
the California Preservation Program. She has 
spoken often and published extensively on 
undergraduate use of rare books and manu-
scripts, the future of research libraries, his-
tory of the book topics, rare book theft, and 
library security. She has taught regularly at 
Rare Book School at the University of Virginia 
as well as at CalRBS.

Phil Vandermeer is the new head of 
branch libraries at the University of North 
Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC). In this position, 
Vandermeer will oversee the system’s subject-
based branch libraries, and he will continue 
to serve in his capacity as head of UNC’s 
Music Library. Vandermeer has been head of 
the music library since 2001, and served as 
interim associate university librarian for col-
lections and services from August 1, 2010 to 
November 30, 2010. He has been an adjunct 
associate professor in the UNC Department of 
Music since 2001 and previously held profes-
sional librarian positions at the University of 
Maryland in College Park and the Free Library 
of Philadelphia.

Tiffany Allen is now director of library 
human resources at the University of North 
Carolina-Chapel Hill Library.

Jacqueline Bronicki has accepted the 
position of project coordinating librarian 
at the University of Michigan Library for a 
two-year research project sponsored by the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services.  

Howard S. Carrier has joined the faculty 
of Valdosta State University Odum Library as 
reference librarian.

Leslie Farison has been named busi-
ness reference and teaching librarian at the 
University of Louisville Libraries.  

Justin Joque has accepted the spatial 
and numeric data librarian position in the 
Clark Library for Maps, Government Infor-

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