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sity of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). For the past 
two year she has served as special assistant 
to the chancellor and the dean emeritus 
at UNL, where she 
coordinated campus-
wide accreditation 
e f f o r t s .  G i e s e c k e 
joined UNL in 1987 
and was dean of li-
braries from 1996 to 
2012. Prior to this, 
she was the associ-
ate dean. Giesecke 
has held positions at 
George Mason Uni-
versity and Prince George’s County Memo-
rial Library System in Hyattsville, Maryland. 
Giesecke’s research interests include ac-
creditation, academic integrity, leadership 
and management skills, and she published 
extensively in these areas. During her time 
as dean, she oversaw the $12.6 million 
renovation of the main library, oversaw the 
addition of a high-density storage facility on 
campus, and promoted the establishment of 
the institutional repository. The libraries en-
dowment tripled under her leadership. She 
has held a variety of professional positions 
and continues to serve on the ALA Commit-
tee on Accreditation. 

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

Barbara J. (Barb) Mann is now head librarian 
at Georgia Regents University’s Reese Library.

Cara Barker has accepted the faculty 
position of research and instruction/subject 
liaison librarian at Western Carolina Univer-
sity Library.

Maoria J. Kirker is now instructional 
services and assessment librarian in the Gate-
way Library at the George Mason University 
Libraries.

Tricia Mackenzie has been named head 
of Resource Description and Metadata Ser-
vices in the Technical Services Group at the 
George Mason University Libraries.

George D. Oberle III has been appointed 
history librarian in the Research Services 
Department at the George Mason University 
Libraries.

Allison Ringness has been appointed 
digital initiatives librarian at Kansas State 
University Libraries in Manhattan, Kansas.

Amy L. Sullivan has been appointed 
preservation librarian at the George Mason 
University Libraries.

Shannon K. Supple has joined the Uni-
versity of California-Berkeley Libraries as the 
head of Reference and Research Services for 
the Bancroft Library.

John W. Warren has been appointed 
to head of Mason Publishing Group at the 
George Mason University Libraries.

R e t i r e m e n t s

Joan Giesecke has retired from the Univer-

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

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