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C&RL News March 2017 178

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Appointments

Stacy Brinkman has been appointed head 
of education and outreach at the University of 
California-Irvine Libraries. 

Amy Chew has joined the faculty of Valdosta 
State University Odum Library, Valdosta, Georgia, 
an assistant professor and reference librarian. 

Travis Clamon has been appointed assistant 
professor and electronic resources librarian at 
East Tennessee State University’s Charles C. 
Sherrod Library in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Elyssa Gould has been appointed elec-
tronic resources librarian at the University of 
Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries.

Ashley Lowery has been appointed assis-
tant professor and digital scholarship librarian 
at East Tennessee State University’s Charles C. 
Sherrod Library in Johnson City, Tennessee. 

Joy Panigabutra-Roberts is now head of 
cataloging and metadata services at the Univer-
sity of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries.

Gerard Shea has been named communica-
tions librarian at Seton Hall University Libraries.

Allison Shepard has joined the University 
of Tennessee-Knoxville Libraries as online learn-
ing librarian.

Katie Wissel is now business librarian at 
Seton Hall University Libraries.

Retirements

Brian E. C. Schottlaender, university librarian 
at the University of California (UC)-San Diego, 
will retire after 18 years of service, effective 
June 30, 2017. Most recently, Schottlaender 
launched the Geisel Library Revitalization Ini-
tiative to renovate the interior public spaces 

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

of Geisel Library. In 2007, Schottlaender was 
named the Audrey Geisel University Librarian. In 
response to the growing demand at the univer-
sity for cyberinfrastruc-
ture, Schottlaender col-
laborated with the San 
Diego Supercomputer 
Center, Calit2, and oth-
er campus partners to 
build the technological 
and human capacity to 
manage and curate the 
vast amount of digital 
data generated by UC-
San Diego faculty and 
researchers. Among his other achievements, 
Schottlaender served as lead curator of the 
Online Archive of California, was instrumental 
in developing the HathiTrust initiative, was an 
inaugural member of the Board of the Digital 
Preservation Network, and led UC-San Diego 
Library’s partnership with Google to build a 
global digital library. He also helped lead the 
development of the Western Regional Storage 
Trust, a shared print journal repository. 

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