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During the summer just past, Frederick G. frequent contributor of scholarly articles to Kilgour became the director of the newly- various learned journals. created College Center. Though Fred’s interest in the history of ideas never a for more blinded him to the imaginative exploration of than thirty years be­ new ideas, nor to new uses for old ideas. His fore accepting the di­ interest in the world of computors has not been rectorship, in many antithetical to his interest in ancient technology; ways this move was a rather, the two are bands on an open-ended step in a new career spectrum. The one informs the other; they both which began in 1965 inform Fred Kilgour; and Fred informs those when Fred left Yale’s of us who are laboring to bring into for the the present and on into the future.—James post of associate li­ Tanis, . brarian for research and development in Kenneth E. Toombs, director of libraries Yale’s university li­ and professor of at the Univer­ Mr. Kilgour brary. sity of Southwestern Louisiana, was appointed Actually, Fred had director of libraries at been preparing for this shift for many years. the University of During his last years at the medical library he South Carolina effec­ increasingly gave his time to those aspects of tive September 1. library development which are frequently sub­ Toombs, a native of sumed under the catch-all term of “automa­ Colonial Heights, Vir­ tion.” Fred’s interest in automation, however, ginia, had been at like his interest in medicine and in science S outhw estern since generally, was predicated upon humanistic pre­ 1963. Prior to that suppositions rather than primarily upon opera­ time he held the po­ tional efficiencies. Not the saving of dollars and sition of assistant di­ cents but the serving of faculty and scholars rector of libraries at gave direction to Fred’s investigations. This Louisiana State Uni­ aspect of his work made him the ideal associate versity, of research as­ Mr. Toombs for me as we began the implementation of the sistant to graduate new technology in the university library. Un­ school of library science at Rutgers University, fortunately for me and for Yale, it was also, no and of reference assistant at the University of doubt, one of the reasons why Fred was wooed of Virginia. away to Ohio. In his new job he will have the He planned the recently completed 137,000 challenge of creating the networks which will square foot Dupre library at the University of contribute so critically to the next phase of in­ Southwestern Louisiana and assisted in plan­ terlibrary cooperation. Hopefully he will be ning and moving for the consolidation of the able to utilize many of the techniques which university libraries at Louisiana State Univer­ he and his staff worked out at Yale. Certainly sity in 1958. Yale will continue to look to Fred’s new ef­ Toombs has degrees from Tennessee Wes­ forts for guidelines in meeting many of its leyan College, Tennessee Technological Uni­ problems of intralibrary and interlibrary de­ versity, the University of Virginia, and Rutgers velopment. University and has also done graduate work at Fred’s career was largely divided between Louisiana State University. Harvard and Yale—and a six-year stint for the He is a veteran of both World War II and government. After graduating from Harvard in the Korean War and has been active in pro­ 1935, he joined the staff of the college library fessional and civic organizations. He has served there, working in circulation, reference and ad­ as editor of the Bulletin of the Louisiana Li­ ministration. He left Harvard in 1942 for the brary Association and the Southwestern Loui­ Office of Strategic Services and then left Wash­ siana Journal and has written for professional ington for New Haven in 1948. At Yale he gave journals. seventeen years of distinguished leadership as Toombs presently serves on the Executive librarian of the medical school. Also a student Board of the Southwestern Library Association of the history of science and medicine, for fif­ and is chairman of the College and University teen years he was lecturer in that department section of the Southwestern Library Association. at Yale. During most of his time at the medical He is a member of the State Board of Library library, he was the managing editor of the Yale Examiners of Louisiana and is the Higher Edu­ Journal of Biology and Medicine, as well as a cation Representative of the Louisiana Library 16 Development Committee. He served as chair­ J. Isaac Copeland is now chief of the man­ man of the Louisiana Academic and uscripts department and director of the South­ is past chairman of the librarian section of the ern Historical Collection in University of North Louisiana College Conference. Carolina library, Chapel Hill. During his tenure at Southwestern, in ad­ Edgar E. Cordoba has been named assistant dition to the erection of a new university library in the reference department of Pattee library, building, he has instituted an automated circu­ Pennsylvania State University. lation system, has planned an automated serials Desiree DeCharms is now head of Kent system, has introduced new methods for the University music library. orientation of freshman students to the use of Ferdinand E ngel is now acquisitions librar­ the library and, in a period of less than two ian and assistant professor of French in Fisk years, the Southwestern Library has converted University, Nashville. nearly half of its collections from the Dewey Mrs. Marion S. Ferguson has been added to Decimal Classification System to that of the the staff at California State Polytechnic College, . Pomona as catalog librarian. The University of South Carolina has chosen Suzanne Louise Foley is now reference li­ a librarian who is well equipped in all modern brarian, Earl Gregg Swem library, College of aspects of librarianship. He will adjust to the William and Mary. problems at South Carolina and its anticipated Stephen B. Folts last spring was named building program. He is a restless young man assistant to the executive director of the South­ with many fine personal qualities. He is missed eastern (N.Y.) Library Resources Council. in Louisiana and will rapidly make many friends Mrs. Barbara Foster was named supervisor in his new home.—T. N. McMullan, Louisiana of the foreign-language teaching materials cen­ State University. ter in Hunter College, Park Ave. College, New York. APPOINTMENTS Richard Frenier assumed charge of the John K. Amrheim is director of the circula­ engineering and physical sciences library in the tion department, Kent University libraries. University of Maryland on September 5. Mrs. Magda Kahan Appel is a cataloger in Mrs. Dorothy Hill Gersack, archivist in Hunter College library, Park Ave. College, New the records appraisal division, National Archives York. and Records Service, Washington, D.C., has Herman Baron was recently appointed man­ been elected a Fellow of the Society of Amer­ ager, journal services, at the Institute for Scien­ ican Archivists at the national organization’s tific Information, in Philadelphia. annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Frederick Bell is presently head of the Samuel Goldstein joins the staff of the Uni­ circulation department at Trinity University, versity of Massachusetts library on January 2 San Antonio. as chief of readers services and head of the Joan Boelke has been appointed to the reference department. ERIC Clearinghouse as document analyst, Uni­ Mrs. J. Carol Goodger-Hill joined the ac­ versity of Minnesota library school. quisitions staff at the University of California, Ruby E. Burn is presently working at Trinity Santa Barbara, Sept. 5, as a bibliographer. University, San Antonio, as a cataloger. George Goodwin, Jr. joins the staff of the Mrs. Virginia Bradburry was named as­ University of Massachusetts library on February sistant education librarian in Southern Illinois 15 as chief of divisional libraries and biological University, Edwardsville, on Dec. 1. sciences librarian. Maxine Burton has become serials librarian, Mrs. Martha Lane Goold has been named Eastern New Mexico University. director of the humanities division of the Kent Edward Carraway has accepted a position State University library. as reference librarian at Wichita State Univer­ Dana Gould is now acquisitions librarian, sity. University of South Alabama. Mrs. Virginia Cassady is head of the library Henry Dale GrUnder has recently been science library in Pratt Institute. appointed curator of the Virginia Collection James Chandler, formerly of the CIA li­ and of rare books, Earl Gregg Swem library, brary, joined the staff of McKeldin library, College of William and Mary. University of Maryland, on September 25 as Joseph H. Hall has been appointed head of assistant director for reader services. the serials department, University of Iowa li­ Harold Chou has been appointed as a cata­ braries. loger in Edinboro State College’s Hamilton li­ George Hanson, librarian of Olivet College brary. since 1950, has been promoted to the post of Mrs. Mary Louise Brown Cobb has recently assistant to the President of the college. been appointed assistant cataloging librarian, Viola Harper, former librarian in the Mobile Earl Gregg Swem library, College of William County (Alabama) school system is now refer­ and Mary. ence librarian, University of South Alabama. 17 R i c h a r d W . H a r r i s was appointed science Howard D. Keith was named assistant li­ and technology librarian at the Texas A&M brarian for Yale College, effective Oct. 1. University, effective October 16. G a r y K o r n joined the University of Cali­ J u d y H o r n was appointed librarian in charge fornia, Santa Barbara, library staff Sept. 1 as a of state documents at the University of Cali­ reference librarian. fornia, Santa Barbara, on Sept. 1. D e n n i s P. L e e p e r has joined the staff of Mrs. Evalyn Hudson has been named an Hamilton library at Edinboro State College assistant undergraduate librarian in University (Pennsylvania) as reference librarian. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Ann Liston was appointed continuations li­ Mrs. K atherine Jackson has accepted a ref­ brarian at Simon Fraser University library on erence position in the sciences-engineering li­ Nov. 1. brary, University of California, Santa Barbara. E d w a r d H. L i s z e w s k i has been appointed Sharlee Ann Jeser is an assistant reference assistant librarian in charge of technical proc­ librarian at Trinity University, San Antonio. esses at the U.S. Naval Academy, on Aug. 28. E d w a r d R. J o h n s o n has been appointed busi­ John Arthur M acPherson is reference li­ ness administration librarian at the University brarian, government documents, in Hunter Col­ of Iowa libraries. lege, Park Ave., New York. J a n e A. J u l i e n was appointed an assistant J a m e s R. M a h o n e y is reference librarian, cataloger, Northern Arizona University library Hunter College in the Bronx. on Sept. 1. Mrs. A ttee May was appointed serials li­ Florence Kasiske was appointed assistant brarian in Gailford College last summer. in the education library in Southern Illinois M ilton Mayes is now head of the book University, Edwardsville, on July 1. order section of University of North Carolina Mrs. Sheshana Kaufmann is a new staff library’s acquisition department, Chapel Hill. member in the general reference division of Elaine M iller is now an assistant reference Paul Klapper library, Queens College of the librarian and documents specialist at Eastern City University of New York. New Mexico University library. D a v i d F. K e f a u v e r has been named associ­ M r s . J a n e B. M o b e r g has joined the refer­ ate director of the National Library of Med­ ence department staff of Pattee library, Pennsyl­ icine extramural programs. vania State University, as an assistant.

18 Foster E. Mohrhardt will serve as program Hugh J. Poland now is serving in the ca­ officer of the Council on Library Resources. Mr. pacity of director of technical services at Trinity Mohrhardt, who is also the current president of University, San Antonio. the American Library Association, takes up his Mrs. Ann Randall is a new member of the new duties January 15, 1968. acquisitions staff of Paul Klapper library, Gerd Muehsam is now art bibliographer Queens College of the City University of New of Queens College, Klupper library, City Uni­ York. versity of New York. Edward Richter has joined the Eastern New Mrs. Georgia Mulligan is an assistant un­ Mexico University libraries staff as acquisitions dergraduate librarian in University of North and serials librarian. Carolina, Chapel Hill. Donald Robertson is a new member of the Margaret A. Nation joined the staff of cataloging staff of Southern Illinois University Northern Arizona University library as an as­ libraries, Edwardsville. sistant cataloger on September 15. Mrs. Nelsa Rothschild last summer joined Berna Neal assumed charge of the library the Guilford College library staff as chief cata­ of the school of architecture, University of loger. Maryland, College Park, on Aug. 7. Martha Rudyk has been appointed to the Mrs. Evaline Neff has been named the catalog division staff of Paul Klapper library, first executive director of the new Rochester Queens College of the City University of New Regional Research Library Council, New York. York. Rameshwar N. Paul has been named as­ Mrs. Susan Sabre was last summer named sistant director for information retrieval in the circulation librarian of Guilford College. ERIC clearinghouse for library and information Mrs. Elaine Salmon is a reference librarian sciences in the University of Minnesota library in the business administration and social sciences school. division, University of North Carolina at Chapel Linda Phillips returned to the University Hill. of California, Santa Barbara, reference depart­ Mrs. Mary G. Sanders is presently employed ment staff Oct. 2 after spending a year in as a cataloger at Trinity University, San An­ England as an intern librarian with the [British] tonio. Library Association. Mrs. Peg Schaberg is chief of acquisitions,

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19 University of North Carolina library, Chapel Mrs. Sharon C. Thomas has joined Trinity Hill. University as head of acquisitions. Emil Schafer has been appointed systems On Aug. 1, Donald Thompson joined the analyst in the University of Southern California social science/business library staff in Southern library. Illinois University, Edwardsville. D. W. Schnieder is now chief of the busi­ Marguerite Joyce Thompson has been ap­ ness administration and social sciences division pointed head of the cataloging department, in University of North Carolina library, Chapel University of Iowa libraries. Hill. Mrs. Irene Silver Topalcic is serials cata­ Louis Shores, dean emeritus of the library loger in Hunter College library, Park Ave., school, Florida State University is the newly New York. named director of the TEX-TEC PROJECT for George Toussaint was named assistant so­ the Communication Service Corporation of cial science librarian of Southern Illinois Uni­ Washington, D.C. under the terms of a con­ versity, Edwardsville, on Oct. 23. tract recently signed with the Texas state li­ Mrs. Helen Urquhart is a new staff mem­ brary. Dr. Shores will head a team of library ber in the catalog department of University of and education consultants preparing syllabi for of North Carolina library, Chapel Hill. library technician courses to be taught in Texas Seymour Weinstein has been appointed Junior Colleges. head of the circulation department, University Mrs. Barbara Silver has accepted the posi­ of Iowa libraries. tion of cataloger at the University of California, Ray Wile is supervisor of evening services Santa Barbara. in Paul Klapper library, Queens College, City Martin Silver was named music librarian at University of New York. the University of California, Santa Barbara, to Mrs. Elizabeth Williams is assistant docu­ take charge of the music section of the arts ments librarian, University of North Carolina, library scheduled to open in 1968. Chapel Hill. Robert Sivers has been serving as map li­ Ruby O. Woods has joined the staff of Sacra­ brarian for the past six months in the sciences- mento State College library as assistant educa­ engineering library, University of California, tion & psychology reference librarian. Vincent Kuo-Chen Yu is a cataloger in Santa Barbara. Hunter College library, Park Ave., New York. Mrs. Juliann Skurdenis-Smercich has been named head of acquisitions in Pratt Institute library. Irving K. Smith, former serials librarian at Florida Atlantic University, has assumed the new position of science librarian at Indiana FIFTY-THIRD CONFERENCE State University, Terre Haute. (Continued from page 4) Sandra Smittle transferred Nov. 1 from her position as international documents librarian at and for each abstract it publishes CAS the UCLA Library to the UC Santa Barbara uses some twenty-eight index entry points. government publications section, where she will Although CAS has had grants for research be in charge of the federal documents depos­ and development, its production has always itory. been self-supporting. It has four kinds of Mrs. Yun Song has been appointed cata­ output: (1) awareness of alerting tools; loger and advisor to the LC reclassification (2) search tools; (3) correlative tools; and project at Wichita State University. (4) specialized custom services tailored to Harvey Soule is the new education librarian in Kent State University. demand. He indicated that CAS is anxious David H. Stam is now head of the processing to improve its communication with the department of the Newberry library, Chicago. library community and is taking steps to In Feb. Ralph E. Stirewalt, Ford Foundation accomplish it. His organization is now de­ consultant to the Haile Selassie I University veloping a list of the holdings of most of library in Ethiopia, will become coordinator of the large libraries of the major sources of technical services at Wichita State University. chemical literature, including twenty-four Leslie Armour Taylor is now head of tech­ thousand serial entries and thirty-four hun­ nical services in Hunter College library, Park dred monographic entries. This union list Ave., New York. is almost complete and will constitute a Mary Lynwood Thaxton has been appoint­ major service. ed assistant reference librarian, Earl Gregg Again vigorous discussion ensued, follow­ Swem library, College of William and Mary. ing which the group repaired to an upper Ian W. Thom has been appointed associate librarian, Paul Klapper library, Queens College floor for a reception and refreshments be­ of the City University of New York. fore adjourning for another year.—DK ■■ 20