building has the capacity to house 1.25 million vol­ Esther Smith, Center for Research Libraries, 6050 umes, a 140-station public computer terminal S. Kenwood Ave., Chicago, IL 60637. area, nine classrooms, research office space, and • The Northeast Document Conservation Cen- the university Telecommunications Center. The ter, Andover, Massachusetts, participated in the O’Neill Library was designed by The Architects salvage of paper currency from the Andrea Doria Collaborative, Inc., of Cambridge. safe and will perform the restoration of the soggy • The Center for Research Libraries, Chicago, bills. Mary Todd Glaser, senior conservator at the is now accepting, within certain guidelines, the de­ Center, served as a consultant to the project and posit of library materials from its member institu­ was one of two paper conservators on hand when tions. The amount of material accepted will be the safe was opened on August 16. Glaser assisted limited to quantities that can be processed and in removing bundles of waterlogged currency and made readily available for use based on current was shown during the live television coverage sepa­ staffing levels. The Center’s ability to accept de­ rating and examining the bills. The material will posits of library materials was restricted for the be freeze-dried and eventually sent to the Center past several years by a lack of adequate material for treatment. Once the bills are dried, they will be processing staff and shelf space. Following the con­ separated, washed for removal of salt, alkalized, struction of a second building, the approval by the and dried again. The Center will then experiment membership of a revised deposit policy, and a staff on a small batch of the currency to find measures to reorganization, materials may again be deposited strengthen the paper—sizing or polyester film en­ under the new policy. Inquiries about type of ma­ capsulation are possibilities. ■ ■ terials suitable for deposit should be addressed to • P E O P L E •

Profiles Abell served as ACRL’s 43d president in Millicent D. Abell, university librarian of the 1980-1981 and still serves on the ACRL Board of University of California, San Diego, has been ap­ Directors as representative to ALA Council. She is pointed librarian of Yale University, effective Jan­ currently chair of the Board of Directors of the uary 1. She suceeds Center for Research Libraries in Chicago. She has Rutherford D. Rogers, also served on the editorial board of the Journal of who was appointed uni­ Academic Librarianship. In 1976 she was editor of versity librarian in 1969 Collective Bargaining in Higher Education: Its Im­ and will retire in De­ plications for Governance and Faculty Status for cember. Librarians. Abell has been uni­ Born in Wichita, Kansas, Abell received a bach­ versity librarian at San elor’s degree in psychology (1956) and a master’s Diego since 1977. Her degree in personnel administration (1958) from previous positions have Columbia University, an MLS from SUNY-Albany included associate direc­ in 1965, and a master’s in political science from the tor of university libraries University of Colorado in 1969. at SUNY-Buffalo (1973-1976), assistant Cr: Art Plotnik B . Donald Grose, director of library services at director for undergrad­ Millicent Abell Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort uate library services Wayne since 1975, has been appointed director of (1971-1973) and assistant librarian in the Business libraries at the University of Massachusetts, Bos­ Administration Library at the University of Wash­ ton. ington (1969-1971), reference librarian at the Col­ Grose received master’s degrees in library sci­ orado Springs Public Library (1966-1968), and ence and English from the University of Kentucky reference/periodicals librarian at West Point and a Ph.D. in speech and drama from the Univer­ (1964-1966). sity of Missouri, Columbia. At Fort Wayne he also

558 / C&RL News held the rank of assistant professor of theatre and Rodney M. Hersberger has been appointed di­ served as acting chairman of the Department of rector of libraries at California State College, Ba­ Theatre in 1979-1980. Prior to his appointment in kersfield, effective August 1. For the past five years Fort Wayne, Grose was assistant director of li­ he was assistant to the braries at the University of Missouri, Columbia. dean for administrative He is the author of several articles and two services at the Univer­ books. The latest, A Mirror to Life: A History of sity of Oklahoma Li­ Western Theatre, will be published in December. braries. Hersberger held other Bob Carmack, dean of library services at the University of South Dakota, has been named direc­ administrative positions tor of the University of Wisconsin, Superior, Li­ at the Northern Illinois brary, effective Decem­ University Libraries be­ ber 1. tween 1975 and 1979. Carmack has been at He was business refer­ South Dakota since 1971 ence librarian at NIU when he accepted the from 1973 to 1975. Hersberger earned an position of director of li­ Rodney Hersberger braries; he advanced to undergraduate degree dean of library services in accounting and an in 1979. Prior to that he MLS from Indiana University. He also holds an was assistant director MBA degree from Northern Illinois University. for public services Hersberger has published in the areas of operations (1970-1971), under­ research, library finance, and building remodeling graduate librarian and renovation. (1967-1970), and assis­ tant humanities librar­ Bob Carmack Thomas M. Peischl has been named dean of the ian (1966-1967) at the library at Mankato State University, Minnesota. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He was previously employed at the State University A member of the ACRL Board of Directors since of New York College of 1983, Carmack also serves on the ALA Committee Arts and Science at Pots­ on Legislation and is chair of the ad hoc Task Force dam as director of col­ on HEA Title ĪI-A. He has been ACRL chapter lege libraries. For the councillor representing South Dakota since 1981, past three years at Pots­ chair of the ad hoc Committee on Funding in dam he held a joint ap­ 1981-1982, and a member of the ACRL Legisla­ pointment as director of tion Committee in 1974-1976 and 1978-1982. He college libraries and di­ has also been active in ALA’s Library Administra­ rector of computer ser­ tion and Management Association, where he vices. Prior to that he served as chair of the Buildings and Equipment held various positions in Section in 1982-1983. the library at the Uni­ Carmack earned his MLS at the University of versity of Northern Col­ Denver in 1966. He has written articles for College orado. and Research Libraries, Government Publications Peischl received a Thomas M. Peischl Review, and the ALA Yearbook. bachelor’s degree in his­ John C. Van Horne has been named librarian of tory and psychology from Susquehanna Univer­ the Library Company of Philadelphia to succeed sity, a master’s in special education from Temple, Edwin Wolf 2d in January 1985. Van Horne, who and an MLS from the University of Denver. He graduated from Princeton in 1972, received his completed a doctorate in educational administra­ Ph.D. in early American history from the Univer­ tion and higher education at the University of sity of Virginia in 1979. Northern Colorado. He is now completing, with Edward C. Carter Peischl currently serves as chair of ACRL’s Edu­ II, librarian of the American Philosophical Soci­ cation and Behavioral Sciences Section and is an ety, a multi-volume edition of The Papers of Ben­ active member of LAMA. In New York he was a jamin Henry Latrobe, the early 19th-century ar­ member of the SUNY Computer Officers Associa­ chitect and engineer. In 1975 he published The tion, the SUNY Head Librarians Association, and Correspondence of William Nelson as Acting Gov­ was the library representative on the SUNY Ad­ ernor of Virginia, 1770-1771, and has in press an ministrative Systems Committee. edition of the American correspondence of the As­ He has published articles in Colorado Libraries, sociates of Dr. Bray, an Anglican missionary and Special Libraries, and Online Review. His recent philanthropic organization active in the conversion research focus has been in the area of institutional of blacks in the colonies. planning for the integration of information re­

November 1984 / 559 sources on campus. key system-wide committees, including the Uni­ versity of Wisconsin System Task Force on Library Carla J. Stoffle has been appointed associate Automation, the Committee for Information Proc­ director for public services at the University of essing Systems, and the University of Wisconsin Michigan Library, effective in January 1985. Stof­ Chief Student Personnel Officers Discussion fle, currently assistant Group. chancellor for educa­ Stoffle serves as editor of the Materials and tional services at the Methods Series for the Library Works Division of University of Wisconsin- Neal-Schuman Publishers, and is on the Editorial Parkside, served as Pres­ Board for Collection Building: Studies in the De­ ident of ACRL in 1982- velopment and Effective Use of Library Resources, 1983. At Michigan she also published by Neal-Schuman. From 1978 to will be responsible for 1982 she served on the ARL/OMS National Advi­ the development and sory Committee for Academic Library Programs. evaluation of public ser­ She was instrumental in developing and imple­ vices activities for 31 ser­ menting the ACRL Activity Model for 1990 and as vice units. ACRL President appointed seven task forces to de­ Stoffle began her asso­ velop recommendations for achieving objectives ciation with Wisconsin- Carla J. Stoffle specified by the Activity Model. Parkside as a reference Stoffle received her bachelors degree from the librarian in 1972, then University of Colorado, an MLS from the Univer­ was appointed head of public services, and in 1976 sity of Kentucky, and is currently a doctoral candi­ assumed responsibilities as assistant director. Ear­ date in higher education at the University of Wis­ lier she had served as head of the Government Pub­ consin, Madison. lications Department at Eastern Kentucky Univer­ sity (1969-1972) and was a library intern at the University of Kentucky (1967-1969). Stoffle also People in the news served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Barbados for two years after graduating from college. JoAn Segal, ACRL executive director, has been During her tenure as assistant chancellor at named Librarian of the Year by the Colorado Li­ Parkside, Stoffle has held leadership positions on brary Association. She was presented with the

560 / C&RL News award at their meeting on October 9. Stillwater. Sylvia Burbach has been appointed assistant Appointments head of the Cataloging Department at Indiana University, Bloomington. (Appointment notices are taken from library Barbara A. Burg has been appointed reference newsletters, letters from personnel offices and ap­ librarian in Harvard’s Littauer Library, Cam­ pointees, and other sources. To ensure that your bridge, Massachusetts. appointment appears, write to the Editor, ACRL, Timothy G. Burke has been appointed public 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795.) services librarian at Siena College, Loudonville, New York. Gordon Aamot has been appointed reference li­ Mary Case has been appointed serials cataloging brarian in business and economics at the University librarian at Northwestern University, Evanston, of Oregon, Eugene. Illinois. Lisa T. Abbott is now technical reports librar­ Holly Chambers is now assistant librarian at ian at the Texas A&M University Library, College the State University of New York College at Pots­ Station. dam. Carol Alexander has assumed the position of Min-min Chang has been appointed head of head of Science Libraries at the University of Cali­ Technical Services at the California Institute of fornia, Berkeley. Technology Library, Pasadena. Ben Amata has been appointed documents refer­ Katherine Chiang has been appointed comput­ ence librarian at Texas A&M University. erized data services librarian at Cornell University, Margaret Arnold has been appointed refer­ Ithaca, New York. ence librarian at Baker Junior College of Business, Patricia Cloud has been appointed archivist at Flint, Michigan. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. John G. Arrison has been appointed curator of Cynthia Crouch is a new manuscript processor the Hart Nautical Collections at the Massachusetts at the University of Oregon, Eugene. Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Peter Curtis has been appointed curator of John Aubry is the new reference librarian and Marylandia at the University of Maryland, College bibliographer in Columbia University’s Rare Book Park. and Manuscript Library. Susan Davis has been appointed head of the Seri­ Elizabeth Smith Aversa has been named assis­ als Becord Section at the State University of New tant professor in Drexel University’s College of In­ York at Buffalo. formation Studies, Philadelphia. Susan Deaver has joined the staff of Linda Hall Susan Barnes is now head of reference at the Co­ Library, Kansas City, Missouri, as reference li­ lumbia University Health Sciences Library, New brarian. York. Bee DeDonato has been appointed public ser­ Florence Bartoshesky has been promoted to vices librarian at the Science and Engineering Li­ curator of manuscripts and archives at Harvard’s brary at the University of California, San Diego. Baker Library. Peter Devlin accepted the position of mono­ JohnT. Baumgartner has been appointed assis­ graphic cataloger at Northwestern University, tant biological sciences librarian at Oklahoma Evanston, Illinois. State University, Stillwater. Hanko Dobi has been appointed assistant librar­ Susan A. Beck has joined the staff of the Univer­ ian at the State University of New York College at sity of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Potsdam. as archivist. AraceliM. Domingo has been appointed assis­ Sara Ben-Baruch has been appointed serials tant head of acquisitions at Johns Hopkins Univer­ and preservation specialist in the Judaica Depart­ sity, Baltimore. ment of the Harvard College Library. Susan Dow has been appointed head of the Doc­ Ann Bevilacqua has been appointed indexer for uments Department at the State University of New the Avery Index, Columbia University, New York. York at Buffalo Law Library. Ann Bolek has been appointed physical sciences Blanche Ebeling-Koning has been appointed bibliographer at the University of Akron Library, curator of rare books and literary manuscripts at Ohio. the University of Maryland, College Park. Virginia M. Bowden has been named acting di­ Daniel F. Eckert has been appointed assistant rector of the University of Texas Health Science reference librarian at St. Michael’s College, Wi­ Center Library, San Antonio. nooski, Vermont. Peter Brueggeman has been appointed head of Elisabeth Elkind has been appointed survey public services at the Scripps Institution of Ocean­ archivist in the Harvard College Library, Cam­ ography Library, University of California, San bridge, Massachusetts. Diego. Philip B. Eppard has been appointed survey ar­ Carol S. Brueggemeier is the new interlibrary chivist in the Harvard College Library. loans librarian at Oklahoma State University, Kathleen M. Erskine has assumed duties as as-

November 1984 / 561 sistant cataloger at Oklahoma State University, sistant head of technical services at Mercy College, Stillwater. Westchester County, New York. J onquil D. Feldman joined the staff of Har­ Judy Geitgey has been appointed science refer­ vard’s Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, as ence librarian at the University of Oregon, cataloger. Eugene. Mary Ellen Ferguson is now audiovisual li­ Rosalyn M. Goldstein has been appointed cat­ brarian at the University of Health Sciences, Kan­ alog and serials librarian at Widener University, sas City, Missouri. Chester, Pennsylvania. Raymond Foster has been promoted to CARS E dward Goodman is now an indexer for the coordinator at the University of Maryland Li­ Avery Index, Columbia University, New York. braries, College Park. Jean Walstrom Haley has been named director Selma Foster has been appointed acting direc­ of library services at La Salle University’s David tor of libraries at State University of New York Col­ Leo Lawrence Memorial Library, Philadelphia. lege at Potsdam. Colleen Hansen is now Slavic and exchange li­ Paul Frantz is now reference desk liaison librar­ brarian at Linda Hall Library, Kansas City, Mis­ ian at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. souri. Walter J. Fraser has been appointed director Patricia Harper has been appointed access ser­ of library services at Advanced Library Concepts, vices librarian at the University of Missouri, Kan­ Sacramento. sas City. Richard E. Friedman has been appointed arts, Patricia L. Hart is the new assistant librarian language and literature bibliographer at the Uni­ in the Serials Division of the University of Wash­ versity of Akron Library, Ohio. ington Suzzallo Library, Seattle. William Bruce Fulton has been appointed as­ Jana Heffernan has been appointed manuscript processor for the Roman Jakobson Collection, Mas­ GODORT awards sachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Randy B. Hensley has been appointed biblio­ ALA’s James Bennett Childs Award is a trib graphic instruction coordinator for the Odegaard ute to an individual who has made a lifetime Undergraduate Library at the University of Wash­ and significant contribution to the field of doc- j ington, Seattle. uments librarianship. It is based on stature, ser­ Mary Beth Herkert has been appointed manu­ vice, and publication which may be in any or script processor at the University of Oregon, all areas of documents librarianship. The win- Eugene. ner is presented a bronze plaque with the like­ Carol Hert has been appointed reference and ness of James Bennett Childs. technical services librarian in the Science- The CIS/GODORT/ALA Documents to the Engineering Library, Northwestern University. j People Award is a tribute to an individual and/ Karen Heuberger is now reference librarian at or library, institution, or other non-commercial Wingate College, North Carolina. group that has most effectively encouraged the Thomas J. Hinders has been appointed techni­ use of federal documents in support of library cal services librarian at Xavier University, Cincin­ i service. The winner will receive a certificate nati. and cash stipend of $2,000 to be assigned to a Martha Hooker has been promoted as refer­ project of the recipient’s choice. ence librarian, University of Maryland, College Each nomination should include: Park. 1) The name of the award for which the per­ Betsy Humphreys has been appointed deputy as­ son is being nominated. sociate director of library operations at the Na­ 2) Their name, address (both home and busi­ tional Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland. ness), present employer and length of service, Margaret Irwin has been appointed assistant li­ and past employment if applicable. brarian in the Law Library of the State University 3) Activities, projects, publications related to of New York at Buffalo. documents work, with complete documenta- Louis E. Jeffries is the new liaison librarian for tion, including examples. the College of Business Administration, University 4) Any other pertinent information about the of Nebraska, Lincoln. nominee. Elaine Z. Jennerich has been appointed refer­ 5)\ Letters of support including the signa ence librarian at Virginia Intermont College, Bris­ tures, names and address of the nominating in- I tol. dividual or organization. Richard Jizba has been appointed liaison librar­ Nominations should be sent by December 15, ian for the Agriculture Library, University of Ne­ 1984, to the chair of the GODORT Awards braska, Lincoln. Committee: Barbara Kile, Fondren Library, Kathleen M. Johnson has been appointed cor­ Rice University, P.O. Box 1891, Houston, TX porate information librarian at Harvard’s Baker 77251-1892. Library. Mary Pat Kaduck has been appointed assistant

562 / C&RL News librarian at the State University of New York Col­ Robert C. Myers has been appointed social sci­ lege at Potsdam. ence librarian at Wichita State University. Roberta Kirby has been appointed NOTIS mar­ Brian Nielsen has been assigned responsibilities keting and training librarian at Northwestern Uni­ as coordinator of sponsored research at Northwest­ versity. ern University. Elizabeth J. Laney has been appointed librar­ Christopher W. Nolan has been appointed ref- ian for the Library of the School of Library Sci­ erence/instruction librarian at the College Li­ ence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. brary, University of California, Los Angeles. Barbara Lay has been appointed reference li­ Gail Oltmanns has been appointed assistant brarian at Portland University, Oregon. head of the Undergraduate Library at Indiana Jonathan A. LeBreton is now administrative University, Bloomington. services librarian at the University of Maryland, Deborah Ann Ottsen joined the Oklahoma Baltimore County. State University Library, Stillwater, as assistant Jiun Lee has been appointed cataloger in the cataloger. York University Law Library, Downsview, On­ Russell Pease is now assistant director for pub­ tario. lic services at the State University of New York at Patricia A. Lenkowski has been appointed ref­ Buffalo. erence librarian at Widener University, Chester, Steven C. Perkins has been named interna­ Pennsylvania. tional law librarian for the New York Joint Inter­ Terri Licari has been appointed reference li­ national Law Program, the members of which in­ brarian at the Library of the Health Sciences, Uni­ clude the New York Law School, Brooklyn Law versity of Illinois, Chicago. School, and CUNY Law School at Queens. Mark McAteer has been appointed head of the Elizabeth E. PESSEKhas been appointed survey Circulation Department, St. Michael’s College, archivist at Harvard College Library. Winooski, Vermont. Paul Peterson is now reference and special John McGinty is now associate university li­ projects librarian at Linda Hall Library, Kansas brarian at Fairfield University, Connecticut. City, Missouri. Kathy McGreevy has been appointed director Anita Prewett has been named special collec­ of library and audiovisual services at Mendocino tions librarian at the University of Maryland, Bal­ College, Ukiah, California. timore County. William McHugh has been appointed reference Flora Kai-Wah Quek has been appointed cata­ librarian at Northwestern University, Evanston, log librarian at the University of Maryland, Balti­ Illinois. more County. Darlene McKay has been appointed catalog li­ Ida Reed has been appointed music librarian at brarian at Wingate College, North Carolina. the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. James McPhee has been appointed orienta­ Barbara E. Rivers has been appointed mono- tion/instruction librarian at the University of Ne­ vada, Las Vegas. Kathleen L. Maio has been appointed refer­ ence librarian at Suffolk University, Boston. Jacqueline C. Mancall has been promoted to the rank of associate professor at Drexel Univer­ sity’s College of Information Studies, Philadelphia. Judith Markowitz has been appointed refer­ ence librarian at the University of Maryland Li­ braries, College Park. Michele Marram has been promoted to senior research librarian at Harvard’s Baker Library. Nina Matheson has been named director of the Welch Medical Library and associate professor of medical information at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Joseph R. Mazuranic has been appointed sys­ tems librarian in the Harvard University Library. Richard Meier is now history and social sci­ ences bibliographer at Northwestern University. Carla Montori has been appointed head of the Preservation Department at Indiana University, Bloomington. Kimiko Morita has been appointed assistant li­ brarian for the Doheny Campus, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles.

November 1984 / 563 graph cataloger in the Harvard College Library. filiate librarian in the Conservation Unit, Indiana Donald C. Root has joined the staff of La Salle University, Bloomington. University Library, Philadelphia, as assistant ref­ Elaine E. Wiltse has been named library direc­ erence librarian. tor at the University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Keith W. Russell has been appointed chief of Coast Regional Campus, Long Beach. the Public Services Division at the National Agri­ Janice Woo is a new indexer for the Avery Index cultural Library, Beltsville, Maryland. at Columbia University, New York. Mara Sani has been appointed reference librar­ Carl Yirka has been named associate librarian ian in education at Portland State University, Ore­ at the New York Law School Library. gon. Joyce Zogott is now head of the Learning Re­ Timothy L. Sanz has been named director of sources Center at the Philadelphia College of Phar­ Houghton Memorial Library at Huntingdon Col­ macy and Science. lege, Montgomery, Alabama. Alan Schaplowsky has been appointed head of Retirements serials acquisitions at Columbia University, New York. Albert M. Berkowitz, chief of the National Li­ Kathleen Schrock has been appointed head of brary of Medicine’s Reference Services Division for the circulation unit at the Engineering and Physi­ 13 years, retired on August 29. cal Sciences Library, University of Maryland, Col­ Russell J. Emele, director of the library at East lege Park. Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania, for 24 Lauri Sebo is the new head of the Public Affairs years, will retire on January 18. Emele was respon­ Service at the University of California, Los An­ sible for planning and designing ESU’s Kemp Li­ geles. brary, which opened its doors in 1980. Jill Sellers has been appointed French lan­ Anne K. Hoyt, director of the Curriculum Ma­ guage cataloger at the University of Nebraska, Lin­ terials Laboratory at Oklahoma State University, coln. Stillwater, retired on June 30 after 15 years of ser­ Marlene Smith is now audiovisual librarian at vice. the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Medical Alice Johnson, multivolume monograph cata­ School. loger at the University of California, Berkeley, re­ Gerald Specht has been appointed NOTIS sys­ tired on June 29 after 29 years of service. tems engineer at Northwestern University. Dawn Talbot has been appointed librarian/in- David A. Kronick, library director at the Uni­ formation manager at the Center for Magnetic Re­ versity of Texas Health Science Center at San Anto­ cording Research at the University of California, nio, retired on August 31. After receiving a Ph.D. San Diego. from the University of Chicago Graduate Library Patricia Tenner has been appointed informa­ School in 1956 he directed the Medical Library at tion services librarian at the University of Texas the University of Michigan, the Cleveland Medical Health Science Center, San Antonio. Library, and served as chief of the Reference Divi­ Vincent J. Thacker III has been appointed ref­ sion at the National Library of Medicine. In 1965 erence and periodicals librarian at Huntingdon he joined the new University of Texas Medical College, Montgomery, Alabama. School in San Antonio and began the development Donna J. Thomas has been appointed assistant of the library. The author of A History of Scientific documents librarian at Oklahoma State Univer­ and Technical Periodicals, Kronick has often sity, Stillwater. served as consultant, lecturer, and researcher. Edith Tibbits is now music cataloger at the Uni­ versity of Nebraska, Lincoln. Elizabeth Branch Mason, associate director of Alice Tiffeault is now reference and library the Columbia University Oral History Research instruction librarian at Mercy College, Westches­ Office, retired on October 1 after 25 years of ser­ ter County, New York. vice. Raji A Tobia has been appointed assistant direc­ Julia Bartling Phipps, head of reference ser­ tor for public services at the University of Texas vices at the University of Iowa Libraries for nearly Health Science Center, San Antonio. 28 years, retired on May 31. Sylvia Turner has been appointed behavioral Giselle von Grunebaum retired at the end of and social sciences librarian at Mansfield Univer­ June from the position of gifts librarian, University sity, Pennsylvania. of California, Los Angeles. Laura Voelz has been appointed acquisitions li­ brarian at Baker Junior College of Business, Flint, Deaths Michigan. Carol Walton has been appointed Spanish lan­ Robert Koester, former bibliographer of Afri- guage cataloger at the University of Nebraska, Lin­ cana at Northwestern University (1969-1972), coln. died recently in New York City. Debra Willett has been appointed visiting af­ Naomi Lange, librarian at the University of Wy- 564 / C&RL News Caught in a Draft? These Policy Statements from ACRE might help— A r e you faced with the task of drafting or revising a policy statement for your library? The following collections of policy statements from colleges and small univer­ sities may help you design a document that fits your need.

Travel Policies of 21 CLIP Note #2: College and University Collection Development Libraries Policies 1980, 77p. 1981, 131p. Policies for travel and research Full or partial policies from 10 institutions. leaves; forms. ACRL members, $8.75; non-members, $11.50. ACRL members, $3; non-members, $3. CLIP Note #3: Academic Status Survey Job Descriptions 1981, 346p. 1981, 255p. Policies from 31 institutions— community colleges to universities. Personnel Descriptions from 8 institutions plans, documents from faculty handbooks for professional and support staff. dealing with compensation, evaluation of librarians, promotion and tenure. Includes ACRL members, $17.50; non-members, $25. institutions both with and without faculty status. CLIP Note #4: ACRL members, $12; non-members, $17. Online Bibliographic CLIP Note #1: Database Searching Performance Appraisal in College Libraries 1980, 135p. 1983, 132p. Policies and forms from 10 institutions Over 50 institutions contributed policy for professional and support staff and statements, search request forms, billing forms, student assistants. evaluation forms, many others. ACRL members, $7.50; non-members, $10. ACRL members, $15; non-members, $19.

Association of College & Research Libraries 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 944-6780 oming’s Family Practice Residency Program in Rosalee Wright, librarian in the Engineering Casper, died on September 6. and Mathematical Sciences Library at UCLA for Stella F. Schehl, principal cataloger at the Na­ over 23 years, died in Tennessee on September tional Library of Medicine, died on August 21. She 1. ■ ■ had been with the library since 1945.

Choice and CBE announce joint venture

Choice magazine and the Combined Book Ex­ book, periodical, audiovisual, and computer soft­ hibit have announced a joint promotional plan for ware reviews in eleven issues a year. The Com­ the 1984-85 library and academic conference sea­ bined Book Exhibit is a traveling exhibit of books son. The CBE exhibit will include a special display and periodicals submitted by publishers for display featuring Choice magazine and Choice Reviews- at library, academic, and other professional associ­ on-Cards, plus books reviewed in Choice submit­ ation meetings. CBE exhibits at an estimated 50 ted for display by publishers. The Choice display meetings per year enabling publishers to target will be featured in the CBE exhibit at 32 national, their publications to specific audiences in many regional, and international meetings from October different subject fields. 1984 through July 1985. Choice is a publication of the Association of Col­ The joint promotional venture is planned to in­ lege and Research Libraries and is headquartered crease the visibility of Choice in the scholarly and in Middletown, Connecticut. The Combined Book library markets and, through CBE, to bring atten­ Exhibit is a Faxon Company located at 100 Provi­ tion to the important books reviewed by the maga­ dence Highway, Westwood, MA 02090; (617) 329- zine. 7493. Contact Linda Tonkery, Director of the Choice is the leading book and nonprint review CBE, for more details on the 1984-85 meeting publication for the academic library and scholarly schedules. ■ ■ book markets. Choice publishes more than 600

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