People Serials – 22(3),November 2009

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Congratulations to Serials other positions with that LIBER (Association of European Joint Editor Hazel Woodward organization since its beginning. Research Libraries) Digitization on her MBE for her services to and Resource Discovery higher education. Hazel, At the end of July, Robert Steering Committee for the next Cranfield University’s Librarian, Vickers retired after 35 years two-year period. As Chair of was awarded the title as part of with the British Library. Robert one of the Steering Committees the Queen’s birthday honours began his library career at the she is also a member of the list. Hazel has managed the library in London where he LIBER Executive Board. university library’s transition worked for the Bibliographic from a print-based library to a Services division, becoming ■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■ ■ predominantly digital library. Editor of the British Education This transition has enabled the Index before relocating to Amanda Young joined the library to provide 24/7 access Boston Spa in 1992. For the rest Defence Science and Technology to information resources for all of his library career he worked Laboratory (DSTL) at the end staff and students wherever in Collection Acquisitions and of February as Information they are in the world. Descriptions, becoming Specialist. Amanda was Purchasing Acquisitions previously Librarian at MOD Congratulations also to Manager at the start of 2006. Larkhill. another illustrious member of the Serials editorial team, Cindy In September, Ronald Milne In August MarySusan Barry Hepfer, head of the electronic took up the post of Associate joined the HM Treasury & periodicals management Chief Librarian (Research Cabinet Office Library as department of the university Collections) at the Alexander Research and Library Services library at the State University of Turnbull Library, National Manager. MarySusan was New York at Buffalo. Cindy was Library of New Zealand. ‘The previously Knowledge Manager awarded the 2009 Ross Atkinson Turnbull’ is New Zealand’s at the Advisory Conciliation Lifetime Achievement Award at pre-eminent research library and Arbitration Service (ACAS). the Association for Library and most significant repository In July, Claire Duddy joined the Collections & Technical Services of New Zealand’s documentary library as Research & Library (ALCTS) Awards Ceremony at heritage. Ronald was formerly Services Adviser to the Cabinet the ALA annual conference in Director of the Scholarship and Office. Claire was previously July. Cindy has an outstanding Collections Directorate at the e-resources librarian at the record of professional British Library. Bodleian Library in Oxford. involvement in local, regional and national organizations, Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, In October, JISC Collections, including serving as President the director of the Library the organization which manages of NASIG (North American Network Services at the the acquisition and provision of Serials Interest Group) in National Library of Finland, has digital resources for universities 1993–1994 and in numerous been appointed as Chair of the and colleges in the UK,

238 Serials – 22(3),November 2009 People announced their acquisition of College London where she retirement as Librarian at the Content Complete Ltd, the co-ordinated the management Faculty of Architecture and Oxfordshire- and development of services to History of Art, University of based licensing meet the learning, teaching and Cambridge. Maddie had been and research needs of the Faculty of with the library for 20 years and negotiations Medicine and the NHS at all is now following a degree in company. campuses where the faculty has Fine Art at Anglia Ruskin Content a presence. Prior to joining University. Complete was Imperial in 2007, Diane was established in Associate Director of At University College Cork, 2003 by Albert Prior and Paul Information Services at City Marianne Moore has joined the Harwood and University London. Serials Acquisitions Section since then has replacing Nóra O’Reilly who been JISC At the University of Bristol retired at the end of August Collections’ library there have been a after five years in Serials Negotiation number of changes. Following Acquisition. Marianne has wide Agent for Alison Allden’s appointment library experience and has spent NESLi2, the as Chief Executive of HESA the past four years in UK’s online (see above), Cathryn Gallacher Cataloguing at UCC. journal initiative for the higher and Tim Phillips are now Joint education and research Acting Director of Information At the communities. The company has Services. At the end of August, beginning of also worked very closely with Cathryn took over as Director October, Dr John JISC Collections on a range of of Library Services B Howard took projects and activities in this Communication from Peter up the post of area including archiving, usage King, who retired then after Librarian at data, online journal business 33 years at Bristol. University College Dublin. For models and, more recently, the past four years, John has e-textbooks. Paul joins JISC On the retirement of Joy been Associate University Collections as Deputy CEO. Smith and Janet Quasnichka, a Librarian at Arizona State Albert will retire at the end of new role of Inter-Library Loan University (ASU) with the year and will be doing some Supervisor was created, and responsibility for planning and consultancy. filled by Pete Barrett. administration of digital library services and all library At the beginning of August, Patricia Rogers technology functions, the Alison Allden took up the post took up the post metadata and technical of Chief Executive of the Higher of Senior Assistant processing areas, the University Education Statistics Agency Librarian, Archives and Special Collections. (HESA) on the retirement of Acquisitions at the John moved to ASU after Professor Robin Sibson at the end of August, on 25 years at Harvard University, end of July. Since 2004, Alison the retirement of Jean Bradford where he served as a faculty had been Deputy Registrar and and Peter Brading. Patricia’s member in the Department of Director of Information Services new role encompasses Music and held a variety of at the University of Bristol. management responsibility for positions in the Harvard the Inter-Library Loan, Serials, libraries, including: Richard F Diane Job took up the post of Book Orders and Book Binding French Music Librarian; Director of Library Services at and Processing teams. Patricia Librarian for Information the University of Birmingham at was previously Faculty Technology; Director of Digital the beginning of September. She Librarian, Engineering. Library Initiatives; and was previously responsible for Associate Director for the leadership of the Faculty of At the end of August, Informatics and Technology Medicine Libraries at Imperial Madeleine Brown took early Research at the Harvard

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Medical School. John replaces Jones Library, University of Hull service at the new Skolkovo Sean Phillips who retired as in 1972 under the poet-librarian School of Management in Librarian at UCD in March Philip Larkin. He moved to Moscow. Gill Dwyer, Deputy 2008. Oxford where he was assistant Head of Library, and Sue Watt, librarian at Nuffield College. In Manager of the Business Pauline Corrigan was Acting 1976 he went to Glasgow Information Service, have both Librarian at UCD following University Library where he has taken early retirement from LBS Sean’s retirement, until remained since, in a variety of after 24 years and 21 years December last year, when guises: first as reference and respectively. Stephen Graham, Pauline herself retired after government publications Electronic Resources Specialist, 38 years in UCD Library. In librarian, then social sciences has taken a new job as Library 1976 she was appointed as Sub librarian, serials librarian, Systems Officer at Queen Mary, Librarian with responsibility for acquisitions librarian, and University of London Library. periodicals and in 1980 she took finally as assistant director. Rebecca Howard, Corporate on responsibility for all Colin has been involved with Information and Serials acquisitions. Pauline was numerous library activities Librarian, has been redeployed appointed Deputy Librarian in outwith Glasgow, most recently to the School’s new Masters in 1985, a post she remained in in leading the Scottish books Management Programme team. until she was appointed Acting and e-books tendering processes Lee McLean, Business University Librarian in March and as director of the JISC-funded Information Specialist, has also 2008. EThOS Project. left LBS. The library staff, including the five remaining In September, Jon Purcell Congratulations to Louise professionally qualified librarians, took up the post of University Cole, Senior Information now report to the School’s Librarian at Durham University. Advisor (Collections) at Learning Centre Manager. He replaces John Hall who is Kingston University on her retiring this year. Most of Jon’s marriage to Colin Penn in Elizabeth Chapman has been 30-year career as a professional August. Louise is a valued appointed Director of Library librarian has been in university member of UKSG’s Publications Services at the London School of libraries. He was Assistant Committee and joint list Economics and will take up her Director/Head of Technical administrator of lis-e-resources. post in January 2010. Since the Services at the University of beginning of 2004, Liz has been Liverpool, followed by five At the University of Deputy Director of Library years as Deputy Librarian at the Lancaster, Clare Powne has Services at University College University of Newcastle upon been appointed as University London. Tyne. For the past four years, Librarian, taking up her post Jon was Director of Library in mid October. Clare was At the Services at the University of St formerly Deputy Librarian at University of Andrews. Durham University, and has Oxford, Yvonne held positions at the Murphy was Colin Galloway Universities of Edinburgh, appointed is moving to Fife Dundee and Sydney. Librarian to Keble College in in his retirement March. For the previous 15 (it’s drier there) At London Business School years, Yvonne was Librarian of where (LBS) Library there has been a the Northern Ireland Political conservation fundamental restructuring. Collection and latterly Director work, sea fishing, a little Helen Edwards, Head of of Development at the Linen research, and travel will Information Services and Head Hall Library in Belfast. punctuate his days. A graduate of Library, has taken early of Edinburgh and Sheffield retirement after 24 years at LBS. At the University of St Universities, Colin started his She is now project managing the Andrews, Ewan McCubbin library career at the Brynmor establishment of a library joined the library at the

240 Serials – 22(3),November 2009 People beginning of September as the their inaugural work groups and project teams new Assistant Director of Commercial achieve greater productivity and Library Services responsible for Director. Bev improved team morale, public services. For the previous was Global providing 1:1 guidance, team six years, Ewan had been at the Marketing & workshops, and training courses University of Dundee, most Customer to help teams all the way from recently in the post of Senior Services Director at Taylor & understanding the problem, Assistant Librarian. Jeremy Francis, where she has been for through solution development, Upton is currently Acting 14 years. Bev is an especially implementation and follow-up. Director of Library Services valued member of the UKSG ([email protected]) following Jon Purcell’s move to Serials Editorial Board. Durham. Martin From 2010, Marlow, recently At Royal Holloway, Joachim VP of Publisher University of Engelland will Business London library, represent the US- Development and Paul Johnson has based publisher Marketing at been appointed Mary Ann Liebert Ingram Digital, has now Head of Academic in European countries. He joins established Maverick Liaison. Paul joined Royal Theo and Janet van de Bilt in Marketing, a marketing and Holloway in 2007 as an this role and will be focusing on market development outsource Information Consultant after Germany, Switzerland, Austria company specifically designed previously working at the and the Scandinavian countries, for the publishing industry. University of Reading. He took while Janet and Theo concentrate Specialising in strategic and up his new post in on the other European library operational marketing, market August 2009. In segments. Joachim has 15 years research and product and June, Anna experience in scholarly partner development, Maverick Grigson was publishing, and brings a special already employs 12 associates in appointed as expertise in the development of the UK, USA and Europe. The E-Resources Manager at Royal electronic products. Joachim is company’s new website can be Holloway, University of Director Education and Training found at www.mav- London, where she will be for STM – the Association of marketing.com and Martin can responsible for managing the Scientific, Technical and Medical be reached on +44 (0)7920 library’s portfolio of e-resources. Publishers – and will also 204000 or martin@mav- Anna previously worked as continue to offer consulting marketing.com Assistant Digital Resources services and project Librarian at the University of management to publishers and At the end of September, Westminster. information providers. Peter McCracken, Serials (www.engelland.com) Solutions’s co-founder and In October, Catrin Williams Director of Research, left the took up the post of E-services After 25 years in company to pursue a new Developer at the University of Pharmaceutical project in maritime history with Westminster. For the previous R&D, first as an shipindex.org. Peter and his 10 years Catrin has been at information brother Mike created the King’s College London working professional, and website a number of years ago in the Ejournals team. then as an internal to help people find information consultant, about specific vessels. ■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■ ■ Elisabeth Goodman has started RiverRhee Consulting. Elisabeth In June, Damon Thomas In September, Bev Acreman applies process improvement joined Sue Hill Recruitment as joined BioMed Central (the and information/knowledge Recruitment Manager to Open Access arm of Springer) as management to help business establish and develop a new

241 People Serials – 22(3),November 2009 area for the business – Market and RPCushing Recruitment. Swets as the new Chief Research, Insight and Analysis. In his new position Damon will Financial Officer. Prior to his For the past eight years Damon work closely with existing appointment to Swets, Jan has has been involved with clients, whilst building up a held several board level recruiting for the world of portfolio of clients that are positions as CFO, COO and market research having headed market research specific. CIO in the publishing industry, up teams at other market most notably at Reed research specialists including At the beginning of Business where he was Elizabeth Norman International September, Jan Vos joined the CFO.

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