ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 604 / C&RL News PEOPLE Profiles Terry Belanger, professor of library science at Columbia University’s School of Library Service, will join the University of Virginia faculty in Sep­ tem ber 1992 as univer­ sity professor and honor­ ary curator of special col­ lectio n s. C o lu m b ia’s board of trustees voted a year ago to phase out the programs of its library school after the 1991-92 academic year. Belanger, who has taught at Co­ lumbia for more than 20 years, heads the Book Arts Press, a bibliographi­ cal laboratory, and is Terry Belangerfounding director of the Rare Book School, a well- known summer institute for rare book librarians and antiquarian booksellers that regularly attracts about 300 people. Belanger’s Book Arts Press will be housed in renovated quarters in UV’s Alderman Library, and the summer institute will have its first session in Charlottesville in the summer o f 1993. An active member of ACRL’s Rare Books and Manu­ scripts Section, Belanger is a frequent lecturer on subjects relating to the history of rare books and printing, focusing his research on the history of the English book trade. His most recent project is a 30- minute videotape called “The Anatomy of a Book: Format in the Hand-Press Period.” Barbara Jones, head of reference at the Minne­ sota Historical Society since 1988, has been ap­ pointed director of Schaffer Library at Union Col­ lege in Schenectady, New York. Jones’s previous positions include director of library services at the University of Northern Iowa, director o f the library at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, head of cataloging at New York University, head of bibliographic control at Columbia Univer­ sity, and cataloger at the University of Cincinnati. Jones is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in history at the University of Minnesota. She holds a B.A. in E n­ glish from the University of Illinois, an M.A.T. in English from Northwest­ ern University, an M.A. in English literature from the University of Cincin­ nati, an M.A. in history from New York Univer­ sity, and an MLS from C olum bia U niversity. She is a member of ALA’s In tellectu al F reedom Barbara JonesCommittee and Coalition on Government Informa­ tion, a former member of the Minnesota Library Association’s board of directors, president of the New York Technical Services Librarians Organiza­ tion, and a former member of the Long Range Planning Committee of the State Library of Iowa. D avid Michael Pilachowski has been named director of Denison University Libraries effective July 1991. Pilachowski has been, for the past five years, associate university librarian at Colgate Uni­ versity, where he spent a total of ten years. Before that he served as reference librarian and coordina­ tor of online search services at the University of Vermont. He received his bachelor’s from the Uni­ versity of Vermont in 1971 and his MLS from the University of Illinois in 1973. He is also an active member of ACRL and the Reference and Adult Services Division of ALA, and served on the Ma­ chine Assisted Reference Services Section’s Execu­ tive Committee. Assunta Pisani has been named the first assis­ tant director of I Tatti for the Biblioteca Berenson. I Tatti is Harvard University’s Center for Renais­ sance Studies in Florence, Italy. Pisani, currently October 1991 / 605 associate librarian o f Harvard College for collection development and specialist in book selection for French and Italian, will assume her new duties in July 1992, which include directing the Biblioteca Berenson, the library based on the private collec­ tion o f legendary art historian and collector Bernard Berenson and including the Fototeca Berenson, the Morrill Music Library, and the new Paul G eier Library. She will also help the director with fellow­ ship, lecture, and conference programs. Pisani re­ ceived her M LS from Simmons College and her Ph.D. in comparative literature from Brown Uni­ versity. A l i c e S c h r e ye r , assistant director o f libraries at the University o f Delaware since 1986, has been appointed curator o f special collections at the Uni­ versity o f Chicago L i­ brary, effective O ctober 1991. From 1983 to 1985 Schreyer was a consult­ ant at the C en ter for the Book, Library o f Con­ gress. She has also held positions at Rutgers and Columbia Universities. She is the author o f The History o f Books: A Guide to Selected Resources in the Library o f Congress (1987) and editor o f Rare Alice Schreyer Books 1983-84: Trends, C o lle c tio n s , S o u r ces (1984). She is past-chair o f the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section o f A C R L and is currently chair of the R B M S Planning Com m ittee and a member oft h e R B M S Ethical Standards Review Committee and the A C R L Publications Committee. Since 1988 Schreyer has served as editor o f A C R L ’s journal Rare B ooks an d Manuscripts Librarianship. L i n d a E i l e e n W i l l i a m s o n was named United States studies librarian at the Bodleian Library, Oxford University ‚ effective April 1991. She took up her new position following a six-month assignment at the University College Dublin, where she held a USIA/ALA Library Fellowship to work with the Republic o f Ireland’s exchange collection o f U.S. government documents. From 1 9 8 7 -9 0 she was documents librarian and head o f the department at the University o f Illinois at Chicago. B efore that she was head o f the Docum ents Unit at Vanderbilt University from 1 9 7 5 -8 7 , and reference librarian from 1973—75. Williamson received her B.S. from Pennsylvania State University and her M L S from the University o f Southern California. She is the author o f Going International: Librarians’ Prepara­ tion Guide f o r a W ork E xperience/Job Exchange Abroad, published by ALA in 1988. People in the News P a t r i c i a A u g h i n b a u g h , d ir e c to r o f the Pasquerilla Library, Saint Francis College, has been elected to a one-year term as president o f the Pittsburgh Regional Library C enter (PR L C ) Board o f Trustees. P R L C is a multitype library network serving over 100 m embers in western Pennsylvania, W est Virginia, and western Maryland. J o a n A. B o o c k e r , a library science student at Wayne State University, received a North Ameri­ can Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Library Sci­ ence Grant to attend the 6th Annual NASIG Con­ ference held at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, in June. G a r y B . C o c o z z o l i , library director at Lawrence Technological University (L T U ), has been selected Wayne State University’s (W SU) Distinguished Alumnus o f the Year in recognition o f his outstand­ ing contributions to the library and information field. Cocozzoli graduated from W SU with an M LS in 1975, then becam e serials and interlibrary loan librarian at L TU the same year. H e has held his current position since 1981. Very active in W SU ’s Library Science Alumni Association, Cocozzoli has also been active in the Michigan Library Associa­ tion, the Special Libraries Association, and ALA. H e has co-authored two books: German-Amerícan History an d Life: A Guide to Inform ation Sources (1980) and Ja p a n ’s Econom ic Challenge: A Biblio­ graphic Sourcebook (1988), and written a number o f resource reviews for The American R eference B ooks Annual. D o t t i e E a k i n , director o f the Medical Sciences Library at Texas A&M University, was awarded the Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achieve­ ment in Collection Development in the Health Sciences at the Medical Library Association’s 91st Annual M eeting in San Fran cisco. Eakin has achieved expert status in the field o f collection development, having authored some fundamental works on the subject including “Health Science Library Materials: Collection Development” (in H andbook o f M edical Library Practice, 4th ed., vol.3, 1984). C . W i l l i a m F r a s e r , who retired in 1991 as library director o f the College o f Physicians and Surgeons (C PS) o f British Columbia's Medical Li­ brary Service, was honored by the Medical Library Association (MLA) as a fellow at its 91st Annual Meeting. Fraser held various public library posi­ tions in British Columbia before joining C PS in 1962. He was the founder and first president o f the Health Libraries Association o f British Columbia 606 / C &RL News and was also actively involved in the Canadian Health Libraries Association. He is also a three­ time president o f the Pacific Northwest Chapter o f MLA. J a c k G . G o e l l n e r , director o f the Johns Hopkins University Press; C h a r l e s G o l d s t e i n , ch ief o f the Information Technology Branch, National Library o f Medicine; R i c h a r d L u c i e r , university librarian and assistant vice-chancellor for academic informa­ tion management, University o f Califomia-San Francisco; and V i c t o r A . M c K u s i c k , M .D ., Johns Hopkins School o f Medicine, were jointly awarded the 1991 Frank Bradway Rogers Information Ad­ vancement Award for outstanding contribution to the application o f technology to the delivery of health sciences information by the Medical Library Association at its 91st Annual Meeting. T he four men were honored for their immense pioneering effort in the development o f Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (O M IM ). T heir vision and technological achievement have provided a knowl­ edge management model that places the health sciences library in a pivotal position in a computer- based publication process. C h a r l e s E . H a l e , director o f the Staley Library at Millildn University, Decatur, Illinois, has been awarded the Illinois Library Association’s (ILA) 1991 Illinois Academic Librarian o f the Year Award in recognition o f his outstanding statewide contri­ bution to academic librarianship and to library development. Hale has been the State o f Illinois delegate to the A C R L Chapters Council and a m ember o f several nominating comm ittees for ACRL; he has served as IL A ’s network strategy manager, as college and research libraries forum manager, and as a board member. H e contributed a chapter to the book Academ ic Librarianship: Past, Present an d Future. T h o m a s D . H i g d o n , who retired as director of the University o f Arizona Health Sciences C enter Library in 1990, was honored as a Medical Library Association fellow at MLA’s 9 1st Annual Meeting. Higdon has been instrumental in developing the AHSC Library into one o f the most outstanding academic medical library collections in the nation. H e recently worked closely with architects and planning committees to design new facilities for the library— a move that will yield an increase in space from 3 2 ,0 0 0 to more than 80,000 square feet. R o s e H o g a n , who retired in 1990 as director o f the University o f Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library, was honored by the Medical Library Asso­ ciation as a fellow at its 91st Annual Meeting. During Hogan’s tenure, the university expanded the health science education programs into rural Arkansas through Area Health Education Centers that each have their own library. Hogan was one o f the original resource library directors for the South Central Regional Medical Library Program. She served as chair o f the Regional Advisory Committee and as presidnet o f both the Southern Chapter and the South Central Chapter. H w a - W e i L e e , dean o f libraries at Ohio Univer­ sity, has been selected by ALA to receive the John Ames Humphry/Forest Press Award for 1991 in recognition o f his significant contributions to inter­ national librarianship. The award, which consists o f a $ 1 ,0 0 0 prize and a certificate, was presented at the ALA Annua] Conference in Atlanta. L ee was also chosen as co-recipient o f the Asian/Pacific Ameri­ can Librarians Association’s Distinguished Service Award, which was also presented at the conference. F o r 25 years L ee has been actively involved in library development abroad through consulting assignments with U N E SC O , the International Development Research C enter (Canada), the Food and Agricultural Organization o f the United Na­ tions, the U.S. Agency for International Develop­ ment, World Bank, and government agencies and universities in Asia. H e pioneered a highly success­ ful library internship program at Ohio University for librarians and library science faculty from devel­ oping countries. R i c h a r d L u c i e r , university librarian and assis­ tant vice-chancellor for academic information man­ agement at the University o f Califomia-San F ran­ cisco, was presented with the Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Librarian o f the Year at the Medical Library Association’s 91st Annual M eet­ ing. Lucier has served as director o f the W elch Medical Library at the Laboratory for Applied Research in Academic Information, and as associ­ ate director o f the Department o f Medicine, Divi­ sion o f Medical G enetics, Johns Hopkins University School o f Medicine. Lucier received the award in recognition o f his leadership, commitment, and outstanding contributions to broadening the role of academic health sciences libraries and librarians beyond storage and retrieval into information trans­ fer and knowledge management. His work with the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man project and the Genom e Database has done much to advance the profession. J e a n K . M i l l e r , director o f the library at the University o f Texas Southwestern Medical Center, was honored by the Medical Library Association as a fellow at the M LA’s 91st Annual Meeting. Miller entered the field o f health sciences librarianship in 1967, serving as head o f circulation and health sciences librarian at the State University o f New York at Buffalo, then becoming director o f the October 1991 / 6 07 Cooperative M edical Library C e n te r o f New York. She has also served as M LA ’s president in 1 9 8 5 -8 6 . P h i l i p R o s e n s t e i n , who retired in 1 990 as uni­ versity librarian at the University o f M edicine and Dentistry o f New Jersey, was honored as a fellow at the M edical L ibrary A ssociation’s 9 1 st Annual Meeting. Rosenstein has excelled in the area o f resource sharing since 1967 when h e received grant funds from th e National Library o f M edicine to develop a statewide interlibrary loan program. H e was also a key figure in the founding o f the Health Sciences Library Association o f New Jersey. S u z a n n e S a w y e r - B u r l e s o n , a m aster’s degree candidate at W ayne State University and part-tim e referen ce librarian at Lansing Comm unity College, has b e e n awarded an Educational Im provem ent and Professional D evelopm ent G rant from the Lansing Comm unity College Foundation. Sh e will use the grant to do research on th e existence o f and accessibility to archival collections o f two-year co l­ leges in the U .S. T h e grant will enable Sawyer- Burleson to gather inform ation on policies and procedures o f comm unity college archives, about which very little information has been available. R o n a l d M . W a t t e r s o n , retired librarian o f the Mulford Library at M edical C ollege o f Ohio, was ho nored as a fello w at th e M e d ica l L ib ra ry Association’s (M LA ) 9 1 st Annual M eeting. Fellow ­ ship is co nferred in recognition o f outstanding contributions to the advancem ent o f the associa­ tion. Through W atterson’s leadership th e Mulford Library was chosen to participate in the founding o f the State University o f New York Biom edical C om ­ munication Network and Bibliographic Retrieval Services (now B R S Inform ation Technologies). H e also started the M edical College o f O hio Book Store, the Audiovisual D ep artm ent, the Archival Collections, and the R are B ook Room . R o b e r t W e d g e w o r t h , dean o f the School o f Library Service, Colum bia University, was elected president o f the International Federatio n o f L i­ brary Associations and Institutions (IF L A ) at its m eeting in M oscow in August. H e becom es the first American president o f IF L A in 6 0 years and only the second in IF L A ’s 64-year history. Appointments (Appointment notices are taken from library newsletters, letters from personnel offices and ap­ pointees, and o th er sources. T o ensure that your appointment appears, w rite to th e E ditor, C & R L News, 5 0 E . Huron St., Chicago, I L 6 0 6 1 1 -2 7 9 5 .) D e b o r a h D . B l e c i c has b e en nam ed resident librarian at the University o f Illinois at Chicago. E m e r i t a C u e s t a is now head o f access services at Hofstra University, Hem pstead, New York. M i r a n d a H . C a r y has b e en nam ed general services librarian at the University o f North C aro­ lina, Charlotte. C h a r l e s C r o i s s a n t has be en nam ed music cata- loger at the University o f North Carolina at Chapel Hill. E m e r i t a C u e s t a is now head o f access services at H ofstra University, Hem pstead, New York. W e i - l i n g D a i has been named head o f serials at the University o f California, Santa Barbara. S h a w n E . D u r h a m has been nam ed resident librarian at the University o f Illinois at Chicago. C h a r l e s E g l e s t o n has be en appointed bibliog­ rapher with the English Short T itle Catalog, C en te r for Bibliographical Studies and R esearch , Univer­ sity o f California, Riverside. K a r e n F e e n e y has b e e n nam ed head o f the Acquisitions D ep artm ent in the C entral University Library, University o f California, San D iego. D e b o r a h F e t c h has b e e n appointed head o f the Acquisitions O rdering Section at Penn State U ni­ versity, University Park. M a r y Lou G o o d y e a r has been appointed assis­ tant d irector for co llection interpretation at Texas A& M University, C ollege Station. C a t h y H a r t m a n has b e en appointed public services librarian for docum ents and bibliographic instruction at Austin College, Sherm an, Texas. C r a i g H a y n e s has be en appointed access ser­ vices librarian in the Biom edical Library, Univer­ sity o f California, San Diego. L i s a H i c k s has be en appointed resident librar­ ian at the University o f Illinois at Chicago. M i m i K i n g has b e e n appointed head referen ce librarian at the University o f W isconsin-Eau Claire. P a u l a H i n t o n has b e en appointed social sci­ en ces librarian at the University o f North Carolina at C hapel Hill. Z h o n g e H u a n g has be en nam ed automation librarian at Saint Louis University, Missouri. J a n i c e K o y a m a has b e e n nam ed assistant uni­ versity librarian for public services at the University o f California, Los Angeles. M i c h a e l J . L a C r o i x has b e en appointed d irec­ to r o f library services at Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania. R o g e r L a r a m e e has be en nam ed developm ent o f f ic e r at th e In d ia n a U n iv e r sity L ib r a r ie s , Bloom ington. F r a n c e s L y n c h has b e en appointed associate director o f the Medical C en te r Library at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn essee. S h a r o n C l i n e M c K a y has b e e n appointed di­ recto r o f library automation at E B S C O Subscrip­ tion Services, Birm ingham , Alabama. 608 / C &RL News J u l i e t M c L a r e n has been named bibliographer with the Eighteenth-Century Short Title Catalog, C en ter for Bibliographical Studies and Research, University o f California, Riverside. L i s a M e l e n d e z has be en appointed assistant librarian for reference at the University o f Califor­ nia, Santa Barbara. R i t a M o s s has been named business/economics referen ce librarian at the University o f North Caro­ lina at Chapel Hill. R o b e r t C . M y e r s has been named assistant professor o f librarianship, R eference D epartment, at Central Washington University, Ellensburg. A l i n d a J . N e l s o n is now temporary math librar­ ian at the University o f Wisconsin-Madison. C h r i s t i n e O k a has been appointed assistant librarian for referen ce at the University o f Califor­ nia, Santa Barbara. J e n i f e r A . O l d h a m has been named resident librarian at the University o f Illinois at Chicago. J a y M a r t i n P o o l e has been reappointed assis­ tant director for collection and bibliographic ser­ vices at Texas A&M University, College Station. L o u i s e M . R i c h a r d s has been appointed assis­ tant flsheries-oceanography librarian at the Univer­ sity o f Washington, Seattle. E l i z a b e t h R o b i n s o n has b e en appointed cata- loger at the Central University Library, University o f California, San Diego. C y n t h i a R o s s is now coordinator for reference and interlibrary loan services, Biomedical Library, University o f California, San Diego. N a n c y S a c k has been appointed resident librar­ ian at the University o f Illinois at Chicago. M a r j e S c h u e t z e - C o b u r n has been appointed Feuchtwanger librarian at the University o f South­ ern California, Los Angeles. E l i z a b e t h S c h w a l k e is now campus librarian at the St. Augustine C en ter Library, St. Johns River Community College, St. Augustine, Florida. R o x a n n e S e l l b e r g has been named head o f the Cataloging Division at the University of Washington s Suzzallo Library, Seattle. H a r o l d S h a f f e r has be en named associate librarian and head o f the Access Services D ep art­ ment at Indiana University, Bloomington. D i a n a S h e n k has been named archivist and head o f Historical Collections and Labor Archives at Penn State University, University Park. R o b e r t S k i n n e r has been named user services librarian, Research Services Department, at the Central University Library, University o f Califor­ nia, San Diego. A n d r e w S o p k o has been named associate librar­ ian at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, P enn­ sylvania. C h r i s t o p h e r S t a v e has been appointed refer­ ence librarian and coordinator o f online search services at the Biomedical Library o f the University o f California, San Diego. P a t r i c i a S u l o u f f has been named science li­ brarian at Syracuse University, New York. J o y c e K i n g T h o r n t o n has been appointed ex­ ecutive assistant to the director o f the Evans Library at Texas A&M University, College Station. R u b e n U r b i z a g a s t e g u i is now cataloging librar­ ian at the University o f California, Riverside. B a r b a r a V a l e n t i n e has been appointed refer­ ence librarian at Linfleld College, McMinnville, Oregon. D a y n a W i l l i a m s - C a p o n e has been named pub­ lic services librarian for circulation and reference services at Austin College, Sherman, Texas. A n n e E . Z a l d has been appointed documents reference librarian at the University o f Washington’s Suzzallo Library, Seattle. Y o u z h a o Z h a n g is now government documents librarian at St. Louis University, Missouri. N o r a Z u k a s has been named resident librarian at the University o f Illinois at Chicago. S t e p h e n J . Z i e t z is now project coordinator for the “Initiative for the 90s” three-year cataloging project undertaken by the 16 m embers o f the Philadelphia Area Consortium o f Special C ollec­ tions Libraries. Retirements H e n r i e t t e D . A v r a m , associate librarian for collection services at the Library o f Congress, will retire at the end o f 1991 after more than 25 years o f service. Avram beganher career working as a pro­ gram m er and systems analyst at the National S e c u rity A gency, th e American Research B u ­ reau, and Datatrol Corp. before joining LC in 1965 as assistant coordinator o f information systems in the O ffice o f the Infor­ mation Systems Special­ ist. H er early work on the analysis o f data ultimately Henriette D. Avram led to the development o f a standard vehicle for the communication o f bibliographic data, the struc­ ture now known as the MARC format. O ther than her current position, Avram has held these posts at LC: ch iefo ft he M ARC Development O ffice (1970); ch ief o f the Network Development O ffice (1976); director for processing systems, networks, and au­ tomation planning (1980); and assistant librarian for processing services (1983). Avram serves on the October 1991 / 609 board o f directors for E D U C O M . the Association for Library Collections andTechnical Services, and the Commission o f Preservation and Access, as well as on the Federal Network Council Advisory Com ­ mittee. In addition to her involvement with ALA and other professional organizations in the U.S., Avram has worked extensively with the Interna­ tional Federation o f Library Associations (IFLA ), including serving as its vice-president and on its executive board. Avram has also been honored with many professional awards, including ALA’s most distinguished prizes: the 1971 Margaret Mann C i­ tation in Cataloging and Classification; the Melvil Dewey Award in 1981 for creative professional achievement; the 198 8 Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service to librarianship; and the John Humphry/Forest Press Award o f 1990 for contributions to international librarianship. She also received an honorary fellowship from IF L A in 1987; the Special Libraries Association’s 1990 Pro­ fessional Award; and A C R L ’s Academic or R e­ search Librarian o f the Year Award in 1979. J o n B o o n e has retired after lO years as collection development librarian at the University o f North Dakota, Grand Forks. B e t t y K . G ü b e r t , head o f general research and reference at the Schomburg C enter for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, has retired after 21 years o f service. She plans to complete two books on black aviators and astronauts during her retirement. O w e n T . P . M c G o w a n , director o f libraries at Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts, re ­ tired after 2 7 years o f service. McGowan was among the founders o f Southeastern Massachusetts Coop­ erating Libraries and the Massachusetts Confer­ ence o f C h ie f Librarians o f Public Higher Educa­ tional Institutions. H e was also three times presi­ dent o f the latter organization. S u z a n n e M a s s o n n e a u retired in June as assistant director for technical services at the University o f Vermont. H er career, which began in 1952, also included positions at Florida State University, Purdue University, Central Michigan University, and Texas A&M University. In addition, she taught cataloging at the University o f Vermont and was designated library professor emerita at the time o f her retirement. C h a r l e s M a u r e r , director o f libraries at Denison University since 1971, retired in June. Maurer received his bachelor’s and M LS degrees from the U niversity o f Michigan, and his master's degree and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. At Denison, Maurer served not only as director but also as chair o f the governance review commission, and as par­ liamentarian at the general faculty meetings. He served as the O H IO N E T delegate to the National Users Council o f O C LC from 1978 to 1983. An active m ember o f the Academic Library Associa­ tion o f Ohio, Maurer was presented with ALAO’s first Distinguished Service Award in 1988 in honor of his promotion o f academic libraries within the state o f Ohio. K e n n e t h G . P e t e r s o n retired in August after 15 years as dean o f libraiy affairs at Southern Illinois University. Peterson received a bachelor’s in his­ tory at Drew University then earned a master’s in divinity at Yale University. He spent 13 years as minister for the Congregational Church (now the United Church o f Christ), and served in Ohio and California. Deciding to change to a library career, Peterson earned an M LS from the University o f California at Berkeley and a doctoral degree in librarianship, then became associate university li­ brarian at the University o f Virginia. He is the author o f two books and many articles and reviews. J a m e s B o t h e n b e r g has retired after 21 years as librarian and form er head o f the Government Pub­ lications Department at the University o f Califor­ nia, Riverside. J e f f S e l t h has retired after 18 years as a librar­ ian in the Collection Development Department at the University o f California, Riverside. P a u l S t a r r , director o f library services at Carroll C ollege in Waukesha, W isconsin , re tire d in June after 26 years in that position. Starr began his career with the diplo­ m a tic s e r v ic e at th e Am erican Em bassy in Pakistan, then later be­ came a faculty member at the U niversity o f Colo­ rado, Bay City College, and th e University o f M ich igan. His d istin ­ g u ish e d c a r e e r was capped last spring when Paul Starr he was bestowed with emeritus status at Carroll’s commencement cer­ emony. T o n y S h ip p s , English subject specialist at the Indiana University Libraries, retired in Septem ber after 2 4 years o f service. A graduate o f M ercer University, Shipps received a Ph.D. in English before receiving an AM LS from the University of Michigan in 1960. H e was circulation librarian, 610 / C &RL News humanities librarian, and head o f referen ce at the University o f Colorado before joining IU in 1967. Shipps has also been known at IU as the quotation specialist, and he has published quote identifica­ tions and notes in Notes an d Queries, the New York Times B ook Review, and H arvard Magazine. His book, The Quotes Sleuth: A Manual f o r the T racer o f L ost Quotations, was published in 1990 by the University o f Illinois Press. W i l l i a m T r e e s e , librarian and form er head o f the Arts Library at the University o f California, Santa Barbara, retired in Ju n e after 25 years o f ser­ vice. T reese was a major force in planning U C S B ’s Arts Library. He also served as editor o f the m icro­ fiche edition o f the Art Exhibition Catalog C ollec­ tion and was active in A R L IS, the Librarians Associa­ tion o f the University o f California, U C S B Art Affil­ iates, and other local and national organizations. D a v i d C . W e b e r , director o f the Stanford U ni­ versity Libraries for 22 years, retired in Jun e and was named director emeritus o f the libraries. A graduate o f Colby C o l­ le g e in 1 9 4 7 , W e b e r earned a B .S. in library science from Columbia University in 1948, and a master’s in history from Harvard U niversity in 1953. He began his pro­ fessional career as a cata­ log librarian at Harvard, then moved on to become assistant to the director, then assistant director, there. In 1961 he became David C. W eber assistant director o f the Stanford Libraries, then becam e associate director in 1965, and director in 1969. W eb er’s professional involvement has been extensive. At ALA he has served as president o f the Association o f Library Collections and Technical Services (1 9 6 7 -6 8 ), president o f A C R L (1 9 8 1 -8 2 ), and chairman o f several com m ittees. H e has served on the Board o f D irectors at the Association o f Research Libraries, the California Library Author­ ity for Systems and Services, the Library Coopera­ tive o f Santa Clara County, and the R esearch L i­ braries Group. H e is the author o f many articles and books including Planning A cadem ic and R esearch L ib rary Buildings, 2nd ed. (co-authored with P.D . Leighton), published by ALA in 1986. P a u l A. W i n c k l e r , professor at the Palm er School o f Library and Inform ation Scien ce at Long Island U niversity, retired in August. Winckler earned his bachelor’s from St. Jo h n’s University, his M LS from Pratt University, and an M.A. and Ph.D . from New York University. H e spent his professional career at the Brooklyn Public Library, St. John’s University, the Bryant Library (as director), and at Suffolk County Community College (as the first librarian there). F o r the past 2 9 years he has been in graduate library education at L ong Island. W inckler is the author and compiler o f many books, articles, and bibliographies. His biography o f noted library director Charles C. Williamson will b e pub­ lished in the fall. Deaths M a r g a r e t O a k s f o r d C i r r , a 25-year employee o f the Cornell University Libraries, died in July after a b rie f illness. C irr began her career in 1961 as a searcher in C ornell’s Catalog Departm ent, then becam e catalog librarian in the reclassification team that had to recatalog the Cornell collections to the Library o f Congress system. In 1970 she becam e bibliographic and referen ce cen ter librarian o f the School o f H otel Administration. C irr also held part- time positions at the Tompkins County Public L i­ brary and the College C en ter o f the Finger Lakes. E l i z a b e t h G r a c e T o d d , form er head o f cata­ loging at the University o f California, Berkeley’s Bancroft Library from 1964 until her retirem ent in 1988, died in May after a long struggle with cancer. Todd’s major accomplishments at Bancroft included the merging o f the old catalog o f the Rare Books and Special Collections D epartm ent with that o f the Bancroft Collection. She was particularly devoted to work on the primary bibliography o f California imprints known as “R ocq” (California Local His­ tory: A Bibliography and Union List o f Library Holdings), serving for many years on a California State Library com m ittee responsible for augment­ ing the bibliography. ■ ■ Advertiser index AMIGOS.................................................. 586 Ballen................................................. cover 3 Blackwell.................................................. 561 Book H o u se .............................................579 Chadwyck-Healey................................... 603 Denali Press.............................................568 Faxon....................................................... 576 Institute for Scientific Info........................... 593 National Archives.....................................599 PAIS................................................... cover 2 Sociological Abstracts.............................. 569 H.W. 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