ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 32 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 C o l l e g e & R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s ewsn ACRL candidates for 2001 Be sure to vote Vice-president/President-elect Elaine K. Didier has been dean o f the Uni­ versity Library at Oakland University since 1999- She was interim director of Academic Outreach (1996-99) and adjunct associate professor (1993-99) of the School of Infor­ mation; associate dean o f the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies (1993­ 96); director of Information Resources and director of the Kresge Business Administra­ tion Library (1985-93), School of Business Administration at the University of Michigan. Didier has b een an active member of ACRL, and is the current chair o f the Univer­ sity Libraries Section (ULS). She is the cur­ rent secretary of the ACRL Sections Council (2000-01). She has served on several ULS committees, chairing the Conference Program Planning Committee (1 998-20 00) and the Leadership Development Committee (1996— 98). She has been a member of ALA since 1976. Didier has also been active at the state and regional level, serving on the Board of Directors o f the Michigan Association for Media in Education (1976-85), and on the Editorial Board of M edia Spectrum (1977-80). She is president-elect o f the Michigan Library Association (2000-03) and has served on its Board o f Directors (1980-82) and its Leader­ ship Academy Planning Committee (1987-90). Didier’s other organizational affiliations in­ clude the Association for Educational Com­ munications and Technology, for which she served as a member of the Board of Direc­ tors and Executive Committee (1985-89), as president (1987-88), and as president o f its Division of Educational Media Management (1982); and the ECT Foundation, for which she served on the Board o f Trustees (1 9 8 9 - Elaine K. Didier Helen H. Spalding 94). Didier was also a member o f the Uni­ versity Continuing Education Association Commission on Learning and Information Technologies (1998-99)- She served on the Board o f Directors o f the Ann Arbor Rotary Club (1990-95) and was its president (1993­ 94). In 1990, Didier was awarded the Associa­ tion for Educational Communications and Technology Distinguished Service Award. Her publications include D istan ce L ea r n ­ ing Comes o f Age, foreword to The Oryx Guide to D istan ce Learning, 1997; New Roles f o r a New Century: C hanging the Way We D o B usi­ ness, (Media Spectrum, 1997); and A Syner­ gistic A p p roach to D efin in g a New In fo r m a ­ tion E nvironm ent, (Academic Computing, 1990). Didier earned her B.A., A.M L.S., and Ph.D. at the University o f Michigan. H elen H. Spalding has been associate di­ rector o f Libraries at the University o f Mis­ souri, Kansas City, since 1985. She was head o f Technical Services at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (1979-85), and head of both Serials Records and Serials Catalog­ ing at Iowa State University (1974-79). C&RL News ■ January 2001 / 33 Spalding has been an active member of ACRL, and is currently ACRL Division Coun­ cilor and a member of the Board o f Directors and the Executive Committee (1997-2001). She was chair of the Budget and Finance Com­ mittee (1994-96), the Colleagues Committee (1992-93), and the Appointments Commit­ tee (1996-97). She was a member o f the Sev­ enth National Conference Contributed Papers Subcommittee (1993-95) and is a member o f the Tenth National Conference Volunteer Committee (2000-01). Her service to ALA includes ALA Council (1997-2001) and Budget Analysis on Review Committee [BARC] (1998-2002). She was Li­ brary Education Assembly Representative (1985-87), a member of the Development Of­ fice Advisory Committee’s Fund Raising Task Force (1992-93), and a member o f the Search Committee for CHOICE Editor/Publisher (1994-95). She has served on several com­ mittees in LAMA and LITA. Spalding has also been active at the state and regional level, serving the Missouri Li­ brary Association as Membership Committee chair (1981-82), Constitution and Bylaws Committee chair (1984-85), and Budget and Finance Committee member (1985-86). She was a member of the Missouri Library Net­ work Corporation’s Ad Hoc Pricing Commit­ tee (1983). Spalding’s other organizational affilia­ tions include th e OCLC ad h o c Pricing Committee (1 9 8 2 -8 3 ). She was vice-presi- dent/Finance Committee chair and a m em­ ber of the E xecu tive Com m ittee o f the OCLC Users Council (1 9 8 2 -8 3 ). She has served on the Boards o f Editors o f J o u r ­ nal o f A c a d e m ic L ib r a r ia n s h ip (1 9 8 6 -9 9 ) and P o r ta l: L i b r a r i e s a n d t h e A c a d e m y (1999-present). Spalding has been a member o f Phi Beta Kappa since 1972. In 1989 she was a UCLA Senior Fellow. Her publications include “The Develop­ ing Reference Librarian: An Administrative Perspective,” (R e fe r e n c e L ib r a r ia n , 1990); “Recent Developments in Library Technical Services and the Implications for Access to Scholarly Information,” (Issues in A ccess to Scholarly In fo rm a tio n , 1985), and “A Com- puter-Produced Serials Book Catalog with Au­ tomatically Generated Indexes,” (L ib rary R e­ sources & T ec h n ic a l Services, 1980). Spalding earned her B.A. and M.A. at the University o f Iowa, and her M.P.A. at the Uni­ versity o f Missouri, Kansas City. ACRL Board o f D irectors D irector-at-large: P a m e la Snelson, college lib rarian , F ran k lin & M arshall C o lleg e; C arolyn Sheehy, Clare and Lucy Oesterle di­ rector o f Library Services, North Central Col­ lege. D irector-at-large: P a tricia Kreitz, director of Technical Information Services, Stanford Lin­ ear Accelerator Center, Stanford University; P a u la C. M urphy, Research Services librar­ ian, Chicago Historical Society; A lison Scott Ricker, science librarian, Oberlin College. D ivision C o u n cilo r: D eb r a Gilchrist, direc­ tor, Library/Media Services, Pierce College; P a tr ic ia W and, university librarian, Ameri­ can University. A frican A m erican S tu dies Section V ice-ch air/C h air-elect: R a q u e l Cogell, ref­ eren ce librarian and selector for African American Studies, Emory University; B e n n ie R o b in son , reference librarian/Pan African Studies bibliographer, University o f Akron. S ecretary: Lisa Pillow, head, Black Studies Library, Ohio State University. M em ber-at-large: G raceJa ckson -B row n , Af­ rican American Studies bibliographer and head o f the African American Cultural Cen­ ter Library, Indiana University; Itibari M. Zulu, head librarian, UCLA Center for African Ameri­ can Studies Library. A nthrop olo g y and Sociology Section V ice-ch air/C h air-elect: W illiam J . Wheeler, coordinator o f Collection Development, Yale University Social Science Libraries & Infor­ mation Services, librarian for Anthropology, Sociology, and International Affairs; R oy ce Kurtz, head o f Informational and Instructional Services, University o f Mississippi, Social Sci­ ences reference librarian and bibliographer. S ecretary: W ad e Kotter, Social Sciences li­ brarian, W eber State University; K a th a r in e A. Whitson, head, Access Services/Reference li­ brarian, University o f Washington Bothell. M em ber-at-large: E rin D aix, senior assistant librarian, Reference Department, University o f Delaware Library; Stephen O. Fowlkes, ref­ erence librarian and bibliographer for Soci­ 3 4 1 C&RL New s ■ January 2001 ology, Social Work, and General Reference, Howard-Tilton Library, Tulane University. A r t s S e c tio n Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Henry Dubois, asso­ ciate dean, University Library, California State University, Long Beach; A n n Lindell, acting head librarian, Architecture and Fine Arts Li­ brary, University o f Florida. Secretary: Sylvia Curtis, B la c k Studies, Dance, Islamic, and Near Eastern Studies li­ brarian; co-coordinator Area, Ethnic & G en­ der Studies Collection Group, University o f California, Santa Barbara; Eric Kidwell, direc­ tor o f the library, Huntingdon College, and director o f the Liberal Arts Symposium. A sia n , A fric an , a n d M id d le Easte rn S tu d ie s Se ction Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Jung-Ran Park, as­ sistant cataloging librarian, Cunningham Me­ morial Library, Indiana State University; R. N. Sharma, director of Library Services, West Vir­ ginia State College. Secretary: Hideyu ki Morimoto,Japanese cata- loger, University o f California, Berkeley. Member-at-large: Sarah Elman, head, Cata­ loging/Public Services Divisions, East Asian Library, UCLA; B inh P. Le, associate librarian, Pennsylvania State University, Abington Col­ lege. C o lle g e L ib ra rie s S e c tio n Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Mark Cain, execu­ tive director o f Information Services and Sup­ port, College o f Mount St. Joseph; Charles Getchell, director o f the Arnold Bernhard Li­ brary, Quinnipiac University. Secretary: A lice Bahr, director o f the library, Spring Hill College; Dena Hutto, Documents/ Social Sciences librarian, Reed College. Member-at-large: Lisabeth Chabot, college librarian, Mary Baldwin College; Lewis Miller, dean o f libraries, Butler University. C o m m u n it y a n d J u n io r C o lle g e L ib ra rie s Se ction Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Cynthia Steinhoff, acting director o f the library, A ndrew G. Truxal Library , Anne Arundel Community College; Albert “Jules” Tate, director o f Library Services, Nunez Community College. Secretary: Marianne Rough, professor, librar- ian-Collection Development, Prince G eorge’s Community College; Lisa B ein h o ff head o f the DuBois Campus Library, Penn State Uni­ versity. D ista n c e L e a rn in g S e c tio n Vice-chair/Chair-elect: MaryhelenJones, di­ rector o f Library Services for Distance Edu­ cation, University o f Houston System Librar­ ies; Barbara Wittkopf head, Central Library Information Center, Louisiana State Univer­ sity Libraries. Secretary/Archivist: Erin McCaffrey, refer­ ence/instruction librarian, DePaul University Libraries; Rebecca Sedam, Lewis Library in­ struction coordinator and Economics bibli­ ographer, Loyola University Chicago. Member-at-large: Marissa R. Cachero, off- campus librarian, Central Michigan Univer­ sity, off-campus Library Services; Marie A. Kascus, director o f Library Services, Newbury College. E d u c a tio n a n d B e h a v io ra l Sciences S e c tio n Vice-chair/Chair-elect: K a th erin e A n n Corby, reference librarian/bibliographer for Education and Psychology, Michigan State University Libraries; Allison G. Kaplan, cata- loger, Education Resource Center and coor­ dinator, School Library Media Specialist Pro­ gram, School o f Education, University o f Delaware. Secretary: Jeannie Kamerman, director o f the Curriculum Materials Library, University o f West Florida; Judith A. Walker, Curriculum Materials/Education librarian, University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Member-at-large: Douglas L. Cook, associ­ ate professor and Reference and Instruction librarian, Shippensburg University; Jennie Ver Steeg, Social Sciences/College o f Education Liaison librarian, Northern Illinois Univer­ sity. In stru c tio n S e c tio n Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Craig Gibson, asso­ ciate university librarian, Public Services, G eorge Mason University; Trudi E. Jacobson, coordinator o f User Education Programs, Uni­ versity at Albany. Secretary: Nancy Hodge Dewald, reference librarian, Penn State Berks Campus; Ross T. LaBaugh, coordinator o f Library Instruction, California State University, Fresno. C&RL News ■ January 2001 / 35 M em ber-at-large: Jeffrey Bullington, refer­ ence librarian and bibliographer, University of Kansas Libraries; Susan Miller, associate director o f the Arnold B ern h ard Library, Quinnipiac University. Law and Po litical S cie nce Sectio n V ice-chair/C hair-elect: M adison Mosley, as­ sociate director, Stetson University College of Law Library; B a r b a r a P. Norelli, Social Sci­ ences/G overnm ent D o cu m en ts librarian, Scribner Library, Skidmore College. Secretary: Th o m a s Louis Mann, bibliogra­ pher, Northwestern University Library; Chris­ tine Angolia, G overnment Documents Refer­ ence Librarian, University o f Missouri, Kansas City. Member-at-large: K athleen C. Fountain, Po­ litical Science librarian, California State Uni­ versity, Chico; Dorothy K. M arcinko, reference librarian, Auburn University Library. Literatures in E n g lish S ectio n V ice-ch air/C h air-elect: Ju lie M. Still, refer­ ence librarian, Paul R obeson Library, Rutgers University, Camden; M ichaelyn Burnette, Hu­ manities librarian, University o f California, Berkeley. S e c re ta ry : Steven R. Harris, English Litera­ ture lib rarian , U niversity o f T e n n e s s e e ; S u san n a Van Sant, Collection Management librarian for Literature and Linguistics, Uni­ versity o f Maryland, College Park. M em b er-at-large: K athleen A. Johnson , Cen­ tral Reference Services, University Libraries, University o f N ebraska, Lincoln; N ancy J. K ushigian, English, Theater, W om en’s Stud­ ies librarian, Shields Library, University of California, Davis. Rare Books an d M a n u scrip ts Sectio n V ice -c h a ir/C h a ir-e le c t: Ju lie t McLaren, se­ nior bibliographer, Early Serials Project, En­ glish Short-title Catalog, University o f Cali­ fornia, Riverside; D an iel J . Slive, Rare Books librarian, Departm ent o f Special Collections, UCLA. S ecretary : Cynthia A. Burgess, librarian/cura- tor o f Books and Printed Materials, Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University. M em b er-at-larg e: K ath erin e R eagan, cura­ tor o f Rare B ook s, Cornell University Library; University of Oklahoma Libraries presents Digital Age: Impact on Library Collections and Cooperation March 1-2 ,2 0 0 1 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Speakers: Prudence Adler • Association of Research Libraries Philip Blackwell • Blackwell Ltd. Charles Cullen • The Newberry Library Dennis Dillon • University of Texas at Austin Fred M. Heath • Texas A & M University Karen Hunter • Elsevier Science Paula Kaufman • University of Illinois at Urbana Clifford Lynch • Coalition for Networked Information Karin Trainer • Princeton University Contact for Information: Donald C.Hudson, University of Oklahoma Libraries, Norman, OK 73019-6030 Phone: 405-325-2611 36 / C&RL News ■ January 2001 D iα n e S hαw , Special Collections cataloger, Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Science an d T ech n o lo g y Sectio n V ice-ch air/C h air-elect: W illiam M. B aer, En­ gineering librarian, Brigham Young University; B a r to n M. Lessin, assistant dean and director o f the Science and Engineering Library, Wayne State University. S e c r e t a r y / M e m b e r - a t - l a r g e : N a n c y J . B u tk ov ich , head, Physical Sciences Library, Pennsylvania State University; T eresa U. Berry, Science librarian, University o f Tennessee Li­ braries. Slav ic a n d E a s t Eu ro p e a n Sectio n V ice-ch air/C h air-elect: N a d ia Zilper, Slavic and East European Resources bibliographer, University o f North Carolina, Chapel Hill; J a r e d Ingersoll, Slavic and East European librarian, Columbia University. M em ber-at-large: D ia n a G reene, Slavic librar­ ian, New York University; M a r ek Sroka, Slavic cataloger, University o f Illinois Slavic and East European Library. U n iv e rsity L ib ra rie s Sectio n V ic e -c h a ir /C h a ir-e le c t: F r a n k D ’A n d r a ia , dean o f Library Services, University o f Mon­ tana, Missoula; L o u ise Sherby, associate dean and chief librarian, Hunter College. S ecretary : M a ry H. M unroe, associate dean, Collections and Technical Services, Northern Illinois University; B a r b a r a K em p, assistant dean for Public Services, University o f Hous­ ton. M em b er-at-large: B etsy B a k er , head o f Refer­ e n c e , N orthw estern U niversity; P h e l ix B . H a n ib le , associate director for Research and Instructional Services, University o f Massachu­ setts, Amherst; D oris A n n Sweet, assistant di­ rector for Access Services, Countway Library o f M e d ic in e , H arvard U n iversity ; L i n d a TerHaar, head, Shapiro Undergraduate Library, University o f Michigan. W estern Eu ro p ean S tu d ie s Sectio n V ic e -c h a ir /C h a ir-e le c t: G o r d o n A n d erson , European Studies bibliographer and reference librarian, University o f Kansas Libraries; B e a u D a v id C ase, head, Linguistics and West Euro­ pean Languages Library, Ohio State Univer­ sity. S e cre ta ry : B r u c e W. S w an n , Classics librar­ ian, University o f Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; S a r a h G. W enzel, reference coordinator, Hu­ manities Library, Massachusetts Institute o f Technology. M e m b e r-a t-la rg e : S a m D u n la p , European Studies librarian and Collections coordinator for the Social Sciences and Humanities Library, University o f California, San Diego; R ic h a r d Ring, bibliographer for History, French and Italian, and Classics, University o f Kansas. W o m en 's S tu d ie s Sectio n V ic e -c h a ir /C h a ir -e le c t: D o lo r e s F id is h u n , head librarian, Penn State Great Valley School o f Graduate Professional Studies. S e cre ta ry : S u e A. M cF a d d en , assistant librar­ ian for Public Services, Indiana University. Member-at-large: Ju lie N. 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