jan07b.indd


ACRL
candidates
for
2007


A
look
at
who’s
running
for
offi
 
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Erika Linke 

Vice-president/President-elect 
Erika Linke
 is
 associate
 dean
 of
 university

libraries
at
Carnegie
Mellon
University,
a
po­
sition
she
has
held
since
2005.
From
1984
to

2005,
she
held
numerous
positions
at
Carnegie

Mellon
 University,
 including
 associate
 dean


of
 university
 libraries

for
collection
and
user

services
(2003–05),
as­
sociate
 university
 li­
brarian
 for
 collection

a n d 
 u s e r 
 s e r v i c e s 

(2001–03),
 associate

university
 librarian
 for

access
 services
 (1998–

2001),
acting
university

librarian
(1996–98),
as­

sistant
university
librarian
for
access
services

(1993–98),
 head
 of
 collections
 and
 access

(1991–93),
 head
 of
 acquisitions
 and
 collec­
tion
development
(1985–91),
and
conversion

specialist
 and
 reference
 librarian
 (1984–85).

She
 also
 served
 as
 head
 of
 interlibrary
 loan

and
INFORM
at
the
University
of
Minnesota

(1982–83).


Her
 activities
 in
 ACRL
 include
 serving
 as

chair
of
the
Excellence
in
Academic
Libraries

Nominations
Committee
(2006–present),
 mem­
ber
of
the
Scholarly
Communication
Committee

(2005–present),
and
cochair
of
the
2007
National

Conference
 Contributed
 Papers
 Committee

(2005–present).
Linke
also
served
as
chair
of
the

Budget
and
Finance
Committee
(2001–03)
and

was
on
the
ACRL
Board
of
Directors
(2001–03).

She
 was
 chair
 of
 the
 Copyright
 Committee

(1995–97)
and
has
been
a
member
of
ALCTS,

LAMA,
LITA,
RUSA
since
1985.


Linke’s
 work
 with
 state
 and
 regional
 as­
sociations
 has
 included
 membership
 in
 the

Western
 Pennsylvania/West
 Virginia
 Chapter


of
 ACRL
 (WPWVC),
 with
 service
 as
 chapter

president
(2003–04),
as
a
member
of
the
Board

of
Directors
(2001–04),
and
as
a
member
of
the

WPWVC
Revitalization
Committee
(2000–01).

She
also
served
on
the
Oakland
Library
Con­
sortium’s
Board
of
Directors
(1996–98).


Linke
 currently
 serves
 on
 the
 PALINET

Board
 of
 Trustees
 (2005–present).
 She
 has

been
 a
 member
 of
 the
 Southwestern
 Penn­
sylvania
Program
for
Deliberative
Democracy

Advisory
Board
since
2006,
and
she
has
been

a
 Pittsburgh
 Bibliophiles
 Advisory
 Board

member
since
2001.
Linke
has
been
involved

with
the
North
American
Serials
Interest
Group

(1986–present)
and
affiliated
with
the
Associa­
tion
for
Asian
Studies
since
1980.


Linke
was
a
UCLA
Senior
Fellow
in
2003.

Her
 publications
 include
 coauthor
 of


“Changing
the
Publishing
Paradigm
for
Science

and
Technology,”
Science
&
Technology
Librar­
ies,
v.24,
no.
1/2
(2003);
coauthor
of
“Schol­
arly
 Use
 of
 Information:
 Graduate
 Students’

Information­Seeking
 Behavior,”
 Information

Research,
v.
11,
no.
4
(July
2006);
and
“Ad­
dressing
 Staff
 Concerns
 in
 Changing
 Times:

Supporting
 the
 Institution’s
 Greatest
 Asset,”

IATUL
Proceedings,
n.s.
14,
2004.


Linke
received
her
master’s
of
library
sci­
ence
from
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
her

bachelor
of
arts
degree
in
German
and
Chinese

from
Miami
University
(Ohio).


Scott Walter is
 associate
 university
 librarian

for
services
at
the
University
of
Illinois
at
Ur­
bana­Champaign,
a
position
he
has
held
since

2006.
From
2004
to
2006,
he
was
assistant
dean

of
 libraries
 for
 information
 and
 instructional

services
at
the
University
of
Kansas.
Walter
also

worked
at
Washington
State
University,
where

he
served
as
interim
assistant
director
of
librar­

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Scott Walter 

ies
 for
 public
 services

and
 outreach
 (2002–

04),
and
as
head
of
the

George
B.
Brain
Educa­
tion
Library
(2001–02).

Prior
 to
 that,
 he
 was

information
 services

librarian
and
collection

manager
for
education

at
Ohio
State
University

(1999–2001),
 and
 he

served
 as
 humanities


and
education
reference
librarian
at
the
Uni­
versity
of
Missouri­Kansas
City
(1998–99).


His
activities
in
ACRL
include
serving
on

the
Institute
for
Information
Literacy
Executive

Committee
(2006–present),
as
a
member
of
the

Blog
Advisory
Board
(2005–06),
and
as
chair
of

the
Instruction
Section
2006
Conference
Pro­
gram
Planning
Committee
(2004–06).
Walter

also
served
on
the
First­Year
Experience
Task

Force
(2003–04),
and
as
chair
of
the
Education

and
Behavioral
Sciences
Section
(2003–04).


Walter
 was
 a
 keynote
 speaker
 at
 the

LOEX
 National
 Library
 Instruction
 Confer­
ence
 (2006)
 and
 was
 an
 invited
 speaker
 at

the
ACRL
Washington
Chapter
preconference

during
 the
 Washington
 Library
 Association

Conference
(2005).
He
was
also
a
sponsored

program
speaker
for
the
diversity
committee

of
the
Academic
Library
Association
of
Ohio

(2005).


He
is
involved
with
the
Association
for
the

Study
of
Higher
Education
(2004–present),
the

California
 Teachers
 Association
 (2003–pres­
ent),
the
Association
for
Library
and
Informa­
tion
Science
Education
(2003–present),
and
the

History
of
Education
Society
(1993–present).

Walter
was
also
involved
with
the
American

Educational
Research
Association
(2001–06),

for
which
he
served
as
chair
of
the
Commu­
nication
 of
 Research
 Special
 Interest
 Group

(2002–03).


His
publications
include
“Instructional
Im­
provement:
Building
Capacity
for
the
Profes­
sional
Development
of
Librarians
as
Teachers,”

Reference
 &
 User
 Services
 Quarterly,
 2006;

“Moving
Beyond
Collections:
Academic
Library

Outreach
to
Multicultural
Student
Centers,”
Ref­

erence
Services
Review,
2005;
and
“Engelond:

A
Model
for
Faculty­Librarian
Collaboration
in

the
Information
Age,”
Information
Technology

and
Libraries,
19
(1),
34­41,
2000.


Walter
received
his
bachelor
of
science
de­
grees
in
Russian
and
linguistics
from
George­
town
University,
where
he
also
received
his

master’s
 degree
 in
 Russian
 area
 studies.
 He

received
a
master
of
arts
degree
in
education

from
 American
 University,
 and
 then
 earned

his
master’s
of
library
science
and
his
master

of
science
degree
in
history
and
philosophy

of
education
from
Indiana
University.
Walter

earned
his
Ph.D.
in
higher
education
adminis­
tration
from
Washington
State
University.


ACRL Board of Directors 
Director-at-Large: Trevor
A.
Dawes,
circula­
tion
 services
 director,
 Princeton
 University;

Michael
LaCroix,
director
of
library
services,

Creighton
University.

Director-at-Large: Elizabeth
A.
Dupuis,
asso­
ciate
university
librarian,
University
of
Califor­
nia­Berkeley,
Stanislaus;
R.
N.
Sharma,
dean,

University
Library,
Monmouth
University.

Councilor: Albie
Johnson,
associate
vice
presi­
dent
for
academic
resources/library
director,

Wheelock
 College;
 Locke
 Morrisey,
 head
 of

collections,
 reference
 and
 research
 services,

University
of
San
Francisco.


Asian, African, and Middle Eastern 
Studies Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Rajwant
 S.
 Chilana,

associate
 professor
 of
 library
 administration


and
South
Asian
studies
librarian,
University


of
Illinois
at
Urbana­Champaign.


Secretary: Doris
 Seely,
 East
 Asian
 cataloger,
 

University
of
Minnesota.


Member-at-Large: Michael
 Meng,
 Chinese


bibliographer,
University
of
Michigan.



African American Studies Librarians 
Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Thomas
 Weissinger,

Afro­American
studies
librarian,
University
of

Illinois
at
Urbana­Champaign.

Secretary: Sylvia
A.
Nyana,
social
sciences
li­
brarian,
Pennsylvania
State
University;
Bonnie


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Crarey
Ryan,
associate
librarian,
social
sci­
ence
and
area
studies,
Syracuse
University.

Member-at-Large: Gennice
 W.
 King,
 as­
sociate
library
director,
Xavier
University
of

Louisiana;
 Allison
 Sutton,
 psychology
 and

social
work
subject
specialist,
University
of

Illinois
at
Urbana­Champaign;
Sibyl
E.
Moses,

reference
specialist,
Library
of
Congress.


Anthropology and Sociology Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Pauline
 D.
 Mana­
ka,
 research
 librarian
 for
 anthropology,

sociology
and
acting
women
studies,
Univer­
sity
of
California­Irvine;
Randal
R.
Hertzler,

social
 sciences/reference
 and
 instruction

librarian,
George
Washington
University.

Secretar y:
 Jennifer
 Nason
 Davis,
 social

work
librarian,
University
of
Michigan.

Member-at-Large: Terrence
Epperson,
social

sciences
librarian,
College
of
New
Jersey.


Arts Section 
V i c e - c h a i r / C h a i r - e l e c t :  L u c i e 
 Wa l l 

Stylianopoulos,
librarian
for
art,
architecture,

and
drama,
University
of
Virginia.

Secretary: Sara
 Harrington,
 art
 librarian,

Rutgers
University.


Community and Junior College 
Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Lora
 Mirza,
 asso­
ciate
director,
Dunwoody
Campus
Library,


Georgia
Perimeter
College.


Secretary:
Ann
Coder,
library
services
man­
ager,
 Brookhaven
 College,
 Dallas
 County


Community
College
District.



College Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: William
 N.
 Nelson,

professor
and
library
director,
Augusta
State

University;
Irene
M.H.
Herold,
director,
Ma­
son
Library,
Keene
State
College.

Secretary: Michael
 J.
 Miller,
 assistant
 pro­
fessor
 and
 coordinator
 of
 access
 services,

Queens
 College,
 City
 University
 of
 New

York;
Kristin
Vogel,
acting
university
librar­
ian,
Illinois
Wesleyan
University.

Member-at-Large: Eric
A.
Kidwell,
director

of
 the
 library,
 Huntingdon
 College;
 Celia


Rabinowitz,
director
of
the
library,
St.
Mary’s

College
of
Maryland.


Distance Learning Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Patrick
 Mahoney,

analyst,
 knowledge
 management,
 Ewing

Marion
Kauffman
Foundation;
David
Bick­
ford,
dean
of
University
Learning
Resources,

University
of
Phoenix.

Secretar y/Archivist: Sandra
 Lee
 (Sandy)

Hawes,
 distance
 learning
 reference
 librar­
ian,
Saint
Leo
University;
Sarah
J.
Hammill,

distance
learning
librarian,
Florida
Interna­
tional
University.

Member-at-Large: Stephan
 J.
 Macaluso,

coordinator
 of
 distance
 learning
 library

services,
 SUNY­New
 Paltz;
 Ann
 Campion

Riley,
director,
technical
and
access
services,

Southern
Illinois
University­Edwardsville.


Education and Behavioral Sciences 
Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Venta
 Silins,
 edu­
cation
 and
 instruction
 librarian,
 University

of
 Washington­Bothell;
 Deborah
 Schaeffer,

librarian,
 California
 State
 University­Los

Angeles.

Secretary: Vanessa
J.
Earp,
liaison
librarian

for
education,
Kent
State
University.

Member-at-Large: Ann
E.
Brownson,
refer­
ence
 librarian,
 Eastern
 Illinois
 University;

Adrian
K.
Ho,
collections
coordinator,
Uni­
versity
of
Houston.


Instruction Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Susan
 Miller,
 li­
brary
instruction
coordinator,
Southern
Con­
necticut
 State
 University;
 Sarah
 McDaniel,

instructional
design
and
assessment
librarian,

University
of
California­Berkeley.

Secretary: Susan
A.
Vega
Garcia,
instruction

coordinator
 and
 bibliographer,
 Iowa
 State

University;
Anna
M.
Van
Scoyoc,
instructional

services
librarian,
Emory
University.

Member-at-Large: Christopher
 Hollister,

information
 literacy
 librarian,
 University

at
 Buffalo;
 Ellysa
 Stern
 Cahoy,
 informa­
tion
 literacy
 librarian,
 Pennsylvania
 State

University.


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Literatures in English Section 
Chair (special election): Sophie
 Lesinska,

humanities
 librarian,
 University
 of
 Southern

California.

Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Karen
 Munro,
 e­learn­
ing
librarian,
University
of
California­Berkeley;

Angela
 Courtney,
 librarian
 for
 English
 Litera­
tures,
Indiana
University­Bloomington.

Secretary: Meg
(Margaret)
Meiman,
reference

and
instruction
librarian,
American
University;

John
 Novak,
 research
 librarian
 for
 English,

University
of
California­Irvine.

Member-at-Large: Juliet
 Kerico,
 English
 and

theater
librarian/acting
head,
reference,
Indi­
ana
State
University;
Sara
Seten
Berghausen,

librarian
 for
 literature
 and
 theater
 studies,

Duke
University.


Law and Political Science Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Ann
 Marshall,
 politi­
cal
science
librarian,
University
of
Rochester;

Dennis
 K.
 Lambert,
 coordinator,
 collection

development
 and
 management,
 Villanova

University.

Secretary:
Mary
Gilles,
business
and
econom­
ics
librarian,
Washington
State
University.

Member-at-Large: Brian
 E.
 Coutts,
 head,

department
of
library
public
services,
Western

Kentucky
University;
Evan
Rusch,
government

documents/reference
 librarian,
 Minnesota

State
University­Mankato.


Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Steven
 Escar
 Smith,

associate
dean
and
director,
Texas
A&M
Uni­
versity;
Mary
A.
Lacy,
senior
archives
specialist,


Library
of
Congress.


Secretary: Erika
 Dowell,
 public
 services
 li­
brarian,
 Indiana
 University;
 Beth
 M.
 Russell,


head,
 special
 collections
 cataloging,
 Ohio


State
University.


Member-at-Large: Ronald
 D.
 Patkus,
 associ­
ate
 director
 of
 the
 libraries,
 Vassar
 College;


Melissa
 Conway,
 head,
 special
 collections,


University
of
California­Riverside.



Slavic and Eastern European Section 
Chair (special election): George
 Andrew

Spencer,
Slavic,
Eastern
European
and
Central


Asia
 bibliographer,
 University
 of
 Wisconsin­
Madison.

Vice-chair/Chair-elect:
 Terri
 Miller,
 Slavic

bibliographer,
Michigan
State
University.

Secretary: Jon
 Giullian,
 Slavic
 librarian,
 Uni­
versity
of
Kansas;
Jacqueline
Byrd,
head,
area

studies
cataloging
section,
Indiana
University.


Science and Technology Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Philip
 Herold,
 head,

Forestry
Library,
University
of
Minnesota;
Vir­
ginia
 Baldwin,
 professor/engineering
 branch

librarian,
University
of
Nebraska­Lincoln.

Secretary: Rocco
 Piccinino,
 coordinator
 of

branch
library
services/science
librarian,
Smith

College;
 Lori
 Ostapowicz
 Critz,
 engineering

and
life
sciences
librarian,
Georgia
Institute
of

Technology.


University Libraries Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Barbara
Jenkins,
head,

reference
and
instruction,
University
of
Oregon;

Cory
Tucker,
collection
development
librarian,

University
of
Nevada­Las
Vegas.

Secretary: Glenda
 Thornton,
 director
 of
 the

library,
Cleveland
State
University;
Betsy
Baker,

library
educator
and
consultant.

Member-at-Large: Mary
Munroe,
interim
dean,

university
libraries,
Northern
Illinois
University;

Julianne
 P.
 Hinz,
 assistant
 director
 of
 public

services,
University
of
Utah.


Western European Studies Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Fred
 W.
 Jenkins,
 head

of
collection
management
and
professor,
Uni­
versity
of
Dayton;
Laura
Dale
Bischof,
librarian

for
German,
Classics,
and
Linguistics,
University

of
Minnesota­Twin
Cities.

Secretary: Timothy
 Shipe,
 arts
 and
 literature

bibliographer,
 University
 of
 Iowa;
 Rowena

Griem,
 catalog
 librarian
 for
 Germanic
 Lan­
guages,
Yale
University.

Member-at-Large: Jonathan
 Marner,
 prin­
cipal
 cataloger/selector,
 German
 Philology,

Texas
A&M
University;
Joy
Pile,
reference
and

instruction
librarian,
Middlebury
College.


Women’s Studies Section 
Vice-chair/Chair-elect: Pamela
 Mann,


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librarian
for
U.S.
Latino
studies
and
the
Ca­
ribbean,
 University
 of
 Texas­Austin;
 Diana

King,
 women
 and
 gender
 studies
 librarian,

University
of
California­Davis.

Secretar y: Piper
 Martin,
 reference
 and

instruction
 librarian,
 Wright
 State
 Univer­
sity;
 Sharon
 Ladenson,
 gender
 studies
 and


communications
 librarian,
 Michigan
 State

University.

Member-at-Large: Jane
 Nichols,
 social
 sci­
ences/humanities
 librarian,
 Oregon
 State

University;
Marilyn
A.
Dunn,
executive
direc­
tor,
Schlesinger
Library,
Radcliffe
Institute
for

Advanced
Study/Harvard
University.


A new task force was approved at the 
ACRL Fall Executive Committee meeting 
to review and update the academic library 
position descriptions published by CUPA­
HR (College and University Professional 
Association for Human Resources) in its 
2005–06 Administrative Compensation 
Survey Position Descriptions. 

The charge of the CUPA­HR Position 
Descriptions of Academic Librarians Task 
Force is: 

• to review and revise, as necessary, cur­
rent CUPA­HR academic librarian position 
descriptions, 

• to research national academic librar­
ian position descriptions and identify 
those most current and relevant to today’s 
librarians, 

• to maintain an open and interactive 
working relationship with CUPA­HR and 
ACRL staff throughout the process, 

• to ensure that the leadership and 
membership of ACRL have an opportunity 
to comment on the revised descriptions and 
guide the process, 

• to create a mechanism that supports 
regular review of CUPA­HR’s published 
librarian position descriptions, and 

• to create a marketing plan to let librar­
ians know about the CUPA­HR’s librarian 
position descriptions. 

Hearing
at
Midwinter

ACRL’S CUPA­HR Position Descriptions of 
Academic Librarians Task Force has begun 
its work by collecting and charting posi­
tion descriptions for the major categories 
of work within academic libraries. A draft 

Academic librarians’ position descriptions under scrutiny: 
Hearing set for ALA Midwinter Meeting 

of that work will be presented at a hearing 
being held at the ALA Midwinter Meeting 
in Seattle.All interested parties are encour­
aged to attend and comment on the draft. 
Feedback will be taken on an ongoing basis 
throughout the project, and draft two of 
the report will be presented in April at the 
ACRL National Conference in Baltimore.The 
working document will be available on the 
ACRL Web site in early March. 

Please attend the Academic Librarian 
Position Description Task Force Hearing in 
Seattle, Sunday, January 21, 2007, 8:00 to 10 
a.m., Fifth Avenue Room,Westin Seattle. 

Contact Tom Abbott, task force chair and 
dean of libraries and distance learning at 
the University of Maine­Augusta, for more 
information, e­mail: tabbott@maine.edu. 

Why
a
task
force?

In 2004, the University of Maine System 
used CUPA­HR position descriptions as one 
of the resources for a regression analysis 
used to place academic librarians among 
other professionals in the Maine System. 
After the position review and placement of 
the librarians, it became apparent that the 
CUPA­HR descriptions were signifi cantly 
out of date. CUPA­HR senior leadership re­
sponded to the University of Maine System 
Library Council by welcoming them to sub­
mit updated position descriptions for their 
fall 2006 publication. A single institution 
response to this national issue was certainly 
out of the question, so the Maine Council 
approached ACRL, and with the support 
and advice of ACRL leadership, presented 
the proposal for the task force. 

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