Appointments & Retirements

Judy Ashby became head of reference services for Bangor (Maine) Public Library May 20.

July 1 Brent Mai joined University of North Florida in Jacksonville as dean of Thomas G. Carpenter Library.

Beth McNeil became dean of Purdue University Libraries and the School of Information Studies in West Lafayette, Indiana, July 1.

Melody Rood became student success librarian at University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Jackson Library in July.

July 15 Doug Way became dean of University of Kentucky Libraries in Lexington.

Diane White joined Somerset (Mass.) Public Library as children’s librarian in May.

Martha Whitehead was appointed Harvard University librarian, vice president for Harvard Library, and Larsen librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in June.

Shali Zhang was appointed dean of libraries at Auburn (Ala.) University in February.

Yolanda Cooper was promoted to dean and university librarian of Emory University in Atlanta July 1.

Syracuse (N.Y.) University Libraries promoted Anita Kuiken to associate librarian for Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics July 1.

July 1 James Meade, audio preservation engineer at Syracuse (N.Y.) University Library’s Seifer Audio Laboratory and Archive, was promoted to associate librarian.

Anne Rauh, collection development and analysis librarian and interim head of collections at Syracuse (N.Y.) University Libraries, was promoted to librarian, effective July 1.