Appointments & Retirements
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May 1 Elizabeth Hitchcock became the associate university librarian for planning and facilities at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
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June 6 Sheila Mikkelson became director of the William Jeanes Memorial Library and Nicholas and Athena Karabots Center for Learning in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.
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June 30 Howard Boksenbaum retired as the chief library officer of the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services. He has served Rhode Island libraries in various capacities for 35 years.
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June 30 Carol Lang retired after more than 20 years at Temple University, where she has served as interim dean of University Libraries for the past two years. She began her career at Temple as coordinator of science libraries and later served as assistant university librarian for Organizational Development and Planning. In earlier years, she worked in the Ohio State University Libraries and at St. Louis Community College at Meramec.
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June 5 Rebecca Lloyd became the new education services librarian for the Health Sciences Libraries at Temple University in Philadelphia.
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June 3 David I. Orenstein became chief librarian of the Charles Evans Inniss Memorial Library of the City University of New York’s Medgar Evers College.
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July 1 Clarie McInerney became acting dean of the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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May 1 Michelle Ornat became manager of Portsmouth (Va.) Public Library’s Churchland branch.
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April 22 Gregg Grunow became manager of Portsmouth (Va.) Public Library’s Main Branch.
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April 30 Phyllis Self retired as dean of Western Illinois University Libraries in Macomb after nearly 50 years in librarianship.
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June 17 David R. Woken became history and Latin American studies librarian at the University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene.
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June 10 Rosemary Vespa became director of library services of the Mississauga Library System in Ontario.