Appointments & Retirements
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Martha Whitehead was appointed Harvard University librarian, vice president for Harvard Library, and Larsen librarian for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in June.
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Shali Zhang was appointed dean of libraries at Auburn (Ala.) University in February.
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Yolanda Cooper was promoted to dean and university librarian of Emory University in Atlanta July 1.
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Syracuse (N.Y.) University Libraries promoted Anita Kuiken to associate librarian for Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics July 1.
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June 17 Aaron Smithers was promoted to special collections research and instruction librarian at Wilson Special Collections Library at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Chicago Public Library promoted Andrea Telli to commissioner effective June 15. Telli previously served as Chicago’s deputy commissioner of public services.
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July 1 Syracuse (N.Y.) University Libraries promoted Scott Warren, associate dean for research and scholarship, to librarian.
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Gordon N. Baker, dean of libraries at Clayton State University in Morrow, Georgia, retired May 31.
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Brenda Brown retired May 31 as director of Barnesville (Ohio) Hutton Memorial Library.
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Sebastian Modrow, curator of rare books and manuscripts at Syracuse (N.Y.) University Library’s Special Collections Research Center, was promoted to associate librarian July 1.
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Corinne Fisher, head of children’s services at Reading (Mass.) Public Library, retired June 28.
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Charles A. Julian retired in July as library director and associate university librarian at Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser.