Patricia Senn Breivik, 79, who held a variety of leadership positions in academic libraries over a 38-year career, died September 15. Breivik served as dean of university libraries at Wayne State University in Detroit; associate vice president for information resources at Towson (Md.) State University; director of Auraria Library at University of Colorado in Denver; dean of library services at Sangamon State University in Springfield, Illinois; and most recently dean of San José (Calif.) State University Library. She was 1995–1996 president of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), chair of the National Forum on Information Literacy, and a member of the American Association for Higher Education board. Breivik published several books and articles, and received ACRL’s Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award in 1997, among other awards.