Ann E. Kirkland, a state library consultant at the California State Library from 1967 to 1989, died in August. She had previously served as a branch librarian at San Diego Public Library and staff librarian for the 4th Air Force, the 15th Air Force, and the Army Library Service. Her library won the John Cotton Dana Publicity Award three times. She was also a staff member for Library/USA at the New York World's Fair in 1964.