Helen Mae Mullen, 91, a librarian at the Free Library of Philadelphia for 44 years, died December 2. Mullen began her career as a children’s librarian and progressed to coordinator of the Office of Work with Children, becoming the first African-American woman to head a department at the library. She served as 1981–1982 president of the Association of Library Service to Children and received the Public Library Association’s Allie Beth Martin Award in 1992, the Pennsylvania Library Association’s Distinguished Service Award in 1994, and outstanding alumni awards from both Hastings College and Syracuse University.