Joseph Z. Nitecki, 94, director of libraries at the State University of New York, Albany, from 1980 until his 1988 retirement, died January 27. Nitecki held professional and administrative positions in academic libraries at the University of Chicago, Chicago City College, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Temple University, and University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh. He wrote or edited more than 100 LIS publications and six books, including the Directory of Library Reprographic Services and Metalibrarianship: A Model for Intellectual Foundations of Library Information
Science. He also wrote three monographs in support of the Center for Emigrant Studies at Torun University in Poland.