Jean-Barry Molz, 95, director of public services at Baltimore County (Md.) Public Library for 33 years until retiring in 1996, died November 22. She provided leadership at the library as it expanded from 10 to 24 branches, instituted face-out shelving and flexible floor arrangements, and implemented a computerized card catalog. Molz also served for 13 … Continue reading Molz, Jean-Barry
Catherine Ann Liptak, 90, longtime reference librarian and director at Virginia (Minn.) Public Library until her retirement in 1993, died August 7. Liptak was an ALA member for 62 years.
Marvin Kierstead, 84, librarian at the law firm Wiley Rein from the mid-1980s until retiring in 1995, died December 31.
Anne R. Kenney, 72, university librarian emerita at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, died February 5. Kenney was a recipient of ALA’s Hugh C. Atkinson Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement in library automation or management, in 2014. In her 30 years at Cornell, she earned a reputation as a digitization pioneer, developing standards that … Continue reading Kenney, Anne R.
Karl Sanford Kabelac, 79, who held several positions in the special collections department at University of Rochester’s (N.Y.) Rush Rees Library between 1968 and 1998, died October 22. During his career and in retirement, Kabelac published articles and compiled several bibliographies and indexes on local history and served as chair of the Rochester Regional Library … Continue reading Sanford Kabelac, Karl
Margaret “Margo” L. Crist, retired director of W. E. B. Du Bois Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, died December 15. As director, she installed the first public computers for internet research at the library. Prior to joining UMass, she served as assistant director of libraries at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, assistant … Continue reading Crist, Margaret “Margo” L.
Arianne Johnson Quinn, music special collections librarian at Florida State University’s Warren D. Allen Music Library in Tallahassee, received the inaugural Noël Coward Fellowship from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the Noël Coward Foundation in February. She will spend the 2022–2023 academic year in New York City with direct access … Continue reading Johnson Quinn, Arianne
February 15 Brian Willard, deputy director of IT, left ALA.
Chris Simon, Booklist production editor, left ALA in December.
Diana Panuncial joined American Libraries as associate editor February 28.
January 27 Stan Kessler, IT data analyst and reports specialist, left ALA.
February 2 Jordan Dubin, awards coordinator for the Association for Library Service to Children, left ALA.
