NASIG Newsletter

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AMIRA AARON’s title change was in the December 2006 NASIG newsletter, but, unfortunately, we were unable to print her comments.  Amira, the new Director for Information Resources at Brandeis University Library, remarked about her new job “I am very excited about beginning this new position at Brandeis.  It will allow me to return to a library management role and to the technical services and collections activities which I have missed in my years working with library systems.  My areas of emphasis will be on patron access to resources as well as using resources more effectively in teaching and learning, as well as on the continued transition from print to electronic resources.  I look forward to working more closely with faculty and students and also with a combined IT/library staff.” 

Formerly Serials Librarian at the Ontario Legislative Library, Steve Andreacola is now their Supervisor, Commercial Acquisitions.  His contact information did not change. 

In September 2005, Marla Baden, the former Electronic Access/Serials Librarian at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, became their Head, Technical Services.  About the new job she said “My position was created in a move to combine the separate units of government documents, serials, monographic cataloging, monographic acquisitions into one unit under one supervisor. Fortunately, I am still heavily involved in serials since I did not give up my old electronic access/serials duties. I have just inherited new areas for growth and exploration. It has been a busy time.”  Marla’s contact information was unchanged. 

At the University of New Hampshire, Christina Bellinger’s job title has changed from Head, Cataloging Unit to Head, Technical Services.  Christina made that change on July 1, 2005 after 14 years at the University in her previous position and as Serials Cataloger.  No changes, however, were made to her contact information. 

At Binghamton University Libraries, Abigail Bordeaux has changed jobs from Electronic Resources Librarian to Coordinator of Digital Library Initiatives.  She wanted her NASIG colleagues to know “I started July 1, 2006 in my new position. Digital Library Initiatives is a new department that is developing a digitization program for the Libraries, and that will ‘incubate’ other new technology initiatives.  There’s a paragraph available at: http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/librarylinks/fall06_digital.html that describes it more.  The change allows me to explore my interests in new web-based technologies while still keeping my hand in some aspects of ERM, such as providing technical support for e-resources and maintaining our OpenURL and metasearch tools.”  Abigail’s contact information is unchanged. 

PRIMA CASETTA let us know that “After eleven years as the Head of Serials at the Getty Research Institute, I decided to give up management and return to my first love, serials cataloging.  I started my new position as Senior Serials Cataloger, also at the Getty Research Institute, on September 25, 2006. I’m enjoying the hands-on work again very much.  What else does this change mean to me?  Fewer meetings!  My title has changed, but my contact information remains the same.” 

CHRISTIE DEGENER was promoted to Resources Management Services (RMS) Department Head effective January 1, 2007, replacing Marjory Waite, who retired after more than 25 years of service to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library.   In many ways Christie feels well prepared for her new jobs; she has held increasingly responsible positions at the Health Sciences Library since Sept. 1984 including Serials Librarian, Cataloging Services Coordinator, and, most recently, RMS Assistant Department Head.  On the other hand, Christie writes that “change is always difficult, and it is especially hard to change bosses after more than 22 years together.”  Christie will oversee a department of 17, including 3 more staff who plan to retire by the end of 2007(!), so an immediate focus will be devising and implementing a staffing/reorganization plan that addresses both the retirements and the ever changing workload.  Apart from her job title, Christie’s contact information remains the same. 

From the land down under Thomas Girke e-mailed “As part of a restructure of library services at Australia’s national research organization, Thomas Girke has been appointed CSIRO’s Manager of Information Support.  Tom now leads teams responsible for all acquisition of information resources (print and electronic), cataloguing and inter-library loans on behalf of clients located across the country.”  Tom was their Manager, Collection Resources Support.  His contact information was not changed. 

Old Dominion University’s Tonia Graves, 2000 NASIG student grant award winner, has become Electronic Resources & Serials Services Librarian, a change from being their Electronic Resources Cataloger.  About this change she wrote “I left the Cataloging Services Unit in October 2006 to supervise the newly formed Electronic Resources and Serials Services Unit (formerly the Serials Services Unit).  This reorganization was the result of a workflow analysis project conducted in 2005.  The staff and I are pleased with the change and look forward to the challenges and opportunities on our horizon.”  She can still be reached with her old contact information.    

Changing from Technical Services Librarian to Collection Development Librarian at Kenyon College is Karen Greever.  No changes were made to her contact information. 

Cleveland Public Library’s Gloria Guzi is no longer Serials Librarian/Supervisor.  She is now their Acquisitions Librarian – Serials.  She commented “It is not a new job, simply a new classification for the job I’ve always done.  It clarifies the fact that most of the Serials work I do is Acquisitions oriented–order, receipt, renewal, price negotiations, licensing, serials module control, but not any heavy duty bibliographical control.  Other than copy cataloging, all bib work is done by the Catalog Department.  The change came as a result of a system-wide classification study.  A lot of jobs at CPL have new titles.”  Gloria’s contact information did not change.    

In September 2006, Loyola/Notre Dame Library reorganized and renamed some departments.  Because of those changes, Nancy Hanks’ job title changed from Head of Technical Services to Head of Collection Management Services.  Contact information remained the same. 

Another change at the University of New Hampshire was Barry Hennessey’s change from Head of Technical Services to Acquisitions & Serials Librarian.  His comment about this change was “I actually changed positions in July 2005. I’m trying to think of some plausible account of events, but it’s the kind of story best recounted among friends over dinner, after a few (OK, quite a few) glasses of wine. But after one round of NASIG and Charleston, I have to say it’s the best career choice I have EVER made. A challenging area, peopled by some of the most exciting individuals I’ve ever met—and I include not only the librarians, but the publishers and vendors in that group.”  No changes were made to his contact information.

Formerly the Serials Librarian in the Copyright Acquisitions Division of the Library of Congress, Mykie Howard is very happy trade in the hustle and bustle, traffic, and long commutes of Washington, DC, to return home to the beautiful Bluegrass horse country of Kentucky to be the Serials Librarian at Morehead State University.  Her contact info is below:           

Morehead State University
Camden-Carroll Library
150 University Drive
Morehead, Kentucky 40351
Phone: (606) 783-5116
Fax: (606) 783-5037
E-mail: my.howard@moreheadstate.edu 

KARA HYDE is very much enjoying her new job as Cataloger at Serials Solutions, where she was previously Data Acquisition Specialist.  Her contact information remains the same. 

Michael Kaplan, Ex Libris, Inc.’s former Director of Product Management, is now their Director, Digital Products Technical Support.  No changes were made to Michael’s contact information.  

Since February 2006, Rafal Kasprowski has been the University of Houston Libraries’ Electronic Resources Coordinator.  His major responsibilities are “Coordinate electronic resources department with one full-time paraprofessional under my supervision; Revise licenses for e-resource purchases, negotiate terms with providers to meet institutional requirements; Responsible for implementing e-resource management tools to improve user access to e-resources (e.g. OpenURL link resolver so far, and an e-resource management system hopefully soon down the road); Participate in acquisition decisions as member of the Collection Management Committee.”  Previously, he was their Assistant Electronic Resources Librarian.  Rafal’s contact information remains the same.   

Formerly the Head of Acquisitions at the University of Miami, LEE KRIEGER is now their Collection Development Special Projects Librarian.  Lee’s contact information was not changed. 

Carol MacAdam has moved from her long-time home in Princeton, New Jersey, to her new home in Greenbelt, Maryland.  Carol says that this move was instigated by her need to be near her family.  That family is daughter Sian and son-in-law Zaven and granddaughter Ani Sophia (two years old in early December 2006) and daughter Cara.  Carol has bought a home in the historic Greenbelt Cooperative community (Eleanor Roosevelt had a lot to do with establishing this community).  At JSTOR meetings in and near DC in early December Carol received a warm professional welcome from her library colleagues in the area.  Thank you all.  Carol will continue to work for JSTOR (eight years and counting) though in a modified position from the Associate Directorship that had increased in responsibility over the years.  Carol’s new title is Library Relations Outreach Coordinator reflecting her sole focus on outreach efforts, and no longer entailing supervisory or managerial duties.  (Can you see her smiling?)  Carol will be a bi-monthly presence in JSTOR’s New York office and plans to attend the NASIG conference this year for the first time in several.  “I look forward to seeing you all in Louisville.”  Carol’s new home address is:  

21H Ridge Road
Greenbelt, Maryland 20770
Phone: (301) 474-0606.   

JONATHAN DAVID MAKEPEACE, formerly at the University of Windsor, recently became serials manager at the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information, part of the National Research Council Canada in Ottawa.  He has been founding coordinator of the NACO Canada funnel project for the last year and a half and is presently looking for other members of the Beta Phi Mu honour society in Canada’s capital region to found a chapter there: http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/.  Jonathan’s previous position was Bibliographic Services Librarian.  His new contact information is:  Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)            
Institut canadien de l’information scientifique et technique (ICIST)
1200, ch. Montréal Road, édifice | Bldg. M-55, pièce | Room 188
Ottawa Ontario  K1A 0R6  Canada
Phone | Tél.: (613) 949-8094
Fax | Téléc.: (613) 952-8245
E-mail | Courriel: jonathan.makepeace@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 

Jonathan David Makepeace, autrefois de l’Université de Windsor, a été nommé gestionnaire des périodiques à l’Institut canadien de l’information scientifique et technique, un organe du Conseil national de recherches Canada à Ottawa.  Il est coordinateur fondateur d’une adhésion collective des bibliothèques canadiennes au NACO depuis un an et demi et il est présentement à la chasse aux autres membres de la société d’honneur Beta Phi Mu dans la région de la capitale du Canada pour y fonder un chapitre.

Still at Villanova University, Susan Markley is now Resource Management Team Leader.  She was their Head of Periodicals Department.  In spite of the time-consuming nature of her new job, Susan managed to let us know, “This past summer, the library at Villanova University completed a major staff re-organization, introducing a completely new administrative structure. Among the changes, Acquisitions, Cataloging, Periodicals, and Electronic Resources were merged into one Team under my leadership. This was quite a challenge since I previously only managed Periodicals and had only limited involvement with the traditional Tech Services area.  Merging four previously independent departments, with their own managers, staff, and workflow procedures also presented unique challenges. In addition, there was a new directive from the Library Director on spending and a newly designed ledger to account for that spending. As one of the seven Team Leaders in the library, I now sit on a newly created Management Policy Group that works with the Director on organizational policies and initiatives related to staffing, administration, facilities, and operational and strategic planning. Luckily, I love my new work and the variety of opportunities it has given to me, but my work day has definitely increased into the night hours.”  Fortunately, at least Susan’s contact information is unchanged.   

JOHN MATTHEWS had a change in title only, not job duties.  He is now Catalog Librarian at Washington State University, a title change from Serials & Electronic Resources Cataloger.  No changes were made to his contact information.  ALLISON MAYS of Millsaps College was their Acquisitions/Serials Librarian, but is now Coordinator of Acquisitions & Cataloging.  She wrote about her title change “Yes, my job title changed in January 2006, due to a re-organization at our library. I oversee both the Acquisitions and Cataloging departments, but the biggest change is that I now handle the electronic resources. I’m responsible for renewing them, and handling the site licenses.”  Allison’s contact information has not changed. 

2006 NASIG Student Grant Award winner Sarah E. Morris has moved from being an MLIS student to being a full-fledged librarian at the Illinois College of Optometry.  She was happy to share with her NASIG colleagues that “I started at ICO on May 16, 2006–the week after I got home from NASIG last year.  You are welcome to put my address & number in the newsletter.  In terms of what my job entails, I index every journal that comes in and take care of all things serial, from overseeing check-in & the student workers who re-shelve and pull issues for ILL to online access and getting SFX off the ground and running.  I was pleasantly surprised to find out how much I enjoy navigating the mess that access to our online journals is.  I am very much looking forward to Louisville and hope I can learn more tips of the trade from my fellow serialists.”  Her official job title is now Serials/Indexing Librarian and she may now be reached at: 

Phone: (312) 949-7151
Fax: (312) 949-7337
E-mail: sarah.e.morris@gmail.com 

On April 1, 2006, DONNA PACKER became Head of Technical Services, previously Head of Acquisitions/Serials Services, at Western Washington University Libraries.  About her title change she e-mailed “We now have an integrated acquisitions/serials/documents processing/cataloging unit with a single department head.  Our goal is to create seamless processing from acquisition (in any format, from any source) right through to cataloging and public access to our materials.  We are investing in far more cross training across the various specialties within our unit’s responsibilities, hoping to create a truly flexible staff able to work in a variety of metadata environments.”  Donna also mentioned, for those considering a title change of their own, that her school will very soon be recruiting for a metadata/catalog librarian.  Donna may be reached using her old contact information. 

LORRAINE PERROTTA of Huntington Library changed titles from Acquisitions Librarian to Head of Technical Services.  Her contact information was not changed. 

ANDREE RATHEMACHER is currently Head, Serials Unit at the University of Rhode Island Library, where he was the Serials Librarian/Bibliographer, Business.  His contact information remained the same. 

2002 Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship winner, Angela Riggio has changed jobs from Head, E-Resources Cataloging and Metadata Section to Head, Digital Collection Management at the University of California Los Angeles.  She e-mailed about her new job “Digital Collections Services is a new unit in the UCLA Library which is designed to lead, plan, and deliver digital collections services for the selection, acquisition, licensing, access, and ongoing management of digital collections for the UCLA community. My position primarily assists the Director of the unit with the development of policies and procedures for the management of electronic resources; with intellectual property issues, including licensing, copyright review, and open access; with supporting the coordination of library scholarly communication efforts, projects and programs. I am also responsible for helping to lead and oversee the ongoing development of metadata initiatives regarding digital resource management, copyright, and licensing within the UCLA Library.”  Her previous contact information is still correct. 

LUCIEN R. ROSSIGNOL, who works in what is probably one of the more fascinating places to work, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, was their Head, Acquisition Services and is now the Head, History and Culture Department.  About his job change he wrote “The change in jobs means that I am now in charge of the unit responsible for acquiring all books, serials, and e-resources for the Smithsonian Institution Libraries and that I now have supervisory responsibility for five museum libraries.  In essence, I’ve moved from the Technical Services side of the house to the Reader Services side, from behind the scenes to front line.  Ironically, I am now head of the library where I started as a library technician 33 years ago - all with the Smithsonian Institution Libraries.  One of life’s more pleasant ironies, accompanied by a much broader perspective.”  Lu can now be reached at: 

Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Room 5016, NMAH, MRC 630
PO Box 37012
Washington, DC  20013-7012
Phone: (202) 633-2067
Fax: (202) 357-4256E-mail: rossignoll@si.edu 

At the Texas Tech University Libraries, Jayne A. Sappington wrote “I have changed positions from Head of Bibliographic Services to Systems Librarian because I was looking for something new and exciting to do in my career.  In my new position as Systems Administration Librarian I manage our library’s integrated library system.  My years of experience as a cataloger and manager help me to better understand how the system works and what the staff needs from the system.   My experience with serials has also helped me understand how serials information was entered which in turn helps me be able to retrieve the information to send to vendors.”  Only Jayne’s phone has changed and is now: 

Phone: (806) 742-2238 ext. 234 

Bob Schatz, former Director of New Business Development at Coutts Library Services, is now their Director of US Sales.  About this title change he remarked “I became Director of US Sales at Coutts in late 2005. My focus has been to grow the US Sales team in order to manage the opportunities Coutts is facing as a result of our growing presence in the US market. Last spring, with the support of the company, I moved back to Portland, which is where I’ve lived most of my life and where my wife and I have family (including our daughter, Julia). As has been the case during the rest of my career, my work involves an ever-active combination of e-mails, conference calls, Webex sessions and more than a few airline rides. With recent company events, the job remains challenging and exciting.”  Bob may now be reached at: 

Coutts Library Services
1823 Maryland Avenue, Box 1000           
Niagara Falls, NY  14302
Phone: (215) 884-0259
E-mail: everbob@yahoo.com 

Stephanie Schmitt wrote “I started my new job on December 17, 2006. I left the Yale Law Library after about five and a half years of service to begin a new life living overseas. I have a diverse staff and am looking forward to several collaborative and consortial projects in the Gulf region. We are always looking for good librarians here so I encourage any NASIG members who are interested in working overseas to contact me and I’d be happy to talk about life and work outside of North America.”  Stephanie is now Supervisor, Technical Services at the Library and Learning Resource Centre of the Zayed University in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.  She was Yale Law Library’s Librarian for Serials Services.  She can be reached at: 

Library and Learning Resource Centre
Zayed University
P.O. Box 19282
Dubai, UAE
Phone: 971 4 402-1154 [voicemail]
Fax: 971 4 402-1006
E-mail: stephanie.schmitt@zu.ac.ae [business]
E-mail: step.schmitt@gmail.com [personal] 

Allison Sleeman “retired from the University of Virginia in late July 2007, after 20 years of service there.  Previously she had worked at five other educational institutions including eleven years at Penn State.  Allison has been an active member of NASIG since 1993, gave a presentation at Duke in 1995, and served on the Program Planning Committee for four conferences and the Conference Planning Committee for the William and Mary Conference.  She is currently working part-time (approximately 15 hours per week) as a wage employee cataloging miniature books in the Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia.  She is taking water exercise classes several times a week at a local athletic club, and has taken several mini classes at the Jefferson Institute of Lifelong Learning.  She and her husband, John, also a retired librarian, have three cats.  She is enjoying her retirement.”  Allison was Serials Cataloging Coordinator before retiring.  Her contact information is available in the NASIG directory. 

Now Colorado State University’s Coordinator, Collections and Contracts, Patricia Smith was their Coordinator, Acquisitions Services.  No changes were made to her contact information. 

From March 2006 Andrew Stancliffe is no longer the University of California, Los Angeles’ Head, Acquisitions Department.  He e-mailed “At UCLA, we decided to separate the acquisitions processes for electronic resources from print acquisitions processes.  Within our new Digital Collections Services unit, we’ve combined licensing review and negotiation, acquisitions of electronic resources, maintenance of our local ERMS, support for selectors, and copyright/intellectual property rights issues in one unit.  I am now in this new unit as the Digital Acquisitions Coordinator, and I handle licensing and oversee ordering and payment of new electronic-only resources, as well as serving as the liaison to the California Digital Library.  Germaine Wadeborn is now Head of our Print Acquisitions operation.”  With no other changes to his contact information, Andy’s phone is now: 

Phone: (310) 267-2682       

JEFF SUNDQUIST, who was UC Shared Print Librarian/JSTOR Archive Manager at the University of California, Los Angeles, has returned to being a student.  About this change he e-mailed “Basically, I was a professional Librarian at UCLA for a two year project after my MLIS, and now I am at UC Berkeley as a PhD student in Scandinavian Studies (I hold a subject masters in this area).  So, even though I won’t be a librarian for the next few years while I finish my coursework and work on my dissertation, I do intend to keep aware of my profession, and maintain my memberships in ALA and of course NASIG (which is awesome).  His current e-mail is: 

E-mail: jquist@berkeley.edu 

JOYCE TENNEY, previously Serials Librarian at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is now Head of Serials and Acquisitions.  Her contact information did not change. 

At Ryerson University, Dana Beth Thomas has changed from being Serials Librarian to being Digital Support Librarian.  Dana’s contact information remained the same. 

Former Head, Catalog Department at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Margaret Trish is now Assistant Director, Technical Services.  Her contact information did not change. 

Previously the University of Michigan’s Head, Serials Acquisitions, Judy Wilhelme is now their Head, Electronic Acquisitions and Licensing.  No changes were made to her contact information. 

At Duke Medical Center, Judy Woodburn has changed from being to Head, Journals Department to being Assistant Director, Journal Services.  Her contact information remains the same.