NASIG Newsletter

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JENNIFER ARNOLD is now the Assistant Director for Technical Services at Central Piedmont Community College.  Formerly Central Piedmont CC’s Senior Librarian for Technical Services, Jennifer’s position was upgraded as part of a larger reorganization of the library.  As if all that wasn’t enough, Arnold reports that CPCC’s “Dean left the college and I am currently serving as the Acting Director of Library Services, while still holding down the fort in Technical Services, with a lot of help from a great TS staff.  It’s been quite a whirlwind, but I’m still having fun and learning new things everyday.”  Jennifer may be reached at: Continue reading 23:1 (2008:03) Title Changes…

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For over ten years PAT ADAMS has worked for Blackwell Book Services, first as a Sales Representative for the Northeast, more recently as Eastern District Sales Manager, and now – after her promotion last February – as Director of Sales. Pat says of her job that she “truly enjoys working with academic libraries with her vendor hat on.” A member of NASIG since 1991, when she joined as the Acquisitions and Serials Librarian at Union College in Schenectady, New York, Pat notes that “remaining active in professional organizations helps to keep her grounded in the profession.” She may be reached at:

Blackwell Book Services
198 School Hill Rd.
Cobleskill, NY 12043
(51 254-0155

As of August 16, RICK ANDERSON is the Associate Director for Scholarly Resources and Collections at the University of Utah. Formerly the Director of Resource Acquisition at the University of Nevada-Reno, Rick’s new position includes “oversight of collection development, acquisitions, serials, preservation, cataloging, and the institutional repository.” Rick gives his contact information as:

University of Utah
Marriott Library
295 S 1500 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0860
(801) 721-1687

MORAG BOYD is “pleased to be returning to the academic library setting,” having left her position as Member Services Representative at OHIONET to start on September 17 as Special Collections Metadata Librarian at Ohio State University. She adds, “I am excited about working with the interesting and diverse materials in the Special Collections. I am also the first metadata librarian in the department, and I am thrilled to be working in a dynamic area of librarianship.”

CLINT CHAMBERLAIN also started a new job on September 17. Clint left Trinity University where he worked as the Electronic Access/Serials Librarian to take a position as Coordinator for Electronic Resource Acquisitions at the University of Texas at Austin. As he puts it, “although I’ll miss my colleagues and my old job at Trinity, I’m excited by the opportunity to work at UT-Austin. It’s a bit overwhelming going from such a small library as the one at Trinity to such a huge one, but my new boss, Jill Emery, is making the transition as smooth as possible for me.” Clint’s new contact information is:

University of Texas Libraries
PO Box P
PCL 2.308 Mail Code: s5451
Austin, TX 78713
(512) 495-4143

ADAM CHESLER says of his move from Assistant Director, Sales and Library Relations to Assistant Director, Library Relations and Customer Service at the American Chemical Society, “my responsibilities changed in March. The key difference is I’m no longer managing our sales team, but rather am focusing more on customer relations/services, which were always an important component of my job, but which previously were not the only part. I’ll still be working closely with our sales and marketing teams, but my eye will be less on subscriptions and more on ensuring that ACS is developing its partnerships with librarians and the global scholarly community.” Adam may be reached at:

American Chemical Society
1155 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Office: (202) 872-6183
Mobile: (202) 465-0057
Fax: (202) 776-8290
a_chesler@acs.org

With the merger of Haworth Press into Taylor & Francis BILL COHEN, formerly Haworth’s Publisher, becomes Publisher & Editor-in-Chief for Haworth Press/Taylor & Francis. Of Haworth, the merger, and his role – past, present and future – Bill says,

“I was of course most pleased and gratified to see Haworth Press grow and prosper over its 30-year history. My interest in serials and serials librarianship grew because so many orders were received from libraries, as well as from a great many “social welfare institutions,” as we published so heavily in social work. Some further investigation seemed to be warranted into libraries, and I did the best I could without the benefit of an MLS. Our first librarianship periodical was Library Security Newsletter, which grew into Library & Archival Security, and then next, The Serials Librarian. The founding editor was Peter Gellatly. We then launched another newsletter, The De-Acquisitions Librarian, which dealt with weeding, with the help of Consulting Editor Lee Ash. This became the more formal journal, Collection Management, under the editorship of Richard Trueswell, who devised “Trueswell’s Law” or the 80-20 rule of library usage. Within Taylor & Francis, I am hoping firstly to make sure the merger is a complete success, and then hopefully continuing as a specialist editor/ publisher, possibly in library & information science, or else one subject field which might be acceptable to the new owners. We both left this open to see first if the chemistry is OK. If this comes about, one ambition will be to help make certain that The Serials Librarian takes center stage in the world market, with the help of consortia and licensing sales reps that Taylor & Francis brings to this great equation of synergy and growth. The churning world of serials–their development, their types and sub-types, their pricing, their management–has always been my greatest, burning interest.”

On May 1, LOLA HALPIN moved from Serials Cataloging Group Leader to Electronic and Continuing Resources Team Leader at Emory University. According to Lola, “the Electronic & Continuing Resources (ECR) team has responsibility for licensing, acquiring, cataloging and managing e-resources for the General Libraries at Emory. We are implementing an ERM and a federated/meta-search system this year and we all love dark chocolate which I’m sure will be especially helpful to us.” Lola’s contact information is:

Woodruff General Libraries
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-1132

JULIE KABELAC says of her April 1 move from Technical Services Assistant to Coordinator of Technical Services and Systems Management at Wells College, “I was promoted to this professional position after a library staff restructuring in the spring. Our structure is now team-based allowing us to better serve our patrons, offer more services, and cross-train as a staff of seven. I continue to catalog materials and am very happy to report that I am again able to work closely with serials in addition to overseeing electronic resources, acquisitions, and the mending program. Being the systems librarian and a member of the management team simply adds new dimensions to this position. Also in April, Long Library merged with the IT Dept. to form the new Library and Information Services unit on campus. This is a new paradigm for the institution, and we are seeing positive changes.”

KATHLEEN MENEELY has retired from her position as Serials Librarian at Cleveland Health Sciences Library, Case Western Reserve University. She says, “retired is normally defined as being ‘withdrawn or apart from the world; in seclusion…withdrawn from business, active service…,’ however, for me, retirement has been a re-awakening and re-engagement with the world on a different level and at a more leisurely pace. I am devoting more time to enriching activities such as travel, gardening, taking classes, volunteering services, etc., that my 32-year work schedule could not adequately accommodate. I cherish the friendships that I have made during these years and plan to continue cultivating these friendships and continuing my membership in NASIG.” Kathleen may be reached at:

382 Huntmere Drive
Bay Village, OH 44140
(440) 835-0708

As of July 30, BRIDGET H. MILLER has become the Acquisitions Librarian at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Building on the serials experience from her previous position as Head, Serials and Periodicals/ Microforms at George Mason University, Bridget now manages the acquisition of resources in all formats. She oversees ordering, receiving, licensing, and vendor relations. Bridget is enjoying working with the dedicated staff of the Collection Management department at Duquesne’s Gumberg Library and is also enjoying the great city of Pittsburgh. “Go Steelers!” Bridget can now be reached at:

Duquesne University
Gumberg Library
600 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
(412) 396-5260
miller6677@duq.edu

Of her move from Serials/Indexing Librarian at the Illinois College of Optometry to Library Systems Coordinator at Reed Smith LLP, SARAH E. MORRIS says, “I changed jobs shortly after NASIG this year. Taking comfort in the conference presentation about other career paths, I switched from an academic/medical library to a library at one of the 15 largest law firms in the world. Life at Reed Smith LLP is great, and I get to work with library staff from our 18 US offices, while doing everything technical services related. As always, though, the serials take up most of my time and energy, and I wouldn’t have it any other way!”

TERRENCE O’MALLEY, formerly Serials Librarian at Case Western Reserve University, started his new job as Serials and Bibliographic Control Librarian at Case Western September 4.

ERIN SHARWELL reports, “I started my new job as Technical Services Librarian at the Hillsboro Public Library on October 1. I spent seven years at the University of Washington Libraries, the first five in Monographic Acquisitions and the last two as a Specialist in Serials Acquisitions. I suppose the most significant thing about my new job as Technical Services Librarian for the Hillsboro Public Library is that it’s my first professional position; I just graduated from the University of Washington Information School on June 8. It’s also very exciting because my husband and I have wanted to live in the Portland, Oregon, area for a long time. At Hillsboro, I will be responsible for all aspects of serials work: collection development, acquisitions, check-in, cataloging, etc.”

ROBERT J. VAN RENNES says, “I started my new job as Acquisitions Librarian at the University of Iowa on May 29, just in time to attend the NASIG Conference in my new capacity.” After serving as Electronic Resources Coordinator, Robert says of his new job, “my main point of emphasis is on continuing resources in electronic format, but I’m involved in all the other aspects of acquisitions as well.” He may be found at:

Acquisitions and Rapid Cataloging
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1420
(319) 335-5890

ANN WARRINGTON has left her position as Serials/Acquisitions Technician at Lakeland College to embark on a new career as a library consultant.

In June, GLEN WILEY changed jobs from Digital Resources & Metadata Librarian at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, to Metadata Librarian at Cornell University Library in Ithaca, New York. About his change, Glen says, “I wasn’t really looking for a job. However, I could not resist the opportunity to participate in the larger scale and more diverse metadata activities at Cornell.” His new contact information is:

Metadata Services
107E Olin Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 254-5445
gsw55@cornell.edu

SHERYL WILLIAMS is no longer Head of the Serials Department at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Instead she is Head of the Materials Processing Department at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. According to Sheryl, “my new position in the result of a reorganization of the Library Resources & Technology Division (known elsewhere as Technical Services), combining the Serials and Cataloging departments. This has been a natural outcome of the increase of electronic resources and access, plus budget cuts and declining staff numbers. Our efforts in cross-training had steadily increased, mostly through necessity because we can’t let materials sit while someone is absent. While I now have one professional cataloger and three support staff under my wing, one of the support staff has announced her retirement; and she will probably not be replaced.”

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CHRIS BRADY says of his June 5th change from being Serial and E-Resources Catalog Librarian at Baylor University to being Catalog and Government Documents Librarian at Baylor Law School that, “Six months ago I wouldn’t have thought I would be making this move now.  I was quite happy with my old job.  But I liked helping out over at the law school this spring while there was a vacancy, and now I am over here full time.”  Chris may now be found at:

Chris Brady
Catalog and Government Documents Librarian
Baylor Law School Library
PO Box 97128
Waco, TX 76798-7128
Tel.: (254) 710-4914
Fax: (254) 710-2294
E-mail: C_Brady@baylor.edu

Similarly staying at his institution is PATRICK CARR, who has switched, as of December 2006, from being Mississippi State University’s Serials Librarian to being their Serials Coordinator.  His contact info is now:
 
Patrick L. Carr
Assistant Professor/Coordinator of Serials
Mississippi State University Libraries
PO Box 5408
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Tel.: (662) 325-8184
E-mail: pcarr@library.msstate.edu

PETER FLETCHER has changed institutions along with titles, having begun work onJuly 2, 2007 as Cyrillic Catalog Librarian at the UCLA Cataloging and Metadata Center, after working as Serials and Electronic Resources Cataloger at Tulane University.

JULIE KANE has likewise moved across the country, having reported to her new position as Head of Technical Services at Sweet Briar College on August 6, 2007.  Of leaving Stanford Law School, where she was a Serials Librarian/Cataloger, Kane says, “Since my husband and I are originally from Vermont, we wanted to get back to the East Coast to be closer to our families after 6 years in California.  I’m excited for the challenge of a new position with greater responsibilities in a very close-knit community setting - all of the faculty and staff I’ve met have been extremely welcoming and supportive.  I will miss my colleagues at Stanford Law but am thrilled to begin work in this wonderful new community, to be in the same time zone as our families, and to experience all four seasons again!”

Staying in the eastern United States, but with a long move behind him, nonetheless, is LEE KRIEGER, who left his position as Collection Development Special Projects Librarian at the University of Miami to start work April 16, 2007 as Manager, Collection Development & Technical Services for the Library System of Lancaster County (PA).  Krieger says of the move that, “It gave me an opportunity to move back to my home state and to an area (Central Pennsylvania) that I already had lived in before and loved, with the added bonus of not having to worry about hurricanes anymore!  Also, after 18 years of dealing exclusively with acquisitions, this position gave me a chance to revitalize my interest in technical services librarianship by giving me new responsibilities in related areas and in a different environment, that is, public libraries.”  However, Krieger adds that, “Unfortunately, I have very little to do with serials anymore, but I still follow the news with interest.” 

ALISON MAJEAU remains at Worcester State College, but, as of March 12, 2007, has left her position there as a serials consultant for a permanent position as Serials Librarian.  Majeau says of the opportunity that, “Worcester State College had been without anyone in the Reference/Periodicals librarian position for a number of years.  My first order of business was to catalog and create access through our website and OPAC to the 100+ online journals that we have been paying for but unable to access.  I’m now responsible for reorganizing the entire serials workflow into one instead of three departments, in addition to collection analysis and preservation.” Majeau adds that, “It’s nice to be back in NASIG, which I was a member of from 1983-1997 when I was Editor of the Boston Library Consortium Union List of Serials.”

DENA SCHOEN began work at East View Information Services, Inc. as Director of Sales on January 15, 2007.  Schoen’s new employers noted in a February 2007 press release that her “strengths include a substantial career serving scholarly and academic libraries with print, subscription and electronic resources. She comes to East View from German bookseller and subscription agent OTTO HARRASSOWITZ GmbH & Co., where she led a sales team as Director of Sales for North America.” From her office in Seattle, WA, Schoen feels “ideally situated to develop East View’s business relations with western United States and Canadian libraries and research institutions. I will support customers worldwide.”

Still at Grand Valley State University, but with a new title and new job focus is BOB SCHOOFS.   Schoofs reports of his change from Periodicals Librarian to Arts & Humanities Librarian that, “I began my new job in May of 2006. It happened as the result of a restructuring in the library that did away with the Periodicals Department.  I wrote an article about the restructuring titled ‘Abolish the Periodicals Department,’ which I think NASIG members will find interesting.”  Published in College & Research Libraries News, the article may be found at: http://tinyurl.com/y6excj.  Schoofs goes on to say, “I am still involved with serials in various ways, but I now spend much more time teaching and working with the 5 academic departments to which I am now assigned as liaison: history, writing, philosophy, classics, and liberal studies.”  Schoofs may be contacted at:
 
Bob Schoofs
Arts & Humanities Librarian
Grand Valley State University
E-mail: schoofsr@gvsu.edu

JOHN SKRTIC is also no longer a Periodicals Librarian, having left his position in the Periodical Center of the Cleveland Public Library to assume a new role as Cleveland Public’s Assistant Head, General Reference Department, in addition to serving as its Serials Committee Chair.

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Congratulations to KURT C. BLYTHE on his first official job as a librarian at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  About this event he commented, “I started my new job as the Serials Access Librarian at UNC-Chapel Hill on December 5, 2006.  The change is significant to me not just in terms of a new title and new location, but also in the fact that my current position is my first as a professional.  My time at KU was spent as a paraprofessional, and while I will always love Kansas (my undergrad is from that institution), I’m very happy to be in my new role at UNC, and to be living in Chapel Hill.”  Kurt was previously Library Assistant III/Library Associate/Head, Bindery Preparation Unit at the University of Kansas Libraries.  Kurt’s current contact information is:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Davis Library
Catalog Department, CB# 3914
Chapel Hill, North Carolina  27514-8890 
Phone: (919) 962-2050
E-mail: kcblythe@email.unc.edu

As of March 20, 2007, Ex Libris’ new Verde Implementation Librarian is ABIGAIL BORDEAUX.  She is at their Newton, Massachusetts offices.  She was Binghamton University Libraries’ Coordinator of Digital Library Initiatives. 

Still at Taylor and Francis Ltd., KEITH COURTNEY has changed his title from Global Sales Director to Journals Director.  No other changes were made to his contact information.

LINDA CRACKNELL’s job title has changed from Digital Repository Librarian to Collections and Projects Librarian at Canada’s Wilfrid Laurier University.

Florida State University’s new Serials Coordinator, ELIZABETH FAIRLEY, was formerly their Head, Serials Acquisitions Unit.  Libby’s explanation for her title change was that “We have been working on a reorganization of Collection Services (Technical Services), and we were unable to fill the position of Serials/Metadata Librarian.  Thus, the position of Serials Coordinator was created to oversee Serials Cataloging, Serials Acquisitions and Binding.  In essence, I assumed responsibility for Serials Cataloging as well as Serials Acquisitions.”  No changes were made to her contact information.

On July 31, 2006, HENRIETTE ILYES became RAND Corporation’s Library Information Systems Administrator, a change from being their Electronic Resources Specialist.  There were no changes to Henriette’s contact information.

KATHY KOBYLJANEC e-mailed, “As of 2006, I am now Head of Access Services at John Carroll and have also been awarded tenure.  But, because serials have always been my favorite part of librarianship, I am still in charge of periodicals and have “just” added circulation, ILL, and overall stacks maintenance to my responsibilities.  To keep life interesting, I also created and teach an honors course on animal ethics at the university.”  Kathy was formerly John Carroll University’s Periodicals/ILL Librarian.  Contact information remains the same.

The former Project Manager at the Library of Congress’ Office of Strategic Initiatives, JENNIFER MARILL had this to say about her new job as Deputy Chief, Technical Services Division at the National Library of Medicine: “I started at NLM on March 5 and my primary responsibility is managing the Division’s Systems Office. I will also be involved with digital repository development and the collection of born digital materials.”  She can now be reached at:

National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland  20894 
Phone: (301) 435-7072
E-mail: marillj@mail.nlm.nih.gov

MICHAEL W. MARKWITH is now in Sales at WT Cox Subscriptions.  He wanted his NASIG colleagues to know, “After 6 years as President of TDNet, I joined WT Cox Subscriptions on February 1 with sales responsibility nationally for academic libraries and on the west coast for all libraries.  I enjoy the daily contact with serialists much more than managing a company and look forward to more active involvement again in NASIG.”  His contact details are:

Phone: (toll free) (866) 332-2787 or (714) 224-9882
E-mail: mmarkwith@wtcox.com

LILA (ANGIE) OHLER moved half way across North America, from the University of Oklahoma Libraries to the University of Maryland.  Her previous title was Acquisitions Librarian and she is now Head of Acquisitions.  Her current contact information can be found in the NASIG membership directory.

Previously North Carolina State University’s Metadata Librarian, JACQUELINE SAMPLES is now their Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian.  About this change she e-mailed, “I started my new position here at NCSU on November 1, 2006.  I moved from the Metadata and Cataloging Department to the Acquisitions Department after a period of working 1/2 time in each department to assist where there was a need for another librarian.  This is an exciting change for me because not only am I using my metadata expertise in new ways, I am able to contribute to the development of improved work flows and processes that are related to the work I’ve done on implementing our ERM.  I am also working with licensing for electronic materials and managing the Monographs unit, so the range of my experience has been broadened by my move.  In addition to these new responsibilities, I continue to manage the maintenance of our link resolver, SFX.”  Only Jacquie’s phone numbers changed and are now:

Phone: (919) 515-7021
Fax: (919) 515-7292

SANDHYA D. SRIVASTAVA used to be Serials Librarian at Hofstra University.  She has now moved to Columbia Law Library and her title remains the same –Serials Librarian.  She manages a serials staff of 3 full time and 2 part time employees.  She is involved in all aspects of serials check-in and binding.  Her contact information is now: 
 
 Columbia Law Library 
 Book Order Department 
 435 West 116th Street 
 New York, New York  10027 
 Phone: (212) 854-4456 
 E-mail: ssriva@law.columbia.edu

At Lamar University, SARAH D. TUSA is now Coordinator of Collection Development & Acquisitions.  She was their Coordinator of Acquisitions and her slightly complicated explanation for this change was, “I was told that I could officially use that job title as of fall 2006.  After two unsuccessful searches, and after I had been performing the essential duties of the job for the past three years, the Provost and the Library Faculty rendered their respective approval to make my interim position ‘permanent.’”  Sarah’s contact information did not change.   

Previously the Assistant Head, Acquisitions Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, GERMAINE G. WADEBORN has changed her job title to Head, UCLA Library Print Acquisitions Department.  About this change she wrote, “The UCLA Library Print Acquisitions Department was created by the reorganization of two key acquisitions departments in February 2006.  Two distinct departments were formed with one focused on acquisitions and management of electronic resources and one focused on acquisitions and management of print materials.  Initially, the UCLA Library Print Acquisitions Department was responsible for acquisitions for the Young Research Library, College Library and Arts Library, with a total staff of 30-33 FTE.  In July 2006 the responsibilities of the Print Acquisitions Department were expanded to include acquisition for Sciences (Engineering and Math Sciences, Geology, Chemistry, and Biomedical Libraries).  Seven (7) fulltime employees were transferred to the organization.  With the additional workload from Sciences, the UCLA Library Print Acquisitions now places 400-600 serial orders,  processes invoices for approximately 12,700 serial titles, cancels 500-600 serial subscriptions, maintains approximately 35,000-40,000 serial subscriptions and sends 900-1000 volumes to exchange partners annually.  We also place approximately 18,000 monograph orders and received 56,000 monographic print volumes annually.  I became head of the UCLA Library Print Acquisitions Department in March 2006.  In this role I welcome the challenges and opportunities to move the organization forward, working with the staff to make the best use of technology to develop workflows to make the work we do as streamlined and efficient as possible.”  Her new contact information is:

University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Library Print Acquisitions Department
11020 Kinross; Box 957230
Los Angeles, California  90095-7230 USA
Phone: (310) 206-6780
Fax: (310) 206-4974
E-mail: gwadebor@library.ucla.edu

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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.

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AMIRA AARON, formerly Manager, Digital Content and Access Services at Harvard University, is now Director for Information Resources at Brandeis University.  Amira’s new contact information is:

Brandeis University Library
415 South Street MS045
Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
Phone: (781) 736-4647
Fax: (781) 736-4724
E-mail: aaaron@brandeis.edu

In August 2006, ELIZABETH BOGDANSKI started her new job as Public Affairs Officer at the Detroit Public Library.  She e-mailed about her new position that she “Develops relationships with community groups and the City of Detroit, initiates and collaborates on system wide library projects, works with marketing and other stakeholders to promote the library.”  Beth was Product Manager at Proquest Information and Learning.  Contact information is now: 

Detroit Public Library
5201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan  48202
Phone: (313) 833-4045
E-mail: ebogdanski@detroit.lib.mi.us

About her new job as Member Services Representative with OHIONET, MORAG BOYD said “Although I am adjusting to no longer being actually in a library, I find that my new position has a lot in common with what I did before – helping libraries and their staff do their work as effectively as possible. Another great thing is working with libraries of all kinds and having the opportunity to visit them. My main responsibilities are supporting OCLC cataloging and WorldCat services and providing training on a variety of topics, so I get a lot of variety each day. I am keeping a hand in the serials side of things by assisting libraries with local holdings and working with a committee planning an e-resources workshop.”  She joined OHIONET in August 2006.  Morag previously worked at llinois State University as Bibliographic Services Division Head.  She can be reached at: 

OHIONET 
1500 West Lane Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43221
Phone: (614) 486-2966 ext. 37
Fax: (614) 486-1527     
E-mail: moragb@ohionet.org

Starting September 25, 2006, the new Serial Cataloger at Harvard Business School’s Baker Library is SARAH CORVENE.  She was Serials Cataloger at Harvard College Library.  Reach Sarah at: 

Harvard Business School
Baker Library
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA  02163
Phone: (617) 495-6990
Fax: (617) 495-7780
E-mail: scorvene@hbs.edu

Starting on September 25, 2006, ANN DOYLE FATH became the Head of Serials at the Getty Research Institute Research Library.  Her previous position was as Head, Collection Development Department at the University of Kentucky Libraries.  Her current contact information is:

Getty Research Institute
Research Library, Serials Section
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California  90049-1688 
Phone: (310) 440-7515Fax: (310) 440-7779
E-mail: afath@getty.edu 

Beverly Geckle, Government Documents Librarian & Serials Cataloger at Middle Tennessee State University had a few comments to add to her entry from the last Newsletter.  She wrote, “I started my new job May 1, 2006. It is a big change for me since I had worked at the University of Baltimore’s Law Library since 1992.  In addition to relocating to a different part of the country, I have also moved from an academic law library to a general academic library. But I am still working with serials!”  Beverly’s contact information has not changed from the September Newsletter. 

Cumberland County Public Library’s new Library Director is MELODI L. GOFF.  Formerly, she was Serials & Systems Librarian at Carson-Newman College.  Current contact information is:

Cumberland County Public Library
PO Box 98
1539 Anderson Highway
Cumberland, Virginia 23040
Phone: (804) 492-5807
Fax: (804) 492-9551
E-mail: mel.goff@gmail.com

At the University of Alabama, Birmingham’s Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences, SYLVIA MCAPHEE, moved from the paraprofessional position of Serials Library Associate I to the professional position of Serials Librarian.  She phoned to tell her NASIG colleagues of her promotion and also to let them know that she is very open to working with others on presentations and/or publications.  Her first appointment as a librarian began July 12, 2006.  Sylvia’s updated contact information is: 

University of Alabama, Birmingham
LHL 240A-1700 University Boulevard
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama  35294-0013
Phone: (205) 934-2299 
Fax: (205) 934-3545
E-mail: smcaphee@uab.edu

The new Electronic Resources and Serials Cataloging Librarian at theUniversity of Pennsylvania Libraries, SHANA L. MCDANOLD commented about her job change “I started my job here at Penn on September 5th and have really hit the ground running.  There were several things that attracted me to the position.  One of my reasons for applying was purely geographic.  I’m originally from the Northeast so moving to Philadelphia put me closer to family and back near the ocean.  The position here at Penn presents me with new challenges.  The biggest challenge at the moment is developing and implementing policies and procedures to handle the ever increasing amounts of electronic materials (all types: serials, integrating, monographs, the ?? stuff) and developing a workflow and working relationships with other departments such as Electronic Acquisitions.  In addition, Penn is a larger institution, so there’s the challenge of a new scale to conquer as well.  Right now getting a handle on our electronic resources is really my focus.  I have an experienced and very knowledgeable staff person (Bibliographic Specialist) working for me that has the print materials under control and can take care of the routine print serial issues, so I really can focus my efforts on the electronic stuff.  And I don’t have to catalog any media (videos, DVDs, etc.) except those that are serials here at Penn, but I still get to do websites.  My job at SLU was “serials and everything that’s not a book or manuscript”.  Here at Penn my job is focused back on just serials and electronic resources, which is what I really enjoy and want to focus my career on.  I wasn’t unhappy at SLU, what drove me to Penn was the new opportunities and challenges here.”  Shana was Serials and Non-print Formats Cataloger at Saint Louis University.  Current contact information is:

University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206
Phone: (215) 746-0267
Fax: (215) 573-9610
E-mail: mcdanold@pobox.upenn.edu 

The former Serials Cataloger (and Editor, Bowker) at the Library of Congress’ National Serials Data Program, 2002 NASIG Student Grant Award winner, VANESSA MITCHELL, is now Senior Cataloger at  ASRC Aerospace.  Her current e-mail is:

E-mail: vanessa.mitchell5@verizon.net

Previously the Regional Sales Manager at Swets Information Services, ALISON C. ROTH moved to SAGE Publications to become their new Senior Journal Sales Manager – Northeast on July 31, 2006.  She said that “SAGE is a wonderful company to work for and I am glad to be working for them.”  Alison can now be reached at:

SAGE Publications
PO Box 148   
Perkinsville, Vermont  05151
Phone: (802) 263-5730
Fax: (802) 263-5471
E-mail: alison.roth@sagepub.com

WILLIAM SHAKALIS