LIBRARY NEWS
*Effective January 7, Cary Murphy retired from her position as Administrative Secretary with the Lilly Library at IU-Bloomington.
*Effective January 10, Charles Peters accepted the Cataloging Technician position in the Music Library. He has three years experience in the IU Music Library as a student assistant.
*Effective January 13, Brian Sowers accepted the Acquisitions Control Coordinator position in Technical Services/Acquisitions at IU-Bloomington. Brian has been an hourly employee in the Library for approximately two years.
*Farewell to Tom Malefatto, Assistant Archivist, University Archives and Bonnie Williams, Wylie House Museum Curator at IU-Bloomington. The two will be leaving Bloomington to take up residence in Duluth Minnesota where Tom has accepted an Archivist position with the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Both Tom and Bonnie will be leaving the Libraries January 17th, 2000. Congratulations Tom and Bonnie!
*I am pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa McAfee as the Head of the Preservation Department effective February 3, 2000. Currently, Collections Conservation Librarian in the General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin, Melissa's prior work includes experience with both special and general collections. She served as the Head of the Rare Books and Special Collections Library at the American University in Cairo, Preservation Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh, Head Librarian for Special Collections at Colgate University and as Assistant to Rare Books Dealer, George S. MacManus Company in Philadelphia. Melissa's B.A. is from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in Classics; she also holds a MLS from Columbia University and a certificate in Bookbinding from the Roehampton Institute in London, England. With prior success in external fund-raising and preservation lab and workflow redesign, Melissa brings skills that are directly relevant to issues that the IU Libraries face in the coming years. Melissa will represent IU Libraries on the CIC Preservation Committee and is also a member of the Books and Paper Committee, which is part of ALA's Preservation and Reformatting (PARS) Section. Melissa, her husband, and two young children are looking forward to residing in Bloomington.
I would like to thank Phil Bantin for his leadership and other members of the Search & Screen Committee--Kris Brancolini, Lisa Browar, Jo Burges, BJ Irvine, Peggy Houston, Susie Trisler and Yolanda Cooper-Birdine--for bringing this search to a successful conclusion.
Martha L. Brogan
Associate Dean of Libraries &
Director of Collection Development
Indiana University Libraries, Main Library C-2
1320 East Tenth Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1801
Voice mail: 812-855-3406 Fax: 812-855-2576
Collection Development Assistant: 812-856-4746
Email: mbrogan@indiana.edu
Nominations for the Jenkins Award are due in Libraries Human Resources on February 1, 2000. This award is presented annually to current or former IU-Bloomington librarians in recognition of outstanding contributions to the IU Libraries or to the library profession. For a copy of the nomination form or for more information about the award, consult the Library Faculty Handbook on the web at http://www.indiana.edu/~libpers/jenkins.html or contact Betty Andis in Libraries Human Resources at 855-8196 or bandis@indiana.edu
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Monday, January 17
BLFC Meeting
Wednesday, January 19
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Administrative Conference Room
IU Bloomington
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