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Personnel
In the appointment of R i c h a r d  L .  O ’K e e f f e  

as librarian of Rice University, the Houston 
academic community can be assured of con­
tinued support for 
significant cooperative 
library efforts. Since 
his coming to Rice in 
1960 as assistant li­
brarian and science li­
brarian, he has been 
in th e forefront of 
such useful projects as 
the publication of the 
Texas List of Scien­
tific and Technical 
Seria l P u b lic a tio n s, 
and the extension of Mr. O ’Keeffe
in t e r lib r a r y  s h a rin g  
among Rice, the Medical Center libraries, and 
the University of Houston. More recently he 
has served as the first director of th e Regional 
Information and Communications Exchange, 
a network of libraries serving business and 
industry along the Texas Gulf Coast. Since 
library interdependence continues to grow, 
these accomplishments augur well for O’Keeffe’s 
success.

Dick O’Keeffe is a native Bostonian, w ith a 
PhB degree from Mount Carmel College, an 
MS in LS degree from LSU, and additional 
study toward the doctoral degree at the Uni­
versity of Illinois. Prior to coming to Rice he 
held the position of acquisitions librarian and 
then librarian of th e main technical library 
at Los Alamos. D uring this period in the 
Southwest he has been active in the state 
and regional associations as well as ALA and 
SLA on the national scene. His election to 
membership in Beta Phi Mu attests to his 
humane and scholarly interests.

Ultimately, of course, the chief librarian is 
judged by how well he serves his local con­
stituency. Faculty and students w ant good li­
brary service and demand increasing amounts 
of it. On this score Dick should do well. He 
has already worked closely with the faculty 
and students. Their respect can be seen in the 
fact that he was the unanimous choice of the 
Faculty Library Committee to become Rice’s 
fourth chief librarian, succeeding Hardin 
Craig, Jr., who now returns to the full-time 
teaching of history at Rice, where he has long 
held a full professorship. Dick also has the 
respect and loyalty of the staff, a tribute to 
his approachability and his interest in staff 
development.

In private institutions, especially, it is in­
creasingly im portant th a t the chief librarian 
be a successful fund raiser. As director of

RICE and as a faculty member of Rice’s suc­
cessful 33 Million Dollar Campaign Committee, 
O’Keeffe has had good training for this phase 
of his new task. This preparation should serve 
him  in good stead as he seeks to fund in­
creased services and resources to m eet Rice’s 
expanding graduate programs.

Those of us in the Houston area congratu­
late Rice University on Dick O’Keeffe’s ap­
pointment as librarian. W e know him to be a 
competent, personable, and dedicated pro­
fessional, who works well w ith his colleagues. 
T hat these talents have been recognized and 
rew arded on his own campus gives us both 
pride in our profession and promise for even 
more vigorous library development at Rice 
in the years immediately ahead.—Edward G. 
Holley, University o f Houston

Scion of th e distinguished Hamlin family 
of Maine, A r t h u r  T. H a m l i n , after almost 
tw enty years as a westernized Yankee, has re­
turned east, not all 
the way to New E ng­
land, but w ithin easy 
distance. In a second 
sense, however, per­
haps Philadelphia is 
home, for some eight 
years of bibliothecal 
maturation were spent 
there, some happy 
years were lived in a 
farm cottage in sub­
u r b a n  W a llin g fo rd , 
while some productive Mr. Hamlin
years were devoted to 
the renaissance of the University of Pennsyl­
vania library under the inspired leadership of 
Charles W. David. Thus Hamlin’s move to 
Temple University as director of libraries is as 
no stranger to th e Philadelphia scene.

This writer earned his first money in a 
library substituting one afternoon for Arthur 
Hamlin in the poetry room on the top floor of 
H arvard’s W idener Library. After the early 
years in the H arvard College library following 
his graduation in 1934, came library school 
at Columbia and, as for all of us then under 
KDM influence, a year at the New York P ub­
lic Library. His marriage to Pauline (Polly) 
Randolph, the pretty Radcliffe girl in the 
W idener treasure room, was in the fall of 
1939.

At the University of Pennsylvania (inter­
rupted by a tour of duty as a research analyst 
in the Office of Naval Intelligence in W ashing­
ton) Arthur Hamlin faced the problems of re­
vitalizing public services in the university li­



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brary, at th at tim e in an out-dated nineteenth 
century building. His understanding of service
needs was well bolstered by his imagination
and vision. Some of his experimentation was
described in College & Research Libraries,
January, 1950.

Then came the call to Chicago as executive
secretary of ACRL. This was during a de­
velopmental stage in ACRL history, and Arthur
Hamlin worked hard at administrative organi­
zation in Chicago, at th e development of 
C&RL, and in official and personal relation­
ships w ith libraries the length and breadth of 
the land. Nor should Polly’s support during
this tim e be overlooked, for, while her hus­
band traveled, she nursed three children
through more illnesses than any one family
has reason to expect. Since then the work for
ALA has continued through service on council
and many committees, perhaps those activities 
closest to A rthur’s heart being those relating to 
the grants program, the role of the library 
in independent study, and aid to Italian li­
braries.

At the University of Cincinnati, an institu­
tion still not yet ready to compensate non­
professional library staff even on a level com­
parable to th e rest of th e university, ATH 
sought to secure adequate administrative sup­
port and, especially by means of his delicious 
N ew s Notes from the Library, to develop th at 
library-faculty communication th at sometimes 
seems so elusive amidst today’s academic rat 
race. D uring this period he was fortunate to 
be granted extended leaves of absence for 
investigation and lecturing abroad on Ful­
bright fellowships, and these resulted in pu b ­
lished studies of Italian and English libraries. 
The experience put him in good position to go 
from E ngland to Italy as ALA’s observer, re­
porter, and adviser at th e time of the Florence 
floods. Unfortunately the University of Cin­
cinnati fell into the recent all too familar trap 
of proliferating graduate programs w ithout re­
gard to library collections or their proper de­
velopment, and Hamlin left Cincinnati with

M O VIN G
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six weeks in advance.
Important: Please send ALA both your 
old and new  addresses plus the date you 
would like the change made. (A  copy of 
your address label clipped to your notice 
would help.)

M e m b e rs h ip  R e co rd s  
A m e r ic a n  L ib r a r y  A s s o c ia tio n  
5 0  Ea st H u ro n  S tre e t 
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some of the dreams of a dozen years for th at 
institution unfilled.

The cultural aspects of Cincinnati appealed, 
b u t these will be refreshingly renewed in 
Philadelphia. Perhaps the histories of the 
Harvard Clubs of Boston, Chicago and of Cin­
cinnati will be joined by one on the Harvard 
Club of Philadelphia. In Philadelphia also we 
expect th a t th e talents, skills, and facile pen 
that will blend from three decades of academic 
library experience will find their full flowering 
in Temple’s new  library.—W alter W . W right, 
Dartmouth College

A P P O I N T M E N T S

J o h n  D. A m b r i a n o  has joined the San D i­
ego State College library staff as assistant 
sciences ^librarian.

H e n r y  T. A r m i s t e a d  is now acquisitions 
librarian at Jefferson Medical College, Phil­
adelphia, Pa.

C h a r l e s  R . B a n d y  has accepted th e  posi­
tion of librarian at Kentucky Southern College, 
Louisville, Ky.

D a v i d  B o l o t i n e  is now assistant head, cata­
log department, in the library a t th e State 
University of New York, Stony Brook.

N i l s  B r i s k a  is now serials bibliographer in 
charge of central serials records in the library 
a t the State University of New York, Stony 
Brook.

M r s . H e n r i e t t a  F. B r u c e  has been named 
acting head, audio-visual departm ent in the 
library at Pennsylvania Military Colleges, 
Chester, Pa.

M r s . J u l i e  B . B u r n s  is now associate li­
brarian at Delaware State College, Dover, Del.

D o u g l a s  P. B u s h  has been nam ed associate 
director of libraries for reader services at San 
Diego State College.

R u t h  J. B u z b y  has been appointed serials 
cataloger at Pennsylvania State University li­
brary.

A l b e r t  C a r l s o n  has been appointed library 
director at College Misericordia, Dallas, Pa.

M r s . B e t t y  N. C a r s o n  has been appointed 
librarian I in th e  biology library at th e Uni­
versity of California, Berkeley.

R e b e c c a  R . C a s t i l l o  has joined th e staff 
of Temple University school of law  as assistant 
circulation-reference librarian.

M r s . T u n g - C h u  L. C h e n  is now a general 
reference librarian a t Drexel Institute of Tech­
nology.

B a r b a r a  M. C h r i s t y  has been appointed 
assistant map room librarian at the University 
of California, Santa Barbara.

C o r a  Y u n g - C h i n g  C h u  has joined the staff 
of Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J., 
as a cataloger.

N e a l  C o i l  has been appointed assistant pro­
fessor of library science at Ball State Univer­
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M r s . A d e l e  C o m b s  has been appointed ref­
erence assistant at Northwestern University li­
brary.

M r s . B a r b a r a  L. C u r t i s  is now a cataloger 
at Haverford College library, Haverford, Pa.

M r s . D o r i s  C r u g e r  D a l e  has accepted a 
position as assistant professor in the departm ent 
of instructional materials at Southern Illinois 
University.

H i r a m  L .  D a v i s  has accepted the position 
of head reference librarian at Muskingum Col­
lege, New Concord, Ohio.

I r e n e  J. D o n n e l l y  has been appointed as 
professional assistant, reserve book section, at 
Temple University library.

M r s . E l s a l y n  P. D r u c k e r  is now a pro­
fessional assistant in serials at Monmouth Col­
lege library, W est Long Branch, N.J.

H e l e n  V. D u n g a n  has been appointed as­
sistant cataloger at Lafayette College library, 
Easton, Pa.

R h e d a  E p s t e i n  has accepted a position as 
cataloger at the University of South Florida 
library.

M a r y  P. F e e n e y  is now an associate cata­
loger a t Kenyon College library, Gambier, 
Ohio.

M r s . L y d i a  B. F o r b e s  has been named ref­
erence librarian at Blackburn College, Carlin- 
ville, I11.

M r s . H e l e n  B. F o x  has accepted th e posi­
tion of instructor of library science and super­
visor of the library science library at W estern 
Illinois University.

M r s . E l e a n o r  F r e i s e m  is now assistant ref­
erence librarian at Amherst College.

J o h n  E. G a l e j s  has been nam ed coordi­
nator of resource development at Iowa State 
University libr ry.

P a u l  W . G a r r e t t  has joined th e  staff of 
Rutgers University school of law  as assistant 
law librarian.

M r s . C a t h e r i n e  C .  G l a s s  is now instructor­
cataloger in th e library of Millersville State 
College, Millersville, Pa.

L e s l i e  D. G u n d y  has joined the staff of the 
American Philosophical Society, history and 
philosophy departm ent, University of Pennsyl­
vania, as a consultant.

T h o m a s  R. G w i n u p  is now an assistant h u ­
manities librarian at San Diego State College.

D a v i d  A. H a l e s  is now assistant acquisi­
tions librarian at Temple University.

M i c h a e l  R. H a l p e r i n  has joined th e staff of 
th e Templana division of Temple University 
library as a professional assistant.

P h y l l i s  H a r l a n d  has been appointed cur­
riculum laboratory librarian and instructor of 
library science at Ball State University.

M a r g a r e t  C. H a r p e r  is now assistant chief 
of the catalog division in charge of serials at 
Stanford University libraries.

M r s . E v e l y n  J .  H a r r i s  h a s  b e e n  n a m e d

education and curriculum materials librarian
a t San Diego State College.

I r e n e  E .  H a r t z m a n  is a new assistant ref­
erence librarian at th e University of Pennsyl­
vania.

J e a n  H o l c o m b e  has been appointed assist­
ant in cataloging and instructor of library sci­
ence at Ball State University.

M r s . M a r y  M .  H o l l a n d  has been appointed
cataloger at Rider College library, Trenton,
N . J .

M r s . S a r a h  B. J u b i n s k i  is now a profes­
sional assistant in the library at N orthampton
County Area Community College, Bethlehem,
Pa.

M r s . N a n c y  S . K l a t h  has been named
serial s-aćquisitions librarian at Princeton Uni­
versity.

G a b o r  K o v a t s  has been appointed library
bibliographer and associate professor of library
science at Ball State University.

M r s . H e l e n  E  L e o b o l d t i  is now hum ani­
ties librarian at San Diego State College.

M r s . B a r b a r a  C o p e  L e s l e y  has been ap­
pointed reference librarian at th e University 
of Delaware.

R i c h a r d  L u c e , formerly assistant director 
of ALA’s Library Technology Program, has 
joined th e staff of the M ontana State Univer­
sity, Bozeman, as assistant professor and ref­
erence librarian.

I r w i n  K . L u k e r  has accepted the position 
of science librarian at the University of Utah.

J o s e p h  L u k s i c  is now reference and serials 
librarian at College Misericordia, Dallas, Pa.

J a m e s  R . M c A u l i f f e  has been named librar­
ian at Pierce Junior College, Philadelphia, Pa.

M a r y  M c C a l l  has been appointed assistant 
professor of library science at Ball State U ni­
versity.

E l e a n o r  M c K e e  has been nam ed head, 
order searching unit, at Iowa State University 
library.

V i r g i n i a  L .  M a n l y  has joined the staff of 
Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences 
as serials librarian.

B i l l y  B . M a n s o n  is now librarian I at the 
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Can­
ada.

M r s . M a r i l y n  A . M a r t i n  is a bibliographer 
at San Diego State College.

M rs. L y n n e  J .  M a s t e r s  has accepted the 
position of public documents librarian a t the 
University of Minnesota.

B a r b a r a  A . M a x w e l l  has been appointed 
assistant cataloger at Shepherd College library, 
Shepherdstown, W.Va.

M i l d a  M . M e l n i k a s  has joined the staff of 
th e Community College of Philadelphia as 
librarian I .

S t e p h e n  K . M e t z g e r  is now documents 
librarian at Wisconsin State University, La- 
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M r s . L i d i e  V. Z. M i l l e r  is now a cataloger at 
Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Montana.

R o b e r t  L. N a y  has been appointed assistant 
law librarian at Temple University school of 
law.

Mns. S u s a n  H. N e i l s o n  is now a cataloger 
at American University library.

B a r b a r a  I. N e w t o n  has accepted the posi­
tion of head, technical services at the medical 
school library, University of Pennsylvania.

W i l l i a m  N y e  has been appointed reference 
service librarian and assistant professor of li­
brary science at Ball State University.

M i g u e l  A. O r t i z  is now a librarian I at 
the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, P.R.

D a v i d  O y l e r  has been appointed assistant 
director for public services at the University 
of W ashington libraries.

C a t h e r i n e  E. P a b s t  has been appointed 
as an assistant in th e order departm ent of the 
library at Bryn Mawr College.

M r s . R e b e c c a  B. P a d g e t t  has joined the 
staff of the catalog departm ent in the library 
at the University of California, Berkeley.

F r e d  M. P e t e r s o n  has been named assistant 
director at Iowa State University library.

J o s e p h  J .  P e t r a i t i s  has joined the staff of 
the instructional media center, Temple Univer­
sity, as a librarian I.

N o e l  C. P f l u g f e l d e r  has been named as­
sistant acquisitions librarian at Long Island 
University, C. W. Post College.

F r a n c i s  P i e r c e  is now circulation-reference 
librarian at Temple University school of law.

P a u l i n e  E .  P o r t m a n  is an assistant catalog 
librarian at San Diego State College.

E d w i n  D. P o s e y  has been appointed engi­
neering librarian at Princeton University.

G w y n n e  H. R e e s e  is now assistant acqui­
sitions librarian at E ast Stroudsburg State Col­
lege, E ast Stroudsburg, Pa.

L e o n  E. R o w e  has been appointed librarian 
a t Pennsylvania State University, York Campus.

M r s . E l i z a b e t h  A. R u s s e l l  is an assistant 
catalog librarian at San Diego State College.

B r i a n  S a n d e r s  has been appointed as an 
associate librarian at Lehigh University.

M r s . R h o d a  F. S a n d l e r  is now a cataloger 
of audio-visual materials at Montgomery Coun­
ty Community College, Conshohocken, Pa.

C a r l  C. S c h m i d t  has been appointed as­
sistant librarian at Atlantic County Community 
College, Atlantic City, N.J.

L u c i e n n e  S e j o r  has been appointed catalog­
ing librarian at the American Museum of N at­
ural History.

M r s . M a r g a r e t  E. S i g l e r  has joined the 
staff of Camden County College, Blackwood, 
N.J., as assistant librarian.

M r s . V i o l e t  R . S m i t h  is now acting librar­
ian at Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Pa.

M r s . J o a n n  P. S o p e r  is an assistant social 
sciences librarian at San Diego State College.

M r s . M a r y  E. S p e n c e r  has been appointed 
assistant librarian at Hagerstown Junior Col­
lege, Hagerstown, Md.

M r s . J o y c e  J .  S t a h l  has been named cat- 
aloger-periodicals librarian at Pittsburgh Theo­
logical Seminary.

M r s . D e b o r a h  C. T a y l o r  has accepted the 
position of reference-circulation librarian at 
Eastern Baptist College, St. Davids, Pa.

W i l l i a m  R . T h o m p s o n  is now documents 
reference librarian at the University of Massa­
chusetts.

D a r i a  T u  is now assistant serials librarian, 
Purdue University.

M a n u e l  T u b i o , J r . has been named assist­
ant professor of library science at the College 
of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minn.

D a v i d  J .  W a r t l u f t  is now a reference as­
sistant in the library at Lutheran Theological 
Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa.

M r s . J e a n  B. W a t s o n  has accepted a posi­
tion at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 
Philadelphia, Pa.

M r s . A i m e e  L. W e i s  is now a professional 
assistant in the library of th e Community Col­
lege of Philadelphia.

M r s . R o s a m o n d  W e t m o r e  has been ap­
pointed assistant professor of library science at 
Ball State University.

M r s  J a n e  J .  W i l l i t s  has been named head 
of technical services, Lincoln University, Lin­
coln University, Pa.

M r s . S h e i l a  W i r t h  has been appointed ref­
erence librarian at St. Procopius College, Lisle, 
I11.

M r s . J o a n  J .  W o o d  is now assistant librarian 
at Somerset College, Green Brook, N.J.

M r s . M u r i e l  W o o d  has been appointed as­
sistant chief librarian of the health sciences 
library at the University of Washington.

D a n i e l  J .  Y e h  has been appointed cataloger 
at W est Chester State College, W est Chester, 
Pa.

N E C R O L O G Y

E v e l y n  G. W i m e r s b e r g e r , former head of 
the catalog departm ent at Iowa State Univer­
sity until 1964, died on October 7, 1968.

R E T I R E M E N T S

H. G l e n n  B r o w n  has retired after twenty-
four years of service as chief reference librarian 
at Brown University.

D o r o t h y  K e l l e r , head of the acquisitions 
departm ent at the University of California 
library, Berkeley, since 1941 will retire in 
March 1969.

A d d i e  E. S m i t h  retired in October 1968 
after more than tw enty years of service in the 
catalog departm ent at the University of Cali­
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