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News From the Sections
ASIAN AND NORTH AFRICAN 

SUBSECTION
Area Library Program. The Asian and North 

African Subsection ( Subject Specialists Section) 
of the Association of College and Research Li­
braries is preparing a program for th e June 
meeting of the American Library Association 
in Dallas on, “The Area Library, Its Significance 
and Organization for Maximum Effectiveness.” 
Various aspects of this topic will be explored 
by representatives of three area libraries: Mr. 
Charles R. Bryant, Curator, Southeast Asia 
Collection, Yale University Library; Mr. Henry 
Scholberg, Librarian, Ames Library of South

Asia, University of Minnesota; Mr. Weiying 
Wan, Head, Asia Library, University of Michi­
gan. Each will discuss his own institution’s prac­
tices and make recommendations or propose so­
lutions to problems as he sees them. This is in­
tended as an initial step toward development 
of a body of information on organizational p a t­
terns and standards for area libraries. The 
meeting is tentatively scheduled for June 25, 
2:00-4:00 p.m. Further information can be ob­
tained from Joyce Wright, Chairman, Asian & 
North African Subsection, Asia Collection, Sin­
clair Library, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 
Hawaii 96822. ■ ■

Personnel
PROFILES

Fordham University has announced the ap ­
pointment of Anne Marie Murphy to th e po­
sition of director of university libraries. Miss 
Murphy has been 
with the Fordham li­
braries for the past 
sixteen years. She en­
tered th e Fordham 
system as assistant li­
brarian for public ser­
vices in 1954 after a 
three-year period of 
employment as an as­
sistant branch librari­
an in the New York 
Public Library System. 
She was promoted to 

Anne Marie Murphyassociate librarian in 
1956, acting director 
in March of 1970, and director in September.

Her professional activities include the Amer­
ican Library Association, the Catholic Library 
Association, and membership in the New York 
Metropolitan Reference and Research Agency.

APPOINTMENTS

Cheryl Ade is now at the reference desk in 
the Law School library of H arvard University, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Jean S. Adelman has accepted the 
position of head of the university museum li­
brary, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Mrs. Callie Becker has joined the staff of

Cypress College library, Cypress, California, as 
librarian in the acquisitions department.

Anne Braxton has received an appointment 
to the position of fine arts librarian at Ohio Uni­
versity library, Athens.

David Bryant has received appointment to 
the position of visiting lecturer to teach a semi­
nar in law librarianship in the Graduate School 
of Library Science, Rosary College, River For­
est, Illinois.

W anda J. Calhoun, head librarian of Flor­
ida Presbyterian College, St. Petersburg, has 
been appointed visiting specialist in library ser­
vices by the United Board for Christian Higher 
Education in Asia.

Norman F. Clarke is the recently appoint­
ed head of the D epartm ent of Librarianship at 
Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia.

F rancis James Dallett will become ad­
ministrator of the University of Pennsylvania 
Archives, Philadelphia, effective July 1.

D iana L. Davis was listed in the March is­
sue as librarian, Montana College of Mineral 
Science and Technology. This was incorrect. 
Her correct title is assistant librarian and docu­
ments and serials librarian.

Robert D avis is a new staff member of the 
Slavic division of the H arvard College library, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Shirley F ichter has taken up duties 
as reference librarian in the library of Ohio 
University, Athens.

Mrs. Leonie Gordon has accepted the po­
sition of librarian for the West European Stud­
ies Center, Harvard University library, Cam­
bridge, Massachusetts.

Mrs. Catherine Harris is the recently ap­
pointed instructor of library science and as­



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sistant librarian in the basic collection division 
of the Texas A & M University library, College 
Station.

Mrs. Janis M. H eald has been promoted to 
the position of head of the veterinary school li­
brary at the University of Pennsylvania, Phila­
delphia.

F red Heryer has recently joined the W ide­
ner staff of the Harvard University library, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts, as specialist in book 
selection in the romance languages section of 
the resources and acquisitions department.

L inda H olby is now a member of Harvard 
University’s Law School library staff, Cam­
bridge, Massachusetts.

Chia-Yaung H u has been named Chinese 
cataloger in the Harvard-Yenching library of 
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Charles Z. Hughes has joined the staff of 
the Graduate School of Library Science at 
Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois, as teach­
er.

Hans H. Lenneberg is now visiting lec­
turer and music librarianship teacher in the 
Graduate School of Library Science at Rosary 
College, River Forest, Illinois.

Mrs. Elizabeth McNeill has been named 
cataloger in original cataloging for Columbia 
University, New York City.

Carol Mandel has received appointment to 
the position of cataloger, original cataloging, 
Columbia University, New York City.

Dr. Charles B. Maurer has been appointed 
director of the library, Denison University, 
Granville, Ohio.

Maryrose Miller has taken up duties as 
reference librarian in the business library of 
Columbia University, New York City.

Joyce E lizabeth Mobley has assumed the 
position of acquisitions librarian in the Univer­
sity of Texas, Austin, School of Law Library.

Marcy Murphy has assumed the position of 
chief of the reference division in the library of 
the United States Air Force Academy, Colo­
rado Springs, Colorado.

Philip Oxley is the recently appointed head 
of circulation in Columbia University’s law li­
brary, New York City.

Mrs. E lizabeth Pick is presently cataloger 
for Czech material, Slavic division, Harvard 
University library, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

D ennis Robison has recently been appoint­
ed assistant director of libraries for public ser­
vices at the University of South Florida, Tam­
pa.

Margaret Rose is presently head of acqui­
sitions searching for the libraries of Columbia 
University, New York City.

Mrs. Lynn M. Rosen has taken up duties 
as librarian II in the Library Systems Office of 
the University of California, Berkeley.

Marte Shaw has become curator of the

Harry Elkins Widener Collections in the Har­
vard University library, Cambridge, Massachu­
setts.

Peter Stevens is the recently appointed ad ­
ministrative assistant in the resources and ac­
quisitions department of the Harvard University 
library, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Paul A. Studer has joined the faculty 
of the School of Library Science, State Uni­
versity College of Arts and Science, Geneseo, 
New York, as associate professor.

Jaryna Turko is occupying the post set up 
by the Ukrainian Studies Program in the Slavic 
division of the Harvard University library, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Dr. Lucille W halen is now professor of 
library science and associate dean of the School 
of Library Science at the State University of 
New York, Albany.

Jane W inland has been appointed refer­
ence librarian, business library, Columbia Uni­
versity, New York City.

W illiam S. W ong has joined the staff of 
Lewis Towers library, Loyola University, Chi­
cago, as social science librarian.

Lana Yurchshyn has assumed the position 
of documents and serials librarian at the El­
mira College library, Elmira, New York.

D onald L. Zedler has been named admin­
istrative assistant in the library of the Univer­
sity of Texas, Austin, School of Law.

RETIREMENTS

In June 1971 Cynthia Griffin, librarian of 
the University Museum, University of Cali­
fornia, Berkeley, will retire after many years 
in university service.

E lizabeth Ann L andrum, who has been 
head of the reference department a t the Fres­
no State College library since 1953, will retire 
June 30 after thirty-nine years at Fresno State 
College.

Mrs. F lorrinell F. Morton, director of 
the Library School, Louisiana State University, 
Baton Rouge, has announced her intent to re­
tire as soon as a replacement can be appointed. 
Mrs. Morton has been the head of the school 
since 1944.

Shirley Taylor, who has been on leave 
this past year from the General library, Uni­
versity of California, Berkeley, has announced 
her retirement effective March 1, 1971. For 
nearly twenty-four years Miss Taylor has been 
a key member of the acquisitions department 
holding a variety of posts, among them docu­
ments bibliographer, head of current serials 
division, and supervisor of order placement.

Robert M. T rent, director of libraries at 
Southern Methodist University for twenty-two 
years, will retire at the end of June 1971. ■ ■



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Wenceslaus Hollar
Delineator of His Time

By Ka th erin e S. Van E erde, Muhlenberg College, xiυ, 122 pp., frontis., illus., 
bibliog. essay, index. $15.00
(The Folger Shakespeare Library)
This study of the vast work of Wenceslaus Hollar, the famous seventeenth- 
century artist, presents a fresh interpretation of the man himself and of the social, 
physical, and political aspects of England, his adopted country. Hollar traveled 
extensively on the Continent and after being exiled from Bohemia, he came to 
England. There, new surroundings sharpened his vision. His engravings and 
drawings of the land and its people provide an irreplaceable view of seven- 
teen-century life.

Thomas Jefferson’s Flower Garden at Monticello
By E dw in M. Betts and H azelhurst Bolton P erkins. 76 pp. (tnt.), illus.

Paper, $2.50
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Of the innumerable books written about the many facets of Thomas Jefferson’s 
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Winterthur Portfolio 6
Edited by R ichard K. D o ud and Ian M. G. Q u im b y . 223 pp., illus., index. $10.00 
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This latest Portfolio is an authoritative reference on several unique topics of 
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AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA, 1971. 1st Edition. 
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THE EUROPA YEARBOOK, 1971: A World Survey and 
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