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February 2012  113 C&RL News

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Rod Hersberger has retired as dean of 
university libraries and information security 
Offi cer at California 
State University-Ba-
kersfi eld after nearly 
28 years of service. He 
previously held posi-
tions at the University 
of Oklahoma, North-
ern Illinois University, 
and Indiana Univer-
sity. Hersberger was 
ALA treasurer from 
2007 until 2010. By vir-
tue of that offi ce he also served on ALA’s 
Executive Board and Executive Committee 
and as an ex-offi cio Endowment Trustee. 

D e a t h s

D. Whitney Coe, Russian cataloguer and 
then Anglo-American bibliographer at Princ-
eton University’s Firestone Library for 36 
years, passed away October 8, 2011. He was 
an active member of the ALA, particularly 
the Association for Library Collections and 
Technical Services and the International Re-
lations Round Table. Coe was a member of 
the Bibliography Section of the International 
Federation of Library Associations, where he 
was part of the working group developing 
guidelines for national bibliographies in elec-
tronic and other formats. Whitney spent the 
1993–94 academic year in Korea evaluation 
the Seoul National University Library’s Eng-
lish-language collections under a joint ALA-
USAID grant.  

A p p o i n t m e n t s

Tina Adams has been appointed distance 
education librarian at George Mason University. 

Tara Baillargeon has been named head of 
research and instructional services at Marquette 
University Libraries.

Yvonne Carignan has been appointed 
head of special collections and archives at 
George Mason University.

Alison Dickey has been appointed head 
of reader services at The Morgan Library and 
Museum. 

Kimberley Edwards has been appointed 
information analyst for technical services at 
George Mason University.

Laurie Hunter has been named physical 
sciences librarian at the University of North 
Carolina-Chapel Hill. 

Ellen Jarosz is now the special collections 
and archives librarian at the Delmar T. Oviatt 
Library at California State University-Northridge. 

Vince Mariner has been appointed  deputy 
director of the Virtual Library of Virginia program 
at George Mason University.

Tricia Wall Mackenzie has been appointed 
cataloging and metadata services librarian at 
George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Kent Randell is now librarian/archivist at 
Boise State University’s Albertsons Library. 

Kate Sawyer has been promoted to assistant 
vice chancellor at South University’s University 
Libraries in Savannah, Georgia. 

R e t i r e m e n t s

Inge Dupont has retired as head of reader 
services after 25 years at The Morgan Li-
brary and Museum. 

P e o p l e  i n  t h e  N e w sAnn-Christe Galloway

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