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Jessica Alverson has been appointed Electronic Resources Librarian, Columbia College Chicago Library, IL.

Robert Arndt is now Reference/Instructional Services Librarian, Sampson-Livermore Library, University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He was Library Technical Assistant, Interlibrary Loan Lending, Thomas Cooper Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Anne Coleman is now Electronic Resources/Media Catalog Librarian. She was Technical Services Librarian and Online Cataloguer, Voorhees College, Denmark, SC. Carl Danis is now Instructional Services/Reference Librarian. He was Reference Librarian, California State University, Chico.

Mario Ascencio has been appointed Head Acquisitions and Gifts Librarian, George Mason University Libraries, Fairfax, VA. He was Adult Librarian, West End Neighborhood Library Center, District of Columbia Public Library System, Washington, DC.

Linda Robinson Barr has been appointed Systems and Electronic Resources Librarian, Blumberg Memorial Library, Texas Lutheran University, Seguin. She was Campus Librarian, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas.

Columbia University Libraries has appointed Jeff Barton Stacks Renovation Librarian, Butler Library. Fadi Dagher is now Social Science Reference and Collection Development Librarian, Lehman Library. Andrew Larrick is now Reference Librarian, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library. Hideyuki Morimoto is now Japanese Cataloger, C.V. Starr East Asian Library. He was East Asian Studies Librarian, New York University. Gus Stamatopoulos is now Head, Access Services and Materials Processing, Science and Engineering Libraries. He was Public Services Librarian, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY.

The Academic Information Systems (AcIS) division at Columbia has appointed Mark Crawford as Computer Operations Coordinator, Academic Technologies Division. Stephen McGrath is now Systems Programmer, Research and Development Division. Masaru Negi is now Technical Specialist, Computing Support Services. He recently received a BA in Economics-Mathematics from Columbia.

The Electronic Publishing Initiative at Colombia (EPIC) has appointed Roberto Falck as Web Developer. Michael Luby is now Manager of Publisher Relations. Patricia A. Moran has been appointed Director of Development, Information Services Division, which includes the University Libraries and AcIS. She was Vice President for Development, Brooklyn Historical Society and served as Assistant Dean for Development, College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Martin Dillon has been appointed first Follett Chair, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Dominican University, River Forest, IL. He had served as a Consultant and Editor at Libraries Unlimited as well as served in various positions at OCLC.

Sam Dorrance has been appointed National Key Accounts Director, International Publishers Marketing, Dulles, VA. He has over 25 years of trade and academic publishing experience, most recently at Island Press.

The University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has appointed Barbara J. Ford as Director and Distinguished Professor, C. Walter and Gerda B. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs. Ford was President of the American Library Association (ALA) from 1997 to 1998 and Assistant Commissioner, Central Library Services, Chicago Public Library. Esther Gillie is now Music Digital Services Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Library Administration at UIUC. She was Sound Recording Archivist, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Joanne Kaczmarek has been appointed Archivist, Electronic Records and Assistant Professor of Library Administration. She was Project Director, University of Illinois Open Archives Initiative (OAI) Metadata Harvesting Project. Yoo-Seong Song has been appointed Commerce Information Services Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration. He was a Market Analyst, Tellabs, Naperville, IL. Kerry Wu has been appointed Commerce Digital and Data Services Librarian and Assistant Professor of Library Administration. She holds an MS in Library and Information Science from UIUC.

Alison Landers has been appointed Deputy Director of Public Services, Sacramento Public Library (SPL), CA. She was Deputy Director of Library Operations, Houston Public Library, TX. Also, Mark Parker has been appointed Director of Administrative Services for SPL. He was Bureau Chief, Library Development Services, California State Library.

Michael C. Mahaney has been appointed Director, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY, succeeding Diane J. Chrisman, who retired December 31. Mahaney was Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer at the library.

Francisco Pinneli has been appointed City Librarian, Santa Maria Public Library, CA, succeeding Jack Buchanan. Pinneli was County Librarian, Nevada County Library, CA.

Dani Porter has been appointed Director of Development, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She was Community Relations Officer, Orange County Public Library System, Santa Ana, CA.

Margaret Theall has been appointed Director of Development, San Diego State University Library and Information Access. She was Associate Director, Library Advancement and Public Affairs, University of Toronto Libraries.

Lamar Veatch has been elected to the Board of Directors, Chief Officers of Library Agencies (COSLA). He is the State Librarian of Georgia.

Jean Houston Baldwin Daniel, former first lady of Texas (1943) and appointee to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission from 1988 to 1992, died on December 14, 2002 at the age of 86.