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Andi Abraham has been named Head of the Adult Services Division of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library, LA. Previously, Abraham worked as Manager of the library system's Greenwell Springs Road Regional Branch. She replaces Jane Beyer, who retired in March.

Stephen Bajjaly has been named Director of the Library and Information Science program at Wayne State University, Detroit, effective August 1, 2007. Most recently, he served as an Associate Professor and Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies at the University of South Carolina School of Library and Information Science, Columbia.

Pamela Brown is the new Deputy Director at the Four County Library System in Vestal, NY. She previously was Director of Information Technology at the Metropolitan Library System, Chicago.

Donna Gaab, Director of the Cochise County Library District, Bisbee, AZ, since 1981, has retired. She served the library system for 30 years.

Lindsay Gardner, Director of the Demopolis Public Library, AL, has announced her resignation at the end of this summer. She will become Director of the Lancaster Community Library, Kilmarnock, VA.

Tamara George is the new Director of the Cobb County Public Library System (CCPLS), Marietta, GA. She replaces the retiring Gail Rogers. George has worked at CCPLS since 1979, earning an MLS in 1986. She most recently was Associate Director of Branch Services.

Berna Heyman, Associate Dean of University Libraries at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, retired July 1, after 40 years as a librarian. Heyman started her career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, and also worked at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Charlotte Maison Kastner, Director of the Stowe Free Library, VT, has retired after 30 years in the profession. She previously (1992–2001) was the sixth librarian in the 156-year history of the Nantucket Atheneum, MA. She is succeeded at Stowe by Stephanie Chase, who most recently was Director, Frost Free Library, Marlborough, NH.

Donna Lauffer is the new County Librarian for the Johnson County Library (JCL), Shawnee Mission, KS. Lauffer has been with JCL since 1979, most recently as Interim County Librarian and, before that, as Associate Director for Branch Services and Outreach.

Virginia Massey-Burzio, Head of Research Services and Collections at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, Baltimore, retired July 1 after 15 years at the university and over 41 years of service to the profession. She began her career at the Boston Public Library and went on to serve at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Brandeis University, Waltham, MA; and the University of Maryland at College Park.

John Pollitz has been named Director of Libraries at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, effective August 1. He currently is Associate University Librarian for Public Services and Innovative Technology at Oregon State University, Corvallis.

Kathy Wicks has been promoted to Associate Director at the Urbana Free Library, IL. She most recently was Director of Circulation Services at the library.

Rodeane Widom, Director of the Glendale Public Library, AZ, for 26 years, has retired. She began her career 38 years ago as a Children's Librarian at the King County Library System, Issaquah, WA, eventually becoming the Manager of two branches. She then became Director of the Nebraska Library for the Visually and Physically Disabled before arriving at Glendale.