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Ray English, Azariah Smith Root, director of libraries at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, has been named the 2009 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. Named in honor of one of the pioneers of library automation, the Atkinson Award recognizes an academic librarian who has made “significant contributions in the area of library automation or management and has made notable improvements in library services or research.” 

English was singled out for “transformative leadership within his own institution, his state and region, in ACRL and as a national leader in scholarly communications through SPARC,” said Sarah Michalak, Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award committee chair and university librarian and associate provost for University Libraries at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. English will receive a cash award and a citation during the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in Chicago, at the Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) President’s Program...

Teresa F. Strozik, an automation pioneer, died January 2. Strozik began her library career at Syracuse University, NY, serving in a variety of roles leading to a stint as assistant director of technical services. In 1974 she was named associate director for Library Services at the State University of New York, where she was responsible for the implementation of the Online Computer Library Catalog (OCLC). Her final post was as technical services director at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY, from 1989 to 2001...

J.B. Hill, formerly associate dean for public services at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, has been appointed director of public services at the Ottenheimer Library at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock...

Terry Ballard has been named assistant director of Technical Services for Library Systems at the New York Law School’s Mendik Library. He comes to the post after 11 years as automation librarian at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT. In his new post, he will be upgrading the library's Innovative Interfaces system to include the vendor's Encore offering...

Xuemao Wang has been appointed associate vice provost for Emory University Libraries, Atlanta. Wang comes from Johns Hopkins University where he served as head of library systems for the Sheridan Libraries. In his new job Wang will work in tandem with vice provost/library director Rick Luce “to implement the libraries’ vision and strategic initiatives.”

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