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A traveling exhibition entitled "The Frontier in American Culture," will be on display from December 27, 1996 through February 6, 1997, in the Allen Library lobby. Sponsored by the American Library Association in cooperation with the Newberry Library, Chicago, and funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the exhibit will be the focus of several other UW and UW Libraries events, including a related exhibit on the Allen Library balcony, a lecture series and a teachers' workshop.
The exhibit was curated by Richard White, History. The opening reception on January 10, 1997, will feature historian Patricia Nelson Limerick, who co-authored the exhibition catalog with White.
The Grants and Funding Information Service (GFIS) is pleased to announce the beginning of its second full year of providing grantseeking assistance to UW faculty and staff. To introduce new users to its services, GFIS will hold an open house on Wednesday, October 16, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the 5th Floor West conference room in Suzzallo Library. Faculty and staff are invited to drop by for refreshments and to learn about services and materials offered by GFIS. Contact Jennifer Robbins at 616-3083 or gfis@u.washington.edu for more information.
Kelly Bryant, Research Express librarian, Research Express, 8/7/96; Robert Estes, reference librarian, Bothell Branch Campus, 6/1/96; William Gemballa, information management librarian, HSLIC, 6/17/96; John Holmes, reference librarian/assistant instruction librarian, OUGL, 7/1/96; Debra Jean Pearson, reference librarian, Curriculum Materials and Children's Literature, 6/17/96; Linda Pitts, serials project librarian, Serials Division, 6/1/96; Kristine Tardiff, education librarian and head, Curriculum Materials and Children's Literature, 9/1/96; Alex Wade, computer-based services librarian, Engineering Library, 6/1/96.
Fawzi Khoury, head of the Near East Section, began a one-year leave of absence on July 29, 1996. During this period he will manage the Juma Al Majid Library in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Harriet Selkowitz, associate director of Libraries for Technical Services, has taken a two-year leave of absence in Hong Kong, effective July, 1996. Geri Bunker, head, Library Systems, is serving as interim associate director during the time Selkowitz is away.
Elise Chin retired as head of cataloging for the East Asia Library on April 30, 1996. She began as a cataloger in Suzzallo Library on August 1, 1963, and moved to the East Asia Library in late 1970. From May 1, 1990 to July 31, 1991 Chin served as acting head of the East Asia Library.
A. Alexis Alvey, 92, died July 5, 1996. After serving in the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service during World War II, Alvey joined the UW Libraries in the late 1940s, retiring in 1969.
Ruth Hale Gershevsky, 94, died June 3, 1996. She served as senior librarian in the Acquisitions Division from October, 1931 until she resigned in 1951.
Helen Johns, 102, died February 6, 1996. Johns was head of the Circulation Division from 1930-1958. The Helen Johns Library Staff Endowment will be established with a gift from the Helen Johns Trust. Its income will be used to provide funding for staff development including training, and attendance at conferences and workshops.