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Janet Schnall, Carolyn Aamot, Sandra Kroupa
and Irene Joshi receive congratulations from Betty Bengtson,
director of Libraries.
Janet Schnall, Carolyn Aamot, Sandra Kroupa
and Irene Joshi receive congratulations from Betty Bengtson,
director of Libraries.
Achievements
Carolyn Aamot, Gift Processing; Irene Joshi, International Studies; Sandra Kroupa, Special Collections; and Janet Schnall, Health Sciences Library and Information Center were nominated in November 1997 for the University of Washington Distinguished Staff Awards.
Betty Bengtson, director of Libraries, has been elected as vice-president/president-elect of the Association of Research Libraries, an association of the top 121 North American research libraries. She will serve as president in 1998-1999.
Appointments
Jennifer Stone, GIS (Geographic Information Systems) librarian, began work in the Map Collection on October 20, 1997. She graduated from the University of Michigan School of Information in May 1997.
Karen Liston started as head, Resource Access, on December 8, 1997. This new position manages the main interlibrary lending and borrowing operations for the University Libraries. She most recently was team leader for Information Access at the University of Arizona Libraries.
Staff Service Awards and Recognition of Length of Service for Librarians
Staff Service Awards for 1996 and the list of librarians completing significant years of service during 1996 were not published in the Spring 1997 issue of Library Directions as is customary, so we are including them here belatedly. The 1997 Service Awards and librarian's list will be published in the Spring 1998 issue.
Service Awards-Classified and Professional Staff, 1996
Ten (10) years: Richard Carkeek, Mathematics Research Library; Patricia Lynn (Cowan) Meisner, Fisheries-Oceanography Library*; Adam Garrett, Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center; Adam Hall, Reference & Research Services; Anita Khavarian, Foster Business Library*; Allen Maberry, Cataloging; JoAnn Madison, Circulation; Kathy Marshall, Foster Business Library*; Michael Milligan, OUGL/Media Center; James White, Serials; and Mark Young, Circulation.
Fifteen (15) years: Phyllis Chan, Serials; and Larry Jamieson, Library Purchasing.
Twenty (20) years: Richard Oberg, Serials; and Janet Pliske, Cataloging.
Twenty-Five (25) years: Jean Reynolds, Serials; and Earlene Lee, OUGL.
Thirty (30) years: Sandra Hankins, Cataloging.
*These staff members received service awards in 1996, but were eligible in 1995.
Recognition of Length of Service-Librarians
Ten (10) years: Gordon Aamot, Foster Business Library; Harry Murphy, OUGL; Carolyn Weaver, Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center; and Pamela Yorks, Physics & Astronomy Library.
Fifteen (15) years: Charles Chamberlin, Administration; Elizabeth Darrah, Reference and Research Services; and Linda Milgrom, Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center.
Twenty (20) years: Marino Deseilligny, Reference & Research Services; Alvin Fritz, Reference & Research Services; and Peter Stevens, Acquisitions.
Twenty-five (25) years: Janice Thomas, Circulation.
Thirty (30) years: Nancy Blase, Natural Sciences Library; and Doris Jones, Natural Sciences Library.
Forty-five (45) years: Betty Wagner, Architecture-Urban Planning Library.