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Summer 2006

The Post’s Unsung Sleuths, by Deborah Howell

This column by Post ombudsman in the issue of Sunday, July 2, 2006 (p. B6)
praises the work of several of the staff librarians and researchers at the Washington Post.  At least three persons mentioned and one other are MLS graduates of the College of Information Studies.  Of Alice (Rabinovitz) Crites, MLS 1990 it is said that “She often finds the key to the story.”  Madonna Lebling, MLS 2000, maintains “Faces of the Fallen,” a database of soldiers who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq.  Margaret S. (Meg) Smith, MLS 2001, helped with a story on Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl ‘wardrobe malfunction,’ in which Meg was asked to “find out if, ounce for ounce, the FCC fine had made Janet Jackson’s breast the most costly thing on Earth….Turns out emeralds are still more expensive than Janet’s silicone.”

When Meg Smith was contacted by Dr. Eileen Abels, Meg said that another staff research is Magda Jean-Louis, MLS 1997.

Congratulations to these outstanding graduates for helping to keep the Washington Post accurate and informative!

Spring 2006

Leslie Burger (MLS '76), incoming ALA President, has an article in the April 2006 American Libraries:
Burger, Leslie and Nicholas Garrison. "Construction Funding 101." American Libraries (April 2006): 63-65.

Tina Hudak (MLS '99)

Lynda Byrd Logan (MLS '72)

Allison Madsen (MLS '05)

Robert Suriano (MLS '03)

September 2004

Gail Avery MLS '75, has been appointed Executive Assistant to the Director of the District of Columbia Public Libraries.
Deborah Barreau PhD '97, has had published her article, "The New Information Professional," in Information Outlook, vol. 8, no. 4, April 2004, pp.31-35.
Mary Kay Bowman MLS '84 in May was elected First Vice President-President Elect of the Maryland Library Association.
Carol Creager MLS '92, in the Winter was selected as the Director of the Grafton Library of Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, VA.
Denise M. Davis MLS'87, has become the Director of the Office for Research and Statistics at ALA Headquarters in Chicago.
Larry Dickter MLS '73, was profiled in Voices @ MCPL in the May-June 2004 issue for having been elected to his fourth term as a Vice President of the Library's union (MCGEO/UFCW Local 1994), the organization which represents approximately 350 Montgomery County library workers, together with thousands of other public employees in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties.
Julie Dietzel-Glair MLS' 02, in May was elected Vice President-President Elect of the Children's Services Division of the Maryland Library Association. She is a librarian in the Children's Department of the Frederick County Public Library.
Natalie (Paymer) Ellis MLS '75, is President of Library Services, Inc., a temp agency for libraries. She has been with LSI since 1991 when she left the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, where she had been Head Librarian for sixteen years.
Jennifer Evans MLS/HILS '01, in the Spring accepted a position at the National Archives in the Nixon Presidential Papers.
Ellee Figi MLS '01, since April 2003 has been working as a Reference Librarian at the County of Los Angeles Public Library.
Dawn French MLS '96, now works in the Library of Millennium Inorganic Chemicals in Glen Burnie, MD.
Ben Grillot MLS '02, is a Media Coordinator for VidPax in New York City. He is interested in starting an Alumni Chapter in the New York City area and has been supplied with names and addresses by Vicky Reinke. If you are interested in this effort, you could email Ben.
Andrea Gruhl MLS '68, has been elected Vice President-President Elect of the Iota Chapter of Beta Phi Mu.
Barbara Harr MLS '72, is now the Associate Executive Director of Performing Arts at Maryland here in College Park for the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Allan Holtzman MLS '90, with Ted Kruze has had published "Web Booksellers-their usefulness to libraries," in Library Collections, Acquisitions and Technical Services 27 (2003), pp. 121-128.
Alvin Hutchinson MLS '88, is a librarian for the National Zoological Park, part of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, in DC.
Roy Joynes MLS '84, has recently been promoted to be the Manager of the Oxon Hill Branch (now under renovation and expansion) for the Prince George's County Memorial Library System.
Aaron Kornblum MLS/HILS '93, is now the Archivist for the Western Jewish History Center of the Judah L. Magnes Museum in Berkeley, CA.
Charles E. Kratz MLS '76, was a candidate this Spring to be elected the Vice President-President Elect of ACRL of ALA. He lost to Camila Alire, but it was an honor just being nominated for that position.
Marlene M. Kuhl MLS '82, retired recently as a Branch Manager from the Baltimore County Public Library, where she had her whole professional career.
Beth Layton MLS '79, is now the Deputy Director of the Health Science Center Libraries of the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL, and she is also the Program Chair of the Medical Information Section of the Medical Libraries Association.
Jennie Levine MLS '96, this Spring curated an exhibit, "In the Parlor: The Personal Lives of Marylanders," for the Maryland
Room Gallery in the Hornbake Library on Campus.
Patricia A. MacDonald MLS '93, who is Head of Reference Services at Loyola Notre Dame Library in Baltimore, this Spring was elected the Secretary of the Academic and Research Libraries Division of the Maryland Library Association.
Soraya Magalhaes-Willson MLS '01, recently reported that she has been promoted to a Level II librarian with the Libraries of Yale University.
Trina Magi MLS '97, was featured as "Defender of the Free Word," by Mother Jones in its issue of January/February 2004, for standing up to the Patriot Act. Last year she was President of the Vermont Library Association.
Chris Olson MLS '76, in July 2003 introduced a monthly column, "brand talk," in SLA's Information Outlook. On September 23, 2004 Chris spoke on "Shake Up the Marketing Toy Box: It's Time to Focus on Your Virtual Brand Identify" at a meeting of the Maryland Chapter of SLA in Baltimore.
Judy Quillin MLS '81, at the end of 2003 retired as the Deputy Director of the Wicomico County (MD) Public Library.
Susan Randolph MLS '74, is the recipient of the 2004 Mary Adeline Connor Professional Development Scholarship, which SLA awards for post-MLS certificate or degree program work relevant to special librarianship. Susan for some time has been the Editor of DCLA Intercom, its monthly newsletter.
Jill Fahey Reilly MLS/HILS '04, at the end of May joined the Archival Research Catalog project team of the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park.
Maxine Rising MLS '85, has retired from her position as Technical Trainer at the Harford County (MD) Public Library. But she continues in the branches as a roving substitute reference librarian.
Lucy M. Rowland MLS '79, reports that she is now Head, Science Collection and Research Facilities, University of Georgia Libraries in Athens. Also, she is listed in Who's Who in America, 57th and 58th editions.
Harold B. Shill MLS '75, coauthored a paper, "Creating a Better Place: Physical Improvements in Academic Libraries, 1995-2002," that appeared in College and Research Libraries. 64, no. 6, November 2003, pp. 431-66.
Abdul Siddiqui MLS '97, earned in September 2003 a PhD from the University of Lucknow. His dissertation topic was on the Electronic/Digital Library: Global Trend and User Behaviour with Special Reference to India.
Simmona Simmons-Hodo MLS '76, was the Associate Editor of the "Bibliography" for Dictionary of African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary: 1865-1945, published by Routledge in 2004.
Julia Stetson MLS '99, in May of 2003 became a librarian in the MEDLARS Management Section of the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda.
Louann (Lucie) Wall Stylianopoulos MLS '02, reports that she is the Collections/User Education Coordinator at the Fiske Kimball Fine Arts Library at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Alan Virta MLS '74, who is the Head of Special Collections, Boise State University Library in Idaho, had his talk given locally, "Prince Georgeans in the Old West," published in Prince George's County Historical Society News and Notes, vol. 33, no. 1, January/February 2004. The article is nine pages long.
Lynn Wheeler MLS '82, in late September 2004 was appointed the Director of the Carroll County (MD) Library.
J. Linda Williams MLS '77, who is the Director of Library Media Services for the Anne Arundel County (MD) Public Schools, is the new President Elect of the American Association of School Librarians.
Annelisa (Annie) Young MLS '02, has accepted the position as a Government Documents Librarian I in the McKeldin Library on the College Park campus.

July 2004

In Memoriam: Hans H. Wellisch MLS '74 and PhD '75, died February 6, 2004, of complications from diabetes at the Hebrew Home of Washington in Rockville, MD. Dr. Wellisch was Professor Emeritus of the College.
Christine I. Black MLS '96, has become a Financial Services Advisor for Prudential Financial in Baltimore, MD.
Susan Fifer Canby MLS '74, was presented with the Alumna of the Year Award for 2004 at an all-campus Alumni Gala in the Inn and Conference Center on April 17, 2004.
Karl Debus-Lopez MLS '89, is now the Associate University Librarian for Collections and Technical Services, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Joan DeGraaff MLS '92, retired in 1999 from jobs in the Washington, D.C. area and now lives in Colorado, where she is a ski instructor and does volunteer work.
Mary E. Edsall MLS '95, has earned the PhD in dance from Temple University, for which she wrote a biography of postmodernist, Robert Ellis Dunn, as her dissertation. Dr. Edsall is now the Curator of the Philadelphia Dance Collection at Temple University and serves on the faculty of the Palmer School of Library and Information Science. She has published widely and is very active in dance information organizations. If any of her College friends want a detailed resume, please email Bill Wilson at: wwilson@umd.edu.
Michael B. Gannon MLS '96, in February 2004 had published by Libraries Unlimited his book, Blood, Bedlam, Bullets, and Badguys: A Reader's Guide to Adventure/Suspense Fiction. At the Ocean City Conference of the Maryland Library Association in May 2004 Michael was presented the MLA Award, the highest award that MLA gives to librarians.
Rebecca J. Green MLS '77 and Class of PhD '89, earned a second Ph.D. in Computer Science from UMCP the Spring of 2004 with a dissertation entitled Inducing Semantic Frames from Lexical Resources.
Nancy Groves MLS '02, is now a reference librarian at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
Randolph E. Hock MLS '71, in January 2004 had published by CyberAge Books The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook. Also, 2003 saw the publication of the Chinese version of his previous book, The Extreme Searchers Guide to Web Search Engines.
Karen Huffman MLS '01, is now a Senior Librarian for the Libraries & Information Services at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.
Robert C. Maranto MLS '96, is now the Assistant Library Manager for the Catonsville Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.
James Melzer MLS '02, is now an Information Architect at SRA International in Clarendon, VA.
Lyle W. Minter MLS '76, for the Spring 2004 elections was a Candidate to become a Director for the Special Libraries Association, but he lost the race. However, Lyle was named a Fellow of SLA by President Cindy Hill for his exemplary contributions and achievements in the information industry.
Gary E. Myer MLS '91, has become a Librarian II in the Livermore (CA) Public Library. Livermore's central library is moving to a new location and tripling its size to 52,000 square feet. Gary in March 2004 was to marry a childhood friend who lives in Sacramento, where Gary will now reside.
Nancy B. Patterson MLS '03, has become the Head Librarian at the Walters Museum of Art in Baltimore.
Daille G. Pettit MLS '84, has become the Acquisitions/Collections Librarian for the Carrier Library at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Also, in the Spring 2004 elections Daille was a candidate for the position of President-Elect of the Special Libraries Association, but she lost the race to Pamela Rollo.
Clare Sebok MLS '02, has left her position as a Librarian in Government Documents and Maps in McKeldin Library to become a reference/instruction librarian in a small college.
Vicki L. Sipe MLS '91, in April 2004 left her position as the Technical Services Librarian at the National Cancer Institute at Frederick (MD) to become the Cataloging Librarian at the Kuhn Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Woan-Zu Wu MLS '91, is now a reference librarian at the National Dong-Hwa University in Hua-Lien, Taiwan, where her husband is an assistant professor. She also teaches a course in Library Insturction.

December 2003

In Memoriam: Carol Dausch MLS '83, died of cancer September 29. She had worked for the Baltimore County Public Library since 1977, most recently as the Manager of the Rosedale Branch.
In Memoriam: Birdie Law MLS '67, died October 6. She had retired in 1980 as head of the children's department at the Oxon Hill Branch of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System.
Priscilla R. Anderson MLS '98, is a conservator in the Harvard University Library in a centralized facility that serves all of the Harvard libraries.
Gerald Churchill MLS '94, who is a reference librarian at the University of Houston, was profiled in the Houston Chronicle on September 24, 2003, in an article entitled "Film buff shares his love for movies through classes," of which he recently has taught on three aspects of films.
Mary Costabile MLS '89, retired October 24 as Associate Director of Government Relations of the ALA Washington Office. Since 1989 she was responsible for ALA's National Library Legislative Day each Spring.
Denise M. Davis MLS '87, is the Program Manager for Library Development with the Oregon State Library in Salem.
Maria Elizabeth Diaz MLS '02, is the Information Management Coordinator for the Commission for Labor Cooperation in Washington, DC.
Laura Gordon-Murnane MLS '98, who is the Intranet Webmaster for The Bureau of National Affairs in Washington, DC, on November 5 spoke in the McKeldin Library on campus on "The Invisible Web, What Search Engines Can't Find and Why."
Elizabeth (Van Dyke) Haskett MLS '94, is Branch Manager of the Taylor Ranch Library of the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System.
Faye Haskins MLS '94, who is the Archivist in the Washingtoniana Division of the DC Public Library, on November 7, made a presentation entitled "A Rising Star: The first 50 years of the Evening Star Newspaper, 1852-1902," at the 30th Annual Washington, D.C. Historical Studies Conference.
Kathleen Daly Higgs MLS '95, is the Librarian for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.
Allan Holtzman MLS '90, co-curated the exhibit entitled "Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lectures in Baltimore," June 5 to September 26, at the Sheridan Libraries of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore as part of the Emerson bicentennial celebrations.
David B. Levy MLS '94, is working in the Levitt Library of the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, MD. As well as fifteen book reviews on Judaic topics in four journals, David recently has had published in the Proceedings of the Association of Jewish Libraries three scholarly essays: "The Making of the 1972 Encyclopedia Judaica and the 1901-1906 Jewish Encyclopedia," "A History of Jewish Archives, Libraries, and Classification Systems.," and "Censorship of Hebrew Books: The Maimonidean Controversy-The Burning of Rambam's Moreh haNevukhim and Sefer Madah."
Emily E. Marsh MLS '95 and PhD '02, and Dr. Marilyn Domas White have published "A Taxonomy of Relationships Between Images and Text," The Emerald Research Register, Journal of Documentation, vol. 59, no. 6, 2003, 647-672.
Maria Elisa Martinez MLS '87, is now the Branch Manager of the Bladensburg Branch of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System.
Jane Kinney Meyers MLS '78, having returned from Zambia, published an article, "One Librarian's Fight Against AIDS: An American librarian works to raise awareness of an epidemic that is plaguing Africa," American Libraries, vol. 34, no. 11, December 2003, 66-68.
Stephanie Miller MLS '00, is a librarian at the Wyoming Branch at the Public Library in Albuquerque, NM.
Daille Pettit MLS '84, recently has been appointed acquisitions/collections librarian at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA.
Kathleen Reif MLS '75, in November was appointed the Director of the St. Mary's County (MD) Memorial Library, replacing longtime Director Mary Reeves Wood MLS '68, who recently retired.
Patricia E. Wallace MLS '91, in a ceremony at the Enoch Pratt Free Library on November 3, received the McCarn Award as a library technology innovator from the Citizens for Maryland Libraries.
Donna M. Wells MLS '82, who is the Prints and Photographs Librarian, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, made a presentation on November 7 entitled "The Moen's Affair" at the 30th Annual Washington, D.C. Historical Studies Conference.

November 2003

In Memoriam: Kelly Yuille MLS '85, died in early November after a lengthy illness. A memorial service was held for Kelly on Thursday, November 13, 2003, at the Mount Pisgah AME Church in Columbia, MD. At the time of her death Kelly was the President of the Maryland Chapter of the Special Libraries Association. In 1998 Kelly was Chair of the Engineering Division of SLA, and she was a recipient of SLA's Diversity Leadership Award. Kelly also was active in the Maryland Library Association, especially on its Membership Committee.
Suzanne Adamko MLS '97, is a Supervisory Archivist of Special Media-Cartographic at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park.
Robin Albert MLS '92, is Assistant Manager, Herndon Branch, Fairfax County Public Library. Formerly she was the Continuing Education Coordinator.
Rachel Ban MLS/HILS '02, is working at History Associates.
John Blake MLS '77, has retired as of July 3, 2003, from the National Library of Education after 32 years of service with the federal government.
Lisa Boyd MLS '82, has taken a position in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Office of the National Library of Medicine.
Matthew G. Brown MLS/HILS '98, is Records Management Analyst at the Federal Reserve Board and has authored "The First Nixon Papers Controversy: Richard Nixon's 1969 Pre-Presidential Papers Tax Deduction," in Archival Issues, vol. 26, no. 1, 2001, 9-26.
Audra Caplan MLS '85, is now the Director at Harford County (MD) Public Library.
Raineyl Coiro MLS '75, from the Eastern Shore Regional Library has been elected 2003/2004 1st Vice President/President Elect of the Maryland Library Association.
Donna (Benbrook) Colamatteo MLS '90, Adult Materials Selector, Frederick County Public Library has been elected 2003/2004 Vice President of the Government Information Division (GID) of MLA.
Mary Lou Cumberpatch MLS'99, is now a librarian at the NOAA Library in Silver Spring, MD.
Maggie Cunningham MLS '00 with Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu MLS '99, designed a web site to assist 1,448 high school students participating in Summer 2003's National Student Leadership Conference.
Marlee (Grantham) Dorn MLS '00, has been a Training and Support Librarian for the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) in Atlanta, Georgia since March 2002.
Thomas L. Edsall MLS '91, partner with Stephan Loewentheil in The 19th Century Shop have been featured in "Old World Treasures," Baltimore, vol. 96, no.5, May 2003, 90-93,145-146.
Jennifer Evans MLS '01, is a Project Archivist for the Archives and Manuscripts Department in the Hornbake Library at College Park. She was wed on October 12, 2002, to Wayne La Follette at Grace Lutheran Church in Winchester, Virginia.
Jody (Condit) Fagan MLS '99, is an Assistant Professor and Social Sciences Librarian, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois. She is the co-author with Margie Ruppel of "Instant messaging reference: users' evaluation of library chat," in Reference Services Review, vol. 30, 2002, 183-195.
Katherine (St. John) Faulkner MLS '96, has joined the Board of the College Alumni Chapter, She also is active in the Washington Chapter of REFORMA. She still works at the AREC Information Center within the College of Agriculture on the College Park campus.
Lila Faulkner MLS '01 and Karla Hahn PhD '99, received at the June 2003 ALA Conference the K.G. Saur Award for the most outstanding article published in College & Research Libraries during 2002. Their article is "Evaluative Usage-based Metrics for the Selection of E-Journals," in C&RL, vol. 63, no. 3, May 2002, 215-227.
Michael B. Gannon MLS '96, who is the manager of the Maryland City at Russett Branch of the Anne Arundel County Public Library, earlier this year received the Allie Beth Martin Award from ALA, sponsored by Baker & Taylor. The Award recognizes a public librarian for demonstrating a range and depth of knowledge about books and other library materials and the distinguished ability to share that knowledge. Michael is the President of the Public Service Division of the Maryland Library Association in 2003.
Jennifer Gellman MLS '02, has been working in the Brooklyn Public Library since September of 2002.
Ann Gilligan MLS '82, is the Branch Manager of the Central Branch of the Howard County Library in Columbia, MD. During 2003-04 she is the President of the Library Management Division of the Maryland Library Association.
Nancy Groves MLS '02, now works at the CNN DC Library, where earlier she had been a Information Studies Field Study student in the class of adjunct Simmona Simmons-Hodo MLS '76.
Timothy Hackman MLS '02, who now works as the Librarian at the Wasserman Library in College of Information Studies, married Jackie Little in September 2003.
Nancy Larraine (Roth) Hoffmann, MLS '72, in November 2002 was elected to her tenth term as a Republican in the State Senate of New York, representing the 48th District, which includes half of Syracuse, the City of Rome, and some surrounding towns and countryside. She was appointed Chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee in January 1999.
Mary (Ogle) Huebner MLS '81, is Coordinator of Library Services at Allegany College in Cumberland, MD, and this Spring was elected the Secretary of the Government Information Division of the Maryland Library Association.
Virginia (Crookshanks) Johnson MLS '90, is the Web Development Librarian at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Jennifer Klimas MLS '03, is the Research Director, Office for Research and Sponsored Programs, in the Office of the President of the University of North Carolina. Jennifer works under the VP for Research and Sponsored Programs, and is responsible for maintaining and launching the second phase of a database of all research awards and proposals throughout the UNC system. She also manages another database that tracks all of the centers and institutes that exist in the system-organizations that operate across various departments, schools, or campuses and that accept funding from outside sources.
Elizabeth Kloetzer MLS '97, who recently became the Branch Manager at the Herring Run Branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, was elected Secretary of the Library Management Division of the Maryland Library Association this Spring.
Joseph Kraus MLS '95, who has been the Science Reference Librarian at the University of Denver since 1998, recently was appointed as Co-Chair of the Quality Assurance and Evaluation Subcommittee for the Colorado Collaborative Virtual Reference Service called AskColorado. Joe is also the Treasurer of the Sci-Tech Division of SLA for 2003-2005.
Mindy (Spector) Kronman MLS '79, in this July reported on her career. In Houston she worked for several companies in oil and real estate and then in 1991 earned an MBA from Rice University. She is now a Vice President of Compass Bank in Houston, focusing on information and market research for the corporate side of the Bank.
Jennie Levine MLS '96, is co-founder of sugarquill.com, one of the top-rated Harry Potter fan fiction websites in the world. There is an article about her and the website in the Washington Post of January 18, 2003, page A11.
Kenneth S. Lewis MLS '86, is Branch Manager at the Kensington Branch of the Montgomery County (MD) Public Library.
Susan Maranto MLS '96, who is the Children's Librarian at the Savage Branch of the Howard County (MD) Public Library, in the Spring was elected Vice President/President Elect of the Children's Service Division of the Maryland Library Association.
Stacie Marinelli MLS '99, is the Reference Librarian at EPA's OPPTS Chemical Library (contracting with Labat-Anderson) in Washington, DC.
Alan Mattlage MLS '99, in April 2003 became the Team Leader of the Arts & Humanities Team for the University Libraries at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Marie Maxwell MLS '99, in October 2002 became an Archives Specialist at the National Archives in College Park, working on the Freedman's Bureau papers project. Marie currently also serves as the President of the College Alumni Chapter.
David McCartney MLS/HILS '98, is the University Archivist at the University of Iowa and an Adjunct Professor at its School of Library and Information Science.
Lillian Mesner MLS '70, at the June 2002 SLA Conference was given an Outstanding Member award by the Information Technology Division. Lillian has been active in the division for many years, as chair, treasurer, archivist, and strategic planning chair.
Joan T. Meyer MLS '02, in March 2003 became a reference/marketing librarian at the EPA Headquarters Library in Washington, DC.
Virginia Moore MLS '70, in 2003 has been elected to her fifth term as an ALA Councilor. Virginia served 1983-1991 and continuously since 1996. Some years ago she retired as a school library media specialist from the DC Public Schools, but has been working as a part-time reference librarian at the Greenbelt Branch of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System. She also has been President of the county's League of Women Voters.
Gary Myer MLS '91, a librarian at the Provinces Branch of the Anne Arundel County Public Library, in the Spring was elected Vice President/President Elect of the Public Service Division of the Maryland Library Association.
Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu MLS '99, this Summer was appointed the editor/chair of the Newsletter Committee for the Public Health/Health Administration Section of the Medical Library Association. She has also joined the Planning Committee of the Association of College&Research Libraries Instruction Section.
Nancy Nyland MLS'92, Head of Technical Services of the Montgomery (MD) College Libraries, this Spring was elected Vice President/President Elect of the Technical Services Division of the Maryland Library Association.
Omar Pancoast MLS '79, had a feature article about him in the Washington Post of July 9, 2003, page B1, as a chess instructor at the Lake Forest Mall in Montgomery County (MD).
Edna W. Paulson MLS '83, is now the Principal Information Specialist for the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information in Hanover, MD.
Jeanie Phillips MLS '99, telecommutes from her home in Londonderry, Vermont, to her position as a consultant for the Forum for Youth Investment in Washington, DC. She manages a database, and does research and occasional writing.
Nicola D. Ray MLS '01, for the Fall 2002 issue of The Bookwoman reviewed The Book of Jesse by Michael Rowe. Nicola is also the Associate Publisher of The Francis Press, her family's business, in Washington, DC. Richard Robison MLS '03, presented findings from his research project in Lee Strickland's class, Legal Issues in Managing Information, at a meeting of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of ALA at its January Midwinter Conference. The report is based upon over 1100 responses to an online survey of librarians concerning issues related to the USA PATRIOT Act. This research was also presented at a poster session later this Spring at the National Conference of the Association of College & Research Libraries in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Natalie (Monteleone) Sager MLS '77, is a reference librarian at the U.S. Senate Library.
Michael Shochet MLS '98, presented a poster session on "The Librarian and Technology Transfer" at the Science & Technology section of the Association of College & Research Libraries during the ALA Annual Conference in June in Toronto, Canada.
Harold B. Shill MLS '75, in August of 2002 was the keynote speaker on "Corporate Information: Key to Competitiveness" at the inauguration ceremony for the University of Stellenbosch Bellville Park Campus Information Centre in Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Margaret S. Smith MLS '01, is a News Researcher at the Washington Post.
Kathryn Sullivan MLS '98, a reference librarian at the Kuhn Library at UMBC in Catonsville, MD, in the Spring was elected the Secretary of the Academic and Research Libraries Division of the Maryland Library Association.
Claudette Tennant MLS '94, has left the ALA Washington Office to move with her family to Alabama. She served as President of the DCLA 2001-2002.
Van E. Torbert MLS '96, ran into Marcy Pride MLS '94, on an Alaskan cruise in July 2003 after both had attended a theological library conference. Van is both the Computing Services Manager and the Office Manager for Parker-Holsman Co., a property management company, in Chicago. In September of 2003 Van married Christina Browne, who is a librarian at the McCormick Seminary in Chicago.
Juan Carlos Vega MLS '01, is an Information Specialist for The Praxis Project in Washington, DC.
Mark A. Wentling MLS '02, reports that earlier this year he left his position as an indexer at the National Geographic Society and is now a database designer for EBSCO Publishing in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He also has launched a freelance indexing business called Indexcel.
Lynn Wheeler MLS '82, is a Grants Specialist in the Office of Strategic Planning in the Baltimore County Public Schools in Towson.
Elisabeth (Filar) Williams MLS '97, is a Library Consultant with Southwest Library Services in Durango, Colorado.
Lee Wisel MLS '80, the Reference Librarian at Columbia College in Takoma Park, MD, in the Spring was elected the 2nd Vice President Elect of the Maryland Library Association, which means that she will chair the Conference in Ocean City in May 2005.
Anne Lisa Young MLS '02, is a librarian in the Government Documents and Maps Department in the McKeldin Library at UMCP.