SLIS Alumni - Tracings

    As the newness of the new year wears off, everyone settles down to tackle assignments and meet deadlines – deadlines which seemed so far in the future just a few weeks ago. The OU SLIS Alumni Association Board is no different.

    Yvonne Hinchee, past Alumni Association President and Chair of the Nominating Committee, has worked hard to present you a great slate of candidates for this spring’s election. Glenda Lamb, Dana Belcher and Jennifer Greenstreet, Student Paper Award Committee members, will soon complete their deliberations and announce the winner of the 1999 Student Paper award. Karen Bays and Dona Davidson, Honors and Awards Committee Co-Chairs, have also worked very hard to publicize and solicit nominations for the Outstanding OU SLIS Alum. The announcement of this year’s Outstanding Alum will be made at the Alumni Association reception at the OLA Annual Conference at the Adams Mark in Tulsa on Thursday, April 27, 2000.

    Treasurer David Corbly has overseen the Association’s financial well-being. Sybil Connolly has made sure that we keep everything in perspective and enjoy our networking opportunities. Linda Pye, editor of Tracings, has done a fantastic job of gathering and presenting the information you are reading now.

As the Association faced dwindling revenues and increased printing and distribution costs for Tracings, the Board made the difficult decision to make Tracings a web-based publication. Alums were informed of this decision during our membership drive last summer. Your overwhelming response to the Association’s financial dilemma was fantastic!

    As you make your plans to attend the OLA Annual Conference, please join us at the Alumni Reception in the conference hotel on Thursday afternoon, April 27 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Also, as you explore the exhibits, please stop by the OU SLIS booth and pick up an Alumni Association membership form. With your continuing support, you and the Alumni Association can make a difference!

    It has often been said that an organization is only as good as its members. As my term of office draws to a close, I want to thank your outstanding Alumni Association board members for making this a successful year.

Vicki Sullivan, President OU
SLIS Alumni Association

NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY SCHOOL. . .

Dr. June Lester and the other faculty at the Library School have been busy this Fall getting ready for the accreditation visit April 10-11, 2000. Dr. Lester says that Karen Cazort has been working on the accreditation report and has done a fantastic job!

There are 94 FTE students enrolled in the Library School, and 43% of the enrollment is from outside Norman. The School continues to use distance learning technology to reach interested students in various areas of Oklahoma.

Dr. Lester will step down as Director of the Library School on June 30, 2000. A search for a new director is currently underway. Applicants have been screened and preparations for campus visits are underway. Drs. Rhonda Taylor and Judith Overmier are directing the search process.

FACULTY NEWS

DR. WALLACE KOEHLER:

Dr.Wallace Koehler will be teaching the Library School’s first ever fully web-based course during the Summer of 2000. In the course, Web Document Management, students will explore a wide range of approaches to bring bibliometric control to the "Wild Wild Web." Dr. Koehler says, "The course is still in development, but I should have somewhat of an outline in the not too distant future." He will put that outline on the web.

DR. KATHLEEN HAYNES:

Dr. Kathleen Haynes was granted leave from OU SLIS in the Fall 1999 term to begin the designing and creating of a thesaurus for archival moving image materials. The materials for the research are from the Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive (PCA) at the Political Communication Center (PCC) in Burton Hall. The leave permits Dr. Haynes to further develop her expertise in organizing moving image materials for use and to incorporate film and video techniques and preservation standards into the proposed vocabulary. This research helps the School continue its leadership position at the University in the use of information and communications technology as expressed in its strategic plan and in its action priorities. The project benefits the Political Communication Center by providing increased access to this important resource.

The project also relates directly to the graduate courses she teaches in indexing theory and vocabulary control, the organization of information, and the management of archival materials. She has worked with SLIS graduate students to:

Dr. Haynes was invited to present the work in progress at the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) annual conference. AMIA is recognized as the leading professional organization concerned with moving image archives.

Haynes, Kathleen J. M. Haynes and Lynda L. Kaid. 1999. "Political Communication Center, Compendium of Archival Moving Image Cataloging Practice ," in Proceedings of the AMIA ConferenceLos Angeles: Association of Moving Image Archivists.

Haynes, Kathleen J. M. Haynes and Lynda L. Kaid. 1999. "Political Communication Center." Compendium of Archival Moving Image Cataloging Practice. Los Angeles: Association of Moving Image Archivists. http://www.amianet.org

Haynes, Kathleen J. M. "Design and Creation of a Thesaurus for Archival Moving Image Materials in the Political Communication Center of the University of Oklahoma." Invited paper at Association of Moving Image Archivists 1999 Conference, November 1-6, 1999, Montreal, Canada.

Consulting

Haynes, Kathleen J. M. Developed a records management policy, train staff, and make recommendations for an archival facility for the Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma, 1998-99.

Haynes, Kathleen J. M. and Denise Walker. Made recommendations for automating the archives and historical library of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1998.

DR. KATHY LATROBE:

Dr. Kathy Latrobe was elected to the Margaret Edwards Award Committee (ALA's YALSA) and will be working with that Committee this year to select the winner of 2001. She and Dr. June Lester organized and facilitated a program for the AASL/IASL Convention in Birmingham, Alabama on November 13, 1999: "A Cumulative Tale of Information Power in the Making." She and Anne Masters, an OU SLIS alum, co-authored an article "Assessing the Library Media Program and its Partnerships" which was published in the December 1999 issue of Teacher Librarian.She also coordinated the Festival of Books which was held on October 29^th and featured Laurence Yep, Joanne Ryder and Rosemary Wells. She is already busy coordinating the Festival of Books for the Fall of 2000 which will be held on THURSDAY, October 26, in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Featured speakers will include Will Hobbs and Kevin Henkes. Also, Dr. Latrobe has edited a new book entitled The Emerging School Library Media Center published by Libraries Unlimited.

DR. LOTSEE PATTERSON:

Dr. Lotsee Patterson presented a paper at the world’s first International Indigenous Librarian’s Porum in Auckland, New Zealand in November, 1999. She also appeared on two panels at the Annual Conference of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand. She will be involved in planning the second conference to be held in Jockmock, Sweden in 2001. She and Dr. Rhonda Taylor co-authored a chapter on Native American resources inCulturally Diverse Videos, Audios, and CD-ROMs for Children and Young Adults published by Neal-Schuman in 1999.

DR. RHONDA TAYLOR:

In addition to co-authoring the chapter on Native American resources with Dr. Patterson, Dr. Taylor co-chaired with Dr. Judith Overmier the Library and Popular Culture Area (organizing two panels) for the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference in Albuquerque. One of the panelists was an OU SLIS graduate student, Jeanne Gaunce. Dr. Taylor presented a paper there entitled: "The Doughnut and the Detective: Food and Females in Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Series."

ALSO

The Associated Library Students of Oklahoma (ALSO) are proud to announce names of the School of Library and Information Studies students who have been selected to present at the Oklahoma Library Association Annual Conference in April, 2000. The presenters will be Deanna Tirrell, Rory Patterson and Sarah Simpson. New ALSO officers are Erika Ripley, President; Abby Anderson, Vice-President; and Carol Wasteneys, Tulsa Liaison. The officers would like to thank last year’s ALSO President, Kara Whatley, for all her hard work and contributions.

ALUMNI NEWS

Thanks to all of you who responded to the letter sent out by President Vicki Sullivan! As a result of the letter, there was an overwhelming response from alums who sent in their dues with an update on what they are doing. Read on for the latest on alums from several decades!

90s

Adriana Edwards-Johnson ’99 began in November as the new Government Publications Librarian at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Theresa Storey ’99 is Instructor, Documents/Reference Services Librarian at Mary and John Gray Library at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Address: 6750 Prutzman, Apt. 130C, Beaumont, TX 77706. E-mail: storey@almark.lamar.edu or theresa_storey@yahoo.com

Cora (Cokie) Anderson ’98 will begin a new position as Patent Librarian at Oklahoma State University’s Patent Library.

Audrey DeFrank ’98 began in December, 1999 as Serials Librarian at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She had been Library Technician in Government Documents at Southwestern since 1995. Address: 1313 Jefferson St., Weatherford, OK 73096. E-mail: defrana@swosu.edu.

Philenese Slaughter ’98 is Serials Librarian at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She, along with John Blosser from Northwestern University and Allan Scherlen from Appalachian State University, will lead an "in-depth" workshop at NASIG in June, 2000. The workshop which is entitled "Sink or Swim: Organizing Your Work Space is a Lifesaver" will focus on the physical environment of technical services areas, specifically "redesigns that emphasize that we utilize computers for so much of our work these days." Address: Austin Peay State University; Felix G. Woodward Library; P. O. Box 4595, Clarksville, TN 37044. E-mail: slaughterp@apsu.edu

In August, 1999, Michael Richard Strickland ’98 assumed the position of Library Director at Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee. He oversees a collection of over 80,000 books and supervises a library staff of five. Address: 1450 Fieldstone Trail, Cordova, TN 38018-6078. E-mail: mstrickland@mtscampus.edu

Cathy Carlson ’97 is Librarian at Wilson Elementary and Emerson Secondary. Address: 312 Royal Oak Drive, Norman, OK 73069.

Sally Cartwright Epp ’97 is President-Elect for the OLA Sequoyah Award for Young Adults Committee (President-Elect in 99-00, President in 00-01). Address: 303-D Wadsack Dr., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: epp6350_ou@sooners.net

Susan Foust ’97 is Library Media Specialist at Emerson Magnet Elementary. She started a Career Focus Center with a grant from "School-to-Work." Address: 2149 S. Erie Pl., Tulsa, OK 74114. E-mail:foustsu@hotmail.com

Elissa Laird ‘97 is Assistant Librarian at Mid-America Bible College in Oklahoma City. Address: 921 NW 22^nd, Moore, OK 73160.

Marla Kay Roberson ’97 is Medical Librarian at Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. She has also organized an e-mail discussion list for alumni which can be accessed at www.onelist.com/OUSLISALUM. Address: 1223 Dakota, Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: mkroberson@hotmail.com

Alice Sheth ’97 is Library Director for Grace Fellowship Christian School in Tulsa. She has recently started a listserv for librarians who are ORUEF association members.

Jim Teliha ’97 resides at 4152 Adelaide Ave., Apt. A, Klamath Falls, OR 97603. E-mail: telihaj@olt.edu

Julie Webster ’97 can be reached at 1406 McKinley, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: jwebster@saxonpub.com

Cecilia Brown ’96 is Chemistry-Mathematics Librarian at the University of Oklahoma. Address: 1507 Magnolia, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: cbrown@ou.edu

Sarah Cegan ’96 resides at 19351 S. Inishbride Court, Oregon City, OR 97045. E-mail: ceganswest@earthlink.net

Heather Veale Lock ’96resides at 4208 S. Pittsburg Ave., Tulsa, OK 74135. E-mail: hlock@ou.edu

Jennifer Mayer ’96 recently began at the University of Wyoming as a Fine Arts Librarian. Address: 813 Garfield #2, Laramie, WY 82070. E-mail: jmayer@wyoming.com

Anna Moore ’96 is Young Adult Librarian & Technology Trainer at Norman Public Library. She recently attended the Gates Foundation training in Seattle for a new Gates funded lab in Norman. Address: 486 Elm, Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: laemoore@ionet.net

The address for Cindy Keefer ’95 is Rt. 7, Box 306, Ada, Oklahoma 74820. E-mail: keeferc@konawa.k12.ok.us

MaryGrace Berkowitz ’94 is Cataloger at the Metropolitan Library System. Address: P.O. Box 1437, Norman, OK 73070. E-mail: cataloging@mars.mls.lib.ok.us

Thomas W. Biggs ’94 is Senior Assistant Librarian at the University of Tulsa. Address: 3907 S. 131^st E. Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74134. E-mail: thomas-biggs@utulsa.edu

Tracy C. Stone ’94 is Reference Librarian at the Metropolitan Library System, Downtown Branch. Address: 4933 NW 62^nd Terrace, Oklahoma City, OK 73122. E-mail: bstone@bigplanet.com

Sally H. Bratton ’93 resides at 822 W. Brooks, Norman, OK 73069.

Julie Ann Brooks ’93 is Director of the Learning Resources Center at Western Oklahoma State College. Address: P.O. Box 362, Blair, OK 73526. E-mail: jabrooks@western.cc.ok.us.

Arleen Ritcheson Jacobson ’93 is School Librarian at Washington Elementary in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Address: #1 Hillcrest Drive, Ponca City, OK 74604. E-mail: arleenja@hotmail.com

Maggie Ryan ’93 is Coordinator for OU SLIS . Address: 900 Canterbury Ave., Norman, OK 73069-7405. E-mail: mryan@ou.edu.

Jonathan Woltz ’93 is Systems Librarian at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Address: 1221 Cypress, Apt. 2, Weatherford, OK 73096. E-mail: woltzj@swosu.edu

Dana Higeons ’92 resides at 1501 W. Delmar St., Broken Arrow, OK 74012. E-mail: dhigeons@yahoo.com

Beverly Page ’92 resides at 209 Ridge Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502. E-mail: bbpage@ksu.edu.

Deborah L. Thompson ’92 does independent research. Address: 1906 Burnt Oak Drive, Norman, OK 73071. E-mail: deblthompson@juno.com

Since Kathleen Todd ’92 was recently married, she is now Kathleen Todd Hallin. Address: Rt. 5, Box 42G, Ardmore, OK 73401. E-mail: khallin@ahec.osrhe.edu

Kathryn Roots Lewis ’91 is Library Information Specialist in the Norman Public Schools. Address: 3922 Orchard Lane, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: klewis@norman.k12.ok.us

Cynthia Bruno Montgomery ’91 says "searching for a professional challenge in Bartlesville is challenging," but she would like to find one. Address: 2500 Mill Way, Bartlesville, OK 74006-9713. E-mail: cmontgo@ionet.net

Susan Box ’90 is currently finishing a very busy year as President of the Academy of Certified Archivists. She continues to manage and develop the Archives of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) on Wall Street. AIG Archives hosted a two-day business archives forum in June, and the Archives Roundtable of Metro New York City last November. She is busy as always and enjoying her profession. She says, "Please give me a call and plan to visit if you are in New York City." Address: P.O. Box 409, New York City, New York 10268. E-mail: susan.box@aig.com

David Corbly ’90 has been Assistant Director for Library Systems at the University of Oklahoma Libraries since July, 1998. He is also Treasurer of the OU SLIS Alumni Association. Address: 4105 Hughes Circle, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: dcorbly@ou.edu

Donna R. Hogan ’90 has been in San Antonio for one year. She says she hopes to see some OU SLIS alums in January at the ALA Midwinter Conference in San Antonio. E-mail: dhogan@utsa.edu

Elizabeth Romero ’90 is Branch Manager of the Moore Public Library. Address: 633 Okmulgee, Norman, OK 73071. E-mail: eromero@pioneer.libok.us

Habib Tabatabai ’90 is Coordinator of Automated Reference Services at the University of Central Oklahoma. Address: 3416 Remington St., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: htabatabai@ucok.edu

Desiree Webber ’90 is the author of a children’s non-fiction book, The Buffalo Train Ride, published by Eakin Press in 1999. Address: 3115 N. College Ave., Bethany, OK 73008-4038. E-mail: deswebber@yahoo.com

80s

Rachel Butler ’89, Reference Librarian at Oklahoma City Community College, recently ended her "stint" as editor of the Oklahoma Librarian and is now Secretary of the Oklahoma Library Association. She says her job as editor was a "fun and creatively rewarding job." She was at Yellowstone twice this summer, once when she was headed for the Mountain Plains Library Association Conference and once again for a family vacation. Address: 4000 Hammer Drive, Norman, OK 73026. E-mail: rbutler@okc.cc.ok.us

Marion Edwards ’89 has a new position as Branch Manager, Riverside Branch, Fort Worth Public Library and Manager of the BOLD Satellite Library in the Butler Housing Project. Address: 2301 Shady Grove Dr., Bedford, TX 76021-4422. E-mail: medwards@pub-lib.ci.fort-worth.tx.us.

Jennifer Greenstreet ’89 can be reached at P. O. Box 837, Ada, OK 74820.Jennifer is currently serving on the OU SLIS Alumni Association Board as a member-at-large.

Myoung Sook Lee Fry ’88 is Medical Librarian at the hospital in Durango, Colorado. She and her family spent about a month in Korea this summer with Myoung’s family. In August Linda Pye ’88 and her family visited Myoung and her family in Durango. Address: 52 La Plata Place, Durango, CO 81301. E-mail: mfry@frontier.net

Yvonne Hinchee ’88 is Manager of the Shawnee Public Library in Shawnee. Address: 1609 N. Oklahoma St., Shawnee, OK 74804. E-mail: yvonne@explorer3.pioneer.lib.ok.us

Margery Loberg Cyr ’87 is Director of the Albert Wisner Public Library in Warwick, New York. Address: 5 Second St., Warwick, NY 10990. E-mail: mcyr@warwick.net

Patricia Kardaleff ‘87 resides at 9 NW Compass Drive, Lawton, OK 73505. E-mail: Pkardalf@aol.com

Karen Litteral ’87 is Library Media Specialist at Putnam City Central Elementary School. Address: P. O. Box 1298, Bethany, OK 73008-1298. E-mail: pedros@telepath.com

Terri Orvis McAllister ’87 volunteers at the new Charlottesville Catholic School Library which was begun in March, 1998 and now has over 1200 books. E-mail: tmcallis@pen.k12.va.us

Peggy A. Murphy ’87 resides at 2422 Stagecoach Ranch Rd., Dripping Springs, TX 78620. E-mail: paxpeg@prodigy.net

Barbara Spivey ’87 resides at 11308 Isle Royale Ct., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123. E-mail: spivey@aa.edu.

Dona Steffens Davidson ’86 and husband Mark are the proud parents of a daughter, Steffany Joy, who was born on December 31, 1997. She came just in time for a tax deduction! (Hubby Mark is a CPA.) Steffany is adopted, yet day by day she looks more like Mom and Dad. She has Mark’s round face and Dona’s hair color. She is very active, but is still small, wearing 18-24 month outfits now. Dona will show pictures to anyone who is willing to look at them! After a 12-week family leave of absence, she returned to work at the OSU-Tulsa Library as Public Services Librarian. Dona’s institution has endured several name changes, including University Center at Tulsa, Rogers University-Tulsa and now Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. Address: 8432 S. 34^th W. Ave., Tulsa, OK 74132. E-mail: ddavids@osu-tulsa.okstate.edu

Juanita McDade ’86 resides at 10517 Willow Ridge Dr., Midwest City, OK 73130. E-mail: nicenita@gateway.net

Marianne Morgan ’86 resides at 3313 Glisten St., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: eunice@flash.net

Retha Robertson ’86 resides at 8812 Sheringham, Oklahoma City, OK 73132-4762. E-mail: rrobertson@okcu.edu

Linda Gann ’85 resides at 4511 W. 89^th St., Tulsa, OK 74132. E-mail: gannl@jenksusa.k12.ok.us.

Michelle T. McKnelly ’85 resides at 20101 Lincoln Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105. E-mail: tsmtm@mr.net

Irene Wickham ’85 can be reached at P.O. Box 1456, Tahlequah, OK 74465.

Judy Wilkerson ’85, Serials Librarian at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, was honored at the Medical Library Association Meeting Reception for MLA authors in Chicago in May, 1999. She also published a critical review in the inaugural issue of The Charleston Advisor (www.charlestonco.com) in 1999. She presented a "white paper" at SCC/MLA on the scapegoating of the library professions in October, 1999. Address: 7720 S. Hillcrest Dr., Oklahoma City, OK 73159. E-mail: judy-wilkerson@ouhsc.edu

Mary Jane Hamilton ’84 is Director and CEO for the Ardmore Higher Education Center. Address: 28 Fifth Ave. SW, Ardmore, OK 73401. E-mail: mhamilton@ahec.osrhe.edu; hamilton@brightok.net.

Kathleen M. Ryan ’84 can be reached at P.O. Box 57626, Oklahoma City, OK 73157. E-mail: kryan@fsc.follett.com.

In her 10^th year as a librarian with the Hawaii Department of Education Schools, Molly K. Governs ’83 is currently the librarian at Koko Head Elementary School in Honolulu. Address: 515 E. Keolu Dr., Kailua, HI 96734. E-mail: mgoverns@aol.com

Diana Taylor ’83 resides at 2225 Kristin Lane, Bartlesville, OK 74006. E-mail: crtay@aol.com

Christine M. Bittle ’82 resides at 734 Jenkins St., Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: cbittle@oltn.odl.state.ok.us

Peggy Royster Cook ’82 is Systems Services Coordinator for Pioneer Library System in Norman. Address: 4005 Stonehurst, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: peggy@pioneer.lib.ok.us

Diane P. Monnier ’82resides at 15005 Good Meadow Ct., Gaithersburg, MD 20878. E-mail:dmonnier@capaccess.org

Victoria A. McClure ’81 resides at 7698 McClure Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

Marjorie J. Webber ’81 resides at 2309 Seminole, Enid, OK 73703-7665.

Beverley Geer ’80 is Associate University Librarian for Technical Services at the University of Texas at El Paso. E-mail: bgeer@libr.utep.edu

Larry L. Capps ’80 is K-12 School Librarian at Dale Public Schools in Dale, Oklahoma. Address: 4107 N. Pottenger, Shawnee, OK 74804.

Robin H. Leech ‘80 works at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. E-mail: mrleech@osu-tulsa.okstate.edu

Susan Stackler ’80 resides at 6735 East 25^th Place. E-mail: loustack@webzone.net

70s

Kathy Latrobe ’79, Professor at OU SLIS, has edited a new book entitled The Emerging School Library Media Center, published by Libraries Unlimited. Address: 3902 Northridge Rd., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: klatrobe@ou.edu

Ann Fessenden ’77 resides at 5517 Seagrave Ct., St. Louis, MO 63129. E-mail: ann~fessenden@ca8.uscourts.gov

Valerie F. Kimble ’77 resides at 700 Rosewood, Ardmore, OK 73401. E-mail: vfkimble@brightok.net.

Betty B. Brown ’76 resides at 4305 Harrogate Dr., Norman, OK 73072-3942. E-mail: okbrowns@flash.net

Joanne Callard ’76 resides at 932 Heather Glen Dr., Norman, OK 73072.

Julie Jones-Eddy ’76 resides at 1265 Valkenburg Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80907. Jjones@ColoradoCollege.edu

Karen Stanton Fite ’76 works at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, 200 NE 18, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. E-mail: kfite@oltn.odl.state.ok.us

Lee Graham ’76 resides at 4132 N.W. 61^st Terrace, Oklahoma City, OK 73112-1347.

Brenda D. (Maness ) McDonald ’76 is Director of Central & Regional Services, St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63103. Address: 124 Brookside Ct., St. Louis, MO 63146. E-mail: bmcdonald@slpl.lib.mo.us

(Emma) Jane P. Mills ’76 has been Head Acquisitions Librarian for 6 years at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Address: 12832 FM 3353, Kingsbury, TX 78638. E-mail: JM23@swt.edu

Katherine C. Montgomery ’76 resides at 1428 S. 20^th St., Chickasha, OK 73018. E-mail: facmontgokc@mercur.usao.edu

Harriet Reiter ’76 is Coordinator of Collection Development at Montgomery College, Rockville, MD. Address: 1960 Dundee Rd., Rockville, MD 20850. E-mail: hreiter@umd5.umd.edu

Marion E. Jackson ’75 is Circulation Librarian at a small public library in central North Carolina after more than a decade as a congressional investigator in Washington, D.C. His interest in history continued after working in the Western History Collections through undergraduate & graduate school. He is now serving as President of the local museum’s Board of Directors and serves on the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough. Address: 407 Gentry Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278. E-mail: clark.jackson@mindspring.com

Deborah Long Murphy ’75 resides at 212 Maryland Ave., Hancock, MD 21750.

Michael E. Rayburn ’75 is Vice-President of Marketing Audio Graphic Systems in San Francisco, California. New address: 64 Amber Drive, San Francisco, CA 94131.

Stephen C. Skidmore ’74 has been in Oregon since October, 1997. He is currently Library Director of the Siuslaw Public Library District in Florence and Mapleton, Oregon, a small district (15,500) located on the central Oregon coast. Prior to that, he was Administrative Librarian for the West Chicago Public Library District in Illinois. Address: P.O. Box 1461, Florence, OR 97439. E-mail: skidmore@siuslaw.lib.or.us.

Carol Barry ’73 is Director of Public Service at the University of Central Oklahoma. Address: 3004 Kelsey Dr., Edmond, OK 73013, E-mail: cbarry@ucok.edu

Grace M. Cole ’73 can be reached at 2705 Table Mesa Ct., Boulder, CO 80303.

Anthony (Tony) R. Crawford ’73 has been Chair of the Special Collections Department, Hale Library, Kansas State University for 16 years. Address: 620 Moro St., Manhattan, KS 66502. E-mail: arcford@lib.ksu.edu

Rose P. Galura ’73 resides at 2704 Quanah Parker Trail, Norman, OK 73071. She has been recuperating from a stroke.

Marcia M. Goodman ’73 resides at 1104 Whispering Pines Dr., Norman, OK 73072-6913. E-mail: mmgoodm@aol.com

Linda S. Henneke ’73 resides at 116 W. Locust Ave., Enid, OK 73701.

Virginia C. Grant Hughes ’73 resides at 4040 Cherry Hill Lane, Oklahoma City, OK 73120. E-mail: vchughes@juno.com

Dr. Charles R. McClure ’73 is now the Fraces Eppes Professor of Information Studies at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Address: 7698 McClure Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

Patricia Ann Cooper Smith ’73 resides at 816 W. Charleston, Broken Arrow, OK 74011.

Beverly Gerard ’72 Is enjoying retirement after 41 years in education. She is currently serving as Chairman of the Public Library Board and Chairman of the Caddo Literacy Council. Address: 609 Mission Drive, Anadarko, OK 73005. E-mail: bevger@caddoelectric.net

Susan D. Goldner ’72 resides at 12 Lenon Dr., Little Rock, AR 72207. E-mail: sdgoldner@valr.edu

Sandra Farber Hood ’72 is Associate Director of Access Services & Automation at Palo Alto College where they are in the process of converting from NOTIS to Innovative Interfaces, Inc. She is one of the two winners of the AMIGOS 25^th Anniversary Contest. To participate in the contest, she had to write on how AMIGOS benefits her organization in 25 words. Address: 27030 Foggy Meadows, San Antonio, TX 78260. E-mail:shood@accd.eduor orshood@gutc.com

Barbara Mathis ’72, retired, resides at 507 Chautauqua, Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: brmathis@telepath.com

Beverly J. Sprehe ’72, retired, resides at 11305 Benttree Circle, Oklahoma City, OK 73120. E-mail: gmabevs@flash.net

Marion H. MacInnis ’71, retired, resides at 6836 Oakmont Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409-6130.

Marietta Malzer ’71 can be reached at Box 351, Ouray, CO 81427.

Rosemary C. Root ’71 retired from P&GE, Inc. in 1998. Address: 1839 Rolling Hills, Norman, OK 73072.

Beverly Joyce ’70 resides at 2605 Barry Switzer Ave., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: bjoyce@ou.edu

Margaret E. Korn ’70 resides at 1720 E. Tonkawa Ave., Tonkawa, OK 74653.

Karen Kruse Lehr ’70 is Children Services Manager at Moore Public Library. Address: 2001 Churchill Way, Oklahoma City, OK 73120. E-mail: karen@pioneer.lib.ok.us

Neosha Watterman Mackey ’70 is the associate Dean of Library Services at Southwest Missouri State University. Currently she is coordinating a 27 million dollar building project that will almost double the size of the library and will involve a comprehensive remodeling of the current facility. As a Professor of Library Science, she is involved in teaching curricular processing and student advising in the Library Science program. Address: 350 John Q. Hammons Pkwy., Springfield, MO 65806. E-mail: NAM756F@email.smsu.edu

60s

James H. Byrn, Sr. ’69 resides at 519 Frank Lane, Newport News, VA 23606. E-mail: byrnjh@home.com.

John P. Cook ’69 is Post Librarian at Fort Benning, Georgia. After receiving the MLS in 1969, he was Infantry Platoon Leader through May, 1970. He left Active Duty in 1972 and became Army Librarian. Address: 9 Nightwind Ct., Columbus, GA 31909-3157. E-mail: cookjohn@prodigy.net.

Mrs. Betty L. Fry ’69, a retired Clinton High School Librarian, lives at 300 S. 25^th St., Clinton, OK 73601-3716.

Lotsee Patterson ’69 is Professor at OU SLIS. Address: 1705 Pembroke Dr., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: lpatterson@ou.edu

Mary A. Sherman ’69 is Director of the Pioneer Library System. She was recently elected to the IFLA Standing Committee of the Section of Public Libraries for a term running 1999-2003. Address: 225 N. Webster, Norman, OK 73069-7133. E-mail:

Cynthia Moussa Carr ’68 can be reached at Route 1, Box 660, Hominy, OK 74035. E-mail: wccarr@ionet.net

Sue Ann M. Johnson ’68 can be reached at 2313 N.W. 54^th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112.

Retired since 1992, Virgil L. Jones ’68, worked for 30 years in Oklahoma City as Reference and Information Studies Librarian -- four years at Presbyterian Hospital and 26 years at the OU Health Sciences Center. Address: 1344 Dorchester Dr., Norman, OK 73069-7518. He says he still has many fond memories of his "school days."

John S. Piety ’68 resides at 2021 Staunton Rd., Cleveland Hts., OH 44118-2643. E-mail: JPiety@jcu.edu

After Library School, Edward E. Carraway ’67 began his career as a Reference Librarian with the rank of Instructor in the Humanities Department at a university. He remained in that position for ten years and rose to the rank of Assistant Professor as a department manager. Since his undergraduate degree was in the field of Music Bibliography, he also taught Music Bibliography to graduate students. In 1977, he made a satisfactory move to Dallas, Texas and became a Law Librarian for a large firm. In 1982, he was elected President of the Dallas Association of Law Librarians. His law librarian career ended when he founded his own business, Library Control, Inc., a full service library company which serves law, accounting, corporate and industrial libraries. The company is still going strong. He says, "A world of cash flow and meeting payroll is something we never learned in school, but the knowledge and experiences of my graduate days at OU SLIS have served me well." He actually still keeps in touch with two of his fellow classmates, Mr. Stan Brewer and Ms. Gloria Powers. He says, "We live far apart, but our school bond is still strong."

Nancy Carol Carter ’67 is Professor at the Legal Research Center, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110. E-mail: ncc@acusd.edu

Katherine L. Keener ’67 can be reached at P. O. Keener, 3625 Arroyo Road, Broofield, WI 53045.

LynnA. McIntosh ’67 resides at Six Overland Rt., Ardmore, OK 73401. E-mail: crlsdir@oltn.odl.state.ok

Kay Womack ’67 resides at 1720 Oriole Ct., Norman, OK 73071.

Helen Cline ’65 resides at 427 North Cheyenne, Hennessey, OK 73742.

Dorothy Gae Davis ’65 resides at 2521 Clement St., Flint, MI 48504-7353.E- mail: deegeedavis@sprintmail.com

Shirley Haines ’65 can be reached at P. O. Box 801, Canyon, TX 79015. E-mail: HainesHS@col.com

Jean L. Zimmerman Loup ’65 is Head, Communications, Public Relations and Grants for the University Library, University of Michigan. Address: 2557 Country Village Court, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. E-mail: jeanloup@umich.edu

Joy Pauley ’64 resides at 4406 N. College, Bethany, OK 73008. E-mail: jpauley@snu.edu.

Josephine Riling Raburn ’64 resides at 511 N.W. 40^th, Lawton, OK 73505. E-mail: burnraj@aol.com

Herman L. Totten ’64 was awarded the 1999 Association of Library & Information Science Education (ALISE) for Outstanding Teaching. Address: 2100 Pembrooke Place, Denton, TX 76205-8208. E-mail: totten@lis.admin.unt.edu

At age 82, Ruth David ’63 is still working part-time for the Norman Public Library Information Desk. She enjoys seeing former students that she had in class between 1963 and 1977 at the OU School of Library Science, as it was then called. Address: 1217 Camden Way, Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: Rudavid@telepath.com

Leonard M. Eddy ’61 resides at 363 County Road 10, Fulton, AR 71822. E-mail: lmeddy@arkansas.net

R. Elisabeth Bell ’60 resides at 1555-5^th Ave., Apt. 103, San Francisco, CA 94122-3853. elisabethbell@worldnet.att.net

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George M. Jenks ’59 resides at 202 N. 2^nd St., Lewisburg, PA 17837.

Paul Spinks ’59 resides at 855 Capistrano Drive, Salinas, CA 93901-2420.

Pat Luster Piper ’58 retired as Associate Law Librarian at the University of California, Davis, and is doing volunteer work at the Yolo County Historical Museum Library and elsewhere. Address: 635 Del Oro PL., Davis, CA 95616. E-mail: patpiper@pacbell.net

Betty Ruth Kemp ’52 resides at 3313 Winchester, Norman, OK 73072-0355. E-mail: bkres@aol.com

Philip Farish ’50 resides at 901 Forest Ave., Evanston, IL 60202. E-mail: PhilFarish@aol.com

Katherine Dutton Chapman ’50 resides at 4619 93^rd St., Lubbock, TX 79424-5011. E-mail: chapman@windmill.net

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Bobbie I. Bittner ’48 resides at 413 Quail Ridge Rd., Norman, OK 73072.

Georgia Merston O’Hare ’45 resides at 815 W. Arapahoe, Marlow, OK 73055. Marjorie Munger Stark ’44 resides at 682 Morris School Rd., Searcy, AR 72143. E-mail: mstark@steward-net.com

Elizabeth Fortson Hughes ’43 is still recuperating from a stroke that she suffered in early 1999. 30s Fowler C. Martin ’39 resides at 9625 East Center Ave., #6-D, Denver, CO 80231-1259.

Pixie Carmen Bray ’38, retired and formerly of Amarillo, Texas, now lives at 7172 S. Canton Ave., Tulsa, OK 74136-6303.

Verna B. Riddle ’35, has been volunteering at the Rocky Mountain National Park for 3 years in the "Lost & Found" Department. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri from 1945-1986 and moved to Estes Park in 1986. Address: 1022 Pine Knoll Dr., P.O. 3306, Estes Park, CO 80517-3306.

Ruth C. Blanchard ’32 lives at 416 W. Tonhawa, Norman, OK 73069.

Josephine Paxton Larson ’32 belongs to several book review groups and occasionally gives some reviews. She says, "I’ve had a fabulous life because of my librarianship." Ms. Larson’s father, Professor Joseph Frances Paxton, was Head of the Classics Department at the University of Oklahoma when she was a teenager. He introduced her to a librarian who let her do some volunteer work in the library. That was the beginning of her career!

Ruth Moyar resides at 604 57^th St., Downers Grove, IL 60516-1441. E-mail: gjmoyar@aol.com.

RETIREMENT

Jim Wilkerson ’67, Serials Librarian at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, retired December, 1999 and has moved from Weatherford, Oklahoma to Muskogee, Oklahoma. A reception to honor him was hosted by colleagues at Southwestern on December 13. Jim has been actively involved with librarianship for many years. While in school at OU SLIS, he was Branch Librarian at Moore Public Library, Moore, Oklahoma. After he received the MLS, he was employed at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries as Institution Library Consultant from 1967-68. He then became Director of the Eastern Oklahoma District Library System and held that position until he accepted a position in Colorado as Director of the Arkansas Valley Library System. After several years in Colorado, he returned to Oklahoma and became Library Media Specialist for K-12 at the Carnegie Public School System, Carnegie, Oklahoma. In 1986, he began teaching a few evening library science courses at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. In January,1987, he was hired as Serials Librarian for the Al Harris Library at Southwestern, a position that he held until his retirement.

Jim has been very active in the Oklahoma Library Association, having served on many committees and roundtables. Furthermore, he was President of the Oklahoma Library Association from 1975-1976. Much to his surprise, he received the Distinguished Librarian award on March 30, 1978. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed by the Oklahoma Library Association.

Jim has been an asset to librarianship as a profession, a wonderful advocate for Oklahoma libraries, and a mentor and friend to many new librarians. We would like to congratulate Jim on his retirement and wish him the best! As a colleague, I can say that he will certainly be missed at Southwestern!

Jim’s new address is 404 Belmont Rd., Muskogee, OK 74403. E-mail: jwilker@mail.oknet1.net

SPECIAL AWARDS & HONORS

SCC RESEARCH AWARD

Michelynn McKnight, Medical Librarian at Norman Regional Hospital was presented the 1999 SCC Research Award by the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association for the "Interlibrary Loan Availability of Nursing Journals in a Five State Region." The research was funded by a grant from the South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium. Michelynn is a member of the SLIS Advisory Board.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Maryellen Trautman received the 1998-99 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her exemplary service to the District of Columbia Library Association. She was presented the award at the elegant Westin Grand Hotel. A member of DCLA since 1974, Maryellen has served as Membership Secretary since 1995. In that capacity, she created the latest version of a DCLA membership database and began producing mailing labels for Intercom, a considerable cost savings for the Association. In addition to the elected Board position, she has chaired the Government Documents Interest Group and served on the program committee. In that capacity, Maryellen convened the first jointly sponsored program by the Society for History in the Federal Government and the DCLA Government Documents Interest Group on "The Writing of the Official Histories of the War in Vietnam." Based on her recommendation, The Library of Congress, National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, recorded the official histories. These became the first U. S. Government publications to be recorded by the LCLBPH. Maryellen also co-chaired the DCLA Local History, Genealogy, and Folklore Interest Group and served on the National Library Week Committee. She was a member of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer from 1972-76. Maryellen married Darrell H. Lemke, January 1, 1978 in Oklahoma City and then moved to Washington, D.C.

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD, COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES

Pat Woodrum ’66 is the recipient of the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences 2000 Distinguished Alumni Award, representing the professional schools. Pat was also honored in 1989 with the OU SLIS Distinguished Alumni Award and is the first graduate of the School to be selected for the College of Arts and Sciences Award. She spoke at OU on February 25, 2000 on "The Power of Politics in the Library: Maintaining a Delicate Balance." The lecture, part of the OU College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award activities, was followed by a reception to honor Pat at the School of Library and Information Studies.

EDITORIAL ON ENID PUBLIC LIBRARY

How many of our libraries get recognized in the editorial section of our local newspapers? The newspaper, The Enid News & Eagle, ran an editorial in its September 6, 1999 edition praisingPublic Library of Enid and Garfield County for its resources and services. Not only the resources, but also the "people working behind the scenes" were highly praised. As they put it, the Public Library "knows a lot of stuff." An alum of OU SLIS, Glenda Lamb, is the Director of the Enid Public Library. Congratulations to Glenda and her staff on a job well done!

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Join Executive Board Message from the President By-Laws Committees Activities Tracings Vol.15 No 1 Vol.17 No.2 Vol.18 No.1,2 Vol.19 No.1 Vol.20 No.1(available in PDF only) Vol.20 No.2 (available in PDF only) Vol.22 No.1 (available in PDF only) 75th Anniversary (available in PDF only)	T R A C I N G S A new letter for alumni and friends of the School of Library and Information Studies/The University of Oklahoma Fall 1999 Vol. 19, no. 1 The OU SLIS alumni Association encourages all alumni and friends of the Library School to join. The regular membership year is July 1-June 30 and dues are $10.00. Donations beyond the $10 are welcomed. What does the SLIS Alumni Association do? Produces and mails Tracings,, the semiannual newsletter. Honors a former graduate annually with the Award of Merit (this award includes a donation to the Tomberlin Scholarship Fund) Issues a call for papers and makes a $100 award to the winning student. Sponsors a reunion/meeting at the Oklahoma Library Association Annual Conference. Serves as a support group to the School of Library and Information Studies. You are welcome to attend the quarterly meetings. It’s a fun way to get involved! The next meeting will be September 10, 1999 at 2:00 p.m. at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE… As the newness of the new year wears off, everyone settles down to tackle assignments and meet deadlines – deadlines which seemed so far in the future just a few weeks ago. The OU SLIS Alumni Association Board is no different. Yvonne Hinchee, past Alumni Association President and Chair of the Nominating Committee, has worked hard to present you a great slate of candidates for this spring’s election. Glenda Lamb, Dana Belcher and Jennifer Greenstreet, Student Paper Award Committee members, will soon complete their deliberations and announce the winner of the 1999 Student Paper award. Karen Bays and Dona Davidson, Honors and Awards Committee Co-Chairs, have also worked very hard to publicize and solicit nominations for the Outstanding OU SLIS Alum. The announcement of this year’s Outstanding Alum will be made at the Alumni Association reception at the OLA Annual Conference at the Adams Mark in Tulsa on Thursday, April 27, 2000. Treasurer David Corbly has overseen the Association’s financial well-being. Sybil Connolly has made sure that we keep everything in perspective and enjoy our networking opportunities. Linda Pye, editor of Tracings, has done a fantastic job of gathering and presenting the information you are reading now. As the Association faced dwindling revenues and increased printing and distribution costs for Tracings, the Board made the difficult decision to make Tracings a web-based publication. Alums were informed of this decision during our membership drive last summer. Your overwhelming response to the Association’s financial dilemma was fantastic! As you make your plans to attend the OLA Annual Conference, please join us at the Alumni Reception in the conference hotel on Thursday afternoon, April 27 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Also, as you explore the exhibits, please stop by the OU SLIS booth and pick up an Alumni Association membership form. With your continuing support, you and the Alumni Association can make a difference! It has often been said that an organization is only as good as its members. As my term of office draws to a close, I want to thank your outstanding Alumni Association board members for making this a successful year. Vicki Sullivan, President OU SLIS Alumni Association NEWS FROM THE LIBRARY SCHOOL. . . Dr. June Lester and the other faculty at the Library School have been busy this Fall getting ready for the accreditation visit April 10-11, 2000. Dr. Lester says that Karen Cazort has been working on the accreditation report and has done a fantastic job! There are 94 FTE students enrolled in the Library School, and 43% of the enrollment is from outside Norman. The School continues to use distance learning technology to reach interested students in various areas of Oklahoma. Dr. Lester will step down as Director of the Library School on June 30, 2000. A search for a new director is currently underway. Applicants have been screened and preparations for campus visits are underway. Drs. Rhonda Taylor and Judith Overmier are directing the search process. FACULTY NEWS DR. WALLACE KOEHLER: Dr.Wallace Koehler will be teaching the Library School’s first ever fully web-based course during the Summer of 2000. In the course, Web Document Management, students will explore a wide range of approaches to bring bibliometric control to the "Wild Wild Web." Dr. Koehler says, "The course is still in development, but I should have somewhat of an outline in the not too distant future." He will put that outline on the web. DR. KATHLEEN HAYNES: Dr. Kathleen Haynes was granted leave from OU SLIS in the Fall 1999 term to begin the designing and creating of a thesaurus for archival moving image materials. The materials for the research are from the Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive (PCA) at the Political Communication Center (PCC) in Burton Hall. The leave permits Dr. Haynes to further develop her expertise in organizing moving image materials for use and to incorporate film and video techniques and preservation standards into the proposed vocabulary. This research helps the School continue its leadership position at the University in the use of information and communications technology as expressed in its strategic plan and in its action priorities. The project benefits the Political Communication Center by providing increased access to this important resource. The project also relates directly to the graduate courses she teaches in indexing theory and vocabulary control, the organization of information, and the management of archival materials. She has worked with SLIS graduate students to: evaluate the quality of images in different formats determine how to represent the content of images identify issues in the creation of controlled vocabularies for images identify issues in information retrieval design for multimedia collections Dr. Haynes was invited to present the work in progress at the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) annual conference. AMIA is recognized as the leading professional organization concerned with moving image archives. *Recent Publications and Papers Presented* Haynes, Kathleen J. M. Haynes and Lynda L. Kaid. 1999. "Political Communication Center, Compendium of Archival Moving Image Cataloging Practice ," in Proceedings of the AMIA ConferenceLos Angeles: Association of Moving Image Archivists. Haynes, Kathleen J. M. Haynes and Lynda L. Kaid. 1999. "Political Communication Center." Compendium of Archival Moving Image Cataloging Practice. Los Angeles: Association of Moving Image Archivists. http://www.amianet.org Haynes, Kathleen J. M. "Design and Creation of a Thesaurus for Archival Moving Image Materials in the Political Communication Center of the University of Oklahoma." Invited paper at Association of Moving Image Archivists 1999 Conference, November 1-6, 1999, Montreal, Canada. Consulting Haynes, Kathleen J. M. Developed a records management policy, train staff, and make recommendations for an archival facility for the Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma, 1998-99. Haynes, Kathleen J. M. and Denise Walker. Made recommendations for automating the archives and historical library of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1998. DR. KATHY LATROBE: Dr. Kathy Latrobe was elected to the Margaret Edwards Award Committee (ALA's YALSA) and will be working with that Committee this year to select the winner of 2001. She and Dr. June Lester organized and facilitated a program for the AASL/IASL Convention in Birmingham, Alabama on November 13, 1999: "A Cumulative Tale of Information Power in the Making." She and Anne Masters, an OU SLIS alum, co-authored an article "Assessing the Library Media Program and its Partnerships" which was published in the December 1999 issue of Teacher Librarian.She also coordinated the Festival of Books which was held on October 29^th and featured Laurence Yep, Joanne Ryder and Rosemary Wells. She is already busy coordinating the Festival of Books for the Fall of 2000 which will be held on THURSDAY, October 26, in the Oklahoma Memorial Union. Featured speakers will include Will Hobbs and Kevin Henkes. Also, Dr. Latrobe has edited a new book entitled The Emerging School Library Media Center published by Libraries Unlimited. DR. LOTSEE PATTERSON: Dr. Lotsee Patterson presented a paper at the world’s first International Indigenous Librarian’s Porum in Auckland, New Zealand in November, 1999. She also appeared on two panels at the Annual Conference of the Library and Information Association of New Zealand. She will be involved in planning the second conference to be held in Jockmock, Sweden in 2001. She and Dr. Rhonda Taylor co-authored a chapter on Native American resources inCulturally Diverse Videos, Audios, and CD-ROMs for Children and Young Adults published by Neal-Schuman in 1999. DR. RHONDA TAYLOR: In addition to co-authoring the chapter on Native American resources with Dr. Patterson, Dr. Taylor co-chaired with Dr. Judith Overmier the Library and Popular Culture Area (organizing two panels) for the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference in Albuquerque. One of the panelists was an OU SLIS graduate student, Jeanne Gaunce. Dr. Taylor presented a paper there entitled: "The Doughnut and the Detective: Food and Females in Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum Series." ALSO The Associated Library Students of Oklahoma (ALSO) are proud to announce names of the School of Library and Information Studies students who have been selected to present at the Oklahoma Library Association Annual Conference in April, 2000. The presenters will be Deanna Tirrell, Rory Patterson and Sarah Simpson. New ALSO officers are Erika Ripley, President; Abby Anderson, Vice-President; and Carol Wasteneys, Tulsa Liaison. The officers would like to thank last year’s ALSO President, Kara Whatley, for all her hard work and contributions. ALUMNI NEWS Thanks to all of you who responded to the letter sent out by President Vicki Sullivan! As a result of the letter, there was an overwhelming response from alums who sent in their dues with an update on what they are doing. Read on for the latest on alums from several decades! 90s Adriana Edwards-Johnson ’99 began in November as the new Government Publications Librarian at the University of Central Oklahoma. Theresa Storey ’99 is Instructor, Documents/Reference Services Librarian at Mary and John Gray Library at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Address: 6750 Prutzman, Apt. 130C, Beaumont, TX 77706. E-mail: storey@almark.lamar.edu or theresa_storey@yahoo.com Cora (Cokie) Anderson ’98 will begin a new position as Patent Librarian at Oklahoma State University’s Patent Library. Audrey DeFrank ’98 began in December, 1999 as Serials Librarian at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She had been Library Technician in Government Documents at Southwestern since 1995. Address: 1313 Jefferson St., Weatherford, OK 73096. E-mail: defrana@swosu.edu. Philenese Slaughter ’98 is Serials Librarian at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She, along with John Blosser from Northwestern University and Allan Scherlen from Appalachian State University, will lead an "in-depth" workshop at NASIG in June, 2000. The workshop which is entitled "Sink or Swim: Organizing Your Work Space is a Lifesaver" will focus on the physical environment of technical services areas, specifically "redesigns that emphasize that we utilize computers for so much of our work these days." Address: Austin Peay State University; Felix G. Woodward Library; P. O. Box 4595, Clarksville, TN 37044. E-mail: slaughterp@apsu.edu In August, 1999, Michael Richard Strickland ’98 assumed the position of Library Director at Memphis Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee. He oversees a collection of over 80,000 books and supervises a library staff of five. Address: 1450 Fieldstone Trail, Cordova, TN 38018-6078. E-mail: mstrickland@mtscampus.edu Cathy Carlson ’97 is Librarian at Wilson Elementary and Emerson Secondary. Address: 312 Royal Oak Drive, Norman, OK 73069. Sally Cartwright Epp ’97 is President-Elect for the OLA Sequoyah Award for Young Adults Committee (President-Elect in 99-00, President in 00-01). Address: 303-D Wadsack Dr., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: epp6350_ou@sooners.net Susan Foust ’97 is Library Media Specialist at Emerson Magnet Elementary. She started a Career Focus Center with a grant from "School-to-Work." Address: 2149 S. Erie Pl., Tulsa, OK 74114. E-mail:foustsu@hotmail.com Elissa Laird ‘97 is Assistant Librarian at Mid-America Bible College in Oklahoma City. Address: 921 NW 22^nd, Moore, OK 73160. Marla Kay Roberson ’97 is Medical Librarian at Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. She has also organized an e-mail discussion list for alumni which can be accessed at www.onelist.com/OUSLISALUM. Address: 1223 Dakota, Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: mkroberson@hotmail.com Alice Sheth ’97 is Library Director for Grace Fellowship Christian School in Tulsa. She has recently started a listserv for librarians who are ORUEF association members. Jim Teliha ’97 resides at 4152 Adelaide Ave., Apt. A, Klamath Falls, OR 97603. E-mail: telihaj@olt.edu Julie Webster ’97 can be reached at 1406 McKinley, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: jwebster@saxonpub.com Cecilia Brown ’96 is Chemistry-Mathematics Librarian at the University of Oklahoma. Address: 1507 Magnolia, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: cbrown@ou.edu Sarah Cegan ’96 resides at 19351 S. Inishbride Court, Oregon City, OR 97045. E-mail: ceganswest@earthlink.net Heather Veale Lock ’96resides at 4208 S. Pittsburg Ave., Tulsa, OK 74135. E-mail: hlock@ou.edu Jennifer Mayer ’96 recently began at the University of Wyoming as a Fine Arts Librarian. Address: 813 Garfield #2, Laramie, WY 82070. E-mail: jmayer@wyoming.com Anna Moore ’96 is Young Adult Librarian & Technology Trainer at Norman Public Library. She recently attended the Gates Foundation training in Seattle for a new Gates funded lab in Norman. Address: 486 Elm, Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: laemoore@ionet.net The address for Cindy Keefer ’95 is Rt. 7, Box 306, Ada, Oklahoma 74820. E-mail: keeferc@konawa.k12.ok.us MaryGrace Berkowitz ’94 is Cataloger at the Metropolitan Library System. Address: P.O. Box 1437, Norman, OK 73070. E-mail: cataloging@mars.mls.lib.ok.us Thomas W. Biggs ’94 is Senior Assistant Librarian at the University of Tulsa. Address: 3907 S. 131^st E. Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74134. E-mail: thomas-biggs@utulsa.edu Tracy C. Stone ’94 is Reference Librarian at the Metropolitan Library System, Downtown Branch. Address: 4933 NW 62^nd Terrace, Oklahoma City, OK 73122. E-mail: bstone@bigplanet.com Sally H. Bratton ’93 resides at 822 W. Brooks, Norman, OK 73069. Julie Ann Brooks ’93 is Director of the Learning Resources Center at Western Oklahoma State College. Address: P.O. Box 362, Blair, OK 73526. E-mail: jabrooks@western.cc.ok.us. Arleen Ritcheson Jacobson ’93 is School Librarian at Washington Elementary in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Address: #1 Hillcrest Drive, Ponca City, OK 74604. E-mail: arleenja@hotmail.com Maggie Ryan ’93 is Coordinator for OU SLIS . Address: 900 Canterbury Ave., Norman, OK 73069-7405. E-mail: mryan@ou.edu. Jonathan Woltz ’93 is Systems Librarian at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Address: 1221 Cypress, Apt. 2, Weatherford, OK 73096. E-mail: woltzj@swosu.edu Dana Higeons ’92 resides at 1501 W. Delmar St., Broken Arrow, OK 74012. E-mail: dhigeons@yahoo.com Beverly Page ’92 resides at 209 Ridge Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502. E-mail: bbpage@ksu.edu. Deborah L. Thompson ’92 does independent research. Address: 1906 Burnt Oak Drive, Norman, OK 73071. E-mail: deblthompson@juno.com Since Kathleen Todd ’92 was recently married, she is now Kathleen Todd Hallin. Address: Rt. 5, Box 42G, Ardmore, OK 73401. E-mail: khallin@ahec.osrhe.edu Kathryn Roots Lewis ’91 is Library Information Specialist in the Norman Public Schools. Address: 3922 Orchard Lane, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: klewis@norman.k12.ok.us Cynthia Bruno Montgomery ’91 says "searching for a professional challenge in Bartlesville is challenging," but she would like to find one. Address: 2500 Mill Way, Bartlesville, OK 74006-9713. E-mail: cmontgo@ionet.net Susan Box ’90 is currently finishing a very busy year as President of the Academy of Certified Archivists. She continues to manage and develop the Archives of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) on Wall Street. AIG Archives hosted a two-day business archives forum in June, and the Archives Roundtable of Metro New York City last November. She is busy as always and enjoying her profession. She says, "Please give me a call and plan to visit if you are in New York City." Address: P.O. Box 409, New York City, New York 10268. E-mail: susan.box@aig.com David Corbly ’90 has been Assistant Director for Library Systems at the University of Oklahoma Libraries since July, 1998. He is also Treasurer of the OU SLIS Alumni Association. Address: 4105 Hughes Circle, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: dcorbly@ou.edu Donna R. Hogan ’90 has been in San Antonio for one year. She says she hopes to see some OU SLIS alums in January at the ALA Midwinter Conference in San Antonio. E-mail: dhogan@utsa.edu Elizabeth Romero ’90 is Branch Manager of the Moore Public Library. Address: 633 Okmulgee, Norman, OK 73071. E-mail: eromero@pioneer.libok.us Habib Tabatabai ’90 is Coordinator of Automated Reference Services at the University of Central Oklahoma. Address: 3416 Remington St., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: htabatabai@ucok.edu Desiree Webber ’90 is the author of a children’s non-fiction book, The Buffalo Train Ride, published by Eakin Press in 1999. Address: 3115 N. College Ave., Bethany, OK 73008-4038. E-mail: deswebber@yahoo.com 80s Rachel Butler ’89, Reference Librarian at Oklahoma City Community College, recently ended her "stint" as editor of the Oklahoma Librarian and is now Secretary of the Oklahoma Library Association. She says her job as editor was a "fun and creatively rewarding job." She was at Yellowstone twice this summer, once when she was headed for the Mountain Plains Library Association Conference and once again for a family vacation. Address: 4000 Hammer Drive, Norman, OK 73026. E-mail: rbutler@okc.cc.ok.us Marion Edwards ’89 has a new position as Branch Manager, Riverside Branch, Fort Worth Public Library and Manager of the BOLD Satellite Library in the Butler Housing Project. Address: 2301 Shady Grove Dr., Bedford, TX 76021-4422. E-mail: medwards@pub-lib.ci.fort-worth.tx.us. Jennifer Greenstreet ’89 can be reached at P. O. Box 837, Ada, OK 74820.Jennifer is currently serving on the OU SLIS Alumni Association Board as a member-at-large. Myoung Sook Lee Fry ’88 is Medical Librarian at the hospital in Durango, Colorado. She and her family spent about a month in Korea this summer with Myoung’s family. In August Linda Pye ’88 and her family visited Myoung and her family in Durango. Address: 52 La Plata Place, Durango, CO 81301. E-mail: mfry@frontier.net Yvonne Hinchee ’88 is Manager of the Shawnee Public Library in Shawnee. Address: 1609 N. Oklahoma St., Shawnee, OK 74804. E-mail: yvonne@explorer3.pioneer.lib.ok.us Margery Loberg Cyr ’87 is Director of the Albert Wisner Public Library in Warwick, New York. Address: 5 Second St., Warwick, NY 10990. E-mail: mcyr@warwick.net Patricia Kardaleff ‘87 resides at 9 NW Compass Drive, Lawton, OK 73505. E-mail: Pkardalf@aol.com Karen Litteral ’87 is Library Media Specialist at Putnam City Central Elementary School. Address: P. O. Box 1298, Bethany, OK 73008-1298. E-mail: pedros@telepath.com Terri Orvis McAllister ’87 volunteers at the new Charlottesville Catholic School Library which was begun in March, 1998 and now has over 1200 books. E-mail: tmcallis@pen.k12.va.us Peggy A. Murphy ’87 resides at 2422 Stagecoach Ranch Rd., Dripping Springs, TX 78620. E-mail: paxpeg@prodigy.net Barbara Spivey ’87 resides at 11308 Isle Royale Ct., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123. E-mail: spivey@aa.edu. Dona Steffens Davidson ’86 and husband Mark are the proud parents of a daughter, Steffany Joy, who was born on December 31, 1997. She came just in time for a tax deduction! (Hubby Mark is a CPA.) Steffany is adopted, yet day by day she looks more like Mom and Dad. She has Mark’s round face and Dona’s hair color. She is very active, but is still small, wearing 18-24 month outfits now. Dona will show pictures to anyone who is willing to look at them! After a 12-week family leave of absence, she returned to work at the OSU-Tulsa Library as Public Services Librarian. Dona’s institution has endured several name changes, including University Center at Tulsa, Rogers University-Tulsa and now Oklahoma State University-Tulsa. Address: 8432 S. 34^th W. Ave., Tulsa, OK 74132. E-mail: ddavids@osu-tulsa.okstate.edu Juanita McDade ’86 resides at 10517 Willow Ridge Dr., Midwest City, OK 73130. E-mail: nicenita@gateway.net Marianne Morgan ’86 resides at 3313 Glisten St., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: eunice@flash.net Retha Robertson ’86 resides at 8812 Sheringham, Oklahoma City, OK 73132-4762. E-mail: rrobertson@okcu.edu Linda Gann ’85 resides at 4511 W. 89^th St., Tulsa, OK 74132. E-mail: gannl@jenksusa.k12.ok.us. Michelle T. McKnelly ’85 resides at 20101 Lincoln Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105. E-mail: tsmtm@mr.net Irene Wickham ’85 can be reached at P.O. Box 1456, Tahlequah, OK 74465. Judy Wilkerson ’85, Serials Librarian at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, was honored at the Medical Library Association Meeting Reception for MLA authors in Chicago in May, 1999. She also published a critical review in the inaugural issue of The Charleston Advisor (www.charlestonco.com) in 1999. She presented a "white paper" at SCC/MLA on the scapegoating of the library professions in October, 1999. Address: 7720 S. Hillcrest Dr., Oklahoma City, OK 73159. E-mail: judy-wilkerson@ouhsc.edu Mary Jane Hamilton ’84 is Director and CEO for the Ardmore Higher Education Center. Address: 28 Fifth Ave. SW, Ardmore, OK 73401. E-mail: mhamilton@ahec.osrhe.edu; hamilton@brightok.net. Kathleen M. Ryan ’84 can be reached at P.O. Box 57626, Oklahoma City, OK 73157. E-mail: kryan@fsc.follett.com. In her 10^th year as a librarian with the Hawaii Department of Education Schools, Molly K. Governs ’83 is currently the librarian at Koko Head Elementary School in Honolulu. Address: 515 E. Keolu Dr., Kailua, HI 96734. E-mail: mgoverns@aol.com Diana Taylor ’83 resides at 2225 Kristin Lane, Bartlesville, OK 74006. E-mail: crtay@aol.com Christine M. Bittle ’82 resides at 734 Jenkins St., Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: cbittle@oltn.odl.state.ok.us Peggy Royster Cook ’82 is Systems Services Coordinator for Pioneer Library System in Norman. Address: 4005 Stonehurst, Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: peggy@pioneer.lib.ok.us Diane P. Monnier ’82resides at 15005 Good Meadow Ct., Gaithersburg, MD 20878. E-mail:dmonnier@capaccess.org Victoria A. McClure ’81 resides at 7698 McClure Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312. Marjorie J. Webber ’81 resides at 2309 Seminole, Enid, OK 73703-7665. Beverley Geer ’80 is Associate University Librarian for Technical Services at the University of Texas at El Paso. E-mail: bgeer@libr.utep.edu Larry L. Capps ’80 is K-12 School Librarian at Dale Public Schools in Dale, Oklahoma. Address: 4107 N. Pottenger, Shawnee, OK 74804. Robin H. Leech ‘80 works at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa. E-mail: mrleech@osu-tulsa.okstate.edu Susan Stackler ’80 resides at 6735 East 25^th Place. E-mail: loustack@webzone.net 70s Kathy Latrobe ’79, Professor at OU SLIS, has edited a new book entitled The Emerging School Library Media Center, published by Libraries Unlimited. Address: 3902 Northridge Rd., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: klatrobe@ou.edu Ann Fessenden ’77 resides at 5517 Seagrave Ct., St. Louis, MO 63129. E-mail: ann~fessenden@ca8.uscourts.gov Valerie F. Kimble ’77 resides at 700 Rosewood, Ardmore, OK 73401. E-mail: vfkimble@brightok.net. Betty B. Brown ’76 resides at 4305 Harrogate Dr., Norman, OK 73072-3942. E-mail: okbrowns@flash.net Joanne Callard ’76 resides at 932 Heather Glen Dr., Norman, OK 73072. Julie Jones-Eddy ’76 resides at 1265 Valkenburg Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80907. Jjones@ColoradoCollege.edu Karen Stanton Fite ’76 works at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, 200 NE 18, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. E-mail: kfite@oltn.odl.state.ok.us Lee Graham ’76 resides at 4132 N.W. 61^st Terrace, Oklahoma City, OK 73112-1347. Brenda D. (Maness ) McDonald ’76 is Director of Central & Regional Services, St. Louis Public Library, 1301 Olive St., St. Louis, MO 63103. Address: 124 Brookside Ct., St. Louis, MO 63146. E-mail: bmcdonald@slpl.lib.mo.us (Emma) Jane P. Mills ’76 has been Head Acquisitions Librarian for 6 years at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Address: 12832 FM 3353, Kingsbury, TX 78638. E-mail: JM23@swt.edu Katherine C. Montgomery ’76 resides at 1428 S. 20^th St., Chickasha, OK 73018. E-mail: facmontgokc@mercur.usao.edu Harriet Reiter ’76 is Coordinator of Collection Development at Montgomery College, Rockville, MD. Address: 1960 Dundee Rd., Rockville, MD 20850. E-mail: hreiter@umd5.umd.edu Marion E. Jackson ’75 is Circulation Librarian at a small public library in central North Carolina after more than a decade as a congressional investigator in Washington, D.C. His interest in history continued after working in the Western History Collections through undergraduate & graduate school. He is now serving as President of the local museum’s Board of Directors and serves on the Alliance for Historic Hillsborough. Address: 407 Gentry Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278. E-mail: clark.jackson@mindspring.com Deborah Long Murphy ’75 resides at 212 Maryland Ave., Hancock, MD 21750. Michael E. Rayburn ’75 is Vice-President of Marketing Audio Graphic Systems in San Francisco, California. New address: 64 Amber Drive, San Francisco, CA 94131. Stephen C. Skidmore ’74 has been in Oregon since October, 1997. He is currently Library Director of the Siuslaw Public Library District in Florence and Mapleton, Oregon, a small district (15,500) located on the central Oregon coast. Prior to that, he was Administrative Librarian for the West Chicago Public Library District in Illinois. Address: P.O. Box 1461, Florence, OR 97439. E-mail: skidmore@siuslaw.lib.or.us. Carol Barry ’73 is Director of Public Service at the University of Central Oklahoma. Address: 3004 Kelsey Dr., Edmond, OK 73013, E-mail: cbarry@ucok.edu Grace M. Cole ’73 can be reached at 2705 Table Mesa Ct., Boulder, CO 80303. Anthony (Tony) R. Crawford ’73 has been Chair of the Special Collections Department, Hale Library, Kansas State University for 16 years. Address: 620 Moro St., Manhattan, KS 66502. E-mail: arcford@lib.ksu.edu Rose P. Galura ’73 resides at 2704 Quanah Parker Trail, Norman, OK 73071. She has been recuperating from a stroke. Marcia M. Goodman ’73 resides at 1104 Whispering Pines Dr., Norman, OK 73072-6913. E-mail: mmgoodm@aol.com Linda S. Henneke ’73 resides at 116 W. Locust Ave., Enid, OK 73701. Virginia C. Grant Hughes ’73 resides at 4040 Cherry Hill Lane, Oklahoma City, OK 73120. E-mail: vchughes@juno.com Dr. Charles R. McClure ’73 is now the Fraces Eppes Professor of Information Studies at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Address: 7698 McClure Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32312. Patricia Ann Cooper Smith ’73 resides at 816 W. Charleston, Broken Arrow, OK 74011. Beverly Gerard ’72 Is enjoying retirement after 41 years in education. She is currently serving as Chairman of the Public Library Board and Chairman of the Caddo Literacy Council. Address: 609 Mission Drive, Anadarko, OK 73005. E-mail: bevger@caddoelectric.net Susan D. Goldner ’72 resides at 12 Lenon Dr., Little Rock, AR 72207. E-mail: sdgoldner@valr.edu Sandra Farber Hood ’72 is Associate Director of Access Services & Automation at Palo Alto College where they are in the process of converting from NOTIS to Innovative Interfaces, Inc. She is one of the two winners of the AMIGOS 25^th Anniversary Contest. To participate in the contest, she had to write on how AMIGOS benefits her organization in 25 words. Address: 27030 Foggy Meadows, San Antonio, TX 78260. E-mail:shood@accd.eduor orshood@gutc.com Barbara Mathis ’72, retired, resides at 507 Chautauqua, Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: brmathis@telepath.com Beverly J. Sprehe ’72, retired, resides at 11305 Benttree Circle, Oklahoma City, OK 73120. E-mail: gmabevs@flash.net Marion H. MacInnis ’71, retired, resides at 6836 Oakmont Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95409-6130. Marietta Malzer ’71 can be reached at Box 351, Ouray, CO 81427. Rosemary C. Root ’71 retired from P&GE, Inc. in 1998. Address: 1839 Rolling Hills, Norman, OK 73072. Beverly Joyce ’70 resides at 2605 Barry Switzer Ave., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: bjoyce@ou.edu Margaret E. Korn ’70 resides at 1720 E. Tonkawa Ave., Tonkawa, OK 74653. Karen Kruse Lehr ’70 is Children Services Manager at Moore Public Library. Address: 2001 Churchill Way, Oklahoma City, OK 73120. E-mail: karen@pioneer.lib.ok.us Neosha Watterman Mackey ’70 is the associate Dean of Library Services at Southwest Missouri State University. Currently she is coordinating a 27 million dollar building project that will almost double the size of the library and will involve a comprehensive remodeling of the current facility. As a Professor of Library Science, she is involved in teaching curricular processing and student advising in the Library Science program. Address: 350 John Q. Hammons Pkwy., Springfield, MO 65806. E-mail: NAM756F@email.smsu.edu 60s James H. Byrn, Sr. ’69 resides at 519 Frank Lane, Newport News, VA 23606. E-mail: byrnjh@home.com. John P. Cook ’69 is Post Librarian at Fort Benning, Georgia. After receiving the MLS in 1969, he was Infantry Platoon Leader through May, 1970. He left Active Duty in 1972 and became Army Librarian. Address: 9 Nightwind Ct., Columbus, GA 31909-3157. E-mail: cookjohn@prodigy.net. Mrs. Betty L. Fry ’69, a retired Clinton High School Librarian, lives at 300 S. 25^th St., Clinton, OK 73601-3716. Lotsee Patterson ’69 is Professor at OU SLIS. Address: 1705 Pembroke Dr., Norman, OK 73072. E-mail: lpatterson@ou.edu Mary A. Sherman ’69 is Director of the Pioneer Library System. She was recently elected to the IFLA Standing Committee of the Section of Public Libraries for a term running 1999-2003. Address: 225 N. Webster, Norman, OK 73069-7133. E-mail: Cynthia Moussa Carr ’68 can be reached at Route 1, Box 660, Hominy, OK 74035. E-mail: wccarr@ionet.net Sue Ann M. Johnson ’68 can be reached at 2313 N.W. 54^th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112. Retired since 1992, Virgil L. Jones ’68, worked for 30 years in Oklahoma City as Reference and Information Studies Librarian -- four years at Presbyterian Hospital and 26 years at the OU Health Sciences Center. Address: 1344 Dorchester Dr., Norman, OK 73069-7518. He says he still has many fond memories of his "school days." John S. Piety ’68 resides at 2021 Staunton Rd., Cleveland Hts., OH 44118-2643. E-mail: JPiety@jcu.edu After Library School, Edward E. Carraway ’67 began his career as a Reference Librarian with the rank of Instructor in the Humanities Department at a university. He remained in that position for ten years and rose to the rank of Assistant Professor as a department manager. Since his undergraduate degree was in the field of Music Bibliography, he also taught Music Bibliography to graduate students. In 1977, he made a satisfactory move to Dallas, Texas and became a Law Librarian for a large firm. In 1982, he was elected President of the Dallas Association of Law Librarians. His law librarian career ended when he founded his own business, Library Control, Inc., a full service library company which serves law, accounting, corporate and industrial libraries. The company is still going strong. He says, "A world of cash flow and meeting payroll is something we never learned in school, but the knowledge and experiences of my graduate days at OU SLIS have served me well." He actually still keeps in touch with two of his fellow classmates, Mr. Stan Brewer and Ms. Gloria Powers. He says, "We live far apart, but our school bond is still strong." Nancy Carol Carter ’67 is Professor at the Legal Research Center, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110. E-mail: ncc@acusd.edu Katherine L. Keener ’67 can be reached at P. O. Keener, 3625 Arroyo Road, Broofield, WI 53045. LynnA. McIntosh ’67 resides at Six Overland Rt., Ardmore, OK 73401. E-mail: crlsdir@oltn.odl.state.ok Kay Womack ’67 resides at 1720 Oriole Ct., Norman, OK 73071. Helen Cline ’65 resides at 427 North Cheyenne, Hennessey, OK 73742. Dorothy Gae Davis ’65 resides at 2521 Clement St., Flint, MI 48504-7353.E- mail: deegeedavis@sprintmail.com Shirley Haines ’65 can be reached at P. O. Box 801, Canyon, TX 79015. E-mail: HainesHS@col.com Jean L. Zimmerman Loup ’65 is Head, Communications, Public Relations and Grants for the University Library, University of Michigan. Address: 2557 Country Village Court, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. E-mail: jeanloup@umich.edu Joy Pauley ’64 resides at 4406 N. College, Bethany, OK 73008. E-mail: jpauley@snu.edu. Josephine Riling Raburn ’64 resides at 511 N.W. 40^th, Lawton, OK 73505. E-mail: burnraj@aol.com Herman L. Totten ’64 was awarded the 1999 Association of Library & Information Science Education (ALISE) for Outstanding Teaching. Address: 2100 Pembrooke Place, Denton, TX 76205-8208. E-mail: totten@lis.admin.unt.edu At age 82, Ruth David ’63 is still working part-time for the Norman Public Library Information Desk. She enjoys seeing former students that she had in class between 1963 and 1977 at the OU School of Library Science, as it was then called. Address: 1217 Camden Way, Norman, OK 73069. E-mail: Rudavid@telepath.com Leonard M. Eddy ’61 resides at 363 County Road 10, Fulton, AR 71822. E-mail: lmeddy@arkansas.net R. Elisabeth Bell ’60 resides at 1555-5^th Ave., Apt. 103, San Francisco, CA 94122-3853. elisabethbell@worldnet.att.net 50s George M. Jenks ’59 resides at 202 N. 2^nd St., Lewisburg, PA 17837. Paul Spinks ’59 resides at 855 Capistrano Drive, Salinas, CA 93901-2420. Pat Luster Piper ’58 retired as Associate Law Librarian at the University of California, Davis, and is doing volunteer work at the Yolo County Historical Museum Library and elsewhere. Address: 635 Del Oro PL., Davis, CA 95616. E-mail: patpiper@pacbell.net Betty Ruth Kemp ’52 resides at 3313 Winchester, Norman, OK 73072-0355. E-mail: bkres@aol.com Philip Farish ’50 resides at 901 Forest Ave., Evanston, IL 60202. E-mail: PhilFarish@aol.com Katherine Dutton Chapman ’50 resides at 4619 93^rd St., Lubbock, TX 79424-5011. E-mail: chapman@windmill.net 40s Bobbie I. Bittner ’48 resides at 413 Quail Ridge Rd., Norman, OK 73072. Georgia Merston O’Hare ’45 resides at 815 W. Arapahoe, Marlow, OK 73055. Marjorie Munger Stark ’44 resides at 682 Morris School Rd., Searcy, AR 72143. E-mail: mstark@steward-net.com Elizabeth Fortson Hughes ’43 is still recuperating from a stroke that she suffered in early 1999. 30s Fowler C. Martin ’39 resides at 9625 East Center Ave., #6-D, Denver, CO 80231-1259. Pixie Carmen Bray ’38, retired and formerly of Amarillo, Texas, now lives at 7172 S. Canton Ave., Tulsa, OK 74136-6303. Verna B. Riddle ’35, has been volunteering at the Rocky Mountain National Park for 3 years in the "Lost & Found" Department. She lived in Kansas City, Missouri from 1945-1986 and moved to Estes Park in 1986. Address: 1022 Pine Knoll Dr., P.O. 3306, Estes Park, CO 80517-3306. Ruth C. Blanchard ’32 lives at 416 W. Tonhawa, Norman, OK 73069. Josephine Paxton Larson ’32 belongs to several book review groups and occasionally gives some reviews. She says, "I’ve had a fabulous life because of my librarianship." Ms. Larson’s father, Professor Joseph Frances Paxton, was Head of the Classics Department at the University of Oklahoma when she was a teenager. He introduced her to a librarian who let her do some volunteer work in the library. That was the beginning of her career! Ruth Moyar resides at 604 57^th St., Downers Grove, IL 60516-1441. E-mail: gjmoyar@aol.com. RETIREMENT Jim Wilkerson ’67, Serials Librarian at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, retired December, 1999 and has moved from Weatherford, Oklahoma to Muskogee, Oklahoma. A reception to honor him was hosted by colleagues at Southwestern on December 13. Jim has been actively involved with librarianship for many years. While in school at OU SLIS, he was Branch Librarian at Moore Public Library, Moore, Oklahoma. After he received the MLS, he was employed at the Oklahoma Department of Libraries as Institution Library Consultant from 1967-68. He then became Director of the Eastern Oklahoma District Library System and held that position until he accepted a position in Colorado as Director of the Arkansas Valley Library System. After several years in Colorado, he returned to Oklahoma and became Library Media Specialist for K-12 at the Carnegie Public School System, Carnegie, Oklahoma. In 1986, he began teaching a few evening library science courses at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. In January,1987, he was hired as Serials Librarian for the Al Harris Library at Southwestern, a position that he held until his retirement. Jim has been very active in the Oklahoma Library Association, having served on many committees and roundtables. Furthermore, he was President of the Oklahoma Library Association from 1975-1976. Much to his surprise, he received the Distinguished Librarian award on March 30, 1978. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed by the Oklahoma Library Association. Jim has been an asset to librarianship as a profession, a wonderful advocate for Oklahoma libraries, and a mentor and friend to many new librarians. We would like to congratulate Jim on his retirement and wish him the best! As a colleague, I can say that he will certainly be missed at Southwestern! Jim’s new address is 404 Belmont Rd., Muskogee, OK 74403. E-mail: jwilker@mail.oknet1.net OU SLIS ALUM VISITS JAPAN Buffy Edwards ’90, Library Media Specialist from Lakeview Elementary School in Norman, was one of 3 Norman educators who spent a week during the Summer of 1999 in Japan through an educational exchange program sponsored by Hitachi. The group toured local schools, participated in cultural ceremonies, learned about traditional customs and saw sights such as Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan. Buffy said she was surprised to see that the Japanese schools do not have librarians, but hopefully that will change with time. The purpose of the exchange program is to help everyone understand one another. ALUM SERVES ON NCLIS Dr. Bobby L. Roberts of Little Rock, Arkansas has served on the U. S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science since 1994 when he was named by President Clinton to serve on the Commission. Since 1989, Dr. Roberts has been Director of the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock where he manages seven libraries. From 1978-1982 and 1984-1989, he served as the Head of Archives and Special Collections at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He also served on the Board of the Arkansas Department of Correction, the Delta Cultural Board, and the State Review Committee for the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. He has taught courses on American history, archival administration, and library science. Dr. Roberts received the B.S. degree from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, the M.L.S. degree from the University of Oklahoma, and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science is a permanent, independent agency of the federal government composed of fourteen members, serving five-year terms, and two ex-officio members. NCLIS is charged by law (P.L. 91-345) to advise the President and Congress on national and international library and information services policies and plans. SPECIAL AWARDS & HONORS *SCC RESEARCH AWARD* Michelynn McKnight, Medical Librarian at Norman Regional Hospital was presented the 1999 SCC Research Award by the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association for the "Interlibrary Loan Availability of Nursing Journals in a Five State Region." The research was funded by a grant from the South Central Academic Medical Libraries Consortium. Michelynn is a member of the SLIS Advisory Board. *DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD* Maryellen Trautman received the 1998-99 Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her exemplary service to the District of Columbia Library Association. She was presented the award at the elegant Westin Grand Hotel. A member of DCLA since 1974, Maryellen has served as Membership Secretary since 1995. In that capacity, she created the latest version of a DCLA membership database and began producing mailing labels for Intercom, a considerable cost savings for the Association. In addition to the elected Board position, she has chaired the Government Documents Interest Group and served on the program committee. In that capacity, Maryellen convened the first jointly sponsored program by the Society for History in the Federal Government and the DCLA Government Documents Interest Group on "The Writing of the Official Histories of the War in Vietnam." Based on her recommendation, The Library of Congress, National Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, recorded the official histories. These became the first U. S. Government publications to be recorded by the LCLBPH. Maryellen also co-chaired the DCLA Local History, Genealogy, and Folklore Interest Group and served on the National Library Week Committee. She was a member of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer from 1972-76. Maryellen married Darrell H. Lemke, January 1, 1978 in Oklahoma City and then moved to Washington, D.C. *DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD, COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES* Pat Woodrum ’66 is the recipient of the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences 2000 Distinguished Alumni Award, representing the professional schools. Pat was also honored in 1989 with the OU SLIS Distinguished Alumni Award and is the first graduate of the School to be selected for the College of Arts and Sciences Award. She spoke at OU on February 25, 2000 on "The Power of Politics in the Library: Maintaining a Delicate Balance." The lecture, part of the OU College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award activities, was followed by a reception to honor Pat at the School of Library and Information Studies. *EDITORIAL ON ENID PUBLIC LIBRARY* How many of our libraries get recognized in the editorial section of our local newspapers? The newspaper, *The Enid News & Eagle,* ran an editorial in its September 6, 1999 edition praisingPublic Library of Enid and Garfield County for its resources and services. Not only the resources, but also the "people working behind the scenes" were highly praised. As they put it, the Public Library "knows a lot of stuff." An alum of OU SLIS, Glenda Lamb, is the Director of the Enid Public Library. Congratulations to Glenda and her staff on a job well done!

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