We have some new faces and titles at Portland State library! Plus we’ve said goodbye to some old friends. Tom Raffensperger, formerly our Assistant University Librarian for Public Services, is now Library Director at Westfield State University in Westfield, Massachusetts. Michael Bowman is serving as Interim AUL for Public Services until a new candidate is [...]
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We at the MHCC Library are happy to announce that Kim Read joined our staff as a part-time reference and instruction librarian starting in January. Welcome, Kim!
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After over 28 years of service to Western Oregon University, Roy Bennett has retired. Roy arrived at the Western Oregon State College library in 1982. He has been a dedicated advocate of the ongoing improvements to library services through a constant evolution of information technology. With his calm, ever pleasant demeanor, he has been a [...]
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Kimberly Pendell joined Portland State Library as Social Sciences Librarian in October. Kim holds a BA from the University of Oregon and an MSIS from the University of Texas at Austin. Before returning to her home state, she worked as Assistant Information Services Librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago and as Volunteer Librarian [...]
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After 16 years as Director of Library Services at Columbia Gorge Community College, Rosemary Ross retired on November 30. When she began, library services were provide through The Dalles-Wasco Public Library, and she took on the challenge of developing the on campus library. More recently she oversaw its remodeling into an information commons and led the implementation of library services at the new [...]
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There have been many changes in staff at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Library in Portland, Oregon in the last few months. A summary: Steve Teich retired at the end of June. We have hired Jackie Wirz. Jackie received her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at OHSU, where her dissertation work focused on [...]
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Portland State Library University Librarian Helen Spalding retired in September after five and a half years at PSU and 36 years in academic libraries. Adriene Lim is now Interim University Librarian. We’ve also welcomed Stephanie Moss as Office Manager and Amy Hofer as Distance Education Librarian.
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To meet its burgeoning enrollment, Portland Community College added three one-year full time librarians this summer. Roberta Richards will be joining Pam Kessinger and Robin Shapiro at the Rock Creek Campus, Bob Kingston will join Jane Rognlie, Alan Cordle and Allie Flanary at Sylvania, and Stephanie Debner will join Torie Scott and Tony Greiner at [...]
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Xan Arch has accepted the position of Collection Development Librarian in the Reed College Library, beginning August 30. Xan holds a BA in English and French Literatures and an MA in English Literature from Stanford University and a Masters in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. She has served as Stanford’s Ordering [...]
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Big news for our library: MHCC president John Sygielski (known as Ski to all!) recently named Jeff Ring as our new Library Director! Jeff has been PCC’s manager of library technology and collection management, but starting this May he’ll be headed out to MHCC. Whoohoo! We’re all looking forward to Jeff’s first day!
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