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The ecor Washington State University

} Friends of the Library

University Appoints Director of ibraries Maun.:c.:n Pa$tinc, univcr:-oily librarian at S:LO)OSC State University, Califllrnia, has

been mimed director of Lihml"'ics at Washlngco(1 State Univt:csilY, heginning in August. Ikr aprointmenr ends a nallonwic!l; sc.::1rch to rer!;tcc Allene F. Scl1n;littc.:r, who rc.:signcd after eight yt;'ars m; director to serve 3S coordin::nGr, I.ihr.try Development. Morc.: (11:111 thirty "rrlictmts wen.: considcn:d fe'll' the.: rOSilion, which h:J5 i')ccn filled

n :m interim I')asis by Professor DonakJ Bushaw or the Mathe,:m:lIJcs Der3rtmenl as :tdlng clirecror slnct: Ia.$t Serlcmber.

In :ll1nc11lncing the appoinlmc.:nl, EXl:cutivc.: Vice President ttnu Provost Albert Y:ltes said, "Ms. PJstin<:':\ nrpoil1ln1cnt comes at a time when imporram dt;ci~i()ns

li~ ,lbead for rhl:: WSlJ Libraries. [ :1111 confident that her extcnsivc experience as university lilmtl"Lan <II S:m Jose Slate and as director of t.he undergraduate.: J1ihrary m Illinois sllit~ l1<:r wdl for ,he ~o111J1lex leader~hlp and mal1agemenr responsi bilities... (m) WSlJ."

M,lllf't'('n Pasrin(; has been university librarian at San Jose Stme since 1980. I Itr prcvioll:> t.:xperic.:I1CC ind,L1d,c~ positions at the Univl.:rsity of JIIinuis, Urbana­

hampaign (I. 977-HO) , when: she served horh ~15 a rdcrence lil11:'arian and lInLk:rgr~ldwl[(: Iihrariall for the: unc!l.:rgradu;He ~ibr~lry. The IibL''3Ty [1lainmins one of 'he !;Jrge<;l undcrgr:.luu;/te (;olkcri(,Jns in the counery. From 1971 1;0 1977 she serv<:<..1 as reference fibnlrian at the.: University or Nebraska. Omaba.

•\ nJtive of I lays, I{,msas, she.: bt.:gall her career as;1 high school teacllt;:r. She earned her hachdor's dc.:grec in English 111 1967 from fon [l:liys Stare University and a master's degree in library sdr.;:occ from Emporia. Statc University in 1970 Ms. Pastine has untlert~rkt:n addiriun:i1, WadlJat.c.; sLudy in English. iOll'rl1lallsm, and art. She: lIas tJ.Llghllibf~lry·rC'!a[eu CQursc.:s :lI1d supt:rvi.~ed inclep<::nl!ent study courses at S:mJosc, UJinois, anu Nel)raska.

tter C(Jnrribnri(jn~ro schobrly and profe,~sjon:ll jO\.lrmils have hec.:11 con1>idt:rahk.:. t1C::Y cover Ll brn;ld rang(: of subject~ ::\I1d include "Humaniries Databa:'>L:s : lmpliC:~l

cions for Edllc..~llors ~tnd Schobrs of language ~lI1d Litermun::"; "Ubrary Instruction ;It'1(l ReC~rcncc Service: AdminiSlra.Li(ln of a J3i1JI'iowarhic fnsLrucri,on. Progr~lm in the AC:.ldernic Libr~lry": :1I1l! "Compmer Dalahast:s in Acadt:mic Libr:1rles." In addi­tion, ,,11t: 1I:1S pn':l>cnted :1 numher of pape;r:> ~lt sc.l1olarl}r ~11;'\d pr(.}fcssional rr1t.:c[i;ng,'i throllghvlIl thl:: countliY ~lnJ has rt:vicwt.:d h()(,)k." in a variety of social scienCe ;In(1 btll11:1nities disciplines for [l1e Ill1Ieric(U/ Reference Rooks Arlflual for len ye:lrs.

An "Clive mcmber of lhe AIm.:ric~lI1

Library Assuc.:iation, a n:lIioll:JI organl "-,Iljon oj proll:ssiomd librarianI', .Ms. P;lsri Ill.: h:ls ch:lin:d ()(' scrvl:U ()n a Ilumlx:r of commitwt:s within Ihl: :IS'

:,Ot:iation or Collt:AC :lod IkStc:lrcJ Lil)r:.lrle:" Library Aclmini~trmur anel

;.II1:1genlCm A$SOCitlliull, IkfercnC:t: and Adult ServiceS Division, as we:1I as

I he Womcn Auministrators l)iscussio roup and others. She is also a member

of B~l;] Phi MlI, Ihe Internation:tIlihrary scien(.'e honor 'iocictY. and Phi I{;)ppa Phi.

Anu so the m:lI1lle of It.:aekrship of t hI.: WSI J J.ibrark... pashes to another. The Fril.:l1ds of the Lfbr~lry t:on~ralUlatl:

Maureen Pastine.: on her appointment. The r'aculty :tnd swff of tl1e Uhr:Jrics alse) wc!come ht:r and look forward t(

working with her as the University move:-. toward Its second century.

It is appropri:ltt:, perhaps. to close with soml.: rem<lrks of Prof<.:ssor Bushaw, who h~ st:rvt:d tht:: Libraries Sl) wdl in the role of ~Icting director, anti wh0 has ~arn<.:red thc n;spect :1l1t1 <HJmj~llion of faculty and st:tff allk whiJt: so doing.

lfIlJen r came (11(0 (hiS poslllnY! i1l Se/)fember of /984 I was (lJoroup,hI}1

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l\1ctll. SCIVh C".l1 W;I\hi'lf.lI"n '>,.It' I 'lliV('fAIi\' 1m tll(' lH".....rVJllon Jlld IJH,lnlell.II1Lt' "I,ll" MtCJW Mt·!l1.lrlul "lInl r..,lk'II.'Il I lie (..oIlIcLllolI. ","1,11 wJ' oJ'mJI('d lllli\1\hy,heM... (";.I\\ f.nllJl~ ... ·tw..d'C'U(lIltJrl·'h.i1' .C;O ((:,Illue IJln" .1IIl-! .!.7 WI'!Jd \'(Iar J I U"l. umcluJdt" flro· uu..-"d hy I<Kll ~Iudl", IXIW'·ClI 11)~t1 .II'U I"~~

Lib rles et Preservation Needs ade or so, it has become inc-rea"

ingly apparent that it is no longer feaSi­ble simply 10 continue :lcquiring coHee lions and stOrin~ them without consld cring the problems inherent in pre!'lCrv­lng them.

The prob! in terms of books and paper. Through w;e, misuse, and thl.: ,'ery nature uf the m~llerial Itself, it's been eStimmetl thm 80 percent of Ihe hooks published since 18';0 will he severely threatened or mauc usclc.ss by th<.: em! (>f lhl' C<.:n­tury, only fifleen Ye'Jrs from now, Our written hcritage -books ;mcl manu­scripts-is in leopardy. 5lJ too arc l>thc.:r resources.

he Leynse archivc is a rich ;'In iversc collection of mOl!;, photo­

graphs, autlio tapes, slides, manuscripls and correspondence produced anti gmhercd by Humphrey Lcyn.'iC through­out riJl.: ye~"s he spent JI1 rhe Far Easl and the South Pacific. (Some idea of irs sizt: may bt:: ~<llned from the fact tbm it ffie'JSUres :lpproximat<.:ly 36 Lubic ft:cr). Central to Leynsc's career :L'i a film maker was his convicLion that film c()n­stittJles a medium capablt: of britlging ClIJllIraJ differenct:S. In each of the documl.:ntary and <.:thnogr:lphic tllms he pro{(w;ed, some ;L"pe<.'t of a part j,,­lIlar culture is explicated.

ror<.:ssor Leynse was committed the communicarive properties of fj 1m. The Humphrey W. Leyn1>c EndowmCl1l Fund h> commltteJ to the pt'e~ervmion

anJ llissemimltion of this unique an valuable reSOllJ(;C, to LeynM:·s cf/<>r!s {( explain ;J.nd interpret culture" foreign {

ur own preliminary plans call for a thlll'OlIgh ,l~sessmcnt of the physic:l.1 concUtiOf\ of the archive in conCcrt with illlcnsi"c rcse;uch on current tech­niques employed in the prc:)Crvarion of flIm, including optimum storage and exhibil conditions Since rhe Collection h:1.... ~r1rL'3dy heen processed, or cat:l­logued, publication of the complcted register which dL'scribes the CoUectioll :.t.lso is being considered.

Manuscrirts, Archives, and Special oollections Is Indebted to Judilh

ynsc, b\)ch with rC'ipcct to the Leyl1se archive itsdf :md to the Endowment, 3S well as 10 Professl>r Thl)n1<1S I kUler m<:ln. chairman, Dl.:p:Irt.rnent of Com­munications at WSU, for hls coopcra­I ion. The con('t:rn anu ~ent:rl)slty of both will enable the Univcr.-.ity LibJ'ari to l:lkl.: a .... tep forward in aduressing one of lIS major concerns, the pn:servat!ol1 or jt~ collections.

OTABLE GIFTS Library Faculty Award AND ACQUISITIONS

:1(;:nrge Kennedy, associate profe r FnglJsh, recc:ived the 198'; Llbral)

Faculty Award during WSU's Library Awareness Week which was 11CJd in conjunction with Nalional Library Week. April 14-20. The tlward honors a faculty member who is an active library us<.:r and promoter of librnry us<: among his or hcr students, and ~l con­tributOr [0 library affairs. Professor Ken­nedy was specifically con'lmcnded for his Outstandin~ work :IS cliair of the Senate Lihrary Committee and suc­cessful le:tdership in ohtainin~ Faculty Sc:nare passage of the Scnate Library

mmitlcc: n:soJutlon. which calls for more equitable I)udgetary cunsidera­tion for the Librarks.

Profe.';sor Kennedy. a faculty membc

• ANN WlhRL'M, rderence librarian and coordinator of Humanities Collt:c­tiun Development, part icipatt:d in the p:lt1d discuSI>ion "Academic Libr:trics: Tradillollal and Conspectus Approachc. to Writing Collection Dcvelopmenl Policies" at the W<lshinglOn Library Associ:llion conference held in Seattle in April.

• MARY JANE ENGll, referenc libI'lrian, Owen Sciencc :mcl Engineer­Lng Llhr:Jry. re:.igned In May to further pur'iue her writing C;lreer. She is the author of A ",·..la11, a science fiction novd, anu a reCipient of" N:ltional En­dowment for the Arts ~lnt,

• .lACK DA \'l~, director, Instructional Media Service!>, ,luun:,$:,t:tl rhe (Wa:;h­inglOr'l) State Staff Devclopmenl Con­ference in Ellenshurg in April <)11

"Dbtancc Learning Technology,"

• ROBERT RICHART, catalogue IIbrarl:ln, Technk'ai Services, and

AUI A FLLlOT, reference librarian,

at WSlJ since 1979, b t hI: :author () ~cver;ll articles on technic:1! and [)rofes­sional writing, ::IS well as English com position. 111:- wrltin~ classes, wl1ich re­quire extcnsl\'c rese~lrch by c;tudt.:nls in hoth HuJJand and Owen Science and Engineering L1br:Jries, facillt;:ltt: practical :md advanced knowledge of llbra services.

Kennedy (llso tcaches nineteenth century British fiCtion. A Cilarlt:~

Dickells sdlol:ir. he is Widely known n campus for his C.hrlstlm.lstime

reading:, of '" Cbrls!lII(ls C"ro/, I ibrary Awareness Week, which is

sponsore(! by PROMO, l11e Libraries' public rclarlollS lmcre.~t group, scek~ t enCOllragc: rhe usc of Ilhrarles an JiI)rarv services.

I !olland Library, e(i hos(ed the Pacific Northwest Chaptcr of I he Music. Library Associalion conference :11 WSll, April 2(\-27,

• GENE SEMINGSON, head, Media Marl'ri3ls servlcc~ (IM~), addressed Ih :nlumbia Oasln Media Prnducer/Dis­

trlhlllOI'S' Seminar in Vancouver in May on "Directions for Media Centers; Film vs. Video Format."

PROMOTIONS

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I (olland Uhran

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BinH<;." :In (;xhibil c.:Id m't:lmjunni"ll ,.. illl Illl <;c.:'plcmhcr 1';-17 A"\\~ll

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nllscrim~. An:hivcs, and SDcdal Colkl'tions

"The PalmIst.: in 1'raJl'iiIHH1." :1 sl!Il:t'lloll III phul(lNr~lplls hy (remJol<:. IkrlJrian June-July

NlH.lhh. (,irIs :llId Alquisitions •.... : , , .AUllu~t·O\:lober

NONI'IlOFIT OfIQAlIiIZA]1O!'! us. POSTAGEhe Record PAID PUl.LMAH, WA PER/.m NO.1

FRIENDS OF THE J~JBRARY

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PULLMAN. W A 99164-5610

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