August 2011

August 8 Kate Jarboe became adult services librarian at Round Rock (Tex.) Public Library.

August 1 Anne Baker became librarian of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Illinois.

August 5 H. Austin Booth was named vice provost for University Libraries at the University at Buffalo, New York.

August 15 Adriene Lim became dean of University Libraries at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.

Corey Salazar, 32, died of brain cancer August 5. Since 2004, Corey had served as a librarian at Cabrini College in Philadelphia.

James Horan will retire August 31 as children's librarian at Hackley (Mich.) Public Library.

In August Nancy Giere retired as librarian of the Northport branch of Fargo (N. Dak.) Public Library.

In August Randy Gue was appointed curator of modern political and historical collections at the Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library of Emory University in Atlanta.

In July Sheridan Richey was appointed vice president of product management at SirsiDynix.

August 16 Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library named Linda E. Johnson president and chief executive officer.