ENVI Welcomes David MacFarland

Farewell Party for Bill Roberts

Bancroft Archivist Linda Jordan

Bill Wenz

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ENVI Welcomes David MacFarland

David MacFarland, who started December 10, is the new Operations Manager in the Environmental Design Library. David replaces Julie Cain, who returned to Stanford.

He comes to us from San Francisco Public Library, where he was most recently Head of Copy Cataloging, but in the last twelve years had also been their Supervisor of Borrower Services, manager of online acquisitions and fund accounting, and Head of Preservation. Prior to SFPL, David was head of preservation at the University of Rochester Library.

David has a Master's from the Eastman School of Music. His beautiful tenor is in frequent demand and he often sings with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. He has a passion for architecture and beagles.

He can be reached at 3-7222, dmacfarl@library.

Please welcome David.

Elizabeth Byrne, Head
Environmental Design Library

Farewell Party for Bill Roberts

Just a brief reminder to please attend our reception for Bill Roberts tomorrow, Friday, January 4.

Morrison Library, 4 PM to 6 PM. Refreshments will be served.

See you tomorrow,

Bart White
Events Coordinator
The Bancroft Library

Bancroft Archivist Linda Jordan

It is with great sorrow that we inform our colleagues and friends of the death of Linda Jordan during the Winter break.

Linda, a lead archivist at Bancroft, was a much loved member of Bancroft Technical Services. She originally came to us as a student employee, her interest in libraries having been spurred by service as the driver of the bookmobile in Elko, Nevada, where her husband served as a forest ranger. After his death, she returned to school, taking a B.A. in art history at Cal and then her M.L.S. degree at San Jose State University.

Linda came back to Bancroft full time in 1995 and worked on a variety of processing projects, among them the archives of Beat poets Ted Joans and Philip Whalen, the Gooch-Darby family papers, and the Paramount Theater archives. One of her colleagues called her "Bancroft's most versatile, energetic, and enthusiastic archivist."

Over and above her professional qualifications, Linda was a delight to be around. We shall sorely miss her.

The memorial service for Linda will be held this coming Saturday, January 5th, at 11 a.m. at the Claffey & Rota Funeral Home in Napa.

Charles Faulhaber, Director
The Bancroft Library

Bill Wenz

I regret to report that our former Personnel Officer, Bill Wenz, died early last month after a long illness. Condolences can be sent to his wife, Josiane, at

555 Pierce Street, Apt. 344
Albany 94706

Mark Livingston
LHRD