It is with considerable regret, but with thanks for more than a dozen years of dedicated Library service, that I announce the pending retirement of Janice Dost, Director of Library Human Resources. Janice has decided to retire early in 2001 to pursue other life and career interests. During her tenure with the Library, Janice and the LHRD staff have had to manage many difficult changes in a complex University personnel system as the Library cycled through devastating budget and staff cuts, multiple leadership changes and the rebuilding process of the last two years. Through it all, Janice has provided professional insight, leadership for the hard-working LHRD staff, and assistance for those trying to make their way through the University's complicated processes.

During the coming months leading up to Janice's retirement, I will be initiating a transition planning process that will involve widespread Library participation. This will be an opportunity for all of us to look at the changing face of personnel management needs in this University, and to consider alternative ways of meeting them in the coming years. The planning process is an important part of the preparation for recruiting a new LHRD Director and I look forward to gathering the insights of people through the Library. Please stay tuned for further details.

Mike Rancer
Library CAO

The George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library has a new LAII position, and who better to fill it than Stephanie Sadre-Orafai. Stephanie is a recent graduate from the Anthropology department who has also been working at the library as a student worker for over a year. In her two short years at Berkeley, Stephanie achieved honor status and was also awarded a Haas Scholar's Fellowship. Currently, she is an alternate for a Fulbright Fellowship. She is spending her post-graduation freedom applying to graduate schools and working on collaborative publications. Please join us in welcoming Stephanie aboard!

Caralee Witteveen-Lane
Anthropology Library

You are all invited to visit an exhibit of a sample of Cuban imprints presented to The Library by the José Martí National Library of Cuba as part of a cooperative agreement between our institutions. The exhibit will take place in the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery, 1st floor Doe Library, August 1 - October 15, 2000.

Carlos R. Delgado
Area Studies

See the story recently published in the Berkeleyan at:

Effective August 1, 2000, Anita Madrid will return to the Staff Ombuds Office, succeeding Ella Wheaton as Director. She has been on loan to the Chancellor's Office to coordinate the Berkeley Pledge, and is returning upon the expiration of her leave. Anita co-directed the Staff Ombuds Office with Ella from 1992 through 1995.

In June, Ella Wheaton, who had served as Co-Director/Director of the Staff Ombuds Office since 1992, resigned to accept a position as Ombudsperson for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Margo Wesley, who has served as Associate Ombudsperson since 1997, will continue as Acting through July 31, 2000.