STAFF APPOINTMENTS:

Mary-Jo Kline was appointed Curator, Special Collections, John Hay Library, effective April 1, 1996. She will be responsible for development and management of holdings in Special Collections pertaining primarily to U.S. history, including collections in political, diplomatic, business, commercial, social, educational, and intellectual history, and pre-20th century imprints in a variety of fields. Ms. Kline has an M.A. in History from Columbia University, an M.L.S. from Catholic University of America, and a PhD. in American History from Columbia. Most recently she was employed in the American Memory Office of the Library of Congress. For several years prior to that, she was the "Americana" expert for rare books and manuscripts at Sotheby's, New York. She also has extensive experience as a documentary editor, having worked in various capacities on the Papers of George Washington, the Adams Family, and Aaron Burr.

Gavin Ferriby was appointed Editor of the Consortium of Rhode Island Academic and Research Libraries' (CRIARL) Union List of Serials, effective May 20, 1996. He will be responsible for managing the transfer of the CRIARL Union List records to Innovative Interfaces, Inc. software. Mr. Ferriby has a B.A. from Hope College, and M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary, an M.S. in Library Science from Columbia University, and an S.T.M. from Drew University. Before coming to Brown, Mr. Ferriby served as Theological Cataloguer at Drew University and Cataloguing Associate at the Firestone Library, Princeton University. This one-year temporary position has been funded by CRIARL.

Contributors to this issue: Merrily E. Taylor, Florence Doksansky, Margherita Cappelli,
Allen Renear, and Sam Streit.