Posted on behalf of Danuta Nitecki.

>I am very pleased to announce that Allen Townsend will assume
>responsibilities for the Director, Arts Library, effective July 16, 2007.
>
>Allen is currently the Library Director at the Amon Carter Museum in
>Fort Worth Texas where he has worked since 2003, responsible for the
>operations of this museum library and archives that include
>significant collections of rare and illustrated Americana and
>photographers' archives. He has provided leadership and support
>for the museum's fundraising and marketing efforts related to
>research, publishing and other scholarly and adult education
>programs. Prior to going to Fort Worth, Allen served as the
>Arcadia Director of the Library and Archives at the Philadelphia
>Museum of Art, Head of the Education Resource Center at the Dallas
>Museum of Art, and Circulation Manager in the Hamon Arts Library at
>Southern Methodist University. He earned a Master of Library Science
>at the University of North Texas in 1990 as well as a Master of
>Music from Southern Methodist University in 1985. Allen has a long
>list of professional activities covering publications, lectures,
>exhibitions, and association work, including serving as the
>President of The Art Libraries Society of North American [ARLIS/NA].
>
>Allen will follow a number of distinguished Directors of the Arts
>Library, including most recently Christine deVallet who retires
>April 30 after 23 years of service to the University and Arts
>Library, and Katherine Haskins who left the position this past year
>to become Director of both the Visual Resource Center and the
>Integrated Digital Image Resources Project. Until mid-July, Ken
>Crilly, Director of the Music Library, will serve as Interim
>Director for the Arts Library.
>
>I am sure you will join me this summer to welcome Allen and his
>partner to Yale and New Haven.
>
>Danuta A. Nitecki
>Associate University Librarian

Danuta A. Nitecki
Associate University Librarian
Yale University
Sterling Memorial Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
phone: 203-432-1818
fax: 203-432-1294
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