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 [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]