Public Policy Research Center, was named Dean of Libraries, effective July 1, 2010. He served as Interim Dean following the departure of Carol Pitts Diedrichs to become Director of Ohio State University Libraries in January 2010. Louisville: Hannelore Rader retired as Dean of University Libraries effective December 31, 2009. Diane Nichols, Associate Dean of Library Operations and Director of the William F. Ekstrom Library, was named Interim Dean of University Libraries, effective January 1, 2010. McGill: Janine Schmidt retired as Trenholme Director of Libraries, effective January 31, 2010. Diane Koen, Associate Director, Planning and Resources, University Libraries, was appointed Interim Director of Libraries, effective February 1, 2010. National Agricultural Library: Simon Y. Liu was named Director, effective February 14, 2010. He was previously an Associate Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Director of NLM Computer and Communications Systems. Notre Dame: Jennifer Younger resigned as Edward H. Arnold Director of Hesburgh Libraries, effective at the end of the 2009–10 academic year, to take on a new role with the Catholic Research Resources Alliance. Susan Ohmer, Assistant Provost and William T. and Helen Kuhn Carey Associate Professor of Modern Communication, was appointed Interim Director of Hesburgh Libraries, effective May 19, 2010. Penn State: Barbara I. Dewey, currently Dean of Libraries at the University of Tennessee, has been appointed Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications at Penn State, effective August 1. She will succeed Nancy Eaton, who will continue her ties with Penn State in retirement as Dean Emerita. Queen’s: Martha Whitehead, previously Associate University Librarian, was named University Librarian for a three-year term, effective July 1, 2010. She succeeds Paul Wiens, who stepped down June 30, 2010, to begin an administrative leave followed by retirement. Whitehead is an alumna of the 2007–08 ARL Research Library Leadership Fellows program. Stony Brook, SUNY: Chris Filstrup resigned as Dean and Director of Libraries on November 30, 2009. Andrew White, former Director of the Health Sciences Library, is serving as Interim Dean and Director. RLI 270 29 News and Calendar ( C O N T I N U E D ) JUNE 2010 RESEARCH LIBRARY ISSUES: A BIMONTHLY REPORT FROM ARL, CNI, AND SPARC