Tennessee (UT): Linda Phillips, Alumni Distinguished Service Professor and Head of Scholarly Communication for UT Libraries, was appointed Interim Dean of UT Libraries, effective July 1, 2010. Phillips succeeds Barbara Dewey, who is leaving to become the Dean of University Libraries and Scholarly Communications at Penn State. Yale: Frank M. Turner, the John Hay Whitney Professor of History and Director of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, was named Interim University Librarian, effective January 2010, following the departure of Alice Prochaska. ARL Staff Transitions M. Sue Baughman was appointed Associate Deputy Executive Director, effective March 29, 2010. She was previously Assistant Dean for Organizational Development at the University of Maryland, College Park. Les Bland resigned as Statistics Liaison, effective February 8, 2010, to accept a position as an Intelligence Analyst in the Office of Outreach, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US State Department. In January 2010, Mary Jane Brooks was promoted to Assistant Executive Director for Finance and Administration and Kaylyn Groves was promoted to Communications Program Officer. Abbey Gerken was appointed as a part-time Program Assistant providing support for the Career Enhancement Program and other ARL Diversity Initiatives, effective June 9. She is a recent MSLS graduate from the Catholic University of America and holds a BA in English from the Ohio State University. Charles B. Lowry extended his contract as ARL Executive Director through June 30, 2013. He had initially intended to return to the University of Maryland library school faculty in July 2011. However, following the ARL Board’s strong endorsement of his first year as ARL Executive Director, the Executive Committee pursued an extension to his contract. He retired from the University of Maryland effective July 1, 2010, and was appointed Professor Emeritus by the President of the University. Gary Roebuck resumed his position as Technical Operations Manager, Statistics and Measurement, effective November 23, 2009. RLI 270 30 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