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HCL Names Marilyn Wood, Dan Hazen to New Associate Librarian Positions
Dan Hazen and Marilyn Wood have been named to two newly created positions
within the Harvard College Library (HCL) administration.
"With Jeffrey Horrell's plans to leave Harvard to head Dartmouth's
libraries, we looked closely at the growing range of responsibilities he
has been handling as the associate librarian for collections. After
careful consideration of the diverse scope of these responsibilities and
of the various
programs that have changed or expanded during Jeff's tenure, and with
consideration of emerging
directions for HCL's extensive collections, we have made a decision to
appoint an associate librarian for each of two primary areas of
responsibility: collection development and collection management," said
Nancy M. Cline, Roy E. Larsen Librarian of Harvard College.
Hazen will become associate librarian of Harvard College for collection
development. He will be the primary administrator handling all issues
relating to the development of collections, in all formats, across HCL. He
will focus specifically on collection development, building on Horrell's
efforts to strengthen and increase coordination among HCL units and
academic departments to ensure
effective selection and to reduce the likelihood of gaps in the
collections, especially in cross-disciplinary topics. Hazen will develop
appropriate policies and practices to guide the selecting, acquiring, and
licensing of materials for the collections, in both traditional and
digital formats,
fostering a broad understanding of HCL collecting priorities.
Coordination with other libraries at Harvard will be a priority. In
addition, Hazen will have direct responsibility in Widener for collection
development and for three specialized area-studies programs: Judaica,
Middle East, and Slavic.
Dan Hazen's career at Harvard began in 1990 as librarian for Latin
America, Spain, and Portugal in Widener. He was appointed to succeed
Barbara Halporn as the head of collection development in Widener earlier
this year. Hazen has extensive experience in collection development and is
frequently invited to publish, speak, and consult both in the US and
abroad. He was a visiting program officer in the Association of Research
Libraries (ARL) and was chosen to serve as the director of the ARL/AAU
Global Resources Program from 2002 to 2004, stepping aside in order to
devote full energies to his collection development responsibilities in
Widener. He continues to serve as an informal advisor to some of the
world's large research libraries, with a special interest in the
development of collaborative collection programs. Hazen received his PhD
in Latin American history from Yale and an MSLIS from Simmons. He earned
his undergraduate degree at Cornell.
Marilyn Wood will become associate librarian of Harvard College for
collection management. Wood will be the primary administrator handling all
matters relating to the disposition of items acquired for and held in the
collections across HCL. Wood's responsibilities will encompass user
privileges, circulation, interlibrary lending and borrowing, serials,
acquisitions, cataloging, reserves,
New England Depository Library, and HCL's use of the Harvard Depository
(HD). HCL now holds nearly 4 million volumes (including microformats) at
HD, which requires the management of physically split collections for most
of the major HCL libraries. As greater attention is placed on defining
collections of record, reducing duplication, and balancing the tradeoffs
between traditional and digital formats, online systems of access (HOLLIS,
VIA, OASIS, Harvard Geospatial Library) take on increasing importance to
ensure that users can reliably locate items regardless of location. A
major priority will be to continue the investigation done to date
regarding future directions in HCL technical services. Since many of the
programs relating to collection management have a direct impact on library
users, Wood will also take the lead in developing appropriate policies and
practices, with special attention to achieving more consistency and
effectiveness in HCL services.
Marilyn Wood's career at Harvard began in 1995 with her appointment as
interlibrary loan librarian. With the added responsibility of oversight of
HD transfer and linkage, she was promoted to librarian for information and
document delivery services. In 2000, Wood became head of access services,
managing one of the largest units in HCL with over 150 employees in six
divisions: circulation, stacks, privileges and billing, serials services,
interlibrary loan, and HD transfer. She serves on the JSTOR Paper
Repository Task Force and works on the Hilles collection disposition
advisory group. She has been active in HCL and HUL committees and has
served as chair of the OCLC Interlibrary Loan Users' Group. Marilyn Wood
holds both her BA and MLS from Indiana University.
In keeping with HCL practice, all the associate librarians will have
HCL-wide responsibility in addition to handling specific sets of
administrative responsibilities. Hazen and Wood now join current associate
librarians Susan Lee and Lynda Leahy as active contributors to HCL's
strategic planning.
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