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FACULTY PROMOTIONS/TENURE
LeiLani Freund, chair, Humanities and Social Science Services, and Jimmie Lundgren, head, Science and Social science unit of the Cataloging and Metadata Department, have been promoted to university librarian, effective July 1, 2007.
Joe Aufmuth, head, Geographic Information Services Unit, has been promoted to associate university librarian and awarded tenure, effective July 1, 2007.
David Hickey, head, Asian Studies Collection, has been awarded tenure, effective July 1, 2007.
NEW FACULTY
Matthew Loving is the new romance languages and area studies librarian. Prior to his work at UF, Loving served as a reference/access services librarian at Texas A&M International University, and has worked as a reference librarian since January 2000. He served as a reference librarian at the American Library in Paris for three years. Loving has a master’s degree in French from the University of Cincinnati (2005), a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of South Florida (2002) and a Magistère de Langue et Civilisation Française au Centre Expérimental d’Etude de La Civilisation Française from the Université de Paris IV – Sorbonne (2001). He has a bachelor’s degree in English and French literature from the University of Georgia (1994).
Nancy M. Poehlmann is the new head of the humanities and special collections cataloging unit in the cataloging and metadata department. She has a master’s of library and information science and a master’s of arts degree from Indiana University, Bloomington. She is currently working on a doctorate at IU in comparative literature. Her dissertation, entitled, The C. Hystoryes of Troye: An Edition of Robert Wyer’s Translation of Christine de Pizan’s Epistre d’ Othéa, is in progress.
Melissa (Missy) Shoop is a new outreach and instruction librarian. She has been on staff as a supervisor in Library West Access Services since 2003. In 2005, she began library school through FSU’s School of Information Science and was awarded a federal scholarship through the Institute of Museum and Library Services’ grant program called Librarians Serving the Public. She finished her master’s degree in information studies this past spring. Shoop earned a master’s degree in English from Northern Illinois University (2002) and a bachelor’s degree in English from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (1999).
Laurie Taylor is the new digital projects technology librarian. Taylor earned her Ph.D. in English from UF in 2006 and her master’s degree in English from UF in 2002. She is the author of numerous gaming reviews and articles both online and in print, and her columns have been published regularly in The Gainesville Sun since 2004. She also has authored numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, and she has been a regular contributor to Recess!, the radio program produced at WUFT-FM and broadcast on NPR. Taylor helped curate the 2004 Smathers Library exhibition, “Help is on the way!” Comic Books and Superheroes in Special Collections.
Laura Woodruff is a new outreach and instruction librarian. She first worked at UF’s Education Library as a visiting reference and instruction librarian from May to December 2006. After that, she moved to Library West as a visiting librarian where she interviewed for and was offered a permanent position within a couple months. She holds a dual bachelor’s degree in English and history from the University of South Florida and two master’s degrees in English and library science from Indiana University.
