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ISSN 0966-999X

No. 22 May, 1999
 

COUNCIL FOR SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES

A BRIEF NOTE

I hope I can produce a Newsletter up to the previous standards left by Oliver. I’m looking forward to receiving further contributions for the next Newsletter and hopefully meeting you all at the next Coseelis conference.

Please make a note of my address to put in a safe place, ready to send me those interesting articles!

Nicola Deal
The British Library
Slavonic Acquisitions
Boston Spa
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS23 7BQ

Tel: 01937 546214
Fax: 01937 546333
Email: Nicola.Deal@bl.uk

John Screen’s Retirement

Dr. John Screen, one of the longest serving members of the COSEELIS Committee, retired after 26 years as Librarian of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at the end of April. His association with COSEELIS goes back to the early 1970s and its previous incarnations as SEEG and then ACOSEEM; he chaired the committee from 1975 to 1980 and also served as editor of this newsletter and of SOLANUS (1975 to 1980) remaining an active member of the committee until his retirement, always appreciating the benefits of national cooperation even when local pressures may have argued towards competition.

Appointed in 1972, he put great effort into modernizing SSEES Library, with early achievements being the introduction of Library of Congress Subject Headings, the election of the Library as a member of SCONUL in 1974, and the gradual consolidation of the Library into a single physical unit more able to cope with growing student numbers. In addition to membership of the COSEELIS Committee he served on a number of other national bodies throughout his career, including the Coordinating Council of Area Studies and the SCONUL Advisory Committee on Orientalist Materials; also playing an active part in the training of future librarians through his work on the University of London’s Board of Library, Archive and Information Studies.