5. Preservation Profiles


also be also be responsible for researching bibliographies and research studies on the history of
agriculture and rural life in Arizona. Assisting her will be Robert Mautner, now retired, former director
of the Science-Engineering Library.

In addition, a Library Ad Hoc USAIN Preservation Project Committee will be formed to provide
additional expertise and support for the project. Members will be drawn from the Science-Engineering
Team; the Social Sciences Team; Research Archives, Museums and Special Collections; and the
Interlibrary Loan Staff. Cataloging will take place under the direction of Robert Renaud, Team Leader
for the Bibliographic Access Team.

The project team will be ably assisted by a scholarly panel of historians and scientists with extensive
experience in the study of Arizona agriculture and rural life.

Arizona Scholarly Review Panel

Dr. Bruce Dinges is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Arizona History and Director of Publications at the
Arizona Historical Society. Previously he served on the editorial staff of The Papers of Jefferson Davis
and The Journal of Southern History. From 1978-1986 he was assistant, associate, and acting editor for
Arizona & the West. He received his doctorate in American history from Rice University and has taught
Arizona history at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College. His numerous articles and
book reviews have appeared in journals such as the Western Historical Quarterly, Journal of the West,
Arizona & the West, Journal of the Southwest, American Indian Quarterly, and Southwestern Historical
Quarterly. He regularly reviews manuscripts for university presses, serves as Executive Director of the
Arizona Historical Convention, and is Regional Vice President for Westerners International.

Dr. Nancy J. Parezo (Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1981), is curator of Ethnology at the Arizona State
Museum and Research Professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. She teaches
courses on contemporary Indian America, North American art, museum and cultural preservation,
methodology, professional skills and ethics. Her research interests focus on the Native American
Southwest, with special emphasis on culture change and religion, material culture, art, the history of
anthropology and museums and their collecting activities among Native peoples, and have resulted in
numerous books and articles. She has worked extensively in bibliographic construction and is the author
and compiler of the two-volume Southwest Native American Visual Arts and Material Culture: A
Resource Guide. Garland Press (1991) a project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities
(completed with students R. Perry and R. Allen). She is also the author of Navajo Sandpaintings,
Daughters of the Desert (with Barbara Babcock), Hidden Scholars, and Paths of Life (with Thomas
Sheridan). A current project, undertaken with Dr. Sydel Silverman and Don Fowler, involves a national
initiative to preserve irreplaceable anthropological data and has resulted in a recent edited publication
Preserving the Anthropological Record, first and second edition.

Dr. George Ruyle is Program Chair, Rangeland and Forest Resources--a part of the School of Renewable
Natural Resources within the College of Agriculture at the University of Arizona. He has served as
Research Scientist and Range Management Extension Specialist at the University of Arizona and held
similar positions at Utah State University, UC Davis and UC Berkeley. In 1990 he was Adjunct Professor,
Gerald Thomas Chair for Sustainable Agriculture at New Mexico State University. Approximately 70%
of Arizona land is classified as rangeland and Dr. Ruyle received his M.S. in Range Management from
UC Berkeley and his Ph.D in Range Science from Utah State University. His professional service
includes serving on the Committee on Rangeland Classification of the National Academy of Sciences,
Rangeland Assessment and Monitoring Committee of the Society for Range Management, President of
the Arizona Section, Society for Range Management, and an invited participant in the Office of
Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress project on Agriculture, Trade, and the Environment (1993-