JoAnn DeVries

JoAnn VeVries is Associate Librarian, Reference/Bibliographer at the Central Library of the St Paul
Campus of the University of Minnesota since 1991. She received her BA from Northwestern University
in 1965 and her M.L.S. from Indiana University in 1982. She has also been a Lecturer in the Rhetoric
Department 1987; 1989, Lecturer for the Department of Extension 1989; 1991; 1993; 1995, and
Instructor at Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Watson Library, 1982-1986.

Her present job responsibilities in the area of reference include daily reference services and consultation
by appointment, liaison to the Office of International Agricultural Programmes for visiting international
faculty and scholars, library research instructor for the Minnesota Agriculture Student Training Program
for international students, and coordinator for an annual graduate student research workshop. She also
writes collection policies, assesses and selects print and electronic materials for the Central Library
reference collection.

In the area of collection development, she is responsible for developing, selecting, maintaining, and
preserving comprehensive collections in general agriculture, agricultural engineering, animal science, soil
science, agronomy, and vocational education. She is Resources Group Coordinator for Agriculture,
Biology, and Environmental Sciences, and in this capacity serves as leader and spokesperson for
collection development and management on the St. Paul Campus. For the Foreign Exchange
Publications Program, she administers exchange of research materials with research centers, university
libraries, and organizations in foreign countries, corresponds with current exchange partners, and actively
creates new exchange relationships.

Her professional activities membership in the American Library Association, the Association of College
and Research Libraries, and the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists. She
received the Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural Sciences, ACRL, STS and was committee
chair of the United States Agricultural Information Network.


Suzanne D. Gyeszly

Suzanne D. Gyeszly was the Preservation Librarian and a Cataloger at Evans Library, Texas A&M
University, from 1981-84. She returned in 1988, and has been the Collection Development Coordinator
for Social Sciences and Preservation since that time. Her dual responsibilities include collection
development duties and preservation activities.

As a collection development librarian, she is responsible for the development and management activities
of the library's social sciences collection. She performs collection development, selection, and
management activities in the areas of anthropology, education, geography, kinesiology, library science,
nautical archaeology, presidential studies, recreation, parks and tourism sciences, and women's studies.
She analyzes and evaluates the collections, and participates in serials reviews and cancellations as needed.
She works closely with library representatives, domestic and foreign publishers, and out of print dealers.
She maintains the budgets associated with social sciences and preservation.

As preservation librarian, she coordinates the preservation program for the library. She is responsible for
the development and administration of the preservation program for the Evans Library collection of over
two million volumes. She develops the priorities, procedures and policies in her areas of expertise. She
plans and conducts training sessions for library personnel on the proper handling of library materials.
She and her staff prepare exhibits, disaster plans, and condition surveys for the library. The recently
updated disaster plan and emergency evacuation plan for Evans Library became a model for the
members of the Houston Area Research Libraries Consortium (HARLiC). Ms. Gyeszly serves as a