resource person and consultant on preservation-related issues in the local community and surrounding
area. In 1990, she and the preservation and binding staff conducted a workshop in Dallas entitled
"Constructing Simple Binding Repairs". The workshop was sponsored by the Texas Library Association
and the North American Serials Group.

During 1992-93, Ms. Gyeszly was an ALA/USIA Library Fellow at the National Szechenyi Library in
Budapest, Hungary. She assisted in the conversion of a traditional reference service into an automated
reference service. She prepared bilingual training and users manuals for OPAC and CD-ROMs. She
negotiated, purchased, and assisted in the installation of a LAN. She consulted on automation and
preservation issues with major Hungarian research and university libraries.

Before coming to Texas A&M University, she was the reference and collection development librarian at
Michigan State University, College of Human Ecology Library. She established the college library, and
provided reference services to faculty, staff, and students and collected, processed and cataloged
monographs and serials. She prepared the on-line cataloging systems. In addition, she preserved several
hundred volumes of a unique and rare interior design collection donated by Dr. Shipley. Ms. Gyeszly
received a Master of Library Science degree at Western Michigan University (1973) and a Master of
Science Degree at Michigan State University (1972). In addition, she earned a Master of Arts Degree in
Hungary (1967) and received training in book and paper conservation at the Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center at the University of Texas in Austin (1983). She served as a member of the Texas State
Library and Texas Library Association's State-wide Preservation Task Force Committee during 1988-91.
She is a tenured professor at Texas A&M University (1995). She was a Fulbright Scholar to Hungary
during the Fall of 1995.

Her publications include monographs, refereed journal articles, book chapters related to collection
development, preservation, and automation. Her major publications on collection development,
international library issues, and automation are: "Eastern Europe A Resource Guide" (1995); "Fulbright
Scholar Program at the National Szechenyi Library, Hungary, Professional and Personal Experiences"
(1996); "Automated Collection Analysis and
Development" (1993) with co-author Jane Dodd; "Bibliographic Data Regarding 20th Century
Presidential Materials; a Comparative Analysis of OCLC/AMIGOS Collection CD and OCLC/EPIC
Databases# (1993); "Computer Aided Storage Design" (1992); and "Replacement of Automated Systems
- Organizational and Staff Training Considerations" (1991).

Preservation-related publications are: "Circulating Serials at Texas A&M: A Preservation and Collection
Development Project" (1983); "Impact of the Environment in the Library A Preservation Overview"
(1982); "Preservation of Sheet Maps, Lamination or Encapsulation: A Durability Study" (1982) with co-
author Judith Rieke.

She delivered several presentations at the ALA, state, and international conferences on collection
development and preservation related topics. Her major presentations include: "Serials Assessment
Reflecting Campus-wide Strategic Plans" (1996); "Going Home Again. Returning to the Roots: Eastern
Europe Revisited" (1994); "Collection Analysis, 1989-1993; the Use of North American Title Count and
NOTIS Data" (1993); "Achieving Academic Excellence in Higher Education Through Improved
Research Library Collections: Using OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD or Collection Building"
(1992); "Online Access of Wilson Periodical Indexes: Effects on Collection Evaluation and Development"
(1991); "Preservation / Conservation Problems and their Current Solutions at Sterling C. Evans Library"
(1983); "Impact of the Environment in the Library" (1983); "Preservation Techniques to Inhibit
Collection Deterioration of New Acquisitions" (1984).

Her professional activities outside of Texas A&M University have included memberships on several ALA
collection development, international, and preservation committees. In 1989-91, she was a member of the