April 5, 2005

SMU'S HAMON FINE ARTS LIBRARY
NAMES THREE NEW LIBRARIANS

DALLAS (SMU) -- The Hamon Fine Arts Library of the Central University Libraries at SMU has appointed three new librarians: Stacey McGee Beach, Heather Barrett and Beverly Gibbons.

Beach began working in the Center for Information Processing on January 18, 2005. She earned her M.L.S. degree in the Information Organization Program of Study from the University of North Texas in 2004. As a library intern in the summer of 2004, Beach contributed to authority control, assessing and cataloging the Ima Herron collection for the DeGolyer Library at SMU. She received her bachelor’s degree in history from SMU in 2000 and graduated magna cum laude with honors.

Barrett started her position as the Serials/Acquisitions Librarian on February 1, 2005.  This newly restructured position in the Center for Information Processing is responsible for both serials cataloging and serials acquisitions. She earned her M.L.S. degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and earned her bachelor’s degree from Loyola University in New Orleans. Barrett previously worked at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in technical services. She was involved in cataloging a variety of materials that were given as gifts from NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Gibbons began her position as the new Fine Arts Librarian on February 28, 2005. She comes to SMU from the Dallas Museum of Art, where she served as head of Digital Imaging and provided reference in the Meyer Library. Gibbons recently translated and compiled the bibliography and exhibition list for the catalog raisonné in conjunction with the Dallas Museum of Art's exhibition “Anne Vallayer-Coster: Painter to the Court of Marie-Antoinette.” She also served as docent trainer in Art Education for the Kimball Museum of Art in Fort Worth.

The Jake and Nancy Hamon Fine Arts Library at Southern Methodist University opened its doors in November 1990 as a branch of SMU's Central University Libraries (CUL). Located in the Meadows School of the Arts, the Hamon Library is a 46,000 square foot, four-floor facility which houses SMU's collections in art, arts administration, cinema, dance, music, and theater, including 100,000 cataloged books and scores, 30,000 audio and video recordings, and 262 current periodical subscriptions.

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