Norah Foster will be retiring from the Doe-Moffitt Libraries on June 27, 2008. Norah began her career at UC Berkeley in 1975 as a Library Assistant I in the Periodical Division of the Serials Dept. She held progessively more responsible positions over the years, and in 1996 was appointed Acting Head of Periodicals/Newspapers/Microforms. Late in 1998, Norah transferred to the Humanities and Area Studies Resource Group in order to become the Operations and Reserves Manager of Graduate Services, which was about to open in a newly created space in Doe Library. Within a few months, she managed to open the doors to a fully functioning public service unit. Since
then she has continued to meet the needs of its graduate student and faculty users, processing a steady stream of reserves, and hiring and training the student employees who staff the desk. Norah has also provided reference to users in the Environmental Design and Moffitt Libraries through rotational opportunities, been an active member of the Circulation Services Group, advocated for pay equity in CUE, and regularly attended the conferences of the American Library Association. Norah plans to spend her last day at work at the ALA conference in Anaheim. Her first project as a retiree will be archiving the unpublished papers of her partner, Dr. Geoffrey A. Cook. We wish her all the best for a happy retirement.

Jan Carter & Myrtis Cochran
Research and Collections for Humanities and Social Sciences
Doe/Moffitt Library