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Should I be elected, I would bring to the American Library Association (ALA), its members, and its stakeholders my deep passion for the library field and my experiences in education and library administration.

Thirty-five years of experience as a leader has not only allowed me insight into ALA's challenges, but also allowed me time to develop close associations with the incredibly talented members of ALA. Both the insight and the associations provide me with the necessary preparation to respond effectively to ALA's opportunities in the 21st century.

-- Herman Totten

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September 10, 2002
Contact: William Abercrombie
or Rufus Coleman
(940) 565-2108
metro (817) 267-0651

Associate dean appointed as faculty executive assistant to UNT president

DENTON (UNT), Texas — Dr. Herman Totten, associate dean and Regents professor of library and information sciences, has been appointed as faculty executive assistant to the president of the University of North Texas.

The position is designed to ensure the President’s Office has a direct representative from the faculty involved in all university related discussions to bring a faculty perspective to problem resolution, according to UNT president Norval Pohl.

“The ideal candidate knows how the university is organized, who the key players are and is capable of working cooperatively with everyone involved in each issue,” Pohl says.

The position has a two-year term so that the current view of faculty is represented.

Totten has been on the UNT faculty since 1977. He is the former president of the Texas Library Association, the nation’s largest state library association. During his more than 29 years as a member of TLA, he has served as both a chair and a member of many of its committees.

He is a life member of the American Library Association, where he has served as chair of both the ALA Committee on Accreditation and ALA Committee on Minority Concerns. He is currently an active member of the ALA Council and several ALA divisions.

Among his many awards and honors are the 2001 ALA Melvil Dewey Award, the 1999 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Outstanding Teacher Award and the 1992 ALA Black Caucus Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Library and Information Science Education.

For more information, call Totten at (940) 565-3514.

**UNT**

The University of North Texas, with more than 30,000 students, is the leading university of the Dallas-Fort Worth region and the state's fourth largest. Listed in the top 4 percent of U.S. colleges and universities by the Carnegie Foundation, UNT has many nationally ranked programs among its 98 bachelor's, 125 master's and 47 doctoral degree programs.

	Herman Totten, an experienced leader in the information field for 35+ years, is Immediate Past President of the Texas Library Association, the largest state library association in the U.S.
	A highly skilled parliamentarian, Totten approaches the complex, oftentimes controversial agenda with confidence.
	Totten admires his Melvil Dewey Medal, awarded by ALA in 2001 for creative professional leadership.
	Totten motivates graduates to "Go Forth Inspired With a New Attitude" at the University of Washington Information School 2001 Spring Commencement.
	Totten, a magnetic teacher, received a grant this year to create the first ALA accredited Online Library Management Certificate Program for library workers anywhere in the world to earn the certificate while they continue working.

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