Compiled by Brenda G. Corbin
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Madeleine Needles was awarded one of the 2001 Infinite Mile awards from MIT for promoting Haystack Observatory's mission and activities through educational outreach and public relations activities. Congratulations Madeleine! She will also be the moderator for the Astronomy Roundtable in Los Angeles. (mmn@planck.haystack.edu)

Some news from Marlene Cummins, Astronomy Library, University of Toronto: As a result of some activism regarding the new all electronic format of the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Marlene Cummins struck up a friendly communication with the editor of that serial, Michelle Storey. Turns out Ms. Storey is also the Chair of the IAU Working Group on Publishing and Marlene has now been appointed to that group as Library Consultant (non-IAU-members cannot be members of IAU committees etc.). The WG is, as one member put it, "an active group with an attitude". Just before Marlene joined, there was a lengthy discussion about the publication of IAU conferences- you will hear more about that from Marlene in due course. She did provide some late input to that discussion and was warmly welcomed by several members of the WG. The IAU Working Group treated this appointment in a very professional manner, requiring Marlene to submit a CV and a recommendation from the PAM Chair. astlibr@lepus.astro.utoronto.ca