| WHEREAS |
Sarojini Lotlikar, Assistant Professor, Catalog Librarian, retired in
January 1997, after 25 1/2 years of service to Millersville University;
and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar has been a dedicated and exemplary librarian both
to the department and to the profession as a whole; and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar cataloged a variety of library materials, with
emphasis on the social sciences and Special Collections materials,
including books in Wickersham Pedagogical Collection, University Masters
Theses and University Honors Theses; and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar was an approachable and effective reference
librarian, helping many students and other researchers to find resources
appropriate to their research topics; and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar served as liaison librarian to the Department of
Political Science, Department of Sociology, Department of Social Work,
Criminology Program, Gerontology Program, and Women's Studies Program;
and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar served as an academic advisor to numerous students
having undeclared majors; and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar served on many departmental committees and task
forces, including the Faculty Evaluation, Promotion and Tenure Committee,
Serials Implementation Task Force, Barcoding Task Force, Reorganization of
Technical Services Task Force, Laura Doering Scholarship Committee, and
Professional Affairs Committee; and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar served on numerous campus wide committees including
the Women's Studies Steering Committee, Commencement Committee,
Undergraduate Course and Program Review Committee, Academic Policies
Committee, APSCUF Scholarship Committee, Academic Theme Committee, and the
Noonan Fund Committee; and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar sought to expand students' knowledge regarding
different cultures and different perspectives and also presented papers at
conferences and contributed articles and chapters on notable Asian
Indians; and |
| WHEREAS |
Professor Lotlikar was open to new ideas as evidenced by her
participation in many professional conferences relating to librarianship
and her areas of subject specialty and by her membership in such
professional organizations as the American Library Association, the
Association of College and Research Libraries, and was a member of the
nominating committee of the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Association of
College and Research Libraries; and |
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That Assistant Professor Sarojini Lotlikar be
granted the honorary title of Assistant Professor of Librarianship,
Emerita.