[Sigdl-l] Fwd: Deborah Barreau

[Susan Wells Parham]

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From: Monroe, Wanda G. <wmonroe at email.unc.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Subject: [Asis-l] Deborah Barreau
To: "asis-l at asis.org" <asis-l at asis.org>


The following message is sent on behalf of Dr. Gary Marchionini, dean of
the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.  -Wanda
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It is with great sadness that I share news that our friend and colleague,
Dr. Deborah Barreau, lost her battle with cancer earlier this morning.
Although some of you may not have had the opportunity to know Deborah, she
was a talented and gifted teacher and researcher who specialized in
personal information systems, organizational behavior and organizational
communication as well as the design, development and use of information
systems. She was a student of our School, graduating with her Master's in
Library Science in 1986 and earned her Ph.D. from the University of
Maryland at College Park. She was a Tar Heel at heart, receiving her
Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Sociology from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. She came to SILS in 2002 from Catholic University
where she had been an assistant professor. Deborah was a wonderful addition
to our faculty, most recently serving as the Frances Carroll McColl Term
Professor. She put our School above her own amb!
 itions and did many things to make us civil, effective and collaborative.
She did this through her wisdom, warm smile and willingness to go the extra
step to give us all her time, advice and a sympathetic ear. She was an
exceptional teacher, winning the School's Award for Teaching Excellence
twice and the international teaching award from the American and Society
for Information Science & Technology. Her involvement with professional
associations such as ASIS&T where she was elected as Director at Large to
its Board, ACM, the Association for Library and Information Science
Education, Special Libraries Association and others, demonstrated her
extraordinary commitment to the field.

Deborah was not only a remarkable faculty member and researcher, she was
also one of the most compassionate and understanding people I've had the
opportunity to know. She truly cared about her students and their
successes, and her fellow faculty members and staff of our School.  I have
never met anyone as selfless and devoted to others, especially to our
students. She has been a great influence in my life, the lives of her
students and colleagues and has brought true meaning to the words kindness
and integrity. Deborah had a quote on her door that exemplified her beliefs
and her life practice: "Everyone is indispensable."  She believed this and
lived her life accordingly. Her spirit and inspiration is truly
indispensable and although we will miss her terribly, we are all better for
having known her. Her death is an incredible loss to SILS and to the
information and library science world.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Deborah's family as they struggle with
this great loss. A memorial tribute to her life will be planned. Details
will be available on our Web site when they are available. I'm unsure of
funeral arrangements, but when we learn of them we'll make sure to add them
to our Web site as well.

Gary


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Wanda Monroe
Director of Communications
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
100 Manning Hall, CB 3360
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3360
Phone: 919-843-8337
Web: sils.unc.edu
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Susan Wells Parham
Research Data Librarian
Georgia Institute of Technology
Library & Information Center
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