It is with great sadness that we announce the recent passing of Ann D. (Manning) Nevill, former director of the W. K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library from 1979–89.

Ann was an effective and innovative leader in the Canadian library community. At the Kellogg Library she directed the library through its merger with Dalhousie University Libraries. She led the library’s first steps into the electronic environment and led the development of a circuit rider health librarian program in the Annapolis Valley. As director, she partnered extensively with other health libraries in the region.

As well as directing Kellogg Library, Ann directed the Bedford Institute of Oceanography Library, and was the first trainer of the Medlars system in Canada during her time with the Health Sciences Resource Centre at National Research Council-CISTI. At various times, she served as president or on the executives of the Canadian Library Association, Atlantic Provinces Library Association, the International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC), and others. Of particular note, she was a member of a small group of Canadian librarians who led the founding of the Canadian Health Libraries Association.

Ann also chaired the project committee that led to Libraries Without Walls authored by MA (Babs) Flower.

Her colleagues remember her fondly and with gratitude for her mentorship and leadership.