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Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:35:00 -0600
From:   Kadri, Carolyn J <[log in to unmask]>
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This is indeed very sad news for all of us who knew Jan. She was always upbeat and positive about everything even as she explained her serious medical diagnosis to us at ALA annual in 2008 in Anaheim. Jan was a tireless MAGERT worker and made many contributions to map librarianship, not the least of which was her work in leading the Map Security Task Force that produced the document, Map Security Guidelines, for MAGERT and map librarians and their institutions. She will be greatly missed my all.

Thank you, Jenny, for letting us all know.

Carolyn Kadri
2009 Past Chair, MAGERT

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Subject:        Re: Jan Dixon
Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:29 -0500
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Thank you for sharing this sad news Jenny, I am
in total shock. I had no idea that Jan was even
sick, and remember her energy, enthusiasm, smile,
and sense of humor while seeing her at MAGERT
meetings and as she lead efforts relating to
programs for security of map collections in
recent years. I don't know what else to say
except Jan will be missed very much by the map librarians community.

Sincerely,

Paige

At 08:03 PM 11/16/2009, you wrote:
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>From: "Jenny Marie Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "MAPS-L" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 4:15:52 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
>Subject: Jan Dixon
>
>It is with great sadness that I send this e-mail.
>
>I received a call this afternoon from Donna Daniels, Head of Reference
>at the University of Arkansas Mullins Library in Fayetteville.
>
>Donna called to tell me that Jan Dixon had passed away on October 21 and
>to ask me to let the rest of the map library community know.
>
>  From the e-mail that Donna sent to me after our call:
>Jan had myeloid dysplasia syndrome (MDS) which transformed into myeloid
>leukemia in early August.  Jan was at MD Anderson in Texas when she
>received the news.  Jan was forever upbeat about the outcome even though
>she knew it would be a long journey.  She had just received word that
>they had found a 10 for 10 criteria match for a bone marrow transplant.
>   Jan was to leave for Houston on Nov.1 to begin the process.  Her Dr.’s
>found her passing shocking and unexpected.  Here is the obituary  and
>the link to the library website.
>http://libinfo.uark.edu/reference/jandixon.asp
>
>And the text from the obituary:
>Janet Bergquist Dixon, passed away on October 21, 2009 after losing her
>battle with leukemia. She was born July 22, 1952 in Pasadena, California
>to Barbara and Lyle Bergquist. She earned a bachelor’s degree in
>environmental science from Prescott College in Arizona, Masters degrees
>in Geography from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Library and
>Information Science from the University of Texas, Austin. Before moving
>to Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas, she worked as an
>Environmental Specialist/Park Planner for the U.S. National Park Service
>at their Denver Service Center principally on National Seashores.
>
>She loved the out of doors, especially hiking and camping with her
>family and friends in the beauty of America’s public lands. The role she
>played in conservation in several of the Nation’s National Parks was
>especially satisfying to her. Jan especially enjoyed the opportunities
>for travel with her family that her children’s international adventures
>provided while exchange students in Europe. Visits and travel with her
>extended family and friends in Australia was a significantly enriching
>part of her life. In recent years she derived great pleasure from
>singing in the choir at First United Presbyterian Church.
>
>Jan was a librarian at the University of Arkansas libraries where she
>has worked for over 25 years. She served as the Map Librarian and
>subject reference librarian for the Departments of Geoscience and
>Anthropology as well as for the Environmental Dynamics doctoral program.
>Jan was a highly respected map librarian in the library community where
>she participated actively in leadership roles at state, regional,
>national and international levels. On the U of A campus she was admired
>and respected by all of the students and faculty she served and by her
>colleagues. She will always be remembered for her energetic dedication
>to her work as well as for her constantly cheerful nature, her
>infectious smile and characteristic  laugh. Jan is survived by her
>husband of 30 years John, her son Colin of Sydney, Australia, her
>daughter, Bronwyn, her brother Daryl Bergquist and sister-in-law Sara
>Rose of Blountsville, Alabama, and her father Lyle Bergquist of
>Fayetteville. A memorial service will be held in Jan’s honor on Tuesday
>November 17th, 2009 at First United Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville at
>2pm. Memorials can be made to First United Presbyterian Church 695
>Calvin Street, Fayetteville, AR, 72703.
>
>
>
>Jenny Marie Johnson
>Map and Geography Library
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign