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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 ambitions 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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