By Amy M. Krebs, director, Campus and Community Relations, Penn State Beaver

Martin (Marty) Goldberg, Penn State Beaver associate librarian, will retire June 30.

Marty Goldberg joined Beaver campus in 1990 and has worked with all facets of the library’s operation, staffing, and acquisitions; the library has more than 50,000 volumes. He oversaw the establishment of the African-American Autobiography Collection honoring Dr. Russell C. Brignano, professor emeritus of English. The collection contains more than 600 African-American autobiographies representing a variety of professions and experiences.

He has worked on a variety of special projects for the campus and University, including the Freshman Portal Project, the Teaching and Learning with Technology Faculty Engagement Initiative Project, and Project SAILS (Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills). He and his staff provide regularly scheduled support for students using the Center for Academic Achievement. Goldberg also implemented a multi-year program of phased upgrades to the library’s interior furnishings for a more useable, technology-oriented, group learning environment.

Goldberg has published articles in a variety of refereed journals, given presentations at numerous national conferences, and conducted research and written extensively about the Holocaust.

In addition, he was instrumental in establishing an annual Sexual Assault Survivors’ Quilt display in the library in conjunction with the Women’s Center of Beaver County and has been a longtime member of the Campus Climate and Diversity Committee.

Goldberg holds a master’s degree in library science from Long Island University, a master’s degree in urban education from City College of New York, an advanced studies diploma in instructional systems from Hofstra University, and a bachelor’s degree in communications from the New York Institute of Technology.