Tuesday, January 25, 1994 REVIEW OF TOP BRASS: UW's president is calling on a vice-president from his former university to review the top management at Waterloo. The review, announced yesterday, covers the offices of eleven top people -- the president, the provost, and those who report to them. James Downey had been saying since shortly after he took office at UW that he wanted to have the administrative structure reviewed. The review is to be headed by J. F. O'Sullivan of the University of New Brunswick, where Downey was president until 1990. Working with him will be two UW faculty members and one staff member. Here's the text of the announcement the president issued yesterday: I have recently struck a small committee, advisory to me, to review the current central administrative structure of the University and to give advice on what changes might be made to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. The offices directly affected by the review will be: President, Vice-President Academic & Provost, Vice- President University Relations, the four Associate Provost positions (Academic, Students, Computing, and General Services), Treasurer, University Secretary, Dean of Graduate Studies and Dean of Research. Dr. J. F. O'Sullivan, Vice-President, Finance & Administration at the University of New Brunswick, has agreed to chair the committee comprised of Dennis Huber, Director, Business Services, Plant Operations, Professor Mary Thompson, Statistics and Actuarial Science, and Professor Gary Waller, Chair, Department of Psychology. The Committee will begin work immediately and I expect that its work will be completed by the summer. SARAJEVO VISITOR: The editor of the heroic newspaper that has kept publishing in Sarajevo through these months of war and starvation is visiting UW today, and will speak on "The Future of Bosnia" at 8 p.m. in Math and Computer room 2065. Kemal Kurspahic, editor-in-chief of the Sarajevo daily "Oslobodjenje" (The Liberation), together with a team of brave men and women, have succeeded in publishing the newspaper throughout the 22-month siege of Sarajevo, in spite of the lack of electricity, fuel and paper shortages. Kurspahic was invited by the Bosnia-Canadian Relief organization to visit a few towns in Canada, and Waterloo is one of them, says one of the organizers, Adnan Dzinic (adzinic@sun14.vlsi). LIBRARY DISCARDS: From yesterday's issue of the "From the Library Office" newsletter: "In an effort to provide space in the Phillip Street Storage facility for material to be transferred from the Dana Porter Library to relieve congestion in the stacks, approximately 30,000 duplicate volumes will be withdrawn. Care is being taken to ensure that items are truly duplicates and that special materials are retained. Lists of these items have been reviewed by selectors and some items are being reviewed by Special Collections staff members before they are withdrawn. Material to be withdrawn will likely be offered to libraries or agents for libraries in the Third World or Eastern Europe." Chris Redmond Information and Public Affairs credmond@watserv1 ext. 3004