Libraries Director for Public Services: Ms. Kerbel

Sandra Kerbel has been appointed Director for Public Services at the University Library. Ms. Kerbel comes to Penn from the University of Virginia, where she was the Director of Engineering and Science Libraries. Her responsibilities at Penn include system-wide coordination of information, instruction, and reader services and oversight of services in the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library, Fine Arts, and Music Libraries, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Libraries.

At the University of Virginia Library Ms. Kerbel was involved in strategic planning for digital services and collections, major library renovation and construction projects, and received the Mac Wade Award for Outstanding Service to the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, Paul Mosher said, "Sandra has the right experience and the values necessary to make the Library a vital part of the academic experience of students and faculty. Her record at UVa. underscores my confidence that Library service quality--already high at Penn--will rise further under her leadership."

Prior to being at UVa., Ms. Kerbel held a number of positions in business, engineering, and science at the University of Pittsburgh Libraries. She has published articles on collection development in the digital age, use of Japanese scientific and technical information, library instruction, use of financial ratios, and gender in historical criminal arrest trends. She holds a masters in library science from the University of Pittsburgh and a masters and bachelors in sociology from Bowling Green State University.

Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 6, October 2, 2001

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