
E-mail
tkarel@fandm.edu
Phone
717-291-3845
Office
SFL 206
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Tom Karel
Collection Development Librarian
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Responsibilities
I am responsible for guiding and coordinating collection development efforts in the library
and work closely with the Acquisitions Librarian and Acquisitions staff to implement material
orders. I also oversee the government documents collection and maintain the government information
section of the library's web page. I continue to take part in reference desk service, research
appointments, and library instruction. I serve as liaison to the following departments: Business, Organizations & Society;
Government.
Favorite Websites (for work and pleasure)
- New York Times
- for all the news that's fit to print
- LEXIS-NEXIS
- for all the other news
- Philly News
- for tracking the Phillies and 76ers and the cultural scene in Philadelphia
- U.S. Government Printing Office
- for indispensable links to electronic government information
- Bob Links
- another indispensable site - everything there is to know about Bob Dylan, including tour
schedules, set lists and concert reviews
- The Centaurian
- A John Updike Website - a potpourri of reviews, articles and fan commentary
Professional Activites
Government Documents Roundtable (GODORT), American Library Association; Delaware
Valley Chapter, Association of College and Research Libraries; Education Advisory Group, PALINET;
PALCI Collection Development Group; Government Documents Interest Group, Association of College
Libraries of Central Pennsylvania (ACLCP) (chair); Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian
(member of the editorial board); frequent book reviewer for Library Journal and American Reference Books Annual (ARBA).
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