People: September 2006 Archives

We are pleased to announce that Sandra Thompson has agreed to accept the position of Interim Head of the Suburban Campus Libraries following Linda Cotilla's retirement. Sandi will be responsible for the operations of the Ambler and Tyler libraries. Sandi holds the B.A. degree in History from Pennsylvania State University, University Park and a Masters of Science in Library Science from Drexel University. Since obtaining her MLS from Drexel in 1984, Sandi has worked as Bibliographic Services Librarian at the Ambler Library. Prior to that, she worked in several Bibliographic Assistant positions in the Paley Library system. She has been very active professionally at Temple and in regional and national library organizations.

Sandi looks forward to working with faculty and students at both Ambler and at Tyler in this new role. She can be contacted at sandi@temple.edu or by telephone at 267-468-8645.

Larry P. Alford,
Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Derik A. Badman as a librarian on the Paley Library staff. Derik has been working as a librarian at the Ambler Campus for almost two years. At the Ambler Library he was responsible for Access services and helped provide reference and instructional services both at Ambler and on the main campus. Derik received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Temple's Tyler School of Art and his Masters in Library and Information Science from Drexel University. While earning his Masters degree he worked as a supervisor in the former Zahn Library.

Derik will work in the Paley Reference and Instructional Services Department as Digital Services Librarian where he will evaluate current and emerging technologies to help improve delivery of information to support teaching, learning, and research at Temple. He will also serve as liaison for collection development, reference, and instructional services for the College of Education and the School of Social Administration.

Derik is eager to assist students with their information needs and to meet with the faculty in his subject areas to ensure that we are building collections to serve their research and teaching needs. His email address is dbadman@temple.edu and his phone number is 215-204-5250.

Larry P. Alford,
Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian