Tom Ipri is a librarian and writer living in Philadelphia, PA. Currently, he is the Liaison Librarian to the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design at Drexel University’s Hagerty Library. Among various duties, he develops and manages the libraries’ collaborative relationships with the departments and programs of the college, including development of library collections, provision of specialized reference, instruction, and consultative services.

Previously, he was the Head of Media and Computer Services at Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2007 until 2011. In this position, he directed the future of the libraries’ media collections and services and led the development of the media design studio, the learning commons, and the strategic evolution of media services within the University Libraries.

Prior to working at UNLV, he was the Media Services Librarian, for 7 years, at La Salle University’s Connelly Library in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to developing a film collection of approximately 6200 feature films and documentaries, he oversaw the library’s Web site and contributed to the development of the library’s content in the university’s portal. At La Salle, he also taught freshman writing for the English department and a general education Humanities course. Prior to La Salle, he began his professional library career as an Information Services Librarian at Scott Memorial Library at Thomas Jefferson University.

Tom earned his Master of Science in Information and Library Science from Drexel University in 1999 and his Bachelor of Arts in English from La Salle University in 1990. Before moving to Las Vegas, he was working toward a Master of Arts in English from Arcadia University in Glenside, PA.

Professionally, Tom has published in the Journal of Web Librarianship, New Library World, College & Research Libraries News, Computers in Libraries, Lore: An E-Journal for Teachers of Writing, and Information Technology and Libraries. He has presented at several Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian conferences, at American Library Association conferences, and at a variety of workshops. He reviews films for Educational Media Reviews Online.

Tom is an active member of the American Library Association (ALA), through which he serves as the current Chair of the Video Round Table. He is a former member of the Notable Videos for Adults Committee where he nominated, reviewed and helped select documentaries for the annual ALA Notable Videos for Adults award. He is also a co-founder and Vice-Chair of the Transliteracy Interest Group for ALA’s Library and Information Technology Association.

Tom has poetry published in Small Brushes, Superior Poetry News and The Vermillion Literary Project. His short story, Drunk Monkeys, was awarded an Honorable Mention in the 73rd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition in the Literary/Mainstream category.

He blogs professionally at Tombrarian and personally at Being and Formulating and SuperPlus Eats and contributes to the Libraries and Transliteracy blog. He also can be found on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Goodreads, Pinterest, Slideshare and Yelp.