Brian Kern is Associate Director of Libraries at Pelletier Library, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA. He is responsible for overseeing the print and electronic collections procurement and management. Brian helped create Allegheny's DSpace institutional repository, including The Documents of Ida M. Tarbell. Prior to his current position, Brian was Head of Technical Services at Muskingum University. Brian holds an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh.