Michael Halperin

Director, Lippincott Library

Mike has been Director of the Lippincott Library, the Library of the Wharton School, since 1984. He serves as liaison for the Departments of Accounting, Finance and Statistics. Previously, he worked in the Temple University and Drexel University Libraries. He has published extensively in both library and business literatures and is the co-author of two books: International Business Information (1997) and Research Guide to Corporate Acquisitions (1992). He is the creator, with Penn Libraries' Delphine Khanna and Linda Eichler, of the 'Business FAQ', a business knowledge database, now shared by 25 major academic libraries in the United States and abroad. Mike received the Dun & Bradstreet Information Services Award in 1992 for his promotion of online searching of business resources and, during his tenure as Director, the Lippincott Library received the annual Center of Excellence Award from the business and Finance Division of the Special Libraries Association (2002). From 1976 until 1997, Mike was an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University's College of Information Science and Technology. He holds a B.A. in History from Washington College, an M.A. in History from Temple University, and an M.L.S., an M.B.A. and a Ph.D (Information Studies) all from Drexel University.

Office	Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
Contact	halperin@wharton.upenn.edu \| 215-898-9434\| IM: mrhalp
Areas of Specialization	Accounting \| Finance \| Statistics \| Taxation
Collection Responsibilities	Business
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