Phil Flynn

Education

Continuing Education	Samples: Advanced Presentation Skills for Libarians, by Brent Bowen. ALAO Workshop. June 1997. Electronic Publishing I, Introduction to SGML and HTML, by Marcia Lei Zeng. Kent State University. (1 grad. credit) May 1996. EGR335 Technical Communications for Engineers and Computer Scientists, by Leo Finkelstine. Wright State University. (audit) Summer 1996.
	University of Kentucky MLS 1987	Interests included academic reference service, collection development, government documents and science and engineering collections.
	Wittenberg University BA 1986	Embraced a renaissance philosophy of liberal education. Chose courses from many separate disciplines. Majored in Psychology.

Experience

Wright State University: Reference and Research Department. 1988 to present.

Provides reference service in a multi-cultural environment including evening and weekend rotation. Guides people to the best online, print and personal resources appropriate to their interests and helps them to plan efficient inquiries. Creates HTML Internet guides and research pathfinders. Conducts tours, introduces library literacy skills and develops course specific instruction in cooperation with faculty. Teaches one section of the Education Technology 110 course, Using the Library, each quarter.

Wright State University: Science Team: Engineering Outreach Librarian. 1988 to present.

Manages the library's computer science, computer, electrical, human factors, materials and mechanical engineering collections and budgets. Articulates library news and policy to faculty comprising those departments.

Presentations

• Search Engines: Hints and Comparisons. Clermont County Public Libary Staff Institute. October 1997.
• Advanced Searching on the Web. Eleventh Annual WSU Department of Human Services Alumni Conference, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Helping Others. May 1997.
• Search Engines: Hints and Comparisons. Joint GCLC/SLA conference, Untangling the Web: Finding Answers on the Internet. April 1997.
• Academic Libraries, Censorship and the Internet. Antioch Appalachian Mentoring Program. Staff Meeting. March 1997.
• Ryan White Foundation. Provided sight design and original mark-up. February 1997.
• Drinking from the Fire Hose: Using the Internet for Reference. (co-presented with Dorothy Auchter and Karen Kimber) SOCHE Education and Communication Committee Workshop. July 1996.
• Reference Service Without a Reference Desk. (co-presented with Heather Martin& Jayne Zetts) ALAO Annual Conference: Navigating the Information Ocean: Charting the Course. November 1994.
• CD-ROM as a Reference Tool. SOITA School Librarians Workshop. May 1990.

Committees

• ALA: Reference Service Press Award Nominating Committe. 1996 to 1997.
• ALAO: Collection Management Interest Group Planing Committee. 1995 to present.
• ALAO: Interest Group Task Force, chair. 1997.
• Dunbar Library: LAN Resources Development Work Group. 1996 to present.
• Wright State Univeristy Libraries: StAR Award (Staff Recognition) Nominating Committee. 1995 to 1996.
• Complete list of committee work is included on vitae.

Memberships

• ALAO (Academic Library Association of Ohio): 1988 - present
  • Collection Management Interest Group: member 1993 - present. Chair 1996 to 1997.
• American Library Association: 1987 - present
  • RUSA (Reference and User Servers Association: 1987 - present
    • CODES (Collection Development & Evaluation Section): 1994 - present
• Association of College and Research Libraries: 1994 - present
  • STS (Science and Technology Section): 1995 - present

Phil Flynn