John C. Phillips BA, MA, MSLS
Map Librarian
Associate Professor
Phone: 419-530-2865
E-mail: john.phillips@utoledo.edu
Education
- B.A., Sociology, Southern University at New Orleans, 1969
- M.A., Sociology, Atlanta University, 1974
- M.S.L.S., Library Service, Atlanta University School of Library Service, 1976
- Graduate Course Work, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo, 1990-1995
Experience
- Map Librarian, Carlson Library, University of Toledo, 1989-
- Assistant Reference Librarian and Coordinator of High School Tours, Carlson Library, University of Toledo, 1984-1988
- Archivist/Special Collections Librarian and Reference Librarian, Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, 1976-1983
Selected Publications
- Co-authored a book chapter with Brian Hickam titled “Planning an Information Commons: Our Experiences at the University of Toledo’s Carlson Library.” The chapter was submitted in September 2006 and has been accepted for publication. The book is titled Our New Public A Changing Clientele: Bewildering Issues or New Challenges for Managing Libraries. It is part of the Libraries Unlimited Library Management Collection Series and is scheduled for publication in 2007.
- Regional editor for the book Guide to U.S. Map Resources, 3rd edition; edited by Christopher J.J. Thiry, ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2006. The guide is a comprehensive directory of map collections and resources in America.
- Co-authored a journal article with Rajinder Garcha about academic librarians and membership in unions. The article is titled “U.S. Academic Librarians: Their Involvement in Union Activities,” Library Review v.50 n.3, 2001, pp. 122-127.
- Co-authored a book chapter titled “Meeting Their Needs: Moving Library Instruction to the Academic Departments,” in New Learning Environments: Papers and Session Materials Presented at the Twenty-Sixth National LOEX Library Instruction Conference held in Ypsilanti, Michigan, June 4-6, 1998, edited by Linda Shirato, Michigan : Piernan Press, 2001.
- Co-authored a journal article with five other colleagues titled “Faculty Use of an Academic Reference Collection,” Collection Building, 17, n.2, 1998, pp. 56-64.
- Co-authored a journal article with Marcia King-Blandford titled “Electronic Instruction at Carlson Library: Emerging Challenges,” IRSQ: Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2 n.2/3, 1997, pp. 79-92. Simultaneously published as an electronic journal at http://www.cobleskill.edu/service/lrc/irsq
- Co-authored a book chapter with Marcia King-Blandford titled “Electronic Instruction at Carlson Library: Emerging Challenges,” in The Challenge of Internet Literacy: the Instruction-Web Convergence, pp. 79-92, by Lyn Elizabeth M. Martin, editor. New York: Haworth Press, 1997.
- Co-authored a journal article with Barbara Floyd titled “A Question of Quality: How Authors and Editors Perceive Library Literature,” College & Research Libraries, 58, 1997 pp. 81-93.
- Co-authored an article with Gloria Freimer and Dulce Didio McClean titled “A New Direction for Continuing Education at Carlson Library,” Journal of Academic Librarianship, 13, n.6, 1988, pp. 340-344.
Selected Presentations
- Presented a paper at the National Conference of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) XXII, October 9-12, 2003, Columbus, Ohio. The title of my paper was: “An Examination of the Historical Impact of Changing Technology on Cartography.”
- Presented a poster session with Marcia King-Blandford titled “Meeting Their Needs: Moving Library Instruction to the Academic Departments,” at the LOEX Annual Conference, Eastern Michigan University, June 4-6, 1998.
- Presented a paper with Gloria Freimer and Dulce Didio McClean, titled “The Three C’s: Collegiality, Communication, and Continuing Education at Carlson Library,” at the 1985 Academic Library Association of Ohio (ALAO) Annual Conference. The conference’s theme was “Developing library personnel for the 1980's...and beyond.”
Selected Professional, University, and College Service
- Member of the American Library Association (ALA) Publications Committee of the Map and Geography Roundtable (MAGERT), 2002 -
- Member of the editorial board of Coordinates, an online serial publication of the Map and Geography Roundtable (MAGERT) which was launched in January 2005-
- Member of the ALAO Research and Publications Committee, 2002-2005
- Member of the OhioLINK Sociology Subject Specialists Interest Group Committee, 1997-2001
- Member, University Faculty Senate’s Faculty Affairs Committee, 2007-
- Member, University Faculty Senate Liaison to the Student Senate, alternative representative, 2006-2007
- Secretary, University Facilities Planning Counsel, 1997-1998
- Member, UT-AAUP Executive Board, 1992-1994
- Chair, College Personnel Committee, 2003-2006
- Chair, College Faculty Affairs Committee, 2005-2006
