Curriculum Vitae

Gregory Szczyrbak
Learning Technologies Services Librarian
Ganser Library
Millersville University
Millersville, PA 17551

Education

Masters of Distance Education. University of Maryland University College. In

Progress.
M.S., Library and Information Science. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.
2000.
B.A., History. Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA. 1995.

Conference Presentations

“Got Game? BRING IT!: Gaming in Libraries” at Pennsylvania Library

Association Annual Conference. Presentation. Harrisburg, PA. October 21, 2009

“Games for Learning” with Prof,. William Archibald. Share the CommonWEALTH
– PASSHE Librarians annual conference. Presentation. Grantville, PA. March
27/28 2008.

“Online Pedagogy: Collaborating to Help Students with On-Line Writing and

Research” at Millersville’s Instructional Technology Showcase. Poster.
Millersville, PA. May 6, 2008.

“Perceptron Delusion Research Game” with Prof. William Archibald. Learning,

Teaching and Technology at Harrisburg Area Community College. Presentation.
Lancaster, PA. November 2007.

“Perceptron Delusion Research Game” with Prof. William Archibald. Millersville

University’s Instructional Technology Showcase. Poster. Millersville, PA. May
2007.

“Using RefWorks” with Profs. Marjorie White Greenawalt and Marjorie

Warmkessel. Millersville University Center for Academic Excellence Brown Bag
Discussion, Millersville, PA. February 2006

“Citizen Heroes” with Prof. Cheryl Lutz. Ganser Library. Exhibit. Millersville, PA.
2005-2006
“Designing Online Learning Using Captivate” with Prof. Cheryl Lutz. Millersville
University Center for Academic Excellence Brown Bag Discussion, Millersville,
PA. November 2005

“Designing Online Learning Using Captivate” with Prof. Cheryl Lutz. The Internet
Librarian Meeting. Monterey, CA. October 2005.

“Learning Objects: A Primer”. Association of College and Research Libraries

Biennial Meeting. Poster. Minneapolis, MN. April 2005.

“Providing Online Reference in a Course Management System.” PASSHE/KLN

Libraries Annual Meeting, Roundtable Discussion. Grantville, PA, April 2005.

“The Right to Know: Accessing Public Information in the Patriot Act Era.”
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, American Democracy Project of
Millersville University, and the League of Women Voters of Lancaster County.
Panel Presentation. March 2005.

“Connecting Learning Objects and Digital Objects: Reflections on a Digital

Learning Environment at Millersville University”. Joint meeting of the Associated
Central Libraries of Central Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley Chapter of the
Association of College and Research Libraries. Poster w/ Prof. Marilyn McKinley
Parrish. Grantville, PA, March 2005.

“CyberSegregation: The myth and reality of the digital divide”. Remembering,

Reflecting, and Reforming: a Conference recognizing the 50th Anniversary of
Brown vs. Board of Education and the 150th Anniversary of the Founding of
Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Presentation. Millersville, PA, March 2005.

“The Kids are Alright.” Association of College and Research Libraries-Delaware

Valley Chapter Fall Meeting. Panel Discussion. Bryn Mawr, PA, October 2003.

" Electronic Journal Management Systems or Serials Control for the Control
Freak. " Annual Charleston Conference. Moderated Discussion. Charleston, SC,
October 2002.

“E-Journal Management Solutions: Trends, Trials, and Tradeoffs”. Panel

Presentation. 2002 Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference,
Hershey, PA, November 2002.

South Central Regional Library Council. “Developing E-libraries: eJournal

Management Systems: Serials Administration for eLibraries". Invited feature
speaker. Ithaca, NY, September 2002.
“E-Journal Management Systems and Beyond”. Transforming Serials: the
Revolution Continues. North American Serials Interest Group, William and Mary
College, Williamsburg, VA, June 2002.

“Serials Management Systems: Optimizing Full-Text Control and Access”.

Invited Speaker, Panel Presentation. Minitex Library Information Network.
Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 2002.

“E-journal Management Systems”. Panel Presentation. 2002 American Library

Association Midwinter, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services,
Electronic Resources Discussion Group. New Orleans, January 2002.

“Poster-link: Linking Pre-publication With Publication”. Information in a

Networked World: Harnessing the Flow. Poster Session. 2001 Annual American
Society for Information Science and Technology Meeting. J.W. Marriott Hotel,
Washington, D.C, Nov 2001.

"How do we communicate Information Literacy competencies to our faculty and

administration? Ideas and inspirations for teaching, advertising, and
communicating." Panel Presentation. Associated College Libraries of Central
Pennsylvania, Reference Instruction Group, December 2001.

“The View from the Inside: Editing for a Volunteer Web Directory”. Poster
Session. Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference. Adams Mark
Hotel, Philadelphia, October 2001.

Conference Participation

“The Wow and How: Topics and Trends in Library Interior Design”, Pennsylvania
Library Association, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA. April
2007

Web 2.0 Conference, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. March 2007

Technology and Trends in Academic Libraries, ACRL Webinar. March 2007.

PASSHE Reference Librarians Meeting, Bloomsburg, PA. October 2006

“Open Access: Trend or Transformation”, Spring Meeting of the Association of

College and Research Libraries-Delaware Valley Chapter. March 2006

Teaching Online with Rich Novak, Millersville University. January 2006.

PASSHE Distance Education Summit, Harrisburg, PA. November 2005.

PALINET ContentDM workshop, Indiana, PA. November 2005

20th Annual Conference on Distance Learning and Teaching, Madison, WI.
August 2004.

Sirsi SuperConference 2003, St. Louis, Missouri. March 2003

Association of College and Research Libraries Biennial Meeting, Charlotte, North

Carolina. April 2003. Conference Committee.

Association of College and Research Libraries, Institute for Information Literacy

Immersion. Competitive placement. SUNY, Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY.
August 2001.

Association of College and Research Libraries Biennial Meeting, Denver

Colorado. March 2001.

Publications

Bell, Stephen, John Shank and Greg Szczyrbak. “Instructional Technology” IN

Information Literacy Instruction Handbook. Washington, D.C: American Library
Association Publications, 2008.

Szczyrbak, Gregory. “Finding and Using Help.” Empowering Distance Learners

with Hands-On Information Literacy Activities. Ed. Kate Manuel. Library
Instruction Publications, 2006.

Szczyrbak, Gregory. “Automobilia: Four-wheeled Fun and Information on the

Web.” Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 2002. 55-63.

Sitko, Michelle, Taemin Park, Gregory Szczyrbak, Narda Tafuri. “E-Journal

Management Systems: Trends, Trials, and Tradeoffs.” Serials Review Autumn
2002. 176-194.
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E-Journal Subscription Management Systems and Beyond

G Szczyrbak, L Pierce, K Matthews - SERIALS LIBRARIAN, 2003
haworthpress.com Page 1. E-Journal Subscription Management Systems and
Beyond Gregory Szczyrbak Louise Pierce Workshop Leaders Karen Matthews
Recorder
Cited by 2

Szczyrbak, Gregory. “Using Questions to Evaluate or If at First you Don’t

Deceive, Try, Try Again.” Teaching Information Literacy Concepts: Eds. Timothy
Gatti and Trudi E. Jacobson . Library Instruction Publications, 2001. 121-123.
Cited by 1
Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, Millersville University, 2009 – present.

Instructor, Millersville University, 2004 – 2009.

Assistant Professor of Information Literacy, York College of Pennsylvania. May

2000 - 2004.

Additional courses team-taught at York College:

- Honors Information Literacy/ Writing about Literature.

- The European Union

Professional Memberships

Association of College and Research Libraries

Co-chair, Volunteers Committee, ACRL National Conference, 2009-2011
Second Life Task Force, 2007
President, Delaware Valley Chapter, 2007
Vice President, Delaware Valley Chapter, 2006
Director at Large, Delaware Valley Chapter 2003 – 2006
Conference Committee 2001-2003, 2003-2005
American Library Association
Blended Librarian Steering Committee 2005 - present
Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania
Member – Network Resources Committee 2001 – 2004
Secretary 2004 – 2006

Campus Activities

University Middle States subcommittee

University Theme Committee, 2008-2009
Social Equity Strategic Planning Committee, 2008-2009
University Campus Master Plan Committee, 2008-2009
President’s Commission on the Status of Women, 2007
Millersville University Distance Learning Advisory Group (nee MUOnline Advisory
Taskforce) 2004 - present
American Democracy Project, 2005- present
Constitution Day Planning Committee 2005, 2006, 2007
Human Rights Symposium
Japanese American Internment Symposium
Instructional Technology Showcase Planning Committee 2005, 2006, 2007