# /research/staff/connaway.xml

originally: http://www.oclc.org/research/staff/connaway.htm

        Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D.
        Senior Research Scientist
        <P>Lynn Silipigni Connaway's responsibilities include research projects that directly involve OCLC libraries, such as the <A href="../projects/mi/default.htm">Comparative Collection Assessment Project</A> and other WorldCat <A href="../projects/mining/default.htm">data mining projects</A>.</P>
    <P>She is the Co-Principal Investigator with Marie L. Radford of Rutgers University in an IMLS-funded grant project to study <A href="../projects/synchronicity/default.htm">virtual reference services</A>. Connaway also is studying the <A href="../projects/imls/default.htm">behavior patterns of college and university information seekers</A> in a collaborative project with the Ohio State University, which also is funded by an IMLS grant.</P>
    <P>Prior to joining the OCLC Office of Research, Lynn was the vice president of Research and Library Systems at the&nbsp;<A href="http://www.netlibrary.com/">NetLibrary</A>&nbsp;division of OCLC. She also was director of the Library and Information Services Department at the University of Denver, where she taught several courses in library and information science. During her tenure there, Lynn conducted research on the subjects of organization and access of electronic documents, as well as the education of information professionals. She also has served on the faculty of the University of Missouri, Columbia and as a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.</P>
    <P>Lynn Silipigni Connaway earned the Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a Master of Library Science degree from the University of Arizona, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Library Science from Edinboro State University. She has been actively involved in numerous committees within the American Library Association (ALA) and is a current member of the Committee on Accreditation, as well as a member of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&amp;T), and the Association of Library and Information Science Educators (ALISE). </P>
    <P>For further information about the work of Lynn Silipigni Connaway:
    <UL>
    <LI><A href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;safe=active&amp;q=%22silipigni+connaway%22&amp;btnG=Search" $CMIgnore $CM Ignore>Search Google</A> <!-- LI><A href="http://www.google.com/search">Search Google</A></LI -->
    <LI><A href="connaway/cv-current.pdf" target=_blank>Curriculum vitae</A> <SPAN class=small>(PDF:117K/25pp.)</SPAN> </LI></UL>
    <P></P>
        <LI><A href="connaway/complete_publications.htm">Complete</A> <!-- LI><A href="http://errol.oclc.org/orpubs.oclc.org.search&#63;recordSchema=info%3Asrw%2Fschema%2F1%2Fmarcxml-v1.1&query=dc.author+all+%22connaway%22&version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1&resultSetTTL=0&recordPacking=xml&recordXPath=&sortKeys=%22substring%28marcxml%3Arecord%2Fmarcxml%3Acontrolfield%5B@tag%3D%27008%27%5D%2C8%2C4%29%22%2Cmarcxml%2C0">Recent</A> </LI --></LI>

        <A href="mailto:lynn_connaway@oclc.org" target=_self>lynn_connaway@oclc.org</A>
        +1-303-246-3623

        <IMG alt="Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D." src="../images/people/connaway.gif" width=150 border=0 ASSETID="3779">