Annie Platoff
Annie poses in front of St. Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow.
Library Responsibilities:
- Web Services Librarian
- Subject Librarian for Geology/Earth Sciences
- Subject Liaison for Slavic Studies
Contact Information
Educational Background
- Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies
- Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, December 2000
- Internship: Arizona Historical Society, Central Division Museum, Tempe, AZ
- Master of Arts in Historical Studies
- University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, TX, May 1999
- Thesis published by NASA
- Master of Science in Library Science
- University of North Texas, Denton, TX, December 1992
- Houston program; Accredited by the American Library Association
- Graduate-level coursework in History and Archaeology
- Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, August 1986-July 1988
- Internship: United States Cavalry Museum, Ft. Riley, KS
- Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History
- Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, May 1985
- Honors Program Graduate
Publications and Presentations
Publications -- History and Vexillology
- Platoff, Anne M. “Flags in Space: Symbols of NASA and Use of Flags in the Manned Space Program,” publication pending in The Flag Bulletin.
- Platoff, Anne M. “Dalai Lama”, “Ping-Pong Diplomacy”, “Spy Plane Incident (2001)”, “Tibet”, and “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”. In Yuwu Song (ed.), Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations. (Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006): 86, 222-223, 264, 280-281, 296.
- Platoff, Annie. Eyes on the Red Planet: A History of Manned Mars Mission Planning, 1952-1970. NASA CR-2001-208928. Houston: NASA Johnson Space Center, July 2001. 115 pages. Available at http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/collections/TRS/_techrep/CR-2001-208928.pdf.
- Platoff, Anne M. "The Pike-Pawnee Flag Incident: Reexamining a Vexillological Legend," Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, 6 (1999): 1-8. (Jury-Reviewed). Available at http://aplatoff.home.mindspring.com/flags/pikepawnee.html.
- Platoff, Anne M. "Index of Communities," in Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States. Special issue of Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, 3/4 (1996-1997): 235-242.
- Platoff, Anne M. "Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing a Flag on the Moon," Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, 1 (1994): 3-10. (Jury-Reviewed)
- Platoff, Annie. "Where No Flag Has Gone Before," Final Frontier, 7 (July/August 1994): 74-75. Reprinted in JSC Space News Roundup, 33 (July 22, 1994): 3.
- Platoff, Anne M. Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing a Flag on the Moon. NASA CR-188251. Houston: NASA Johnson Space Center, 1992. Available at http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/flag/flag.htm.
- Platoff, Anne M. "The World Flag of the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts," NAVA News, 22 (1989).
Publications -- Library and Information Science
- Platoff, Anne M and Jennifer M. Duvernay. “User Testing Made Easy,” In Internet Librarian 2001: Collected Presentations. (Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 2001): 155-164. (Invited Paper)
- Platoff, Anne M. “Redesigning the Library Web Site: Implications for Instruction,” In Library User Education in the New Millennium: Blending Tradition, Trends, and Innovation. (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Pierian Press, 2001): 115-119. (Invited Paper)
- Platoff, Anne M. “Digital Darwinism: Evolution of the Library Web Site.” In IOLS 2000: Proceedings of the Fifteenth National Conference on Integrated Online Library Systems. (Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2000): 145-158. (Invited Paper)
- Platoff, Anne M., and Margaret Ackroyd, “Let’s Try it This Way: Using Rapid Prototyping and Quick User Testing to Improve Access to Electronic Resources,” In www.peopleconnect.lib: Contributed Papers Presented at the 1999 [AzLA] Conference. http://www.azla.org/culd/papers/1999/platoff.html.
- Mazurkiewicz, Orchid, Annie Platoff, and Linda Shackle, “You Can Get There From Here: Achieving Library Instruction Through Innovative Web-Page Design.” In More than Books, More than Ever – Your Library: Contributed Papers Presented at the 1997 [AzLA] Conference. http://www.azla.org/culd/papers/1997/mazurk.html.
Conference Papers and Other Presentations
- “Lions and Babrs and Bears: Analyzing the Flags of Russia’s Federal Subjects,” North American Vexillological Association, NAVA 42 (Austin, TX, October 2008), awarded Driver Award for best paper.
- “Lions and Babrs and Bears: A Design Survey of the Flags of Russia’s Federal Subjects,” Modern Slavic Culture Academic Conference (Santa Barbara, CA, May 2008).
- “Virtual Museums: When Do They Become ‘Real’?,” Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education and Museums Conference (Second Life, March 2008).
- “The Museum Phenomenon in Star Wars Galaxies,” Virtual Worlds: Libraries, Education and Museums Conference (Second Life, March 2008).
- “Flags in Space: Symbols of NASA and Use of Flags in the Manned Space Program,” North American Vexillological Association, NAVA 36 (Denver, CO, September 2002).
- “Creating User-Friendly Web-Based Reference and Instruction Services,” MPLA/AzLA 2001 Conference (Phoenix, AZ, November 2001). With Jennifer M. Duvernay and Domenico Bonnani.
- “User Testing Made Easy,” Internet Librarian Conference (Pasadena, CA, November 2001). With Jennifer M. Duvernay.
- “Science Reference for the Non-Scientist,” AzLA post-conference workshop, (Phoenix, AZ, November 2000).
- “Digital Darwinism: Evolution of the Library Web Site,” Fifteenth National Conference on Integrated Online Library Systems (IOLS 2000), (New York, NY, May 2000).
- “UNI 100: Librarians and Instructors Working Together,” Designing Effective Library Assignments Faculty Workshop, March 2000. With Leslie Chilton.
- “Let’s Try it This Way: Using Rapid Prototyping and Quick User Testing to Improve Access to Electronic Resources,” AzLA 1999 Conference (Phoenix, AZ, November 1999). With Margaret Ackroyd.
- “Redesigning the Library Web Site: Implications for Instruction,” 27th Annual LOEX (Library Instruction) Conference (Houston, TX, March 1999).
- “Panel Discussion on Management of Web Sites,” panel member, AzLA 1998 Conference (Phoenix, AZ, November 1998).
ASU Libraries Web Site Demonstration, AzLA 1997 Conference (Phoenix, AZ, November 1997). With Orchid Mazurkiewicz, and Linda Shackle.
- “You Can Get There From Here: Achieving Library Instruction Through Innovative Web-Page Design” AzLA 1997 Conference (Phoenix, AZ, November 1997). With Orchid Mazurkiewicz, and Linda Shackle.
- “Panel Discussion on Multi-Disciplinary Research in Vexillology,” panel member, North American Vexillological Association, NAVA 31 (Chicago, IL, October 1997).
- “The Pike-Pawnee Flag Incident: Reexamining a Vexillological Legend,” North American Vexillological Association, NAVA 31 (Chicago, IL, October 1997).
- “Where No Flag Has Gone Before: Political and Technical Aspects of Placing a Flag on the Moon,” North American Vexillological Association, NAVA 26 (San Antonio, TX, October 1992), awarded Driver Award for best paper.
- “Proposed Designs for the State Flag of Kansas,” North American Vexillological Association, NAVA 23 (Dallas, TX, October 1989).
Selected Web Sites
Author: Annie Platoff
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