Background
Bales, Flossie Kathleen was born on September 4, 1938 in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Francis Justus and Flossie Mae (Smith) O'Reilly.
Bales, Flossie Kathleen was born on September 4, 1938 in El Dorado, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Francis Justus and Flossie Mae (Smith) O'Reilly.
Bachelor in Music Education magna cum laude, Wichita State University, 1960; Master of Library Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1968.
Teacher music, Larkspur (California)/Corte Madera School, 1961-1962; library clerk, Palo Alto (California) Public Library., 1962-1967; cataloger, Stanford (California) U., 1968; children's library, Santa Clara County, Los Altos, California, 1975; cataloger, Santa Clara County Library., San Jose, California, 1976-1978; instructor cataloging, University of California, Berkeley, 1982, 84-85; with user services staff, Research Libraries Group, Mount View, California, 1978-1980; systems analyst, Research Libraries Group, Mount View, California, 1980-1989; manager online applications, Research Libraries Group, Mount View, California, 1989-1992; senior analyst, Research Libraries Group, Mount View, California, since 1993.
Chairperson curriculum committee Los Lomitas School, Menlo Park, California, 1975-1977. Board directors El Camino Youth Symphony, Los Altos, 1983-1987, co-president, 1985-1987, tutor Menlo Park library Project Read, since 2007, advisory board member, since 2009. Member American Library Association (chairperson cataloging and classification section 1991-1992, various appointments since 1982), National Information Standards Organization (chairperson standards development committee 1990-1992).
Married Royal Eugene Bales, April 16, 1960. Children: David Scott, Elizabeth Laurel.