Stuart Spore

Skills

• Librarianship. I have over 20 years of experience as a professional librarian in special research libraries, specifically law and medicine. I have concentrated on the integration of automation and electronic resources to the furtherance of established library goals. My role has been to advocate and facilitate change and to serve as the point person in identifying and explaining appropriate technologies. I have a very strong background in technical services, particularly cataloging.

• Management. I have experience with budgeting and planning, particularly planning for technological change. I believe that building consensus for change is a vital part of effective planning and implementation. I am experienced at organizing work and seeing it through to successful completion. In supervision, my emphasis is on creating motivation by fostering mutual respect and by establishing clear goals and policies.

• Communications. I have a strong professional publishing record in the areas of electronic documents, library automation, artificial intelligence, and management. I have designed, created, and maintained extensive hypertext documentation for library systems. I have presented numerous prepared papers and extemporaneous talks at professional meetings.

• Technology. I have extensive experience with UNIX, Windows, and Macintosh systems. I am skilled with Internet resources and tools, including HTML and CGI programming, as well as other aspects of TCP/IP networking. I have strong grounding in general software and hardware implementation, maintenance, and support. In respect to library systems, I have extensive experience with the Innovative Interfaces INNOPAC integrated library system and the OVID Medline system. I have a strong background in library standards, particularly MARC.

Experience

I am responsible for all computer systems at the Ehrman Medical Library. These include multiple UNIX servers (Solaris and Linux), Novell, NT, and Apple servers, and over 100 desktop computers (both Macintosh and Windows). The servers support the Library's online public access catalog (INNOPAC), Medline databases (OVID), CD-ROM Tower, and Web and email systems. Management of these resources includes hardware and software implementation, maintenance, security, and troubleshooting, as well as networking, staff support, and coordination with other Medical Center systems offices.

I participate actively in Library technology planning and teach courses in technology to Medical Center staff, faculty and students. I supervise a staff of 2 professionals, 4 full time staff, and a varying number of student workers.

Head of Cataloging and Automated Systems
New York University Law Library (New York, New York) September 1984-August 1995

This position included management of the Library's Automated Systems section; responsibility for cataloging policy, quality control, productivity, and coordination; I supervisied and trained professional librarians as well as clerical and student workers; I participated actively in departmental planning and budgeting.

Information Specialist I (Cataloger)
Minnesota State Law Library (St. Paul, Minnesota) January 1981-August 1984

Catalog Assistant (Graduate Assistantship)
University of Illinois Library (Urbana, Illinois) August 1979-August 1980

• American Association of Law Libraries (1984-1996)

  AALL representative to MARBI (1993-1996); Technical Services SIS, Member-at-large (1993-1995), Cataloging and Classification Committee, (1992-1996), Chairperson, Heads of Cataloging in Large Law Libraries, (1990-1991); Online Bibliographic Services SIS, Chairperson, RLIN Committee (1992-1993)

• American Library Association (1981- )

  Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (1986- ) ; Library and Information Technology Association (1987- ); Library Administration and Management Association (1991- ); Social Responsibilities Round Table (1986- )

• American Medical Informatics Association (1995- )

• Medical Libraries Association (1995- )

  NY/NJ Chapter (1998- )

• National Association for Computing in the Humanities (1989-1996)
• New York Technical Services Librarians (1989-1995)

• North Eastern Association for Computing in the Humanities (1989-1996)