St. Clair Honored by University of Illinois - Guy St. Clair, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science - Brief Article

Information Outlook, Sept, 2000

The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science has named Guy St. Clair as its "Distinguished Alumnus" for 2000.

Begun in 1987, the award recognizes an individual alumnus who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of library and information science. Past recipients have included Beverly Lynch, Edward Holley, Charles Bunge, Robert Wedgeworth, Barbara Ford, and Ellis Mount.

St. Clair is currently employed as Senior Systems Analyst, Knowledge Management and Learning, for Dynamic Research Corporation of Andover, MA, working under contract for the Network-Centric Integrated Digital Environment Project, United States Air Force. From 1984 until April, 2000, St. Clair was President of SMR International, a management consulting firm for the information services industry. Prior to establishing SMR International, he served as library director of the University Club of New York and as librarian, curator, and director of cultural programs for the Union League Club of New York.

St. Clair is a past president of the Special Libraries Association, of which he has been a member for thirty years. He is the author of many books on library and information services management, including Managing the One Person Library (1986 and 1991), Entrepreneurial Librarianship (1996), Change Management in Action (1999), and the forthcoming Beyond Degrees: Professional Learning and Qualification Management in the Information Services Industry. In addition to an M.S. in Library and Information Science, St. Clair holds an A.B. from the University of Virginia.