Guy St. Clair serves as President and Consulting Specialist for Knowledge Services at SMR International, a New York-based strategy consulting company. In his latest book, SLA at 100: From “Putting Knowledge to Work” to Building the Knowledge Culture, St. Clair traces the story of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), the preeminent global organization for information professionals. Over its 100 years, SLA’s members created a professional services continuum, transitioning their work from librarianship to their role today as experts in enterprise-wide knowledge asset management for their parent organizations.

A native of Virginia and a long-time resident of New York, St. Clair has for many years maintained a strong affection for his adopted city, and he takes particular interest in New York’s culture, intellectual vigor, and its history. In the late 1990s, St. Clair was commissioned to write A Venerable and Cherished Institution: The University Club of New York, 1865-1990 (New York, NY: The University Club, 1991), published to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the founding of one of the city’s most important cultural organizations. He continues to pursue his interest in New York through his affiliations with several of the city’s various cultural institutions.

In his professional work, Guy St. Clair is recognized as a leader in knowledge management, knowledge services, and the development of the organizational knowledge culture. He was awarded SLA’s Professional Award in 1989. The citation for the award reads: “Guy St. Clair is credited in the information profession with recognizing the role of one-person libraries in the library community.” St. Clair served as SLA’s President in 1991-1992.

In addition to his work with SMR International (http://www.smr-knowledge.com), Guy St. Clair is a special consultant for knowledge services for EOS International (http://www.eosintl.com), a San Diego-based company providing integrated library automation, knowledge services support, and global SaaS hosting for specialized libraries and knowledge services staff in organizations throughout the world.

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