Charles Bailey

Current

• Publisher at Digital Scholarship

Past

• Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development at University of Houston
• Assistant Dean for Systems at University of Houston
• Head, Systems and Research Services at The University of North Carolina

• Systems Librarian at Johns Hopkins University
• User Documentation Specialist at OCLC
• Manager, Media Library at SUNY Oswego

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Industry

Libraries

Charles Bailey’s Summary

Charles W. Bailey, Jr. has over 30 years of information and instructional technology experience, including 24 years of managerial experience in academic libraries. He been a digital Internet publisher since 1989, when he established and began to edit one of the first open access journals on the Internet, The Public-Access Computer Systems Review. He is the author of the Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals and the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography. He is co-editor of Institutional Repositories, SPEC Kit 292. He has published papers in Collection Management, Information Technology and Libraries, The Journal of Electronic Publishing, ONLINE, Reference Services Review, Serials Review, and other journals. He has also published nine book chapters. He holds master's degrees in information and library science and instructional media and technology. In 2003, he was named as one of Library Journal's "Movers & Shakers." See his resume for details: http://digital-scholarship.org/cwb/briefresume.htm.

Charles Bailey’s Specialties:

Copyright, editing, digital curation, digital publishing, digital repositories, digitization, grant writing, information technology support, Linux/Unix administration, scholarly communication, technical writing, and Web site design and development.

Charles Bailey’s Experience

• Publisher

  Digital Scholarship

  (Libraries industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

  Publish digital works about digital copyright, digital curation, digital repositories, open access, scholarly communication, and other digital information issues. From April 2005 through September 2009, Digital Scholarship had over 4.6 million visitors from 223 counties and over 23.1 million file requests. Examples: DigitalKoans; Institutional Repositories, Tout de Suite; and the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography. Website: http://digital-scholarship.org/.

• Assistant Dean for Digital Library Planning and Development

  University of Houston

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2003 — January 2007 (3 years 6 months)

  Led the digital library program, including digitization efforts, digital exhibit development, and copyright, institutional repository, and scholarly communication task forces.

• Assistant Dean for Systems

  University of Houston

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  November 1987 — August 2003 (15 years 10 months)

  Spearheaded a wide variety of new technology projects, including pioneering Internet digital publishing projects and expert system projects.
  
  Wrote (or assisted in writing) technology grant applications that raised over $2.1 million, including two federal grants.
  
  Supervised up to a dozen exempt technical support staff and librarians.
  
  Administered technical support for about 500 Windows workstations, over 25 Linux/Windows/Unix servers, and a Gigabit Ethernet/100BaseTX network in the main library.
  
  Served as Linux/Unix administrator for eight years.
  
  Oversaw the design and development of the Web site for over 8 1/2 years.
  
  Served as acting Webmaster three times (3 years total).
  
  Managed the procurement, implementation, and support of a multi-institutional integrated library system.
  
  Served in various acting capacities, such as Assistant Director for Public Services (15 months; supervised over 30 staff members, including 13 librarians).

• Head, Systems and Research Services

  The University of North Carolina

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 1985 — October 1987 (2 years 2 months)

  Managed technical support for a stand-alone acquisitions and serials control system and microcomputer workstations. Supervised two systems librarians. Did database programming.

• Systems Librarian

  Johns Hopkins University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 1983 — September 1985 (2 years 8 months)

  Provided technical support for an integrated library system and microcomputer workstations. Did database programming.

• User Documentation Specialist

  OCLC

  (Non-Profit; Libraries industry)

  January 1981 — January 1983 (2 years 1 month)

  Wrote technical documentation and system specifications.

• Manager, Media Library

  SUNY Oswego

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 1976 — August 1979 (3 years )

  Managed a nonprint library and audiovisual equipment service.

Additional Information

Charles Bailey’s Groups:

•    American Library Association
•    Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) - Members Group
•    Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
•    UKSG: Connecting the Information Community
•    DSpace
•    Digital Libraries
•    code4lib
•    LITA
•    Creative Commons
•    ACRL
•    STM Publishing Group™
•    Fedora Commons

Charles Bailey’s Honors:

Outstanding Issue Award, Dr. Ilene F. Rockman Award, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence, 2006

Movers & Shakers 2003: The People Who Are Shaping the Future of Libraries, Library Journal

Special Achievement Award, University of Houston Libraries, 1998.

LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Achievement in Communicating to Educate Practitioners Within the Library Field in Library and Information Technology, 1993