ANGELA C. SPITZER STANLEY
ARCHIVIST & LIBRARIAN

Georgia Public Library Service | Atlanta, GA

Assistant State Librarian for Innovation & Collaboration

May 2022 - present

• Coordinates the activities of resource sharing and inter-agency services, including electronic resources, e-books, and open access initiatives

• Assists with the preparation and maintenance of the state and federal funds budgets and ensures compliance with applicable regulations and procedures

• Prepares and implements library trustee training sessions, facilitates strategic planning, and provides consultation as requested for public libraries statewide

• Identifies legislative or policy changes and strategies

 

Director of Archival Services & Digital Initiatives

​September 2016 - May 2022

 

• Oversaw the Archival Services & Digital Initiatives department (formerly Georgia HomePLACE) and provided support in planning, budgeting, scheduling, facilitating, reporting and publicizing collaborative digitization projects

• Served as the primary liaison between the Digital Library of Georgia and the state's public libraries

• Worked with DLG to implement multiple collaborative digitization projects involving original historical materials in libraries and associated history-related organizations across the state

• Provided training and professional development as appropriate to enhance public librarians understanding of DLG digitization approaches and processes

• Established and led the IDEA Task Force to develop GPLS' Statement on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility

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Athens Regional Library System | Athens, GA

Head of Archives & Special Collections

​July 2015 - September 2016

 

• Managed all aspects of the Heritage Room, including archival collections processing workflows, digitization projects, and archives and genealogy reference

• Increased staffing by an additional 1.5 FTE staff and expanded public service hours to facilitate greater community access

• Established an locally-managed digital preservation program for born-digital and digitized collections using free and open source software

• Promoted to department head and senior management team member in July 2015

 

Athens-Clarke County Library | Athens, GA

Heritage Room Librarian

March 2013 - June 2015

 

• Handled all aspects of the Heritage Room, a genealogy and local history research collection, including acquisitions, collection management, archival processing, public programming, preservation, digital curation, and exhibits

• Provided reference service and handled passport applications for the Adult Services Department

• Received two Historic Preservation grants for the care and maintenance of archival collections

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Satilla Regional Library System | Douglas, GA

Children's & Young Adult Librarian

October 2011 - February 2013

 

• Responsible for Children’s and Young Adult acquisitions, collection development and collection care

• Provided daily circulation and reference desk support

• Created and promoted original children’s and young adult programming serving two counties and six branches

• Headed the library’s expanding social media outreach, updated the website, and maintained statistical data

• Developed and headed the library’s successful volunteer program

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New York Public Library | New York, NY

Senior Librarian II

September 2010 - September 2011

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Librarian Trainee

January 2009 - August 2010

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Information Specialist

June 2008 - December 2008

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• Supervised interns and volunteers on the Children’s Floor of the Belmont Branch & Enrico Fermi Cultural Center

• Provided reference services for adult, young adult and children’s collections

• Developed original educational programming and classes

• Collected and monitored metrics and maintained statistical data, and increased Children’s print and non-print circulation

• Responsible for Children’s collection care, including the reference and historical books of the Italian Heritage collection

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Dog Green Productions | New York, NY

Digital Archivist

November 2010 - June 2011

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• Created an original database to catalogue an expanding collection of more than 1,500 digital images

• Completed original cataloging and item-level metadata entries

• Identified preservation measures for film reels, photographs, military and cultural artifacts, and digital images

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Rosenthal Library | New York, NY

Fellow, Queens College Civil Rights Archive

September 2010 - December 2010

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• Arranged, described and created a finding aid for a collection of personal papers, manuscripts, and correspondence from Andrew Berman, a member of the Queens College chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (view the digital exhibit here)

• Entered metadata into Dublin Core in accordance with international standards

• Curated an end-of- semester exhibit of select materials for student, alumni, administrative, and donor perusal

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New York Public Library | New York, NY

Curatorial Intern, Manuscripts & Archives Division

January 2010 - May 2010

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• Created a subject guide and organizational history to improve description of the Women’s Prison (view my blog post here)

• Association collection, in addition to declassifying boxes available for research access

• Complied an index to the Division’s holding of New York City account books for improved researcher access to records of commerce and trade

• Retrieved and documented IGIC, Diana Davies, and related records for delivery to the registrar’s office for display at the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition, “The Lindsay Years: A Symposium”

• Answered remote reference questions as necessary