Richard Bear Curriculum Vitae Email: bears@epud.net.  (541) 346-0763.

Objective Humanities Computing, Education, Educational Administration, Publishing. Education M.S. in Arts & Administration  (Museum Studies), University of Oregon, 1999. M.A. in English, University of Oregon, 1993. B.A. in English, summa cum laude University of Oregon, 1989. Professional Activities Upcoming: panel discussion, Renaissance Society of America, 2003, Toronto. Oregon Library Association, 2002, Portland, Oregon Online Northwest, 2002, Eugene, Oregon NINCH Copyright Town Meeting, UO, November 2001 Arts & Administration Courtesy Faculty (Editor, CultureWork), 1997-2002 UO Library Faculty Vice President 2001-2 UO Library Disaster Preparedness Committee 2001-2 UO Library Circulation Supervisors Conference 2001-2 UO Library Collections Initiative Subgroup 2001-2 UO Library Map-GIS Librarian Search Committee 1999 Northwest Academic Computing Consortium Conference 2001 Online Northwest Conference, Portland, Oregon 2000 Spenser Millennium Conference, Doneraile, Ireland, 1999 Online Northwest Conference, Portland, Oregon 1998 Classes on indexing, Marylhurst University, Fall-Winter 1998 Congress of Learned Societies, St. Johns, Newfoundland, 1997 Professional Associations American Society of Indexers Consortium for Computing in the Humanities (COCH/COSH) Lane Arts Council Advisory Board member, Northwest Outreach Center, Regional Resource Center on Deafness Advisory Board member, Wired Humanities Project Wired Research Interest Group, Center for the Study of Women in Society Oregon Library Association Renaissance Society of America Publications and Lectures Author of Desire for the Land, poems, Stony Run Press, 1995, nominated for the Oregon Book Awards and the Paterson Poetry Prize, 1996; Stony Run: A Gardener's Journal, Stony Run Press, 1997, 2001; Lettuce in Winter, poems, Stony Run Press, 2003. Poems have appeared in Rockhurst Review, Cold Mountain Review, Bellowing Ark, Sand River Journal, ZeroCity, Aerious, Ariga: Visions, Disquieting Muses, Lynx: Poetry from Bath, writtenmind.com, and New Zoo Poetry Review. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 1999 for "Cityscape with Pink Rose." Publisher, general editor and webmaster of the award-winning electronic text repository Renascence Editions.  Publisher, general editor and webmaster emeritus of the award winning Edmund Spenser Home Page, 1996-2000. Listowner, 1996-2000, of SPENSER-L, an online discussion group on early modern English literature. Listowner, 1999-2000, of SPENSER_PROJECT, an online discussion group on distance education and Early Modern texts. Listowner of MICROFORMS, an online discussion group for microforms managers. Editor and webmaster of CultureWork, an online advisory from the Institute for Community Arts Studies at the University of Oregon. History of Renascence Editions, Faculty Forum, University of Oregon Library, Eugene, Oregon, March 2001. "The Lady of May: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of Etext" in TEXT Technology, Winter 1998. "'Text Version': An Exercise in Accessibility Design" in Culturework: A Broadside for Arts and Culture Workers Vol. 2, No. 1 (February, 1998). "Internet for the Humanities." April 1993. Oregon Humanities Center, University of Oregon. "E-Mail and the Humanities." March 1994. Oregon Humanities Center, University of Oregon. The Lady of May: A Case Study in the Rhetoric of Etext. May 1997. COCH/COSH, Congress of Learned Societies, Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland. The Spenser Project: A Proposal. Spenser Millennium Conference, Doneraile, Ireland, August 27, 1999 (by proxy).  Work History Computer Skills: HTML, Mac OS, DOS, Windows, Unix, X-Windows, VMS; wide variety of word processing, scanning, OCR, database, spreadsheet, presentation, and studio software. February 2000-present. Circulation and Support Services Supervisor, Document Center, University of Oregon Libraries. Supervise four classified staff and up to 22 Library Student Assistants. Oversee documents processing, circulation, maintenance of paper and microfilm collections, equipment maintenance, and patron assistance. Manage physical aspects of four major collections, including planning collection shifts and ensuring proper care and housing of materials. These materials comprise 2.25 million items in a variety of formats and call number systems. Develop and maintain departmental intranet, forms, and schedules. Develop and carry out online conversion of card index of the Daily Emerald student newspaper. Carry out technical functions related to the Library's automated system, including regular communication and cooperation with Library Systems, Preservation, and Access Services staff. Hear and adjudicate appeals on fines and other charges. 1997-2000.  Microforms Coordinator, University of Oregon Libraries. Maintained microfilm, microfiche, and microprint collections. Maintained computer network and microform viewing and printing equipment. Assisted patrons, in person, by phone, fax, and email. Assisted the Government Documents and Microforms Librarian in special projects. Designed, built, and maintained the Microforms website and listserv. Developed finding aids and inventories for uncatalogued sets. Developed and carried out the preservation plan for the Collection. Published 110 Oregon newspapers on microfilm, maintaining contact with the customers (newspaper offices, libraries, and historical societies) for these titles. 1989-97. Evaluator, University of Oregon Admissions. Evaluated and processed student applications for admission to the University. Determined admission eligibility, transfer course work equivalence, and general university requirements completed. Created and maintained student records. Responded to telephone and in-person inquiries on University requirements. Interpreted State Board of Higher Education and University admission policies, requirements, and standards. 1987-89. Manuscript processor, University of Oregon Knight Library, Special Collections & University Archives. Organized and inventoried collections of manuscripts, personal records, photographs, and artwork. Specialized in children's authors and illustrators. Prepare exhibits for display cases in the Oregon Room. Richard is a journeyman letterpress printer, compositor, Linotype operator and binderyman, and owner/operator of Stony Run Press, Pleasant Hill, Oregon. His home page is <http://epud.net/~bears>.

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