Shirley Baker
Vice Chancellor for Scholarly Resources and Dean of Libraries
HOME ADDRESS
6310 Alexander Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
WORK ADDRESS
Washington University
Campus Box 1061
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899
(314) 935-5400
Fax: (314) 935-4045
E-mail: shirley.baker@wustl.edu
www.library.wustl.edu/baker
EDUCATION |
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois MA, South Asian Languages and Civilizations, 1974 MA, Library Science, 1974 Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania BA, Economics, 1965 |
EMPLOYMENT
Washington University.
St. Louis, Missouri, Dean of University Libraries, 1989-present; Vice Chancellor for Scholarly Resources, 1995-present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Associate Director for Public Services, 1982-1989
Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Baltimore, Maryland, Access Librarian and Research Libraries Group Coordinator, 1976-82
Northwestern University, Library, Evanston, Illinois, Librarian, 1974-76
L. Myers Company, Chicago, Illinois, Computer programmer, 1970-71
Peace Corps Volunteer, Bihar, India, 1967-69
American Telephone and Telegraph, Long Lines, White Plains, New York, Data Processing Manager, 1965-67
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Resource Sharing
Member, MOBIUS Board, 2009-2012; President, 2010-2011
Chair, Association of Research Libraries Task Force on Collections and Access Issues, 2002-2003
Member, Executive Committee, MOBIUS consortium of Missouri academic libraries, 1998-2001; Chair, 1999-2000
Member, Center for Research Libraries Board, 1994-2000, Budget and Finance Committee, 1992-2000
Member, Board of Governors, Missouri Research Consortium of Libraries (MIRACL), 1996-
Chair, OCLC Interlibrary Loan Interoperability Task Force, 1999
Member Association of Research Libraries Access to Research Resources Committee, 1990-1998; and Chair, 1994-1998
Chair, Association of Research Libraries' oversight committee for the North American Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Project, 1993-1998
Library and University Technology
Member Washington University School of Medicine Information Technology Committee, 2004-2005
Member, OCLC Members Council, and Member, Digital Libraries and Research Interest Group, 2003-2006, and Chair, 2004-2006; Member, Research Advisory Committee, 2004-2006
Chair, Washington University Common Email Addressing Task Force, 2001-2003
Chair, Search Committee for Executive Director, Missouri Library Network Corporation, 2003 and 1993
Member, Board of Directors, St. Louis Internet Access Consortium (SLIAC), 2002-2007
Co-chair, Washington University Digital Archives Task Force, 2002-2003
Member, Washington University School of Medicine Associate Dean/Chief Information Officer Search Committee, 2001
Chair, Washington University Information Security Task Force, 2000-2001
Member, Missouri Digitization Planning Committee, 2000-, chair, 2004-2007
Chair, Washington University Web Task Force, 1999-2001
Board member, Missouri Library Network Corporation Board, 1991-2001, Board vice president 1992-1995; president, 1995-1998
Member, Steering Committee for Coalition for Networked Information, 1999-2002
University representative, EduCause, 1995-2007
Member, Online Computer Library Center's Research Libraries Advisory Committee, 1994-1999; and chair, 1996-97
Member, Steering Group for revamping Washington University's Computing and Communications unit, 1994-95
Member, Board of Directors, National Information Standards Organization, 1990-1994
Member, MIT Information Systems Strategic Plan Advisory Council, 1986-89
Scholarly Communication
Member, PubMed Central National Advisory Committee of the National Institutes of Health, 2005-2008
Member, Advisory Board for the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, a collaborative program of Canadian universities to provide access to digital publications for the academic community nation-wide, 2005-
Director, BioOne, a public/private collaboration to publish bioscience research journals, 1999-2007, and chair, BioOne Library Advisory Group, 2003-2006
Collaborator and co-signer, American Association of Universities' and Association of Research Libraries' Principles for Emerging Systems of Scholarly Publishing, 2000
Member, Association of Research Libraries Research Collections Committee, 2001-2004, Scholarly Communication Committee, 1999-2001
Founding Member, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, 1998
Other Professional Activities
Member, Association of Research Libraries Task Force on New Ways of Measuring Collections, 2005
Member, Missouri Secretary of State's Council on Library Development, 2003-2006
Co-chair, Association of Research Libraries/Association of College and Research Libraries Joint Task Force for Recruitment into the Profession, 2002-2003
President, Association of Research Libraries, 2000-2001, and member, Board of Directors, 1996-2002
Member, Association of College and Research Libraries Focus on the Future Task Force, 2001-2003
Member, Advisory Council on the Library, Brown University, 2003-2006
External Reviewer, University of Pennsylvania Library, 1999
External Reviewer, Carnegie-Mellon University Library, 1999
Senior Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Library and Information Science, 1991
UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Member, Task Force on the Future Organization of the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, 2004
Member, Washington University Sesquicentennial Commission and Chair, Sesquicentennial Exhibits Committee, 2002-2004
Member, University Art Collections and Program Committee, 2002-2008
Member, Washington University Council, 1995-
Member, St. Louis Forum, 1996-
Member, Washington University Chancellor Search Committee, 1994-95
Member, Washington University Management Team, 1993-1995; chair, Steering Group, 1994-95