David Baker | |
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Deputy Chair of Jisc | |
In office 2009–2012 | |
Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University | |
In office 2003–2009 | |
Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of East Anglia | |
In office 1997–2003 | |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge King's College,London Loughborough University The Open University |
David Michael Baker, FCILIP FCMI FRCO FRSA (born 24 August 1952) is a British academic,musician and writer specialising in the field of library &information science (LIS). He holds an Emeritus Chair in Strategic Information Management from Plymouth Marjon University, [1] where he was formerly principal. [2] He has held a number of academic posts and has written widely in the fields of LIS and musicology.
Baker was born in 1952 and was raised in Bradford. He gained his ARCO at the age of 16,becoming FRCO the following year. He then pursued a degree in music at Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge,where he was also organ scholar,graduating with a first-class BA degree in 1973 (as per tradition,his BA was promoted to MA in 1977). He subsequently studied for an MMus degree at King's College,London. [3] He then graduated from Loughborough University with an MLS in 1977 and a PhD in 1988,and from the Open University in 2002 with an MBA.
After graduation,Baker held several librarian and lecturer posts at various universities,before moving to the University of East Anglia (UEA) where he was in turn Chief University Librarian,Director of Information Services and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Infrastructure and Human Resources. [4] Following his time at UEA,he was appointed Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University (then the University of St Mark and St John,Plymouth) in 2003. Under his leadership,the university was awarded university college status in 2007 with taught degree awarding powers. [5] He held this post until 2009,when he became Deputy Chair of Jisc,notably chairing the Transition Board that turned Jisc from a public to a private sector organisation. Baker has also led a large number of high-level,international consultancies with a specialism in academic library provision,strategic information management and human resources. [1]
Baker has remained active as an organist throughout his career. From 1988 to 1995 he was organist of Wymondham Abbey,and he is currently organist and choirmaster of St. Michael's Church,Mytholmroyd. In 2011 he founded the Halifax Organ Academy,based at Halifax Minster. [3] [6] He is also Chair of the Corporate Board of the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. [4]
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