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# Brad Baker

## OCLC Board Sponsor, Northeastern Illinois University

Brad Baker is Dean of Libraries and Learning Resources at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, where he has worked for the past 25 years. In his current position, Baker is responsible for NEIU libraries as well as for faculty development and support related to e-learning. Prior to being promoted to Dean in 2002, Baker served as University Librarian from 1988 through 2002 and earlier served as Associate University Librarian for Technical and Automated Services and Government Publications Librarian. His educational background includes an MA in Library Science from the University of Chicago, an MA in American Studies from Northeastern Illinois University, and a BA in History from Trinity College.

Brad Baker has been very active in the profession and in a number of library cooperative activities at the local, state and national level. In recognition of these contributions, he was named Academic Librarian of the Year by IACRL in 1995 and was selected to receive the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award from ILA in 2002.

He is currently a member of the Illinois Library Association Board of Directors and is active in ALA and ACRL, including service on the ACRL @ Your Library Task Force. He has been an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO) since 1990 and served as President of ILCSO from 1995 through 1998. Baker was elected to represent ILLINET OCLC libraries on the OCLC Users Council in 1991 and served three terms in that capacity until 2000. He was elected by Users Council to serve as President in the 1998/99 program year and was subsequently elected by Users Council to a six year term on the OCLC Board of Trustees in 2000. Baker is currently serving as Chair of the Nominating and Board Development Committee of the OCLC Board and as a member of the Board Executive Committee. He is also serving as a member of Joint Committee on Membership of the Board and the OCLC Members Council.