Evans, Wendy
Wendy Evans is the Head of Library at the University of St. Mark and St John, UK. She has published and lectured in the field of electronic journal and database usage, access versus ownership of journals, and has already co-edited and co-authored four books with David Baker.
Baker, David
David Baker has published widely in the field of Library and Information Studies, with 19 monographs and over 100 articles to his credit. He has spoken worldwide at numerous conferences and led workshops and seminars. His other key professional interest and expertise has been in the field of human resources, where he has also been active in major national projects. He has held senior positions at several institutions, including as Principal and Chief Executive of Plymouth Marjon University, and Emeritus Professor of Strategic Information Management. He has also been Deputy Chair of the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc). Until recently he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Universities of Northampton and South Wales. He is Chair of the Board of the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. He is a leader in the field of library and information science.
David Baker is Emeritus Professor of Strategic Information Management at University College Plymouth St Mark and St John, UK, where he was previously Principle. He is Deputy Chair of JISC, the Joint Information Systems Committee. David has published widely in the field of Library and Information Studies, with fourteen monographs and some 100 articles to his credit. He has spoken at numerous conferences, led workshops and seminars and has undertaken consultancy work in most countries in the European Union, along with work in Ethiopia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Sudan. He has published the following books with Chandos Publishing: Strategic Change Management in Public Sector Organisations, he co-produced (with Wendy Evans) Digital Library Economics: An academic perspective and Libraries and Society: Role, responsibility and future in an age of change, and (with Bernadette Casey) Eve on Top: Women’s experience of success in the public sector.
Wendy Evans is Head of Library at UCP Marjon. She has a keen interest in the Internet and electronic resources and, in particular, access to journals and databases. Wendy also has an expertise in data protection and freedom of information, and has published, lectured and researched electronic journal and database usage and access versus ownership of journals. She has co-authored and edited Digital Library Economics: An academic perspective and Libraries and Society: Role, responsibility and future in an age of change and is currently working on A Handbook of Digital Library Economics, also to be published by Chandos.
Contributors include: David Baker; Wendy Evans; Anthony Chow; Joanne John; John Dolan; David Vogt; Richard Otlet; Lorraine Estelle; Rachel Bruce; Andrew McGregor; Ian Everall; Terence Fernando, Jonathan Tedds; Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri; Joachim Schöpfel; Neil Chue Hong; Aldalin Lyngdoh; Abby Clobridge; Simon Whittemore; Vivien Sieber; Susan Myburgh; Caroline Williams; Lili Li; and Steve O’Connor.
