Baird, Brian J. 1966-

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Baird, Brian J. 1966-

PERSONAL:

Born April 7, 1966, in Council, ID; son of Ronald (a farmer) and Lana (an emergency medical technician; maiden name, Bennett) Baird; married December 16, 1988; wife's name Jennifer (a homemaker); children: Zachariah, Madeline, Miriam, Amanda, Joseph, Tatiana, Natalie.Ethnicity: "White." Education: Brigham YoungUniversity, B.S., 1990, M.L.I.S., 1991. Politics:Republican. Religion: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons). Hobbies and other interests: Sculpting, mountain climbing.

ADDRESSES:

Home—304 E. 700 N., Huntington, IN 46750.Office—Heckman Bindery, 1010 N. Sycamore St., North Manchester, IN 46962. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

Writer. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, conservator, 1991-94; University of Kansas, Lawrence, preservation librarian, 1994-2004; Heckman Bindery, North Manchester, IN, director of preservation services, 2004—.

MEMBER:

American Library Association.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Ester J. Piercy Award, American Library Association, 2000; Distinguished Librarian Award, University of Kansas, 2000.

WRITINGS:


Preservation Strategies for Small Academic andPublic Libraries, Scarecrow Press (Lanham, MD), 2003. Library Collection Assessment through Statistical Sampling, Scarecrow Press (Lanham, MD), 2004.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:


PERIODICALS


Library Journal, January 1, 2005, Margaret Sylvia, review ofLibrary Collection Assessment throughStatistical Sampling, p. 160.

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