Steven L. Baker Address, Phone, and E-Mail Union University 1050 Union University Drive, Jackson, TN 38305 (731)661-5410 sbaker@uu.edu Employment History Associate VP for Academic Resources and Library Director, 2004- Library Director, Union University, 1997-2004 Reference Librarian and Archivist, Union University, 1990-1997 Library Director, North Greenville College, 1987-1990 Reference Librarian, North Greenville College, 1985-1987  Formal Education B.A., Samford University, 1979 M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984 M.A.L.S., University of Kentucky, 1985 Additional study, University of South Carolina Additional study, University of Memphis Honors, Awards, & Grants Mayor's Civic Pride Award, Jackson, TN, 1992 Winning paper, Mid-South Regional Conference, Phi Alpha Theta, 1992 Public Research Project Grant, Tennessee Humanities Council, 1991 Phi Mu Alpha, 1985 Professional & Community Involvement Association of College and Research Libraries CCCU Library Directors Group (Leadership Team, 2003-2006) Association of Christian Librarians (Director at Large for Special Projects, 2003-05) ACL Liberal Arts Section (Chair, 2007-08) TICUA Library Directors (Leadership Team, 2002-05) Historic Zoning Commission, Jackson, TN (Chairperson, 2000-2001) Public Records Commission, Madison County, TN (Chairperson, 2006- ) West Tennessee Academic Library Consortium (Chairperson, 1998-99) Consultations “Review of Library and Information Resources,” Lincoln Memorial University, September 30, 2005. Publications “Confronting the Challenge of Information Literacy.” The Christian Librarian 46(2003): 95-97.  “Objectivity, Values, and the Christian Librarian.” The Christian Librarian 44(2001): 54-61.  “Premillenialism and Calendar Reform in Revolutionary England: Henry Jessey’s Scripture Almanac.” Journal of the Union Faculty Forum 20(Fall 2000): 7-21. "Improvising on the Borderlands of Gender: The Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross, 1812-1834." Filson Club History Quarterly 71(April 1997): 202-226. "Sophia Hume and Her ‘Female Pen'." Journal of the Union Faculty Forum 16(Fall 1996): 5-17. "Jackson Fibre Co.: Welfare Capitalism and Public Work in a Southern Textile Village, 1900-1926." West Tennessee Historical Society Papers 49(December 1995): 46-65. "Bemis, Tennessee: Industrial Development and Social Change in the South, 1900-1926." Journal of the Union Faculty Forum 15(Fall 1995): 9-22. "Agriculture, Race, and Free Blacks in West Tennessee." West Tennessee Historical Society Papers 48(December 1994): 107-117. "Free Blacks in Antebellum Madison County." Tennessee Historical Quarterly 52(Spring 1993): 56-63. Memories of Life in Bemis. Jackson, Tenn.: Union University, 1992. "What Makes Johnny Run: An Interview with Emma Bruce Ross." March 5, 1992. Archives and Special Collections. Union University. "Baptist Confessions of Faith: A Bibliography." Baptist History and Heritage 27(January 1992): 44-55. Contributions  West, Carroll Van, ed. The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Nashville: Tennessee Historical Society, 1998. Presentations "'Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination'--Reactions and Reflections." P. Paul Snezek Library Leadership Institute, Gordon College, July 21, 2006. "LibQUAL+ 2005: Using the Experience to Shape the Future." Association of Christian Librarians, 50th Annual Conference, Indiana Wesleyan University, June 14, 2006. "A View from the Director's Chair: Off Campus Library Services." Association of Christian Librarians, 50th Annual Conference, Indiana Wesleyan University, June 13, 2006. “Benchmarking Library Resources and Services.” CCCU Technology Conference, Whitworth College, June 1, 2005.  “Connecting with Our Users: Measuring Service Quality on a Dime.” Association of Christian Librarians, 48th Annual Conference, Evangel University, June 9-10, 2004.  “Connecting Quality with Standards: Assessment Measures for the Academic Library.” Association of Christian Librarians, 48th Annual Conference, Evangel University, June 8, 2004.  “Collaboration on the Frontiers of New Media.” Association of Christian Librarians, 47th Annual Conference, Asbury College, June 11, 2003.  “Confronting the Challenge of Information Literacy.” CCCU Technology Conference, Union University, May 29, 2003.  “Confronting the Challenge of Information Literacy.” TRACS Annual Conference, Nashville, November 7-8, 2002.  “Understanding the Role of Disciplinary Culture in Information Service.” CCCU Technology Conference, Cedarville University, June 25, 2001.  “Stewardship, Selection, and the Christian Librarian.” Association of Christian Librarians, 45th Annual Conference, Olivet Nazarene University, June 14, 2001.  “Organizational Restructuring and the Academic Library: The Union University Experience.” 3rd National Conference, CCCU Library Director’s Group, Detroit, Mich., April 7, 1999. "The Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross: Domesticity and Race Among Kentucky Women Religious, 1812-1834." 40th Annual Meeting, American Studies Association, Kentucky-Tennessee Chapter, April 1, 1995. "Sophia Hume's Critique of Elite Colonial Society." Phi Alpha Theta Regional Meeting, Austin Peay State University, March 26, 1994. "Free Blacks in Antebellum Madison County, Tennessee." Phi Alpha Theta Mid-South Regional Conference, Memphis State University, March 21, 1992. "Bemis to Berlin: A Tennessee Homefront." Tennessee Historical Society Symposium, Union University, March 14, 1992. Last updated on March 26, 2008