Background
Ball, David John was born on August 8, 1950 in Rowley Regis, United Kingdom.
Ball, David John was born on August 8, 1950 in Rowley Regis, United Kingdom.
Bachelor with honors, Keble College, Oxford, England, 1972. Diploma in librarianship, College of Librarianship, Aberystwyth, Wales, 1977. Master of Letters, University Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1985.
Sub-library, U. Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1979-1988; information manager, Glasgow Herald & Evening Times, 1988-1993; head library & information services, Bournemouth (England) University, since 1994. Convenor libraries project group Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium, Reading, England, since 1996.
Member Institute Management, Institute Information Scientists.
Married Margaret MacLean, April 21, 1977. 1 child, Helen.