James F. Williams Explained

James F. Williams II is a retired American librarian.[1] [2] He was the Dean of Libraries at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1988-2017.[3]

He holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Morehouse College (1966)[4] and a master's degree in library science from Atlanta University. His wife, Nancy Allen, is also a librarian, the Dean of Libraries at the University of Denver.[5]

He is a former member of the editorial board of the journal .[6] He was on the board of directors of the Association of Research Libraries and chaired the ARL's Strategic Direction Steering Committee on Influencing Public Policies for 2010–2013.[7] He is on the board of visitors for the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh,[8] and has been a member of the visiting committee for the libraries at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Libraries' National Council of Washington University in St. Louis,[9] and a trustee of the Denver Art Museum.[10]

In 2002, Williams won the Melvil Dewey Medal of the American Library Association for his "distinguished service to the profession of librarianship".[11]

In 2017, Williams was honored by the Colorado Association of Libraries with their Career Achievement Award. [12]

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  3. Web site: 2017-05-18 . Q&A: James Williams on his tenure as dean of libraries . 2022-09-14 . CU Boulder Today . en.
  4. Black Issues in Higher Education v.4 (1987) p, 16
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  10. Web site: Trustees & Staff . . May 2, 2020 . December 26, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181226035508/https://denverartmuseum.org/trustees-staff . dead .
  11. http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=archive&template=/contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&ContentID=6189 Williams receives the 2002 Melvil Dewey Medal
  12. https://www.colorado.edu/libraries/2017/10/26/jim-williams-honored-colorado-association-libraries Jim Williams honored by Colorado Association of Libraries