James F. Williams

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 Portal: Libraries and the Academy.[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.[9] He is a member of the Libraries' National Council of Washington University in St. Louis,[10] and a trustee of the Denver Art Museum.[11]

In 2002, Williams won the Melvil Dewey Medal of the American Library Association for his "distinguished service to the profession of librarianship".[12]

In 2017, Williams was honored by the Colorado Association of Libraries with their Career Achievement Award. [13]

Publications

• Strategic Planning in Higher Education: Implementing New Roles for the Academic Library
• Managing Diversity Library Management in Light of the Dismantling of Affirmative Action
• Leadership competencies and the importance of research methods and statistical analysis in decision making and research and publication: A study of citation patterns
• Leadership Evaluation and Assessment
• Collaboration between practitioners and teaching faculty: A study of research, publication, and citation patterns

References

1. Dawson, Alma (2000), "Celebrating African-American Librarians and Librarianship" (PDF), Library Trends, 49 (1): 49–87, archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-09, retrieved 2012-07-17.
2. Williams, J. F. (1994), "A Black Dean of an ARL Library", in Josey, E. J. (ed.), The Black Librarian in America Revisited, Scarecrow Press, pp. 152–161.
3. "Q&A: James Williams on his tenure as dean of libraries". CU Boulder Today. 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
4. Black Issues in Higher Education v.4 (1987) p, 16
5. "In the Spotlight with Jim Williams, Dean of Libraries", Inside: The CU/Boulder Faculty/Staff E-Newsletter, March 8, 2005, archived from the original on October 13, 2014.
6. portal: Libraries and the Academy, Editors and Editorial Board, Johns Hopkins University Press, archived from the original on 2012-07-23, retrieved 2012-07-17.
7. Governance & Leadership: Committees, Task Forces & Working Groups, Association of Research Libraries, archived from the original on August 29, 2012.
8. School of Information Sciences Visitor Biographies, University of Pittsburgh, retrieved 2012-07-17.
9. Visiting Committees: Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, archived from the original on June 30, 2012
10. Washington University Libraries: National Council, Washington University in St. Louis, archived from the original on 2012-07-13, retrieved 2012-07-17.
11. "Trustees & Staff". Denver Art Museum. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
12. Williams receives the 2002 Melvil Dewey Medal, American Library Association, April 2002, retrieved 2012-07-16.
13. Jim Williams honored by Colorado Association of Libraries, October 2017, retrieved 2024-07-19.