William H. Walters, executive director of the Mary Alice & Tom O’Malley Library at Manhattan University, will become the next dean of Library Affairs at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale, effective July 1, subject to approval by the SIU Board of Trustees.
William has more than 17 years of experience as a library dean and director. He has been with Manhattan University in Riverdale, New York, since July 2014. Prior to that, he was dean of library services, associate professor of social sciences, and professor of library and information science at Menlo College in Atherton, California.
He has also served as librarian, data manager, research consultant, accreditation liaison officer, and interim director of information technology at Cornell University, St. Lawrence University, Menlo College, the City University of New York, and the Providence VA Medical Center.
William holds a doctorate in sociology (demography) from Brown University and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. His recent research focuses on scholarly communication, bibliometrics, academic librarianship, artificial intelligence in higher education, nonprofit management, and educational assessment.
At SIU, William will succeed John Pollitz, who is retiring from his position as dean of Library Affairs after eight years in the role.
