Faculty and Staff

David Williams

Professor • David and Lorraine Cheng Library

Digital Initiatives and Special Collections Librarian at the David and Lorraine Cheng Library.

Professional Interests

• Data visualization
• Digital preservation
• Information design

Degrees

MLS (or MLIS) Library Science, Queens College, CUNY Flushing, NY

MA Liberal Studies in Science and Technology, The Graduate Center, CUNY New York, NY

BS Information Systems, Drexel University Philadelphia, PA

Specialization

Information technology, archival science, and digital services.

Licenses and Certifications

05/28/2009
Certificate in Archives, Records Management, and Preservation, Queens College, CUNY

Representative Publications


Applying Best Practices in Web Site Redesign: The Queens College Libraries Experience; , OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives; Volume 25, 2010
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/10650751011073625/full/html


The Best Tool for the Job: Revisiting an Open Source Library Project; , D-Lib Magazine; Volume 24, 2017
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july17/williams/07williams.html


Digital Institutional Repository Management at William Paterson University: Planning and Staging a Seamless Migration; The NJLA College and University Section & New Jersey Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries; 2020
http://cus.njla.org/content/newsletter/Fall2020/digitalrepository


Digital Initiatives in Academic Libraries: Challenges and Opportunities; portal: Libraries and the Academy; Volume 23, 2023
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/887663


Inviting Knowledge: Enhancing Archival Discovery through Information Design; College & Research Libraries; Volume 85, 2024

Representative Presentations


Free Software and Education
New York City Software Freedom Day 2008 Software Freedom International
New York, NY 2008


Rethinking Digital Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities
2022 New Jersey Academic Libraries Conference VALE-NJ
Trenton, NJ 2022


Beyond Academia: Designing Archives Outreach for Non-Traditional users
MARAC Spring 2023 Conference Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference
College Park, MD 2023


A Press of One’s Own: Hosted versus Outsourced Pressbooks
The 2023 New Jersey Library Association Annual Conference NJLA-ACRLNJ
Atlantic City, NJ 2023

Notable Courses Taught

Metadata for Digital Resources

215e Library

By appointment