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Bill Walker joined the University of Miami in 2003. He served as Dean and University Librarian until 2013 when he rejoined the Faculty. Currently, he works on special projects related to Miami and University history, family history and genealogy, and scholarly communications. Mr. Walker serves as a consultant to large library and information organizations as well as to small private library and museum collections. In 2013, he received the distinguished President’s Medal for exceptional service to the University of Miami.
Bill Walker is the Andrew W. Mellon Director Emeritus of the New York Public Library Research Libraries. During his tenure at NYPL (1989-2003), he led a $100M Science, Industry and Business Library project, a renovation of the NYPL Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and restoration projects at the main library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, including the special collections divisions, the Rose Main Reading Room, the Center for Scholars and Writers, the Milstein Division, and the South Court project which inserted a state-of-the-art educational complex into the landmark building. He also was a founding Board member of the RECAP consortium, the cooperative storage facility owned by NYPL, Columbia University and Princeton University. During his tenure at NYPL, he focused on the strategic redesign of services, especially for the programs offered in new and renovated spaces. He established NYPL’s first large-scale digital library operation. Mr. Walker also served as the Brooke Russell Astor Fellow.
Before working for the New York Public Library, Bill Walker was a medical library administrator in New York and Chicago.
He holds a Masters of Art in Library Science (A.M.L.S.) from The University of Michigan.
Bill Walker is the Andrew W. Mellon Director Emeritus of the New York Public Library Research Libraries. During his tenure at NYPL (1989-2003), he led a $100M Science, Industry and Business Library project, a renovation of the NYPL Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and restoration projects at the main library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, including the special collections divisions, the Rose Main Reading Room, the Center for Scholars and Writers, the Milstein Division, and the South Court project which inserted a state-of-the-art educational complex into the landmark building. He also was a founding Board member of the RECAP consortium, the cooperative storage facility owned by NYPL, Columbia University and Princeton University. During his tenure at NYPL, he focused on the strategic redesign of services, especially for the programs offered in new and renovated spaces. He established NYPL’s first large-scale digital library operation. Mr. Walker also served as the Brooke Russell Astor Fellow.
Before working for the New York Public Library, Bill Walker was a medical library administrator in New York and Chicago.
He holds a Masters of Art in Library Science (A.M.L.S.) from The University of Michigan.
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