Joe oversees a portfolio of services related to access and delivery, branch operations, data, digital humanities, open scholarship, student success and engagement, and teaching across seven library locations in Eugene, Portland, and the Oregon Institute for Marine Biology near Coos Bay, OR. Prior to joining UO, he served as Director of Public Services with the University Libraries, UNC Chapel Hill. Williams earned his M.S. degree from the School of Information and Library Science at UNC and his B.A. in Environmental Studies/Environmental Policy from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC.