Dean of University Libraries,
University of Washington
Betsy Wilson has served as the Dean of University Libraries at the University of Washington since 2001. Prior to being selected Dean she was the Associate Director of Libraries for Research and Instructional Services since 1992. Previously, she was Head of the Undergraduate Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Betsy has been a member of the OCLC Board of Trustees since 2000, and chaired the Board from 2004-2007. She is currently a member of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Board, and has served on the Association of Research Libraries Board and the Digital Library Federation Executive Committee. She is a past chair of the Greater Western Library Alliance and member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance Executive Committee. Betsy has also held numerous leadership positions in the American Library Association and the Association of College & Research Libraries, including ALA Councilor and ACRL President.
Betsy presents and publishes widely on the topics of teaching and learning in libraries; assessment and evaluation; digital library services; and educational and cross-sector collaborations. She is the recipient of the Miriam Dudley Instruction Librarian Award, the Margaret E. Monroe Award, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from University of Illinois' Graduate School of Library and Information Science, and the ACRL Academic/Research Librarian of the Year. With her UWired colleagues, she received the inaugural EDUCAUSE Award for Systemic Progress in Teaching and Learning. Her library was selected as recipient of the 2004 ACRL Excellence in Academic Libraries Award.
Betsy holds an MLS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BA from Northwestern University.
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