Robert V. Williams
Robert V. Williams (1938-2017) was an American historian of information science.
Robert Vernon ("Bob") Williams, was born October 10, 1938 in Florida. and died January 14, 2017. He was also a Presbyterian elder.
He was faculty member of the University of South Carolina. College of Information and Communications. Retired in 2004, but remained active.
Works
Projects
Bob Williams initiated a wide range of projects.
- Co-founder with Michael Buckland of the ASIST Special Interest Group in the History and Foundations of Information Science (SIG HFIS), 1994(?).
- Numerous oral history recordings.
- Bibliographies of information science history.
- Didactic videos.
- Created and archival studies program.
Publications
Honors
- American Society for Information Science and Technology.
- Received the Watson Davis Award for continuous dedicated leadership in and service to Association, 2011.
- The Bob Williams Research Paper Award and Bob Williams Research Grant awards are named in his honor.
- The Special Libraries Association recognized him in 2003 for mentoring and teaching.
Further reading
- 'In memoriam: Dr. Robert V. Williams." University of South Carolina. College of Information and Communications. [Webpage] [1]